Chapter 689 Aokiji Says (12,000 words)
Robin and "BIB" have the ability to take away and grant Devil Fruit powers...
Although this matter has not been discussed specifically, everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates knows about it.
——Especially after Luffy’s rubber fruit was taken away to save Kamon and Savankel on the island of rare beasts, Zoro, Nami and Luffy himself are all very clear about it; Sanji, who was forcibly given the ability of the Gold-Gold Fruit, also deeply understands it. He was very reluctant at first, after all, the transparent fruit that can make him invisible in the illustrated book is the fruit of his lifelong dream! But every time he sees Miss Nami’s big shining eyes when she looks at him, Sanji will feel that becoming a Gold-Gold Fruit ability user is actually not bad... I am Miss Nami’s Golden Knight, Sanji!
And when he fought with Eneel before, that guy lost the power of lightning that the Shandians talked about, and was no longer a devil fruit user... Luffy, Nami and the others already knew that it must be Robin or Hei Zai who took away this guy's ability.
However, even so, when "BIB" proposed to divide the Thunder Fruit by drawing lots, they were still surprised.
"This is a natural ability!" Usopp exclaimed, "The power of thunder is more terrifying than the power of Crocodile's sand..."
"It's all the same." The man with only the upper body of the black armor condensed said indifferently, "And I hate nature-types. I want to beat them up when I see them."
Then why did you divide the natural sciences?! Usopp and the others were speechless. Are you looking for an excuse to beat us up?
"Wait!" Luffy was full of questions, very dissatisfied with the fact that Usopp and the others were focusing on the wrong thing. He widened his shining eyes and said excitedly, "Didn't you hear what Hei Zai just said? - Let's go to the moon!!!"
Oops, he got me back again...!!
Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Usopp, and Chopper were all confused. It turned out that Luffy would not miss the opportunity to go to the moon for adventure and excitement.
Robin said, "Luffy, 'BIB' means that although everyone can hide in the castle inside Greenie, in order to truly pass through the atmosphere and safely reach the surface of the moon, someone still needs to be outside to hold Greenie and control the spaceship...so someone needs to become the user of the Thunder Fruit and replace Enelu's original position." She also told them about Enelu's so-called "Infinite Earth" and "Flying Ship Ark Maxim".
"I see..." Luffy nodded seriously, "It's an incredible ship!"
That's bullshit! You didn't understand at all! Nami and the others looked at him sideways. No, Luffy's mind was already on the moon, and he couldn't wait any longer.
"Then let's draw lots."
Usopp turned his hand and held seven pieces of paper. "The person who draws the longest piece of paper can get the Thunder Fruit?"
"good!"
Everyone reached out to draw, each took a piece of paper and held it, then looked at each other, then opened their hands, revealing the true length of the paper, and put them together to compare.
Robin also drew one. She had no intention of exchanging the Flower-Flower Fruit, she just wanted to join in the fun.
"Hehe, it looks like it's mine." Luffy touched his head and smiled, holding up the longest piece of paper in his hand.
Usopp took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Then Luffy, you have to replace the rubber fruit with the thunder fruit..."
"I don't want it." Luffy stuck out his tongue, unwillingly, "Why should I change the rubber fruit?"
"Then you're going to smoke your ass!!!"
Nami and Usopp punched Luffy on the head from the left and right.
"It's boring. I'm quitting." Zoro crossed his arms. "I want to focus on swordsmanship, so I won't participate. Besides, don't we have too many people with special abilities on the ship?"
"I don't want to change the Gold-Gold Fruit either." Sanji lit a cigarette with his golden lighter, "Fu... I like the Gold-Gold Fruit the most!"
He smiled innocently and gave Nami a thumbs up. Zoro next to him complained: "Idiot." "What did you say?!" Sanji and Zoro butted heads and started fighting again. "I won't draw lots either! I suddenly remembered that if I didn't have the Human-Human Fruit, I would become stupid!" Chopper jumped towards Sanji and Zoro who were fighting, "Stop fighting! The wound is about to split open again!! - Do you hear me!" With two punches, the reindeer turned into a sturdy man and joined the battle...
"Those idiots..."
Nami and Usopp looked back at each other and then at Robin. Robin shook her head and said, "I give up, too."
So, the weak duo swallowed nervously, reached out and slowly pumped again.
Three hands each drew a piece of paper. Usopp looked at the paper in his hand and said in surprise: "Haha, Nami, I'm longer than you!"
"Mine is the longest again~~Hahaha!" Luffy held up the longest piece of paper and smiled proudly. Then, Nami and Usopp, who looked tearful and angry, punched him respectively, "I told you not to join in the fun!!"
Luffy fell to the ground.
“Forget it!” Usopp finally sighed, put his hands on his waist, raised his head and tilted his long nose, and laughed, “How could the great Captain Usopp snatch something from a girl? Nami, this Thunder Fruit is for you!”
"Besides, since the Thunderbolt Fruit user is the one controlling the spaceship outside," Usopp gave Nami a grinning thumbs-up, "there's actually no need to draw lots. You can only be given the most suitable one! Robin thinks so, right?"
Robin said, "I have no objection."
Watching Usopp pretending to be cool and turning away to play with Zoro, Sanji, and Chopper, Nami sighed, "Are all men like this?"
"Based on my limited experience," Robin stroked his chin and nodded slowly, "it seems so."
"Hello, ladies," the black armor floated between the two of them, "I'm still here."
"Aren't you a ghost armor? It doesn't count!" Nami waved her hands, faced it with a smile, and said cheerfully with her head held high, "Come on!"
With his right hand covered with red flame patterns, 『BIB』stuck the triangular chip covered with electric current vortex patterns into Nami’s heart...
I will definitely grasp this devil fruit well...
Nami pursed her lips, looked up at the night sky, and suddenly, blue and white arcs of electricity danced in her bright eyes.
～～～～～～～～～～～ 〖The next day, in a cave on the Island of Gods——〗
Robin and "BIB" followed the leading members of the God Team into the cave, and soon saw a large ship parked deep in the cave.
"Wow! This is the Ark Maxim? It looks like it's made entirely of gold!"
Everyone expressed their amazement and emotion with great interest.
Robin boarded the deck of the Ark Maxim, followed by Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, and Chopper. Luffy also jumped onto the ship with his arms outstretched, hugged the huge golden Buddha head, and looked around with a smile.
There was a burst of lightning and Nami turned into lightning and followed.
"I'm still a little surprised..." Aisha exclaimed, "Nami really got the power of Enel's Thunder Fruit!"
The god Ganfor, who returned to the shrine and established diplomatic relations with the old chief of Shandia, stroked his white beard and laughed: "If Enelu knew about this, he would be furious. Haha..."
On the deck, Nami stuck out her tongue at the Shandians and the Sky Island God Team, made a scissors sign, then turned around and followed Robin into the Ark Proverbs to explore the internal structure of the ship. As a navigator, this time she has to take her companions to the moon... Just thinking about it is a difficult task! Robin reminded her: "This ship was specially built by Enel with extremely conductive gold. You can use the current that makes up your body to follow the gold of the hull and experience the structure of the entire spacecraft in person..."
"yes!"
Nami gladly accepted the suggestion, and soon half of her body turned into lightning and entered the gold. Within a few seconds, she had turned the entire spaceship inside and out hundreds of times.
Nami's thinking speed seemed to have become much faster after she became lightning. In the blink of an eye, the passage of time seemed to slow down to a near-instantaneous level in her eyes made of lightning... Her consciousness was wrapped in every strand of electricity, and she traveled through the golden pipe with interest, leisurely pondering the specific functions of each golden component and how it could react with the electricity...
Snap! Nami's body recovered. Sanji was disappointed. He hadn't seen enough! "I wonder how much of the ancient weapon Pluto's technology is used in this ship..." The black armor folded his arms beside Robin and muttered to himself.
Robin shook his head and said, "I don't want to know anyway."
As for that kind of dangerous weapon, unless it is necessary, she felt that the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
…
Swish! Swish! A mountaintop was cut off by two intersecting blade lights that shot up into the sky.
The moment it broke away from the mountain, it made another "bang" sound and was shattered into countless pieces of rubble in the web woven by the light of dozens of blades...
The sky was bright, and soon a huge golden flying ship slowly flew out.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…
There was amazing electric light leaping on the ship. Nami held the golden hull behind her with one hand and transmitted electricity to the magnetic sphere of the Ark Maxim, which was the center of energy conversion, continuously converting electrical energy into the driving force for the spacecraft to stay aloft.
Clank clang, Zoro sheathed the two swords, Setsuzou and Sandai Kitetsu.
“We will ring the golden bell for you here~~” Below the slowly rising Ark Maxim, everyone on Sky Island, including the chestnut-headed Mont Blanc and the mermaid Camie with a starfish on her head, walked out of the cave whose “ceiling” had been cut off by Zoro. They all raised their hands and shouted loudly to the Straw Hat Pirates who were standing by the large ship flying towards the sky, “We will definitely not let you get lost on your way back~~!!”
On the edge of the Island of Gods, even the island whale Lab was singing to the sky, making a low but distant howl to see off Robin and others on the Ark of Proverbs.
"Haha! Thank you!" Luffy laughed and waved his hands downwards. Nami urged from behind, "Hurry up and go into Den Den Mushi Castle. We need to speed up and fly upwards."
"Yes! Miss Nami!" Sanji was the first to respond.
He made a diving motion towards Nami and pounced on her with lustful eyes - but not only did he miss, but he was also electrocuted when passing through Nami's elemental lightning body, and was charred and smoking.
“Hahaha!” Usopp and Chopper laughed while pointing at the charred Sanji. The next second, lightning struck them. Usopp instantly became charred and steaming. He opened his mouth and blew out a ball of hot air… “Why are you electrocuting me?”
"Come into the castle quickly!" Nami blushed. She actually didn't control her newly acquired devil fruit ability very well.
"Yes..." Sanji raised his hand shakily on the deck.
Robin was standing by the boat, looking at the distant sky island below. A half-body in black armor floated next to her. The latter said thoughtfully: "Just now, Enel seemed to be lying in a pit. Maybe he saw his Ark Maxim flying to the moon..."
"Let's go to the moon!!"
Luffy shouted excitedly and jumped into the castle inside the green Den Den Mushi in Nami's hand.
Zoro, Usopp, Chopper, and Robin followed in one after another.
BIB did not enter, but remained floating on the deck, looking up at the gigantic moon that seemed to be right in front of him - even the craters on its surface were clearly visible.
"Oh, that's right, you are a ghost..." Nami said, looking at it.
Boom!!! Her palms gushed with electricity of more than 100 million volts, increasing the speed of the Ark Maxim to the maximum while also rapidly melting a part of the golden hull. She slowly pulled out a golden staff-like stick from the flowing gold. She ignored the gaze of the black ghost staring at her, stuck out her tongue, raised the golden staff and pointed at the huge and bright moon, "Forward!"
"oh!!!"
There was a noisy response from the Den Den Mushi castle in her hand, with everyone laughing.
The spacecraft gradually left the atmosphere, and there was almost no oxygen left...
However, as a natural lightning person, Nami didn't seem to feel uncomfortable. This was a very wonderful experience. Looking at Mr. Black Armor Ghost next to him, he might be the only one who could empathize with this experience? And Den Den Mushi...
It has already absorbed and stored a large amount of air in its body. It is a castle, so it does not rely much on breathing. When it was sealed by Perospero's candy, it survived by relying on the castle's physique.
Even in the space environment where the air was thin and almost zero before reaching the moon, Xiaolu didn't feel much.
Behind the castle's portals, Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper stared at the moon that was getting closer and closer with sparkling eyes.
"Infinite Earth! When you get closer, it really looks like that!"
Sanji and Zoro leaned against the other side of the door, one holding a knife and the other lighting a cigarette - then they were discovered by Nami outside, and an electric current flew over and burned his cigarette butt, "Cherish oxygen, no smoking!"
Sanji raised his hand happily, "Yes~~!" Zoro complained: "Hehe." Sanji glared at him unhappily...
Robin was behind the other door, looking up at the moon's surface that was almost within reach. She was curious about only one thing... Why did BIB insist on letting everyone come and see it? This was the first time in the past ten years that BIB had actively intervened or suggested where she should go.
The one that "BIB" is reproducing now is Lynch who had not yet left the Kingdom of Flowers... In other words, Lynch at that time probably knew what secrets might be hidden on the moon? ～～～～～～～～～～～ 〖The Moon, "Infinite Land"——〗
On the bumpy surface of the moon, a ship was quietly parked. A woman with a flash of lightning jumped off the ship, holding a golden staff in one hand and spinning it casually, holding a green Den Den Mushi in the other, and walking in this dead silent world with curiosity in her eyes.
Look up at the sky and you will see the deep and boundless universe.
quiet……
Hmm? It doesn't seem that quiet.
Nami's nostrils twitched, and she said in surprise: "Why is there still thin air on the surface of the moon?"
"There's air?"
Luffy's voice came from the Den Den Mushi in her hand. Nami's heart skipped a beat, and sure enough, the next second, Luffy's excited voice came from the castle: "Let's go to the moon... adventure!!!"
BIU, Luffy jumped out and returned to his original size. He was originally a rubber man, and he bounced around on the moon's surface with lower gravity, having a lot of fun.
"There really is air... How can there be air on the moon? I don't understand..."
Usopp, who followed Luffy carefully out of the castle without thinking, held his head and looked at the vast and empty moon continent, with a look of doubt on his face.
But soon, he and Chopper each made two pirate flags, stuck them in two adjacent pits, and solemnly announced to each other: "This place has been occupied by Captain Usopp/Captain Chopper!"
"Hahaha! How fun! I'll come too!!"
Luffy laughed and clapped his hands, stretched out his arms to take out materials from the Den Den Mushi castle, drew a crooked straw hat pirate flag and planted it, raised his head proudly and announced: "This is Captain Luffy, you two, don't come to my territory!"
"This is Captain Usopp..." "This is Captain Chopper..." "Hahahaha..."
"Three little brats!" Sanji finally lit a cigarette after walking out. He just spit out a puff of smoke and turned around to see Zoro pull out the Wado Ichimonji and carve a line of words on the ground of the moon: "The world's greatest swordsman Roronoa Zoro". "You too?!"
Luffy chuckled for a while, then he and Usopp looked at Chopper's pirate flag in surprise.
Why are there ladybugs and butterflies?
As expected... Chopper really likes animals! "Strange, Miss Nami," Sanji turned his head around, but didn't seem to notice Robin and their black armor that only covered the upper body. "Where are Sister Robin and the others?"
Nami pointed in a direction and said, "Oh, she just said that she went to the moon to do archaeological research. She said that there might be some relics in such an ancient place!"
"Is this true?" Sanji was a little confused. "Ruins are something that only exist when there is civilization, right? But this is clearly the moon!"
Nami smiled playfully and said, "Why don't you just follow her and take a look? Sister Robin is always mysterious..." As she spoke, she pretended to listen attentively.
"..." Sanji was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said in surprise, "Ms. Nami! Could it be that you have already mastered what they call the Heart Net - that is, the Observation Haki?!"
"I don't know either." Nami shook her head and said, "But this Thunder Fruit seems to be very good at hearing other people's 'voices'... Is this the Heart Net, is it the Observation Haki? Never mind! - Let's go, Sister Robin is over there, oh, and 'BIB'."
Watching Nami greet Luffy and the others and walk away, Sanji was alone and heartbroken. Oh my god, even Miss Nami...
No! I can’t fall behind!!! “Ah! Sanji, why are you on fire?!” Chopper passed by and was startled, rolling and crawling to avoid it, “My fur is most afraid of fire…”
…
When Nami jumped down a hole on the surface of the moon and passed through a dark passage to find Robin and "BIB", she discovered that she was standing in front of a wall with a shock on her face that had not dissipated for a long time.
On the wall in front of her and the black armor, there were only two carved murals.
"What is this painting?" Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Chopper looked up and tilted their heads with a big question mark in their eyes. "Is it a moon person?" Luffy said with a laugh.
"Could the ship on the mural be related to the ship we're on?" Sanji was also deeply shocked and murmured, "Is there really a civilization on the moon...?"
Nami was sharp-eyed. Seeing one side of the two murals, she exclaimed, "It's that kind of text! Sister Robin, you can interpret this kind of text, right?"
Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Usopp, Chopper, and "BIB" all turned their heads to look at Robin who was staring at the mural with a slightly wide eyed look.
"The Great Flood..." she murmured.
～～～～～～～～～～～ On the way back to the planet we came from, which was almost entirely blue and surrounded by only a "red ribbon"...
Nami sat cross-legged on the deck of the Ark Maxim, placing the golden staff across her white legs, holding the green Den Den Mushi in both hands, and moving closer to the castle gate with her big eyes blinking, joining in the conversation of her friends.
Of course, Robin was the one talking, while Usopp, Sanji and the others were listening. Luffy was tired from playing, and had already fallen asleep on the ground, with a big bubble of sleep on his nose.
"In a very distant time, probably at least 100 million years ago... a great flood occurred in our world that submerged the entire world...
"At that time, people all over the world built a huge spaceship, took everything they could carry, and flew to the moon...
"The surviving humans on the spacecraft transformed the moon, making it suitable for ordinary humans to live in... and thus a civilization was born here...
"After many, many years, some people from the lunar civilization returned to their homeland... and finally some of them stayed in their homeland...
"This is the ancestor of the Sky Islanders and the Shandia people..."
Robin slowly told everyone the information he had obtained from the ancient text on the mural.
She spoke slowly and not for long, but it left Usopp, Sanji, Chopper stunned. Even the usually calm and composed Zoro was stunned. It was hard to imagine that such an incredible thing had happened in the world so long ago.
Are the Sky Islanders and the Shandia people descendants of the Moon People? That's right, no wonder they look like the people in the murals, with wings on their backs...
No, no! According to Robin, the moon people were originally from our world, but they left their homeland and temporarily lived on the moon to avoid the flood!
So the Sky Islanders and the Shandians are essentially no different from us.
Although the words were few, the amount of information was astonishing. Even Nami, who was listening outside, couldn't recover for a long time. It was not until the spaceship entered the atmosphere and shook for a while that she remembered her duty as a navigator and quickly released lightning to control the course.
The black armor flew out and looked back at the "infinite land" that was gradually moving away.
Nami sighed sadly, "The moon is still the moon, but I think... when we look up at it in the future, our mood will be completely different..."
Yes, yes!
In Den Den Mushi's castle, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper and even Zoro couldn't help but nod when they heard Nami's sigh outside. Only Robin pointed at Luffy who was sleeping soundly, meaning that Luffy might not feel the same way.
Everyone was speechless. How could this funny guy be counted?
Robin was thinking about something else...
When the Ark Maxim passed through the atmosphere and flew towards the endless sea of clouds, and people could breathe again on the deck, everyone jumped out of the Den Den Mushi castle one after another, and stood on the edge of the deck, feeling the wind, some sighing, some feeling emotional, and some excited.
"Is this also why you cared so much about Dr. Vegapunk's research materials?"
Robin walked to the side of the black armor, tidied up her hair that was messed up by the wind in the sky, and stared blankly at the sea of clouds approaching below.
"Dr. Vegapunk, who has mastered so many technologies that are far ahead of his time, is he related to that lunar civilization..."
The research materials of Dr. Vegapunk that they obtained at the beginning included the research on the moon. When he was a teenager, Vegapunk discovered that there was an atmosphere on the moon! ——This seems to prove that Vegapunk is not from the moon. However, judging from the text records on the murals, the lunar civilization may have lasted for hundreds of millions of years. Who knows whether there has been a break in civilization? Vegapunk did not know that the moon had been transformed, and he might be related to the lunar civilization or even a remnant of the lunar civilization. These two things are not necessarily contradictory.
"BIB"'s narrow eyes shone with a faint light, "I don't know either. That's why I'm curious."
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Robin nodded.
"Listen!!!"
At this moment, Luffy's excited voice suddenly rang out on the ship, and everyone listened carefully. Nami, Chopper, and Sanji all smiled, and Usopp excitedly shouted to the vast sea of clouds below: "It's the bell!!!"
Ding...
Ding...
Ding...
The distant and loud bell sounds passed through layer upon layer of sea of clouds and floated to everyone's ears.
"It's the light of Shandora... It's guiding us back..."
Although Nami knew that the spaceship could fly back to Sky Island so accurately because "BIB" was reminding it of the direction just now - it seemed to have left its lower body on Sky Island as a positioning target for the return journey.
But even so, Nami couldn't help but smile when she heard the sound of bells coming from the clouds below.
“It really feels like coming home!”
The orange-haired girl smiled as she bathed in the breeze, stretching her body to her heart's content.
While Luffy and the others were happy about this, Robin was startled by the sound of the bell and said to herself: "'So that our ancestors who flew to the sky after death can come back to this land at any time without worrying about getting lost'..."
In the Shandian tradition, the "ancestors who flew to the sky" they mentioned, could it be that they originally referred to the ancestors who flew back to the moon? The so-called guidance so that they would not get lost, was it just like what they were doing now, guiding us who came from the moon to return to the sky island correctly? Passing through the layers of clouds, Robin took a deep breath, and there was a most straightforward and obvious question lingering in her mind.
Ancient writing, is it lunar writing? !
…
The more I know, the more doubts I seem to have.
Because even the remains of civilization on the moon have nothing to do with the history of the "blank hundred years" that scholars like Robin and O'Hara are desperately trying to uncover.
Compared with the prehistoric civilization dating back 100 million years, the history of eight or nine hundred years does seem too...
Like a tiny wave at the end of the long river of history.
A short whistle sounded in the dark waves, and no one was willing to listen carefully... What happened in those hundred years? Lunar civilization, ancient weapons...
The Great Flood, the Lost Hundred Years...
And the huge lost kingdom that the doctors and their colleagues had researched during their lifetime...
What is the connection between these things? "Sister Robin, we are leaving."
Nami's voice woke Robin who was lost in thought.
Robin raised her head and looked at Nami who was waving at her on the deck of the Merry, as well as Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper on the deck, as well as the mermaid Camie and the starfish Papagu who seemed to have promised to take them home by Luffy and Sanji... and of course, there was also the huge island whale Laboo who was following the Merry on the sea of clouds, also looking at her eagerly.
"What about Rab?"
Robin boarded the Merry and looked back at the island cloud, which was full of Sky Islanders and Shandians who came to see him off, as well as Mont Blanc Kulik, a chestnut-headed burly man who had decided to stay on Sky Island and was standing next to Weber.
She asked: "Labo's body is too big, it definitely can't be put into Den Den Mushi Castle..."
"Don't worry about that!" Nami giggled, flipped her palm, and took out several special shells, "Dada~ This is called an impact shell, it can absorb any form of impact!"
Robin was startled, "You mean..."
"Every time Laboon falls a certain distance, use these shock shells to catch it and absorb its impact force!" Sanji turned around and gave a golden thumbs up, smiling, "I will use the gold to control these shock shells to catch Laboon. Don't worry, Sister Robin! I will make sure Laboon returns to the sea safely..." As if in response to his words, the island whale that was following the Merry across the sea of clouds raised its head and let out a long, excited howl.
"It said..." Kimi smiled and blinked, "'I'm very heavy, I hope these shells won't be crushed by me!' Hehehe..."
Amid the laughter and cheers on the Merry, Luffy looked at the end of the cloud in front of him, raised his fists and shouted excitedly:
"Let's go back to the sea!!!"
"oh!!!"
With everyone responding in unison, the Merry and Lab flew out of the end of the clouds and began to free fall at an altitude of 10,000 meters.
“Ahhh…”
Amid the exclamations of the whole ship, there was Luffy's heartless laughter.
A sharp whistle sounded in the sky. A large pink octopus suddenly flew out from the clouds, its eight claws firmly attached to the Merry, its head expanded like a hot air balloon, and the Merry's descent slowed down abruptly...
With a "sizzle" of lightning, Nami's element turned into brilliant lightning, attached to her golden staff, and like a golden line, it hovered around the Merry, which was slowly floating down in the octopus hot air balloon, and slowly followed it down to the vast ocean.
Zoro, Usopp, and Chopper said to her speechlessly on the deck: "You seem to be taking it easy..."
"Hehe." Nami's laughter came from the thick lightning wrapped on the golden staff.
She quickly flew to the bottom of Laboo and saw several shock shells controlled by Gold, which would occasionally cushion Laboo's body and absorb its huge impact force. Laboo's body would completely stop in mid-air, and then begin to accelerate in free fall again... This repeated process, whenever the shock shell was about to absorb enough impact force, Sanji would control Gold to press the switch of the shock shell, releasing most of the impact force...
Lab's intermittent falling speed was exactly the same as that of the Merry, which was being held down by the octopus hot air balloon.
The wind whistled in his ears. Robin grew many arms and clung to them. He was obviously still immersed in the experiences of the trip to Sky Island and the Moon. He looked at the sea getting closer and closer, then raised his head to look at the faint shadow of the moon in the blue sky, and muttered to himself: "But...what about the people of the Moon civilization? Except for the people of Sky Island and Shandia, have they all died out? Or..."
"BIB" appeared nearby, "You already have a guess, don't you? The so-called 'huge kingdom', since it disappeared nine hundred years ago and no trace can be found eight hundred years later, it is very likely that a 'huge kingdom' appeared out of nowhere in that hundred years. In other words, it is not impossible that the remaining lunar survivors chose to collectively migrate to our world nine hundred years ago and established a 'huge kingdom' on this ocean..."
"And Dr. Vegapunk could be the inheritor of that huge kingdom to some extent?" Robin murmured to himself.
"BIB" said: "Whether it is right or wrong, only the Pirate King knows."
Robin was silent, thinking of the ancient words left by the Pirate King on the base of the golden bell on Sky Island -
"I have come here to bring this article to its end. - Pirate Gol D. Roger"
～～～～～～～～～～～ “Anyway, let’s count our harvest first～～!!”
On the Merry, Usopp, who was repairing the dilapidated Merry, and Luffy and Chopper, who were playing with starfish on the deck, were called into the cabin.
"Where are the people?"
Luffy, Usopp and Chopper, who had starfish on their heads, were all puzzled. Only then did they see a stream of electricity flying out of the left eye of the Den Den Mushi on the table - the current quickly became thicker and hit Luffy directly.
Boom! Luffy was totally fine, "Oh, in the castle."
While the starfish, who had just jumped on Usopp's face and hugged him out of fear, were speechless, Luffy jumped directly into the Den Den Mushi castle with a smile.
As soon as they entered, they were almost blinded by the golden glow.
The mountain of gold almost filled up the empty training ground of Den Den Mushi Castle. Nami waved her hand generously, "Since we are pirates, of course we have to divide the treasure! Ninety percent belongs to me and is considered our public account. You can divide the remaining ten percent as you wish!"
Hey! Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Chopper, and even the starfish Papagu waved their hands in silence.
"However, the greatest gain from the trip to Sky Island is, of course—" Sanji twisted his body and flirted with Nami, "Ms. Nami has become the goddess of thunder, the goddess of beauty and power!!"
Bang bang, Sanji even unscrewed two small cannons.
"No, no, no... it's all because everyone gave in to me..." Nami was rarely shy, "And I also have to thank Sister Robin and Hei Zai--"
"Where's Robin?"
Everyone was puzzled. Luffy was chewing on a barbecued leg. "She seems to have gone outside to chat with Camie and Lab. Hei Zai is also outside..."
…
"Hahaha, come eat me again!"
“Roar~~”
On the sea, the little mermaid Kemi was competing and playing with Lab. With the mermaid's swimming speed, she could swim around Labu's huge body in the blink of an eye. It was possible that Labu could not outswim Kemi.
Therefore, it is even more speechless that this little mermaid, Kemi, could be swallowed by other large sea beasts so many times in her short life...
Even if it just stands there in a daze, it should be able to just wag its tail at the last moment and escape from the gap between the teeth!
Blowing the sea breeze, Robin leaned his elbows on the railing of the boat and looked at the ordinary sailboat that was tattered and covered with iron patches. "Ship elf Merry, you still haven't appeared?"
"BIB" crossed his arms and murmured, "I can feel it inside the hull... I can probably pull it out by force, but it won't be good for it! It's just a strange young soul that has just sprouted, and it's not suitable to be treated roughly..."
Robin nodded.
Not long after, Luffy and the others also came out of the cabin in high spirits. It was a rare occasion that everyone was given a part of Nami's small treasury, and they were all very happy.
Luffy decided to eat meat to his heart's content at the next stop; Usopp wanted to buy a lot of equipment; Chopper wanted to buy a lot of medical supplies; Sanji wanted to buy kitchen utensils and ingredients; Zoro smiled and said he wanted to drink until he was drunk... Looking at the big whales and beautiful mermaids playing on the sea, Sanji lit a cigarette with his golden lighter, "After that, we have to pay attention to the afro Brook that Lab is looking for, and also we have to send Miss Mermaid back to Fishman Island, right? Hehe, hehehehe..."
"Hey!" Usopp was speechless and waved at the starfish above his head. This guy had a sullen look on his face. He must be thinking of the mermaids on Fishman Island, right?
"Woo~" Zoro yawned and walked to the side of the boat, "Is Kemi calling us?"
"Yeah!" Luffy also leaned over, biting his bone, "He was yelling at us, waving his hands non-stop~ Hehe, Lab next to him is really something, what is he yelling..."
"No!" Robin's expression changed, "Kami seems very scared--"
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!!!"
On the sea not far away, Kami and Lab's faces turned pale with fear and they waved desperately to the Merry.
Beep——————————beep——————————————!!!
A long and loud train sound came from the distant sea to the side. Luffy and others on the Merry were so scared that their eyeballs, teeth, hair, and ears all flew out. Nami reacted quickly and waved her hand. A lightning bolt as thick as a bucket hit the sea like a cannon. The recoil force pushed the Merry to fly high to the side, almost sticking to the shell of the sea train that was whizzing by. BANG!!!
The black sea train whizzed past, the Merry flew in the air, and finally landed on the sea with a thud.
"Well……"
"It's so scary. Why is there a train on the sea?"
Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, and Nami were lying together, and their souls almost flew out of their mouths...
Zoro and Sanji grabbed the fence and managed to keep their bodies steady. Suddenly, they looked around and were speechless. There was a building that looked like a train platform on the sea... What the hell was this? !
The Merry slowly approached...
Chopper suddenly discovered that Robin was standing still.
"Sister Robin?" Nami managed to stand still, and when she touched Robin, she was surprised to find that Robin was trembling slightly.
Nami was puzzled and looked in the direction where Robin's pale eyes were looking... She saw an ordinary bicycle parked in front of the house of the strange sea platform. And on the bench next to the wall, a tall man in a white suit was sitting there. He had curly hair and a mask on one eye. He was looking at the pocket of his white suit, with his long legs spread out, dozing off as if no one was around... And Robin was staring at the man's figure and stood still. Nami could hardly hear Robin's breathing, as if he had forgotten how to breathe.
A mecha hand covered with flame patterns pressed on Robin's shoulder, and the slight tremor of his body eased a little.
Luffy got off the boat, looked at the man, and asked in confusion: "Who are you?"
"Grandma! Oh no! Pirates are coming!!"
A crisp, childish cry came from the platform house. Zoro and the others thought something was wrong. Sure enough, a little girl with green ponytails rushed out of the house. A fat aunt with the same green hair - carrying a bottle of wine, turned out to be a drunkard, staggered out. After burping, she didn't pay attention to them who had just got off the pirate ship, but turned around and said depressedly to the man sleeping on the bench: "Hiccup... Is the admiral so free? Why is hiccup... still sleeping here?"
Navy! General! Admiral! These four words were like a bolt from the blue to people with basic common sense like Usopp, Nami, and Sanji. To people like Camie and Papagu who came from Fishman Island, it was like a punishment from heaven. They were stunned, their eyes rolled back in fear, they trembled, and could hardly speak... Only Luffy was still full of question marks, "Who is he?"
“Hmm?” The tall man in a white suit who was sleeping soundly on the bench shook a little, and finally woke up. He yawned and pushed the sleep mask to the top of his head. He scratched his black curly hair, put his white suit jacket on his arm, and looked lazily at the tall and eye-catching woman among the pirates. He smiled and said, “Long time no see, Nico Robin... Don’t look so gloomy!”
"Do you know Robin?" Luffy was surprised. Nami was even more surprised, "Sister Robin is so nervous because of him..."
Aokiji chuckled, "We used to have quite a story, right, Nico Robin? Don't tremble... Are you scared or angry?"
Zoro and Sanji frowned, looked at the admiral in front of them, and then looked at Robin who had a gloomy face.
"What do you think? Kuzan..." Robin stared at Aokiji in front of him.
"I think it's fear." Aokiji scratched his head lazily, looked at Robin with a scornful smile, and said disappointedly, "I... I really thought that the relationship between you two was so deep~ I didn't expect it to be just this deep!" He said slowly with a blank expression, "He waited for you in the Holy Land for five years, but in the end he didn't even see a hair... Now, he has been locked up in the underwater prison five years ago. There is no hope for him now..."
“……?!”
Everyone was shocked, especially Robin, whose pupils trembled, his mouth opened, his breathing became rapid, his mouth was dry, his forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he clenched his teeth and could not speak.
"You are no longer that 8-year-old girl. Do you still want to play the so-called pirate game with these people? After going through so many things, you should have understood..."
Aokiji looked coldly at Robin, who seemed to be trapped in boundless fear and self-blame, "Your existence itself will bring disaster."
"Don't be naive, little girl..."
He said, his eyes turning to the black ghost standing guard beside Robin.
～～～～～～～～～～～ 〖The Calm Belt, the Great Undersea Prison〗
〖The sixth layer of the seabed, infinite hell——〗
Boom boom...
Another vicious criminal was locked up and pushed roughly into the dusty and bloody cell. He fell down against the wall and seemed to sink into this dark world of death.
In the darkness, Crocodile looked up, looking a little embarrassed.
He immediately saw the figure of the hateful guy in the cell across from him whom he would never forget in his life, and couldn't help but laugh, "Hehehehehehe... Giovanna Giorno, or should I call you... Lynch?"
"I didn't expect that you, who had disappeared for ten years, would be here... Haha, hahahahahaha..."
Crocodile raised his head and burst into unbridled and hearty laughter, laughing so hard that tears were about to come out. He shook his head and said, "I was wondering why Nico Robin was hanging out with a bunch of brats. Turns out she abandoned you. Hahahahaha... I'm dying of laughter..."
He laughed for a full ten minutes, but there was no response from the cell across the street.
"Stop laughing, Crocodile," Xiliu snorted from the cell next door, "He's not here, why are you laughing at the air?"
“Not here?!”
Crocodile's laughter froze, and he squinted his eyes and looked carefully at the cell across the street, puzzled, "Do you think I'm blind? That guy is clearly locked against the wall of that cell - is there someone else in his cell? - Oh? And it's a woman?"
"Xiao Shazi, do you have any opinion about women?"
The "still a woman" in Crocodile's mouth raised her head, and a pair of unfriendly eyes were hidden in her long red hair that was still kept smooth and smooth in prison, which made Crocodile's momentum stagnate. "Laut Heina... When you were dismissed from the position of Shichibukai, you were thrown into the underwater prison..."
Damn the navy, it really has never been a good thing! "What's going on with this guy Lynch?" Crocodile asked with narrowed eyes, "He is clearly next to you, why would the idiot next to me say he is not there?"
Xiliu next door snorted coldly, "Watch your mouth, or I'll chop you to death."
Crocodile laughed and looked down upon him.
"Xiao Shazi, you can continue to smile. Maybe you can make him laugh back... hehe..."
Hai Na smiled strangely, biting a piece of dry grass in her mouth and swaying back and forth, and finally spitting it out. She glanced at the motionless empty shell beside her and said boredly, "This guy always runs out to stroll on the street by himself whenever he has nothing to do, leaving me alone here in my empty room. Oh, oh, oh, this is really not kind at all..."
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(Robots on the moon, side quests about space pirates, these things that have no clue at all, are strategically deleted...)
(End of this chapter)