Chapter 866 ONE PIECE

[“Roger, it looks like we’re here too early.”]

[Rayleigh said with a smile from behind. This smile carried a hint of bitterness and regret.]

[Roger suffers from an incurable disease. Before he arrived at this final island, his illness relapsed and he became extremely weak. It was a miracle that he could barely hold on to this place and meet the man from eight hundred years ago, the Joy Boy whose phantom Roger said he had seen on Shuixianxing Island. All the truth left on this island...]

[Roger is dying. He has no future. There is no future for him. There is no future for him. He will not be able to wait for the birth of the mermaid princess and the ripening of the fruit that was born in response to the destiny.]

[It seems that everyone thought of Roger's physical condition because of Rayleigh's words. Everyone in the pirate group, Jabba, Crocus, Spencer, Sambel, Kozuki Oden... everyone could not hide their sadness. ]

[Roger himself quickly put this regret aside and said cheerfully: "Forget it, since we are here too early, there is nothing we can do about it. Let's leave all this to the young people twenty years later!"]

【"but……"】

[Roger stroked his chin and smiled mischievously, "You want me to have no sense of participation at all? This is not going to work... Hey, Spencer, do you still have gold powder on the ship?"]

[Spencer asked: "The gold dust you mentioned, are you referring to the pile of spoils that you chopped into powder last time when you got drunk?"]

[“Don’t be so fussy!”]

[Roger brought out a large urn filled with gold powder with a smile on his face, and said happily, "Isn't the sea full of gold? We'll go there later--"]

[He paused. I'm afraid there will be no future for Roger's pirate group.]

【Roger smiled and didn't continue.】

[“Well, latecomer, whether you are a ‘D’ or not, whether you are a ‘Joey Boy’ or not, can you truly inherit this fruit…”]

[Roger lifted the large urn and poured the gold powder into the buds that were about to bloom.]

[The mechanical monkeys squeaked and bared their teeth at him, and it was unclear whether they were dissatisfied or found it funny.]

[Roger looked at the flower bud that seemed to be painted with a layer of gold powder with satisfaction, touched his chin, and said with a sly smile: "Anyway, you should understand after seeing this - I, Golden Roger, was the first one to find it! Hahahahaha!" This pirate who was called the devil by the world now laughed triumphantly with his hands on his hips like a little kid. ]

…

The laughter of Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper was still in the front of the stage, while Robin was sitting in a corner at the edge of the stage, next to Lynch who was meditating. She collected the ancient texts translated by the mechanical monkeys from the hands of her flower clones one by one, and read them page by page with a focused expression.

Each flower clone was controlled by Robin herself, so she naturally knew the contents of the translations on these different pages. She just put them together and re-sorted out the history of 800 years ago recorded in these texts. Robin was still deeply shocked by the buried past.

In fact, the information about what the huge kingdom was, the winged visitors from the moon, the ancient flood... and so on, was not much different from the guesses they had pieced together along the way.

After all, the awakened level of the Childlike Fruit mentioned by Joy Boy can only erase people's memories of the corresponding things, but cannot really erase the objective existence. Otherwise, those scattered historical text tablets should be the first to be erased from the world. It would be even more impossible for O'Hara's historians to infer the truth of eight hundred years ago from the clues.

As for what the "D Clan" was, the great war that took place during the blank 100 years, and the information learned from the contact with Joyboy on the Water Star Island - although Joyboy, named Marshall D. Manhattan, did not directly state it - were enough to infer the general truth...

"D" is not a letter, but a totem.

A totem that symbolizes emotions such as "laughter", "joy", "dreams", "hope", "happiness", etc. and a beautiful vision of the future and life.

And the predecessor of the World Government that Joy Boy mentioned, the huge war launched by the coalition of twenty countries...

Robin flipped through the details and events of the war that took place eight hundred years ago in the paper translation, and felt a sense of... absurdity, followed by shock and emotion.

She finally understood why Nefertari, the royal family of Alabasta, was also a member of the coalition of twenty nations in the beginning.

She also understood why Nefertari refused to become a Celestial Dragon after the war and returned to Alabasta...

There is no doubt that Nefertari regretted it eight hundred years ago.

The regrets one feels after the war are naturally because of the cause that started the war.

Twenty powerful countries formed a coalition, and even received support from countless people around the world. With so many followers, it was obvious that there was a seemingly legitimate reason...

Cirque du Soleil, the world's top star Joey Boy, who came out of that huge kingdom, has an evil plan.

He wants to use everyone in the world for his own benefit.

He will brainwash all of humanity into becoming a member of "D".

The so-called Cirque du Soleil is the key link in this evil plan that cannot be ignored, but has been ignored by everyone until now...

The twenty-nation coalition at that time even got irrefutable evidence! …

[After Roger finished tinkering with the unripe fruit, he urged the monkeys to return it to the bottom of the sea, and pretended nothing had happened.]

[“Who knows which lucky guy will get it?” Jabba said with a grin. ]

[Roger said confidently: "Of course he is my son! Is there any need to think about it?"]

[Kurokas said speechlessly: "Nonsense, where did you get your son?"]

[“It will be!” Roger was still full of confidence, and waved his hand heroically, “You’ve come all the way here, why not watch the show? Oh, right, we’ll leave all the treasures on the ship here! Hey, monkeys, remember, if someone who doesn’t deserve this fruit comes here, you only need to share our treasures with them as a reward, and don’t really give the things to some low-class bastards!”]

[Kozuki Oden was shocked and said: "Roger, you are joking... How can anyone who sets foot on this island be a low-class person?"]

[Kurokas held his forehead and said, "Except for the son who only exists in his mind, everyone else is probably a nobody in his eyes, right?"]

[Roger laughed wildly and patted Crocus on the back, "You're right, Crocus! Ace will definitely be the best pirate. He will be the ace of this sea!"]

[“Ace?” Everyone was speechless, “Are you going to name your son after your own sword?”]

[Spencer laughed and said, "What if it's a daughter?"]

[Roger twirled his rifle and said excitedly, "Then call it 'An'."]

[Everyone suddenly realized, "The son uses the name of a knife, and the daughter uses the name of a gun? You are so casual, Roger! Hahahaha..."]

【The monkeys' circus performance continues. 】

【The people in Roger's pirate group were also heartless, throwing most of the treasures on the ship into the sea. Rayleigh was in the mood to joke, "Luckily Buggy didn't come this time, otherwise he would have cried and fainted after seeing all the treasures thrown into the sea." But he quickly put it behind him and watched with everyone else on the old theater stage of Cirque du Soleil, where a group of monkeys reproduced a wonderful performance that seemed to have happened eight hundred years ago. The performance had a part about telling old stories, but the core was still funny and amusing, to make everyone laugh. Roger, Rayleigh and others were indeed amused and laughed so hard that they fell backwards.】

[Roger laughed so hard that tears welled up in his eyes, "Joey Boy, I really wish I was born in the same era as you! You actually left behind such an incredible treasure, what an unexpected 'joke'!"]

[At the end of the laughter, Roger said loudly: "Listen to me - no one has reached this island in 800 years. Should we give it a name?"]

【Laugh Tale! 】

【A story about laughter. 】

…

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Twenty years later, at the beach in Raftel, in front of the same old Cirque du Soleil theater, the same circus performance by the same monkeys attracted the same laughter from a different group of people.

Luffy stared at the pure white fruit.

"I feel like..." The Straw Hat Boy, who no longer had his straw hat, walked over. Under the surprised gazes of others, he reached out and grabbed the pure white fruit, muttering to himself, "It seems like it's asking me to take it away! How strange, can fruits talk?"

A pair of eyes with faint golden patterns opened calmly.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The moment Luffy's palm grasped the pure white fruit, he froze in his place, revealing an expression of shock and astonishment, which was a rare expression for this stubborn boy. Therefore, Nami, Usopp, and even Zoro, Sanji and others were all very surprised. Even if the fruit left by Joyboy was some kind of special devil fruit, could it be so special? ...

The petals fell in the wind amidst the laughter. Robin sighed and closed all the pages, imagining the dusty history of eight hundred years ago.

She could understand the "unjust accusation" suffered by Joy Boy and all the "D clan" - but they seemed to have no way to defend themselves: You sincerely wanted to follow Joy Boy and his "D", and even put this totem that symbolizes a better life into your name, and your every word and action followed the joyful atmosphere of Cirque du Soleil. Under the premise that you absolutely cannot accept betrayal of ideals, how can you prove that you have not been so-called "brainwashed"? What's more, what Cirque du Soleil and Joy Boy were doing at the time seemed to be consistent with the world's "misunderstanding" of them...

An ironic joke was created. Twenty powerful nations united to "prevent the destruction of all mankind" and launched a protracted war with the huge kingdom centered on Joyboy.

Once the wheels of suspicion start turning, it is hard to stop. Robin could not imagine how miserable Joyboy and the other members of Cirque du Soleil felt after being misunderstood by the whole world. Robin also did not know how much the Nefertari royal family regretted after learning the truth, to the point that they abandoned the honor of being "descendants of God" and retreated to Alabasta, guarding the historical stone tablets that recorded ancient weapons for generations...

"So 'ONE PIECE' is that fruit, interesting..."

Robin heard Lynch's voice from behind her, which surprised her a little. She turned around and saw Lynch picking up the translation that Robin had just folded and placed there, and was flipping through it casually.

What surprised Robin was obviously not that Lynch was looking at the information she had compiled, but that Lynch was clearly standing there, but Robin seemed not to be able to sense his presence.

Lynch... absorbed all that energy? Fortunately, this was just Robin's momentary illusion. When Lynch turned his head to look over, he became alive again, and the surging vitality was reflected in Robin's observation Haki.

"To be able to make something like this," Lynch said jokingly, "Joey Boy is really something."

"You..." Robin looked up twice, "Your hair has grown longer?"

"Really?" Lin Qi raised his hand and brushed the black hair that fell to his shoulders. "Don't worry about it. As mature hair, they can already manage themselves." The long black hair coiled around Lin Qi's head like a living thing, and was tied into a bun. It was tied too casually, so that there were still a lot of hair hanging down and curling up in front of the forehead and temples.

Robin pressed his cheeks left and right with both hands and asked softly, "When did the absorption end?"

A dark armored phantom walked out of Lynch's body. Compared with the past, it seemed that there was no change, and it still quietly guarded the side of the main body.

Lin Qi smiled and said, "It's been a while. I saw that you were studying and thinking very seriously. I accidentally got so engrossed that I didn't say anything."

"Then you have to continue watching for the rest of your life." Robin rested his forehead against his chest, "Not a day less."

"Of course." Lynch held her in his arms. She was 29 years old, but she still looked like the helpless yet strong girl she was back then. "Giorno and Jolyne will be together forever." He smiled and said, "I'm a Jolyne supporter."

"..." Luffy came back to his senses, staring at the pure white fruit in his hand with shining eyes. At this moment, Lynch and Robin came over hand in hand. Lynch smiled and said, "It's a rare trip for you, so why don't you leave something behind? Even Roger knows to dump garbage into the sea!"

Nami said in dissatisfaction: "He poured out treasure! What do you mean by garbage!"

Zoro suddenly asked, "Come to think of it, how did the outside world know that Roger and his team had arrived at the final island?"

"And since when did he start being called the Pirate King..."

"In other words...Luffy, how do we prove that we've been here?"

Usopp and the others crossed their arms in thought.

Sanji smiled and snapped his fingers. A ball of gold turned into a liquid and flew onto the stage of Cirque du Soleil, becoming a huge sculpture, as if a huge straw hat was placed upside down on a huge golden historical text stele. From a distance, it looked like a grinning mouth. On the front of the golden stele at the base, the gold twisted and a signature of Sanji emerged. It was simply the two words "Sanji".

Everyone quickly understood and smiled.

Zoro immediately stepped forward, drew out the Wado Ichimonji with a "clang", pointed twice at the sky, silently saying something to someone in his heart, and then signed "Great Swordsman" on the golden stele.

"The brave sea warrior, the great Captain Usopp"

"Nami (orange)"

「Grinning Briefs」

"I'm Brooke, whoever sees this, can you please show me your underwear?"

When Brook wrote here, Usopp and Sanji pointed to Franky's coquettish signature on his briefs in front of him, and Brook was petrified on the spot.

"I will definitely become a panacea! (Cherry Blossoms and Deer Hoofprints)"

Lynch used his finger as a pen and wrote on the golden stele: "Human dreams will never end - Lynch."

"..." Robin watched from the side, and first felt a sense of nostalgia, then said mischievously, "Have you forgotten how to write the word Roger?"

The two smiled at each other. This was a joke that only they understood. Back then, Lynch had a bad taste and wanted to let "BIB" leave a line of words in front of everyone: "People's dreams will never end - Roger", but he didn't know how to write the words in the pirate world, and in the end he had to ask Robin for help...

Robin thought for a moment and signed on the golden tablet: "O'Hara Robin".

Bang! Luffy, who could not read a single word, slapped the golden stele directly, leaving a slap mark.

He tossed the pure white fruit in his other hand and said with a grin, "Anyway, let's go save the world!"

Lynch looked up at the boat elf jumping between the thunderclouds and asked, "Merry, is the mirror in the Knock-Off Bar still usable?"

(End of this chapter)