The Fate of an Old Secret
"This is the real problem."
Garp held the brim of his hat in his palm, pressing the fabric into wrinkles.
Sengoku looked at the four options on the Sky Screen, the lines between his brows deepened.
You saw that thing back then?
Garp shook his head.
"I've seen the box."
The crane asked.
Who has the box?
Garp said.
"It was initially in the hands of the Holy Land Recovery Team, but then it disappeared."
Akainu stared at option D.
"The idea that a baby could unintentionally lead someone away from a scene sounds absurd."
Kizaru's voice came from Future Island.
"Enough absurd things have happened today."
Kuzan continued.
"If the Holy Land truly possessed all the secrets, they wouldn't have investigated for so many years after the God Valley."
The Sengoku saw the rise of Den Den Mushi (snail Den Den Mushi).
"Vegapunk, the experimental core and the fragments of the National Treasure record have been confirmed to have been taken by the Holy Land. The ancient secrets of the Sky Screen Curtain may not be the objects themselves."
Vegapunk typed on the keyboard, and data lines popped up one after another on the screen.
"It could be an index."
Sabo asked.
"Index?"
Vegapunk said.
"Ancient Energy cores without calibration methods are just dangerous fragments; National Treasure records without corresponding coordinates are just a pile of tattered pages."
The dragon gazed at the Sky Screen.
"Rocks might want is a key to connect all these things."
The man in White Mask, handcuffed to the ground by Seastone, twitched at the corner of his mouth upon hearing those words.
Bonney looked at him.
You know?
The White Mask looked away.
"I have no idea."
"That's what the bear said."
He's lying.
Bonney turned her head.
How did Dad know?
Xiong raised his hand and pressed it against her shoulder.
He was scared.
Sabo crouched down in front of the White Mask.
You're afraid of option D.
The White Mask gritted his teeth.
"If that child were just an orphan picked up from Roger's ship, the Holy Land wouldn't have tolerated him until now."
Kizaru walked to the door, the light flickering between his fingers.
"This sentence will also be recorded."
The Sky Screen then lit up.
[Keyword capture.]
[The Holy Land had long monitored the flight paths of Red-Haired Shanks.]
Luffy up at the Sabaody Archipelago.
"They're monitoring Shanks?"
Rayleigh put down his glass, the bottom of which touched the table.
"From when he was a child."
Nami asked.
"You know?"
Rayleigh said.
"I know someone is watching me, but I don't know what they're watching."
Robin looked at the options.
"If the answer is D, it means that what Mr. Red-Hair took is more important than his identity."
Luffy reached out and pressed down on the Straw Hat.
"Then I'll choose D."
Usopp swallowed hard.
"Hey Luffy, this could drag Shanks into this too."
Luffy looked up at the Sky Screen.
"He's already inside."
Zoro rested his sword on his shoulder.
"Then look carefully."
Sanji a cigarette, but he flicked the match out before it burned down to his fingertips.
Choose D.
The Straw Hat Pirates made their choice.
In the New World, on the deck of the Red Hair Pirates, the wind rustled the sails.
Benn Beckman asked.
"Boss, what do you choose?"
Shanks looked at D on the screen.
When I was a child, I always dreamed that there was fire in a box.
Yasopp frowned.
"You never said that."
Shanks smiled and twirled his glass halfway around in his hand.
"No one would believe a child's dream if they told them."
Lucky Roux asked.
"And now?"
Shanks pressed the select button.
"Now something speaks for me."
[End of quiz.]
[Correct answer: D.]
[The ancient secret that Rocks truly sought to seize in God Valley was ultimately unintentionally taken away from the scene by an infant.]
In the Holy Land Hall, Saint Saturn's cane tapped against the floor tiles.
He looked up at what was behind the curtain.
"Imu."
There was no response from behind the curtain.
The Sky Screen continues to fall.
[This secret is not a complete National Treasure.]
[Not a complete energy source.]
[It is Index Fragment that connects the two.]
Vegapunk's hands stopped on the keyboard.
"Index Fragment."
The Sengoku immediately asked.
Can you explain?
Vegapunk said.
"Something that connects fragments of energy resources, records of National Treasures, and coordinates from the past."
Akainu asked.
"Falling on the baby?"
Vegapunk looked at the screen.
"It might also be hidden in the cloth that wrapped him."
The video continues.
At the Port of God Valley, Roger picked up the Red-Hair baby.
Buggy was still rummaging through boxes nearby.
"No gems, no gold bars, Captain, this chest is a huge loss!"
Roger pulled the baby closer to his chest.
You disturbed him.
Buggy pointed to the bottom of the box.
"Is that Iron Plate considered treasure?"
Rayleigh bent down to look.
A piece of charred metal from the bottom of the box was stuck to the corner of the cloth, with a semi-circular pattern engraved on its edge.
Roger stared at it for a long time.
"Take it."
Young Buggy pouted.
"Broken."
Roger said.
"Take the broken parts with you too."
"Rayleigh asked."
"Captain, do you recognize him?"
Roger did not answer immediately.
The baby's crying subsided a little, and its fingers gripped Roger's collar.
Roger lowered his head.
"This child shouldn't be here."
Rayleigh said.
" In God Valley today, there are no people who shouldn't be there, only things they shouldn't be doing."
Roger smiled.
Well said.
In reality, Rayleigh lowered his eyes.
"I was the one who said that."
Luffy looked at the baby on the screen.
"When Shanks was a child, he grabbed Roger's clothes."
Rayleigh said.
He didn't like to let go back then.
Nami asked.
What happened to that metal piece later?
Rayleigh looked up at the Sky Screen.
"We thought it was just fragments."
The Sky Screen shifts from the celestial backdrop to Roger's ship.
The wooden crate was placed in a corner of the cabin.
The baby is lying in a blanket.
Young Buggy reached out to touch the metal plate and was kicked by the baby.
"Hey, you redhead!"
The Red-Hair baby is crying again.
Roger laughed out loud at the doorway.
"Buggy, you can't even beat a baby."
Buggy jumped up.
"He attacked from behind!"
Rayleigh picked up the metal plate and frowned as he looked at the patterns on it.
"This thing doesn't look like ordinary ship parts."
Gaban came closer.
"It's best not to touch the things in the Holy Land chest."
Roger took the metal plate.
In the video, his expression unusually serious, no longer showing any playfulness.
"Rocks once shouted a phrase."
"Rayleigh asked."
"What?"
Roger said.
The key is not on the Throne.
In real life, Robin gently raised her head.
The key is not on the Throne.
Vegapunk repeated it.
That's the index.
The question from the Sengoku.
"Did Rocks know the index was in the box?"
Garp said.
"He was indeed looking for something when he rushed to the inner island."
The crane asked.
What did you hear him say at the time?
Garp closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again.
He said, "The person on the Throne isn't afraid of the sword, but of someone finding their way to the door."
The Sky Screen brightened.
[Garp's testimony successfully added.]
[Target confirmed for Rocks, Index of the Gate of Old Days.]
On Shanks' deck, everyone fell silent.
Benn Beckman asked.
"The Gate of Old Days, is it related to you?"
Shanks looked at his hands.
"If it's relevant, why didn't the captain tell me?"
Benn Beckman said.
"Perhaps he didn't understand either."
Shanks looked up at the Sky Screen.
"Then let it talk."
The image on the Sky Screen lingered on the metal fragment in Roger's hand.
The patterns were magnified by the Golden Light.
Besides the semi-circular pattern, there is also a line of Ancient Script that has been burned.
Robin stared at the words, his breath catching in his throat.
Luffy asked.
"Robin, what should we write?"
Robin placed the pen on the paper, but no words were written.
It's missing half a sentence.
Nami asked.
Can you read it?
Robin looked up at the Sky Screen.
"I can read the rest."
A prompt appeared in the Sky Screen.
[Whether or not Witness of History are authorized to interpret the fragments.]
Robin didn't look at her companions.
"Accept."
Golden Light descended.
Robin's voice echoed throughout the world.
"It was written on the fragment."
She paused for a moment.
"When the sun returns, do not let the king open the door alone."
In the main hall of the Holy Land, the beaded curtain behind the main curtain swayed gently.
Imu finally spoke.
"Stop her."
Saint Saturn bowed his head.
"It can't be stopped."
The Golden Light in the Sky Screen shone even brighter.
[The deciphering of the ancient secrets of God Valley begins.]
[The next scene shows the Roger Pirates discovering the anomaly of the fragment for the first time.]