That Fruit
"Is an answer required?"
Yasopp looked at Shanks.
"Boss, there's no escaping it this time."
Shanks raised his hand to press on the hilt of his sword, then released it.
"I didn't intend to hide."
Benn Beckman said.
"Then explain it clearly."
Shanks looked up at the Sky Screen.
"I knew that fruit was extraordinary."
Luffy immediately shouted.
"My Gum-Gum Fruit?"
Nami turned her head.
"Luffy, shut up and listen."
Luffy hugged his Straw Hat and closed his mouth.
Shanks continues.
"I stole it from the World Government ship because the escort specifications were incorrect."
"A single Gum-Gum Fruit shouldn't require CP and warships to be deployed together."
Sengoku looked at Akainu.
"What happened to the original transport records?"
Akainu said.
"Adjust."
The crane had already picked up the Den Den Mushi.
"Archive Room, search the East Blue route, the incident of the Red-Hair attacking a government ship, and the list of all escort personnel."
Kuzan asked over the Den Den Mushi.
"If the fruit is what they call Nika, then the World Government has been using a false name all along."
Vegapunk said.
The name "Gum-Gum Fruit" might be a cover-up.
On Future Island, Bonney looked at the bear.
"Dad, is Nika the same Nika you told me about the sun?"
The bear nodded.
"It's that person from the Drums of Liberation."
Bonney looked at Luffy on the screen.
"Luffy probably doesn't know either."
"That's what the bear said."
He doesn't seem to know.
Luffy scratched his head.
"I really don't know."
Usopp pointed at him.
"Don't be so self-righteous!"
The Sky Screen brightened.
[Additional Questions and Answers.]
[When Red-Haired Shanks stole the Devil Fruit from the World Government's escort, did he know its true name was the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Nika Form?]
[A, Fully aware.]
[B, knows it is something highly valued by the World Government, but does not know its full name.]
[C, It was just a mistake.]
[D, guided by the Old Days Index of the Roger Pirates, specifically to seize it.]
Shanks looked at B.
Choose B.
Benn Beckman pressed "select the same".
Luffy also pressed B.
Nami asked.
"Don't you suspect him?"
Luffy said.
"Shanks just said he doesn't know the complete version."
Zoro leaned against the wall.
"This guy's judgment of people is quite easy."
Robin looked at option D.
"Sky Screen just denied Roger's dying wish; D must be a trap."
Sanji said.
"B."
At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku looked at Garp.
"Your grandson also chose B."
Garp said.
That brat only trusts people.
Akainu snorted.
Trusting someone doesn't mean there are no problems.
Garp turned his head.
You want to arrest him?
Akainu looked at the Sky Screen.
"I want to know how many years the World Government has been deceiving the Navy."
During the Sengoku, press B.
"This department chooses B."
[End of quiz.]
[Correct answer: B.]
[When Red-Haired Shanks stole the Devil Fruit, he knew it was highly valued by the World Government, but he didn't know its full, true name.]
[The name of the Gum-Gum Fruit is the World Government's Long-Term Disguised Archive.]
[Its true category has been blocked by the highest level of access.]
Sky Screen scene shifts to the sea many years ago.
On the deck of the government ship, agents in black surrounded a box.
Young Shanks stood on the ship's railing, his cloak billowing in the sea breeze.
"The agent shouted."
"Red-Hair, do you know what you've stolen?"
Shanks said with a smile.
"Have no idea."
The agent roared.
"Then why did you still steal it!"
Shanks draws his sword.
"The more you guys are so nervous, the more I want to snatch it."
The Red Hair Pirates boarded the ship.
Gunshots and flashing blades rang out.
Benn Beckman kicked aside an agent and looked down at the seal on the box.
"Boss, the seal is directly signed by Five Elders."
Shanks walked over.
"Take away."
Lucky Roux picked up the box.
"Is there meat inside?"
Yasopp said.
All you think about is food.
The scene shifts to the East Blue Tavern.
Young Luffy sat at the bar, staring at the fruit in the box.
Shanks and his friends were drinking and laughing.
Luffy said angrily.
"I want to be a pirate too!"
Shanks said.
"What kind of kid wants to be a pirate?"
Luffy grabbed the fruit and took a bite.
The Tavern fell silent for a moment.
Shanks turned his head.
What did you eat?
Luffy chewed.
"It's unbearably sweet."
Shanks rushed over, grabbed his legs, and lifted him upside down.
"Spit it out!"
Luffy's legs were stretched out.
Shanks' expression changed as he looked at the outstretched legs.
In real life Luffy clutches his stomach and laughs.
"I remember that."
Nami tapped him.
Is this a time to laugh?
Rayleigh looked at Shanks on the screen.
He was genuinely panicked at that moment.
In the Sky Screen display, Shanks stares at Luffy.
Benn Beckman walked over to him.
"Boss?"
Shanks looked at the empty space in the box.
This is a huge problem.
Benn Beckman asked.
"Should we take him with us?"
Shanks looked at young Luffy.
Luffy is still shouting.
"I don't want to go with you, I want to go out to sea on my own!"
Shanks remained silent for a moment, then released his grip.
"Don't bring it yet."
Benn Beckman frowned.
"If the World Government knew, they would come to the East Blue."
Shanks said.
"Then let them not know."
In reality, the Sengoku period...
"He helped Luffy conceal the Devil Fruit?"
The Sky Screen displays text.
[The Red Hair Pirates once cleared away the remaining tracking clues from the East Blue government ships.]
[It misled World Governments; the fruits of its labor were lost in the shipwreck.]
Akainu looked at Garp.
Do you know?
Garp said.
All I know is that kid ate the Gum-Gum Fruit.
The crane asked.
"Didn't the Red-Hair tell you?"
Garp said.
"If he dares to tell me, I'll beat him up on the spot."
Luffy shouted.
"Grandpa, don't beat people up!"
Garp retorted with a curse.
"Shut up!"
The Sky Screen continues to fall.
[The fact that Red-Haired Shanks protected underage individuals who accidentally ate Devil Fruits is confirmed.]
[The fact that the whereabouts of items controlled by the World Government were concealed has been established.]
The claim that Monkey D. Luffy was manipulated into consuming a Devil Fruit is unfounded.
Shanks let out a breath.
Benn Beckman said.
"Fine."
Shanks said.
"It's not over yet."
Sure enough, the Sky Screen brightened again.
[The correlation between the Old Days Index and Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika has increased.]
[A Second Interpretation of the Fragmentary Line from the Straw Hat Inner Compartment]
Robin's pen fell to the ground again.
The Sky Screen superimposed the text Inner Compartment the Straw Hat and the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika archives together.
Golden lines intersect to form a missing sentence.
Robin read aloud.
"When the sun casts its shadow upon the old king, the door will not open to the king, but only to those who laugh as they carry others on their backs."
On Future Island, the bear's finger twitched.
Bonney looked up.
"Dad?"
The bear looked at Luffy.
"Sun."
Sabo also looked at Luffy.
"The one who carries others on their backs."
Luffy was completely confused.
Why are you all looking at me?
Sanji's rant.
"Because you're the kind of guy who'll take all the trouble on the boat."
"Zoro said."
"He can't even remember directions."
Nami said.
"Don't sabotage us at a time like this."
The Sky Screen text falls.
[One of the Old Days Index sections, the fragment of the Straw Hat sentence has been made public.]
[Red-Haired Shanks publicly states that he has fulfilled part of his obligations.]
[One question remains unanswered.]
Shanks looked up.
"Besides?"
[Question: Does Red-Haired Shanks know he came from the God Valley Box?]
On the deck, all eyes of the Red Hair Pirates were on him.
Shanks did not speak immediately.
A sea breeze blows across the wine glass, causing the wine to swirl in fine circles.
Luffy, holding his Straw Hat, called out.
Shanks!
Shanks looked up at the Sky Screen.
"I know I was picked up from Roger's ship."
"But I didn't know that box came from God Valley."
The Sky Screen brightened.
[Answer included.]
[Prepare for the next question.]
Why was the bloodline field of the baby in the God Valley box destroyed by the highest-level administrator?