False Verification

"Dad, stop!"

Bonney lunged forward, Sabo reached out to stop her, flames erupting from his palm only to be forcibly withdrawn by him.

"Don't touch it, the Red Mark have already spread to Mr. Bear's body."

The bear's paws pressed against the Control Body's chest, Red Mark creeping up its wrists, and the lights in the maintenance corridor dimmed one by one.

The mechanical sounds from the Control Body were intermittent.

"Buccaneer, check, carry, open the door."

Luffy gripped his Straw Hat, sweat beading on his forehead.

"Hey, bear! Can you hear me?"

Words fall from the Sky Screen.

[The False Verification has been integrated into Bartholomew Bear's consciousness layer.]

[The Error Index identifying it as a door- Bearer.]

[If the connection is forcibly severed, the person who came into contact with it will suffer the full consequences.]

Vegapunk was gripping the megaphone on Future Island, his beard trembling.

"Don't cut it! Don't cut it!"

Kizaru sat on the ground, his fingers still glowing.

"Grandpa, explain yourself clearly, what will happen if you don't cut it?"

Vegapunk stared at the screen.

"If we don't cut it, the bear will be dragged by the Error Index to complete the fake opening ceremony of the Throne."

Sabo asked.

What happens after that?

The White Mask prisoner lowered his head, his lips trembling slightly.

"Failed projects will treat the Bearer as the core, sealing them away in the Old Archive."

Bonney turned around and yelled at him.

"Why did you seal people inside?!"

The White Mask made her head droop even lower.

"The Throne needs an experimental lock that will never die."

Sabo's flames burned the edge of the water pipe.

You'd better pray Mr. Bear is alright.

Horne was surrounded by Golden Light in the side corridor, coldly watching the passageway.

"He touched the core issue himself."

Shanks' voice came from the Sky Screen.

"Horne, saying things like that only makes Figarland's name even more tainted."

Horne looked up.

"Red-Hair, you have no right to mention the family."

Shanks pressed the metal plate into his palm.

"I'm not talking about the family, I'm talking about the orders you hold."

Words then appeared on the Sky Screen.

[Additional information: Horne has been detected possessing the Old Vault No. 2 backdoor.]

[Whether to make it public.]

Horne's face darkened.

"Sky Screen, you dare?"

Akainu opened his mouth.

"Public."

The dragon continued.

"Public."

Luffy shouted.

"Public!"

[Public execution.]

A command bearing the Throne Mark appeared on the Sky Screen.

[If the Number Two witness cannot be cleared, drag the Buccaneer bloodline holder in reverse to complete the False Verification core.]

[Once completed, Old Vault No. 2 can be used as a temporary key to transfer the backlash from the past to the underground level of the Holy Land.]

Ka Mi Er lay on Parker's back, her face pale.

"They want to use the people underground to shield themselves from disaster?"

Parker gritted his teeth.

We just rescued a group of people.

Akainu slammed his fist on the table, cracking the corner.

How many people are still underground in the Holy Land?

The communications soldier was busy flipping through the records.

"Unable to confirm, Fleet Admiral, there are still mobile signals within the Sky Screen markers."

Akainu looked up at the Sky Screen.

"Sky Screen, Navy requests full-area marking of the underground level."

[Requesting access.]

[Insufficient conditions.]

The crane raises its head.

"What is missing?"

[A witness from the Old Archive is required to confirm that there is a risky connection between the basement and Old Vault No. 2. ]

Ka Mi Er immediately raised his hand.

"I confirm!"

Parker carried him forward a step.

"Mr. Ka Mi Er, you are still bleeding."

Ka Mi Er cursed.

"Mind your own business. When I was guarding the warehouse, they were dumping waste underground every day. I should have guessed it long ago."

The Golden Light from the Sky Screen fell upon him.

[Witness confirmation of the establishment.]

[Expanded markers for remaining victims in the Holy Land's underground strata]

At the exit of Sabaody, Shakky looked up at the Sky Screen.

"There are new coordinates."

Koby, supporting a laborer, turned and called out.

"Tashigi, have the Coating Workers open another production line!"

Tashigi drew her sword and blocked the Holy Land guards.

"The Navy Independent Review Group is here; no one may obstruct the evacuation of the victims!"

The Holy Land Guard Squad roared.

"This is a rebellion!"

Koby around.

"If rescuing people is considered treason, then write this down; I'll be the first to sign it."

Luffy's face darkened when he heard there were still people underground.

"Zoro, Sanji, go help Koby."

Zoro looked at the bear in the Sky Screen.

Are you checking this all by yourself?

Luffy held his Straw Hat.

"I'm not in the Old Archive, but I can help Bear."

Sanji kicked away the pebbles at his feet.

"Don't be reckless, Luffy."

Nami gripped the Clima-Tact tightly.

"Shanks can help, and Robin is here too. You hold on for me."

Robin placed his hand on the edge of the Straw Hat's Inner Compartment.

"Luffy, wait for the Sky Screen prompt before confirming."

Luffy nodded.

"Um."

Old Archive, Bear didn't respond.

His gaze lost focus, and he stood in front of the Control Body, the Red Mark already creeping up to his shoulders.

Bonney took a step closer.

"Dad, can you hear me?"

The bear's finger twitched, but it didn't turn its head.

The image on the Sky Screen suddenly split into two frames.

Inside, a black space appeared, the ground covered with patterns of Error Index. The bear stood in the center, in front of a door that was only slightly ajar.

The overlapping sounds came from under the door.

"Bearer, offers it to all."

The bear looks up.

I will not donate people.

The sound continued.

"Bearer, opens the gate for the king."

"That's what the bear said."

"I will not stand in for the king."

The crack in the door widened, and Red Mark wrapped around his ankle.

"Buccaneer, source of materials, obey."

Bonney watched the scene, tears streaming down her face.

"Dad, don't listen to it!"

The bear raised its hand in the black space, looking at the Red Mark on its palm.

"I heard Bonney."

Vegapunk shouted.

"There's a response!"

Sabo asked immediately.

How do we get him out?

Words fall from the Sky Screen.

[Requires simultaneous stability at three external points.]

[Emotional Authority, Joely Bonney.]

[Index verification, Monkey D. Luffy and Red-Haired Shanks.]

[Old Archive Witness, Ka Mi Er.]

Bonney immediately stepped forward.

"I'll do it."

"Vegapunk said urgently."

"Don't touch the Red Mark directly; touch the bear's uncontaminated hand."

Bonney went around to the bear's side and took his left hand.

"Dad, I'm here."

Luffy adjusted his Straw Hat.

"Shanks, come on."

Shanks gripped the metal plate.

"Um."

Ka Mi Er lifted her head from Parker's back.

"Sky Screen, isn't my ability to speak a testament?"

[Calculate.]

Ka Mi Er stared at the Black Gate.

"Ka Mi Er, the Gatekeeper of the Old Archive, confirms that Bartholomew Bear is not the key to the Old Archive, nor the instrument of the Throne, but a witness persecuted by the Holy Land."

Golden Light spread across the Sky Screen.

In the black space, the Red Mark on the bear's paws paused for a moment.

The sounds coming from under the door became shrill.

"The witnesses are invalid; the Throne is valid."

The bear looks up.

"The Throne has no right."

From behind the crack in the door, a hand made of Red Mark reached out and grabbed at the bear's chest.

The Sky Screen siren rolls down.

[The Throne Backdoor is activated.]

[The False Verification will force the reading of the bear's entire pain record.]

Bonney's face turned pale.

What is it going to do?

The White Mask prisoner spoke in a hoarse voice.

"It will use the pain that Mr. Bear carried to feed Number Two."

The Solar Crown Pattern on the Control Body's chest lit up, and the mechanical voice suddenly changed.

"Pain, receive."

The bear bent over slightly.

Bonney grabbed his hand, crying and shouting.

"Dad, don't give it to everyone!"

Luffy gritted his teeth and held onto his Straw Hat.

"Hey, you thing inside the door, the bear didn't carry that for you to eat!"

Shanks' metal plate glowed.

"Luffy, stop cursing, read the lines from the Straw Hat."

Robin spoke immediately.

"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."

Luffy shouted it out.

"The door will not open to the king!"

In the dark space, the bear raised its head.

The Red Mark were pushed open by the Golden Light, revealing half an inch of their original color.

The Control Body suddenly turned towards Bonney.

"Emotional permissions, capture."

Sabo's expression changed.

"It changed its target!"

The Control Body's other hand reached out towards Bonney.

The bear is still bogged down by the False Verification and cannot extricate itself.

Bonney didn't let go of the bear.

"Come on."

Sabo rushed forward, but was stopped by Horne's sword from the side corridor.

Horne said coldly.

"None of you are getting past."

Sabo's flames rise.

"You're asking for it."

The next second, a small figure rushed in from the other end of the maintenance corridor.

S-Bear stood in front of Bonney, his chest bearing a gaping wound.

"Protect, Bonney."

The Control Body's hand fell.

Sky Screen sirens blare blindingly.

[S-Bear Contact Error Index.]

[Abnormal resonance of Lineage Factors.]

[The remnant personality of Old Vault No. 2 has begun to awaken.]

The Control Body raised half of its faceplate, and for the first time, an additional sound appeared in the mechanical voice.

"I want a name too."