Gatekeeper Corridor

"Hold on tight."

Ka Mi Er pressed his injured arm against his chest, and grabbed Parker's epaulettes with his other hand.

Parker bent down.

"If you can't hold on, just take a picture of me."

Ka Mi Er chuckled softly.

"It's no use me filming you; I'll still yell at you if you run too slowly."

Koby walked ahead, his fists crackling with Haki.

"Miss Tashigi, the right side is yours."

Tashigi nodded, the tip of her knife pointing towards the corridor tainted by the Red Mark.

"I'm responsible for cutting the guide lines on the wall."

Parker looked up at the Sky Screen.

"Fleet Admiral, we are beginning our return journey."

Akainu responded.

"Walk."

Sengoku stood to the side, his palm on the table.

"Old Archive exterior wall team, full recording."

He added.

"If Ka Mi Er's testimony is tainted, the backup from the Sky Screen shall prevail immediately, and no personnel on site shall accept verbal orders from the Holy Land."

The communications soldier responded.

"Yes."

Old Archive, Sabo, and Horne faced off again, the firelight illuminating the Red Mark on the wall.

Horne's sword grazed the water pipe.

You can't save everyone.

Sabo retaliates.

"Then let's save the one in front of us first."

Taluo climbed up from the wall and stared at Bonney.

"Jeally Bonney, you are the Throne's chosen target."

Bonney, supporting the Little Bear, sneered.

"Just because the Throne calls my name, I have to go? What is it anyway?"

The Little Bear repeats.

"What is that?"

Vegapunk paused for a moment on Future Island.

Don't learn this word.

Bonney coughed.

"Little Bear, learn the second half of the sentence, don't go over there."

The Little Bear nodded.

Don't go over there.

Li stood in front of the bear, his chest core pressed down by the bear's hand, the mechanical arm still trembling.

"Li, don't clean it up."

The bear responded from within the black space.

"Yes, don't clean it."

The sound from behind the door grew louder.

"Bearer, open the door."

"That's what the bear said."

"Close the door."

Red Mark wrapped around his waist, and the Old Day Gate in the black space opened and closed uncertainly.

Luffy gripped his Straw Hat, his teeth clenched.

"Robin, do you want to continue reading?"

Robin examined the magnified patterns on the Sky Screen.

"Reciting the original sentence has limited use; False Verification has become accustomed to it."

Nami asked urgently.

"What should we do then?"

Shanks' voice came through.

"Let someone else speak."

Luffy up.

"What's the meaning?"

Shanks attached the metal sheet to the deck.

"An index is not a spell, it's confirmation. Captain Roger said, 'The answer shouldn't be from only one person.'"

Robin understood.

Let the rescued person speak.

Words then appeared on the Sky Screen.

[Open joint confirmation channel.]

[Victims can declare their own wishes and refute the Throne Sacrifice Clause.]

At the exit of Sabaody, Shakky pushed the Den Den Mushi in front of the old man.

Can it talk?

The old man leaned on the wooden box, his throat tasting of blood.

"Meeting."

Footsteps and the sound of knives came from Koby's direction. The old man looked at the Sky Screen and spoke slowly.

"My name is Dan, and I refuse to open the door to the Throne."

A woman holding a child stepped forward.

"My name is Emma, and I don't want to either."

Lumi grabbed onto Dr. Eve's clothes.

"My name is Lumi, and I am not a sample."

More and more sounds are being received through the Sky Screen.

Inside the dark space of the Old Archive, the door was slowly pushed back in place, inch by inch.

The sounds behind the door became chaotic.

"Subjects, offering sacrifices, refusing, illegal."

Luffy shouted towards the Sky Screen.

Did you hear that? Nobody's going to give it to you!

The bear raised its paw and grabbed the Red Mark wrapped around its waist.

"Everyone Has Arrived, the doors were all opened."

Robin adds.

If the crowd refuses, the king will have nowhere to go.

Words fall from the Sky Screen.

[The Original Index complement is valid.]

[The Throne Sacrifice Clause is collapsing.]

Upon hearing this, Horne's face drained of color.

"You don't understand, they can't close the door."

Sabo asked.

"Why?"

Horne gritted his teeth.

"The Throne needs a door."

Sabo sneered.

"So you knew the Throne couldn't be opened."

Horne swung his sword, forcing him back.

"Shut up."

Sabo stood firm, with the water pipe lying across his front.

"Are you afraid Sky Screen will hear you?"

Golden characters then appeared on the Sky Screen.

[Detection detected that Horne, the Executor of the Holy Knights, knows a key fact about the Gate of Old Days.]

[Initiate a Q&A session?]

Horne looked up and roared.

"No!"

Akainu opened his mouth.

"Initiate."

"Dragon said."

"Initiate."

Shanks said.

"Initiate."

[Question: Why must the Throne retain the failed Control Body of the Old Vault No. 2?]

[A, as a weapon for destroying evidence.]

[B, reserved as a pseudo-key.]

[C, as a container for transferring backlash.]

[D, All of the above.]

Luffy shouted.

"D!"

Robin nodded.

D.

Akainu pressed down.

D.

Horne's expression turned even uglier.

The Sky Screen was revealed.

[Correct answer: D.]

[The purpose of Old Vault No. 2 is to destroy evidence, a fake key, and a container that backfires.]

[The fact that Horne was aware of the situation is established.]

Sabo looked at him.

"You still say Li isn't qualified?"

Horne didn't answer, and turned to rush towards the bear.

Bonney blocked their way.

"Don't touch my dad!"

Horne's sword fell, Little Bear lunged forward, shoving Bonney aside with his shoulder.

The bear raised its other hand, and the Pressure Cannon exploded in front of Horne's chest, knocking him back several steps.

Vegapunk shouted urgently.

"Bear, don't move! The core connection can't be broken!"

The bear's paw was still pressed against Li's chest.

"It's not broken."

Li made intermittent sounds.

"Protect, Dad?"

Bonney looked at Li.

He is my father.

Li paused.

"Dad, protect me."

Bonney's eyes reddened.

"Right."

In the contaminated corridor, Parker carried Ka Mi Er forward.

Red Mark extended from the wall, touching Ka Mi Er's temple.

Tashigi severed the pattern in front of her with a single slash.

"Don't touch the witnesses!"

Koby smashed the red light nodes on the ground with his fist.

There's more on the left!

Parker gritted his teeth.

"Mr. Ka Mi Er, don't look at the words on the wall."

Ka Mi Er's eyelids felt heavy.

"It's showing me Old Archive records."

Koby asked urgently.

What record?

Ka Mi Er's voice lowered.

"It said I've never saved anyone, that all I know how to do is open and close doors."

Parker shouted.

Don't believe it!

Ka Mi Er coughed up blood-tinged foam.

"I know."

Tashigi turned around.

How did you confirm that?

Ka Mi Er stared ahead.

"Because I just insulted Horne, and he's holding a grudge."

Koby smashed the Red Mark at his feet with a single punch.

"This can be used as an anchor point?"

Ka Mi Er said.

"As long as it works, that's fine."

Words fall from the Sky Screen.

[Ka Mi Er's self-testimony was successfully anchored.]

[Pollution rewriting failed.]

Akainu looked at the screen and said in a deep voice.

Write this sentence down as well.

He was observed Sengoku.

Which sentence?

Akainu said.

"As long as it works, that's fine."

The Sengoku was silent for a moment.

You're learning so fast now.

At the end of the polluted corridor, the Black Gate of the Old Archive came into view.

Parker shouted.

"The witness has arrived!"

Ka Mi Er looked up, her gaze traveling down the corridor, and saw the bear's hand pressed against Li's chest, and also the Red Mark swirling in the crack of the door.

He opened his mouth, but coughed twice.

Koby said urgently.

"Mr. Ka Mi Er!"

Ka Mi Er waved her hand.

"Ka Mi Er, the Old Archive Gatekeeper, was present to witness this."

Golden Light descended from the Sky Screen.

[All three conditions are met.]

[Resealed for final confirmation.]

[Confirmed by: Bartholomew Kuma, Monkey D. Luffy, Red-Haired Shanks, Ka Mi Er, and Rei.]

Bonney looked up.

"Does Li also need confirmation?"

Vegapunk said.

"It already has a name; it must agree that it will no longer be used by the Throne."

The sounds from Li's chest mingled together.

"Sealed off, black, afraid."

Lumi shouted from the Sky Screen.

"Li, sealing it up isn't burning it; everyone will remember you!"

Robin said.

We will keep your record.

Akainu opened his mouth.

"Marine Headquarters receives the evidence preservation file."

Sabo echoed.

"The Revolutionary Army also took over."

Luffy shouted.

I'll come see you sometime!

Nami patted him on the shoulder.

Don't make dangerous promises lightly!

Luffy around.

"But it's afraid."

Shanks chuckled softly.

That's just like you.

Li's mask turned towards the bear.

"Bear, close the door?"

"That's what the bear said."

"Close the door, survive."

Li remained silent.

Then, its mechanical sound was complete for the first time.

"Li agrees to seal it away, but will not give the Throne to him."

The Sky Screen shone with brilliant Golden Light.

[Final confirmation.]

[Re-sealed and restarted.]

In the dark space, Xiong raised his hand and pushed against the crack in the door.

The voice behind the door was hoarse.

"The Throne? No."

The bear responded.

You're not here.

Luffy held onto his Straw Hat, Shanks held onto the metal plate, Ka Mi Er stared at the Black Gate of the Old Archive, and the core in Rei's chest gradually darkened.

Just as the door was about to close, Horne suddenly pulled out a black token and pressed it against his chest.

Weier's expression changed.

"Horne, are you going to touch the Main Unit Seal?"

Horne stared at the bear.

" By Throne decree, failed attempts must not be kept."

The Sky Screen siren went off.

[The Main Unit Seal the Holy Knights is activated.]

The sealing process for the Old Vault No. 2 was interfered with by external judicial authorities.

[Interference source: Authorization from the Supreme Commander of the Holy Knights.]

Shanks' expression turned completely somber.

"Garling."