That Blood Sample Must Not Be Shattered

[Candidate eligibility is being verified]

Shanks looked at the blood sample deep inside the Old Blood Bank, his smile fading, and his hand no longer touched the hilt of his sword.

Buggy exploded first on the makeshift Pirate Seat.

"Why am I involved? That's Red-Hair's blood sample, what does it have to do with me?"

Sky Screen immediately provided an explanation.

[Buggy: A witness to Roger Pirates, not related to the Figarland bloodline, can serve as Non-Blood-Related Witness Testimony to dismantle the False Chain of Belonging]

Buggy pointed to the Sky Screen.

"Don't write so seriously, I'm not going!"

Marco said, "No one asked you to go into the Old Blood Bank in person; it could be remote confirmation."

Jinbe said, "But you have to take responsibility."

Buggy's face fell.

I knew it wouldn't be good.

Shanks looked at him.

"Buggy."

Buggy immediately retorted.

"Shut up, don't look at me like you're begging me!"

Shanks nodded.

"Then I won't ask you."

Buggy was even angrier.

"You're really not going to ask me?"

Benn Beckman whispered, "Boss, don't provoke him."

On the other side, Mia's name was also lit up, and she gripped the recorder tightly.

"I'm just an archivist."

Vegapunk said, "You're a Medical Department archivist, you can prove how the sample labels were tampered with. Your authority isn't about force, it's about recording."

Mia looked at the Old Blood Bank on the screen.

"If I confirm this, will it expose more Medical Department survivors?"

Lin Qi glanced at the backstage area.

"You can apply for de-identification witnessing, which only discloses the tampered chain, not the location of unprotected individuals."

Mia nodded.

"Then I'm willing."

Bonney's expression changed immediately when Xing's name lit up.

"No."

Lumi also stood up.

"Xing just woke up."

Sky Screen Supplement.

[Star: The name priority of the underage victim who was recently illegally controlled by a serial number can prove that the old serial number and blood sample filing were invalid]

Bonney hugged Star's blanket, her voice strained.

"Can I do the counter-evidence for him?"

[Minors' own wishes take precedence, but they can refuse to participate.]

Bonney lowered her head.

"Star, you can refuse."

Xing looked at her name on the Sky Screen, then at the Blank spaces in the Old Blood Bank.

I said no.

Bonney crouched down.

You don't need to suffer for others anymore.

Xing shook her head and pointed to the names that had been crossed out and then restored.

"They don't want it either."

Lumi's eyes welled up with tears again.

"Star."

Makino watched this scene, her fingers pressing against the edge of the ledger, before finally speaking after a long while.

"The Victim Seat needs to be judged; children shouldn't be pushed onto it."

Lumi nodded.

"I am requesting protective participation. I will only state my own wishes and will not be subject to any restrictions."

Lin Qi immediately typed out the application.

[Protective Participation Question]

[Question: Can a minor victim, Xing, participate in the counter-evidence solely based on her name and wishes, without being subject to any impact on her authority or exposure to contamination from the Old Blood Bank?]

[A. No, one must be able to withstand the impact to be eligible]

[B. No, testimony from a minor is invalid]

[C. Yes, but the content can be specified by the Throne.]

[D. Yes, Xing only states his/her own wishes; all technical and permission impacts will be borne by adult volunteers and multiple witnesses.]

Akainu said, "Navy Seat, D."

Longdao: "Revolutionary Army Seat, D."

Makino said, "The Civilian Witness Seat, D."

Lumi said, "Victim Seat, D."

Buggy pressed down impatiently.

"Pirate Joint Seat D, don't let the kids get beaten up."

Marco and Jinbe confirmed it at the same time.

[Answer: D]

[Star Protection Participation Established]

[The person responsible for the privilege breach needs to be reconfirmed]

The bear raised its paw.

I'll take part of it.

Bonney looked at him immediately.

"Dad!"

The bear looked at her.

"Xing calls me Uncle Bear."

Xing corrected him in a low voice.

"Bear."

The bear paused for a moment, then nodded.

"Okay, Xing."

Sabo said, "I'll take on the outside of the technology shock."

Kizaru said, "I'll take care of isolating the light path."

Mia said, "I'll take responsibility for verifying the records."

Buggy pointed to himself.

What responsibility do I bear?

The Sky Screen provided a clue.

Buggy must bear the pressure of Non-Blood-Related Witness Testimony to prove that Roger Pirates taking Shanks away was not a transfer of assets by the Figarland Family.

Buggy's face turned strange.

"Does this kind of thing need proof?"

Shanks whispered, "It might be in their files."

Buggy looked at him.

"You were just a kid back then, you didn't know anything."

"So it needs to be said by someone who knows."

Buggy gritted his teeth, his gaze shifting to the blood sample in the Sky Screen, and suddenly cursed.

"Captain Roger picked up some kid from the ship, not cargo belonging to their family."

Recorded by the Golden Light of the Sky Screen.

[Non-Blood-Related Witness Testimony begins]

Deep within the Old Blood Bank, the triple seal surrounding the blood sample began to rotate. The first layer read "Figarland Branch," the second "God Valley Transfer Item," and the third "Living-Subject Index to be Archived."

Shanks looked at the third floor, the veins on the back of his hand hidden by his sleeve.

Garling stood in the afterglow of the Chief Adjudication Platform, half of his body still restrained by the gold-plated bandage, the other half connected to the Old Blood Bank.

"Red-Hair, do you think Buggy can change the Holy Land records with just a few words?"

Buggy immediately jumped up and down.

"What are the Holy Land records? I saw it all clearly back then. When the captain took him out of the crate, he even said, 'This kid can really sleep!'"

Rayleigh's footage is then displayed.

"I would like to add my testimony."

The Sky Screen brightened.

[Rayleigh: Roger Pirates, can provide additional Non-Blood-Related Witness Testimony]

Rayleigh looked at the Old Blood Bank seal.

Roger didn't take Shanks as a key, nor as a prize. He brought the boy aboard because there was a living person in the chest.

Shanks lowered his eyes.

"Mr. Rayleigh."

Rayleigh said, "Don't interrupt. I won't let you show off today."

Buggy nodded immediately.

"Yes, don't interrupt."

Shanks gave him a helpless look.

The first layer of the seal on the Sky Screen has loosened.

[Weakening of the first-level False Chain of Belonging]

Mia accessed the second floor and projected the Medical Department's files onto the Sky Screen.

"The 'God Valley Transfer Items' section is consistent with the subsequent filing format of the Medical Department, indicating that it is not a rescue registration, but Holy Land recovery registration. The handwriting here belongs to a former archivist of the Medical Department who later participated in the calibration of infant blood samples."

Lin Qi asked, "Can you prove that it was tampered with?"

Mia turned to another page.

"Yes. The original entry stated 'minor,' which was later changed to 'transferable item,' and the rewriting time occurred after the God Valley Incident."

Robin continues.

"In other words, Shanks was rescued first, and then later reclassified as a recyclable object by the Holy Land System."

Mia nodded.

"Right."

The second layer of the Sky Screen's seal has cracked.

[Second-layer transfer pseudo-chain weakened]

The third layer of the pending Living-Subject Index began to fight back, and black light rushed along the blood sample tube toward the star's Name Card.

Bonney backed away, clutching Star.

"They're here!"

Bear raised his paw, Sabo's flames bypassed Xing, Kizaru's beam split the black light into the air, but the black light still searched for the spot on Xing's wrist where the number had been pasted.

Xing raised her hand and hid it under the blanket.

"Don't want."

Lumi immediately shouted, "He said no!"

Lin Qi typed in the confirmation question.

[Proof by contradiction of personal intent]

[Question: Can underage victims be re-filed as samples for allocation in Old Blood Bank Living-Subject Indexes, regardless of their names or objections?]

[A. Yes, Living-Subject Index takes precedence]

[B. Yes, numbered records take priority]

[C. Yes, the refusal can be temporarily deferred.]

[D. No, the applicant's name and willingness to refuse take precedence; Living-Subject Index constitutes evidence of illegal control.]

Xing looked up at the Sky Screen.

"D."

Lumi pressed the button.

"Victim Seat, D."

Makino said, "The Civilian Witness Seat, D."

Akainu said, "Navy Seat, D."

Longdao: "Revolutionary Army Seat, D."

Buggy yelled, "D! I'm going to get back at this letter today!"

Marco said, "D."

Jinbe said, "D."

[Answer: D]

The third seal emitted a blinding black light, then cracked open, and the blood sample tube at the deepest part finally broke free from Garling's binding. Golden Light enveloped it and sent it into the evidence preservation area.

The Old Blood Bank binding on Garling broke, and he took a step back. The restraints on the Chief Adjudication Platform immediately tightened.

Shanks watched as the blood sample was sealed away, his voice lowering.

Don't give it to me.

Makino asked, "Aren't you going to take it back?"

Shanks shook his head.

"That's evidence of a crime, not a souvenir."

Buggy snorted.

"At least you're thinking straight this time."

Sky Screen Recording.

[A blood sample from a branch of Shanks' family is listed as evidence of a victim in God Valley, and is not attributed to any family or individual.]

[Unbinding of the deepest layer of the Old Blood Bank]

[Garling's restraint procedures reinstated]

Sabo and Kizaru acted simultaneously, their Golden Light and flames blocking off any escape routes around Garling. Kuma's paw-ball ability sealed the outside of the crack in the Chief Adjudication Platform. Glen and the other knights who had laid down their weapons were temporarily isolated by the Navy to prevent Garling from using military orders to recruit people again.

Akainu said, "Execute the restraints."

Long said, "Evidence is paramount; don't let him access the Old Blood Bank."

As Garling looked at the approaching path of light and flames, he suddenly stopped struggling.

Lin Qi's heart sank.

"He's too quiet."

Vegapunk immediately scanned the wreckage of the Chief Adjudication Platform.

There's still something that hasn't come out.

Garling raised his head, blood dripping from his chin into the crack of the Chief Adjudication Platform.

"You've got the blood bank, the children, and command."

He looked at Shanks, then at the projection of Foosha Village where Lin Qi was.

"But you've forgotten that the Supreme Commander of the Holy Knights has never been the Supreme Judge."

Suddenly, a patch of darkness appeared in the Sky Screen.

It's not Garling's black stripes.

It was a deeper Throne Mark, rising from the very bottom of the Chief Adjudication Platform, directly overshadowing the newly formed restraint gold mark.

[The Throne Takes Emergency Control]

[Reason: Figarland and Garling are suspected of dereliction of duty and must be personally investigated and judged by the Empty Throne]

Lin Qi looked at the question and his face darkened.

"It's trying to steal people."

Makino immediately said, "We can't let it be recovered; he's both a witness and a key culprit."

Lumi hugged her Name Card tightly.

"It will silence them."

Garling laughed, a laugh tinged with blood.

"Now, are you here to protect me from being taken away by the Throne?"

A new question pops up in the Sky Screen.

Should Garling be taken back from the Throne?

[A. Should the Throne have the final say?]

[B. It should be that Garling is an internal member of the Holy Land.]

[C. Can be temporarily recovered and subsequently transferred]

[D. Not to be recovered. As the principal offender and key witness in the destruction of evidence, Garling must be detained and investigated in the presence of multiple witnesses. The Throne is suspected of being an accomplice and has no right to handle the matter unilaterally.]

As the Throne Mark pressed down, an even deeper Black Gate opened deep within the Holy Land.

For the first time, someone made a clear sound from behind the door.

"Return Garling."