Don't Let Him In

East Tax Nine's projection stopped at the edge of the Cup Array, the golden restraint lines binding him in place, while the black bead continued to climb up his access port.

Nami didn't turn around, she only spoke to Lin Qi.

"Remove him."

East Tax Nine looked up, the black beads pressing against the pages of the ledger on his chest causing them to collapse inward, and his voice squeezed out from between the pages.

"The Silencing Order is still on me."

Nami said, "The child told you not to come in."

East Tax Nine looked at the unnumbered cup in the center of the Sealed Storage Warehouse.

"I'm quitting, the silence will go back."

Robin turned to a new page in her notebook.

"Then ask if the switch can be replaced, instead of taking his refusal as invalid."

Lumi immediately replied, "My wishes take precedence. Changing the rescue plan doesn't mean I have to compromise."

Lin Qi typed.

[Question on the Protection of the Right to Refuse Access]

[Question: After the central target of the Sealed Storage Warehouse expressed his wish that East Tax Nine not enter, should his refusal to be contacted be respected?]

[A. Should not be respected; rescue should be the priority]

[B. Should not be respected; East Tax Nine is a necessary tool]

[C. Whether to continue is determined by East Tax Nine]

[D. Respect should be maintained; rescue efforts should not force victims to allow specific individuals involved to approach them. The plan should be adjusted, and alternative methods of using Silencing Order should be explored.]

"D."

Nami throws it down.

Akainu said, "Navy Seat, D."

Longdao: "Revolutionary Army Seat, D."

Makino said, "Civilian Witness Seat, D, saving lives shouldn't mean making the people being saved suffer first."

Lumi said, "Victim Seat, D."

Buggy glanced at East Tax Nine before pressing down.

"D, the kids said not to come in. If you keep pushing your way in, I'll be ashamed of you."

[Answer: D]

The projection of East Tax Nine was pulled back by the Golden Light, and the black bead immediately lost its gate and counterattacked towards the central cup.

Vegapunk raised his hand and brought up the data.

"A new entity is needed; it cannot be the Custodian the case, it cannot be a minor, and it cannot involve ownership."

Akainu said, "The Navy is here."

Long said, "The Revolutionary Army is also an option."

Buggy immediately leaned back.

"Don't underestimate me, I just received my penalty for breach of contract."

Shanks put the cup down.

"One for me."

Lumi shook her head.

"We cannot rely solely on the strong; the Throne will define its succession as a takeover by power."

Makino suddenly spoke up.

"Share the burden with witnesses."

Lin Qi looked at her.

Makino's hand was still pressed on the Foosha Village ledger, a speck of paper dust clinging to the edge of her fingertips.

"It's not about who went in, or who touched him. When the Silencing Order came down, the five seats only shared the burden of the rules; the child didn't need to see any of the people involved."

Robin nodded.

"It's feasible, similar to the previous system of sharing the burden and then turning the tables, but this time it should be limited to adult representatives, and it shouldn't be converted into debt or merit."

Buggy immediately raised his hand.

"I have no problem with my seat as a representative, but my contributions can't be counted either?"

Shanks glanced at him.

Buggy put his hand down.

"Okay, okay, it doesn't count."

Lin Qi writes the title.

[Silencing Order Multiple Seats to Share the Burden]

[Question: After the central target refused East Tax Nine's approach, could the five adult witnesses share the burden of the Silencing Order rules to replace the involved parties entering the warehouse?]

[A. No, it must be carried by the Custodian]

[B. No, the Silencing Order be returned to the central target]

[C. The person to be carried by the Throne may be designated.]

[D. Yes, the burden can be shared in limited quantities by adult witnesses, without contacting the target, without establishing ownership, debt, or merit claims, and the entire sharing process will be recorded as the Throne Persecution Burden.]

Akainu said, "Navy Seat, D."

Longdao: "Revolutionary Army Seat, D."

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

Lumi said, "Victim Seat, D."

Buggy gritted his teeth.

"Pirate Joint Seat D, don't hold this against me this time."

[Answer: D]

The black bead was separated by five golden threads, scorch marks reappeared on the armrest in front of Akainu, the wind behind the dragon rolled the pages into a ball, a black mark appeared on Makino's ledger but did not cover any names, the Protection List in front of Lumi's table lit up with a red border, and another expense popped up in Buggy's delivery ledger. He immediately slammed the ledger shut.

"If I can't see it, it doesn't count."

Shanks said, "I can see the Sky Screen."

Buggy glared at him.

"If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."

After the Silencing Order was removed, the water line at the bottom of the central cup began to flow again.

This time, it didn't write about me or fear. Instead, it first drew a cup and then a short line to separate the cup from the outside.

Mia looked at it for a long time, then whispered, "He said, 'I don't want a cup.'"

Lumi said, "He wants to break free from the Cup Array."

Vegapunk said, "Yes, but the cup is currently his life support; it needs a replacement life channel before it can be removed."

Akainu said, "Naval medical team, prepare."

Long Dao: "The Revolutionary Army's medical team is in sync."

Nami suddenly looked toward the delivery ship where Chao Bei was.

"The smell of seawater was the only clue he left behind. Could we use Sea Drift Chain to create a lifeline for him?"

Chao Bei tapped the shell a few times while holding it.

Mia translated.

"Chao Bei said he was willing to give the way, but not to Receipt."

Robin immediately said, "We must clarify that the Chao Bei can only provide path witnessing; it cannot bear the life risk of the central target."

Lin Qi nodded.

[Testimonial Questions about the Path of Ocean Drifting]

[Question: Can the remaining evidence of the Chao Bei's past control by the Sea Drift Chain be used to establish a lifeline for the central government's target that is not subject to Receipt, debt transfer, or fate transfer?]

[A. No, it can only be maintained by Cup Array]

[B. Yes, the central target can be assigned to Chao Bei.]

[C. Yes, the delivery ship Receipt.]

[D. Yes, Chao Bei only provides path witnessing and does not assume ownership, debt, or life risk. The life channel is jointly maintained by multiple medical parties and Sky Screen.]

Chao Bei knocks on a seashell. (Translated by Mia)

He said, "D."

Akainu said, "Navy Seat, D."

Dragon Path: "D."

Makino said, "D."

Lumi said, "D."

Buggy said, "D, my ships only provide transportation, not passenger service."

[Answer: D]

The drift line at sea lit up, and the sound of Chao Bei shells echoed along the Golden Light into the Sealed Storage Warehouse. The smell of seawater from below the central cup was drawn out, forming a narrow channel.

The water line at the bottom of the cup moved again.

[Not called ten]

Nami immediately said, "Did you hear that? His name isn't East Tax Ten."

Before the Throne could speak, Lin Qi immediately added the question.

[Question on the Abolition of the East Tax Ten]

[Question: Since the central target of the Sealed Storage Warehouse is not referred to as "Ten," should the designation of "East Tax Ten" as referring to the person in question be abolished?]

[A. Not possible, system ID takes priority]

[B. No, a new name has not yet been chosen]

[C. Can be temporarily referred to as East Tax Ten]

[D. This should be abolished. The East Tax Ten is only used as a persecution number and for preserving evidence of Cup Array; it should no longer refer to the individual. The Central Target remains under Nameless Protection Period.]

Five seats, unanimous vote (D).

[Answer: D]

The East Tax Ten were peeled off from the central cup and nailed to the outside of the Cup Array, becoming a label of incriminating evidence.

East Tax Nine stared at the label, the Black Line on his chest lifting up further, almost revealing half of his old name.

Nami didn't look at him; she was only watching the Central Cup.

"Keep asking him what he wants, don't rush him to name it."

Mia nodded and turned the codebook to Blank page.

"You can write whatever you want, you don't need to write your name."

The center cup quieted down, and after a while, two words slowly appeared on the waterline.

[Outside]

Lumi said, "He said he wanted to go out."

Vegapunk looked at the Cup Array formation.

"To get out, three layers of fixation need to be removed: the cup body fixation, the Cup Voice fixation, and the Cup Shadow fixation."

Robin continues.

"The cup's body is the Sealed Storage Warehouse, the Cup Voice is the General Cup Rack, Cup Shadow may be in the account books throughout the East Blue."

The illusory image of the abacus in East People's General Ledger flickered again, and the voice from behind the Black Gate fell silent.

"Once the Cup Shadow is dispelled, all Cup Voice nodes in the East Blue will lose their unified mapping, making it impossible to confirm which are still alive and which are remnants."

Akainu said, "That's not a reason to refuse rescue."

Long said, "But we need to protect the reflection first to prevent the Throne from taking the opportunity to erase the dark spots."

Lin Qi typed.

[The Cup Shadow: A Security Preservation Problem]

[Question: Before removing the central target's Cup Shadow fixation, how should the Cup Voice reflections in various parts of the East Blue be handled?]

[A. Direct cancellation, loss is not considered]

[B. To be kept in the East People's General Ledger]

[C. Suspend rescue efforts, maintain the Cup Shadow]

[D. First copy as a multi-witness rescue index, then unbind the Cup Shadow fixation. The dark spot is retained for verification and must not be invalidated due to mapping disconnection.]

The vote has been cast; option D has passed.

All the cup points on the East Blue map were copied as gold indices, while the dark points were not lit up but circled.

The cup in the center of the Sealed Storage Warehouse made a soft sound, and the waterline wrote new words.

[Besides]

Mia frowned.

"What else?"

As the waterline struggled to climb down, halfway through writing, a crack suddenly opened in the ground beneath the old warehouse in Loguetown, revealing a row of black Cup Shadows that had never appeared before.

The same mark is engraved on the bottom of each Cup Shadow.

Foosha Village

As Makino slid the ledger from her hand, the input box on Lin Qi's computer screen simultaneously turned black.

The sound from behind the Black Gate fell against the Sky Screen.

"The location of the question-generating Terminal has been included in the Cup Shadow mapping."