Why Is Luffy's Name on the Letter?

What does this have to do with me?

Luffy's voice burst from the Den Den Mushi in the Sabaody Archipelago, accompanied by Usopp's shouts telling him not to grab the receiver.

Lin Qi pressed the narrow piece of paper down on the table.

The letter only had your name on it, but no reason given.

"Then I'll go take a look."

You are not allowed to go.

Nami snatched the Den Den Mushi.

"The Calm Belt has no wind, ordinary ships can't get in at all, and we're being watched by the navy and a bunch of troublemakers right now, what are you going to take?"

"Boating."

You can't even tell directions!

Lin Qi knows the way.

I only have a nautical chart of the East Blue Sea.

Lin Qi rolled up the picture he had mistakenly taken and stuffed it back into the counter.

Luffy asked from the other end, "Who's waiting for me?"

"I'm the one you're waiting for."

"Then why is my name written?"

"Isn't this under investigation?"

Mo'er lay on the long table as the doctor cleaned an old wound in his waist.

The moment the medicine touched the surface of the cup, his hand gripped the edge of the table.

A Hui stood beside him, holding the bowl of medicine.

"Say it if it hurts."

"It doesn't hurt."

You've practically poked a hole through the table.

This table used to be mine.

"It belongs to Lin Qi now."

"Then make him pay."

Lin Qi didn't turn his head.

"We haven't even settled the repair costs for the broken table you left behind."

The doctor looked up.

There's something in the wound.

A Hui put down the medicine bowl.

"What?"

"The thread is thin, unlike the thread used for stitching; it's closer to paper fibers."

Mo'er raised his hand to block, but A Hui pressed him back onto the table.

"Take it out."

"Cannot be taken."

The doctor said yes.

I said no.

You're not a doctor.

That's the old route.

Vegapunk immediately took over.

"Move the camera closer."

The Den Den Mushi was aimed at Mo'er's waist, and the doctor used tweezers to pry open the edge of the wound, revealing a piece of soaked Paper Thread underneath the skin.

Tiny characters were crammed onto the Paper Thread.

Can you zoom in?

"It's been enlarged."

"This is the navigation log."

Robin noticed one of the lines.

"Calm Belt, Northwest Echo Route, one passenger, identity not recorded."

A Hui stared at Mo'er.

"You've been to the Calm Belt."

"I've been there."

"When?"

Before I met you.

"You never said that."

You were too young then.

What happened next?

"Later you were busy guarding the gate."

A Hui picked up the medicine bowl and slammed it back onto the table, splashing the medicine onto the back of his hand.

"I've been guarding this place for so many years, and you've been down here every day. Couldn't you find a single opportunity to tell me?"

What's the point of telling you?

"At least I know what else you're hiding!"

"Now that you know, you'll want to go."

"I want to go now too."

So I can't tell you.

A Hui gripped the corner of the table, and only let go after a moment.

"Doctor, continue the extraction."

Mo'er propped himself up.

That thread connects to my old memories; pulling it out will take a piece with it.

Which section?

"The section with Calm Belt."

"Perfect, we can take it out and see it right away."

"A Hui."

"You just said you didn't know why Luffy was mentioned in the letter; now you're the only one who knows."

"I forgot."

Let the line remember for you.

The doctor looked at Lin Qi.

"Shall we take it?"

Lin Qi did not make the decision for Mo'er.

"This is his body."

A Hui turned to the old man at the long table.

"You tell me yourself."

Mo'er looked at the Paper Thread sticking out from his waist.

"Take a section."

"All."

"One section is enough to identify the waterway."

"And the recipients."

That person has nothing to do with the present.

An overturned cup tapped on the computer screen.

The narrow paper inside the envelope was turned over, and an old stamp appeared next to Luffy's name.

Garp recognized him first.

"This is a naval no-fly zone marking outside the Amazon Lily."

The Sengoku said, "It was used twenty-two years ago, but was later abolished."

Why abolish it?

"Three warships sank along that route, and the survivors all lost some of their memories upon returning."

Vegapunk took over the conversation.

"Until the technology for Seastone hulls is completed, the navy will not easily enter the Calm Belt; old shipping lanes will only be used for special transshipment."

The dragon asked, "What good will you do?"

The Sengoku was silent for a few moments.

"The record says it's an item to be destroyed."

No one in the Tavern responded.

The doctor's tweezers still held Paper Thread, and the words on the paper, illuminated by the light, slowly revealed the next line.

[The recipient refused to destroy the item.]

There's only half a date left.

After checking, Robin said, "Twenty-two years ago, the same year Roger was executed."

Garp's voice came through the Den Den Mushi.

"Mo'er, who were you working for back then?"

"Throne Node Maintenance Team"

Whose ship is that?

"World Government."

Where are the people you transported?

"Not delivered."

The Sengoku asked, "The ship sank?"

"I'll release him."

A Hui picked up the scissors and cut off a small section along the exposed part of the Paper Thread.

Mo'er was a step too slow in raising his hand.

The broken thread fell onto the white cloth, and the writing became larger as a result.

[After hearing the Future Echo, the object automatically changes its course.]

Lin Qi looked at the computer.

"He also heard about the future?"

"Earlier than you."

Mo'er lay back down, his bangs plastered to his face by sweat.

"That man was locked in the cabin for seven days, listening to a sound that hadn't even happened yet each day."

Whose voice is that?

There are waves, people are laughing, and someone is asking a multiple-choice question.

Lin Qi's hand, holding the pen, paused at the edge of the paper.

"Mine?"

"I couldn't tell it then, but I can now."

"Twenty-two years ago, did he hear me posing a question?"

"The order in which I heard it was random, and many sentences didn't have a beginning."

A Hui leaned down and looked at Mo'er.

"You said you released the person, but where did you release them?"

"When the ship passed the north side of the Calm Belt, he went into the sea himself."

"The Calm Belt is full of Sea Kings."

They didn't touch him.

Where did they go after that?

"I have no idea."

What's his name?

"No name."

After Mo'er finished speaking, the narrow piece of paper on the table moved again.

A second name appeared below Luffy's name.

[Gol D. Roger.]

The sound of Garp slamming his hand on the table made the Den Den Mushi fall backward.

The Warring Sengoku was the first to catch him.

"Mo'er, explain yourself clearly."

That person wasn't Roger.

Why is his name on the letter?

"I have no idea."

"Tell me what you know!"

The transit order instructed him to be sent to the sea area where Roger was executed, to collect the last batch of Echo.

Garp didn't continue yelling.

The sound of a chair being dragged came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

"I was in Loguetown on the day Roger was executed."

What did you hear?

"The whole city is filled with sound."

"Is there Cup Voice?"

"No."

Lin Qi looked at the piece of Paper Thread.

The recipient heard that.

Mo'er nodded.

He said that Roger's dying words didn't fall into the sea.

Where did it land?

"Future."

Robin spoke up, "The Great Pirate Era began with a single sentence from Roger. If that sentence produced the first Echo that could reach the future, Luffy and Lin Qi would be locked onto by it."

Luffy shouted from beside the Den Den Mushi, "I know what Roger said! He said the treasure is all there!"

"Don't interrupt."

Nami pushed him away again.

Lin Qi picked up the narrow sheet of paper.

"The letter says Luffy first, then Roger. What's missing between those two names?"

The ink pooled between the two lines of names.

After waiting for a long time, all they got was a Blank box.

Mo'er saw the box and moved a little closer to the table.

A Hui immediately helped him up.

"You recognize him?"

"It's also on the old transit slip."

"What's the meaning?"

Name to be filled in.

Who will fix it?

"The person being transported himself."

Water seeped through the edges of the Blank square, as if someone had pressed down on the other side through the paper.

A crooked stroke falls from inside the frame.

The first stroke was too long, extending beyond the frame and pressing down between the names of Luffy and Roger.

Lin Qi stared at that stroke.

What is it trying to write?

Mo'er raised his bent index finger and traced the strokes on the table.

This is D's first transaction.

The second stroke slowly appears on the paper.

Before it could land completely, Luffy's Den Den Mushi suddenly made a loud thud.

Nami shouted, "Luffy, take your hand off!"

"I didn't touch it!"

The Straw Hat fell onto the deck.

Luffy clutched his chest; the voice coming through the Den Den Mushi was shorter than before.

Someone is knocking here.

"Where?"

"On my body."

The second stroke on the narrow paper then changed direction.

No new name has been entered in the name box.

It circled Luffy's name.

Another sentence was added below.

[The first Echo he heard came from inside the Straw Hat.]