His Son Had Been Found
"Ace?"
As soon as Luffy uttered his name, the Red Knot inside his Straw Hat tightened around his forehead.
Chopper lunged forward to untangle the dunk.
"Stop talking, it's taking your answer as confirmation."
"But Roger's son is Ace."
"Take off your hat first."
"Don't pick it, it will shrink even more."
Nami held up the brim of her hat, while Chopper used tweezers to pick up the red thread.
Zoro grabbed Luffy's shoulder from the side.
"Don't move."
"I didn't move."
"You've cracked the deck."
As the Red Knot recedes along the grass stem, a portion of the broken boat on the paper is removed with each inch it moves back.
Lin Qi pressed the narrow sheet of paper against the computer.
"Mo'er, how do I get it to loosen?"
"Don't confirm the name."
"It's been confirmed."
"Make sure Ace himself refuses to accept it."
At the same time, activity was reported from both the naval route and the Whitebeard Pirates route.
Ace's voice entered the Tavern first.
"I heard you."
Luffy catches the Den Den Mushi.
"Ace, don't answer, it'll strangle you."
"You're the one being strangled, do you think I'd pretend I didn't hear you?"
"Chopper is solving it."
"Shut up first."
Whitebeard's command came from the other side of the deck.
"Deliver the Den Den Mushi to Ace, and no one else should speak for him."
Ace moved closer to the microphone, his breath mingling with the sounds of sails and waves.
"Hey you in the hat, you said Roger's son found you? I didn't."
The Red Knot remained intact.
"I've never been to the Calm Belt, and I've never seen that island."
The sound of a child breaking off Straw Hat came from inside.
"You've seen it."
"When?"
"At the time of death."
Luffy's shoulder lurched forward, and Zoro blocked it with his scabbard.
Ace is not dead!
"Luffy, let him finish speaking."
That's a future that hasn't happened yet.
Ace held the Den Den Mushi, paused for a moment, and then continued.
"Did you hear my voice after I died?"
You asked who he is.
Whom am I asking?
Ask the person wearing Straw Hat.
Luffy slid his hand off the Den Den Mushi.
In the future footage, Ace did say a lot of things when he fell into his arms.
But he didn't ask the stranger's name.
That future has been altered by the live broadcast, but the Echo that were originally hidden after death have remained.
Lin Qi stared at the computer screen.
"The future he heard was incomplete; Ace might be asking about something else."
The child in the Straw Hat repeated it.
You asked who he is.
Ace said, "Now I'm asking you, who are you?"
The Red Knot is tightened halfway around.
Chopper was so anxious that his forehead was covered in sweat, and he dared not probe any further with the tweezers.
"Don't ask, it treats questions as responses."
Ace did not back away.
"Let go of Luffy first."
"He was wearing a door."
What door?
Roger's Door.
Luffy raised his hand and pressed down on his Straw Hat.
"That's Shanks' hat."
"Roger wore it."
"It's mine now."
The Red Knot has stopped.
Luffy continued, "I don't know you, and I won't hand you over to Roger. Ace is alive, and he hasn't contacted you."
The child did not speak.
"Tell me who you're looking for."
The sound of fabric being dragged came from inside the Straw Hat.
A moment later, a knock landed on the top of the hat.
Another sound landed on Ace's Den Den Mushi.
The third sound came from the old wound on Mo'er's waist.
Mo'er grabbed A Hui's arm.
"It connects to three records."
"Unplug the cable."
"It can't be pulled out; it's its name that's gone."
The strokes reappear in the Blank name box.
The first character is still D.
The second stroke, however, did not continue spelling but instead fell below Roger's name, writing a date.
Verification of execution records during the Sengoku period.
This was seven days before Roger's execution.
Mo'er closed his eyes.
"That was also the day the Transport Ship departed."
Garp asked, "Why did the World Government send a child into the Calm Belt before Roger's execution?"
"The transfer order is not sent to the Calm Belt."
The records clearly state "Northwest Echo Route".
"That's what I changed."
A Hui grabbed Mo'er's shoulder.
Where did the original route lead?
"Loguetown."
The Den Den Mushi of the Sengoku leaned forward.
"You were ordered to deliver the child to Roger?"
"Send him to the Execution Platform."
"Do what?"
"Let him hear Roger's last words."
Lin Qi looked at the broken ship on the paper.
Did the Throne know that Roger would usher in the Great Pirate Era?
"It doesn't know the content, it only knows that Roger will leave behind a voice that will resonate throughout the world."
So, are you going to prepare a child to receive the child?
"That child can send the voices he hears into the future; the Throne wants to use him to confirm what the consequences of Roger's words will be."
The sound of a dragon came from the line.
"Using a child as a tool to prematurely assess the future."
"Yes."
Why did he refuse to destroy it?
"After hearing about the future, he refused to reveal its contents."
Ace asked, "Did he hear my death, Lin Qi's question, and Luffy's question?"
"More."
"Including Roger's son?"
Mo'er's hand fell off A Hui's shoulder.
"The Throne tasked him with finding Roger's bloodline in the future, and once found, sending the name back to the time before his execution."
The sound of papers turning in the naval wiring stopped.
When Sengoku spoke, each word was clearly spaced apart.
"The World Government began investigating Roger's children before his execution."
Garp remained silent.
The Den Den Mushi had its head down, its whiskers covering its mouth.
Ace's voice came from the Moby Dick.
"So he sent my name back?"
"No."
Mo'er looked at the Straw Hat.
"He didn't hand over his name."
"How did the Throne know that Roger had descendants?"
"They interrogated all the women who had been in contact with Roger, and after his death, they checked his birth records. The future the children heard only confirmed for them that their bloodline truly existed."
Garp finally spoke.
"Are the investigation records from back then still preserved on that Moving Island?"
"Keep it."
"Rouge's name is also there?"
Mo'er did not answer.
Garp repeated the question.
"Is Portgas D. Rouge's name on that island?"
"Exist."
The sound of cracking walls came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.
Sengoku called out to Garp, but no one responded.
Ace didn't say anything more.
Luffy pressed down on the Red Knot on the top of his hat.
"Ace."
"I am here."
"Let's go get it back."
"Don't come."
"Why?"
"That thing with Calm Belt is heading straight for me."
"It wrote my name first."
Luffy.
"Your mother's records are there too."
"I know."
"Then let's go together."
"Your ship cannot enter the Calm Belt."
"Boa Hancock can go in."
Nami patted Luffy on the back of the head.
"When did you even make arrangements for Amazon Lily?!"
The letter mentioned Amazon Lily.
Why should they help you?
"Just ask."
Lin Qi moved the Den Den Mushi closer to himself.
"Don't send anyone yet. We need to confirm the route in three days, and we can't disturb the Sea Kings on the back of the Moving Island."
The Red Knot on Luffy's chest loosened a little.
Chopper immediately pried it away from his skin.
The child in the Straw Hat spoke again.
Roger's son is not allowed to come.
Ace asked, "Are you afraid of me?"
"If you come, the island will awaken."
What's on the island?
"A mother searching for her son."
The sound of a cup shattering came from the Whitebeard Pirates.
After a long pause, Ace finally asked, "Whose mother?"
The child did not answer.
New ink bleeds from the Blank name box.
This time, it didn't have a name written on it.
It wrote down a storage number.
After Mo'er saw the number, the wound that had just been bandaged reopened.
A Hui supported his waist.
Who is that?
"The passengers transported by the Transport Ships back then."
What's wrong with the number?
He wasn't sent to listen to Roger.
Mo'er gripped A Hui's sleeve tightly.
"He is the vessel the Throne is meant to hold Rouge's memories."