Straw Hat Can't Enter the Calm Belt

"Then I'll leave the hat."

Luffy spoke, he raised his Straw Hat, and Red Knot immediately wrapped around his wrist.

Nami slapped his hand away.

"Can you let me finish speaking first?"

"The island follows the hat; I just won't wear it."

"The Red Knot is already linked to your name, so what's the point of taking off your hat?"

"Leave your name too?"

"Try to see if you can leave your brain behind."

Zoro leaned against the ship's side, clutching his sword.

"He can't keep it all in his mind; he doesn't have much."

"Zoro, whose side are you on?"

"To save Nami from saying too much."

Chopper held Luffy's wrist to check the red thread.

"Don't pull it, it's using your body heat to stay afloat."

The child inside the Red Knot spoke.

"I can go back."

You just said you wouldn't reply.

"If she doesn't bring the hat, she'll just grab me."

"You'll get arrested if you go back."

"Her body was always with her."

Luffy raised his wrist in front of his eyes.

"Just because your body is there doesn't mean you have to go back."

"Stay here and we'll bring her over."

"Then I'll go save you."

"Don't come."

"How come you're just like Mo'er?"

Mo'er lay on the long table in the Tavern, looking up at the screen.

Don't include me in this.

A Hui tightened his bandage back on.

"Are you qualified to object?"

At least I didn't hide in my hat.

"You're hiding in the well."

"That's work."

"Unpaid work?"

"Old shop owners can owe money, and Maintainer can owe wages too."

Makino pushed a glass of water toward A Hui.

"Don't make a sound, he's bleeding again."

Lin Qi looked at the red line on the nautical chart.

"Moving Island will pass north of Amazon Lily in a little over a day. If Straw Hat doesn't go there, will it change its route?"

Vegapunk answered quickly.

"Yes, the distance between the Red Knot and the body is constantly decreasing, and the Experimental Mother will actively move closer to the receiver."

Nami asked, "Can you lead the route to the Sky Sea?"

"As long as the person carrying the Red Knot moves."

Luffy raised his hand.

"I'll do it."

"You're not coming."

Boa Hancock's voice came through the newly connected line, and the long eyelashes on the Den Den Mushi's face almost curled up outside the shell.

Luffy closer.

"Boa Hancock, can you take a boat into the Calm Belt?"

"Of course I can."

That's great.

But you can't get on the ship.

"Why?"

That thing will devour you.

"It's not looking for me."

"It followed the path of your Straw Hat, and even wrote Roger and Ace's names on the letter. Did you tell me it wasn't looking for you?"

Nami spread the sea chart out in front of the Den Den Mushi.

Is Amazon Lily safe at present?

"The Sea Kings in the north of the island are fleeing outwards, Kuja patrol boats are not approaching their target."

"Can we see the Moving Island?"

"You can't see the island, you can only see rows of Black Cups floating on the sea."

Vegapunk immediately asked, "Which way is the rim of the cup facing?"

"Facing south."

"They are receiving the birth records of the South Blue."

Sengoku, an old navigation map was unearthed.

"Twenty-two years ago, a hospital ship in the South Blue entered the Grand Line via the Reverse Mountain, and the destruction of records also took this route."

Boa Hancock continued, "My men retrieved a cup, but didn't open it."

"Don't open it."

The child in the Red Knot shouted too fast, and the coil slipped from Luffy's wrist.

"There's my mother in the cup."

From Boa Hancock's direction came the sound of a bowstring being drawn.

"Who is speaking?"

"One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight."

"What's that name?"

"Not a name."

"Then don't use it to call people."

Luffy nodded repeatedly.

"That's what I just said."

Nami turned her head.

You just asked him if that was his name.

"I changed it later."

Boa Hancock did not participate in the dispute.

The person in the cup taps it three times, then stops.

"What color is the cup?" Mo'er asked.

"Black on the outside, red on the inside, with Baterilla engraved on the bottom."

Garp brought the Den Den Mushi closer.

"Don't touch the bottom of the cup; that's the area stamp from when we were born."

"I didn't touch it."

"Let the Kuja Ship retreat; the Experimental Mother might use the cup to confirm her female identity."

Boa Hancock fell silent.

"Are you teaching me how to protect the people?"

Garp remained silent for a moment.

"I'm begging you."

The long eyelashes on the Den Den Mushi drooped slightly.

The ship has retreated three miles away, and the cup is separated by Seastone net.

Lin Qi asked, "Can you communicate inside the cup?"

"After the third beat, there are two more beats."

Mo'er turned to look at A Hui.

"The distress code from the old hospital ship."

What about the content?

"Three taps to confirm someone is there, then two taps to indicate they cannot leave on their own."

Luffy immediately asked, "Can you save him?"

Vegapunk flips through the records.

"First, confirm that the cup is an independent victim and cannot be taken away as part of the Experimental Mother."

Lin Qi opened the Q&A page.

[Question: Do memory carriers that detach from the Experimental Mother and actively seek help possess the independent right to receive assistance?]

[A: Return the Experimental Mother]

[B: To be destroyed by the World Government]

[C: To be handled uniformly by the original region]

[D: Protected under independent victim leads; forced return and opening prohibited]

There was no dispute regarding the five seats.

After confirming the result, Boa Hancock lifted the Seastone net on her side, and the Black Cup moved half an inch out of the water.

A woman's voice came from inside the glass.

Has my baby been born yet?

Garp extended the hand holding the Den Den Mushi forward a little.

What's your name?

"I don't remember."

Where is your home?

"Baterilla."

Where is the child?

"They took it away."

The Sengoku looked at the old numbers.

"Those 1,967 records may contain more than just memories."

Chopper grabbed Luffy's wrist tightly.

She is still conscious.

Vegapunk corrected, "She left behind parts that could Independent Expression; whether her body is still alive needs further verification."

The woman in the cup asked again.

Has my baby been born yet?

Boa Hancock did not answer on behalf of anyone.

What would you like to know first?

Does he have a name?

Do you remember giving him a name?

"I don't remember."

"Then you can't let others make it up for you."

The child inside the Red Knot shrank even smaller.

They all ask for your name.

Luffy lowered his head.

"You don't want a name because you're afraid they'll recognize you?"

I am not their child.

You can tell them.

"I said that."

"They don't believe me?"

"They can't hear me, they just hug me back to the cup."

Lin Qi dragged the Protection List to the center of the screen.

"If we don't give you a name, the system will keep searching for you using your ID number. Let's choose a name for protection purposes only, and not write it into the Experimental Mother's records."

"They will hear it."

"We can freeze the transfer."

"How long will the freeze last?"

Vegapunk replied, "Initial protection lasts a maximum of twelve hours."

What about twelve hours later?

"Before that, separate your Echo from the Straw Hat and establish a new foothold."

Luffy held down the brim of his hat.

"Can't we let him stay here?"

"The Straw Hat is an old node in Roger's Echo, and the Experimental Mother will continue to follow it."

Shanks said over the line, "He has to choose the carrier himself."

Red Knot remained quiet for a while.

"Can I live inside that letter?"

Lin Qi looked at the old letter that had been sent from the Calm Belt.

Why choose it?

"The letter will go back."

"You still want to go back to the island?"

"I'd like to lead the way."

Nami took the letter from in front of Lin Qi.

You can lead the way, but you can't act as a signpost.

What's the difference?

"The signposts will remain in the danger zone, and the person who guides us will come back with us."

Red Knot did not answer.

Luffy touched it with his index finger.

Let's pick a name for it first.

"Don't choose number 1968."

"Know."

"I don't want the cup."

So what do you like?

The red line lifted slightly from Luffy's wrist, pointing towards the line Rayleigh had repaired on the Straw Hat.

"Repair."

"You want to call it a supplement?"

"Any stitches that are damaged can be repaired."

Chopper put the tweezers into the medicine box.

"Then let's call it 'Little Patch'."

Why is there an extra one?

Because you are indeed small now.

Red Knot turned to Lin Qi.

"Only twelve hours of protection?"

"Twelve hours for now, then we'll continue."

Will it be written into the mother's body?

"Won't."

Lin Qi reopened the Protection Page.

[Temporary protected name: Little Patch]

[Purpose: Rescue identification]

[Do not enter information into the Experimental Mother kinship section]

After the five seats were confirmed, half of the numbers on the Moving Island went dark.

The red line on the body's chest loosened, revealing a slight rise and fall for the first time.

Chopper is pressed against the screen.

He's breathing.

Little Patch heard it too.

"That's my body?"

"Right."

"Still alive?"

"Alive."

Luffy grinned.

See, I told you you were alive.

"But she's moving."

On the screen, the Experimental Mother raises an arm covering Black Cup, pointing north to Amazon Lily.

A patrolman's report came from Boa Hancock's side.

"Snake Princess, a red line has appeared underwater, extending towards the Kuja flagship."

Nami immediately picked up the sea chart.

"It's looking for a new place to support its Little Patch."

"Wrong."

A small red line appeared around Little Patch as he stood up from Luffy's palm.

She didn't contact me.

Who should we contact for that connection?

The woman in the Black Cup began tapping again.

Three beats.

Two beats.

Then one more shot was played.

Mo'er's expression changed.

The sixth step is production confirmation.

Garp approaches the Den Den Mushi.

"Who is confirming this?"

Boa Hancock looked at the Black Cup in the Seastone net.

The Baterilla mark on the bottom of the glass has disappeared, and a new name has grown downwards from the rim.

That was no Little Patch.

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