Where Did Rouge's Remains Go?

Who delivered it?

Garp's words bypassed all other lines and landed on that medical bill.

Blank reached for his abdomen, but didn't touch the signature panel.

"It says here that I received her."

You didn't exist twenty-two years ago.

Vegapunk retrieved the receiver's manufacturing records.

"Little Patch's body was only pieced together after Roger's execution, and the Experimental Mother was assembled even later, so the timelines don't match."

During the Sengoku, the records of prohibited navigation were reviewed.

"It's also possible that the Experimental Mother sample comes first, and then the receiver is completed."

Don't try to justify it.

Garp dragged the projection of the medical report in front of him.

"I was present when Rouge died, and her body was not sent to the Calm Belt."

Ace asked, "Where did you bury her?"

Garp didn't go to see him.

"Near Baterilla."

"What's the exact location?"

"I can't say."

"Not even me?"

The grave has already been dug up once.

Ace moved the Den Den Mushi closer to Whitebeard, then took it back.

"When?"

"After you go to sea."

Who did it?

"Go find the people of Roger's bloodline."

The Sengoku did not consult the archives.

"The Navy has not issued this order."

"I didn't say it was the navy."

"Garp."

"You need to explain?"

Sengoku removed his hand from the document.

"The Five Elders requested a review of all suspicious cemeteries in the South Blue, but the task was carried out by a directly subordinate agency, and the report was not submitted to headquarters."

Has the body been found?

"No."

After Ace finished asking the question, only the sound of the Black Cup hitting the net remained in the line.

Garp finally turned to him.

"The coffin is empty."

Why didn't you tell me?

"What would I tell you to do, so you'd run back to the South Blue at seventeen and dig a second time?"

"At least I should know."

"You knew you would go later."

That's my business.

Whitebeard's naginata landed between the two men's lines.

"Investigate the living first; old scores can't be ignored."

Ace brushed the beaded necklace aside and didn't press the matter further.

The Blank medical report is still being read.

"I was the designated recipient of the body, but I don't remember it."

Robin said, "The recipient might refer to the old structure used by this Experimental Mother, not the current you."

What will happen if I sign it?

"You will acknowledge the completion of the reception on behalf of the old structure."

"Rouge will become a part of my body?"

"That's how the records will be determined."

Is she now?

Vegapunk overlapped the Experimental Mother data with the medical records.

"You have her pregnancy records and a real memory, but that's not enough to prove the body is on the island."

The Blank pushed the medical form further away.

I won't sign.

The signature panel moved with her hand.

[Refuse to Receipt; it will be returned to the original sender.]

Nami points to the sea chart.

Where was the original mailing address?

Sengoku, a series of ship numbers were found.

"The seventh pier in the South Blue was demolished 22 years ago."

What would happen if we went back to a place that doesn't exist?

Mo'er propped himself up on the edge of the table.

"We will look for the person who handled it at the time."

A Hui tucked the pillow behind his back.

Do you recognize this form?

"I've seen the same format before."

Where?

"Transport Ship."

Mo'er reached for the Paper Thread in the wound, only to realize, when his fingertips touched empty space, that the piece had already been taken by A Hui.

"When we were transporting the Object Awaiting Destruction, there was an unregistered coffin on the ship."

Garp took a step forward.

What kind of coffin?

"The coffin lid, made of white wood commonly used in the South Blue, has no name; it only features a flower sewn with red thread."

Garp's chair tipped over because of his bent legs.

Ace grabbed the microphone.

"Rouge wore this flower?"

"When she was pregnant with you, someone in town gave her a hair ornament made of red thread."

Are you sure?

"I placed it into the coffin myself."

Mo'er closed his eyes briefly.

"That coffin wasn't in the Calm Belt."

Garp helped the chair up.

"You just said you were on a ship."

"Before the boat capsized..."

What happens after it's flipped over?

"The Custodian ordered us to retrieve the Object Awaiting Destruction first; the coffin had been carried away by the ocean current."

Which way?

"I didn't see it clearly at the time."

A Hui placed the piece of Paper Thread on the table.

Your voyage memories are here.

"If I take too much, I'll forget those seven days."

"Only look in the direction after the shipwreck."

"The Paper Thread doesn't listen to your choices; it just goes wherever it's attached."

Little Patch close to the Paper Thread.

"I can find it."

Chopper pressed down on the Red Knot.

You haven't moved in yet.

"It carried my body, and it carried my coffin."

How did you know?

"The body remembers the taste of seawater."

Vegapunk immediately pressed for more information.

What does it taste like?

"Medicine, blood, and flowers."

Garp took out a cloth bag, untied the innermost layer, revealing a faded flower.

Is this it?

The Little Patch red line extended towards the screen, touching the edge of the projection.

The body inside the Experimental Mother stirred.

Blank covered his abdomen.

"It hurts here."

Which part?

"Below the name Rouge."

Vegapunk adjusted the scene, revealing a white wooden piece embedded in the stitching, with small holes through which red thread passed.

Garp placed the thread in front of the Den Den Mushi.

The holes on the wooden piece lit up one by one.

Ace stared at the flower.

Why did you still keep it?

"One flower was placed in the coffin, and I kept one for myself."

"She did it?"

"It was made by the people in town."

"Then what are you keeping it for?"

"What's it to you?"

"Those belong to my mother."

"This is mine."

Sengoku coughed.

"First, align the hole positions."

Garp turned the Den Den Mushi on.

Punk Records the last spot.

"There is a greater than 90% chance that the wood chips came from the same coffin."

Ace asked, "The body is on the island?"

"This only proves that a portion of the coffin was used to create the Experimental Mother."

"Can you see it when you open it?"

Blank covered the area where the wooden piece was located with his hand.

"Don't open it."

I didn't tell you to open it now.

You want to open it.

I want to know where she went.

"It hurts here."

Ace removed his hand from the Den Den Mushi.

"Let's leave it for now."

Blank asked, "If Rouge is inside, would you take her away?"

"Meeting."

Which part should we take?

Ace did not answer.

Robin broke down the problem for him.

"The body belongs to the deceased, the memory sustains you now, and the wooden fragment is evidence of the crime; these three need to be verified separately."

Will it hurt when we separate?

"Maybe."

"Then don't separate them."

Ace spoke again.

"You can refuse to remove it now, but you can't leave her inside you forever."

"Why?"

She has a place to go.

"Where?"

Ace looked at Garp.

Garp did not provide the location of the graveyard.

"Hometown."

The Blank brushed against the wooden piece on his abdomen.

I also want to go back to my hometown.

Where is your hometown?

"I have no idea."

"Then let's look for it first."

"After we find it, can Rouge come with me?"

Ace gritted his teeth and answered after a while.

"If she's really with you, I'll listen to her wish to stay."

"She's dead, what do you say?"

She left Blank.

Blank understood that sentence.

The signature field on the medical report finally stopped, and the report was returned to the Evidence Page.

[If the facts of the receipt are questionable, it is prohibited to retroactively sign the document based on existing consciousness.]

Before the five seats have even been voted on, the Throne has already issued a warning.

[Request to sign a new contract; Rouge's death status cannot be confirmed]

Garp raised the seal.

"It wasn't confirmed in the first place."

Lin Qi added the verification question.

[Question: If the receipt record does not match the current time of consciousness, can the current consciousness be forced to sign a document for the body receipt dated 22 years ago?]

[A: Yes]

[B: Signed by the World Government]

[C: Automatic confirmation based on Experimental Mother structure]

[D: No retroactive signatures allowed; the whereabouts of the remains and the responsibility for receiving them must be verified separately]

All five seats were filled by option D.

The medical form fell off her Blank front, and a white wooden piece emerged half an inch from her abdomen.

A string of faint characters was engraved on the back of the wooden piece.

Mo'er recognized the first half.

"This is the cabin number on the Transport Ship."

The Sengoku recognized the latter half.

"This is the World Government's body preservation number."

Ace looked at Lin Qi.

"Can you find out where they went?"

We still need transport personnel.

A Hui pushed the Paper Thread in front of Little Patch.

"Shall we move in?"

Little Patch to tangle the thread end.

"Let's make this clear first, I'll only lead the way."

Mo'er reached out and pressed down on the other end of the Paper Thread.

"Once inside, don't touch the seventh memory."

What is the seventh paragraph?

The day I saved you.

Why can't I touch it?

Other people boarded the ship that day.

The Little Patch Red Knot had already crept along the Paper Thread into the first bloodstain.

Mo'er wanted to stop, but a baby's cry came from the line first.

Then, a woman shouted from the sea.

"Don't hand the coffin over to Garp."