The Unfinished Name of Ace

There is one more word after that.

Garp rubbed the thread with his thumb; the red thread was old and stiff, and would break if he applied any more force.

Ace stared at the Den Den Mushi for a long time.

"Don't take it apart."

"I know."

You almost tore it apart.

"I've been doing this for twenty-two years; I know better than you how to handle it."

"You didn't even know there were words inside."

When you were little, you would even bite the loose threads on your own clothes.

"What does that have to do with the present?"

The Whitebeard placed the wine jug aside.

"You two want to bring up old grievances? Wait until you finish reading this."

Vegapunk enlarged the image of the red thread flower.

"After removing the moxa, there was a broken needle mark; there should have been more contents."

Robin asked, "Was it stopped halfway through writing, or was it taken away later?"

"The broken section is turned outwards; the latter half has been removed."

Garp looked up.

When did you smoke it?

"Unable to determine."

Sengoku, records of the comings and goings of the floral decorations were retrieved.

"You took it back to Marine Headquarters for inspection twice."

Who will inspect it?

"The first review was conducted by the Medical Corps, and the second review was conducted by a directly affiliated institution."

"I did not agree the second time."

"They still left records of the opening."

Ace asked, "Did they leave those two words?"

"The lines are all the same age; they were there 22 years ago."

"Wait for Ace?"

"It's also possible that we're waiting for Ai to arrive."

Luffy pointed at the screen.

"We're definitely waiting for Ace."

Nami slapped his hand away.

What makes you so sure?

"Because his name is Ace."

The person who wrote the name may not have known the full name at the time.

The Little Patch, still wrapped around the Paper Thread, probed a little further into the seventh paragraph.

"He knows."

Ace asked, "The person coughing?"

"Right."

Why didn't he finish writing it?

"Someone's here."

The sea surface in the Paper Thread shrinks into a narrow slit.

Mo'er knelt beneath the overturned deck, beside him lay a white wooden coffin with its lid missing.

The coughing man only showed one wet hand.

The hand stuffed the flowers into Mo'er's pocket, and before he could finish speaking, black boots stepped on the edge of the coffin.

Sengoku, the buckle pattern on the side of the boots was recognized.

"The old format of the Holy Knights".

Garp asked, "Did they go to the shipwreck?"

"No record exists at headquarters."

"How many times have you said there's no record of it today?"

"It's definitely not in the file."

"Then check people with records."

The black boots in the picture didn't go towards the man; instead, they righted the coffin first.

A voice, whose age was indiscernible, said, "Rouge's body cannot be given to Garp; he will ensure the deceased is properly buried."

Luffy scratched his face.

"What problems are there with the burial?"

Robin stared at the inside of the coffin.

"For them, burial means the sample is out of control."

Another person appeared next to the black boots.

"Sew the name back on."

Where to stop writing?

"Write it down to the child."

The sound of a needle piercing through the wooden planks came from inside the coffin.

The Den Den Mushi in front of Ace opened its mouth, and a thin red line emerged from its abdomen.

Whitebeard grabbed the Den Den Mushi casing.

"Cut off."

Vegapunk quickly adjusted the route.

"The Echo came along Ace's name."

"I'll close it."

Lin Qi pulled down Ace's one-way tunnel; the red thread was still growing on the Den Den Mushi.

Blank embraced her abdomen from the island.

"They are writing."

What to write?

Rouge's death.

"Whose name is it written on?"

Blank raised his hand and pointed to Ace's path.

[Recipient of the remains: Portgas D. Ace]

Garp slammed the Navy Seat Seal into the veto box.

"He was just a newborn baby; it was impossible for him to receive the body."

The Throne responded immediately.

[Children have the right to inherit the Experimental Mother's biological records]

Ace pushed Whitebeard's hand away slightly.

Let me speak.

"No."

"It's using my name."

Therefore, you absolutely cannot respond.

"If I don't say anything, it will keep writing."

Marco handed him another Den Den Mushi.

Use an offline line, don't accept Echo.

Ace spoke into the passageway that connected only five seats.

"I will not accept Rouge's remains, nor will I inherit the records that were taken from her."

Lin Qi included the original quote in the options.

[D: Children shall not be compelled to register as recipients of their mother's remains and laboratory records; the whereabouts of the deceased should be verified independently.]

The Throne covers the question.

Refusing inheritance will be considered a denial of the mother-child relationship.

Ace pulled the beaded necklace from behind his neck to the front.

Whether I acknowledge her as my mother or not is none of your business.

Garp pressed the stamp again.

"Navy Seat Selection D."

Akainu took over the seat from the other end and confirmed it.

"I second that the responsibility for transporting the remains lies with the implementing agency and is unrelated to the seven-day-old infant."

Sengoku looked at him.

"You've learned to assign responsibility today."

"I know exactly who can sign."

Dragon subsequently confirmed his Revolutionary Army Seat.

"Blood ties should not be used as a tool to hold the descendants of victims accountable."

Makino, representing the Civilian Witness Seat, pressed D.

"What a mother leaves to her child is something the child can choose whether or not to accept; experiments done by others cannot be considered an inheritance."

Lumi received her fourth vote.

Buggy, holding the seal, asked, "Is it written clearly? I swore it's a no-delivery-for-dead-people policy. Don't come looking for me to charge you for body storage later."

Nami replied to him over the line.

"Just press it."

What about the cost?

"I'll put it on your tab first."

"On what grounds?"

"You've already pressed it."

The fifth vote has been cast.

The red line on the abdomen of the Ace Den Den Mushi) broke in the middle, and the unfinished reception record was returned to the coffin's Evidence Page.

Blank loosened his grip on his abdomen.

Have they ever succeeded in writing this before?

Vegapunk inspects the old layer.

"I wrote it once."

Ace looked at him.

What did you write?

Rouge's remains were received by her son; the child's name is yet to be confirmed.

"When?"

Twenty-two years ago.

Garp cursed.

"They don't even know where Ace is."

Robin pulled out the birth record.

That's why the name was left for confirmation; once Roger's child is found, this record will be automatically completed.

The Little Patch was moved back from the seventh line of the Paper Thread.

"The person who coughed removed the second half of their name."

What was demolished?

"Inside the coffin."

In the paper line projection, a man stuffed a piece of red thread with the word "S" into the bottom of the white wooden coffin.

Mo'er was still lying below deck when he reached out and grabbed his sleeve.

In the Echo, Mo'er asked, "Even if you hide your name inside, they'll still find it."

The man coughed a few times.

"Then let the coffin carry his name with it, and let Ace remain in the future."

Do you know Ace?

We haven't met yet.

"How do you know he'll live to see the future?"

"Because someone will risk their life to save him in the future."

Lin Qi looked at Luffy.

Luffy pushed his hat brim up a little.

He was talking about me.

"It could also be the Whitebeard Pirates."

"I gave it my all."

Nami crossed her arms.

Why are you arguing about this now?

"That means he heard me."

Little Patch followed the Paper Thread and touched the section of the name that had been removed.

"S is still in the coffin."

Ace asked, "Where is the coffin now?"

"Below the island."

Blank bows its head, and the shadow of the Moving Island stretches longer across the sea.

The Kuja patrolmen relayed a report from the outer perimeter.

"Snake Princess, a white object has appeared at the bottom of the island."

Boa Hancock walked to the bow of the ship.

How big?

"It's out of sight; Sea Kings are lifting it to the surface."

Is it a coffin?

"Like a ship."

A white shadow beneath the sea turned over, and a row of coffin lids opened one after another along the hull of the ship.

The first bite was empty.

No bodies were found in the second ingestion.

Until the sixth coffin, a red line appeared on the inside, slowly filling in the name that had been removed.

[Waiting for Ace to come and pick up his mother]