Leave the Name Blank for Now

Who said that?

Lin Qi's voice came through Nami's palm.

Nami let go of his hand and pushed the Blank page in front of him again.

"You write it."

Lin Qi wrote down the same question.

The Black Line stopped at the doorway without touching the paper.

Lingering Voice, "It didn't use the White Ship to strike just now."

"None of it was pieced together from Lin Qi's records."

Robin checked the existing records line by line.

"This is its first sentence."

Mo'er stared at the puddle of water by the door.

"If there's a first sentence, there will be a second."

A Hui asked, "What do you want it to say?"

"Tell me who it is."

It doesn't even have a face.

"Face and name have nothing to do with each other."

"It's related to the Throne."

Nami showed the Handover Page to everyone.

The Third Presence is still identified as Lin Qi, who is still unfinished, but a new annotation has been added below.

[Source of expression incorrect, being corrected]

Vegapunk said, "Once the correction is complete, that last sentence will also be added to Lin Qi's record."

Lin Qi picked up his pen.

[Could newly emerging expressions be temporarily archived?]

The Throne does not offer any options.

The correction progress on the page has reached 30%.

Akainu said through the Navy's communications system, "Freeze this page immediately."

Robin replied, "Freezing will seal it in along with everything else."

"It's better than having the Throne revert to its original state."

It has just learned to say a single sentence of its own.

Makino placed the old ledger in front of the Civilian Witness Seat.

"If you're shut down the first time you open your mouth, what's the difference between that and being locked inside again?"

Akainu remained silent for a moment.

"Then give it a temporary file."

"The file requires a name."

"Use numbers first."

He shook his head Lingering Voice.

"It just came out of the number."

Buggy said, "A cargo code will do. I often write 'unnamed package' on my delivery slips."

Nami looked at him.

If you call someone a package again, I'll stuff you into a box.

"I was just giving an example."

Lin Qi wrote on the paper.

Would you like to use a protected username temporarily?

The Black Line recedes half an inch inside the door.

"He refused?"

The Lingering Voice sticks the Paper Thread close to the ship's plank.

"No knocking."

That means you didn't agree.

Lin Qi wrote again.

[You can leave the name blank for now]

A drop of water fell from the Black Line.

The watermark circled two empty words.

Robin said, "It chose to leave the vacancy open."

A warning popped up on the Throne's calibration page.

Anonymous records cannot have Independent Expression.

Lin Qi added a new question below.

How should records that have just emerged Independent Expressions and refuse to use the identity of others be protected?

[A: Delete abnormal expressions]

[B: Returned to the original record holder]

[C: Awaiting the Custodian to complete the identity verification]

The fourth line is blocked by the Throne.

Nami placed the old map under the question paper.

"It won't let me write."

"Paper can be written on."

Lin Qi added option D to the edge of the map.

[D: Names may be left blank; Independent Expression is considered a viable clue; no one may name or archive it on behalf of the individual.]

The polling stations lit up one by one.

When the Navy Seat pressed D, Akainu rejected the automatically generated takeover request for the Throne.

The Revolutionary Army Seat subsequently confirmed that Dragon had requested all receiving points to reproduce the original traces of the Independent Expression.

Makino copied the line "Don't let me become you" into the old ledger of the Tavern, Lingering Voice recorded the water stains into the medical records.

After Buggy stamped the Pirate Seats seal, he added another column to the delivery slip.

"The recipient of unnamed mail is determined by the recipient."

Nami glanced at it.

"This sentence can be kept."

Five votes cast.

[Calibration terminated]

[Name field: Vacancy protected]

[Right to Expression: Independence]

The Black Line peeked out from the doorway and touched the page again.

It didn't write any words, it only drew an ear.

Lin Qi asked, "Want to hear us talk?"

Black Line with an X drawn on it.

You want us to listen?

There's an extra circle on the paper.

Lingering Voice placed the communication cable in front of the iron gate.

"Go ahead and say it."

A jumble of noises came from the bottom of the boat.

At first, it was still Lin Qi's words, the Tavern cup, Garp's debt, the key to Foosha Village, and the D option that was added each time a vote was held.

The words were jumbled together, making it impossible to find a coherent sequence.

Mo'er listened intently for a while.

"It's retrieving records."

What will happen after it's poured out?

"Keep yours."

How long will it take?

"It has to return whatever number of words it borrowed from Lin Qi."

The number of items displayed on the computer screen.

[Example already borrowed: 6,421]

Nami looked at Lin Qi.

"Where do you usually get so much to talk about?"

"The system always makes me create the questions."

"You're complaining that we're asking questions too slowly?"

"Don't calculate that now."

The Black Line begins to utter an old sentence.

Each time a sentence is returned, the progress of completing the response decreases by one point.

Eighteen.

17.

Fifteen.

When the number reached eleven, the hand beneath the White Ship knocked on the iron gate.

One long.

Two short.

Mo'er said, "He told us to hurry up."

A Hui bent down to look at the crack.

"You've waited down there for twenty-two years, wait a little longer."

The bottom of the boat bounced three times.

The Lingering Voice said, "He said he couldn't wait."

What went wrong?

"The Name Line on the narrow coffin is broken."

Everyone looked down at the White Ship.

Although the mother's records, which had just been transferred, did not return, the fragments of her name left at the bottom of the ship began to flake off.

With each card that fell, the coughing behind the iron gate grew louder.

Mo'er reached out and touched the load-bearing bar.

"This record outside the door has been blocking the Black Gate."

"Is it blocking the door?"

"Right."

Why didn't the Black Gate open when it walked behind Lin Qi?

"It's also connected to Third Presence."

Lin Qi looked at the Black Line that was returning the old words.

"Once it has deleted all my records, it can leave."

"The door will open as soon as it leaves."

"Then let's add a support to the door."

"The Black Gate doesn't recognize wood."

"Let it bear witness."

Mo'er shook his head.

"The door only recognizes Lin Qi."

Nami held up the voting record from earlier.

"Those are the rules written on the Throne."

"The Old Ship has been in service for twenty-two years."

"It can be changed even after twenty-two years."

"Correcting the mistake once will return all three thousand-plus names to the child."

Lin Qi writes on a piece of paper.

[Ask the person inside first]

That hand was at the bottom of the boat.

The Lingering Voice was used to relay the tapping.

Lin Qi wrote.

[After the Black Gate opens, will you sew the name back onto the child?]

The bottom of the boat bounced twice.

"Won't."

Can you control the Black Gate?

Two times.

"Cannot."

[Who can control this?]

This cough lasted for quite a while.

The hand emerged from the crack, and its fingertips wrote two words on the back of the iron gate.

[Inside the door]

Who else is inside?

There was no response.

Mo'er pointed to the wall covered with names.

"Those incomplete records are also included."

"Can they decide whether or not to open the door?"

"Not before."

"And now?"

Robin pasted the rule page with option D approved next to the Black Gate.

"They have been copied as independent evidence and are entitled to be expressed."

Lin Qi picked up his pen and wrote down a new title.

[The opening of the Black Gate involves all incomplete records. Should the affected individuals inside the gate express their wishes one by one, and should any identity binding of the opener be prohibited?]

The Throne Page did not appear.

A knocking sound came from inside the Black Gate.

One time.

Another one.

The entire wall of names was responding.

Some people knocked twice, some knocked three times, and some people remained silent.

Lingering Voice after hearing only half of it.

"It's too confusing; we can't treat them all as the same answer."

"Then record them separately."

Vegapunk opened multiple receiving channels.

"Press once if you want to keep it off, tap twice if you want it on under protection, and don't tap if you can't decide."

Tap to restart.

The mother's receiving point was also added to the record.

The Navy was responsible for verifying the quantities, the Revolutionary Army split the sources, and the Kuja Medical Ship reserved the unanswered slots.

Buggy's delivery ship bagged each record separately, while simultaneously calculating the cost of paper.

After a long while, the numbers stopped.

[Currently Closed: 973]

[Protective activation agreed: 974]

[Undecided for now: Twenty-one]

Just one vote short.

Mo'er stared at the numbers.

"It cannot be opened."

"One more person agrees."

There are still twenty-one people who haven't decided.

"Even if it's not open, the decision will be made on behalf of those who agree."

A Hui pulled Mo'er away.

Whom do you want to stay for this time?

Mo'er did not break free.

Lin Qi placed the paper in front of the Black Line.

[You're also on the door, what are your wishes?]

The Black Line has already returned more than six thousand old messages, leaving only the last three sentences.

It writes very slowly on paper.

I left.

The vote count became 975.

The support lines Black Gate began to loosen.

Nami fixed the voting page to the door frame.

"All seats prepare to receive the record inside the door."

Akainu said, "The Navy Archives have been divided into sections."

Dragon responded, "The Revolutionary Army's takeover point is in place."

Boa Hancock moved the Kuja away from the direction the White Ship was sinking, leaving only the medical access route open.

Makino turned to Blank page in the Tavern's ledger.

"I can still remember this."

Buggy said, "I can keep track of my boat too, and I'll settle the bill later."

Lin Qi looked at the Black Line and returned the last borrowed sentence.

I don't remember.

The handover and response completion progress has been reset to zero.

The Black Line leaves the door frame.

The Black Gate opened a crack.

No seawater is gushing out.

Lin Qi first saw a table.

A person sat at the table with their back to the door, with Lin Qi's computer in front of them, and a memory he had never seen before was playing on the screen.

The man raised his hand and asked in Lin Qi's voice.

Do you remember who you saw last before you died?