Lin Qi Did Not Answer Yes
Who kept the record?
Lin Qi pushed the old clock from Foosha Village back to Makino's side.
"I."
Makino pointed to a line of small print in the ledger.
"You collapsed outside the Tavern, clutching a broken hard drive. The Village Chief went to call a doctor, and I looked at the clock on the wall."
"What are the test results?"
"There are no external injuries, and your heart is beating. When you wake up, ask if this is the East Blue."
Nami stared at the Death Page.
"Those seven minutes happened in the original room; the Tavern can't find any records about it."
Vegapunk magnified the black paper.
"The time is recorded so precisely, with not even a second missing; this type of data usually comes from automated equipment."
"Computer?"
"It could be medical equipment from the original world, or it could be a life signal recorded in Black File."
Lin Qi asked, "Can we check the origin of the signature from the paper?"
"It needs to reconnect the Black File."
"Not connected."
Nami answered faster than he did.
Vegapunk rotates the projection.
"We could just trace the path left on the paper, but that would require the Death Page to follow Old Echo to find its source."
Mo'er placed the Coaster on the table.
"Let it take the Empty Route left by the Total Echo, but avoid Lin Qi."
A Hui pressed down on one corner of the Coaster.
"You just came out of the well, and you're already trying to catch something?"
"The Coasters are now covered by the Tavern's old ledger; I'm just here to find my way around."
"Even knowing the way won't help."
"Then you do it."
A Hui stared at him for a while, then took the Coaster away.
"I'll do it, don't try to provoke me with that."
Lin Qi pushed the Death Page to the edge of the Coaster.
"First, establish the rules: during the source investigation, do not access my memories, supplement my identity, or establish a return route."
Add a sentence Unanswered.
[Don't refund me]
"Write it in."
Nami copied the four restrictions onto the question paper.
After the five seats were confirmed, the black ink on the back of the Death Page flowed into the Coaster and moved forward along one of the empty Echo Slots.
Three knocks came from the basement of the Tavern.
A Hui looked at Mo'er.
Where does this road lead?
"The location where the Total Echo first received the Black File."
"Bottom of the well?"
"The bottom of the well is just a node in the East Blue; the source is on the other side."
What's on the other side?
Mo'er didn't answer; a small part of the image appeared on the Coaster first.
The Chipped Glass lay overturned on the edge of the table.
Water flowed down the keyboard, and the black file on the screen was open, with only one question remaining in the center.
Would you be willing to answer for them?
In the video, Lin Qi raises his hand.
The lights in the room went out before my fingers touched the keyboard.
Nami approaches the projection.
He didn't press it.
Robin said, "The gesture is stuck between two keys, making it impossible to tell what you're about to type."
Unanswered, he climbed down to the bottom of the projection and wrote a complete "no".
The hand in the picture then falls on the same key.
The sounds emanating from the Black File drowned out the keyboard clicks, and a timer started in the lower right corner of the screen.
For the first minute, Lin Qi was still sitting in his chair.
In the third minute, his hand drooped to the edge of the table.
In the fifth minute, the computer's webcam stopped displaying images.
At the seventh minute, a notification popped up.
[Original World Life Signal Termination]
Nami flipped the Coaster over.
That's enough.
Lin Qi looked at the covered image.
"Is the reply still pending?"
The Unanswered provided.
[No]
How did you know?
[I'm still here]
Zero coughed a few times.
"The Old Takeover System received a yes, but the Source Mark wasn't Lin Qi."
"The Throne will be answered in place of the king."
"Right."
Lin Qi retrieved the Evidence Pages that had just been sealed.
The phrase "I am willing" is still stored in the copy by the Black Line, and the source column clearly states "Throne forced splicing".
"So my original answer was no, but I didn't receive the Black File, Throne used silence to make up for it as yes."
"It's true that life signs have stopped."
Nami finished speaking, her hand still resting on the Coaster.
What do you want to say now?
"I have no intention of denying this document."
"Lin Qi."
"Listen to the end first."
He scrolled down to a position where he could see the Death Page, but still didn't touch the black paper.
"It turns out that the body over there might be dead, and that this can coexist with my current life."
The Throne Page immediately lit up.
[The original world's death has been confirmed by the individual.]
Nami raised her hand and swiped the page.
"He confirmed it was possible."
It's just waiting for you to say the word "dead".
Lin Qi switched to writing with a pen.
[I confirm that the video shows the life signal has ceased, but its authenticity still needs to be verified. This confirmation does not constitute a transfer of identity or a supplementary death record.]
Garp grunted on the other end of the communicator.
"You have to be careful not to split your words when you speak. Is this how the World Government's clerks drive people crazy?"
Akainu didn't respond to that sentence, but simply added the Navy's record requirements after Lin Qi's.
[A single device's record cannot replace the verification of a body]
Dragon then submitted testimony from the Revolutionary Army.
[The state of being in another world should not determine one's personality in the present world]
The Throne Page no longer steals Lin Qi's text.
A new section appeared on the Death Page.
[Recipient of Legacy Identity: Existing Lin Qi]
"They've arrived."
Nami placed the pen across that column.
It wants you to inherit your status as a dead person.
Lin Qi asked, "What would happen if I didn't inherit it?"
[Original name and memories transferred to Unclaimed Records ]
What about inheritance?
[Confirmation completed for the same person]
"Then the Black Gate can bring the deaths from the original world to the present."
Robin flipped through the previously opened Mixed Memory Page.
"It requires a continuous identity to prove that the records inside the door and Lin Qi belong to the same person."
Unanswered, wrote in the Legacy Identity receiving section.
[Give me]
"I can't give you this either."
Lin Qi moved the Black Line back to the Blank page.
"You've stepped out of my unfinished answer; you're not responsible for carrying on my past."
[Will get lost]
"Seal it first, do not accept it."
[Who remembers?]
Makino held up the Tavern's ledger.
"Foosha Village will remember what happened after he came here."
Mo'er pointed to the Echo Cup.
"The original room records can be archived separately."
Garp said, "The Navy will provide an Archive Room."
Buggy immediately responded.
"Navy Archives might get lost, but my Delivery Warehouse is much safer."
"First, explain the outstanding evidence delivery fees."
"Nami, isn't it inappropriate to talk about money now?"
"You spoke first."
Lin Qi wrote the new rule on the fourth line.
[D: Death in the original world and life in the present world are preserved separately. Names and memories must not be lost due to lack of recipients. The existing Lin Qi does not need to inherit the identity of the deceased to prove himself.]
Voting for the five seats begins.
The Throne is marked with red lettering over the title page.
[Only one life record can be associated with the same name]
Unanswered, I climbed up that line of text and circled the same name.
It says next to it.
What about me?
It has no name, yet it already possesses a record of life.
The Lingering Voice was also connected via the Kuja Medical Line.
"Little Patch and I used to share a body, but now we live separately."
The Little Patch of Paper Thread was tapped twice at the other end.
Submit your own Protection Page with Blank.
"I am pieced together from many memories, and I have not inherited the death of any mother."
The rule of the same name on the Throne is overridden by three existing records.
All five seats were filled with option D.
The Death Page is disconnected from the shadow beneath Lin Qi's feet.
The black paper was returned to the Coaster, leaving only a sealed copy with no further instructions on how to receive it.
Unanswered, he wrote the third sentence on his Blank name page.
He did not answer "yes".
Lin Qi nodded.
"The message you left for me has arrived today."
The Black Line gently curled around the corner of the paper.
The Echo Cup was flipped open at this moment.
While tracing the source of the Death Pages, Empty Route brought back a stack of undelivered death certificates.
There is only one sun symbol on the first page.
A name is written under the sun.
[Fischer Fisher Tiger]