The Name Imu Couldn't Delete
[Initiate global formatting]
The text on the Sky Screen began to disappear from the edges.
Garp reached out and flipped through the old journal. The pages were still there, but the images of the public trial were now just large black blocks.
"Vegapunk, can he be restored?"
"The source file is being rewritten; I can only save the copies that have been transferred to various locations!"
"Preserve the name first."
"All files are being deleted, including names!"
Lami's nine awakenings were missing three.
The files of the sixteen children were successively turned Blank, and even the newly added Echo were marked as invalid objects by the system.
Luo sheathed the Kikoku sword and placed both hands on the control panel of the White Swallow.
"Lin Qi, sever the connection between the public trial and the Throne."
"Switch not found."
How did you drive it?
"I pressed a confirmation button."
Press it again.
The page is gone.
In the Tavern's Cellar, the words on the Black Stone Slab were also fading.
Lin Qi pulled the Den Den Mushi out of the groove, but the trial didn't stop; instead, a thin crack appeared in the stone slab.
The helper was standing on the stairs.
"Boss, there's a leak in the wall."
"Get the bucket."
"I told you to burn the bucket as evidence."
"Get the pot."
The chef held the iron pot without moving.
"This is for eating."
"The shop is going to go bankrupt."
Even if the shop is gone, you still need to eat.
The water flowing from the cracks in the rocks merged with the seventeen names along the ground.
Each time a name is encountered, the text will light up briefly before going out again.
The voice of the First Patient came from behind the door.
"Imu is deleting witnesses."
Lin Qi asked, "Why haven't you left yet?"
"Zero left."
And who are you?
"The gatekeeper."
"You should have said so earlier."
You didn't ask.
How do I turn off formatting now?
"It can't be turned off."
"Then tell me something useful."
"Let the person whose name is being deleted leave their own name."
Lin Qi walked back to the bar and picked up Den Den Mushi that was still usable.
"Can the whole world still hear it?"
The public trial line was filled with static.
Kuma connected the Revolutionary Army's backup line to the East Blue, and Vegapunk transferred more than two hundred nodes from the civilian network.
"It can last for a maximum of five minutes."
That's enough.
Lin Qi spread the Tavern's Debt Ledger on the table.
"Those who hear this, repeat the names you remember. Don't explain where you came from, don't offer any explanations, just state your names."
The first clinic in North Blue to be connected to the line.
The elderly doctor flipped through the list he had copied down.
"Flevance, Mia."
Fishing boats in the East Blue responded in kind.
"God Valley, Locke."
"Echo."
"Allen."
Thea.
The name was re-entered into the public trial via the civilian Den Den Mushi.
Imu's deletion progress continues to rise, but for every empty space that is erased, someone is filling it in again.
[Formatting progress: 73%]
The Five Elders attempted to shut down civilian power lines.
Shanks cuts down the signal jamming towers near the village, and the Revolutionary Army's ships deliver Den Den Mushi to the islands.
Garp handed the old logbook to his adjutant.
"Read it aloud."
The adjutant flipped to the first duty roster.
"There's a navy presence on this."
"Navy personnel are human too."
Several of them were labeled traitors.
"Read."
The adjutant announced the first name.
The general in the command center continued reading.
Sengoku opened the naval missing persons files and brought in one by one those who had disappeared from the headquarters records thirty-eight years ago for public trial.
Saint Garling ordered the Knights to land, but the flagship was unable to dock for a long time.
The Red Hair Pirates guarded the outer sea, the Straw Hat Pirates blocked the dock, and Marco's medical ship took away the injured marines and villagers.
[Formatting progress: 86%]
The life support equipment on the White Swallow began to lose power.
Chopper's voice came through the communicator.
"Lami's oxygen supply cannot be stopped; if another line is cut, she won't be able to hold on!"
Luo opened the room and replaced the backup power supply with the bedside wiring.
The light only stayed on for two seconds.
The core energy supply was once again cut off by the Throne.
Dragon walked to the bedside, supporting himself against the cabin wall.
"Use my temporary organization."
"That's what keeps your heart going."
"The stone fragment has been removed; I can withstand it."
Luo glanced at him.
"You can't handle it."
"Give it to her first."
"I told you, she has a doctor."
"Luo!"
"Sit back down."
Lami raised his hand and tapped the old Button.
One time.
Seven seconds later, another one.
The Tavern's Cellar responded, sending the remaining energy into the White Swallow via the Black Stone Slab.
The hospital beds have been reopened.
Lami asked, "Brother, how long can the Buttons last?"
"Ignore it."
"Can Mr. Lin Qi hear me?"
"I can hear you."
"I want to give the holder's rights to my brother."
Luo turned around.
"No."
"The system is deleting my file. After it's done, the Button will no longer recognize me."
"Then register again."
It's too late.
I said there's enough time.
"Elder brother."
"Close your eyes and rest."
Lami did not do as instructed.
She placed the old Button in the center of the control panel and pressed her hand against it.
Dragon also reached out and pressed down on the other side.
"She's right, the holder's rights must be transferred."
"Shut up too."
"Luo, let the patient finish speaking."
"When did you learn to say that?"
"Just now."
[Formatting progress: 93%]
Lami looked at Luo.
"My father asked me to sign for you once, and I knew you would be angry, so I never said anything."
"Don't say it now."
"That time I gave bed number seventeen to the Throne in exchange for you not being tracked."
"The tracking has never stopped."
"It stopped for seven days."
Luo's hand stopped at the edge of the console.
Lami continued, "Those seven days, Mr. Corazon found you."
The only sounds in the ward were the brief alarms from the equipment.
Lola pulled her hand away and Button her own hand up.
"Transfer access to me."
You will be registered on the Throne.
"I've already registered three times."
This time is different.
"Which time was the same?"
Dragon pushed half a stone slab between the two of them.
"We're still missing Lin Qi."
Inside the East Blue Tavern, the stone door had been opened half a foot.
A passage made of black stones extends from behind the door, leading into unseen depths.
Lin Qi placed his hand on the wall.
"I'm getting a response."
Luo asked, "What do you see?"
A confirmation box.
"Content."
"At the cost of all Initial Terminal Witness Points, the existing list will be retained."
"Didn't you say you had no points left?"
It allows for debt delinquency.
The chef peeked out from the side.
"You teach so well."
How much?
"It wasn't written."
"Don't sign any bills that aren't written down!"
Lin Qi has pressed confirm.
"It's too late."
All three permissions were established simultaneously.
Lami's holder rights.
Luo's doctor's privileges.
Lin Qi's Initial Terminal permissions.
The half-stone fragment on Dragon's chest brought the three lines together, and the disappearing list reappeared in the Sky Screen.
Each name has an extra gold letter after it.
[D]
[Formatting progress: 99%]
Imu submitted the delete command again.
[Clear the Name of D]
The system executed the command three times, but the list remained unchanged.
When the fourth command entered the backend, the Public Trial Scales gave a new judgment.
[The goal has been recounted by over 140 million witnesses.]
[Public witnessing cannot be deleted]
For the first time Five Elders Council Hall disconnected all external power lines.
Imu's account remains at the highest admin level.
Lin Qi stared at the progress bar, which was at the last one percent.
Why isn't it retreating?
Vegapunk said, "The deletion is stuck, but the Throne is still executing commands unless it's stopped at the source."
Where is the source?
Tremors were heard coming from inside the Red Line.
The old elevator occupied by Doflamingo descended on its own, taking the control room where Drake was located underground.
He grabbed the communicator.
"Luo, something down there has woken up."
The Zero coordinate on the nautical chart begins to move.
Directly below Mary Geoise, a medical line that had been dormant for thirty-eight years was reactivated.
[The First Patient's life support pod is activated]
[Awakening procedure completed]