The First Traitor

When additional questions arose, the discussions that had just subsided in the Alabasta capital resurfaced.

This time, even the Royal Palace guards looked at Cobra.

Cobra stood next to the Broadcast Den Den Mushi, without picking up the receiver again.

"Dragon said."

"This problem is more dangerous than the last one."

"Cobra said."

"I know."

Chaka asked.

"Your Majesty, should we evacuate the princess?"

Cobra looked toward the old waterway.

"She can't leave."

"Dragon said."

"We shouldn't have withdrawn either."

Chaka looked at the dragon.

The dragon continued.

"The Sky Screen has already bound her to the node. If Vivi leaves, the World Government will say that the monument was a forgery by the Revolutionary Army."

"She stood there, Alabasta was the witness."

Cobra nodded.

"So she has to stand there."

Old waterway stone chamber.

Vivi heard her father's words relayed through his Den Den Mushi and looked down at the stone tablet.

Sabo leaned against the entrance to the passage, the flames extinguished, the strip of cloth on his shoulder stained crimson with blood.

Pell pushed a rock aside and resealed the half-collapsed fork in the road.

Zero Zero One stood further away and did not continue the attack.

He was also looking at the Sky Screen.

Sabo said.

"You're not going to do it?"

Zero Zero One said.

"I'm waiting."

"What are you waiting for?"

"Wait until this problem drags you all down with it."

Vivi looked at him.

"You just said that going any further might not be advantageous for Alabasta."

Zero Zero One said.

"Because a traitor doesn't only betray his enemies."

Pell tightened his grip on the knife.

Sabo looked at Vivi.

Don't let him lead you astray.

Vivi said.

I hear the Sky Screen.

The Sky Screen provides the options.

[A. Queen Lily's refusal to become Celestial Dragons creates a rift in the shared rule of the Twenty Kings.]

[B. Queen Lily secretly transferred the Poneglyphs, preventing the World Government from completely erasing the Void Century.]

[C. Queen Lily preserved the will of the D clan and hid it within the Nefertari bloodline.]

[D, All of the above]

After the option was presented, there was initial silence around the world, followed by more discussion.

Inside the hut in Sabaody, Usopp looked at option D.

"That's so obvious!"

Nami said.

"Clearly does not mean simple."

Chopper asked.

"Why."

Robin said.

"Because every option is enough to make the World Government hunt them down for eight hundred years."

Zoro looked up at the Sky Screen.

Therefore, the answer is D.

Luffy nodded.

Choose D.

Nami looked at him.

"You know that now?"

Luffy said.

She gave the stone away, but kept D.

Both of these things are impressive.

"Refusing to Celestial Dragons is also impressive."

Usopp covered his face.

"Although the statement is strange, the conclusion is correct."

Robin looked at option C.

"Hide D within Nefertari's bloodline."

She read it aloud.

"That sentence carries more weight than I thought."

Nami asked.

"Where does it hurt?"

Robin looked up at the Sky Screen.

"If the Nefertari Family has always known they possess D, then they've been hiding it for the past eight hundred years."

"If they didn't know, then Queen Lily buried the secret deeper than the Poneglyph."

Alabasta Royal Palace.

Cobra looked at option C, his finger touching his chest.

"We don't know."

The dragon looked at him.

"I have absolutely no idea."

Cobra shook his head.

D is not in the family records.

"There is only the name Lily, only the Door in the Sand, only the key."

"Dragon said."

"This means she even kept it a secret about her offspring."

Chaka couldn't help but ask.

Why can't even we know?

The dragon gazed at the Sky Screen.

"Because the fewer people who know, the longer the bloodline can survive."

Marine Headquarters Plaza.

Kuzan looked at the options and suddenly spoke.

"If the answer is D, many orders the Navy has previously executed will need to be redefined."

A Vice Admiral standing next to him looked at him.

"Admiral Aokiji, what do you mean by that?"

Kuzan turned to look at him.

"This means that the arrest of archaeologists, the sealing of Poneglyph, and the hunt for the D clan were not isolated orders."

They may all stem from the same fear.

The Vice Admiral's expression changed.

"This will be recorded."

Kuzan said.

"Then record it."

The Sengoku period heard this from the steps.

The crane looked at him.

"You're not going to stop me."

The Sengoku Period.

"Can we stop them?"

Garp handed the bag of senbei to the marine next to him.

The marine was stunned.

Garp said.

"Take it."

The marine took it.

Garp looked at the D on the Sky Screen.

"If that bastard Roger could see this, he'd be laughing again."

"The crane said."

"And you."

Garp didn't laugh.

"I can't laugh."

Outport.

Zero Seven and Kizaru were about ten steps apart.

The Sky Screen option floated above their heads.

Zero Seven said.

"Admiral Kizaru, dangerous remarks have been made within the Navy."

Kizaru said.

"I was too far away to hear clearly."

You can move aside.

"I am now in charge of the outer port procedures."

Zero Seven raised her hand.

"Are you really going to confront the World Government head-on for Aokiji's sake?"

Kizaru looked at him.

Don't exaggerate.

"I simply feel that it's inappropriate to arrest Marine Admiral at Marine Headquarters."

"That's what the woman behind Zero Seven said."

"The order comes from the Five Elders."

Kizaru said.

"Then let the Five Elders come to Outer Harbour to sign."

The woman's hand moved towards the weapon.

Zero Seven didn't let her move.

"Wait for the answer to be released."

Kizaru nodded.

"That sounds nice."

Holy Land Mary Geoise.

A sliver of light has been opened in the Room of Authority.

All Five Elders knelt down.

No one spoke.

A portrait that had been cut into pieces and then pieced back together was placed on the ground.

The portrait depicts a woman wearing a crown.

Her face was blurred; only her long hair and the patterns on her forehead were visible.

Very light footsteps came from behind the door.

The Five Elders lowered their heads even further.

Saint Peter said.

"Lord Imu, the Sky Screen is questioning Lily."

The shadow behind the door stopped.

Saint Peter continued.

"Should Zero Zero One be permitted to carry out the Final Purge?"

After a long while, two words came from inside the door.

"Allow."

Saint Saturn looked up.

"Including all life forms surrounding the node."

No one spoke from inside the door.

Saint Peter immediately took out the Den Den Mushi.

Deep within the old waterway, the Den Den Mushi hidden in Zero Zero One's sleeve lit up.

He answered.

The Den Den Mushi made no sound, only flashed a red light.

Zero Zero One recalled the Den Den Mushi.

Sabo noticed his movements.

"New order."

Zero Zero One looked towards the top of the stone chamber.

"Final Purge."

Pell blocked Vivi's way.

"You want to blow up the entire old waterway."

Zero Zero One said.

"The old waterway connects the three main load-bearing canals beneath the Royal Palace."

Vivi's expression changed.

Sabo asked.

What happens if a load-bearing canal collapses?

Vivi said.

"The east side of the Royal Palace will sink, and nearby residential areas will also be affected."

Zero Zero One raised his hand.

"So you'd better pray that the Sky Screen's Protection Protocol protects more people."

Sabo charged forward.

Zero Zero One step back and pressed the second red dot on the side of the Den Den Mushi with his other hand.

Three muffled thuds came from afar.

This time, the stone chamber did not collapse immediately.

But the ground began to shake.

Vivi steadied herself against the stone tablet.

Sabo swung the gun at Zero Zero One's wrist.

Pell flew out of the passage and rushed toward the direction from which the sound came.

Vivi called out.

"Pell."

Pell did not turn around.

"I'm going to check the load-bearing canal."

Sabo and Zero Zero One clashed in a narrow passage.

Zero Zero One no longer suppresses Sabo, only retreats and stalls.

Sabo quickly understood.

"You're waiting for a landslide."

Zero Zero One said.

"If you like to reveal the truth, then let the whole world see the price the truth brings."

On the Sky Screen, the quiz begins.

[Answer time: 30 seconds]

[This question relates to core historical events]

Those who answer correctly will receive intermediate points.

Choices from all over the world surged forth once again.

This time, option D was chosen in higher proportions from the very beginning than any other option.

Alabasta.

Cobra held Broadcast Den Den Mushi).

"The communications officer said anxiously."

"Your Majesty, tremors have been felt underground in the East District, and residents have reported cracks in their buildings."

Cobra's expression changed.

The dragon turned its head to look out the window.

The wind pressed down from above the Royal Palace, sweeping towards the eastern district.

Sabo's Den Den Mushi was answered.

"Dragon said."

"Sabo."

Sabo's voice came through the Den Den Mushi, accompanied by the sound of a stone falling to the ground.

"The old waterway's load-bearing canal was detonated; Zero Zero One is trying to cause a collapse."

"Dragon said."

Where's Vivi?

"In the Protection Protocol."

"Where are the nodes?"

"Still there."

The dragon looked at Cobra.

"I need to suppress the surface airflow in Dongcheng District to slow down the sinking in a short period of time."

"Cobra said."

What do you need?

"Dragon said."

"Evacuate."

Cobra picked up the Broadcast Den Den Mushi.

"All residents of Dongcheng District, evacuate your homes immediately and move to the West Square of the Royal Palace."

The garrison troops must not inquire about the reasons; execute the order immediately.

Chaka rushed out of the study.

The dragon walked to the window, its cloak billowing in the wind.

He said in a low voice.

"Sabo, hold on until the answer is revealed."

In the old waterway, Sabo inserted pipes into the ground, forcefully blocking the collapsing stone beams.

"I heard you."

The countdown on the Sky Screen canopy has ended.

[End of quiz]

[Correct answer: D, all of the above]

Golden Light fell upon the old waterway stone tablet.

Robin's voice rang out again.

"The following is the second message Queen Lily wrote to the Nefertari Royal Family in later generations."

Vivi looked up.

The lower half of the text on the stone tablet, which had been obscured by sand and dust, lit up.

Robin read aloud.

"If you've read this far, it means Imu is still sitting on the Empty Throne."

The whole world fell silent after that one sentence.

In the Holy Land, the Five Elders knelt outside the door, and no one dared to raise their heads.

Robin's voice continued to come through.

"This also means that I did not return to Alabasta alive."

Vivi's hand rested on the stone tablet, tears falling into the Golden Light.