"The Poneglyph?"
Robin, who had been sitting quietly in the corner with a book in her hands, abruptly raised her head at those words.
"Mm."
Shanks met her gaze and slowly nodded, saying each word clearly:
"A Poneglyph that has existed since long ago, and was kept in the City of Gold."
At that, Robin frowned. "How many people know about this Poneglyph?"
She had replayed everything that had happened before in her mind.
She was one hundred percent certain that the Poneglyph in Alabasta had been deliberately shown to them by the World Government.
And this time, Robin likewise felt that this Poneglyph was also something the World Government wanted them to see.
Alabasta had Vivi, and if she remembered correctly, Sky Island had a daughter of that man as well.
And she was the most mysterious one, at that.
At least in Robin's impression, she had never had contact with her, and Hiyori Kozuki and the others rarely mentioned that girl either.
"A Poneglyph? Let's go see it!"
Crocodile abruptly stubbed out his cigar, a fierce, burning eagerness lighting in his eyes.
Last time in Alabasta, although the process had been somewhat winding, the final result had still been decent.
There had been nothing substantially useful, but it had pointed him slightly in the right direction.
Even if relying purely on the Poneglyphs would not work, he could still follow Luffy and the others to Laugh Tale.
In any case, there had to be somewhere he could obtain what he wanted.
"Hey, hey, then we're going too!" Luffy had long since been unable to hold back and jumped up excitedly. "An island in the sky! A city of gold! And a Poneglyph stone tablet too—I can't wait anymore!"
For a moment, the Straw Hat Crew were fired up,