Mink Tribe Strategy! The Final Island Revealed at Last!

In Roa's ears, the giant elephant in the distance was roaring incessantly.

Although it appears to be simply moving forward, constantly creating wave after wave of towering waves on the sea, it neither raises its head nor opens its mouth.

But it is indeed making a huge noise.

But I can't understand it.

To Roa, it was nothing more than a meaningless roar.

Beside him, the members of Roger Pirates wore complex expressions.

It must be admitted that although Roa is a scoundrel that no one can like no matter what, in terms of talent, in the long history of pirates, there is simply no one who can compare to him.

The configuration in all aspects is fully optimized.

It even has the ability to Voice of All Things!

"I can't hear you."

Roger shook his head. "All I can hear is a very loud noise."

"I see."

Roa nodded. "Me too."

From this perspective, what I possess is indeed the ability to Voice of All Things.

Moreover, Roger doesn't seem to be that great in this area either.

It's normal not to hear clearly; even Roger and Luffy in the original work couldn't understand what Zunesha was saying.

Only Momonosuke can communicate with Zunesha.

The ancestors of the Kozuki Family did indeed have a close connection with this elephant and the country behind it.

The strange thing is that although Kozuki Oden also possessed the ability to Voice of All Things, he was unable to communicate with Zunesha.

As far as Roa knew, the only people who could communicate with this elephant were Joy Boy and Momonosuke.

Anyone who didn't know better would think Momonosuke was the new Nika.

However, that kid has completely disappeared from this world, so for the time being, there is no one who can communicate with this elephant.

"Never mind, it doesn't matter anyway."

Roa shrugged. "Let's go get the stone first."

No matter what Zunesha barks at the dog, all the mysteries will be revealed once they reach the Laugh Tale.

"Okay! Quickly, bring the boat closer!"

Roger's face was flushed with excitement.

We're very close!

He's really very close to his dream of so many years!

It's fair to say that once we obtain this stone, we'll be just one step away from the Laugh Tale!

So the large ship moved forward quickly and soon arrived beneath the giant elephant.

"That's way too big!!"

Buggy stared up at the colossal, sky-covering creature before him, his voice and body trembling, "How can there be something so big in the world?!"

"The ship has indeed come close, but Captain,"

The ship's helmsman, Donchino, swallowed hard. "How are we going to land? Our ship can't stop on its back!"

"Why go through all that trouble?"

Roa smiled. "Let's go, Roger, let's go get the stone."

Black fur suddenly grew from his body, and broad wings spread out behind him.

With a mere flap of its wings, Roa soared into the sky.

"Yeah! If it's just rocks, there's no need to land at all!"

Roger's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran back to the cabin to get the rubbing tools. Then he said to his companions,

"You all stay at sea for now, we'll be back as soon as we get the text!"

As he spoke, he stepped on the air and soared into the sky.

The Geppo that Roa taught before can now play a significant role!

"Keep up."

Roa laughed and took the lead, soaring into the sky.

Roger was fast, keeping close behind Roa. "The Mink Tribe lives on the back of this elephant, I heard they've established their own country here."

Don't worry about it.

Roa casually remarked, "There's no one in this country who can stop us."

"That's true, but Roa, don't do anything reckless!"

Roger solemnly warned, "Our target is just the stone; don't do anything that might cause trouble!"

He feared that Roa's impulsive act might bring disaster to the country as well.

It's already bad enough that they came to steal from others, but if they let Roa run rampant, that would be going too far.

"Seriously, what do you take me for, Roger?"

Roa sighed, "I'm not some kind of demon."

You'd better not be.

Regardless, the two flew upwards at great speed and soon found themselves above the elephant.

What appeared before the two of them was a lush, green forest.

Roa pointed to a very special tree in the very center of the forest.

The tree has an exceptionally dense canopy, beneath which rises a trunk shaped like a whale.

"That's it."

"Then what are we waiting for!"

Roger couldn't wait any longer and stomped on the air to launch himself into the air.

Roa naturally flapped its wings and gave chase.

Both of them moved at an astonishing speed, like two shooting stars streaking across the forest.

In less than two minutes, they had crossed the edge of the forest.

"Oh! Is this the country of the Mink Tribe?"

Roger continued reading with great interest.

Below is a town built in the middle of a forest, and its architectural style is not much different from the mainstream style on the sea.

However, those walking on the streets were groups of furry Mink Tribe who combined human body shapes with animal features.

This is the Mokomo Dukedom, a nation belonging to the Mink Tribe.

Roa nodded slightly. "Furry is a good civilization. I should have time to taste its saltiness."

Ah, puberty, ah, hormones.

At this moment, someone, or rather, a member of the Mink Tribe, finally noticed the two people flying overhead.

Is it a bird?

"It was a shooting star!"

"Wait! It looks like there are two people!"

"Oh no, they seem to be heading towards the Whale Forest!"

"Report to His Majesty the Duke immediately! It's an intruder!"

In the sky.

Roa said with a smile, "It seems we've been discovered."

"Then let's hurry!"

Roger accelerated again, and Roa could no longer even hear his voice clearly.

That's so gentle, Roger.

They knew that the longer the conflict dragged on, the greater the chance of a battle.

But it doesn't matter.

Roa hadn't originally planned to do anything to the Mink Tribe this time.

Yes, this time.

The snail fleet is on its way; we await their arrival to deal with this country.

The Mink Tribe is quite strong, especially with their trump card Sulong. According to the original work, this move doesn't even require a full moon; it can be activated through medication.

Besides, aren't the Mink Tribe and the Kozuki Family supposed to have a deep friendship?

Ah, that's when Kozuki Sukiyaki truly shine.

Soon, the two arrived in front of the enormous, whale-like tree.

"Where do we enter?"

Roger had already sensed that there was a space inside the large tree, and he was looking around for an entrance.

Why go through all that trouble?

Roa crashed down like a meteor.

"Hey! Roa!"

Roger didn't have time to stop him; he could only gasp in surprise.

Roa had already kicked the surface of the tree directly.

The Armament Haki, at the level of internal destruction, silently obliterated the wooden structure in front of it.

Roa kicked a wide passage open.

When he stopped, he was in a spacious area.

Before him lay a huge Road Poneglyph.

Above this Poneglyph, the Kozuki Family crest is also engraved on the wall.

"You're really going too far!"

Roger followed Roa and jumped into the cave, unable to suppress a few complaints.

His companions always complained about his reckless behavior, but in front of Roa, Roger suddenly felt that he was actually quite law-abiding.

"Tell me, is it fast or not? Don't you want to see this stone sooner?"

Roa just smiled.

"That's true!"

Roger immediately beamed with joy and ran to the large rock in a few quick steps, his eyes filled with delight.

The third one!

Just one more piece!

While excitedly thinking this, Roger began to make a copy of the text on the Poneglyph.

That is, at this time.

From one side of the space, outside the tightly closed door on the wall, hurried footsteps suddenly came.

"They arrived really quickly."

Roa raised an eyebrow. "Roger, you can't blame me for this, can you?"

Roger, who was frantically making rubbings of the text, glanced up slightly amidst his work and said, "Leave it to me!"

Buzz!

The air suddenly trembled violently!

Streaks of jet-black Inazuma burst forth from his body, instantly piercing through the tightly closed door and spreading outwards.

Then.

It fell silent.

"How gentle."

Roa sighed sincerely.

Even his Conqueror's Haki was only released to the point where it was just enough to knock out the guys rushing over from outside.

Roger, who destroyed a nation's army in a fit of rage because his comrade was offended, would normally be a gentle man.

"There's no need to go too far!"

Roger didn't turn his head, focusing intently on making rubbings of the Poneglyph.

So, a little later...

"Alright! Done!"

Roger carefully peeled the printed page from the stone and folded it neatly. "Just one more piece!"

He turned around and looked at Roa with hopeful eyes, "Where is the last piece?"

Let's talk about it when we get back.

Roa pointed towards the gate, "They're here again."

"What a disappointment!"

Roger, also annoyed, muttered, "Fine, let's go back then."

With that, he sprang into the air and Luffy back through the same hole he had just entered from.

Roa followed without any difficulty.

Who are you people?!

"Intruder! Don't run!"

As it flew up from the tree hole, a group of the Mink Tribe who had urgently gathered below were jumping up and down in a panic.

Someone actually trespassed into the forbidden area they'd guarded for generations!

Among all the Mink Tribe, a particularly robust Black Bear Mink Tribe suddenly roared and leaped into the air, jumping hundreds of meters high, charging towards Roa and his companion.

"Intruders! Don't even think about running!!"

The jumping ability of the Mink Tribe is indeed amazing.

"It's Brother Bill!"

"That's great! With the strongest Army Commander, Brother Bill, making a move, everything will be alright!"

The Mink Tribe below cheered.

"The strongest?"

Roa raised an eyebrow. "Then I'll spare your life."

It should be useful later.

With a light snap of his fingers, Roa caused the air around the charging Black Bear to suddenly condense into wind blades. These blades simply circled his body and instantly tore open huge gashes in the Explosive Bear's flesh.

Wow!

Completely unaware of what had happened, Xiongxiong could only scream in agony, blood splattering across the sky, before slumping to the ground.

"Um?"

Roger was somewhat surprised, "You actually went easy on me?"

"I've already said, I'm not some kind of demon."

Roa replied with a smile, then paused and quoted a famous saying, "Besides, this guy has some skill; it would be a shame for him to die here. Everyone has their time to shine, and the world might be waiting for his appearance."

"Um?"

Roger paused slightly.

Hiss.

Why does that sound so awkward?

That's absolutely right, but it just doesn't feel like something that should come out of Roa's mouth.

In any case, after shooting down the strongest man of the Mokomo Dukedom, the two made no progress and soon passed through the forest, passed the back of the giant elephant, and then landed straight down on the ship on the sea below.

"Hold head high!"

During the descent, the giant elephant started barking like a dog again.

Wow! That's a really loud sound!

Roger covered his ears, looking somewhat distressed. "What's going on? Is this a farewell ceremony for us?"

Roa's heart skipped a beat; it really wasn't that simple.

Zunesha truly hopes that someone will inherit Joy Boy's will and find the Great Treasure!

So, were the previous shouts a welcome?

But--

"So Roger, you understood?"

Roa shouted, "The ability to Voice of All Things, does it have any other special uses?"

Are there any other hidden mechanisms he's unaware of?

"How would I know! I was just guessing!"

Roger roared back, "It's only been triggered a few times! The most useful thing about it is that when you see the Poneglyph, you can roughly understand what they're describing!"

Roa nodded slowly.

Too.

If it could truly understand, it would have understood long ago in the original work, and there would have been no need for Momonosuke to command Zunesha.

In any case, the two landed safely on the deck of the large ship.

As soon as they landed, everyone eagerly surrounded them.

"How was it, Roger!"

Olvia, clutching Robin, asked excitedly, "Did you get it?"

"Of course! It went very smoothly!"

Roger proudly pulled out the stack of rubbings from his pocket and waved them around. "The third road sign is in hand too, now—"

He turned to look at Roa.

Olvia also looked at Roa, having completely forgotten the calamity Roa had brought to the scholars of Ohara.

Everyone was looking at Roa.

"This is really..."

Roa blushed slightly, "I'm still a little embarrassed."

"Stop keeping me in suspense, Roa!"

Roger was extremely anxious. "Where exactly is the last Road Peg? Is it on Beehive Island or in Golden Lion's hands? It can't be in the World Government's possession, can it?"

"Why,"

Roa smiled, reached into his pocket, and pulled out a stack of papers. "They can't be in my hands, Sapros!"

The entire room fell silent.

Roger was stunned, Olvia was dumbfounded, and Rayleigh and Gaban looked completely bewildered.

Then.

"Eh!!!!"

The screams nearly killed the ship.

"So it was actually in your hands?"

Roger clutched his head and yelled.

The sudden shock left him momentarily stunned.

"I'm one of the Seven Monarchs of the new century, after all. Aunt Linlin has it, so why can't I?"

Roa calmly observed the astonishment of the crowd and said with a smile.

"You should have it! Roa! You should have it!!"

Roger finally realized what was happening, his face flushed with excitement, "So, now we have all four road signs!"

"Very good!"

Buggy cheered along, forgetting his hostility towards Roa at this moment, and jumped up laughing, "We can go to the Laugh Tale now!"

"Bring it on,"

Roa handed the rubbing to Olvia, "Take a look and see where that legendary island is."

"Good."

With trembling hands, Olvia handed her daughter to Roger, then carefully took the stack of rubbings from Roa, and then took the copy she had just received from Roger.

She had memorized the locations recorded on the other two rubbings. Now she only needed to decipher these two rubbings to obtain two locations for each of the four locations. The intersection of these four locations would be the location of the Laugh Tale!

They simply laid the two rubbings flat on the ground, Olvia bent down and lay on the deck to decipher them.

Her face was flushed with excitement.

Ohara's long-cherished dream, the answer everyone has been waiting for, is finally here!

Although she was extremely excited, Olvia was not in a hurry and answered carefully, word by word.

Then, she finally raised her head, and under everyone's expectant gaze, she said, "The chart."

"They're here!"

Rayleigh, who was already prepared, took out a world chart, spread it on the ground, and handed Olvia a pen.

Two red circles have been drawn on this nautical chart, one in the East Blue and the other in the West Blue.

Olvia's gaze swept across the nautical chart. For a long time, she had memorized the names of every island with a name on the chart, and even the names they had used over the past eight hundred years.

So.

After a brief search, Olvia had already drawn a circle in the North Blue Sea.

Finally, the South Blue is also included.

Connect the islands mentioned in the Road Poneglyph in pairs, and the intersection of the lines will lead to the location of the Laugh Tale!

Etc!

Roa suddenly discovered a blind spot.

Is this connection somewhat inaccurate?

This planet isn't a flat surface like on a nautical chart; it's a sphere, so there must be many ways to connect it, right?

Joy Boy, is this a sign of your lack of education?

But Olvia didn't care about all that; following the principle of proximity, she was directly connected to all four locations.

At this point, the area where the two diagonals intersect is—

"How could it be here!"

Gaban was dumbfounded.

"No way! That Joy Boy, he has such a twisted sense of humor!"

Rayleigh unconsciously pushed up his glasses as well.

"This is the right place."

Olvia licked her lips. "Each signpost, besides having an address, also had some meaningless characters. Now that we've collected all four stones, the meaningless characters have connected to form a sentence, telling us how to get in."

"Go inside, Reverse Mountain!"

Where the two lines intersect lies the starting point of the Grand Line: Reverse Mountain!

"I've lived there for so many years, but I haven't found any Great Treasure!"

Crocus, the former lighthouse keeper of Twin Capes, exclaimed with a look of amazement, "So, the Great Treasure was right beside me all along?"

"None of those who set sail from Reverse Mountain ever imagined that the Laugh Tale they sought was right beneath their feet."

Roa smiled and said, "The starting point is the end point; the beginning is the end. Isn't that romantic?"

Whether it's romantic or not doesn't matter!

Roger burst into laughter, "My men! Let's go! This time, it's the real Laugh Tale!"

"Oh!!"