The Great Treasure Is a Joke!

Joy Boy was quite certain that Im, who had accompanied him on his adventures, was indeed an upright and kind man, and a friend he truly respected.

He had racked his brains, unable to understand why Im would betray him, betray the ideals they once shared.

It wasn't until later, when Queen Lily discovered Im's plot and secretly came to find him, that the truth came to light.

The reason is simple, and also quite absurd.

"Because,"

Ian suppressed a laugh. "Because Im fell in love with Lily."

"Ah?"

Luo blinked blankly.

"Huh?"

Ace, bewildered, scratched his head.

"What?"

Teacher Kai was also dumbfounded.

What the hell is the reason for this?

Is Ian serious?

"Fell in love with Lily?"

Black Maria's eyes lit up instantly. "Oh, I see! Im loves Lily deeply, but Lily loves Joy Boy, right!"

She said excitedly, "The originally kind and upright Im gradually lost himself in jealousy, and in the end, in order to win the woman he loved, he resolutely chose to betray his former friends!"

"Oh! What a touching script!"

Violet wiped her dry eyes.

"Where's the touching part? I think it's hilarious."

Jack rolled his eyes. "How could the whole world be turned upside down for such a stupid reason?"

Hancock muttered under her breath, "If it's for Ian, then it's not incomprehensible."

She gave Yamato a furtive Yamato look.

Absolutely! Guys who get in the way of your relationship deserve to die!

"So, Ian,"

Teacher Kai looked at Ian anxiously and asked, "It can't really be like what Black Maria said, can it?"

Ian shook his head.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

If everything originated from such a ridiculous reason, then the world might as well just be destroyed.

"Not exactly the same."

Ian chuckled and said, "For example, Lily doesn't like Joy Boy, it's just that Im thinks she does."

"What truly enraged Im was that Joy Boy didn't like Lily, Im felt that he had trampled on the love he so desperately wanted."

Everyone's face instantly went numb.

Luo's lips twitched, and his eyes twitched in unison. "Is it really because of such an outrageous reason?"

Hahahaha!

The next moment, everyone burst into laughter.

There's no way around it, it's too outrageous. Who could have imagined that the world would become what it is today because of such an absurd reason?

Jealousy is indeed a terrible thing.

Ian smiled and said, "But of course, this only shows that Im is not as honest and kind as he originally appeared."

The truth is utterly absurd.

Im admires Lily and believes that Lily likes Joey Boy.

But in reality, Joy Boy's love interest is the Little Mermaid, and it's a genuine mutual affection between them.

Joy Boy promised the mermaid princess that he would help her move Fish-Man Island to the sea.

In fact, if Im had just asked Lily one question, none of this would have happened.

Unfortunately, Im couldn't let go of his pride, nor did he dare to truly express his feelings.

He could only let jealousy and pain gradually twist his heart in the shadows.

"I'm about to despair of this world."

Luo rubbed his temples. "Ian, hurry up, let's uproot the World Government as soon as possible. The thought that this organization has ruled the world for eight hundred years for such an outrageous reason makes me want to scream."

"Don't worry, everyone's in the same boat."

Ian chuckled softly.

Ian felt he was finding it hard to believe that such an outrageous guy as Im could rule the world for eight hundred years.

It's worth noting that Joy Boy stated on the rock that in the decisive battle Im forced him to participate in, he utterly defeated Im.

His Majesty the King, who had maintained his arrogant attitude, even fled in a sorry state, wailing. If it weren't for the fact that he had more men, he might have been killed in that battle.

Ian felt a bit tense.

Is this the ultimate adversary he has always been wary of?

Where did Muzan come from?

Could he have been traumatized by Joy Boy? Like, getting so scared of Nika's abilities that he completely loses his composure?

Ian felt somewhat embarrassed.

There's a saying that goes, "The level of your opponent determines the level of your own."

I've been preparing for this kind of thing for so many years, but it just doesn't feel right.

In short, after that battle, although Joy Boy survived, Birka was almost completely wiped out, and most of his companions were also killed.

The war was a complete failure.

After learning the truth, Lily found Joy Boy, and the two, together with the ancestors of the Kozuki Family of Wano Country, created the Poneglyph.

Lily was tasked with disseminating the Poneglyph.

Joy Boy, on the other hand, went to surrender to Im.

In order to publicize his victory, Im decided to carry out a public execution of Joy Boy.

"Hiss--"

A collective gasp filled the air.

Red-Haired couldn't help but laugh; this scene seemed so familiar.

"Joy Boy probably won't say that during the public execution,"

Hawk Eyes chuckled and said, "He left everything in the world here."

Ian laughed and said, "Otherwise, why do you think Im would erase those hundred years of history?"

"Mama, Mama!"

Aunt Linlin couldn't help but burst into laughter, "So it turns out that that damned thief Roger even stole this idea from someone else!"

In a sense, that is indeed the case.

No wonder Roger said he wanted to see Joy Boy.

If reincarnation exists in this world, then perhaps Roger really was the reincarnation of Joy Boy.

In short, that's roughly what happened during that Void Century.

"These things don't matter anymore."

Aunt Linlin chuckled mischievously, "Ian, you haven't told us about the really crucial thing, the Ancient Weapon."

"Linlin!"

Teacher Kai glared fiercely at his longtime friend. "Don't pry into things you shouldn't be asking! Isn't it enough that you know these things already?"

Ian smiled, but didn't say anything more.

The information contained in the stone is certainly not limited to what he has said.

Aside from trivial matters such as Joy Boy entrusting the Mink Tribe created by the Lunarian tribe to his good friend Zunesha or his gradual rise to become the leader of Birka, there is a lot of crucial information.

One example is Im's ability.

And a detailed introduction to three Ancient Weapon.

Neptune and Pluton need no further explanation.

The key point is Sky King, the original and probably the strongest Ancient Weapon possessed by the World Government.

Uranus, possessed terrifying power to control the celestial phenomena and dominate the skies.

Its main body is a floating city, which is actually the ship that the Bikans used when they migrated from the moon to the Blue Sea.

That was the pinnacle of the Bikans's technology. After landing in the Blue Sea, it underwent several rounds of modifications, and its power surpassed that of the Pluton they created later.

Ian didn't know if Im had made any modifications to it over the next eight hundred years, but he was certain that the thing didn't have any energy source.

As long as Vegapunk doesn't run into any problems, that weapon won't even be able to be activated.

As Ian, Robin couldn't help but glance at him cautiously.

After reading the inscription on the stone, she now knew that Pluton was in Wano Country and that the mermaid princess was Poseidon.

In other words, even if those two Ancient Weapon haven't fallen into Ian's hands yet, they're already within his grasp.

At that moment, Ian turned to look at her with a half-smile, and their eyes met.

Robin felt a chill and immediately lowered his head.

She knew that some things should never be said carelessly.

"Fine, I won't tell you then!"

Aunt Linlin pursed her lips, but she hadn't really expected Ian to reveal any information about the Ancient Weapon to them.

She then said with some excitement, "Then, what about the Great Treasure? The legacy of the Ancient Kingdom couldn't just be this stone and a bunch of useless books, could it? Such a developed country must have left behind a lot of treasure, right!"

Books you don't need?

Ian chuckled softly.

In fact, his previous guess was entirely correct.

These books are technical documents from Birka that Joy Boy risked his life to preserve.

If one can thoroughly understand this information, then recreating Birka from back then will be as easy as turning one's hand.

"The Great Treasure certainly exists."

Ian stamped his foot. "Right down here."

Is it down here?

Aunt Linlin was thrilled. She subconsciously looked at the man who had remained silent from the beginning, "Bullet, hurry up and open the road below!"

Bullet immediately flew into a rage, "Who do you think you are? Trying to order me around?"

"Ah?"

Aunt Linlin was equally furious.

The person she fears is Ian; who do you think you are, you bastard?

"Alright,"

Ian chuckled. "Don't fight here, Bullet. Open the path down."

Everyone was in a hurry, so they didn't bother looking for the passage down.

Bullet snorted, but activated his ability again, directly assimilating the control over the floor. The floor cracked open, creating a downward staircase.

"Oh! Is the legendary Great Treasure right down here?"

Luo hesitated and looked down.

However, no one went first until Ian started walking down, and then the others followed.

After walking only a few steps down, a dazzling golden light greeted us.

"Oh."

Ian stopped and looked down in surprise. "That's really outrageous."

Wow! It's an ocean of gold!

Yamato was following closely behind Ian, laughed heartily.

It was indeed a sea of gold.

The library has a huge underground space that is almost the same size as the surface area.

The ground in this area, roughly the size of Onigashima, was piled high with gold and jewels.

Using Observation Haki to probe downwards, they discovered that the gold was piled up quite deep.

Even if it's not an ocean, it is certainly a lake.

Even Tesoro's golden ship in the original work might not have as much gold as this, right?

Birka is really rich.

Indeed, given the situation over 800 years ago, they could easily make a fortune by simply selling something to neighboring countries.

Technology is indeed the primary productive force.

Neither Joy Boy nor Roger were exaggerating.

To obtain Ancient Weapon is to obtain supreme power.

If you acquire this gold, you will possess unparalleled wealth.

"Hehehehe! So much gold!"

A deafening roar of laughter erupted behind him. Solemn laughed like someone having an epileptic seizure, "Now my abilities are invincible!"

So much gold is indeed a huge help to him, the Devil Fruit User!

"Then it's up to you, Solemn."

Ian laughed and said, "Without your abilities, I really don't know how I would have managed to bring so much gold out."

Solemn immediately patted his chest and loudly assured him, "Leave it all to me, Lord Ian!"

Hehe, I'll mark all the gold with my own mark so I can use it whenever I want.

"Mama, Mama, Ian,"

Aunt Linlin, shamelessly joining in, said with a grin, "As the saying goes, everyone who sees it gets a share. Even if you don't give me a piece, shouldn't I get one too?"

Ian smiled. "No problem, but at least we should wait until Aunt Linlin helps me."

He genuinely wasn't interested in things like money.

After all, the whole world will become his property in the future.

What is mere gold anyway?

Aunt Linlin snorted unhappily.

"So, Ian,"

Dragon's hands trembled with excitement. "Are we going to release all the historical truths we've witnessed here next?"

Ian shook his head slightly. "Let's wait a little longer. It's not time to alert them yet."

Im's performance eight hundred years ago was indeed terrible; he was directly beaten to a pulp by Joy Boy.

But eight hundred years have passed. In those eight hundred years, even a pig would have cultivated into a pig demon by now.

Unless Im is truly the pirate Muzan, Ian is certain that his strength has improved dramatically since then.

Therefore, it's best to be a little cautious.

Don't mess things up at the last minute.

It's not a good idea to let the World Government realize that it has mastered Ancient Weapon right now.

Let's wait until we seize the energy source Vegapunk is researching, giving Pluton the ability to fight, before revealing the whole truth and igniting the final war.

"That's true,"

Dragon nodded knowingly; he was indeed a bit too excited.

"Ian, when will the war begin?"

"It should take a few more months."

Ian said.

He looked around at everyone present. "Gentlemen, please prepare yourselves in the meantime."

"Certainly!"

Dragon was very excited.

It'll be soon!

The moment he had been waiting for, the moment Roger had been waiting for, the moment Joy Boy had been waiting for, was fast approaching!

In short,

Ian smiled. "Let's go back."

This trip to Laugh Tale was very enjoyable.

Not only have they obtained everything they wanted, they've also derive considerable enjoyment from the historical truth revealed in that Void Century.

Joy Boy, you've got a knack for it.

That's certainly a very sophisticated approach.