Ohara's Destruction

But Robin continued, "Do you know, Saul, there's a hundred-year-old piece of history that's been kept secret?"

"Ah, you mean the 'Void Century'? I'm very interested in it too, but the World Government forbids any investigation into anything related to it."

Saul was a little surprised that Robin knew this, but remembering what she had just said about being an archaeologist, he believed that Robin was an archaeologist. He also told Robin that researching this was prohibited by the World Government.

"Yes, my mom is investigating everything about it all over the world, but you absolutely mustn't tell anyone, because it's a crime."

Only then did Saul realize that the little girl in front of him also knew it was a crime, but she was still shocked and said in disbelief, "Could it be... that your mother is looking for the Poneglyph?"

"You know about the Poneglyph too?"

Robin looked up at Saul in surprise. She had originally thought that only archaeologists like them knew about the existence of the Poneglyph.

"It doesn't matter whether I know or not, listen carefully, Robin, you absolutely cannot tell anyone about this, especially since your mother is still searching all over the world..."

At this point, Saul suddenly thought of something, and a series of clues connected, leading to an answer that left Saul standing there, his eyes wide open.

Seeing Saul suddenly lost in thought, Robin asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"Robin, what's your mother's name?" Clinging to the last shred of possibility, Saul asked Robin to confirm his guess.

"Olvia."

After Robin uttered her mother's name, Saul was struck dumb. His mouth gaped open, and he seemed to go mad as his massive body collapsed. He was originally Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral. Some time ago, he was ordered by the World Government to arrest the archaeologist Olvia, who had violated the World Government's laws. However, after learning the details, he secretly released Olvia and became a traitor to the Marines.

Robin is Olvia's daughter, how could this be? Could this be...? Thinking this, Saul asked aloud.

"Could this island be Ohara?"

"Um."

"This is unbelievable! How could this happen? How could it have drifted all the way to Ohara?" Saul shouted, clutching his head and looking up at the sky, unable to believe it.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Olvia, who had been released by Saul, had secretly arrived in Ohara that morning.

Wearing a trench coat to conceal her face, Olvia arrived at the entrance of the Tree of Knowledge Library. Pushing open the door and entering the library, she was met with astonishment from the archaeologists gathered inside.

"Olvia?"

Hello everyone, it's been a long time!

Olvia took off her beret, revealing her long white hair cascading over her shoulders, and greeted the scholars.

"Olvia, weren't you captured by the navy?" a scholar asked curiously.

"I was rescued, but let's leave that aside for now. Although I just got back, I regret to inform you only of bad news. What I'm about to say is all true." Without wasting any time, Olvia solemnly explained the situation to the scholars.

"Did everyone see the news? Six years ago, the entire Poneglyph exploration team that left Ohara, except for me, has been killed. I was also captured by the Navy. The World Government analyzed everyone's belongings and determined that we came from Ohara."

"I am so sorry! Because of us, Ohara has been brought to such a crisis. The World Government should have sent people to Ohara by now." As she spoke, Olvia choked up and bowed to the scholars present to apologize.

"Alright, Olvia, don't blame yourself. Whether you scholars who went to sea or those of us who stayed in Ohara, we are all comrades-in-arms. It is you who have encountered hardships and misfortunes. You have had a hard time on the journey, Olvia. Besides, we already knew about the crisis you mentioned before."

Afterwards, Dr. Clover explained to Olvia, without revealing anything about Rediat, only saying that they had received the news a few days earlier and had already made preparations.

After that, everything proceeded as originally planned. The scholars were arrested, and the Poneglyph in the library's basement were discovered by the World Government. Although no research was found, the World Government didn't need such a thing; they said it was enough. Spandine connected with the Gorosei on the phone.

Dr. Clover then stood up and shared his findings from his research on the Void Century.

"Kill him," the Gorosei ordered directly, preventing him from continuing.

Bump!

At the command of the Gorosei, Spandine shot and wounded Dr. Clover, and then activated the Buster Call.

Spandine was originally going to take Olvia away, but he stayed behind because of Robin's cries. Just as Robin and her daughter were about to reunite in this terrible situation, the sound of gunfire from the Marine warship rang out.

A barrage of shells rained down on the land of Ohara. One of the shells landed near Spandine was startled. To avoid being caught in the Buster Call, Spandine immediately abandoned Olvia and the scholars, and hurriedly fled with his men.

"Robin, you're here! I've finally found you!"

Shortly after Spandine left, Saul finally found Robin.

"Saul."

"Ah, you've already met Olvia."

At this moment, Saul noticed Olvia nearby.

"Saul! What are you doing on this island?" Olvia looked at him in surprise, clearly not expecting Saul to be here.

"This is a Titan." Dr. Clover, who had been shot, looked at Saul. He hadn't expected that the other party knew Olvia and Robin. This was the first time he had seen a Titan, but it didn't seem to be an enemy.

"I don't know what kind of twist of fate led me to a shipwreck, where I was rescued by Robin. But putting that aside, this is the worst-case scenario now; we need to get off this island as soon as possible."

After an argument among the three, Olvia chose to let Saul escape with Robin, while she stayed in Ohara.

"Olvia, come with me to the library."

"Good."

Dr. Clover, with Olvia's help, headed towards the burning library.

Inside the Tree of Knowledge Library, Olvia led Dr. Clover to the library, only to find a few burning bookshelves. None of the scholars who had returned to the library earlier were there. Olvia also noticed that the upper floors were empty; Rediat and his group had taken everything.

She assumed the books had already been rescued by the previous scholars, and breathed a sigh of relief as she prepared to move the books from the lower levels.

"Don't worry about it, Olvia. Those are all fake, just for show. The books and documents in the library were already moved by us before," Dr. Clover said, seeing Olvia's actions.

"What?" Olvia's eyes widened.

"We've made preparations in the past few days. Most of the books upstairs have been taken away, and we've hidden the ones downstairs. The Buster Call is a naval bombardment of the island; it should only be able to erase the island's culture and ecology," Dr. Clover explained.

"So."

"So, we built a shelter beneath the Tree of Knowledge, which should be able to protect us from this disaster. The other scholars have already gone there, and now I'm taking you with me," Dr. Clover said breathlessly.

Olvita couldn't believe it—how could they have done it in just a few days? However, she didn't ask further; now wasn't the time to discuss that. If they could survive, why not?

"But, Robin, he..."

"It's too late. Trust her. That giant is protecting her. She should have left the island by now." Dr. Clover led Olvia, stumbling forward through a deeply hidden, undiscovered passage.

The World Government would never have imagined that beneath the Tree of Knowledge, in the basement, there was a vast underground space where the books and documents that Rediat hadn't taken were kept. In addition, there was ample food, supplies, and all sorts of daily necessities, sent by someone unknown, except for Dr. Clover knew a little about it.

Meanwhile, Robin was unwillingly led away by Saul, but they were discovered by Saul's former colleague, now Marine Vice Admiral Kuzan, who then intercepted them.

"Kuzan."

Looking at the figure before him, Saul solemnly uttered the other person's name.

"Oh dear! It would be so embarrassing if the Navy's Buster Call was stopped by the former Navy." Kuzan said lazily, looking at his former colleague in front of him.

"Kuzan, are you proud of such an attack? Retreat! This is too strange. You should know, this is just the World Government making an example of us! For this reason alone, the World Government is going to wipe out Ohara." Saul said to Kuzan, naively telling the Navy to retreat.

"If this is for the sake of the world's future, then there's no other way. Besides, aren't these scholars breaking the law? Justice is a subjective concept that changes depending on one's perspective, so I don't intend to criticize your sense of justice. However, if you try to stop us, we can't just let you go."

Kuzan's expression was hidden behind his sunglasses, just as Kuzan was about to deal with Saul and Robin.

On a Marine warship, a Marine General is ordering his men, "Scholars may have boarded the refugee ship. Open fire and sink it."

The future Marine Admiral, now a Vice Admiral named Sakazuki, wearing a hood, gazed at the distant refugee ship. Although the ship was full of civilians, there was a possibility that some scholars might have sneaked onto it, but since it was impossible to tell, he simply eliminated everyone.

"But, Vice Admiral Sakazuki, there are civilians on board."

"If we're going to do it, we should do it thoroughly. If even one scholar manages to board the refugee ship, all this sacrifice will be in vain. We must nip evil in the bud." With the idea of "better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free" and in the spirit of so-called Absolute Justice, Sakazuki did not choose to intercept the refugee ship, but instead ordered it to be shelled.

Boom!

As the flames suddenly appeared, Kuzan, Saul, Robin, still on the shore of Ohara, were all stunned as they watched the refugee ship being bombarded in the distance.

On the other warships, everyone was incredulous that the shells had been fired from Vice Admiral Sakazuki's warship.

Under the glow of the fire on the refugee ship, the word "Justice" on the back of the navy coat stood out starkly.

Robin stared at the burning wrecked ship and collapsed to the ground.

"Damn it," Kuzan cursed, glancing at the warship that had fired its cannons.

"Is this what your 'righteousness' has done? How can you be at peace with yourself like this?!" Saul questioned Kuzan, raising his hand to attack him.

"I didn't intend to be as ruthless as that idiot." Kuzan leaped into the air, easily dodging Saul's attack, explaining as he did so. He was also in a state of utter confusion. Saul seized the opportunity, placing Robin in his palm and fleeing into the distance. He knew he was no match for Kuzan.

"Frozen Time Capsule"

Kuzan's voice came from behind, chasing after Saul with a trail of ice. Saul's legs were instantly frozen. This was Vice Admiral Kuzan's ability. As Devil Fruit User, Kuzan could manipulate ice at will and had already frozen other things.

"Frozen Moment."

Kuzan walked to Saul's side, ignoring their conversation, and placed his hand on Saul's body. Ice reappeared in his hand, turning Saul's massive body into an ice sculpture.

One hour later.

Fireworks filled half the sky, the ground was bombarded, everything was destroyed, even the Tree of Knowledge was burned down, and all that could be seen was scorched earth; it was certain that no one could have survived.

The ten large warships also ceased their bombardment; after all, shells cost money.

On the other side of the island, in the distant sky.

"This is the Buster Call. What a pity. I never imagined the World Government would be so ruthless, destroying this entire island, and all those civilians who weren't archaeologists," Nelson sighed, clearly recognizing the horror of the Buster Call. "There probably won't be any survivors."

"Are you sure?" Rediat chuckled, making Nelson seem thoughtful.

"So you rescued those archaeologists? Didn't the captain say he wasn't going to rescue them?"

"No, I didn't save them; they simply saved themselves, though I offered a small amount of help along the way," Rediat smiled, correcting Nelson.

"Let's go. Anyway, it has nothing to do with us anymore. Soon it will be time for the Dark Council to convene. We've been here for a few days, it's time to go back."

"What! What are you doing? We gave you the military power of the Buster Call, and you still let them escape!" Sengoku shouted at Spandine, who had come to return the silver Den Den Mushi.

"We wanted to give chase, but something seemed to have frozen the bottom of the ship, so we could only watch them leave," Spandine replied helplessly, explaining.

Upon hearing this, Kuzan, who was sitting on the sofa next to him, broke out in a cold sweat.

By sheer coincidence, this bead of cold sweat was seen by Sengoku.

"Alright then." Sengoku sat back down on his stool.

Spandine, assuming Sengoku was being considerate, began, "That woman's name is Nico Robin..."

Soon, a reward notice was posted to the world.

The photo shows a little girl, with a bounty of 79 million Beli below.

The text then details her crimes: an eight-year-old witch, Devil Fruit User, who destroyed five warships, and a remnant of the world's sinner, Ohara.

Blinded by money, people began to focus their attention on the little girl.