By the time Chopper and the medical staff dragged Luffy back from death's door for the third time, it was dusk. Luffy woke with a start, as if from a nightmare. Then he saw Dragon sitting across from his bed, radiating a dark aura, and hid under the covers.
"Y-you need to calm down!"
"I'm injured!"
"Shut up!"
Dragon glared at him and took a deep breath.
"Those numbers you mentioned—were they *********?"
There was one other person in the room besides father and son: Nami.
At first, she hadn't understood why Dragon had asked her to stay, but now she had some idea.
"That sounds... like coordinates?"
Nami asked, puzzled.
"That's right. They're the coordinates indicated by a Red Stone you'll never find."
So they really were coordinates!
And they marked the location indicated by a Road Poneglyph!
"Hey, Dragon, you—"
"Let me finish!"
Dragon cut Luffy off with a glare. "That Road Poneglyph had been kept in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise since eight hundred years ago. Before Rocks died, he told Roger about it. Before Roger died, he told Shanks... Without that, the world would go back to the way it was for centuries before Roger: no one would be able to find Laugh Tale."
"Tch. It's just the Holy Land, right? We can take it by force!" Luffy said breezily. Then he turned his head. "Where's the Holy Land? It sounds familiar."
Nami: "..."
"At the top of the Red Line. It's the very heart of the World Government!"
Nami drew a deep breath and gave a bitter smile. "The Azure Dragon is there right now."
"The Azure... Dragon..."
Luffy's expression stiffened. He fell silent.
So there is something this brat's afraid of?
Dragon watched in amazement.
"I asked Nico Robin. She memorized the Poneglyph