When did Uranus first appear in everyone's sight?
That story began in Sea Garden Era 1516, when Ron accompanied Garp to Flower Capital.
The civil war in Flower Capital was mixed with the eldest nephew's unwillingness to accept defeat, the ambition of schemers, and the greed of nobles. But in essence, it was merely cover for Baroque Works to excavate a Poneglyph.
Spying on forbidden ancient knowledge—a deed that defied the heavens—was cleverly carried out under the cover of darkness. The "Nation Thief," Crocodile, was an old hand at it.
While stealing a nation and plotting to seize Pluton, he was also digging into the secrets surrounding Uranus. He perfectly demonstrated what it meant for human greed to swallow an elephant, only to end up spending his old age in Impel Down. He had truly died in the right place.
The news that this Poneglyph existed had been told to Crocodile by the Celestial Dragon, Donquixote Doflamingo.
So the question was...
How had Doflamingo learned about all this?
How had someone only in his thirties or forties learned secrets from hundreds, even thousands, of years ago?
"So this is your real trump card, Imu!"
Walking across the Moon's rugged surface, Ron felt the tremors coming from deep within the planet beneath his feet, and the corners of his mouth curled upward.
There was an astonishing power within it, but as the Moon Cannon fired, that power weakened at an equally astonishing speed.
The energy problem had troubled the ancestors of the Skypieans, and it troubled Imu as well.
Otherwise, he would have used Uranus long ago to blast Ron into fragments.
That was right!
By encompassing the entire Moon within his perception through Azure Sky's Eye, Ron was absolutely certain that the moon beneath his feet was the true