Led by Dr. Vegapunk, Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the others passed through the base's gate.
Just as Tsugikuni Yoriichi had guessed, Future City had originally been a town. Once they passed through the gate, the many buildings before them differed drastically in style from the base walls they had seen earlier.
If the town remodeled by Dr. Vegapunk had a futuristic style, then the city's original appearance had been medieval. On the walls surrounding some houses, Tsugikuni Yoriichi could even see strange patterns. Some of them looked vaguely familiar.
The city was enormous. As Dr. Vegapunk led them toward its center, Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the others surveyed their surroundings.
After observing for quite some time, Tsugikuni Yoriichi suddenly asked Dr. Vegapunk, who was walking ahead of them, "Dr. Vegapunk, did the buildings on this island exist before you came here?"
"Did people used to live on this island?"
Hearing Tsugikuni Yoriichi's question, Rosinante, Law, and the others all turned to look at him in confusion, unable to understand why he had suddenly asked that.
"Hehe..."
"Did you notice something, Mr. Tsugikuni Yoriichi?"
"I know what you want to ask."
"It doesn't matter if I tell you. As you can see, my experimental base was built by remodeling an existing city."
"When I arrived here, there was already no one left on the island. There were only the ruins of a city."
Dr. Vegapunk turned his head slightly, glanced at Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and answered.
"Ruins? Just as I thought."
Dr. Vegapunk's answer confirmed Tsugikuni Yoriichi's suspicions. The reason he had asked was because he had remembered where he had seen similar buildings before.
The Sky Island, the Golden City, Shandora.
The architectural style of the ancient city ruins on the Sky Island, where Tsugikuni Yoriichi had obtained the Goro Goro no Mi,