"Wano Country?!"
Hearing Rayleigh mention Wano Country, Tsugikuni Yoriichi had actually long wanted to go and investigate it himself.
The reason was simple: the Poneglyphs that existed in this world today originated from the secret script passed down through generations by Wano Country's Kōzuki Clan.
It could be said that the writing used on the Poneglyphs carved into those stone tablets had been created by the Kōzuki Clan.
Honestly, Tsugikuni Yoriichi had never been able to understand it. If the purpose of recording the Poneglyphs was to pass these words, and the truth of the world, down to future generations, then why use a script that others found so difficult to decipher?
It had allowed the World Government to manipulate the public's correct understanding of history.
Wouldn't recording the truth of history in the writing commonly used across the continent be more beneficial to its spread?
More importantly, because of the special material used to create the Poneglyphs, even the immensely powerful World Government had no way of destroying them or erasing the words carved upon them.
Since they already possessed such a capability, wouldn't simply writing down the truth of history have been enough?
Could it be that during the World Government's eight hundred years of rule, ancient and modern civilization had suffered a cultural break, leaving modern people unable to interpret the ancient script?
But that explanation did not hold up either, because the writing commonly passed down in Wano Country was precisely the writing used by the vast majority of people today. Wano Country had always remained isolated from the world, and the World Government's influence had never extended there.
Wano Country's development also showed that the writing used by most people today and ancient writing shared the same origin.
Too many secrets were buried within Joy