Underground passage, inside the stone door.
"With this... just treat them as pictographs."
Reg curled his lips and stretched out a finger... Though he could not read this script, he could still rely on his memory to find similarities within it.
For example, among the characters he had just examined... the only similar ones were the "concave" type of character.
At the end of the first line was a right-leaning "concave" character, while near the end of the second line was a left-leaning "concave" character.
Could these be considered the so-called opening and closing quotation marks?
"Should I be more cautious?"
Reg suddenly hesitated... If he got this wrong, who knew what terrifying thing would happen.
Turning his head, Reg looked at the unconscious Enel on his shoulder and gritted his teeth... This was the only plausible guess.
Things had come this far. He could not back down just because he feared death... If Enel had to push the magatama disk outside himself, it might take years just to gain enough strength to activate it—perhaps even ten years.
Of course, if that guy came up with some convenient method, he could shorten the time considerably... Even so, Enel would probably need one or two years just to get here alone.
"Ideals are a reality only those with strength can speak of."
Crocodile's words surfaced in Reg's mind... Yes, his ideals were enormous. Enormous.
So enormous that he did not even know whether he would have the chance to accomplish them in this lifetime... That was why he needed that fruit, to unlock a cheat that belonged to him alone.
Beep, beep, beep... Having made up his mind, Reg rapidly tapped the keys of the keypad.
1, ... 1.
After he finished pressing them, nothing happened... The empty stillness made Reg