One Piece: Looting Roger's Corpse, Starting with God-Tier Affixes
Chapter 179

Knowledge is power, truth is freedom

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Night fell, and Robin and Silva, dressed in black bodysuits, slipped quietly into Water 7's oldest underground waterways. These channels had long been cut off from the city's main system and fallen into disrepair, filling with silt and debris. For treasure hunters, however, they offered perfect cover.

"The construction here is unusual," Silva said, studying the patterns on the walls. "Look at how these stones fit together. This is no ordinary mason's work. It bears the marks of ancient craftsmanship."

Robin touched the wall and closed her eyes, as though sensing something. "I can feel... some kind of energy flowing faintly through the walls. It's like what I felt on Moonlight Island, but much older and more dormant."

They ventured deeper along the waterways, avoiding the strange creatures that occasionally appeared in the water, until they stopped at what seemed to be a dead end. Silva carefully examined the wall and found a D-shaped mark on an inconspicuous stone, almost worn away by time.

"Here," Silva said softly. "Push this stone. There should be a mechanism."

Robin nodded and pushed hard against the stone. To her surprise, despite looking incredibly heavy, it sank easily into the wall. Then, with the sound of turning gears, the wall slowly parted, revealing a hidden passage.

"An ancient automatic mechanism," Silva marveled. "It still works, even after hundreds of years."

At the end of the passage stood an enormous metal door covered in ancient script and symbols. Robin studied the writing carefully. "This is the Ancient Kingdom's formal script. It says, 'Knowledge is power, truth is freedom.'"

Silva took the Eye of the Sky emblem from inside his clothes and carefully fitted it into a recess in the door. The metal door gave a low hum and slowly opened, revealing a spacious circular hall.

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