As far as he
knew, Laugh Tale might disappoint Robin. Aside from the prophecy Joy Boy had left behind and a joke that had made Roger and his crew laugh, there seemed to be nothing else there.
As for whether it held the history of the Void Century, judging by Roger and his crew's departure and Kozuki Oden's reaction, it probably did not.
Looking away, Kuta raised his head and surveyed the underground stone chamber, which was laid out like a shrine. He saw nothing else of note.
As far as he knew, Pluton, one of the three great weapons of ancient times, lay beneath this stone chamber.
Pluton was enormous. In the original story, Kozuki Sukiyaki had said that the outer walls had to be torn down before Pluton could emerge. From that, Old Wano Country must have been built atop Pluton's body. Perhaps this island, this mountain, was actually Pluton in its entirety.
Kuta said none of this, nor was there any need to.
Not a single member of their crew had any interest in ancient weapons.
After all, although the thing had the power to destroy the world, it was still an inanimate object—and one buried underground at that. Rather than spend time worrying about it, he would be better off taking his companions to the moon for a romantic lunar getaway. That would be far more enjoyable.
They wandered around the underground chamber and found nothing else. After making a rubbing of the writing on the Poneglyph, they left and retraced their steps up the stairs.
When they passed the passage overlooking Original Wano Country again, Kuta could not help pausing with a sigh.
No matter how prosperous a kingdom was, it would slowly fade with time. Birth, aging, illness, death, the endless cycle of the