Yosaku

"Really, Luffy?"

Although she had already guessed it, Nami still refused to give up, hoping to hear Luffy say it himself.

Luffy chuckled and tossed down the six chests. Sure enough, every one of them was completely empty.

"Really nothing at all!"

Usopp sighed.

"Then all those decades were wasted, old man."

Zoro waved a hand.

"And you ended up neither human nor ghost."

Nami shook her head.

"Heh heh, well... it's actually nothing. At first, I was devastated and felt it wasn't worth it. But afterward, I had them, and I felt that this wasn't so bad. If I hadn't lost everything else, I wouldn't have gained this. Thinking of it that way, I actually feel more at ease. Thank you, Straw Hat Kid. I'm not sad, because I found my real treasure."

Kamon sighed first, then shook his head. His eyes gleamed with determination as he looked at the rare beasts gathered around him, his face filled with warmth.

It was their companionship over these years that had allowed him to persevere, one step at a time.

"Huh? Moonlight, what are you doing?"

Just then, Luffy glanced over and saw Moonlight abruptly raise the sword in his hand. Sword Aura erupted!

"Hm?"

"Moonlight, did something happen?"

"An enemy?"

"Which mountain are you going to cut down?"

Nami and Usopp were startled, while Zoro immediately saw where Moonlight's gaze was fixed!

It was that hillside!

"Buzz!"

Before they had time to be surprised, a massive crescent-shaped Sword Aura suddenly slashed out!

"Boom!"

The hillside was instantly split in two. Rocks tumbled down in a terrifying display.

Then, a hollow mountain chamber was revealed.

Just as I thought. The legend wasn't baseless!

Moonlight's heart stirred. He stepped before the mountain chamber and examined it, only to see a stretch of extremely strange writing on one wall. It was clearly Ancient Text, but unfortunately, he couldn't read it!

"What's this?"

"Is this the treasure?"

"A piece of writing?"

Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Usopp all crowded over, looking utterly baffled.

"This... I never discovered this before!"

Kamon was stunned as well. He had never imagined that splitting the mountain open would reveal something like this.

"Nami, do you have rubbing paper? I want to make a copy."

Moonlight ignored them and looked at Nami instead.

"I do."

Nami nodded and took it out.

As the Thief Cat, there was nothing she didn't carry.

"If I'm not mistaken, these should be the real treasure. This writing is Ancient Text, and I can't read it. Luffy, when you recruit crew members, make sure to find a historian. Only historians can understand these words."

Moonlight spoke to Luffy while making a rubbing.

"Yeah, definitely."

Luffy nodded and curiously looked around, but unfortunately, it was Ancient Text. Not a single person present could recognize it.

"Alright, this is over. It's time to weigh anchor and set sail. Hey, old man, come out to sea with us and be our companion."

At last, once everything was settled, everyone prepared to leave.

Luffy looked at Kamon and extended an invitation.

"No. I spent so long hoping and waiting that I missed too many things. Treasure isn't the only thing anymore. They are my treasure."

Kamon shook his head, his expression incomparably firm as he flatly refused.

"Alright then, old man. Make sure you live well!"

Hearing this, Luffy waved his hand. Moonlight raised the anchor, Usopp took the helm, Nami watched their course, and Zoro kept an eye on their surroundings as they set sail.

They left Treasure Island.

"Honestly, Moonlight, how did you discover that there was something wrong with that mountain?"

On the ship, Nami asked Moonlight with a puzzled expression.

"Yeah. If it were us, we never would have thought of something like that."

Usopp nodded. Though he called himself the smartest man in the world, he never would have thought to split open a mountain and take a look.

"Forget you. Even I didn't think of it."

Zoro nodded as well.

"It was nothing, just a pure instinct. I heard that man call this the legendary Treasure Island, then say that so many of them had never discovered anything. The only place they hadn't gone was the top of the hillside. Were they all idiots? Or blind? With so many people, why had no one gone up there? That alone didn't make sense. That man was probably lying. They should all have gone up there, but he was the only one who could see the chests."

"There are many coincidences in this world, but a coincidence that defies logic isn't a coincidence. It's a secret."

Moonlight shook his head. He had merely found it strange and decided to try. He just hadn't expected there really to be a secret.

"As expected of Moonlight. You really are so meticulous."

Nami couldn't help admiring him when she heard that.

"That's right. There are very few people I, Usopp, admire. Moonlight, you're one of them!"

Usopp gave him a thumbs-up as well.

"Hmph."

Zoro merely snorted, but the fighting spirit in his eyes grew fiercer.

This man was incredibly sharp, whether in swordsmanship or in thought.

Zoro could only look up to him.

But he would definitely surpass him.

"I'm so hungry. I want meat."

Luffy had long since lost interest. Sitting in the VIP seat at the bow, he rubbed his stomach with a listless look.

"..."

The whole crew was speechless.

Luffy's behavior left them with no idea what to say.

"Moonlight, think of something quick! I'm about to starve to death!"

Luffy turned his head and spoke pitifully.

"Food? Out at sea, food should be the one thing we never lack."

Moonlight smiled. Haki sensing!

He slashed out with his sword!

"Buzz!"

A crescent-shaped Sword Aura cleaved through the sea!

The ocean immediately parted, and a gigantic shark ten meters away lunged in to bite them.

It had clearly been lurking nearby for a long time, preparing to ambush the Going Merry, but Moonlight had gotten ahead of it!

"So amazing!"

"Moonlight!"

Nami and the others couldn't help exclaiming in amazement.

But then the Sword Aura swept past, splitting the shark in half. Luffy reached out and grabbed one half, while the other was blasted far away by the powerful Sword Aura.

"I put too much force into that!"

Moonlight was speechless.

He had overestimated the shark's durability!

"Wow, shark meat! Usopp, grill it! We're eating shark meat!"

Luffy had already gotten to work. Holding half the shark, he spoke to Usopp.

"Alright, leave it to me. Grilling is what I do best."

Usopp patted his chest and immediately started a fire to grill it.

"..."

"..."

Watching Luffy and Moonlight act the moment they spoke—one ready to eat, the other ready to draw his sword—Nami and Zoro were already speechless.

These two.

Still, seeing the shark meat already being grilled, their stomachs began to rumble too.

"Hahahaha!"

Hearing the sound, Luffy burst out laughing.

The group exchanged glances, then couldn't help laughing as well.

"Bang!"

Just then, an earth-shaking crash of waves rang out, accompanied by a shout!

"Who was that? Who threw a shark over here? Our boat got flipped over! Yosaku, you can't die!"

"Cough, cough..."

"What's going on?"

Everyone had been laughing when they suddenly heard the voices and hurriedly looked over.

Their eyes finally settled on a small boat in the distance that had been overturned by the shark, along with two people floating in the sea. They looked at each other in dismay!

They actually managed to hit people with that?