Garp stopped his pursuit.
The collection inside the Tree of Knowledge was precious, full of one-of-a-kind items that must never be casually destroyed.
Books lined the shelves here, bearing knowledge from every walk of life across the world.
Dr. Clover looked at Shane.
He did not know what this pirate intended to do here.
"You can kill me, but you must never destroy these books. They are humanity's treasure!"
The books were humanity's treasure?
Then what treasure lay on the final island, Laugh Tale?
"Do you want to see the future?"
Shane polished off the food in the kitchen, wolfing it down.
A faint light appeared between his brows, and a sliver of memory in the shape of a paw popped out.
Garp had not appeared, nor had Sengoku.
But they had led a large force of Marines to surround the Tree of Omniscience.
As far as the Marines were concerned.
Shane had kidnapped Dr. Clover and the other archaeologists to use as hostages.
Yet the atmosphere inside was quite pleasant.
"That isn't real, is it?"
Dr. Clover's forehead was covered in sweat.
He had just seen the memory, a fragment in Shane's mind of Ohara's future destruction.
The Five Elders gave the order, Sengoku launched the Buster Call, and Akainu and Aokiji carried it out themselves.
The supposedly indestructible Tree of Knowledge was consumed by flames just like that.
He was so bewildered that he remained rooted to the spot.
After Dr. Clover finished viewing the memories expelled by the Paw-Paw Fruit, they were all taken back.
It meant Shane had taken his fruit mastery another step further.
"You don't believe those people outside who want to protect you will kill you someday?"
"But Ohara shouldn't have more people than God Valley, should it? That was razed to the