Ace, who had originally decided to set sail that day, could only put those plans on hold for now.
Although none of them knew where Pluton lay dormant, they did know that it was somewhere beneath Wano Country.
And the Road Poneglyph was also in Ancient Wano Country.
Lott had reason to believe that Pluton was beneath the Poneglyph.
So before they came, Lott had transmitted the location where he and Robin had seen the red Road Poneglyph to Kuro through electromagnetic waves.
Kuro had followed the route Lott had once taken and reached the red stone.
"So this is the Road Poneglyph Lott mentioned. I never expected it to be so deep underground," Crocodile said as he looked at the enormous square stone before him.
"We're already beneath Wano Country. Why don't I see that Ancient Weapon anywhere?" Enel turned into lightning and darted around the cramped space.
He saw nothing resembling a battleship.
Enel's words left everyone looking puzzled as well.
Yamato said, "Exactly. There's no way a space this small could hold Pluton."
Kuro shook his head and said, "Do you think this is the bottom of Wano Country?"
"Isn't it?" Ace was quite puzzled too.
They had already descended hundreds of meters from the surface. Did that still not count as underground?
Yamato also asked, "Right, we've been going down this whole time. This should count as being beneath Wano Country, shouldn't it?"
Kuro pushed up his glasses with the heel of his hand, then said, "The current Wano Country isn't truly Wano Country."
"What do you mean?"
His words left everyone bewildered.
A faint gleam fell across Kuro's glasses, obscuring his eyes.
"Don't you find the overall structure of Wano Country strange? No matter how treacherous the other islands in the Pirate World are, they