A fierce wind blew, sand and stones flew, and smoke and dust filled the air.
Unlike the storms stirred up by others.
This gust of wind contained an extremely powerful spiritual force, which obscured and disrupted the Observation Haki of everyone on the rooftop.
The enemy's location, attack trajectory, and teammates' presence that could be sensed all turned into chaos in that instant.
Luffy's punch went astray.
Zoro's three slashes were blown off course by the wind and flew past Kaido's body.
Sanji's Diable Jambe was whipped around by the strong wind.
Just as Kaido raised his Hassaikai, the swirling wind whipped up pebbles that struck his body, creating a clattering sound.
A hint of doubt flashed in his vertical pupils.
He was all too familiar with those familiar energy fluctuations.
Telekinesis.
Roy's Telekinesis.
" Roy?"
Kaido frowned, clearly displeased with Roy's sudden intervention.
"What's that kid up to now?"
The rhythm of the battle was completely disrupted by this sudden gust of wind.
Both sides retreated simultaneously to create distance, landing back on the edge of the roof.
The strong winds came and went quickly.
In the blink of an eye, the wind suddenly stopped, and the smoke and dust on the roof slowly dissipated under the moonlight.
Luffy shook the dust off his head, coughing as he asked, "What was that just now?"
Zoro gripped the hilts of his swords tightly, resting them on their rests. His eyes scanned his surroundings warily.
The Observation Haki reactivated after the storm subsided, but nothing unusual was detected.
"I don't know, but don't get distracted."
Kaido hoisted the Hassaikai onto his shoulder.
He had recovered from his earlier confusion. He didn't care to guess what Roy was up to; after all, that guy always had his reasons for doing things.
The most important thing now is the battle at hand.
"Kids! Forget about those trivial matters, keep going!"
Kaido grinned, pushed off with his foot, and Luffy again.
Luffy also snapped out of his reverie, inflated his right fist with air, and charged at Kaido.
The battle between the two sides broke out again.
Just as everyone's attention was refocused on Kaido, no one noticed that...
In the safe zone at the edge of the distant rooftop, a slender figure from the Straw Hat Pirates vanished the instant the gale subsided.
It was as if they had never existed.
Robin vanished silently from the rooftop battlefield.
Meanwhile, deep within Onigashima, in Roy's room.
Roy opened his eyes, holding a cup of coffee in his hand.
The space in front of him distorted slightly, and a slender figure emerged from the void.
Robin steadied himself, a slight smile appearing on his lips.
" Captain Roy, it's been a long time."
Roy put down his coffee cup and nodded calmly.
"You've had a tough time. Are you settling in well with the Straw Hat Pirates?"
Robin sat down opposite Roy.
"Not bad."
" Luffy and his crew are a very interesting group of people. Especially Luffy —he's different from everyone else."
Roy picked up his coffee cup and took a sip. "What do you mean?"
He never cared about my past.
Robin spoke calmly, but the slight upturn of her lips betrayed her true feelings.
"From the first time we met until now, he has never asked me those questions."
To him, I was Robin, not some Devil Child, not some wanted criminal, just one of his crew members.
Roy nodded. Of course he knew what kind of person Luffy was.
That kid in the straw Straw Hat has a strange, infectious quality that turns everyone into a friend.
That's how it was in the original story, and that's how it is now.
"It seems you've found a group of companions worth cherishing."
Roy put down his coffee cup and stood up. "Let's go, we have important business to attend to."
The two walked through a hidden corridor deep inside the main hall of the Onigashima.
No one usually comes to this corridor; the stone walls on both sides are covered with moss, and the air is filled with a damp, musty smell.
At the end of the corridor was a heavy iron door, devoid of any decoration, with only a tightly welded lock.
Roy raised his hand, Telekinesis surged from his palm.
The iron gate creaked loudly and slowly opened inward.
Behind the door was a small, secret room.
The four walls are all unpolished natural rock walls, and the rough stone surfaces still bear the chisel marks from when they were carved.
There was only one thing in the entire secret room—a red stone tablet.
The stone tablet is over two meters tall, its surface polished to an extremely smooth finish, gleaming faintly in the dim light.
The ancient characters carved on the stone tablets seemed to be alive, appearing and disappearing as the light changed.
Robin's breathing quickened slightly.
"Did you bring this back from Zou?"
Robin's voice trembled slightly, almost imperceptibly.
"Right."
Roy leaned against the wall, arms crossed.
" Kaido sent Jack to steal it. The other two pieces were also collected by Kaido."
Robin took a deep breath to calm herself down.
When she reopened her eyes, there was no longer any distraction in those dark blue eyes, only the focused concentration characteristic of an archaeologist when facing their research subject.
She walked to the stone tablet and reached out her hand.
Robin's body trembled slightly the moment his fingertips touched those ancient engravings.
The stone surface was cold, but the words seemed to carry a strange warmth, traveling from her fingertips all the way to her heart.
The analysis begins.
Robin's lips moved silently as his fingers slid slowly across the surface of the stone tablet, following the lines of carvings left eight hundred years ago.
She watched with extreme concentration, her brows sometimes furrowing and sometimes relaxing.
Sometimes she would stop, close her eyes and think for a few seconds, then open her eyes again and continue interpreting.
Roy didn't urge him.
He leaned against the wall and waited patiently.
About half an hour later.
Robin finally took a step back from the stone tablet.
She let out a long breath, and a fine layer of sweat appeared on her forehead.
"How about it?"
"Does the stone tablet contain clues to the coordinates of Laugh Tale?"
Robin turned to face Roy, a complex light flickering in her eyes.
"Yes!"
But it's not a complete coordinate system.
The stone tablet records the three locations one must pass through before reaching Laugh Tale, along with the corresponding route markers for each location.
She took a blank nautical chart from her pocket and spread it on the table.
Then, use your finger to draw three routes on the nautical chart—each starting from a different direction, but all ultimately pointing to the same unknown destination.
Robin drew an X at the end of each route, then connected the three Xs with a pen to form an equilateral triangle on the nautical chart.
"The three routes form the three sides of a triangle. And Laugh Tale— "
She placed a dot in the very center of the triangle with her pen.
"Right at the center of this triangle."
Roy frowned.
He took the pen from Robin, drew a circle in the center of the triangle, and then drew several marks on each of the three routes.
"Theoretically speaking, knowing these three routes and the triangle they form, we can indeed deduce the approximate location of Laugh Tale."
However, in actual navigation, it is simply impossible to pinpoint a precise point on the vast ocean without any reference points.
"That's right."
Robin nodded.
These three routes only indicate the direction of Laugh Tale —it's somewhere in this sea area.
However, without complete coordinate information, finding an island that may only be a few kilometers in size in an area of millions of square kilometers of ocean is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Not to mention the various natural barriers and unusual sea conditions surrounding Laugh Tale.