In the world of pirates, there is a legend, or more accurately, a rule.
For a pirate to become the Pirate King, he does not need to be powerful or powerful, but he must conquer the Grand Route and reach the final island of Rafdru.
For hundreds of years, only one fleet led by Roger has arrived at Ravdru, and he has become the recognized pirate king in the entire sea.
And now, there is actually a guy who is not even a pirate who is looking for Rafdru?
At the Navy Headquarters, Admiral Akainu's face was full of clouds, and he said in a deep voice: "From the beginning! From the time in Wano Country, I said that the guy who forced Kizaru to retreat is no different from a lawless pirate, and a wanted order should be issued. He is wanted!”
"Don't talk about this matter anymore." Warring States said with a slightly sad expression: "I have always completed the communication with him personally, and the navy's strategy for dealing with him is also decided by me alone. If it really creates irreparable consequences, I will take the initiative to resign as marshal and take responsibility for my crimes!"
“Sengoku, are you sure that he is looking for Rafdru?” He asked.
Warring States nodded and said: "After they went to the red-haired territory, the troops split into two groups. Holo went to the Ten Thousand Kingdoms alone to fight against Charlotte Lingling and her children. Now the pirate emperor Xia is confirmed. Death of Lotte Lingling.
Hawkeye and others borrowed a big boat from Red Hair and boarded the Elephant Lord's kingdom, Zou. The two parties later met at Whitebeard's, with very clear goals. The road signs were written in the text of history!
He didn't hide his tracks at all, and he couldn't completely hide it from us. Although... I still can't figure out what motive he had to go to Loughdrew, but he has collected three historical texts of road signs, and even collected them all, and is heading there. Raff Drew, this is an unmistakable fact! "
He looked around and said: "The world government requires us to prepare for war with all our strength. The revolutionary army, red hair, and white beard all have more or less friendship with Holo. Next, we may be facing the biggest war in history." A tough war!”
“It’s so scary~” Kizaru sighed.
"War?" Qingzhi asked: "Where and how the war will take place? By the way, I remember you said, Marshal Sengoku, that before he left, he said he would come to the Navy Headquarters. We..."
"How can you believe his words at this time?!" Akainu interrupted dissatisfiedly: "There is no way he will come to the Navy headquarters and throw himself into a trap. We should immediately deploy manpower on the tidal island."
“That…is not necessarily true.” Qing Pheasant said.
Akainu raised his eyebrows, but heard Sengoku say: "It's not necessarily certain, I have a hunch that he will come. But...be prepared. The CP intelligence organization will keep an eye on the movements of the Jolo Merchant Group and Tidal Island, and we will Guard the gate of the new world and wait for him to leave from that sea area.
Lavdrew is not so easy to find, otherwise Roger will not be the only one to succeed in hundreds of years. Things may not develop to the worst state. The top priority is to find out Holo's thoughts and demands, and why he went to Lavdrew.
Ever since he defeated Charlotte Lingling and Kaido, his reputation is not inferior to that of the Pirate King. There is no reason for him to act for this title, and the big secret treasure may not be very attractive to him. There must be something that we have overlooked. Got it! "
What was overlooked?
Is it Nico Robin? Qing Zhi murmured to himself, but also denied that, no, a man with that kind of domineering look will not be affected by other people, and the cost of the decisions he makes should be borne by himself.
why?
With doubts, the navy arranged operations.
…
the reason is simple.
A visit to the pirate world would not be complete without a visit to Lafdru.
Information about the holy land of Mariejoia Im should also be obtained from there. Ji Xing needs to collect starlight and climb to Mariejoia again, so Im is the only opponent he is uncertain about.
And so far, there is no record of Devil Fruit on the historical stone tablets he has seen. He feels that if that thing is recorded, it will probably only be in Lafdru!
Amidst the sound of raindrops hitting the deck, Ji Xing stood on the bow of the ship and looked up at the sky.
Suddenly, he drew his sword and slashed. The sharp sword light neatly cut the falling raindrops in half. They fell as if in slow motion and met a purple thunderbolt that fell from the sky, stimulating a dazzling aurora and reflecting the white sky. Covered half of the sky!
This is already the third day of the second half of the journey into the new world. The weather has become increasingly weird. Hail and frost are just a child's play. The most dangerous one was that their ship even encountered a 'thunderstorm'.
It's not the kind of thunder and rain, but thunder falling like rain, a bit like the "Lightning Storm" built when playing Red Alert. The combination of Ji Xing and Hawkeye can withstand the power of nature.
At the moment, this little thing is childish.
“Three o’clock! Full rudder!”
In the cabin, the voice of navigator Scolera came out, directing the direction of the ship.
Ji Xing looked around and said, "Wait a minute! The magnetic field here is very chaotic, which makes our body's magnetic field also confused. The direction we think is not necessarily the correct direction. Give me the chart, Skellera !”
“Ah, Boss Holo.” The thin middle-aged man quickly ran out in the rain with a chart.
Ji Xing swung his sword again, then took over the chart to review and find his position.
After getting four rubbings of the historical text of the road sign, Ji Xing first determined the location of Loughdrew—it was indeed not on sea level.
Thinking about it, if there are just four islands connected in a line on the sea level, there is no need to find four coordinates. Three of them are connected to form a triangle. If you sail along the three sides of the triangle, you can always encounter them.
What's more, some people are more lucky and only find two coordinates, and they can be found by sailing in the center!
Even if it is difficult to interpret historical texts, just like Bigmom trained Brynn, a three-eyed tribe, the big pirate can always find a way. In today's era, only Robin and Ji Xing can read historical texts, and maybe some Celestial Dragons, but they can crack it There will never be a shortage of people who have a small amount of ancient writing.
The reason why you can only find Ravdru by collecting four road signs is because one of the two islands is in the sky and the other is under the sea!
Sky Island Victoria and Undersea Heritage Island.
The four islands are connected on the chart, a spatial model is constructed, and the center point is determined. That is the accurate coordinates of Lafdru!
Ji Xing has also specially learned the ability to read charts in the past three years. He quickly pointed his finger at a point on the chart: "It's northwest, ten o'clock direction!"
This was just a small difficult episode during the voyage. Along the way, they encountered horrific disasters such as a maelstrom, a level 16 sea storm, and a Neptune-type attack that could take away lives.
These natural disasters were all overcome by Ji Xing. It was not until they were about to reach the last island before Ravdru, Shui Xian Xing Island, that the attrition of people on the ship inevitably occurred.
Abe and Xavier were both ill.
"Ahem, boss, I..." Lying on the bed with a tired look on his face, Abe said in a ashamed tone, "I'm sorry for dragging everyone down again."
"It's okay. The fuel you provided along the way has helped a lot, and the remaining fuel reserves are enough for the rest of the voyage." Ji Xing comforted him and looked at Doctor Tiffy.
Tiffy shook her head and said with some confusion: "It's like a cold, but... it's not the same. The two people have exactly the same symptoms, like poisoning... but not."
"I see."
Ji Xing remembered something like this. When the Roger Pirates were about to arrive at Rafdru, Bucky fell ill. As a result, neither he nor the red-haired man who took care of him landed on the final island.
Is it the devil fruit? He looked back at Robin. Robin was okay. Was it because Robin had awakened his Devil Fruit under my guidance?
The expression of the human body is completely different between the unawakened Devil Fruit and the awakened one. Just like the Ji Xing body in the Demon Continent, there is a difference between the DNA state of the chain and the fusion of the chain into a state that transcends ordinary demons and gods.
The two patients could no longer withstand the wind and waves, and the doctor Tiffy and a helmsman had no choice but to disembark at Shuixian Island to take care of them.
The crew of the 13-man ship was reduced to 9 and continued on the final leg of their voyage.
Following the chart for another four days, the wind and waves on the sea suddenly disappeared. They seemed to have sailed into a windless zone, and the sea was filled with deathly silence.
They seemed to be the only boat left in the whole world. Ji Xing's powerful vision went into the deep sea, but he couldn't find even a single fish.
Only occasionally, one or two broken shipwrecks will float by, adding to the strangeness of the environment.
"I feel like I'm out of breath." Robin stood next to Ji Xing and said, "But this also means that we are almost there."
"Yeah." Ji Xing nodded and shouted: "Helmsman, pay attention to the sea current! The sea water here seems to be motionless, but in fact it pushes us forward and falls backwards, making us stop in place! But it doesn't The reference object is so calm that it is difficult to detect it.
If you go with the flow, you will only stay here for a hundred years. Control the fuel left by Abbe, and accelerate the jet when you go with the flow! ” ˆ ˆ “I know, Boss Holo! "
Next, the ship moved forward one by one, and sailed in this strangely quiet sea for two more days. They finally saw a continent in the distance - the Red Earth Continent!
When you enter the new world, you will see the red earth continent again, which is the Holy Land Marie Joa.
And when they saw the Red Earth Continent for the third time, it meant that they were approaching Rafdru!
At the same time, a fault suddenly appeared in the sea water near the Red Earth Continent, and it crashed downwards. Water waterfalls suddenly appeared on the sea, which went against human common sense.
But the Grand Line does not rely on common sense. Compared with the upward waterfall in Wano Country, a waterfall in the sea is not outrageous.
“The gravity field ahead is distorted, so there is no problem with normal driving.” Ji Xing said before the crew members screamed: “Full helm! Toward the waterfall!”
Soon, the ship was hanging high in the air and falling towards the bottomless abyss below, but it maintained a relatively stable speed under the strange gravity environment!
"Is this... the power of the gravity fruit awakening? Rafdru is indeed man-made." Ji Xing supported the bow of the ship and observed the left and right sides.
Others were surprised to experience this scene as if they were in space.
Until the boat landed on the ground, a small island shrouded in light mist appeared in everyone's eyes!
Everyone rushed to the front of the deck, except for Ji Xing, Hawkeye, and Robin, all of them blinked and looked as if they were dreaming.
“Is that Raff Drew?!”
“Are we really here?”
“Just like that…we found him?”
Two years ago, Jin Xiao, who had offered a bounty of 58 million to the little pirate, didn't even think that he would have a chance to glimpse the treasure of the Pirate King before he set sail this time!
Others are also similar. Who would have thought that if they join a business group, one day, the boss will suddenly talk to them and say that they want to go to Rafdru to get the treasure OnePiece left by the Pirate King?
And I actually found it along the way!
Who among you on the sea has not had a longing for that legendary island? !
Even just to see it is not a waste of time!
"Indeed, the journey seems dangerous, but in fact, except for the sick Abe and the others, we have been very relaxed..." Robin said with emotion: "Is this the strongest power in the world?"
"Don't flatter me. No one can stop me. The four road signs have been gathered together. I will lead the team myself, with Hawkeye as my assistant. It will be strange that we can't get to Rafdrew." Ji Xing said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go together. Look what’s on that island!”
After getting off the waterfall, there was no wind and waves in the sea area of Lavdru. The ship moved forward smoothly and docked little by little by the island.
Lafdrew welcomes its second batch of visitors!
The climate on the island is pleasant, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. It feels like you are in the middle of the sea, and the wind and waves are forgotten.
A group of nine people, headed by Ji Xing, walked on the green grass toward the depths of the island.
The island is not big, and Ji Xing can basically absorb all of his knowledge and experience. He is also certain that there is no life here except plants.
But there are some huge ruins.
Just like a city where giants live, the dilapidated buildings make them look very small.
‘Is it an island cut off from the giant kingdom Elbaf? Very powerful. ’
Ji Xing recorded everything in his eyes and gradually came to a position near the center of the island. He saw a stone tablet hundreds of meters long across the ground!
A very huge historical stone tablet!
Robin looked moved, and immediately quickened his pace, and said quickly: "Sure enough, Holo, this is the general outline of the historical text, the most critical one. It records the location of the other 25 historical text stone tablets at the beginning! If those are not If it is moved away, we will find it next!"
"I saw it." Ji Xing stepped forward and said behind him: "Eagle Eye, you can't understand this thing, and you probably don't have much interest in it. Take everyone elsewhere to look for the big secret treasure, and be careful. If If you want to know the history, I’ll tell you later.”
Hawkeye nodded and dispersed to the surroundings with the other people who could no longer hold themselves back.
Ji Xingze read the stone tablet with his eyes straight.
After the general outline, there is the opening chapter.
The first sentence is:
‘In human desires, demons will breed! ’
‘In the year 555 of the celestial calendar, the most powerful technological creation in the Kingdom of God was born. They call it the Fruit of God, but I prefer to call it...Devil Fruit! ’
Ji Xing looked slightly refreshed, should he go straight to the topic? The origin of Devil Fruit is indeed recorded here, and it is indeed a technological creation.
‘That special machine uses human desires as its main material, allowing us to obtain the power of God.
Each Devil Fruit represents the direction in which humans want to evolve, strong winds, earthquakes, lava, lightning, beasts...'
“But our desires are absorbed by it, our needs are satisfied by it, and while we gain that divine power, we also lose a lot.
Empty, confused.
We have lost our smiles and happiness.
I want to bring laughter to everyone again, but I am only half successful. King who has inherited my will and strength, you must succeed! I leave you the greatest treasure! Ha ha ha ha…'
These lines of text belong to the preface, but they have already brought a lot of information to Ji Xing.
The main material for making devil fruits is human desire? Its ultimate effect comes from the direction that humans want to evolve? Is this science plus metaphysics?
No, this should be similar to the will-forged sword and my demon blade!
In the world of pirates, human will and belief are originally an extremely powerful force.
But creating a Devil Fruit with desire has side effects. The artificial Devil Fruit Smile makes people only have an expression of laughter, but making a real Devil Fruit will make people lose the emotion of laughter?
Joyboy, happy boy.
Nika Fruit Luffy, the louder the laughter, the more powerful he will be.
Hmm, it’s all symmetrical!
“Huh?” At this moment, a loud nasal voice belonging to Hawkeye suddenly came from the distance.
Ji Xing looked sideways and saw that Hawkeye was holding a strange object like a large trumpet in his hands and observing it carefully. When Ji Xing looked at it, he put down the trumpet and said: "It has a very delicate structure and looks a bit old. It was left by the Pirate King." Is it down? It's a microphone. There may be something important recorded in it, but I don't know how to activate it."
Ji Xing looked back at the stone tablet again.
‘King who has inherited my will and strength, you must succeed! I leave the biggest treasure to you, hahahaha...'
The louder the laughter, the more powerful it is.
Ji Xing laughed: "Put it away first, that thing might be OnePiece!"
Um? Hawkeye was startled and looked down at the speaker.
One Piece? That's it?
Ji Xing continued to interpret the remaining words.
It records a war that started more than 800 years ago, records the origin, rise and destruction of that powerful Kingdom of God, and records the foundation and identity of Im!
“So that’s it…”
In human desires, demons will indeed breed.