As expected, when I brought the newspaper to Sky Island, Robin's reaction was very interesting.
"Hah... 600 million berries... It's truly absurd. Even 79 million was hard enough."
"Then shall I change your hair back to black?"
"No, I'll keep it as it is. For so reason, I feel this hair connects to you. And it's similar to my mother's hair color, so I like it."
Robin said, touching her hair. She seed to genuinely feel that way.
Just then, the security force of the Elysium Kingdom ca and reported good news to .
"Your Majesty! A problem has occurred with the Blue Sea people who ca up today."
"Really? Are they enemies too strong for the security force?"
"No, not that. They passed the immigration inspection and were staying on Sky Island. But they caused a disturbance, insisting that they absolutely wanted to co up to Upper Yard, so we subdued them. However, one of them, a girl with orange hair, said she knew Your Majesty and pleaded to et you, so I ca to report."
"Orange hair... By any chance, is there also a guy wearing a straw hat among them?"
"Yes, there is."
It seed Luffy and his crew had finally arrived at Sky Island. Ti seed to pass quickly. The Sky Island episode already.
'I suppose we've been busy too.'
I ordered the security force mber.
"Bring them here."
"Understood, Your Majesty."
After a short wait, Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Elodie, and Sanji were brought before , tied up in a line.
"Candy bro!"
"Boss!"
"Taejin oppa!"
"Pedlar!"
"Haruko-san! Hina-neesan!"
"Taejin human!"
They started shouting and causing a commotion as soon as they saw . I had been enjoying other worldviews for a long ti too, so they were a welco sight. But that Sanji guy seed to only see my wives next to , not .
"Untie them and return their weapons. Good work."
"Understood, Your Majesty."
At my order, the soldiers untied the Straw Hats, returned their weapons, and left.
"Phew... I'm finally alive. But 'Your Majesty'... We were so surprised when we heard about King Taejin. Huh, co to think of it, that island over there looks familiar..."
Luffy tilted his head, looking at the rchant Island next to the palace, and thought. This guy seed really stupid.
"It's the rchant Island, you idiot!"
Nami finally shouted at Luffy. Then, as if rembering, he slapped his palm and said.
"Oh~ That's right. So why is rchant Island here?"
I explained that to him step by step.
"Various things (omitted) happened."
"No way... So in other words, they were telling you to hand over rchant Island and beco a Celestial Dragon!"
"That was it??? I thought a Celestial Dragon girl just had a crush on Candy bro."
As expected, the smart Nami understood quickly. The rest of the idiots finally understood after hearing Nami's words.
"Yeah, so I moved rchant Island here. To a place where even the World Governnt's influence can't reach."
"Even so, to move such a large island here... What thod did you use?"
"Let's go inside and continue talking. It seems this will be a long story. And there's soone you'll be happy to see too."
We went into the building I had created. Inside, Vivi, wearing a mask, was waiting with refreshnts prepared in the living room.
"Co on in."
"Huh? Who?"
When Nami asked who the masked Vivi was, Vivi took off her mask and greeted her.
"It's , Vivi."
Then, the Straw Hats got into an uproar again.
"Ah! Vivi!!!"
"No, how... I saw in the newspaper that you were assassinated."
"We had such a hard ti stopping Luffy, who wanted to go back because of that..."
Nami started crying and hugged Vivi, and then the others gathered around Vivi and greeted her warmly.
"Everyone, please sit down and talk."
We sat in the living room, eating refreshnts, and talked about what had happened in Alabasta. Excluding the things about the 'Will of D.' and sea level. Of course, I also told them that I was married. Then Sanji, trembling, asked again.
"So, you're saying that Haruko-san, Hina-neesan, and even Vivi are all married to Taejin-hyung?"
"Yeah, that's how it is."
As soon as he heard my answer, Sanji knelt down, put his hands together, and earnestly pleaded.
"Brother! From now on, I will serve you as my master. Please teach your ways! The secret to obtaining such beautiful won, three of them!"
I thought for a mont, then answered Sanji's question.
"Well... I don't really know either. It just ended up this way. If I had to say, it's probably an ability. An ability to handle three. And you know, Sanji, from a woman's perspective, you co off as a bit too easy. Won don't really like that kind of man. Plus, you throw yourself at every woman you see, right? That's also a minus. They like a man who is good to them, not a man who is good to other won too."
At my cold assessnt, Sanji despaired.
"Th-That can't be..."
Usopp also nodded in agreent.
"That's right! Sanji does throw himself at won a bit too much."
Just then, Nami slamd the table and said.
"That's not the important thing right now! Why is the World Governnt targeting Vivi?"
"We don't know either. That's why she's wearing a mask to hide her identity here. You all need to keep Vivi's survival a secret."
"Okay. Anyway, I'm glad she's alive."
I also told the Straw Hats about the Drum Kingdom incident. Chopper was very surprised.
"Then you an Dr. Kureha is also on rchant Island now?"
"Yeah, she's currently the head of the rchant Island hospital."
At that, Chopper jumped up from his seat.
"I'll be back for a bit!!"
He then hurriedly ran to rchant Island. The Straw Hats, knowing the relationship between Dr. Kureha and Chopper, let him go without comnt.
I asked why they had been caught so easily. Nami said she had told them not to cause trouble, and also that Hailstone nets had been thrown from all directions, so they couldn't even use their strength and were captured. It was a bit ironic that the weapons created to counter Devil Fruit users were first used in practice on the Straw Hats.
The Straw Hats spent the day at the palace. The next day, they went to rchant Island, greeted the children, and played with them happily. Zoro went to the dojo and talked with the master about various things. Sanji spent his ti making desserts for the beauties. Usopp was on rchant Island, using the Sky Island's dials to make various things. Elodie also walked around the island, greeting the residents she knew.
In the anti, I went to Angel Island and brought the Straw Hats' ship, the Going rry, to rchant Island. After setting the ship down, I looked it over. The Going rry's condition was very serious.
"Hoo... This is..."
Usopp, seeing bring the ship, hurried out and watched look it over.
"How's the rry?"
"Honestly, it's so damaged I don't even know where to start. At this rate, it might sink soon. I'd even want to tell you to set sail on a different ship."
At that, Usopp retorted.
"We will never abandon the Going rry! rry is our nakama!"
I approached the shouting Usopp and said.
"It's not that simple. Imagine this ship sinking while sailing on the open sea. Luffy, Elodie, and Chopper, who are Devil Fruit users, would have a hard ti surviving. As long as you sail the open seas, the condition of your ship is more important than anything else. Don't gamble with your nakama's lives."
"That's true, but..."
Usopp couldn't make any further excuse.
"Hmm... I'm not sure, but over there, they might be able to repair this ship."
When I said that after thinking a bit, Usopp's expression brightened, and he urgently asked .
"Where is that?? Tell !"
"Water Seven."
"Water Seven?"
"A city of shipwrights and water. If anywhere, they might be able to repair it. Even Marine ships and famous pirate ships are built there."
Then Usopp muttered the words 'Water Seven' as if engraving them in his mind.
"Water Seven, Water Seven... Anyway, I understand. Thanks for telling ."
"I'll repair it enough for you to get there. But they might still give up there. The rry is that badly damaged. You'll have to be prepared."
"Ah, okay."
"By the way, do you have money? It'll cost a lot to repair a ship at Water Seven."
Usopp looked troubled.
"W-Well... About money, Nami handles that... Wait a mont."
Usopp hurriedly went around rchant Island, gathered his crewmates, and explained about repairing the rry.
"I suppose we have sailed hard, with everything that's happened."
"It seems to have taken a lot of damage coming up to Sky Island too."
Zoro and Sanji, looking at the parts patched up here and there, had to admit it. Then Nami asked .
"Taejin, do you have any idea how much the repairs might cost?"
"Hmm... I don't know. At this rate, I'm thinking it might cost at least 100 million berries."
Everyone was surprised.
"Wh-What???!!!"
"100 million berries... That's enough to buy a new ship the size of the rry."
"And that's a minimum estimate. You've seen the condition of the rry yourselves. It's so badly damaged that it almost needs to be built new. So it can't be helped."
Nami made a troubled expression and said to her crewmates.
"The money we have, even including my savings, is less than 10 million berries."
Then Luffy asked.
"What happened to all the money we've saved up? We've fought many pirates and brought back treasures too."
At Luffy's words, Nami shouted angrily.
"You ate it all!!!"
Then Luffy scratched his head and gave an awkward laugh. I suppose the Straw Hats' food expenses are enormous.
"Then let make a suggestion. You see that Upper Yard over there? Aside from rchant Island, I know that many golden treasures are hidden in the Shandora ruins there. If you find that gold for , I'll give you half of its value in berries. How about that?"
At my suggestion, the Straw Hats looked at each other happily.
"Great! Treasure hunting sounds fun!"
Then Vivi and Robin also decided to join.
"Then I'll go too. I'm interested in the ruins."
"I'll go too. I'm so happy to go on an adventure with you all again."
"Vivi!! Haruko-chwaaan~!!"
Sanji was thrilled that Vivi and Robin were joining.
"Then I'll have the Shandia tribe who live on Upper Yard accompany you. Follow their guidance and search well."
"Okay."
I contacted the Shandia tribe and had Kamakiri and Wyper accompany the Straw Hats. Kamakiri and Wyper, hearing that they would find the legacy of their ancestors, also agreed to help.
Like in the original, the Going rry's lifespan was already running out. So a lot of money was needed to build the Straw Hats' new ship, the Thousand Sunny. That was also why I gave them this mission. Though I didn't know how much they would find.
And so, after lunch, Luffy and the others, along with Robin, Kamakiri, and Wyper, began their treasure hunt.
"Your Highnesses, allow to escort you."
"Oh, thank you."
"Thank you."
Kamakiri excessively catered to Robin and Vivi because they were queens.
As expected of the Straw Hats, they didn't search quietly. Loud voices echoed all over Upper Yard as they started their noisy search. In the anti, I was repairing the Going rry so it could at least make it to Water Seven.
They returned late in the evening, each carrying bundles of gold. Even though Enel had taken almost all the gold from the Shandora ruins to build the ark 'Maxim,' I didn't expect them to find this much again.
"Did you have fun?"
"It was fun! I didn't know there was so much treasure inside that huge snake."
The large snake Luffy ntioned was Nola. Whether by chance or because it was trying to protect the ruins, it had swallowed so much of Shandora over 400 years that its body was filled with undigested golden treasures. Thanks to that, even when Enel had looted the ruins, these treasures survived.
Robin and Vivi ca back empty-handed. Perhaps they had let the Straw Hats take the treasure. Additionally, Robin asked for a favor.
"Taejin, there's sothing you need to do."
"What is it?"
"When Luffy was thrown into the sky by the snake's attack, he said he saw sothing flashing between the clouds. I used my Warp-Warp Fruit to go there, and there was a huge golden bell. But it was too big to bring here."
Then Robin hesitated for a mont and whispered to .
"Can I tell them about the Poneglyphs?"
"Yeah, that should be fine. If they're out on the sea, it's sothing they'll learn about anyway."
"I suppose so. Okay."
With my permission, Robin spoke again, loud enough for the others to hear.
"That golden bell also had a Poneglyph."
Then Luffy, picking his nose, asked us.
"Poneglyph? What's a Poneglyph? Is it edible?"
Co to think of it, these guys had no contact with Poneglyphs in Alabasta.
"Your dream is to beco the Pirate King, right? How does one beco the Pirate King?"
"By finding the One Piece, of course."
"And how will you find the One Piece?"
"Well... I don't know? Won't we find it if we keep sailing?"
I sighed and spoke.
"Good grief... I don't know if I should say 'That's so Luffy'... Luffy, if you want to beco the Pirate King, listen carefully."
I explained the Poneglyphs to the Straw Hats.
There are 30 Poneglyphs in total, square structures inscribed with ancient letters. They are divided into three types: 17 that record the locations of other Poneglyphs, 9 that record specific information such as about the Ancient Weapons, and the 4 Road Poneglyphs. Other Poneglyphs are blue, but only the Road Poneglyphs are red.
The Road Poneglyphs are the most important. Only four exist in the world. They are the stones that lead to Laugh Tale, the final point of the Grand Line that countless sea adventurers search for. Simply put, they are the core of the treasure map pointing to the great treasure, One Piece. Due to their importance, they are physically indestructible, but with my abilities, I could destroy them.
My explanation didn't stop there. I also told them about the Ohara incident, explaining that the World Governnt has long classified the study of Poneglyphs as a cri because it leads to the revival of Ancient Weapons.
At that explanation, Robin looked bitter again. But the Straw Hats, as well as Vivi and Hina, listened intently, as they were hearing it for the first ti.
"I see. I want to see it."
"Wait here. I'll go get it."
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