"You want my treasure?"
"If you want it, you can have it all. Go find it! I've left everything there."
Sea Calendar, 1498.
The man known to the world as the Pirate King, Roger, with a single sentence before his execution.
Opened the curtain on the Great Pirate Era.
In just two short years, the number of pirates surged.
Every day, people from all over the world set sail as pirates, clamoring to become the new Pirate King.
Countless boys and girls of the new generation were ignited by the words "Pirate King," all aiming to become it.
Perhaps for freedom!
Perhaps for ambition!
The world was thrown into complete chaos.
The common people everywhere suffered unspeakably.
And, this was just the beginning!
The new generation was waiting to grow up, waiting to set sail.
The entire world.
The melody of piracy had begun.
West Blue!
Above!
A spatial vortex opened, and a peerlessly beautiful woman with crimson eyes walked out. She took a deep breath and stretched lazily: "Mmm, the air in this new world is really nice..."
As she spoke, the woman's delicate nose twitched, and her eyes lit up.
"...The scent of books?"
"Such a rich scholarly aroma, even the Empire's library can't compare..."
"It truly makes this concubine happy."
The woman gazed into the distance, a smile spreading on her face, and flew off following the scholarly aroma.
"Investigating the world's intelligence..."
"How can that be faster than reading books?"
Having been forced by Teacher to read 220,000 books over several thousand years, she had long since formed a habit.
Reading is this concubine's second love.
The first, of course, is Teacher.
One mile!
Ten miles!
A hundred miles!
The woman crossed hundreds of miles.
Just to investigate that ever-thickening scholarly aroma.
Ohara!
The most famous sanctuary of archaeology in the West Blue.
It possessed the most scholars in the world and the library with the largest collection of books—the Tree of Knowledge.
Looking down from the sky.
The entirety of Ohara.
Was more than half covered by the Tree of Knowledge.
Inside that giant, pod-like tree were stored precious texts from all over the world.
On the island of Ohara, a group of scholars with steadfast beliefs and profound knowledge secretly conducted research on history, exploring the truth of the Void Century that had been erased by the World Government.
World Government: Courting death!
Five Elders: Kill them all!
No ruler likes to have their shortcomings exposed, their dark history brought to light.
Even if it were truly exposed, so what?
Besides ambitious individuals, who would care?
In any world.
Fists are the only hard truth!
Speaking nonsense without strength is just asking for death.
"Kill it, kill that monster, you stinking demon!"
"My child did nothing and got hit? Ugh, what an annoying child."
"I'm going out for a dinner party. There's bread at home, just eat that."
"I swear to the Tree of Knowledge, if you approach the basement to decipher history again, I will forbid you from entering the library!"
"..."
The words of the island's children, the words of the children's elders, the words of her uncle's family, Professor Clover's words, all echoed in the mind of an eight-year-old girl.
It threw the little girl, who had just become an archaeologist with a perfect score, into confusion.
Especially.
When she was two, her mother went out to sea.
Six years passed, she grew up with difficulty under someone else's roof, trying her best to face everything with a smile.
But now, she couldn't even manage a smile.
Malnourished since childhood, the little girl, who was much thinner and smaller than her peers, walked through the streets with her head down, arriving alone and lonely at the coast.
"Hmm?"
Noticing something, the little girl looked up, her blue-black pupils full of surprise.
On the beach ahead.
A giant with red hair, about 20 meters tall, seemed to have been shipwrecked.
"Wow..."
The little girl wasn't afraid, her eyes filled with curiosity. She immediately trotted over to take a closer look, letting out a soft gasp.
"Woooah..."
The giant quickly woke up, raising his hands in a ferocious posture. The little girl took a few steps back, still looking at him with curiosity.
"..."
This little girl isn't afraid of me?
The giant was Haguar D. Saul, a Navy Vice Admiral.
Following his own justice, he escorted a historian back to her hometown, was pursued by the Navy, and ended up stranded on Ohara.
"Water... water!"
"Water?"
Hearing Saul's words, the little girl tilted her head slightly. Seawater is undrinkable; it can't quench thirst.
So she led him to a freshwater lake on the island.
"Ugh, that's refreshing. I've been saved. I wonder how that woman is doing..."
Saul lay down, a little worried about the female scholar. He turned his head slightly to thank her: "Thanks for saving me. Is there a town on this island?"
"Mmm."
The little girl just nodded.
That's right, giants only exist in books. They are not as scary as the children on the island. She wasn't afraid.
"Is this your first time seeing a giant?"
Seeing the little girl staring at him without blinking, Saul said gently: "Let me be clear, don't lump me in with those barbarians from Elbaf. There are gentle giants too."
As he spoke, Saul felt the little girl looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't place her at the moment: "I know this might be a bit much to ask, but I hope you don't mention me to anyone when you get home..."
"I know."
The little girl was calm.
This made Saul a bit frustrated: "You answered so readily, you'll definitely tell."
"I won't."
The little girl said without blinking.
Saul couldn't help but hold his forehead: "Stop trying to comfort me, how can a child keep a secret..."
The little girl was very serious: "Because I'm not interested in you."
Hmm?
Saul was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, "Dereshishishi, Dereshishishi, Dereshishishishishishi....."
Looking at the giant, the little girl asked curiously: "Dereshi? What does that mean?"
"It doesn't mean anything, I'm just laughing, Dereshishishi. What an interesting little one..."
Saul laughed until tears came out.
"You're laughing?"
The little girl was stunned, then she couldn't help but laugh too: "What a strange laugh..."
Saul suddenly turned his head: "Your laugh is rather cute. You should smile more."
Eh?
Cute?
The little girl couldn't help but lower her head. On the island, she was treated as a monster.
Saul continued: "My name is Haguar D. Saul. What's yours?"
"D?"
The little girl remembered and said: "My name is... Robin."
At that moment.
A cheerful female voice suddenly sounded.
"Finally here."
"This island is full of the scent of books. This concubine is so delighted."
Saul's expression immediately became solemn, as if facing a great enemy.
He was a Navy Headquarters Vice Admiral.
He had been using Observation Haki since he woke up to avoid being discovered, but now.
The other party seemed to have appeared in the vicinity instantly.
"Flying... no, standing in the sky."
Little Robin looked up and saw a scene even more surprising than seeing a giant.
In the sky directly ahead.
Stood a peerlessly beautiful woman with light blue-white long hair, wearing a white robe with a pentagram emblem. Especially those crimson eyes, full of attraction and lethality.
Standing unsupported in the sky.
"So strong!"
Saul turned his head, his pupils contracting...
Standing in the sky could be understood as a special fruit ability, but the moment he saw the other party's crimson eyes, Saul felt his scalp go numb.
That was a kind of...
Great terror he had never felt before.
As if the other party could kill him with a light touch, effortlessly. The gap was unimaginable.
"Eh?"
Kaguya looked down and saw a little girl and a big-eyed, red-haired giant.
What a combination?
So... interesting.
"This world is so strange, there are such tall humans..."
A voice suddenly sounded in his ear again. Saul's heart shook; the figure in the sky ahead had vanished instantly.
Such terrifying speed.
Saul turned his head stiffly and saw that woman standing next to little Robin, looking at him with curiosity.
"So amazing..."
Little Robin lost her composure for the first time.
She had been looking at the sky, and the next instant this beautiful big sister was beside her.
Startled, little Robin subconsciously activated her fruit ability, and several hands sprouted from her body.
"..."
Looking at the many small hands on Robin, Kaguya's ruby eyes sparkled: "How interesting. Are you a special race?"
Saul was calm; it was just a fruit ability.
But he looked at Kaguya strangely.
Is it an illusion?
This woman seems out of place with the world.
She's clearly strong, but she doesn't know about Devil Fruits?
Little Robin was the most surprised: "...Aren't you scared?"
"Why should this concubine be scared?"
Kaguya was puzzled. While little Robin was stunned, she reached out, grabbed her hand, and squeezed it.
"So soft, they are all real hands."
...You're really not afraid of me.
Joy flashed in little Robin's eyes, then she said sadly: "Because of this, the people on the island treat me like a monster..."
Saul immediately comforted her: "That's a misunderstanding. It's just a Devil Fruit ability. Didn't you eat a disgusting fruit?"
Little Robin didn't answer.
If she hadn't been so hungry, why would she have eaten that strange-looking fruit?
Even if she were poisoned to death.
It would still be better than starving to death.
"Devil Fruit? A special ability, right?"
Kaguya smiled brightly and raised her hand slightly: "A monster? Only the truly strong can be called that, like... this concubine."
The next instant.
Under the shocked gazes of Saul and little Robin.
Kaguya's crimson eyes flashed, and a brilliant golden light bloomed from her hand, instantly turning into a golden sword of light that reached from heaven to earth. She slashed it casually at the sky!
Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!
Boom crack!
The sky was torn apart in an instant!
A ravine that seemed to have no end appeared in the sky, tearing through the atmosphere with rotten ease and rushing beyond the world.
Saul was stunned.
Little Robin was completely speechless.
At this moment!
The West Blue shook greatly!
Over a hundred nautical miles from Ohara.
On a World Government ship, everyone on board stared with wide eyes in shock.
"What... what was that?"
"Just now a golden light flashed, and the entire sky was split open!"
"Golden light? Could it be Vice Admiral Borsalino?"
"Stop joking. Can you see the end of the crack in the sky?"
"..."
The members of the World Government's direct secret intelligence agency, CP9, were all speechless.
CP9 Chief Spandine.
Was scared and trembling.
Excuse me.
If I retreat to Enies Lobby now, is it too late?
My dear son, pray for your old man.
Spandam: ???
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