Pirates: Trainer on the Straw Hat Ship.

Chapter 532 The truth of the world

"Further down?"

Nami's exploration results instantly aroused everyone's emotions, and everyone widened their eyes and thought about the meaning of her words.

Only Luffy waved his hand without any hesitation:
"So what are you waiting for!? Now that we've found Raftel's location, let's go over there!"

"Hey, wait a minute, Luffy. We're deep under the bedrock. If there's any danger, even you can't handle it, right?!"

Cautious Usopp wants Luffy to think it over carefully before making a decision.

But Luffy, whose arrow is already on the string, doesn't have the patience!

"Hmph!" Luffy raised his nose, "What's so hard to resist? I don't believe that we can't go where others can go!"

"That makes sense!"

Although the specific situation of Raftel has not been figured out yet, Chihong does not think they should stop here.

"Nami, which direction are you talking about? Tell Meili, we'll go over there and take a look."

"It's right here!"

Nami stretched out her slender jade finger, a gleam of intelligence in her eyes, and pointed diagonally below the Merry.

"Okay! Let's go!"

Chihong, who was also impatient to see the true meaning of this world, smiled slightly.

The next moment, the huge warship wrapped in thick bubbles quickly turned its bow and moved quickly towards the dark deep sea.

Obviously, under normal circumstances, it is almost impossible for a ship at this depth to have the ability to move freely on the deep seabed.

As for the whirlpool just now, whether it was formed naturally or designed by humans, its purpose should be to allow the ships that found this place through the signpost historical text to move forward smoothly.

If you don't catch that wave, you don't know when the next deep-sea vortex will form.

But it doesn't matter.

This little problem is nothing to Mary, who is now nearly level 70.

The surging super power turned into a pair of giant energy palms, lifting the Merry and moving forward at high speed in the direction Nami pointed.

Soon, the Merry arrived deep under the sea.

What appeared before them at this moment was an extremely terrifying black pit.

Even the extremely powerful searchlight on the Merry could not penetrate the terrifying black hole.

However, facing this corridor that seemed to lead to the abyss, the Merry did not hesitate at all and plunged directly into the endless darkness, disappearing in this desolate underwater world.

Gululu~
A burst of inexplicable bubbles suddenly emerged from the darkness, swept across the deep sea area, and floated towards the surface of the sea.

……

……

Whoosh~Bang!
A huge ball of light suddenly flew out from the dark world, instantly illuminating the area around the Merry.

It was not until this flash of light, which contained one-third of the energy in Red's body, was released that the Straw Hats realized...

They were now in an area filled with tree branches.

Although the branches are full of signs of aging, they all exude a breath of life.

These branches are all alive!

In this uninhabited area under the sea ten thousand meters deep.

"Strange~ Although there are underwater plants in this world, these look like structures that only land plants should have, right?"

"What the hell is this?"

Franky lifted up his sunglasses, looking like a curious baby.

However, after hearing his words, Chi Hong's eyes suddenly flickered and she responded with a smile:
"Perhaps... what we see are plants on land."

"Ah? How is this possible?"

"Isn't this an underwater world ten thousand meters deep?"

Uta was puzzled. She leaned her hands on the railing of the boat and tried to look out, as if this would allow her to see the branches of the plants in the distance more clearly.

"There's nothing to be confused about~"

Red smiled slightly.

"I guess these branches don't just come from the ground. Maybe we just saw them not long ago."

"Have you seen them?"

Robin looked up suddenly.

"Red, what you mean is..."

"The branches of these plants are from the World Tree in Elbaf!"

"That's right!" Chihong nodded with a smile.

"But... we are at least hundreds of miles away from Elbaf now, right?!"

"How is it possible that the branches of the World Tree can spread so far? "

"Otherwise, why do we say it is the World Tree?"

Chihong responded to his companions' doubts in a calm tone, but he was not very sure.

After all, this was just a guess in his mind.

But Chihong's subconscious mind, which has super powers and predictive abilities, is telling him that his guess is very likely correct!

According to the records of the giants...

Thousands of years ago, the World Tree already had the huge and magnificent scale it is today.

The time it has lived on this planet is most likely measured in tens of thousands of years.

After tens of thousands of years, even if someone suddenly told him that the roots of the Red World Tree had already wrapped around the core of the entire planet, he might choose to believe it after hesitating.

Ten thousand years is a long time that is out of reach for Chihong today. Any number of bizarre things are possible.

What's more, the world they live in is full of fantasy.

The Merry continued to dive.

After entering the dark corridor, the surrounding environment is nothing but plant branches.

Perhaps the emergence of this corridor is due to the existence of these plant branches.

Time passes bit by bit.

Because they were so excited, no one in the Straw Hat Team even cared how much time had passed.

Just like that, under the gaze of everyone, a light different from the flash magic suddenly appeared in front of the corridor.

In an instant, the Straw Hat crew became nervous.

Chihong even waved his hand and directly poured his surging super power into the surroundings of the Merry, increasing its already fast speed even further.

"It's coming!" Luffy looked excited.

Amid everyone's anticipation, the Merry suddenly left the dark corridor.

The faint light shone through the sea water and fell on the faces of the straw hat people, but it seemed so bright and dazzling to them at that moment.

"Wuhu~!!!"

Usopp and Chopper raised their arms excitedly, as if waiting for Luffy's order to start celebrating loudly. But at this moment...

Bang!

The steady Merry suddenly shook noticeably, causing Chihong and the others to lose their balance for a moment.

The next moment, the Merry, which was in the water, lost control of the super power and suddenly moved rapidly upwards.

Wave~
With the sound of a huge bubble bursting, the soap coating surrounding the Merry suddenly disappeared.

The Straw Hat Pirates also came to a mysterious area full of dreams.

"Is this... Raftel?!"

Looking at the "sky" above their heads, everyone's face showed an expression of excitement.

The hazy sky is shrouded in a misty colorful cloud, like the last veil covering the mystery, spreading above the entire space.

A faint and soft light fell from the colorful clouds, illuminating the entire area with a dreamy color.

"It's so beautiful!" Little Chopper, who had a panoramic view of the surrounding scenery, exclaimed sincerely.

For some reason, after entering this space, everyone felt inexplicably relaxed and cheerful.

Because it was his first time here, even Chihong, who had extraordinary mental power, did not notice anything unusual.

I just thought that I had finally reached the end of my adventure at sea, and I couldn't hide the excitement in my heart.

Instead, Robin, who also possessed super powers and amazing willpower, was the first to discover the problem:

"Everyone, something seems to be wrong!"

Robin suddenly spoke up, drawing everyone's attention to her.

Then he said again:
"The air here seems to have a power similar to that in Elbaf Heaven."

"I can feel... this power seems to be affecting us!"

"What!?"

After Robin's reminder, Red was the first to break away from his inexplicably happy state of mind.

He immediately waved his hand, and the remaining super power formed one small super power barrier after another, protecting everyone's body.

After a while, the Straw Hat guys finally left the inexplicably joyful atmosphere one by one.

"What's going on? Why did I feel like laughing just now?"

"What happened, Red? Is there any danger here!?"

"Be careful. After all, this is the final island that has only been visited by two groups of people in hundreds of years. Who knows if there will be any accidents?"

"........."

"........."

As the inexplicable joy was eliminated from everyone's minds, Zoro and others instantly assumed combat posture and looked around vigilantly.

After releasing the protective shield, Chihong looked around quickly, but in the end he did not find any other situations.

Uta, who was also a strong man in spiritual power, slowly opened his eyes and whispered softly after completing the investigation:
"It seems that apart from the fog in the sky, there should be no other accidents here."

Chi Hong nodded, but still said: "Anyway, it's always better to be careful. I won't remove the protective shield. Everyone, please take care of each other."

Nami's eyes flickered as she looked at the water below the Merry.

"Although the Merry did rise for a while just now, it shouldn't be that far, right?"

"So we should still be underground under the deep sea."

"It's amazing that there is such an area under the deep sea."

Sanji exclaimed, then became confused.

"Strange, why is there air here!?"

"I think it's because of that thing!"

At this moment, Jinbei suddenly raised one hand and pointed to the distance diagonally upwards.

Everyone's attention followed and looked in the direction Jinbe was pointing.

Soon they saw... a bright light source shining through the dreamy colorful mist in the sky, bringing light to the entire space.

Jinbei explained: "That should be... the same principle as the giant tree of Fishman Island, the Sun Tree Eve, which sends the sunlight from outside in through the roots of the plant."

Franky suddenly had an idea: "So the top of this colorful cloud is actually a root of the World Tree!?"

At this moment, many people in the Straw Hat Army have guessed the reason why this space appeared.

Affected by the expansion of the branches of the World Tree, the rocks accumulated here were squeezed away by the hard roots of the World Tree, forming an underwater cave.

But after who knows how many years, the roots of the World Tree released gases into this space through breathing, including those strange substances that could affect people's emotions.

Over time, the seawater in this space was squeezed out by gas, making it a habitable zone in a different sense.

Chihong smiled slightly: "Interesting, I didn't expect that the legendary final island would be hidden in such an area."

After a brief exchange, the Merry set sail again.

Chihong and the others have already seen...

In this strange cave, there is something like a thick tree root, entrenched in the middle of the sea.

Although it is called a tree root, it definitely comes from the World Tree.

Just a few tree roots intertwining with each other are enough to create a small island-like area here.

And with the baptism of time, this place has completely become an island that is not much different from the outside world.

"The Final Island, Raftel!"

"we are coming!!!"

Peng!
The Merry was moving slowly, but when it reached the coastline, it suddenly accelerated, causing most of the bow to penetrate deeply into the land of Raftelu, which was a landing state unique to Merry.

The Straw Hat crew jumped off the bow one after another, stepped on the soft sand, and explored the interior eagerly.

Raftel is neither big nor small.

It is big because it is after all the roots of the World Tree. Even if it is placed on the sea, it can be regarded as a medium-sized island.

But other than that, there is nothing to see on this island.

There were no undulating hillsides, no sunken wetlands, and not even a single sign of any living creature.

This space is so clean...it feels weird!
"It looks like the only things in the whole of Raftel are those in the center of the island!"

In just over ten minutes, the Straw Hat Pirates conducted a carpet search of the entire Raftel from top to bottom and from inside to outside.

In the end, they only saw a series of historical texts in the center of the island, and a huge skeleton that had been dead for who knows how long but was still black in color and had a metallic luster.

It’s a pity that this giant skeleton is not of the same kind as Brook.

It can't speak and doesn't have an afro. It's just a skeletal corpse.

According to Red and Robin's inference, they all agreed that the owner of this huge skeleton should be the hero who appeared in the blank hundred years - Joy Boy!
"Hey, Robin!"

"Come and see what's written on it?!"

Although he did not find the treasure that the Pirate King Roger mentioned in Raftel, for Luffy at this time, the treasure was no longer important.

After leading his companions to land on Raftel, he has become the true Pirate King!
So much so that today he even became motivated to study history texts, which he had never been interested in before!

(End of this chapter)