Pirates: Trainer on the Straw Hat Ship.

Chapter 538 The past was the past, and the present is now

At this moment, Joyboy had already tried his last resort.

Having lost the overall situation, he could only hate his own naivety and entrust everything to the future.

As his companions with special destinies were sent away one by one, Joy Boy became a lonely man again.

Just like the first time he went to sea.

At this time, Joyboy had just reached adolescence compared to his long life.

But after going through this series of events, he felt exhausted inside, and even his face, which should have been tender, was covered with traces of frost.

Some people can go, some people can't.

Joyboy did not let Tian Shiyue send him to the future.

He will try one last time!
Whether it is because of the reluctance in one's heart or for the purpose of enabling partners to act more smoothly in the future.

In short, this is the inevitable fate for Joyboy.

With the response from Joyboy, an army was put together again.

But this time, the number of people willing to follow Joey Boy to fight has decreased significantly.

On the one hand, the power displayed by Im and the coalition of twenty kings was too strong. They saw no hope of victory and did not want to make fearless sacrifices.

On the other hand, many people don’t realize that…

The [World Government] established by Im and the Twenty Kings will not be as simple as Joyboy's huge kingdom.

Because of this, it’s no surprise that Joyboy and his friends lost the battle!

Although during the war, Joyboy, who possessed supreme power, beat Im severely and made him flee in panic, he still could not provide much help to the entire battlefield.

And the backlash of defeat would be more serious than Joyboy had imagined.

The fishmen and mermaids, who had failed to fulfill their promise and had helped Joyboy fight the war for several years, were directly judged by the World Government as inferior creatures without any human rights, and were treated no differently from livestock.

Secondly, the Country of Wano, which possesses the ability to engrave historical stele, was forced to close its doors to the outside world. It could only rely on its natural geographical advantages to isolate Im's troops outside the island.

The Minks...their treatment was not much different from that of the mermaids. It was just that the damage caused by the Minks to the World Government was not obvious, so they were not prosecuted additionally. However, the weak among them lost the opportunity to walk freely in this world.

The fate of some other races was even more miserable, but it doesn’t matter anymore.

Tian Shiyue, who once helped Joy Boy complete an important mission, directly activated his fruit ability to avoid a potentially fatal attack by traveling through time and space.

Fortunately, Tian Shiyue's travel through time was already part of Joey Boy's plan.

In order to prevent their plan from going wrong and the Solar Crystal from falling into Im's hands again, Tian Shiyue must travel to eight hundred years later, which is the time point when the Solar Crystal will appear, and then find someone who can use the Solar Crystal to complete control of the Solar Crystal.

As far as Tian Shiyue could remember, she only knew of two places that had the ability to control the sun's crystal bloodline.

One is her hometown, Wano Country, which she had never seen even though she was born in a huge kingdom.

When she was following Joy Boy, she saw the Kozuki clan using solar crystals to control a huge aircraft.

Another place she could seek is Alabasta, Queen Lily's hometown.

However, Tianyue, who suddenly traveled through time and space, had no idea where Alabasta was. He also didn't know whether Queen Lily's brother had followed her instructions and turned Nefertari into a Niwang family.

So although there seem to be two choices before Tian Shiyue, there is actually only one.

In this way, every once in a while, a little girl would appear in this world, looking for the location of Wano Country.

Of course, Joyboy had no way of knowing all this.

After being defeated again, he has completely lost the ability to compete with Im in this era.

Eventually he found several important pieces of history that had been sent to a short distance into the future, and brought them to the final island.

In an isolated place, Joyboy, who had been exhausted by the successive battles, met the end of his life.

……

……

“History… is this what it is?”

The final island, Raftel. After listening to the contents of the historical text translated by Robin, the Straw Hat members all showed sighing expressions on their faces.

It has to be said that Joey Boy's life is indeed full of legends.

He was the first to go out to sea and explore the world. At a young age, he completed the feat of crossing a planet. Then he led mankind to overthrow the regime of the dictatorial rulers, the Lunalia tribe, and transformed the Kingdom of God into a huge kingdom suitable for human habitation.

He is full of charm, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people willing to fight against the World Government with him even though they know they can't win.

It's a pity that Joey Boy trusted others too much, so he played a good hand badly, and the whole world fell into dire straits because of his naivety.

"but……"

Just when the companions were immersed in the magnificent life of Joey Boy, Chihong suddenly chuckled:
"This Joyboy's personality is really similar to yours, Luffy!"

"No wonder so many people in the futures I saw mistook you for Joey Boy."

"What~"

Luffy pouted in dissatisfaction, "I won't be defeated by that guy Im!"

"So you admit that you're going to be as stupid as him, right?!"

Akhong pursed his lips and smiled, which immediately made Luffy so angry that he stomped his feet.

But when faced with Chihong's statement, he was completely unable to refute it.

Because if Luffy was in Joy Boy's position at that time, he felt that he would do the same thing as Joy Boy.

"Okay, I've seen enough history."

After finishing teasing Luffy, Red suddenly clapped his hands, interrupting everyone's thinking about history, and said with a smile:

"History is only history after all. We cannot change the past of this planet."

"Being too obsessed with history can prevent us from seeing the future more clearly."

"Don't forget, our goal is the sea of ​​stars!!!"

"You're right!"

Snapped!
Luffy suddenly clapped his fist, an excited smile on his face.

"Now that the final island has been found, Red, we should explore the stars next, right!?"

It can be seen from the historical text that whether it is the solar crystals that brought endless disasters to the world, or the moon people who ruled the world for countless years, they all came from the deep and mysterious starry sky.

Whether it is the blue planet or the moon, compared with the vast starry sky, they are just a drop in the ocean and insignificant.

This is enough to prove how wonderful and powerful things there are in the vast universe!

"You reminded me!"

The tip of his red eyebrow raised.

"Come to think of it, the Sun Crystal should not be a product created by the people on the moon..."

“I just don’t know whether the solar crystals are a strange thing that grew naturally in the natural environment, or whether they accidentally fell to the moon from a more distant place.”

"If it's the former, it's fine. But if it's the latter..."

"In such a vast universe, there may be more than one treasure like the Sun Crystal!" "That is to say, there are many more treasures in this starry sky that we can't even imagine!"

"Stop talking, I can't wait!!!"

After hearing what Red said, Luffy's heart instantly became even hotter.

"Since you can't wait, let's go!" Chihong smiled, "It's time to go out... and beat Yimu to pieces!"

Judging from the performance in the historical text, Im's fighting ability is weaker than Joyboy's.

Although Red didn't know how powerful Joyboy was at his peak, he felt that Luffy, who was now able to stack Mega Evolution, Gigantamax, Nika's Power, Pokémonization, and the top three colors of Haki...

There is no reason why he would not be able to defeat Im, a person even Joyboy is afraid of.

What's more, they didn't go looking for Im immediately after they went out.

After understanding Im's strength, Chihong felt that there would be no problem at all even if they moved the time of the final battle forward a little bit.

"Eh?"

Seeing that Red actually turned around and was about to leave, Usopp and others beside him hurriedly said in surprise:

"Wait a minute, Chihong, according to the historical text, isn't the Sun Crystal going to descend in the near future?"

"Aren't we waiting here for the sun to crystallize?"

"Why wait for it?" Red asked nonchalantly, "Even if Luffy really has the blood of the moon people as the historical text says, and can control the power of the sun crystal..."

"But how much energy do you think is left for us to use in the solar crystal after it has been used several times in a short period of time?"

"Do we still have to accumulate our willpower for a few years before we go to fight Im, as Joyboy said?"

"We don't have that much time!"

"That seems to be true~"

Usopp nodded in astonishment.

Nami also agreed: "You are right. Instead of waiting for the Sun Crystal to form, it is better to practice with Red and it will be more effective, hehe~"

"Forehead……"

The Straw Hat crew, who had just been reminiscing about history, suddenly looked stunned.

They were surprised to find...

It should be a historical truth that shocks the world, but to them it is just an ordinary story.

The blank hundred years and the historical truth seemed nothing compared to what they were going to do next.

For more than eight hundred years, Joyboy's companions and allies made various plans to overthrow Yim's rule.

But for the Straw Hat Pirates today, all of this has long been within their reach.

No need for strength from the past, and no need for any waiting!

If only they wanted to, if only they could...

"Perhaps~the future is really more important than history."

Touching the ancient characters full of traces of time, Robin's slightly raised mouth corners revealed a faint smile.

As long as all the forces of the World Government can be defeated, who would care what the truth of history is?

This may seem sad for an archaeologist, but it is reality.

"But...I still want to thank you~"

After taking a final look at the historical text, Robin took a step towards the Straw Hat crew.

Although what happened in history will not cause any changes to them today, if Queen Lily had not created the O'Hara organization that carries history, there would naturally be no O'Hara Island where Robin was born.

She will never forget this kindness.

pat~
Just as Robin was thinking, the sand under her feet suddenly loosened, and then a sound like a key pressing suddenly rang out.

The Straw Hat guys turned around and saw Robin curiously picking up a shell from the sand.

stab~
Accompanied by a noisy sound, a beam of light suddenly shot out from the shell.

"Hmm? Is this a... video?"

Little Chopper quickly approached Robin, as if he was afraid that the shell in her hand would be in danger.

But the next moment, a huge voice suddenly came from above everyone's head.

"Hey, hey, hey!?"

"This thing... is supposed to be used like this, right!?"

Everyone looked up in confusion, only to see the shadow of a giant in the sky quickly reuniting under the power of Image Bay.

However, the phantom seemed unfamiliar with how to use the image shell, and it fiddled with it for a long time before it was able to record its entire image.

Immediately...

A giant who looked 70% similar to Luffy suddenly appeared in the sight of the Straw Hat people.

"This is……"

Chihong was slightly stunned.

He suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a scene in the anime where Roger's pirate group was amused by something and laughed out loud.

Obviously, the content portrayed in the historical text is not enough to make people laugh out loud.

Even what they are laughing at should be the content of this video, right?
as predicted.

After entering the painting, the giant immediately began to introduce himself:

"To all the little ones who will arrive at the final island in the future, I am Joyboy~"

"Although I don't know whether you are humans, furries, or mermaids, since you have found this place, it means that you must have the power to conquer this sea, right!?"

"Since you are so powerful, you can be considered a local figure."

"To celebrate your ability to travel thousands of miles and overcome so many difficulties, today... let me do a dance for you to celebrate!!!"

As he said this, Joey Boy in the image burst into laughter.

While laughing, he took off his clothes.

Soon, a naked giant wearing only white briefs appeared in front of everyone.

Then, a strange tone came out of Joyboy's mouth.

From the first second he spoke, the Straw Hat crew knew that this Joy Boy was a guy who had no musical talent at all, just like Luffy.

However, Joy Boy seemed completely unaware of this, and began singing and dancing naked for the Straw Hat Group.

Just like that, although it was only a few minutes, Chihong and the others enjoyed a strange dance that was like humans taming their limbs.

The dance ended, and the Joey Boy in the video seemed very satisfied with his performance. He nodded in approval and closed the video record, leaving a sentence unfinished:
"I don't know how many people will be fascinated by my dancing in the future..."

(End of this chapter)