How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 421 A World That Will Eventually Sink!
These are notes left in treasure chests by our predecessors, written in a variety of languages ​​that are different from those of this era.

Gawain couldn't understand it, but Robin should be able to decipher it.

Moreover, Gawain had a hunch that these notes were left here because they were considered by those people to be as precious as One Piece.

Although much of the material has decayed due to its age, there are still many usable notes.

What is recorded on it may be hidden knowledge, or it may be a technology that transcends time and is capable of changing the world.

just.

Looking at the huge ghost face that Joey Boy had left on the cliff, Gawain felt that things were not so simple.

If what's hidden here is truly just these treasures left by our predecessors, then for Roger, who arrived here back then, it would have been better to decipher these notes and spread them throughout the world than to gamble everything on the new era.

"Is what I'm seeing not the whole picture, or are there some necessary conditions?!"

Gawain was not giving up and searched the island again, but found nothing.

He decided not to linger there, tossed a teleportation coin, stepped across the portal that opened in the void, and disappeared into the air above Laugh Tale.

The sun still shines on this island, unchanged for hundreds of years, and time seems to stand still here.

Only beneath Joy Boy's enormous grotesque face was a new line of text added:
"Fuck Joy Boy! Fuck One Piece!"

……

Standing once again on Britannias soil, Gawain let out a long breath, feeling all the frustration in his heart vanish.

Return to the city hall.

Upon hearing the news, Kro pushed open the door and entered. He glanced at the Devil Fruit in Gawain's hand, then at the mountain of notes piled up beside Gawain, and paused slightly.
"Is this what you found on the final island?"

"what."

Gao Wen nodded, his lips twitching slightly.

Kro asked, puzzled:
"Isn't it said that if you get One Piece, you get everything?!"

"The so-called One Piece is nothing but a lie by some boring bastard; all that's left is a giant ghost face."

"Then these..."

"What our predecessors left behind."

Chloe was speechless for a moment; her idealized view of One Piece shattered at that instant.

"What a... boring guy."

"but."

"Even without One Piece, it doesn't matter. Once Pluto goes underwater, we'll be qualified to replace the World Government."

"By then, whatever your wish may be, it will be fulfilled!"

Gawain nodded, then summoned Nami and handed her the Cloud-Cloud Fruit.

"This is……"

"Cloud Fruit?!"

Nami held the fruit in both hands, her face full of surprise, and her eyes were filled with indescribable emotion as she looked at Gawain.

"Captain, you're so kind!"

"I……"

She wrinkled her nose, a mischievous smile playing at the corners of her eyes:

"I have nothing to repay you with, so I will offer myself to you!"

"Fuck off!"

Gawain glanced at her speechlessly, then shooed Nami out of the office as if she were a fly.

Nami chuckled, completely unconcerned.

After witnessing her companions' monstrous power two years ago, she realized that she might have become the one dragging the team down.

For someone with mediocre talent, there is no more efficient way to quickly enhance their combat power than a Devil Fruit.

And among the vast array of Devil Fruits, the Cloud-Cloud Fruit is the most suitable for a navigator.

Although the Cloud-Cloud Fruit is classified as a lower-level Devil Fruit than the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in the Devil Fruit encyclopedia, Nami believes there is no fundamental difference between the two. In fact, the Cloud-Cloud Fruit's abilities are more diverse than those of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Clouds are a key factor in the formation of various weather conditions, and if managed properly, they can be used to do almost everything related to the weather.

Rainfall, storms, lightning, and the ability to control weather over a wide area are all within the scope of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit's power.

If we combine this with the various types of clouds on the sky island, it's not impossible that the power of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit alone would be enough to create a floating city and lift the entire Camelot into the sky!

Furthermore, by utilizing island clouds, cloud roads can be built in the sky to link several aerial cities together.

In just a moment, an aerial kingdom took shape in Nami's mind.

Without hesitation, she took a bite, only to feel an incredibly strange taste flood her mouth. Instinctively, she opened her mouth to spit it out, but the fruit pulp slid directly into her mouth.

"啕~"

"It tastes so bad!"

Nami gagged for several minutes before she came to her senses.

She slightly raised her hand, and a layer of pure white cloud, like cotton candy, took shape in her hand, only to be dispersed by a gust of wind.

Everything around was shrouded in mist.

After a moment's thought, Nami took out the Weather Stick and wielded it in both hands.

Dark clouds erupted from the weather stick, gathering in the sky and covering an area of ​​several square meters in the blink of an eye.

Lightning flashed in the clouds, growing brighter with time, as more and more lightning accumulated, until finally…

Crack!

A thunderclap boomed, and almost endless lightning fell from the clouds—no, it was as if it poured out of the thunderclouds!
Within an area of ​​several hundred square meters, lightning struck like rain!

This scene.

This caused panic among those nearby, who quickly took cover.

Even Chloe in the office was stunned!

"This fruit...is that powerful?"

"If I remember correctly, this is a lower-level Rumble-Rumble Fruit, right? But its power is comparable to other Logia-type fruits!"

"And the things that the cloud can do go far beyond this..."

The more Kro pondered, the more he realized the power of this fruit.

Gawain nodded slightly; he saw it more clearly than Crow:

"The powerful thing is not the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, but the Cloud-Cloud Fruit in Nami's hands."

"Clouds are key to the formation of various weather conditions, and that's exactly what Nami excels at."

"In other words, Nami's compatibility with the Cloud-Cloud Fruit is probably no less than your compatibility with the Weasel Fruit."

"perhaps……"

"She will also progress very quickly on the path of awakening."

This is an awakened Nature-type!

As far as Gawain knew, even in the later stages of the original timeline, when various Logia-type Devil Fruit users appeared, none of them were clearly Awakened.

The most awakened beings are Zoan-type, followed by Paramecia-type, while there are no clear examples of Logia-type.

The battle between Aokiji and Akainu permanently altered the weather of Punk Hazard, turning half of it into volcanoes and the other half into glaciers. The power of this battle is undeniable, but it has not yet been definitively proven that Awakened Ones are involved.

The difficulty of awakening a Natural-type Awakening is evident.

If Nami can succeed on this path, reaching the Gold Saint level is almost a certainty, if not legendary.

At that moment, a long-absent system notification sounded in Gao Wen's mind:
"Crew member Nami, you have obtained the Cloud-Cloud Fruit!"

"Potential increased!"

"Iron Extreme Rank → Silver Upper Rank!"

……

Gao Wen glanced at the system notification and was satisfied with the result.

Nami wasn't originally a combatant, but with her Silver-level combat strength and Logia-type elemental abilities, she could barely protect herself. After awakening, she might even advance further.

More importantly, the Cloud-Cloud Fruit's ability to manipulate celestial phenomena has so much potential for development.

For agriculture in Britannias, it was practically a god-like existence!

For navigators, this also allows them to turn a passive situation into an active one, shifting from passively predicting the weather to modifying it, making the environment adapt to their own needs!
Such a capability is undeniably powerful.

Rumble——!
As Gao Wen pondered, another flash of lightning streaked across the window.

With her new ability, Nami is having a blast.

Gawain's lips twitched as he looked at the charred building:
"Leave far away!"

"Okay~"

"Captain, this ability has so much room for maneuver, I feel like I can do anything now!"

"soy Mujer……"

Gawain watched Nami's cheerful figure disappear into the distance and smiled helplessly.

Gawain was aware of the pressure Nami had been under these past two years and had tried to help her.

However, Nami's focus has shifted to drawing sea charts and planning sailing routes, so even with the help of Bepo and the navigator team, she doesn't have much time for training.

Furthermore, with their own potential exhausted, even with the aid of badges, they still face numerous difficulties.

However, now that she has the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, Nami's inner conflict has been resolved.

The threat of extreme weather to Britannias will no longer exist in the future.

……

After the Cloud-Cloud Fruit found its owner, Gawain personally delivered the manuscript left by his predecessor to Robin.

"I see."

"Is there no treasure on Laugh Tale, only precious items left behind by the predecessor?"

Robin nodded, a smile playing on his lips, and said:

"Generation after generation of adventurers have left behind their most precious things, turning Joy Boy's lies into reality."

"In a way, this isn't such a bad thing after all."

Gawain's lips twitched; he felt no sense of romance whatsoever.

Putting seven Dragon Balls there would be better than a bunch of rotten treasure chests.

At least the former can actually grant your wish. Although Shenron's power has an upper limit, in the context of the One Piece world, it is basically equivalent to having no upper limit.

but.

That's all nonsense.

After quickly flipping through the manuscripts, Robin made his judgment:
"Most of them are entries in the ship's log, or records of strange and interesting stories from the journey...etc."

"What did you find?!"

Gao Wen stepped forward.

Robin's gaze fell on a tattered notebook, which contained only a strange line of text from the night it was opened.

"What did you find?!"

"The world... is going to sink?!"

Robin's tone suddenly became serious.

Gawain, however, remained calm. He was aware that the world might sink into the sea, a fact he had previously discussed with Robin.

"The misuse of ancient weapons can indeed lead to..."

"No!"

Luo Bing denied it, his pupils trembling:

"Even without the overuse of ancient weapons, this world will sink into the sea!"

"Based on the timeline, it should be in four or five years!"

in a moment.

Robin remembered more:
“Previously, I thought that the sinking of Water Seven was just an isolated case, but now it seems that this is not the case.”

"The rate of sinking is likely not the few centimeters per year I previously predicted, but rather it will get faster and faster..."

"The foundations supporting these islands are collapsing!"

She suddenly sat up straight and began to decipher the notebook line by line, her face growing increasingly pale.

brush--!
brush--!
brush--!
Page after page.

Robin quickly finished reading the notebook and found more related records from the mountain of notebooks piled up beside him.

However, without exception, all of these notes recorded news that the world was about to sink.

One or two might be coincidences, but dozens of notebooks all recording similar messages—that must be the truth!
Many people have verified this message from various perspectives, and the answers they have received are all the same!

In four or five years at most, the world will be completely submerged in the sea, and the existence of ancient weapons will only accelerate this process.

Gao Wenyi's expression changed instantly.

He originally thought that the world sank because of the misuse of ancient weapons.

After all, the world's sea levels did rise after the King evaporated nearly half of Britannias, which precisely corroborated Gawain's speculation.

But if what Robin said is true, and the world will sink in four or five years even without the Ancient Weapons, then everything I'm doing now...

What's the point?!

No wonder the Celestial Dragons and the Lunarians both chose to establish their nations on the Red Line.

The highest point is where the world would be least affected if the world were to sink!
"What about the Red Line? What if the Red Line...?"

Robin shook his head:

"The red earth continent will not be spared either; everything will be swallowed by the sea."

Gao Wen frowned, and a sense of urgency rose in his heart. If this possibility was confirmed, then he would not have much time left.

After some thought, Gao Wen was still clueless. He took a deep breath and said:
"Robin, take a look at these notes first, see if there are any solutions."

"If not..."

Gao Wen turned to look out the window.

As far as the eye can see.

The sky was clear and blue, with only a single white cloud drifting by.

……

at the same time.

A bicycle travels through the waves, and the seawater it passes through is frozen in an instant.

A road paved with ice stretches all the way into the territorial waters of Britannias.

Wearing a light gray coat and sunglasses, Aokiji leisurely traversed the sea.

His exposed neck was covered with hideous scars, clearly indicating that he had recently endured a brutal battle.

Fortunately.

All limbs are intact.

A large penguin camel carrying luggage followed behind Aokiji.

Blu-bloom—!
There was a rapid ringing of the phone.

After Aokiji connected the call, Akainu's cold, hard voice came through:

"Hey, Kuzan, have you thought this through yet?!"

"The Navy needs your strength now, and I need your strength too!"

"You said it before, didn't you? If I become Fleet Admiral, the Navy will become an uncontrollable beast. Your existence will be like a shackle on that beast!"

"After T-Bone dies, only you can stop me!"

(End of this chapter)