One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

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The flickering ghostly fire illuminated a scene of winged figures landing atop a towering tree in a strange contraption.

If Crimson were here now, he would be surprised to find that the painting style of these murals is so similar to what he had seen on the moon!

Moria then used this opportunity to guide Loki's gaze to the next scene.

Above, a group of winged little people wielding long spears are fighting against a group of horned, menacing monsters.

The scene changes.

The battle was brought to a halt by a giant humanoid creature without horns. The two sides, who had become friends after fighting, quickly shook hands and made peace.

The winged people then settled at the top of the World Tree for a period of time. However, as time went by, the winged people, who originally seemed to be different, split into three groups based on their respective characteristics.

One of them chose to follow the World Tree to the continent and then headed to a distant place.

The other group followed the island clouds in the sky and headed towards an unknown place.

Only one side remains at the top of the World Tree, engaging in some kind of transaction with the giants.

But the good times didn't last long, and the world seemed to change again.

The entire World Tree trembled violently.

"Huh!? How did it break here!?"

Moria looked at the wall that had been suddenly smashed by a giant fist, and a look of anger flashed across his face.

It's so infuriating to see something suddenly disappear halfway through!

Judging from the size of that fist, the person who destroyed the mural was probably a pure-blooded ancient giant, much larger than Loki.

"Is it stopping here?"

Loki, who was looking at the mural with Moria, was stunned. He, who had always been indifferent to the world and only wanted to destroy it, actually showed a hint of regret at this moment.

"The history of this world seems to be more interesting than we imagined."

Moria, who had only recently learned of the existence of extraterrestrial life, was filled with emotion as he used his personal terminal to photograph each detail of the murals and transmit them to the crimson chat box.

He then fixed his gaze on a mural in the middle.

"I've been concerned about this since the very beginning..."

"Loki, these winged creatures in this mural didn't leave the World Tree by boat or any other means of transportation, right?!"

"what……"

Loki responded in a deep voice, having guessed what Moria wanted to say:

"If these winged creatures can't walk on water, then they must be the ones who leave Elbaf on land in broad daylight!"

"As expected!" A look of understanding flashed in Moria's eyes. "Vegapunk's guess was right! In the ancient times, this world should have had more land than ocean, but for some unknown reason, the sea level rose inexplicably and swallowed the continent."

"The content of this mural is the best evidence!"

“…………” Loki fell silent.

Having barely left Elbaf, he couldn't comprehend the extent of the shock this news would cause to the world.

Moria, not finding the lack of response uninteresting, abruptly shut down his personal terminal and then chuckled to himself:

"That's the charm of history!"

For the first time today, Moria, who has always only cared about power, felt an urge to truly understand this world.

……

……

a few days later.

Moria's report drew Red's serious attention.

He even took time out of his busy schedule to personally escort Vegapunk and his team secretly to Elbaf.

After Vegapunk's investigation, he finally confirmed that the enormous device did indeed possess the power to control the Sunstone.

However, due to its outdated design and a knowledge gap, even he, the world's smartest man, could not figure out how the machine worked.

Just like how he still can't figure out the internal structure of the ancient robot Emmett.

There are still many things in this world that even Vegapunk finds difficult to understand.

Ancient robots were one, and this strange machine is another.

However, this only reinforces Vegapunk's belief that in the ancient times, the people or rulers of that era possessed technology and power far exceeding that of the present.

The fact that such powerful technology could completely disappear shows that there is definitely another force in this world interfering with the occurrence of certain events.

At least in the discussion between Vegapunk and Red, they agreed that the World Government was simply not qualified to do such a thing based on the power it had currently demonstrated.

Ultimately, having reached no conclusion, Crimson could only return to Elbaf with this lingering doubt.

That secret room became the perfect location for Vegapunk to build his research base.

This place might just be an ordinary little house to giants, but to ordinary humans it is excessively large.

But that's Elbaf for you; everything is enormous.

The external passage, which even giants had to crawl through, added a touch of secrecy to the place.

Anyway, no humans are likely to come to this place. As long as no mischievous Titans come in, no one will disturb Vegapunk's research.

After entrusting Vegapunk and the construction of the research lab to Moria, Red returned to the Pokémon Sea once again.

Through continuous training, the companions' levels are slowly increasing.

He is close to achieving his first small goal of having all employees reach the rank of general.

Currently, only Uta is still hovering around level 50.

However, her strategic significance far outweighs her actual combat power, so it doesn't matter if her level is slightly lower.

On the contrary, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, the three strongest fighters of the Straw Hat crew, seem to have hit a bottleneck in their level as they have increased.

At this moment, Red missed the feature where you could use Rare Candies to level up your Pokémon instantly.

Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, once Luffy and his crew reached level 50, the Rare Candy no longer had the ability to "level up" them; it only provided a certain boost to their attributes after they ate it.

Furthermore, once the attribute reaches a certain value, the effect of this boost becomes negligible.

Even if Luffy and his crew ate a hundred magic candies, they wouldn't experience any significant improvement.

Therefore, nowadays, the Magic Candy item is used by Red as a reward for the Straw Hat Grand Fleet members, much like a healing potion.

Upon returning to the Pokémon Sea, Red quickly resumed his machine-like life, leading his companions in rampages across the Pokémon world.

Time passed slowly.

Two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

A little over half of the time has passed since the Straw Hat crew made their six-month agreement.

On this day, Crimson ate breakfast as usual and was preparing to continue recruiting her companions into the world according to the names on the schedule.

Just then, the personal terminal, which hadn't rung for a long time, suddenly lit up, followed by Uta's beautiful singing voice.

"Ok?"

Crimson was startled for a moment, but still subconsciously accepted the voice call request.

The next second, Moria's excited voice suddenly came from his personal terminal.

"Red Lord!!! Dr. Vegapunk, he..."

"He succeeded!!!"

"What!?"

Crimson suddenly became excited and quickly asked:

"You mean... Vegapunk created a device that allows him to enter the celestial realm!?"

"That's right!!!"

Moria was extremely excited as he thought about what the future might hold:

"However, Dr. Vegapunk said that the current device is not suitable for everyone."

"Therefore, the doctor hopes that you can bring all the other members of the Straw Hat Pirates so that we can select the most suitable person to enter the Celestial Realm."

"I see... Okay, I got it! We'll be there soon!"

It concerned the world's last secret, and Crimson couldn't help but laugh with excitement.

Snapped!

After hanging up the phone, Crimson suddenly snapped his fingers.

A pretty figure suddenly appeared beside him.

"Crimson, what's wrong!?"

As she leveled up, Meili, who had grown into a graceful young woman resembling an eighteen-year-old girl, appeared beside Crimson.

Crimson, on the other hand, grinned:

"Merry, go and inform everyone."

"We're about to set sail!!!"

Chapter 526 Willpower Test

"Wuhu~!!!"

Above the misty sky, Luffy spread his arms wide, enjoying the feeling of the gusts of wind blowing past him, and let out a refreshing shout.

The red shirt and iconic straw hat fluttered freely behind Luffy, as if venting his frustrations from the past few days.

Although the Straw Hat Pirates are getting closer and closer to breaking out of the atmosphere and entering outer space, the closer they get, the more anxious Luffy and the others become.

They are eager to see a wider world.

And today, they have finally reached the most crucial step: the long-hidden historical text of the road signs is finally about to be complete!