Archaeology's holy land - Ohara.
That was an island that no longer exists on any map, originally located in the West Sea.
Once upon a time, Ohara had the most scholars and the largest library in the world - the Tree of Complete Knowledge.
It should have been a dream place for many scholars at sea, but the archaeologists on the island touched the World Government's so-called "forbidden thing."
They tried to read the Poneglyphs and got Limitless close to the truth of the "Blank Century" from eight hundred years ago.
The World Government didn't want the truth of the "Blank Century" to be revealed, so they launched a Buster Call on Ohara for the absurd reason that "continuing to read the Poneglyphs is extremely dangerous."
One day in Sea Calendar 1500, Ohara disappeared in the flames.
Disappearing with it were the many scholars on Ohara and the historical truth they had dedicated their lives to pursuing.
But the World Government did not breathe a sigh of relief, because the remnants of Ohara still existed.
[Child of the Devil]Nico Robin - is the only survivor of Ohara.
When Ohara was destroyed, Nico Robin was just a child, but the World Government tried its best to hunt her down, but never caught her.
Time flies, and Nico Robin has grown from a child to an adult.
They could not catch her when she was a child, and now that she has grown up, Nico Robin has greatly improved her fighting power and mind, so she has naturally become a major concern for the World Government.
Nico Robin has the ability to read the Poneglyphs!
- This alone is enough for the World Government to hunt her to death!
...
"Why did Nico Robin get involved with that legend, Golden Lion!"
Spandam's eyes widened as he watched Golden Lion's ship slowly rise, along with those exaggerated floating islands, into the sky.
Even if he was a complete idiot, he knew one thing, and that was that this matter was somewhat beyond his control.
The reason why the World Government did not force Tom to hand over the Pluton design, apart from public pressure and the fear that Tom would fight to the death, was that the Pluton design was written in ancient characters.
Even if ordinary people get the Pluton design, it's just waste paper, and they can't understand the contents at all.
So the World Government was just watching Tom and letting Spandam pester him again and again, not anxious to take it by force.
But if it's the "Pluton design" plus "Nico Robin," then the nature of the whole thing is different.
These two combined make the "building Pluton" thing possible!
And if you add "Golden Lion," then Pluton's reappearance in the world is only a matter of time!
"It's over... it's over!"
Spandam covered his injured ear and crawled back to the cabin, picked up the Den Den Mushi and was about to contact the Marine Headquarters.
This matter... can't be told directly to the World Government first!
Spandam knew exactly what he had done -
He controlled the ship, attacked the judicial ship, and blamed it on Tom.
Although almost no clues were left in the whole thing, Spandam knew the World Government's ability to act, and they would definitely be able to find some clues.
Even if Spandam was for the Pluton design, the World Government would not protect him if his behavior was made public!
So, he can't directly ask the World Government for help.
Spandam dialed the phone and contacted Marine Fleet Admiral Sengoku as quickly as possible.
Regarding that [Golden Lion]Shiki, Spandam also had the right to report directly to Sengoku Fleet Admiral.
...
On the ship, there was an extremely gorgeous palace, which was the main hall of Golden Lion's ship.
Golden Lion himself sat on the throne of the palace.
The fish-man Tom, who was brought by Golden Lion under some strong arm twisting, sat cross-legged on the ground under the throne, refusing the seat offered by Golden Lion's subordinates.
"Hahahaha, it's more comfortable to sit loudly like this!"
Fish-man Tom laughed, but his eyes turned to the side of the throne.
Nico Robin was standing there, her eyes lowered, deep in thought.
Tom knew Robin, after all, Robin's wanted poster had been spread all over the sea a few years ago, and he also knew that the other party was the only person in the world capable of reading Poneglyphs.
But…
Tom narrowed his eyes.
In his impression, the scholars of Ohara were a group of loud people with very high ideals, and those people could not be with pirates.
- Even if the "pirate" in front of him can be called one of the legends on this sea.
"Um…"
Golden Lion stroked his chin, looking at Tom sitting on the ground.
Is he the man who built the Oro Jackson for Roger?
Golden Lion has a deep impression of the Oro Jackson.
He had fought a terrible battle with Roger that would go down in history, known as the "Edd Wall Sea Battle!"
At that time, Golden Lion, in order to dominate the world, invited Roger to join forces with him, but was rejected by Roger.
Enraged, Golden Lion led his pirate fleet to a fierce battle with the Roger Pirates. Golden Lion was about to win, but a sudden storm caused Golden Lion heavy losses.
Most of the Flying Sky Pirates' fleet was sunk to the bottom of the sea by this storm, and Golden Lion was defeated as a result.
It was also at that time that the oar was inserted into Golden Lion's head and remained there to this day.
"Tsk hahahaha, what an amazing shipwright!"
Golden Lion's eyes were shining, and he said straight to the point: "Hey, in return for my saving you, build a ship for me, how about it?"
Tom's answer was even more straightforward.
"You want me to help you build Pluton? Sorry, I have to loudly refuse!"
"Ugh!"
Golden Lion was speechless by Tom's attitude.
"Hey, get one thing straight, the World Government is going to kill you, don't you want to take revenge on them?"
"Dahahaha, that can't be helped, after all, I really built a ship for Roger!"
Tom grinned and said, "And I will never regret building that ship."
"So, why do you have to mention that bastard Roger to me..."
Golden Lion was full of helplessness.
He had long known the whereabouts of the Pluton designs through his intelligence network, and had recently brought Nico Robin into his Flying Sky Pirates.
Coupled with his own manpower, material resources and financial resources, the ambition to conquer the world with Pluton seems to be just around the corner.
But how to obtain the Pluton design from Tom has become a major problem that is bothering Golden Lion at the moment.
Golden Lion knew very well that the World Government would definitely use any means to obtain the Pluton design, so the methods he could think of must have been tried by the World Government long ago.
If Tom refuses to hand over the design no matter what, it seems that he really can't do anything about it.
After thinking about it, Golden Lion finally picked his ears, looking very bored.
"Forget it, let's just use the old method."
Then he waved his hand and prepared to have someone take Tom back to his room.
"Tell that Tom's Workshop, if you want us to let people go, exchange them for the Pluton design!"
The pirate's "old method" - kidnapping.
Simple, primitive, but very effective.
...
Sengoku hung up Spandam's phone.
He turned to contact a person - Ryan Rowan.
...
Rowan hung up Sengoku's phone.
He turned to contact a person - Habu.
Meteorologist, Skypiea, Habu.
...
Rowan piled a lot of data in front of Habu, and at the same time raised a complex and precise sand table platform.
"Assuming this pirate group can fly, fears storms, and is equipped with the top meteorological team."
Rowan said slowly:
"Based on this premise, help me reverse engineer their route."
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