Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

"What were you saying nine hundred years ago?"

"Are you saying that there was a civilization nine hundred years ago that was similar to Eighardt's technology?"

Torregia walked over and said.

"Yes."

"Huh, is that even possible...? Could such a country have existed hundreds of years ago?"

“Who says it can’t be?” Tregear said. “Have you forgotten Ultraman Tiga?”

"The ancient civilization of 30 million years ago was more advanced than modern civilization."

"The ancient times..." Shakyamuni asked, "What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing...it was just a joke."

"I see."

Shakyamuni said, "This hypothesis of a country from nine hundred years ago was proposed by a man who gave his life for archaeology."

"In that place, a large robot from the same time period as the hypothetical country was discovered."

“The Void Century?” Robin said.

“Nicole Robin, your hometown Ohara was destroyed by the Navy's Buster Call because of this. I know this makes you uncomfortable, but…”

"How much do you know?"

“The reason it was destroyed must be because of the exploration of this hypothetical ancient civilization,” Torregia said.

"If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I might know more than she does."

"Really? Then tell me, what do you know?"

Torregia said, "Hundreds of years ago, that hypothetical country was defeated by a coalition of twenty countries, and those twenty countries are now the world government."

"The World Government erased that history, and no one knows about it. There are only clues in the Poneglyphs and other historical sites. But the World Government will eliminate anyone who might even touch that history. Ohara was destroyed because of this."

"I guess either the World Government's methods are too dirty, and rulers always like to write something nice, right? Or the World Government is worried that someone might use this to inherit their ideas and rebel against the World Government, so they eliminate everyone who wants to know this."

"Yes."

"However, what I'm also curious about is that the world government keeps this kind of thing very secret, and anyone who knows about it will be silenced..."

Tregear looked at Shakya, "Then, Dr. Vegapunk, the genius scientist of the World Government, how did you know these things?"

"You're researching these things now, and no one from the World Government has come to silence you, which proves that you're doing it secretly. So, can I understand that you seem to be betraying the World Government?"

"..."

"Hey, wait a minute!" Sanji said, his expression changing drastically. "This isn't something we should be chatting about... If they find out, we'll all be wiped out!"

Usopp was so frightened by this that he kept hitting his head.

"I don't know, I don't know."

"What are you thinking? How could this place be discovered so easily? Besides, we have quite a few grudges with the World Government, don't we?"

"Then, Mr. Shakyamuni, could you please explain?"

Shakyamuni pondered for a moment and said, "The reason we know about this is because of the man who gave his life for archaeology."

“Professor Clover, right?” Robin said with a gloomy expression. “Besides him, there probably isn’t another person in the world as famous as him.”

“I have a connection with Dr. Clover,” Shakya said. “To be precise, it’s his true form, but it’s pretty much the same.”

"Dr. Clover traveled extensively at sea in his youth, and was imprisoned ten times for his exploration of history. He became a great historian and attracted historians from all over the world to Ohara."

"Because he touched the taboo line, Dr. Clover was killed by the Five Elders before he could reveal the name of that country, and Ohara was destroyed by artillery fire. Everything was almost destroyed in an instant."

“What do you mean by…almost?” Torregia asked.

"Ohara was not completely destroyed; his will still exists."

More than 20 years ago, Vegapunk came to Ohara to pay homage to Dr. Clover, and ended up discovering a mountain of books in a huge lake.

At that moment, Vegapunk understood the scholars' decision to sacrifice their lives to protect the library and that forgotten history, especially their belief in putting their dreams above their lives, which deeply moved Vegapunk at the time.

Upon hearing this, Robin recalled his final moments with his mother, Nicole Olvia, and his shouts with his friend Saul.

"History is the wealth of mankind, and it will surely illuminate your future lives."

"Be proud, Robin! Your mother was great, and Ohara was great. You are the one to tell the story. Ohara fought against the world, and it was all glorious!"

"I understand, I understand..."

Robin was already in tears, overwhelmed with a mix of emotions including sadness, emotion, and relief.

Toregia handed Robin a tissue, then continued questioning Shakya.

"Then what about the books? You can't just put all of those things here."

"Of course not, I met someone there, Monkey D. Dragon."

"Luffy's dad?"

"He also had a connection with Dr. Clover. But it wasn't him who took the books, because he had only been there a short time. We both soon saw a group of giants retrieving the books from the lake."

"Giants? How did giants get here?" Nami asked.

Upon hearing the words "giants," Robin felt a jolt, and a possibility began to emerge in her mind.

“I initially thought those guys were there to steal, but Long told me they knew the value of the books; it was their captain, a man wrapped in bandages, who told them.”

"I will never let the property protected by Ohara disappear into history, that's what that person said."

"Later, Long wanted to invite me to join the resistance, but he couldn't provide the huge amount of funding needed for the research, so I declined his invitation."

"I also told Dragon that the Navy and the World Government are not all fools and villains; there are also insightful people among them."

"Dragon seemed to realize that simply spreading ideas was useless; he needed partners. So he later joined forces with Big Bear, Ivankov, and others to form the Revolutionary Army."

"Huh? Ivankov is a veteran of the Revolutionary Army."

"Later on, I went to Elbaf, found that person, and saw all the books."

“I have a question,” Torregia said, “was that man’s name…”

"Augwar D. Sauro?"

The moment the name was uttered, the entire room fell silent, and Nami and the others looked puzzled.

"I'm sorry, that person told me I can't say his name."

Robin cried upon hearing this. This time was different; before, her emotions were complicated, but this time it was pure joy.

"Come with me, I have something to tell you."

……

Where's your big head?

Bonnie looked at Vegapunk and asked, "I remember, your head was already quite big, wasn't it?"

"You mean this? I cut it off."

"Huh? What?" Bonnie said. "Are you kidding me? How could you possibly cut off someone's head?"

"It should be possible."

Asakura Riku said, "I remember Taiga telling me that Uncle Taro's head was once cut off, and he seemed to be fine."

"You're comparing an ordinary human to Ultraman?" Belial said. "Wait a minute, what do you call Taro?"

"uncle."

"Uncle, you big dummy! I'm of the same generation as Father of Ultra, and you and Taro should be of the same generation."

"what?"

"Taiga should call you uncle, and so should that brat Zero."

"Huh? I don't know..."

"Oh dear."

Luffy asked, "Uncle, how did you manage to do this even after having your head removed? That's really strange."

"I am a user of the Brain-Brain Fruit. The more knowledge I have, the bigger my head gets. Before, it was almost as tall as a giant."

"The giants are..."

"A race, about twenty meters tall."

"So, that means this guy's head is almost twenty meters long?"

"That's really amazing. It's the first time I've ever heard of someone growing a head instead of a height."

Luffy suddenly said, "If you don't have a brain, wouldn't you become an idiot, old man?"

"Don't underestimate scientists, you idiot."

"Luffy, how dare you talk about others like that?" Belial retorted. "You have a brain, but you're still as stupid as an idiot."

Doria asked, "Then what is that apple on your head?"

"This is actually an antenna. I put my head on top of Eghard and connect through this. The other clones can do the same."

"Clone?"

“You’ve met her before, right? That little girl with pink and white hair… or rather, the older girl, one of my clones, Atlas.”

"I have six incarnations. The first is Shakyamuni, who is upright and calm. The second is Lilith, who represents evil. The third is Edison, who loves invention and creation. The fourth is Pythagoras, who is obsessed with knowledge. The fifth is Atlas, who is short-tempered. The sixth is York, who represents desire."

“The clones can synchronize their own experiences and knowledge through my brain, which is the Punk Record. Their experiences will be uploaded to my brain, and they can also share other people’s experiences through my brain.”

Asakura Riku said, "It's like a Void Terminal."

"what?"

"Something in a game I play is similar to this."

“It was also the inspiration from clones that gave me an idea,” Vegapunk said. “If I could connect everyone to my brain, then everyone could share my knowledge, and I could also learn about their knowledge, and the knowledge base could grow infinitely.”

"That sounds so cool."

“What if something goes wrong?” Beria said. “If something goes wrong with this kind of high-tech research, it could be very serious.”

"For example, if someone can't handle the amount of knowledge they've accumulated and goes insane, it can then cause a chain reaction on others."

"For example, some people use knowledge to do bad things."

"It's also possible that if everyone's brains were connected, there would be no secrets between people, and human society might collapse."

"If war or a major crisis occurs, widespread panic, fear, anger, and other emotions could lead to the collapse of human society's spirit."

"Moreover, human desires are endless, and the consequences of unforeseen circumstances are unimaginable."

Belial certainly didn't just think about it randomly. Before falling into darkness, he knew that many life forms in the universe had such a thirst for knowledge, but unlimited desires would lead to disaster. In Ultraman's data, many parallel universes' Earths suffered numerous disasters because of human desires.

Even the Land of Light wouldn't dare to do something like Vegapunk's idea.

"This one……"

Vegapunk said, "I've thought about it too, but you can't be too hesitant when doing research."

"Heh." Belial laughed disdainfully. Those guys all said that and thought that way, but what was the result?

"So... when you were modifying him, was that your idea too?"

Bonnie shouted.

"Sacrificing others to achieve this bullshit scientific progress."

"You damn bastard!"