Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

"Yo-ho!" Luffy laughed as he looked at the bounty poster in front of him. "It's gone up again!"

His own bounty had risen to 600 million, while Belial's had increased from 800 million to 1 billion.

Belial looked at Nami's bounty of 140 million and laughed, "Nami's bounty has already exceeded 100 million."

"I'm not happy at all!" Nami said sadly. "A hundred million will attract the attention of a Marine Admiral!"

Baymax, who was playing with Chopper and Carrot nearby, said after hearing this, "Don't worry, Nami, I'll protect you."

"Big White is still the best!"

“Wait a minute,” Brook said. “It seems there are more than just Luffy and his three crew members.” Brook took out several wanted posters, which featured Tregear and his group.

Upon hearing this, everyone gathered together and looked at the wanted poster: "Azure Phantom" Ultraman T. Tregear, bounty of 500 million Berries;

Roronoa Zoro, the "Pirate Hunter", has a bounty of 400 million Berries.

Nico Robin, the "Devil's Child," has a bounty of 250 million Berries.

"King of Snipers" God Usopp has a bounty of 390 million Berries.

"Iron Man" Franky has a bounty of 190 million Berries.

Trafalgar Law, the "Surgeon of Death," has a bounty of 450 million Berries.

"How did they get promoted too?" Chopper asked, puzzled.

Belial glanced at the newspaper, which read: "The heinous Straw Hat crew wreaked havoc on Sawamura Island, destroyed its Marine Headquarters, and killed Commander-in-Chief Spandam."

“Spandam, who is this guy?” Beria asked, looking at Spandam’s face on the screen.

“Spandam, Spandam…” Nami pondered the name, then her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said, “I know who he is.”

"Spandam's father."

"Spandam?"

Nami said with a serious expression, "Do you remember that bastard from Enies Lobby who kidnapped Robin?"

"You mean!"

Upon hearing this, everyone except Belial, Carrot, and Pedro was shocked, especially Luffy and Chopper, who remembered the guy who had yelled at them on Enies Lobby.

Then, Nami recounted the whole story of Enies Lobby to them in detail:

Upon arriving at Water 7, Robin is held hostage. Luffy and his crew storm Enies Lobby, shoot down the World Government flag that symbolizes the island, fight CP9, and rescue Robin.

“I see,” Pedro said.

"But why are Tregear and the others involved with Spandam's father?" Nami was very puzzled.

"Drip."

At that moment, everyone heard a sound. Belial looked and saw it was his communicator, which contained a message from Tregear.

Belial smiled after reading it and said, "Please sit down, let's listen to Tregear's story."

Then everyone sat together and looked at the information on the communicator...

……

A few days ago, the Atlas...

Robin and the others are reading in the library of the Atdis. Robin often reads about the history of the Land of Light and other planets.

Luo was looking at a lot of information about Ultraman, aliens, and monsters, his eyes occasionally gleaming.

"My God, Hyper Zetton is amazing! It can take on three Ultramen single-handedly and still crush them!" Luo said excitedly as he looked at the Hyper Zetton in the book.

Usopp was also very interested in Ultraman. Watching the dashing figure of a warrior named Ultraman Leo in battle, he couldn't help but exclaim, "He truly deserves to be called the Warrior of Light!"

Zoro sipped his drink, glancing at a cosmic swordsman named Zamsha with a slight smile: "A cosmic swordsman? I'd really like to have a match with him."

Franky, meanwhile, was looking at some books about technology with great interest. "Space robots, King Joe. They can even combine, and they're so cool!"

Momonosuke originally wanted to find Robin, but Robin was engrossed in the history of Earth, the planet of humanity, and gave him a few perfunctory replies before continuing to read.

Momonosuke, who was about to cry and make a scene, was given a stern warning by the AI ​​butler Hal, and then dragged away by Kin'emon.

"Hal," Robin suddenly asked, "what's Tregear doing?"

Hal replied respectfully, "The master is conducting research in his laboratory."

"I see. When will he come out?"

“I don’t know either,” Hal said. “This is the first time the master has conducted research in my memory.”

"They should come out around mealtime," Kanjuro said.

"That's not necessarily true," Franky said, taking a sip of his cola. "When I'm doing research, I almost never leave the lab. I keep my food in the lab, and I eat when I'm hungry and sleep when I'm tired."

“A tech geek like Torregia would probably forget about mealtimes,” Franky said.

Robin laughed and said, "It's alright, I'll just send him some later."

laboratory……

The electronic screen displayed a message saying that this stage was complete and to press the "OK" button to proceed to the next step, but no one pressed it.

Tregear slumped down beside the chair, transforming into Ultraman form, his eyes losing their light, while the timer remained lit.

In his mental world, Torregia stared at the orb of light before him...

……

"Drip!"

Suddenly, everyone in the library heard an alarm sound. Luo asked, "What's that?"

Hal said, "This is a weather warning, meaning there is severe weather."

"Something's not right," Zoro said, puzzled. "I looked out the window just now, and the weather was clearly fine."

“The weather is unpredictable, that’s not surprising,” Usopp said.

Outside, dark clouds filled the sky, and lightning flashed and thunder roared. Unlike the usual weather, the sky was filled with dark blue clouds and blue-purple lightning.

From within the clouds, a man clad in black and blue armor, wearing a black and blue mask, and dressed in black and blue, slowly rose to his feet.

Looking around, he let out a chilling laugh: "Hahahaha! Looks like this stage is about to get exciting! Hahahaha!"

The man then stopped laughing, propped his chin on his hand, and said, "But to make it more interesting, I need to go somewhere fun."

Then, with a wave of his hand, a purple portal appeared before him. The man then gracefully stepped through the portal…

On the Atlas, everyone had finished eating. Robin, carrying some food, followed Hal's directions to Tregear's laboratory. She knocked on the door, but no one answered.

"What's going on?" Robin asked Hal, puzzled. "Hal, what's happening inside?"

“I don’t know,” Hal said. “The master didn’t give me the authority to monitor the laboratory, and in fact, I have no right to monitor any of your rooms.”

Robin hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Hal, can you open the door?"

"That's fine."

The door opened, and Robin went in with the food, only to find the house empty. "Isn't he here?"

Robin placed the food on the table and was about to leave when she noticed a hand on the ground. When she went over to look, she realized it was none other than Tregear.

"Tregear!" Robin cried out in alarm, running to Tregear's side and picking him up in her arms. "Tregear, what's wrong with you!"

"Uh..." At that moment, Robin suddenly heard a series of intermittent sounds. Tregear had transformed back into human form. He opened his eyes, looked at Robin, and said, "I'm fine."

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Put me on that bed over there first," Toregia said weakly.

Robin helped Tregear to bed and asked worriedly, "Tregear, what's wrong with you?"

After a moment of silence, Torregia said, "There was a problem with the experiment just now. In order to prevent it from affecting the Atdis, I used a lot of light power and exhausted myself."

"Oh, I see. You scared me to death." Robin said with a sigh of relief, "You mustn't do that again next time."

“I understand.” Torregia then stood up and said, “However, since you’ve come at the right time, I have something to tell you.”

"what's up?"

“It’s about the Poneglyphs.” Toregia paused, then said, “Or rather, it’s about the ‘Void Century’.”

"What!" Robin was shocked, which was unusual for her. She knew very well what the "Void Century" was.

The Void Century is a period of history covered up by the World Government; almost all historical records of this time have disappeared. The only existing historical documents documenting this period are the official historical texts, which few people can understand.

Thinking of this, Robin asked in shock, "Could it be that you...?"

Torregia brought up a screen with a document titled "A Blank Hundred Years".

"You mentioned to me before the origin of the World Government. Twenty kings from twenty countries jointly established the World Government, but how they established it is unknown. That is, the Void Century."

"Yes."

“I have a deep understanding of the history of many planets in my original world, and based on the historical evolution of those places, I have an idea about this blank century.”

"If rulers try their best to conceal their past history, it is generally for one reason: if others know about that history, it will affect their rule."

After hearing this, Robin said, "So, the World Government did this for that reason too?"

"That should be the case, otherwise they wouldn't have kept it a secret."

Toregia then said, "When thinking about the 'Void Century,' one word came to mind: dynastic change."

"There are many reasons for the change of dynasties, such as the corruption of the previous rulers and the greed and delusion in people's hearts."

"In order to maintain political stability, new rulers will deliberately portray the previous ruler as extremely tyrannical or distort history to make their rule seem legitimate."

Robin seemed to grasp the idea after hearing this. "You mean, the World Government is also..."

Torregia replied, "Well, it's very likely they overthrew the previous country's rule."

Robin wondered, "But overthrowing a dynasty is no easy feat. How did they manage it?"

“I suspect it might be this.” Torregia swiped his finger, and four words appeared on the screen: Ancient Weapon.

"You mean..."

"You previously mentioned that Pluto, a former Shichibukai, was being searched for by Crocodile. Franky also mentioned that his master, Tom, gave Franky the blueprints for Pluto to prevent the World Government from obtaining it, but those blueprints were later burned. Therefore, it shouldn't have been found."

"Poseidon, also known as Princess Shirahoshi, requires the discovery of the Poneglyphs on Fish-Man Island to reveal his true identity. However, even then, it's not guaranteed that Princess Shirahoshi will know that she is Poseidon. And besides you and me, no one else knows. Therefore, the World Government is unaware of Poseidon's whereabouts."

"Then only Uranus, the 'King of the Gods' (here, 'King of the Gods' refers to Uranus in Greek mythology, not Zeus) remains."

“I’ve heard of ‘Uranus,’ but I don’t know much about him,” Robin said. “However, his extraordinary and terrifying power is undeniable, which greatly increases the likelihood that the World Government will be able to overthrow the previous dynasty.”

Torregia said calmly, "Therefore, to prevent themselves from being overthrown, the government covered up the 'Void Century' after its establishment, and ordered a ban on researching this history, erasing anyone who wanted to uncover the truth."

Robin pondered for a moment and said, "That makes sense now."

She looked at Torregia and said with a smile, "I never imagined that the truth that we historians have spent countless hours trying to uncover would be solved by you in such a short time."

Torregia laughed and said, "It's nothing. Besides, this is just a guess. We'll only know the real truth when we see the Poneglyphs."

“By the way, Robin,” Tregear changed the subject, “this matter must not be known to anyone, including everyone in the Straw Hat crew.”

Robin was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then she understood Tregear's thoughts. Her hometown, Ohara, was wiped out because she studied the Poneglyphs.

If others find out about this, they will face ruthless elimination by the world government.

"I understand."

"Alright, I've been in the lab long enough." Toregia stood up and stretched. "Let's go for a walk."

"Let's finish our meal first."

"okay."