One Piece: The system is only activated after leaving the Navy.

Yamato, who had always enjoyed arguing and bickering with Luo Tian, ​​couldn't help but feel a sense of understanding upon seeing Luo Tian's expression at this moment.

She strode to Luo Tian's side, patted her chest proudly, and said confidently.

"Don't worry, Luo Tian! As long as I'm on this ship, nothing will happen!"

Upon hearing Yamato's words, Luo Tian turned to look at her, a helpless smile on his face, and said softly.

"Alright, just don't cause me any trouble."

However, Yamato dismissed it with a shrug and retorted.

"Hmph, am I that insensible?"

Seeing this, Luo Tian simply smiled and didn't say anything more.

At this moment, Enel stepped forward and said to Luo Tian with a confident expression.

"Don't worry, Captain Luo Tian. By the time you finish your seclusion, my strength will have increased by leaps and bounds, and I might even give you a big surprise!"

Immediately afterwards, Anna and Angie, the two adorable little ones, came up to Luo Tian and said in unison:

"Brother Luo Tian, ​​you can focus on your cultivation. We'll take good care of little Kella. We'll cook you something delicious when you come out."

Kella, standing beside her, nodded gently, indicating that she would also cultivate diligently.

Luo Tian felt very warm inside after hearing this.

He gently reached out and stroked Anna and Angie's little heads, his eyes filled with affection.

Robin, who had been quietly watching everything from a short distance away, walked over with a smile and spoke to Luo Tian in an encouraging tone.

"Cultivate diligently, Captain Luo Tian, ​​and emerge soon. We'll be waiting for you."

Luo Tian nodded solemnly, responding to Robin's encouragement.

Yan, who was standing to the side, also spoke up.

"Go for it, Captain Luo Tian!"

Luo Tian nodded to him.

Luo Tian then turned and walked towards his room.

After entering the room, he gently closed the door and then sat down on the bed.

He whispered in the depths of his mind, "System!"

Luo Tian chose the option of upgrading the Candle Dragon Fruit without hesitation.

The moment he confirmed the operation, the three proficiency enhancement cards transformed into three streams of light and quickly merged into the system.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful and strange force appeared out of nowhere beside Luo Tian.

This force exhibits two distinct yet intertwined characteristics—one representing the flow of time, and the other symbolizing the power to distort space.

They coiled around Luo Tian's body like two agile dragons.

In the blink of an eye, Luo Tian was completely enveloped by these two energies containing the power of time and space.

Under the influence of this powerful energy, his body began to change.

It first gradually expanded and grew larger, eventually forming an enormous energy egg.

The surface of this energy egg radiates a dazzling light, with the forces of time and space flowing continuously across its surface like water, resembling a magnificent and colorful painting.

Luo Tian, ​​who was inside, closed his eyes tightly, lost consciousness, and fell into a deep sleep.

After Luo Tian went into seclusion, time passed day by day.

During this time, Yamato sneaked up to Luo Tian's room under the cover of night.

She carefully pushed the door open, leaving a crack, afraid of making any noise that might disturb the people inside.

Yamato stuck his head into the opened crack, searching around for Luo Tian's figure, only to find that there was no Luo Tian in the room, but there was a huge egg.

The egg emitted a faint light, and when Yamato examined it closely, she was surprised to find a blurry figure inside the egg, and that figure clearly looked like Luo Tian!

Yamato was so shocked by this discovery that she was speechless and at a loss for words.

It took her a while to come to her senses, and she hurriedly ran out to tell everyone about the astonishing situation.

Upon hearing the news, everyone gathered around and began discussing it animatedly.

At this moment, Hawkeye, who was always calm and composed, spoke up.

"Don't rush, let's not disturb Luo Tian. His current situation may be very special, and he needs quiet and time to recover or complete some kind of change."

Upon hearing Hawkeye's words, Yamato showed a hint of guilt and quickly apologized to everyone.

"I'm sorry, I was just too worried about Luo Tian's situation, so I couldn't help but want to see how he was doing."

Time flies, and throughout this long year, Yamato and the others kept a close watch on Luo Tian's room, but no one ever stepped into it again.

The Dragon Rising, as if frozen in place, remained silently docked on the island where Robin had left, without moving an inch.

1511 AD (Haiyuan Calendar)

Day after day, month after month, a whole year passed, but Ke Luotian's room remained completely still.

At first, everyone waited with great confidence for the moment he would emerge from seclusion, but as time went by, the doubts in everyone's hearts grew stronger: When exactly would Luo Tian show up?

During this time, Tesoro also came by once. By then, he had already established himself in the underworld and had found the place where Luo Tian and his group were stationed.

When he heard that Luo Tian was in seclusion, he couldn't help but show a hint of surprise, but he quickly regained his composure.

After a brief stay, Tesoro resolutely turned and left, leaving behind a message before departing: he would work even harder to expand his sphere of influence, and when Luo Tian broke through his cultivation barrier, he would surely bring him an unexpected surprise.

Meanwhile, Empress Boa Hancock was also deeply concerned about Luo Tian.

Because she couldn't contact Luo Tian for a long time, she led the Kuja Pirates on more than one occasion to travel thousands of miles to this place, just to find out about Luo Tian's recent situation.

Each time Hancock arrived, her beautiful face was filled with deep worry; and each time she left, she was always filled with disappointment and sadness.

Nevertheless, she never gave up her concern and longing for Luo Tian, ​​and that persistence was truly moving.

During this time, Hancock also left a Den Den Mushi for Yamato and the others, telling them to let her know when Rakuten came out.

CP9, under the World Government, carries a heavy responsibility and has been secretly lurking in this land, keeping a close eye on Luo Tian and his group.

However, time flies, and more than a year has passed in the blink of an eye. Surprisingly, no unusual activity has been detected from Luo Tian and his accomplices during this period.

This once bustling and vibrant island now appears exceptionally desolate and lonely.

The island's residents had already been safely evacuated under the orderly arrangements of the navy.

At this moment, the entire island seemed to have lost its soul, leaving only empty houses and silent streets.

A gentle sea breeze blew by, bringing a touch of coolness and making one sigh with emotion.

The CP9 members remained hidden in the shadows, closely monitoring every possible movement that might be related to Luo Tian, ​​but as the days went by, their doubts deepened:

What exactly is Luo Tian plotting? Why has he remained silent for so long? Has he already detected the World Government's surveillance? Or is there a deeper, unknown conspiracy hidden within...?