One Piece: Starting with Sharingan, First Mate Uchiha

On the streets of Huadu, Nami and Robin looked at Victor from either side.

Facing their gazes, Viktor raised his hand and touched his nose again, but his expression remained as calm as ever.

"There are clearly more important issues now than those that are in the past."

He turned his head and looked in the direction of General's City.

"The third road sign's historical text relates to Laugh Tale; we'd better find it first."

Nami could tell he was trying to change the subject, so she crossed her arms and her eyes became increasingly dangerous.

Robin didn't press him further, but simply chuckled softly.

"The historical text of the road signs is indeed very important."

"However, it won't just run away on its own, and some things won't simply disappear just because they're not explained."

Just as Victor was about to answer, a servant of the Kozuki family suddenly came running from the end of the street.

"Lord Victor! Lord Nami! Lord Robin!"

The servant stopped in front of the three men, took a few breaths, and continued:

"General Hiyori has found Lord Sukiyaki."

"Lord Sukiyaki has confirmed that he knows the location of the Red History Text. Please return to General's City immediately."

Viktor immediately smiled.

"It seems this matter is indeed more urgent."

Nami snorted coldly, but did not stop it.

As she passed Viktor, she moved slightly closer and whispered in his ear.

"We'll continue when we get back from underground."

Robin followed with a smile.

Viktor stood there in silence for a moment, then suddenly felt that going to an underground ruin that had been sealed for eight hundred years might be the safest option at the moment.

……

Inside General City, a closed conference room had already been emptied in advance.

Sukiyaki removed the mask of Tenguyama Hitetsu and sat before everyone as the former shogun of the Kozuki family.

Momonosuke, Hiyori, Kin'emon, and Denjiro were all present, while Yamato stood by the window, clearly having just received the news.

After Victor and the other two entered the room, Sukiyaki no longer concealed anything.

"The Road Poneglyphs that Kaido possesses are indeed still in Wano Country."

"But it is not located on Ghost Island, nor in any underground warehouse built by the giant serpent."

Robin's gaze sharpened slightly.

Where is that stone tablet?

Sukiyaki raised her head, her voice becoming unusually low.

"In a country that has been asleep for eight hundred years."

The room fell silent instantly.

Robin was the first to react.

"Ancient Wano Country?"

Sukiyaki nodded slowly.

"The land where people live today is not the original land of Wano Country."

He walked to the table and unfolded an ancient map that had been preserved by the Kozuki family for generations.

The Wano Country depicted on the map is completely different from what it is now. Towns and roads are located at the foot of Mount Fuji, and there are no towering natural barriers around it like they are today.

"Hundreds of years ago, someone built towering walls around Wano Country."

"Rainwater cannot drain into the open sea, so it accumulates within the country and eventually floods the original towns, streets and fields."

"The survivors could only migrate to the higher ground of Mount Fuji and rebuild their towns on the new land, eventually forming the present-day Wano Country."

Momonosuke stared blankly at the map.

"In other words, what's beneath our feet..."

"Another Wano Country is buried there."

Sukiyaki looked at him.

"That is the homeland from eight hundred years ago."

Hiyori remained silent for a long time as well.

She had lived on this land for twenty years, but never imagined that beneath the Flower Capital and its surrounding villages lay an even more ancient nation.

Put away the map when making sukiyaki.

"The road to the old kingdom has not been opened for many years, and the internal water, rock strata and relics could collapse at any time."

"If the only goal is to obtain the rubbing, it will be sufficient for me and Lord Robin to go."

"I want to go too."

Momonosuke immediately spoke up.

"I am now the Shogun of Wano Country."

"If the secrets that the Kozuki family has guarded for eight hundred years are preserved there, I can't not even dare to look at them."

Hiyori did not back down.

"Brother is right. For the past twenty years, I have been living in Wano Country, yet I was unaware that another country existed beneath my feet."

Sukiyaki's attempts to dissuade them failed, and the final decision was made that the companions would be Victor, Nami, Robin, Momonosuke, Hiyori, and Sukiyaki, who would lead the way.

Kin'emon and Denjiro were responsible for protecting the Kozuki siblings.

The group soon arrived at the deepest part of General's City.

An abandoned warehouse was filled with junk left over from the time of the Great Serpent, and several layers of thick wooden planks were nailed to the walls.

Denjiro drew his sword and cleaved it open. After the wood chips scattered, an ancient stone gate engraved with the Kozuki family crest gradually appeared.

Sukiyaki took out the general's seal and embedded it into the groove in the center of the stone gate.

Click.

The machine, which had been dormant for many years, started turning again.

The stone gate slowly opened with a heavy rumble, and a damp, cold air surged out from the darkness.

Behind the door is a stone staircase that extends downwards.

The depths were pitch black, and even with lanterns for illumination, the end could not be seen.

Nami gazed at the dark passage and instinctively moved closer to Victor.

"Has no one really been inside this place for hundreds of years?"

"I went in a few times when I was young."

The sukiyaki man carried the lantern and walked at the very front.

"However, ever since Orochi took power, I sealed the entrance and have never returned."

Robin's attention was focused on both sides of the passageway.

The stone wall is carved with a large number of ancient characters. The symbols are very similar to, but not exactly the same as, the ancient script used in the historical text, and there are also directional and topographical markings interspersed among them.

"Is this script left behind by the ancestors of the Kozuki clan?"

"To be precise, it is a guide to the core area of ​​the old country."

Sukiyaki replied:

"Only those who inherit the carving techniques and can decipher ancient writing can find the right path by following these markings."

The group continued to descend the stone steps.

The surrounding temperature dropped, and the sound of flowing water became clearer.

After nearly half an hour, the narrow passage finally came to an end.

When Sukiyaki raised the lantern, the space in front of her suddenly opened up.

A vast town, slumbering in darkness, appeared beneath their feet.

The old houses, stone streets, archways and city walls are mostly submerged in dark, stagnant water.

Some tall buildings still protrude from the water, their sloping eaves covered with thick moss, and dilapidated towers stretching into the darkness into the distance.

Even after hundreds of years of erosion, it is still evident that this place was once far more magnificent than the Flower Capital it is today.

The water was so calm that there wasn't a ripple, as if the whole city was just asleep and might turn its lights back on at any moment.

Momonosuke and Hiyori stood at the edge of the stone steps, remaining silent for a long time.

They always believed that what they needed to rebuild was Wano Country, which had been destroyed by Kaido and Orochi.

It was only at this moment that I realized that this country had already lost its true homeland eight hundred years ago.

Robin looked down at the flooded streets, his expression gradually becoming serious.

"A flood of this scale could not have been caused by natural changes alone."

"If the barrier was indeed built by man, then someone deliberately sealed off Wano Country."

She turned to look at the sukiyaki.

"What are they trying to protect?"

Sukiyaki remained silent for a moment.

"The answer lies deeper within."

The road leading to the historical text is located in the heart of the old city.

Most of the streets were flooded, and people could only continue forward along the remaining rooftops, stone bridges, and tall buildings.

Denjiro was at the forefront, splitting through the collapsed rocks, while Kin'emon stayed by Momonosuke and Hiyori's side the whole time.

After the road broke down several times, Robin used the Flower-Flower Fruit to grow numerous arms between the walls and the roof, weaving them into a temporary bridge.

As she passed Viktor, she smiled and said:

"It seems that this time, you'll have no choice but to accept the protection."

Viktor glanced at Nami, who was supervising him, and wisely refrained from arguing.

After passing through a large area of ​​old city ruins, a huge stone chamber connected to the rock strata of Tengshan finally appeared before everyone.

The Guangyue family crest is carved in the center of the stone gate, and below it is a line of ancient text.

Robin read the contents aloud softly.

"Hold fast to the road to dawn."

Sukiyaki stopped in front of the door, a complex mix of nostalgia on her face.

"I came here when I was young, and it was in this stone chamber that I learned to decipher and carve the text on the historical records."

"The Kozuki clan were not the creators of history."

"We are more like a group of craftsmen entrusted with recording and protecting the truth."

Eight hundred years ago, the ancestors of the Kozuki clan carved indestructible characters on hard stone tablets and then sent them to all parts of the world.

Even if the country sinks to the bottom of the sea, even if history is erased.

"Those words can still transcend the long years, waiting for future generations to read them anew."

Robin reached out and touched the patterns on the stone door, his fingertips trembling slightly.

Scholars in Ohara have given their lives in pursuit of these truths.

Now, she finally stands before the family relics that created the historical text.

Sukiyaki and Momonosuke each pressed down on either side of the stone gate.

As the two exerted their strength simultaneously, the heavy stone door slowly opened inward.

A dark red glow emerged from the darkness.

In the center of the stone chamber stands a huge red stone tablet.

It is the historical record of the road signs that Kaido has possessed for many years.

Although the Beasts Pirates control Wano Country, they are unable to decipher the inscriptions on the monument.

They could only confirm the value of the stone tablet by relying on the partial records left by the Kozuki family, and designated the area leading to this place as a forbidden zone.

Robin walked quickly to the stone tablet, his expression becoming more focused than ever before.

Her fingers moved along the ancient characters as she deciphered the inscription word by word.

Nami spread out a nautical chart beside her and recorded the directions, distances, and sea features translated by Robin.

This stone tablet records the third set of coordinates leading to Laugh Tale.

Dressrosa, Zou, and Wano Country.

The Straw Hat Pirates have already obtained three of the four Road Poneglyphs in the main text.

While three coordinates alone are still insufficient to pinpoint the location of the final island, they have significantly narrowed down the possible sea area where the final meeting point might be located.

After completing the translation, Robin and Nami made several more rubbings, which they then sealed away.

Momonosuke thought the trip was over and was about to ask how to get back when Robin suddenly went around to the back of the red stone monument.

There was an even darker stone path that stretched straight into the depths of Tengshan.

At the end of the stone path, a huge boat-shaped pattern is carved on the wall.

Below the image was a string of ancient text, and one of the names made Robin stop in her tracks.

She had seen the same name in the historical texts of Alabasta.

"Pluto..."

Robin's voice echoed softly in the stone chamber.

"Pluto".

Momonosuke and Hiyori turned to look at the sukiyaki at the same time.

Sukiyaki remained silent for a long time before finally letting out a slow sigh.

"The third Poneglyph is not the most important secret of ancient Wano Country."

"What has truly been hidden for eight hundred years by the high walls, the accumulated water, and the Kozuki clan is still deeper inside."

He looked at Momonosuke.

"And the so-called opening of Wano Country's gates is by no means as simple as allowing foreign ships to enter the port."

Viktor stood at the entrance to the stone path, his Rinnegan gazing at the darkness that seemed to devour light.

"It seems we can't go back yet."

Sukiyaki relights a lantern and strides towards that even more ancient road.

Please come with me.

"What you are about to see is the true secret that Wano Country has guarded for eight hundred years."