One Piece: Starting with Sharingan, First Mate Uchiha

Led by Perospero, the Straw Hat crew navigated into an old syrup transport route.

This passage once connected the underground warehouse of Cake Island with the surrounding islands, and was used to transport syrup, cream ingredients, and precious dessert materials.

But now, it is half destroyed.

The walls were covered with burnt syrup, resembling congealed black blood.

The ground was riddled with cracks, and many places had collapsed into deep pits. Occasionally, traces of knife cuts, gunshots, and explosions could be seen.

Perospero walked at the front, his candy cane tapping the ground, his face grim.

Nami followed behind, carefully noting the route, while reminding everyone:

"Don't touch anything indiscriminately."

"Blackbeard has already searched this place thoroughly; who knows if there are still traps left?"

Usopp shrank back and hugged his slingshot tightly.

"Could you please not say that in a place like this?"

Chopper also nervously looked around.

Luffy walked very fast; if Sanji and Zoro hadn't been watching him from both sides, he probably would have already rushed to the deepest part.

The group continued deeper into the area.

Soon, they arrived at the perimeter of the treasure room.

The heavy gate, which was originally strong enough to stop a large-scale invasion, has been completely destroyed.

The door looked as if it had been torn open from the center by some terrifying force, with traces of darkness remaining on the edges, as if a huge black hand had once pressed down on it.

Perospero stood in front of the door, his breathing slightly paused.

Then he led everyone inside.

The treasure room was in a mess.

Charlotte Linlin's collections, treasures, weapons, intelligence documents, and records of rare races were almost entirely looted.

All that remained on the ground were smashed cabinets, empty shelves, and scattered fragments of documents.

When Nami saw the empty treasure vault, she almost froze on the spot.

"No!"

"So much treasure..."

"They're all gone..."

Her voice trembled as if she had witnessed some kind of tragedy.

Sanji glanced at her speechlessly.

"Nami-san, isn't now the time to be worried about the treasure?"

"What do you know!"

Nami clenched her fist, tears welling up in her eyes.

"This is a treasure trove!"

"And it's the treasure trove of one of the Four Emperors!"

Usopp had no time to criticize Nami; he nervously looked around.

"Could there be any bombs or something similar here?"

Chopper immediately hugged the medkit tightly.

"Don't make it sound so scary!"

Franky wanted to go forward to inspect the equipment, but Victor raised his hand to stop him.

He closed his eyes, and his Sharingan slowly scanned his surroundings.

There was no obvious smell of gunpowder, nor were there any trigger mechanisms.

"Keep going in."

"Victor said."

Perospero gritted his teeth and led everyone to the deepest part of the treasure room.

This is the red stone chamber where the historical text of the fourth road sign is stored.

The stone chamber door was also damaged, with traces of the Dark Fruit's erosion remaining on the door frame, as if it had been gnawed by a black tide.

The heavy door panel lay to one side, its edges cracked, and its surface bearing countless marks of being dragged and crushed.

The group entered the stone chamber.

Then at the same time, I saw the huge empty base in the center.

The base is still there.

The stone tablet is gone.

The room was eerily quiet.

Luffy's expression slowly darkened.

Robin stepped forward and bent down to gently touch the edge of the base.

She observed the drag marks, stone chips, and remaining indentations on the ground, and then looked at the widened damage marks at the entrance to the stone chamber.

After a moment, she whispered:

"It wasn't destroyed."

"It was moved completely."

Perospero gritted his teeth.

Even though he was mentally prepared, he still felt a strong sense of humiliation when he actually saw the last coordinates left by his mother disappear from there.

Blackbeard did more than just kill his mother.

They also took away the important key that they once used to pursue the title of Pirate King.

The Straw Hat crew remained silent for a moment.

The last piece of the road sign history has indeed fallen into Blackbeard's hands.

Robin slowly stood up.

"In that case, the answer is clear."

"To reach Laugh Tale, we must retrieve the last piece from Blackbeard."

Nami frowned.

The problem is that we don't know where he is right now.

"And there's a large group of pirates outside who were attracted by the newspapers."

Usopp couldn't help but cover his head in disbelief.

"So, we made a wasted trip and now we're being chased by even more people?"

Victor looked at the empty base and said with a smile:

"It wasn't a wasted trip."

"At least we've identified the most important objective."

Luffy clenched his fist.

"Then go find him."

Just as everyone was about to leave the stone chamber, Victor suddenly stopped.

He looked at the shadow behind the base.

That place should have been empty.

The next moment, a wisp of black flame silently appeared.

Brooke took a half step back instantly, her tone tense.

"Be careful!"

"This is no ordinary flame."

Perospero's expression changed drastically.

The wisp of black soul fire gradually expanded, and a distorted smiling face appeared on the surface of the flame.

It had no temperature, yet it made the air in the entire stone chamber feel cold and damp.

Then, the voice of a black-bearded man came from the flames.

"Hehehehehe!"

"Straw Hat Boy!"

"Damn Victor!"

"I knew you'd come here!"

Luffy suddenly looked up.

"Teach!"

The black flames continued to flicker, as if mocking their anger.

What you want is no longer here.

"but--"

The black-bearded man's voice suddenly trailed off, filled with malice.

"As compensation, I'll give you a gift!"

"Hehehehehe!"

The moment those words were spoken, Viktor's pupils contracted slightly.

He finally sensed the unusual fluctuations deep beneath the stone chamber, which were concealed by the black soul fire.

It's too deep, and too hidden.

Blackbeard did leave traps, but he used the combined power of the Soul-Soul Fruit and the Dark-Dark Fruit to suppress the aura of the traps until the very last moment.

"Back off!"

Viktor only managed to utter those two words.

The next second, the black fire suddenly crashed to the ground.

boom!

A large amount of explosives buried underground in the treasure room were simultaneously ignited.

The entire red stone chamber was instantly engulfed by flames.

A terrifying shockwave erupted from the ground upwards, causing walls, foundations, passageways, and ceilings to collapse simultaneously.

Perospero's expression changed drastically, Chopper cried out in surprise, and Usopp's eyes widened, barely having time to react.

Just as the explosion engulfed everyone, Viktor stood at the forefront, his Sharingan flashing.

The blue-purple skeleton suddenly unfolded.

The half-skeletal frame of Susanoo, like a giant, semi-transparent skeleton, protected the Straw Hat crew and Perospero within it.

The explosion slammed heavily onto the Susanoo skeleton.

The skeleton vibrated violently, and surface cracks flashed by, but it still managed to withstand the first wave of impact.

Usopp was so shocked that he fell to the ground.

"I almost died!"

"I almost died!"

Chopper screams while clutching his hat:

"Viktor, thanks to you, we were almost wiped out!"

"Is now the time to talk about this?"

The explosions did not end immediately.

The explosives Blackbeard planted were clearly not just for collapsing the stone chamber.

They were detonated in succession along the structure above the treasure room.

The roaring sound spread upwards.

The entire underground area of ​​Cake Island looked as if it had been torn open from the inside by a giant hand.

The heavy building above was directly blown away, and huge stones, syrup, charred walls, and fragments of the broken treasure vault soared into the sky.

The next moment, blinding sunlight streamed down from above.

The entire treasure room was blown open, revealing the sky.

Dust billowed everywhere.

Flames scattered.

Sunlight streamed through the huge gap into the red stone chamber that was originally buried deep underground.

Usopp, panting heavily, clutched his slingshot and shouted:

"I'm saved..."

"Victor, thank you so much!"

Luffy's face was grim as he stared intently at the dissipating black flame.

The black-bearded man's voice had disappeared.

But the lingering echoes of that maniacal laughter seemed to still reverberate in the stone chamber.

Usopp had just breathed a sigh of relief when Robin suddenly looked up at the gap in the sky.

Her expression changed.

"wrong."

Nami reacted at the same time, and her face instantly turned ugly.

Robin said in a deep voice:

"We need to get out of here quickly."

"The pirates outside will definitely be attracted by the explosion."

This statement immediately made everyone realize the problem.

Blackbeard's "gift" wasn't just meant to kill them.

If the sole purpose was murder, the explosives could have been buried much more discreetly, and there was no need to leave such an exaggerated black fire trail.

What Blackbeard really wanted to do was to create a massive explosion that would alarm the entire perimeter of Whole Cake Island.

Let all the pirates who flood into Totto Land know—

Something big has happened here.

There are people here.

There might be something they want to steal here.

Perospero gritted his teeth and looked at the huge gaping hole that had been blasted open above his head.

The foreign pirates must have already seen the explosion and flames in the direction of Whole Cake Island.

Regardless of the truth, they will come.

Nami immediately gave the order:

"retreat!"

"Get out of here immediately!"

Luffy held down his straw hat, his face grim.

Viktor put away the Susanoo skeleton, looked at the smoke and dust in the sky, and said in a low voice:

"Teach..."

"You really know how to give gifts."

On the distant sea, countless pirate ships simultaneously changed direction.

The flames from the explosion shot into the sky above Whole Cake Island, and billowing black smoke, like a flag, proclaimed its location to the entire Totland.

"There's been a huge explosion there!"

"Let's go take a look!"

"Maybe it's a red stone!"

"It could also be the Straw Hat Pirates!"

Pirate ships surged toward Whole Cake Island.

Blackbeard's first gift completely ignited the world.