One Piece: Starting with Sharingan, First Mate Uchiha

"Before the world was divided—"

"All the oceans."

"We were once one."

Robin read aloud the ancient text below the map.

A profound silence fell upon the depths of the ancient study hall.

The banquet outside was still going on.

The giant's laughter, the clinking of wine glasses, and the music played by Brook could be faintly heard through the heavy stone door.

But in front of this enclosed bookshelf, all sounds seem to become distant.

Sauro looked down at the research materials spread out on the stone table.

This record was kept in Elbaf for twenty-two years.

He personally brought it back from the ruins of Ohara and carefully placed it in the deepest part of the library.

Khossauro was unable to decipher the ancient script.

Only today did he learn the true meaning of the sentence at the bottom of the map.

"All the oceans..."

"Were they originally one piece?"

Viktor stood by the stone table, his gaze fixed on the ancient map that had turned yellow.

There are no clear markings for the East China Sea, West China Sea, South China Sea, and North China Sea.

There are no internationally recognized shipping routes or island numbers.

Most of the coastline is now blurred.

In some places, only a few barely recognizable ink marks remain.

It can be located in the center of the map.

The interconnected ocean currents remain clearly visible.

Lines stretch from one end of the world to the other.

It was not interrupted by the red earth continent along the way.

It was not blocked by the doldrums.

They are like a network of blood vessels covering the entire world, connecting all the seas together.

Just then.

A familiar voice suddenly came from the entrance of the ancient library.

"Were all the oceans once one?"

Robin, Victor, and Saul all turned around at the same time.

Nami walked in through the half-open stone door.

She was at the banquet counting her spoils.

Halfway through the count, they discovered that Robin and Victor had both disappeared.

Nami originally intended to wait for the two of them to return on her own.

But after a while, he couldn't resist coming to the ancient library to search for it.

"You've discovered something so important."

Nami walked to the stone table and raised an eyebrow.

"They're not called navigators?"

Robin smiled.

"We just discovered it ourselves."

Nami looked down at the map.

The slight joking expression that had been on his face quickly disappeared.

As the Straw Hat Pirates' navigator, her sensitivity to maps, climate, and ocean currents far surpasses that of ordinary people.

I only glanced at it a few times.

Nami then noticed many anomalies in the ancient map.

"This is not a current world map."

Robin nodded.

"It should be a reconstruction by scholars from Ohara based on ancient documents."

"Not necessarily entirely accurate."

Nami put the account book aside and took out the nautical chart she always carried with her.

Among them is the route from the East China Sea to the Grand Line.

They also recorded some ocean currents and climate changes during their voyages in the New World.

She spread out several maps and compared them with ancient maps.

The island outlines in ancient maps are not complete.

Nami can only determine the approximate location of a few islands in the present world by their unique shapes and obvious locations.

soon.

Her finger stopped on a current that stretched from south to north.

"There's a problem here."

Sauro immediately bent down.

"What's the problem?"

"According to this ancient map."

Nami pointed to the line.

"There should be a warm current extending northward from the South China Sea here."

"The last island it passed by is now located in the North Sea."

She then took out a modern world map and superimposed it on top of the ancient map.

Between the two maps.

A vast red landmass stretching across the world is positioned right in the center of the warm current.

"Based on the current world structure."

"This warm current will definitely collide with the red earth continent along the way."

"It's simply impossible for it to pass completely."

Nami quickly found a second cold front.

Its starting and ending points are located on opposite sides of the red earth continent.

However, on ancient maps, the two are shown as an uninterrupted, complete route.

Nami pieced together several incomplete nautical charts.

The more he looked, the more serious he became.

"If these lines are not mislabeled."

"They should have belonged to the same ocean current cycle."

Saul was somewhat puzzled.

"Can't ocean currents change?"

"Of course it will change."

Nami did not deny it.

"Seabed topography, temperature, wind direction, and even the location of large islands can all affect ocean currents."

Some ocean currents will disappear.

"New ocean currents will also appear."

She picked up her pen and slowly drew a thick line in the center of the ancient map.

That is the location of the Red Line continent today.

"But ocean currents cannot cross an entire continent out of thin air."

Several ocean currents on ancient maps passed through this area without interruption.

This means that when the map was drawn, the red earth continent did not exist there at least.

Nami did not draw a conclusion immediately.

Instead, they continued to compare the data recorded during the voyage.

The ocean currents rising near Upside Down Mountain.

The water pressure around Twin Capes is unusually strong.

Above Fishman Island, a deep ocean current is cut off by the Red Line.

And special ocean currents in parts of the New World that are completely opposite in direction and change without any regularity.

These anomalies are scattered throughout the world.

In the past, there seemed to be no connection between them.

But when Nami marked their locations on an ancient map, she was able to vaguely piece together several more complete cycles.

One of the ocean currents passed through the Great Sea Route and entered the South China Sea.

The other one bypasses the current doldrums and connects with the deep cold currents of the North Sea.

Nami's expression gradually turned serious.

"The person who drew this map."

"Perhaps they don't know what the world is like now."

"But his understanding of ocean currents is very accurate."

"These routes weren't drawn randomly."

In other words.

The interconnected oceans on the map at least once existed.

Robin looked at the ancient text again.

"so."

"The world being divided may be more than just a metaphor."

Nami nodded gently.

"Something did happen that was enough to change the ocean currents of the entire world."

Sauro stared at the map, his voice low.

"Could it have been done by the World Government?"

Robin did not answer immediately.

After the blank century ended.

A world government was established.

The highest point of the Red Line also became the center of the Celestial Dragons and the World Government.

These events occurred around the same time.

It's hard to believe it's just a simple coincidence.

"Perhaps the world government was involved."

Robin said slowly:

"It's also possible that the red line continent originally existed."

"It's just that the terrain, altitude, or shape changed during the war eight hundred years ago."

"At this point, all we can confirm is that..."

"The world of the past is not the same as the world of today."

"As for who changed it, it's too early to say."

Saul was somewhat disappointed.

"Can't even this map prove it?"

"Historical research cannot rely solely on a fragmented record."

Robin patiently explained.

"Otherwise, even if we arrive at an answer, it's very likely that it's just an answer we've imagined."

She turned to look at Victor.

"Victor, did you know this phrase before?"

Victor shook his head.

As they get closer to the final island, his past intelligence advantage is becoming increasingly limited.

The true secrets hidden within the Void Century and Laugh Tale are far greater than he ever knew.

Victor looked at the ancient map.

"The only way to find the complete answer is to keep going."

Robin chuckled softly.

"That's fine too."

"History should be discovered by us ourselves."

She re-examined the ancient text beneath the map.

In ancient languages.

The word "division" has more than just the meaning of cutting through the landform.

It can also mean isolation, division, or even forcibly stripping away existing connections.

After the establishment of the World Government.

It is almost impossible to travel freely between different parts of the world.

Ordinary people can only cross the seas by relying on a few routes controlled by the world government.

Nations, races, and civilizations have long been isolated.

People in different seas may never know what is happening on the other side of the world.

Even history.

It is also divided into parts that can be publicly recorded and taboos that must never be touched.

Robin said in a low voice:

"The world is divided."

"Perhaps it's not just about the ocean."

"Sea, nation, race."

"Even the history that people can know."

"They were all separated by some force."

Nami looked down at the map.

"If that's the case."

"The World Government is probably hiding something very important."

Robin nodded.

This also explains why Ohara had to be completely destroyed.

The scholars were investigating far more than just a particular ancient kingdom.

Rather, it is the foundation of world government rule.

She had her doubts.

Dr. Clover left this map not to reveal all the answers directly.

Rather, it was to prove something.

The records in ancient documents are not fiction.

The world we see today, divided by the Red Line, the Calm Belt, and the World Government's shipping lanes, is the result of a massive upheaval.

Robin took out three rubbings of the historical text of the road signs from his bag and laid them out on the stone table.

Nami looked at the complicated text and couldn't help but touch her hair.

"so."

"We still need to get the last piece from Teach."

The historical text of the four road signs is now closed.

Only then can they find Raphdru.

Only there can one see the most complete answer to this history.

Viktor looked at the place where the fourth stone tablet should have been placed.

His tone was calm.

"I was going to take it anyway."

Whether or not this ancient map exists.

Regardless of whether Blackbeard possesses the last piece of the road sign history.

Between them and Teach.

A real decisive battle is necessary.