Starting as a working person from Naruto

Chapter 377 The modified historical text: The true history hidden in the Golden Palace!

King Cobra was completely baffled.

Queen Lily, who helped establish the World Government eight hundred years ago, left a secret letter for the royal family. Why didn't she tell the royal family about the Golden Palace?

only…

I don't have time to think about these things right now.

The resurrected Straw Hat Pirates and Marine Captain Smoker wanted to stop Crocodile, but they didn't know where the Golden Palace was.

At the crucial moment…

Nami brought up a point of view.

There was a time when the magnetic field within the Kingdom of Alabasta rioted. The magnetic field throughout the kingdom was in chaos, but it all pointed in one direction.

"perhaps…"

Nami carefully recalled the magnetic field disturbance that occurred that day, and she also remembered the direction the pointer was pointing: "That direction is very likely the direction of the Golden Palace."

"I'll be there right away!"

Luffy's arm suddenly stretched out and he launched himself towards a certain location!

"snort!"

Smoker stopped insisting on capturing Straw Hat Luffy and his body quickly turned into a cloud of smoke, flying towards the direction Nami pointed out!

Compared to the two of them…

The others are simpler.

With Mr. 1 Potts Danes under Nico Robin's guidance, Crocodile quickly arrived at the Golden Palace area in the center of the desert, where they saw a small pyramid tip hidden in the yellow sand, shimmering with a pinhead-sized golden light in the sunlight.

"Is this the place?"

Crocodile saw the golden light and frowned. "Could there be a golden palace hidden here? How do we open it?"

"We probably need to clear away the quicksand around here..."

Nico Robin surveyed the quicksand around her, continuing to deceive Crocodile, saying, "According to the records in the King's Tomb's underground palace, only the Sand-Sand Fruit can open it..."

"Get out of the way."

Crocodile waved to Nico Robin and Mr. 1 to get out of the way.

"Desert sunflower!"

Crocodile stretched out his palm and manipulated the sand dunes underground to move, and the pyramid tip quickly rose and climbed!

In the blink of an eye!

It's already more than half a person's height showing!

However, this is only a small part of it!

A bead of cold sweat appeared on Crocodile's forehead. As he manipulated the dunes, he clearly felt the immense size of this golden palace!

"This underground palace is far more magnificent than I imagined..."

Crocodile plunged his hands into the yellow sand, manipulating the sand dunes to rise up, trying to lift the golden palace buried deep underground!

A golden palace slowly rose from the quicksand!

Both Mr. 1 and Nico Robin looked at the palace made of gold in disbelief. Wasn't this palace a little too magnificent?

The entire palace…

It was over a hundred meters tall!

This palace appears to be made entirely of gold!

Nico Robin narrowed her eyes as she gazed at the golden palace gleaming in the sunlight, recalling the information Mr. 3 had given them: "I didn't expect the story of the Golden Palace to be true. This palace is something Alabasta couldn't possibly build now..."

The current Alabasta royal family is not very wealthy. Only the Alabasta king who once founded the World Government and was one of the twenty kings who once plundered the world at will had the financial resources and power to build such a golden palace!

"Alabasta...it's really well hidden..."

Crocodile never cared about money, but when he saw this golden palace emerge from the sand, he couldn't help but be shocked by its appearance.

To put it bluntly...

The gold used to build this palace is enough to buy the entire Alabasta!

Crocodile has always enjoyed deciphering mysteries, which is how he discovered Hades' whereabouts. At this moment, he is completely convinced that Hades' secret is hidden here!

Only the secret of Hades…

That's why it's worth hiding this golden palace!

The entire pyramid-shaped golden palace was completely revealed, showing two tall golden doors. There were even golden reliefs on the doors, with two letters carved on them.

D.

This letter filled Nicole Robin with ecstasy.

Because the entire ocean had been stirred up by the D clan, and even the destruction of Ohara was due to the word D, she knew she had guessed right this time!

This golden underground palace…

It must be hiding the secrets of the D clan!

It will surely also unveil the enormous kingdom that existed in the blank century of history!

"D?"

Crocodile narrowed his eyes, pushed open the golden door, and walked in first without a care, with Nico Robin following closely behind.

The moment they stepped into this golden palace, they were stunned by the entire palace's decoration, which was made entirely of gold!

The most surprising thing...

It's the dome above the interior of the palace!

There is a relief of a woman on the dome.

The palace was filled with various sculptures, all depicting different races from the sea. These sculptures were all cast in gold, and they were all looking up at the woman on the dome, as if they were looking up at a god from the past.

Inside the palace…

There is only one road.

The road is lined with soldiers in gold sculptures.

Crocodile gazed at the palace, which was entirely made of gold, and felt the former wealth of the King of Alabasta. He walked step by step into the depths of the palace.

Once I obtain Hades, I can use the world's gold to build such a palace to showcase my great achievements!

however…

As Crocodile slowly walked deeper into the palace, his steps gradually came to a halt. He saw a golden monument, and kneeling before it was a sculpture whose outline resembled that of Princess Vivi of Alabasta.

"It's not the Poneglyphs after all?"

Nico Robin walked up to Crocodile and looked incredulously at the golden inscription, where she also saw the contents recorded on it.

"This is…"

"The origin of humankind..."

Nicole Robin's brows furrowed, and her face grew paler and paler as she looked, as if she were witnessing history that could overturn her entire understanding of the world!

"Sky people, land people, fish people..."

Nicole Robin was deeply shaken by history, and whispered, "Three types of humans have been cycling through extinction and survival, and they all share the same ancestor. Were humans really so vulnerable to nature?"

"..."

Crocodile frowned, staring intently at the golden monument. He wanted Hades, but he was also irresistibly drawn to the contents of the monument!

Nothing more than other things…

This actually records the origin of Devil Fruits!

It even records the truth about One Piece, and a god who once created the world!

"The Goddess of the Rabbit has descended..."

"It sealed away the world's calamities... created the Red Line... even created the Calm Belt... and sealed all disasters within the Grand Line..."

"Which god created this world?"

Crocodile squinted, feeling he couldn't even imagine the power it possessed: "To be able to directly create the Red Line and the Calm Belt, leading to the amazing Grand Line we know today... just how powerful is that...?"

"I feel like something's not right..."

Nico Robin frowned, raising a question: "Some histories exist a blank period of a hundred years ago, and those histories seem somewhat inconsistent with the records here. Those histories don't mention the creation myth of the Rabbit Goddess..."

but…

They soon saw what was behind them.

The story then quickly moves on to the question of why the Goddess of Rabbit disappeared.

"At the summit of the Red Line...humans built the magnificent city of Mary Geoise..."

"...the sacred land of Mary Geoise, where the goddess of the Rabbit resides..."

"That goddess of the Rabbit... was she the first mistress of Mary Geoise?"

Crocodile, cigar in mouth, exhaled a smoke ring and scoffed contemptuously, "No wonder those Celestial Dragons living in Mary Geoise dare to call themselves descendants of gods and creators. So Mary Geoise really was once the abode of gods, that's why they dare to call themselves gods..."

The appearance of the Holy Land Mary Geoise…

This signifies that human worship of the goddess of the earth (卯) reached its zenith.

Unfortunately, human worship of the goddess of the rabbit was short-lived.

"Humans cannot tolerate God..."

A look of astonishment flashed across Nico Robin's face as she stared in disbelief at the history that followed, almost reciting each word aloud: "Twenty kings...united the liberators...sealed the goddess of the rabbit...in Laugh Tale..."

"!!!"

Crocodile's pupils suddenly widened!

Are you kidding me?!

Crocodile witnessed the execution of Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King, and heard him say before his death that he had placed the One Piece at Laugh Tale, the end of the Grand Line!

but…

In this historical record…

Laugh Tale is actually the place where the Goddess of the Rabbit is sealed!

A sudden sense of panic arose in Crocodile's heart. He was somewhat terrified that his goal of becoming the Pirate King, which he had cultivated for many years, was ultimately connected to a god...

Sealed within Laugh Tale is a true god, a god who once created the world, not those Celestial Dragons, a bunch of scum who call themselves gods!

"Laugh Tale..."

Nicole Robin's heart trembled as well.

The end of this great sea route has always been shrouded in mystery. Unexpectedly, what is recorded in this golden monument history is the place where the creator goddess, the goddess of the earth, is sealed!

Legend has it that the Twenty Kings, together with the liberators, participated in sealing the Goddess of Rabbit, and from then on gained the power to take whatever they wanted from the world!

"Before the Goddess of Rabbit was sealed away..."

"A curse upon those who attain divine power..."

"A person with divine power will lose their power if they touch seawater..."

Crocodile frowned, as if he understood something: "From then on, the fruits of gods became Devil Fruits. No wonder we Devil Fruit users lose our powers when we come into contact with seawater..."

"And there's something even more amazing..."

"One of those who participated in sealing the Goddess of the Rabbit used the power of the Op-Op Fruit... to gain eternal life... called himself Im... and occupied the Void Throne..."

Nico Robin read a line almost tremblingly, as if she couldn't believe her eyes: "One of the Twenty Kings has actually lived to this day..."

"Im..."

Crocodile's expression also turned somewhat grim; he was more interested in something else: "The Op-Op Fruit... can it really grant eternal life?"

This matter…

This would undoubtedly interest any ambitious person on the high seas!

Even the most powerful man, Whitebeard, will weaken as his life comes to an end. But if one obtains eternal life, then one can do whatever one wants for eternity!

For an ambitious man like Crocodile who prefers to operate in the shadows, the Op-Op Fruit, if it could grant him eternal life, would give him ample time to plot world domination—a power even more insane than the One Piece!

"Joy Boy...the liberator..."

"Because sealing the Goddess of the Rabbit consumed my power, I was unable to unseal her and infuse my will into the Devil Fruit..."

Nico Robin was more focused on the name of the liberator. She frowned, pondering the name: "This liberator was powerful enough to participate in sealing the Goddess of the Rabbit and to infuse his will into a Devil Fruit. Now, who are the liberated Goddess of the Rabbit and the person of the world who obtained that Devil Fruit?"

"And the D clan..."

"The former servants of the Goddess of the Rabbit... were forced to go into hiding due to Im's persecution... concealing their surnames, which symbolized their divine service..."

Nico Robin thought of the D clan, who had once stirred up storms on the high seas, and she remembered Saul, who had saved her when her homeland Ohara was destroyed.

Sauro…

Also a member of the D clan...

Were they once descendants of servants of the gods?

And then there's Monkey D. Luffy, who was defeated by Crocodile; his surname also contains the hidden surname D. These people are all descendants of servants of the goddess of the earth…

but…

This history will soon come to an end.

Because the remaining stories are very indicative.

"One of them realized he had made a grave mistake...and dared not dwell in the abode of the gods...and dared not use his disguise any longer...and hid Pluto, the god of the underworld..."

Crocodile muttered the inscription as he slowly deciphered its meaning: "It seems that one of the twenty kings who realized his mistake must have been the former king of Alabasta. That's why the Alabasta royal family didn't enter the Holy Land Mary Geoise to become Celestial Dragons. It seems we've come to the right place..."

Hades!

Finally, the whereabouts of Hades have been revealed!

The owner who left this golden monument was the former master of Hades!

Crocodile was no longer particularly delighted to learn of Hades' whereabouts; the information he gleaned from these inscriptions was far more astonishing than Hades' location.

but…

Hades was indeed a necessary tool for him to achieve his goals.

Now Crocodile wants to rise above the World Government, and even wants to bring down Im, the World King hiding in Mary Geoise!

then…

Then sit back down!

Crocodile even felt a little relieved. He had seen the inscription here and learned the secrets hidden by the World Government and the Celestial Dragons. They were just a bunch of guys who had usurped the position of the Goddess of the Rabbit. He had thought they would be something good...

"To hide Hades...within the Poneglyphs..."

and many more…

What's going on with the inscriptions here...?

Why is the whereabouts of Hades, mentioned in the inscription, hidden in the main historical text?

The historical text states that the clues to Hades are in the Golden Palace.

The Golden Palace says that clues to Hades are in the Poneglyphs.

What's wrong?

Are they just setting up nested dolls here, shifting responsibility among themselves?

Why are the Golden Stele and the Poneglyphs separated by eight hundred years to shirk responsibility? Are they trying to make the clues about Hades disappear without a trace by passing the buck?

What nonsense!

This is an inanimate object; there's definitely something wrong with it!

Crocodile was unaware of the contents of the Poneglyphs; he only recognized the inscriptions on the Golden Stone. He keenly sensed that Nico Robin had deceived him!

"Nicole Robin!"

Crocodile's expression gradually darkened, and his gaze slowly turned to Nico Robin. He felt betrayed!

"Nicole Robin!"

Crocodile's gaze was fixed on Nico Robin: "This inscription mentions that clues about Hades are hidden within the Poneglyphs, yet you tell me the Poneglyphs mention that Hades' secret is hidden inside the Golden Palace..."

"..."

Nicole Robin remained silent.

The female archaeologist was still silently looking at the inscription. She even saw the origin of the Poneglyphs, and how, in order to ensure the transmission of the Poneglyphs and to prevent Im, who also understood ancient writing, the Poneglyphs were created by hiding the history of the existence of the goddess of the rabbit within them!

In the main historical text...

It's not even true history...

Nicole Robin felt her mind was in chaos, her brain was constantly looping and trying to recall what had happened.

if…

The Goddess of the Rabbit is not mentioned in the Poneglyphs…

What does the history that I and the great scholars who sacrificed themselves for in Ohara have worked so hard to research mean? It's just history that has been altered!

Nicole Robin is experiencing a sharp pain in her heart!

Are the history studied by those Ohara scholars who sacrificed themselves for the truth of history, their homeland destroyed by the World Government, false?

Do not…

wrong…

not like this!

Is the content of the official historical text the only true one?

Could this inscription be fake? There are too many flaws in this inscription. In many blank historical records from a hundred years ago, there is no mention of the existence of the creation myth!

However, the owner of this golden inscription, the King of Alabasta, also mentioned that in order to avoid Im discovering her betrayal and to prevent the Pluton clues hidden in the Poneglyphs from being destroyed, he chose to conceal the existence of the Goddess of the Rabbit within the Poneglyphs…

like…

This statement also applies to…

Is this inscription fake? Or is the original historical record a revised version of history?

Nico Robin ignored the enraged Crocodile, still pondering the contradiction between the golden monument and the Poneglyphs: "I've read the histories of many countries, and none of them ever mention the creation myth of the Rabbit Goddess, but the inscription says that the ancient script was brought by the Rabbit Goddess..."

"snort…"

Crocodile scoffed, nonchalantly stating, "The World Government has erased history from eight hundred years ago, and now they want to investigate the truth of history from nine hundred years ago? Who knows what the World Government has actually done!"

Crocodile narrowed his eyes, his distrust of the World Government palpable: "It's only natural that such a terrifying creator goddess as the Goddess of the Rabbit was erased. Perhaps there was no history at all in the past, or perhaps the blank history wasn't just a hundred years long..."

"but…"

"I have something else to ask you now!"

Crocodile took a deep breath, a murderous glint in his eyes: "Does the Poneglyph in the Alabasta King's Tomb contain a record of Pluton's hiding place?"

"Nicole Robin, you're the only one in the world who can read the ancient text on the Poneglyph in the King's Tomb. Have you been hiding clues about Hades?!"

"..."

Nicole Robin fell silent.

The archaeologist seemed to be convinced by Crocodile's reasoning.

She still ignored Crocodile, her gaze remaining fixed on the golden inscription, her brows still furrowed.

"This inscription mentions that the Red Line will collapse, the Calm Belt will disappear, and the world will return to its beginning, completely submerged by a massive tsunami. This world needs the protection of the Goddess of the Rabbit, which is why we need to go to Laugh Tale to break the seal on the Goddess of the Rabbit..."

"This statement..."

"Everything can be taken care of..."

"Laugh Tale seals away the Goddess of the Rabbit, who will save the world..."

"Alabasta Queen Nefertari D. Lily, who once participated in sealing the Goddess of the Rabbit, was actually a servant of the Goddess of the Rabbit and a member of the legendary D clan. She betrayed the Goddess of the Rabbit but regretted her mistake..."

Nico Robin knew her death was imminent. She knew that Crocodile would kill her if he didn't obtain Hades. She couldn't wait to read the history recorded on the monument, hoping to find an answer in her heart.

Is everything recorded on the stele true?

Is the content in the Poneglyphs all history that was altered by the King of Alabasta?

Nico Robin's brows were furrowed deeply as she muttered to herself, "The Goddess of the Rabbit harbors hatred towards the Celestial Dragons who sealed her away, as well as the hidden Dark Lord Im. The Celestial Dragons and the World Government aren't worried about being submerged by the Great Tsunami, but they are worried about the Goddess of the Rabbit's retaliation. That's why they don't allow pirates to go to sea, lest the pirates release the sealed Goddess of the Rabbit..."

"Everything makes sense now..."

Nico Robin slumped to the ground, seemingly in despair at the conjecture in her mind: "The ancient scripts Ohara studied... the history of the Poneglyphs... all of that history has been altered..."

Nicole Robin's mind went blank.

this moment…

The archaeologist was stunned and at a loss. She didn't know what to do, because everything she had learned and done was being denied at this moment!

An archaeologist who loves studying history learns at this moment that the history he and the great scholars of his hometown have devoted their lives to studying may very well have been completely altered!

This kind of thing...

How could she possibly accept that...?

History is the wealth of all mankind, so why is it being arbitrarily distorted and altered?

Why did this happen...?

"The historical texts have all been modified..."

Many others paid a heavy price for the history altered by the King of Alabasta, including her mother and the archaeologists she admired!

"Um?"

"Were you discouraged to discover that the historical texts you were studying had been modified?"

Crocodile looked at Nico Robin, who was slumped on the ground, and said contemptuously, "What a complete waste. The Poneglyphs were created by someone, so it's perfectly normal for their contents to be modified!"

"alright…"

"Cheer up a bit!"

"Right now, I only need to know one thing..."

Crocodile extended his golden hook, ready to drag Nico Robin up: "What exactly does the Poneglyph in the King's Tomb record! Where are the clues to Hades' hidden location? Everything recorded on this stele is true!"

"..."

Tears streamed down Nicole Robin's face as she was unable to speak. Her mind was a jumble of confusion and anguish. She didn't know how to convince these archaeologists of their miserable lives!

"I guess she's not in the mood to talk to you."

A mechanical, childlike voice appeared in Crocodile's ears.

As the voice appeared, a red-haired boy slowly emerged at the entrance of the golden palace, followed by a group of people who walked step by step into it.

"If you want to know, I can tell you..."

The red-haired boy walked step by step into the golden palace, heading towards Crocodile and Nico Robin: "If I'm not mistaken, the Poneglyph in the Alabasta King's Tomb should record that Pluton sleeps in Wano Country, in the latter half of the Grand Line, right?"

"!!!"

Nicole Robin's brain seemed to be electrified. She looked in the direction of the approaching people in disbelief, but her eyes only saw a group of figures walking towards her in the light.

This person…

How could anyone possibly know the information in that historical text?

"Um?"

Crocodile, observing Nico Robin's reaction, roughly realized that what she said might be true. He slowly turned his head to look at the newcomer, narrowing his eyes.

"And who are you guys?"

Who exactly are these guys who suddenly appeared?

Why would they know where Hades is hiding, and even show up here?

Crocodile's guard instantly went up. He knew that the other party was definitely not someone to be trifled with; a normal person wouldn't reveal such a secret so easily!

That's the legendary weapon, Hades...

other side…

Could it be that they already took away the sleeping Hades?

"It's a great pity that Wano Country is the territory of Kaido, one of the Four Emperors."

The red-haired boy opened his palm, not answering Crocodile's question, but instead continuing on his own: "Crocodile, you're probably no match for Kaido, so I can give you some extra information as a bonus. Water 7, the closest city to Alabasta, holds the blueprints for Pluton. You can build another Pluton..."

"!!!"

Crocodile's surprise deepened.

These guys…

They even know the whereabouts of the Hades blueprints!

"certainly…"

The red-haired boy's voice was mechanical and calm, but he uttered a sentence that made Crocodile's expression change drastically: "Before that, you must first escape from the two Marine Headquarters Admirals who have landed in Alabasta, as well as Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Garp..."

"!!!"

Crocodile's face turned completely grim.

Two admirals, one fleet admiral, one naval hero…

Even though Crocodile was extremely confident in his strength and had even prepared to escape, he didn't think he could escape safely from the pursuit of these guys!

"We know you probably can't escape."

The red-haired boy looked at Crocodile, whose face was pale, and calmly continued, "To thank you for helping us open Queen Lily's dungeon, we can take you with us when we leave Alabasta..."

"Oh, right."

"It seems like I haven't introduced myself yet."

"We are the Konoha Pirates. We were the ones who spread the news of this Golden Palace's existence, with the aim of luring you, the Sand-Sand Fruit user, to help us open it..."

"..."

Crocodile's eyes darkened.

Because Crocodile did indeed see the inscription on the monument stating that only he, the user of the Sand-Sand Fruit, could open this golden dungeon…

but…

The feeling of being used as a pawn...

This inevitably angered the crocodile who liked to use others as pawns!

Crocodile's figure suddenly turned into yellow sand and disappeared from the spot, then he flew towards the crowd present: "You guys... the tone of your voice really annoys me!"

"terribly sorry…"

The red-haired boy raised his palm, and a cannon barrel emerged from his hand. A jet of high-pressure water shot out from the barrel in an instant, expanding as it sprayed out and directly blasting Crocodile's figure away!

As a user of the Sand-Sand Fruit, Crocodile hates water the most, as it would weaken him. However, he was drenched by water at this moment, and his Sand-Sand Fruit-powered body could not resist physical attacks!

Obviously...

This pirate crew that appeared was well-prepared!

As Crocodile's body became soaked, a figure suddenly appeared behind the red-haired boy and knocked the sand crocodile to the ground with a few punches and kicks!

"asshole…"

Crocodile lay on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Crocodile had never suffered such a loss in all these years. He never expected that he would be defeated so quickly by a pirate crew that appeared out of nowhere!

even…

And in such an absurd and simplistic way! I am Crocodile, the Sand Crocodile, and I was knocked down by a splash of water and a few punches and kicks?

Mr. Daz Bones, who had been standing to the side, hesitated, unsure whether he should attack the Konoha Pirates. He knew how terrifying this pirate crew was!

"Crocodile, I apologize for our rudeness."

The red-haired boy glanced at Crocodile, who was lying on the ground, and said in a mechanical, childish voice, "If you feel uncomfortable, please bear with it for now."

The history of Alabasta is false!

The Great Treasure of Laugh Tale is real!

—Correspondent for World Economic News: Wu Laoxing

Just being clever~

I updated 18,000 words today!

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