A cook, vice-captain of the Rocks Pirates?

The voice of Ganesha is ancient and gentle, carrying a hint of weakness and joy from recovering from a serious illness.

"Hahaha! You're welcome! Just remember to come back to us next time there's something like this!"

Gatz, carrying the anchor, replied casually.

You carry... the scent of someone from the past...

The will of the elephant spirit came again, and a trace of longing appeared in those deep, pool-like eyes.

Immediately afterwards, a series of fragmented yet historically weighty images flashed through everyone's minds like scenes from a movie.

They saw a vast and prosperous ancient kingdom filled with laughter and joy.

I saw a man wearing a straw hat, with a bright smile on his face, making some kind of agreement with the giant elephant.

I also saw... betrayal, destruction, and an unforgivable sin that lasted for eight hundred years.

Finally, all the images freeze on a huge, rising sun.

“Joey Boy…”

Dr. Clover trembled with emotion as he looked at the final image in his mind, tears streaming down his face.

The promise... is almost fulfilled...

A sense of relief came from the will of the elephant god.

As a token of gratitude...

Zulu's enormous trunk slowly plunged into the bottomless, dark trench below, stirring up a massive whirlpool.

A moment later, when its long nose lifted up again, a huge, pitch-black stone tablet covered with ancient characters was curled up on the tip of its nose!

The stone tablet exuded an ancient aura that seemed isolated from the world and belonged to a different era.

"Historical text!"

The scholars in Ohara gasped in disbelief.

Moreover, judging from the material of the stone tablet and the barely perceptible energy fluctuations flowing on it, this is not an ordinary historical text.

This is... the last clue they left behind...

Elephant carefully placed the enormous historical inscription on the back of the ancestral giant tortoise, its movements gentle as if it were placing a most precious treasure.

"Gurarararar! What an incredible thank-you gift!"

Newgate looked at the mysterious stone tablet, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

While everyone was shocked by this unexpected joy, Renn's gaze did not fall on the stone tablet.

He looked into the ancient eyes of the elephant, which had regained their clarity, and calmly asked, "You must be... very hungry, right?"

This question stunned everyone.

Even the giant elephant's body trembled almost imperceptibly, and a complex, human-like emotion filled with longing flickered in its ancient eyes.

It had been tormented by that vengeful carbuncle for hundreds of years, and had long forgotten the taste of food, leaving only endless pain and exhaustion.

"Captain, men."

Ryan turned around and calmly announced, "Today's dinner will include a snack."

He did not use any part of the elephant as food, as that would be a desecration of this venerable elder.

He simply threw the necrotic flesh and blood of the vengeful carbuncle, which he had purified with the fire of his life, along with some leaves from the Twin Trees that could soothe the soul, into the world's largest soup pot.

Then, he threw in the dragon ball he had obtained from the brewing dragon, which could turn any liquid into the finest brew.

In an instant, a miracle occurred.

The pot of rotten meat, originally filled with negative energy, was transformed like a phoenix rising from the ashes under the combined influence of the Dragon Balls and the leaves of the Divine Tree; all the resentment and pain were purified and transformed.

In the end, it was simmered into a pot of ultimate soup, full of rich, sweet flavor, and with a faint, complex taste called regret.

Raine offered the entire pot of soup to Elephant Lord.

When the elephant carefully sipped the emerald green soup with its huge trunk, its massive body shuddered violently.

Two even larger lines of tears, no longer tears of sorrow but tears of relief and emotion, slowly slid down from its ancient eyes.

It tasted it.

It tasted the bitterness and regret that had lingered for thousands of years.

I also experienced the warmth of being healed, understood, and forgiven.

【Thanks……】

The will of Ganesha is filled with an unprecedented peace and contentment.

During this special dinner, the members of the Whitebeard Pirates simply watched quietly, as if they too could taste the loneliness and waiting of a soul that had endured for a thousand years in the flavor of that soup.

It was a kind of shock that couldn't be described in words, a shock that struck the very depths of the soul.

In the corner, Teach watched all this silently. He didn't taste the soup, but his small eyes, hidden in the shadows, gleamed with an unprecedented light called fear.

This chef... he can not only cook food, he can cook concepts, he can even... cook the past of a soul.

This power... was completely beyond his comprehension.

It also made his ambitious heart feel a real, soul-chilling cold...

The encounter with Zunesha was like a fantastical journey filled with mythology and epic elements, leaving a significant mark on the Whitebeard Pirates' logbook.

As the ancestral giant tortoise carried the enormous stone tablet bearing the truth of history, slowly sailing away from this legendary sea, the ancient giant elephant that had lived for thousands of years still stood quietly in place, bidding farewell to these special benefactors with its eyes, now clear and filled with wisdom and gratitude.

The atmosphere on the ship also underwent some subtle changes because of this experience.

The scholars of Ohara were completely engrossed in their research, treating the historical inscription stone given by Elephant God as a deity, and working day and night to decipher and interpret it.

Dr. Clover even excitedly announced that the contents recorded on this stone tablet were enough to advance their understanding of the blank century of history to an unprecedented and entirely new level.

After witnessing firsthand the promise and protection that spanned a thousand years, the Whitebeard Pirates felt their pirate spirit take on a deeper historical weight.

Chapter 294 Primal Life Force

"Hey, tell me, what kind of person is that guy named Joey Boy?"

As Gatz stuffed a huge piece of roasted meat into his mouth, he asked indistinctly.

"do not know."

Vista polished his twin swords, his eyes deep and thoughtful.

"But for a giant beast to be willing to uphold an eight-hundred-year-old promise for him, he must be an extraordinary man."

"Gulalalalala..."

Newgate leaned back on his throne, drinking and listening to his sons' discussion with a contented smile on his face.

He knew that this experience was not just a simple adventure for them, but a baptism of faith and protection.

As for Ryan, he locked himself in the kitchen.

He neither studied the historical text nor developed new recipes.

He simply sat there quietly, eyes closed, savoring the soup that tasted of a thousand years of regret.

The flavor was too complex and too vast, containing a soul's thousand years of loneliness, pain, regret, waiting, and finally, the relief of being healed.

He was using his understanding of food to digest this heavy flavor and trying to understand a higher level of principles about how to cook emotions.

Time passed slowly in this peaceful yet inquisitive atmosphere.

Several days later, when the scholars of Ohara finally deciphered a crucial piece of information from the historical inscription stone, the entire ship was once again led to a completely new destination, full of unknowns and challenges.

"Lord Rennes! Captain!"

Dr. Clover, holding a newly drawn star map, ran excitedly onto the deck, trembling with excitement.

"We...we found it! We've found a clue to the next milestone in the historical text!"

"Oh?"

Newgate put down the barrel and looked at him with interest.

"There are no clear coordinates recorded on this stone tablet."

Dr. Clover pointed to a special area of ​​sea on the star map, his voice becoming somewhat shrill with excitement.

"But it describes an extremely rare natural phenomenon, one that could even be said to exist only in mythology!"

"It says that on that vast sea, there is a sea that sings, and a sky that changes into seven colors with the song!"

"A singing sea? A seven-colored sky?"

The group exchanged bewildered glances, finding the description more baffling than any treasure map.

However, the moment Ryan heard this description, his usually calm eyes suddenly burst forth with a dazzling light.

He took out an old cookbook from his pocket, made of some kind of animal hide, that smelled faintly of milk, and quickly turned to a page.

On that page was a picture of a fantastical scene exactly as Dr. Clover had described.

Beside the painting, the name of a legendary ingredient was marked in an extremely ancient script.

“Symphony anemone, and… a rainbow aurora shell.”

Raine slowly uttered the two names, his voice carrying a burning desire that even he himself hadn't anticipated.

"That ancient cookbook says that the Symphony Anemone is a peculiar creature that can absorb the energy of ocean currents and emit a song like heavenly music. Its song can attract special energy particles in the atmosphere to form a rainbow aurora."

"The Seven-Colored Aurora Clam is a magical shellfish that only inhabits this special environment. Its meat is said to contain the laws of sound and is the dream ingredient for making top-notch sonic dishes."

Ryan's words made everything clear to everyone.

That historical text points not only to a path leading to the final island, but also to... a culinary journey to discover the finest ingredients!

"Gurarararara! Okay! It's settled then!"

Newgate slammed his hand on the throne, his mountain-like figure exuding an undeniable aura of dominance.

"My lords! Set sail! Destination—that singing sea!"

"Oh oh oh!"

Amidst deafening cheers, the ancestral giant tortoise let out a long, drawn-out cry, as if it too was filled with anticipation for the beautiful song.

Its massive body slowly turned around, carrying the group of monsters who had found a new dream, and sped towards that legendary sea filled with music and delicious food!

[Ding! Host has completed a hidden epic quest—A Thousand-Year Promise and Protection!]

[Quest Reward: Unlock a new culinary skill—Soul Cooking (Beginner), and obtain a special ingredient—Elephant Lord's Tears of Gratitude (a crystallization of the laws of a thousand-year-old guardian's will).]

Experience points: 55487122/200000000

【Cooking Tips: 3745881】

As Raine looked at the system notification that appeared in his mind, a subtle smile appeared on his lips.

This trip is getting more and more interesting.

……

After sailing for more than a month, the ancestral giant tortoise carrying the Whitebeard Pirates finally arrived at the singing sea.

As soon as they entered this sea area, everyone was stunned by the sight before them.

The sky was no longer simply blue, but presented a magnificent color, like a huge, shimmering gemstone.

Countless tiny, rainbow-like streams of energy weave through the clouds, as if the sky itself were a giant, living organism, its colors changing with every breath.

The sea surface was also peculiar; it was no longer liquid water, but a viscous, amber-colored substance somewhere between a gel and a liquid.

The ancestral giant tortoise's mountain-like shell swept across the surface without leaving any trails, and the amber-colored sea surface would automatically heal as if it had a memory, becoming as smooth as a mirror.

"My God...where am I?"

Dorum gripped the helm tightly, feeling his knowledge of shipbuilding being ruthlessly overturned by the vast ocean.

"Both the log pointer and the permanent pointer are spinning wildly like they're drunk; it's like we've stumbled into a forbidden zone that doesn't exist on any nautical chart!"

"No, we've arrived."

Raine's voice came from behind him, his eyes shining with an unprecedented light.