Chapter 146 Historical Text
Perhaps something shameful or detrimental to the world government happened eight hundred years ago, and 100 years of history were artificially erased.
But there is a kind of stone scattered around the world that still records that history. There are about 30 of these stones, and it seems that they cannot be destroyed by any means.
The setting is that the world government wants to cover up history but cannot destroy the stones. It also cannot find all the stones, nor bury the stones that have been found deep underground, or disguise them, or make fake stones to confuse the public.
Anyway, after they made a law prohibiting the study of this period of history, they allowed the historical clues they wanted to cover up to be scattered around the world.
So ten years ago, the year when Roger became the Pirate King, the scholars of O'Hara were discovered while studying the historical text. The World Government ordered the navy to dispatch ten warships to destroy the entire island with artillery fire on the grounds that they had violated the ban.
The power to destroy an island so easily seemed terrifying to most people. At that time, O'Hara was destroyed in this way deliberately. I wonder if it was intended to intimidate the pirates.
Seeing the historical text so carelessly placed in the coral forest, Zhang Da also reminded: "Is it okay to leave it here like this?"
Princess Otohime was surprised and asked, "Tatsuya-san, do you know what this is?"
"Isn't this... uh, shouldn't I know this?" Zhang Da also felt that he might have misunderstood something.
Princess Otohime nodded solemnly. "In fact, among the five million residents of Fishman Island, only knowledgeable people like Jinbe and Mr. Dan, as well as our royal family, know about this stone."
A tavern owner like Zhang Daye could tell at a glance that this was obviously abnormal historical text.
"Because of some coincidences, I happen to know a little about this thing." Zhang Da also thought to himself, I even know that this is an apology letter written by Joy Boy 800 years ago to the mermaid princess at that time.
He did not explain in detail, and Princess Otohime did not ask further. This was not something that needed to be investigated. "Because research and discussion have been prohibited for eight hundred years, ordinary people have long since lost track of the historical text. After all, they may never be able to access it in their lifetime. That is why this stone has been placed here in public."
"Oh, that's understandable. Then let's just pretend we didn't see it?" Zhang Da also wondered whether the merfolk had the mission to protect this historical text, just like the royal family of Alabasta had to protect the historical text that recorded Pluto, and the Shandia clan of Sky Island had to protect the historical text that recorded the King of the Sea.
"It's up to you what you wish." Princess Otohime didn't care about this matter. She also knew that the content recorded in this historical text was not something that had to be kept secret.
What will really attract contention is another piece of red historical text originally placed here.
The red historical text is also called the signpost historical text. There are four of them, each recording a location. Only by connecting these four locations can the location of the final island be found.
Sixteen years ago, Roger's pirate group came here to make a copy, and it was also during that time that Shirley predicted the birth of the Little Mermaid.
But one day ten years ago, after Roger's death, the red historical text placed here disappeared. Maybe it was secretly taken away and protected by Roger's crew members, or maybe it was taken away and protected by Whitebeard, or maybe it was discovered and taken away by someone else. Anyway, no one asked for the opinion of Fishman Island when they took action.
Princess Otohime saw that Zhang Da was not very interested in the content of the historical text, so she did not mention it. She just brought them here to play.
Zhang Da didn't care even more. He didn't want to be the man of the Pirate King, and the history of this world didn't have much appeal to him. At most, he was curious about what the World Government wanted to cover up, but it didn't matter even if he didn't know.
Seeing the main text of history was just a small episode. Everyone had a great afternoon in the Sea Forest and took many photos as souvenirs.
Tom dug out a Crocodile-like golden hook and a black pirate hat from somewhere. Everyone found it interesting and rushed to use them to cosplay as pirate captains.
But if we have to say who is similar, it has to be Zhang Daye, because he has the line: "Are you ready kids?"
Everyone looked at him in confusion. Rui Mengmeng, who he had placed high hopes on, asked, "Boss, what are you playing at?"
"You should answer 'Aye, aye, captain!'" Zhang Daye took off his hat sadly, "Really, none of you have a childhood."
"What does that mean, Lord Tatsuya?" Princess Shirahoshi asked curiously. She seemed to be used to using respectful titles to address people.
"Emm... That's the story of a little sponge living in a pineapple house in the deep sea."
It was really hard to refuse being stared at by Shirahoshi's big eyes full of expectation, so Zhang Da told Princess Shirahoshi the story of SpongeBob SquarePants on the way back.
As for storytelling, when he was boarding at Uncle Goodman's house, he often told it to Bayer and his friends, and he was quite confident.
It’s just that he couldn’t remember a lot of things, so he made some changes to them.
"…In a split second, Mr. Krabs used a move called "Turning the World Upside Down and Water Splashing" to dodge Mr. Krabs's golden scissors. Now he was only one step away from the secret recipe of the world's best Krabby Patty. As long as he got this secret recipe, Mr. Krabs could completely realize his evil plan of unifying Bikini Bottom…"
"Fortunately, SpongeBob used his Indestructible Body Skill, which is a legendary martial art that can only be used five times in a lifetime. This is his last chance. In order to stop Mr. Krabs' evil deeds, he had to do this..."
"… Mr. Krabs used 18 palm strikes in a row but failed to break SpongeBob's defense, but SpongeBob was also beaten back a step. Little did he know that his retreat would set the entire Bikini Bottom martial arts world back 20 years…"
"Okay, we've arrived at the station. To know what happens next, please wait for the next episode." Zhang Da finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw they had arrived at Dragon Palace City. If he went any slower, he would not be able to continue making up stories, so he had to slow down.
"Hey? Why is this happening?" Princess Shirahoshi felt a little aggrieved. How could a story end halfway? Did SpongeBob beat Plankton?
Tom also wanted to continue listening. He found that in addition to ghost stories, he had fallen in love with a new type of story, and this type of story only made him nervous but not scared.
Shark Chili and Rui Mengmeng were thinking about what Zhang Daye's childhood was like to make up such a messy story, while Altria was only concerned about whether the Krabby Patty was delicious and where she could eat it...
It was already getting late when they returned to Dragon Palace City. The farewell banquet was scheduled for tomorrow at noon, so everyone went back to rest after dinner.
At this time, the three princes of Ryugu City had just completed a day of hard training and were preparing to go see their sister. They were very determined to become stronger in order to protect their sister. At the same time , as good brothers, they could not reduce their usual care for their sister.
Shark Star asked, "White Star, did you have fun out today?"
"Yeah! We went to the Sea Forest today. It was really beautiful there. I also went treasure hunting and playing hide-and-seek with Tom..." Shirahoshi counted the little games he played with Tom on his fingers, smiling happily.
When the three princes saw their sister's smile, they felt that their tired bodies and minds were healed.
The second prince Huangxing said: "That's great, when we become stronger, we can take you out to play more often!"
"Yeah!" Shirahoshi nodded happily, "I'm just a little tired now."
The third prince said hurriedly, "Then go to bed early. Do you want to listen to a bedtime story today?"
Shirahoshi suddenly became excited: "Yes! I want to hear the story of how SpongeBob fell off a cliff, obtained a Taijutsu secret, and became the best fighter in Bikini Bottom!"
Three princes: “???”
