Chapter 964: The Second Signpost Text is Obtained
"The whole prison is in the shape of a tower, with a total of five floors... No! If the legend is true, there should be six floors. These six floors are called 'LEVEL1', 'LEVEL2'... 'LEVEL6' from top to bottom. A pirate of Ace's level should be suppressed to 'LEVEL5' or even 'LEVEL6' at least!!"
"As the 'world's number one prison', Impel has countless guards, but two of them are the most difficult to deal with, namely 'Director' Magellan, and 'Chief Warden' Rain Shiryu!"
"It is said that their strength is stronger than that of ordinary elite vice admirals, and only second to the 'Admirals'!..."
After talking for more than ten minutes, Bucky finally stopped and drank a glass of wine to moisten his throat: "That's all I know."
“Yeah… I understand! Thank you so much, Buggy!!”
Luffy, very rarely, listened carefully to everything Buggy said from beginning to end, without missing a single word, because he knew it concerned Ace's life and death.
Buggy suddenly fell silent. He thought about his time with Ace a few days ago and his old captain Roger. He gritted his teeth and made a decision that went against his life philosophy: "Ace was arrested this time because of me. As compensation, I can help you get Impel's permanent pointer."
"Really?!!"
The unexpected words made Luffy suddenly feel mixed with sadness and joy. He hugged Buggy's shoulders and cried and howled: "Wuwuwu~ I didn't expect you to be such a good person! I apologize to you for what happened before, Buggy!!"
Buggy broke free proudly and shouted, "But that's all. I can't do more! Don't even think about breaking into Impel with you!"
Kabaji, Mochi, Alrita, Mr. 3 and others who were watching this were all stunned by Buggy's unexpected behavior. They knew that Buggy always valued money and would never spend a penny.
“Is that person really Captain Buggy…??”
"I must be dreaming!"
"Does he really consider Ace a brother?"
"I can't see that he is a loyal person at all..."
Watching Luffy and Buggy singing and dancing like brothers, Nami suddenly realized something and asked a very fatal question: "It is said that we can get the permanent pointer, but how to do it specifically?"
“Go buy it on the black market!”
"I see... wait! Doesn't that mean they still have to use our money?!" Nami figured out the key and suddenly felt like she was being cheated.
Bucky quickly stuffed the last few treasures into his clothes, and then straightened his back with confidence: "This is already my money!!"
"Also, let me make one thing clear. I am doing your business now!"
…
New world, Zou.
After Kaido and Big Mom joined forces, Killer also joined in and provided them with the location of the third historical text, which was on the elephant master who had made some unknown mistake eight hundred years ago and whose punishment was walking on the sea.
There is also a kingdom of fur tribes on the back of the elephant master, which is governed by two leaders, Inuarashi, the King of the Day in the Furry Principality, and Cat Viper, the King of the Night in the Furry Principality.
This dog and cat had been to sea before. They were one of Kozuki Oden's nine retainers. They followed him on Whitebeard and Roger's ships for a short period of time. Their almost pathological loyalty to their master Oden was absolutely disgusting and subverted common sense.
Kira provided the location information of the signpost text, and Big Mom obtained the life paper to Zou by stealing her employee Beckmus. Together, the two sent people to Zou to seize the stone tablet.
As for Kaido, since he didn't contribute much in this transaction and couldn't get a share of the profits, he could only rush back to Wano Country to get the signpost text.
He was not an idiot. When Kira proposed to go to Zou to get the signpost text, he immediately realized the crisis of falling behind, so he thought of using his own signpost text in exchange for the text that Big Mom was about to get.
So if nothing unexpected happens, after this, Killer and Big Mom will each have three pieces of text in their hands, and Kaido will have two.
Although there is an extra piece of text, Big Mom no longer has the Banko Kingdom, while Kaido still has Wano Country and other territories, so the influence of the two has returned to about the same level.
Not many people went to Zou. Big Mom's crew only sent Katakuri, and the only wizard who followed Killer was Erza's team who loved to join in the fun. The rest stayed in Wano Country to carry out construction. They had no interest in the maritime hegemony and historical truth of this world.
Also following them is Robin, who is keen on studying history.
Now the 35 islands in the Torant Sea have been integrated together by Kira and Irene using the "World's Only" magic, forming a huge island that is extremely rare in the New World.
In terms of area, the current Ten Thousand Kingdoms can even be compared with the two ancient countries of Alabasta and Elbaf, which have a long historical heritage!
Following the guidance of the life paper, Kira quickly drove the Hope to Zou.
Looking at the giant elephant in front of them, Natsu and the others exclaimed in shock: "How amazing! This is definitely the biggest elephant I have ever seen! It feels bigger than a dragon."
If you keep talking about this, I won’t be sleepy anymore!
"Dragons come in big and small sizes, Natsu!"
Kira turned around and began to educate Natsu and the others, "You may not know that among Kiltina's 'Five Dragons', there is a 'Wood Dragon' Aldoron, which is the largest dragon that has ever appeared in Ascalante's history!"
"The palm of Aldoron's hand alone is larger than Magnolia, and there are people building towns on it. The total area of his body is as large as several Fiore Kingdoms. It is much larger than the elephant in front of us!"
“Ehhhh??!! Is this true?!”
Katakuri looked curiously at Kira and the others who were chatting, and couldn't tell whether he was bragging or telling the truth.
The Hope was traveling very fast. In less than a day, the group arrived at Zou from Wan Guo and headed towards the Whale Forest. In order to avoid trouble, Kira also activated invisibility magic on the Hope, so the journey was smooth and no one from the Mink Tribe discovered the existence of Kira and the others.
"How could they sneak in so easily? I thought we had to fight those fur tribes... Aren't the road signs important? Why are the defenses so poor?"
"Needless to say? Good things must be hidden, and only seen once in a long time! If we send people to guard it all the time, wouldn't it be a case of trying to cover up one's own faults? These fur tribes are so weak that they can't find us!"
"Are those the fur tribe we just saw? They look like animals with human intelligence. This world is filled with all kinds of strange species..."
"Kira, you seem so skilled at this. Don't you always go to strange places like this?"
“Nonsense… Nonsense…!! Don’t slander me! I’m a decent person!!”
"Really? You sound so guilty..."
"Whale Forest... It's just like its name. This tree looks like a whale."
After the few people arrived at the Whale Forest, Kira released his magic perception and quickly found the cave in the tree. The secret door was of no use to Kira. He broke it open in a few moves, then walked a short distance along the stairs and came to a large cave. The red historical text was placed in the center of the cave.
“Got it!”
Using space magic to collect the signpost text, the group then returned the same way and left in a swagger on the Hope. Until they left Zou, none of the Minks noticed that anyone had been there, and no one knew that the signpost text they were guarding had been stolen.
"Isn't it bad for us to steal like this?"
"What do you mean by stealing? Can something that belongs to a wizard be called stealing? This is taking! If something is just placed there and no one is watching, it is ownerless. Of course, ownerless things belong to whoever gets them!"
Under Kira's eloquence, the ignorant Wendy learned a lot of knowledge that she had not learned in class.
On the Hope, Kira first asked Katakuri to complete the rubbing, and then threw the signpost text to Robin for research.
"Sure enough...it was the right thing to follow you in the first place!" Robin was so excited that his whole body was shaking.
Less than a month after joining these wizards, I have obtained two pieces of text, and will soon get the third piece, which are both the most important signpost texts...
I never dared to think about this kind of thing before, not even in my dreams!
"Where are we going now, Kira?"
Kira glanced at the harpy approaching and said as a matter of course: "Of course I'm going to Wano Country to collect the debt. Kaido has already given me the signpost text, so of course I have to get it!"
"Do you want to take that guy with you too?"
Natsu pointed at Katakuri who was drinking tea and eating donuts. Since he came to the Hope, the movable area on the airship has become smaller.
"Kaido also has a deal with Big Mom. As a temporary ally, it's no big deal to give him a ride."
Katakuri wisely put down his afternoon tea and said to Kira politely and sincerely, "Thank you very much!"
"You're welcome, just pay the boat fare!" Kira said, took a donut from in front of him, poured himself a cup of black tea, and began to enjoy it.
Katakuri: “…”
