Cake Island.
The island resembled a cake stacked in multiple layers.
On the other side of the island at this moment, Guina and the others were about to land.
“Alright, no need to go ashore. What we want is on the other side.”
Seeing Kouta suddenly appear, his companions quickly stopped. They were already accustomed to Kouta's elusiveness.
“The other side?”
Guina looked at Kouta, who was sitting on the railing, and asked curiously, “They don't really plan to move the Poneglyph, do they!”
She had already sensed the aura on the other side of the island and knew Kouta’s hurried purpose in Totto Land.
“Mhm!”
Kouta put down his wine gourd, exhaled a breath of alcohol, then nodded at everyone and smiled, “Fortunately, we arrived in time. Otherwise, those guys would have really stolen my Poneglyph!”
No one reacted to Kouta claiming the Poneglyph as his.
After all, Kouta had killed Charlotte Linlin. Therefore, the Poneglyph that originally belonged to Charlotte Linlin should naturally be their spoils of war.
“Since we don’t need to go ashore, let’s hurry over!”
Robin said a bit eagerly.
Normally, Robin was unhurried about everything.
However, when it came to Poneglyphs, she was the most enthusiastic on this ship.
“Okay, let’s set off now.”
Seeing Robin's eagerness, everyone didn't delay. A Tao walked directly into the cockpit, A Hua retracted the anchor, and A Luo lowered the sail.
The Free sailed again, heading towards the other side of the island.
“The Poneglyph is right there, no need to rush.”
At the bow, Kouta sat on the railing, turned to look at Robin, and smiled, “From now on, we will see more Poneglyphs and gradually uncover all the secrets of this world.”
“Mhm!”
Robin nodded, and smiled slightly at Kouta, “I know, but the thought of being able to decipher history makes me impatient.”
“Haha!!”
Kouta laughed heartily, raised his wine gourd, and took a big gulp.
“Impatient?”
Indeed, to him, the history of this world was just history.
But for Robin, it was a heavy mission, and of course, a dream.
Soon.
The Free reached the other side of Cake Island.
It was exceptionally quiet here.
Aladdin and Charlotte Praline had already left with the little ones from the Charlotte family by boat.
So, the entire port, apart from the large sailing ship entangled with the smell of blood, bobbing up and down with the sea, was devoid of any movement.
Docking.
Stopping the ship.
No one paid attention to the treasure chests carelessly thrown on the ground.
After disembarking, everyone's gaze immediately focused on the three large stone blocks on the shore.
“Red?”
Looking at the red Poneglyph in the center, everyone's eyes lit up.
“Kouta.” Guina took Kouta’s hand and asked, “This is the Road Poneglyph you mentioned, right?”
“Mhm!”
Kouta nodded and glanced at Robin, whose eyes were shining as if she had seen the most wonderful thing in the world upon seeing the Poneglyph, and smiled, “That’s right, this is a Road Poneglyph. It has a coordinate on it.”
“And there are a total of four such Road Poneglyphs in this world. As long as we gather all four Poneglyphs and connect the coordinates on them, we will obtain the specific coordinates of the Final Island, Laugh Tale, and thus reach Laugh Tale.”
After hearing Kouta's words, everyone looked at the red Road Poneglyph with renewed excitement.
Kouta smiled at Robin, “It’s going to trouble you next, Robin.”
“It is my duty, my captain.”
Robin bowed to Kouta very gentlemanly, then her eyes shining, she stepped forward to observe the Poneglyph up close.
Knowing that Kouta and the others were most concerned about the Road Poneglyph, she started deciphering the red Road Poneglyph first.
Reaching out her hand, she gently stroked the Poneglyph, and a look of genuine satisfaction appeared on Robin's face.
This direct contact with history made her very happy.
This was the fifth Poneglyph she had seen.
The first one was in the basement of the Library of Ohara’s Tree of Knowledge when she was a child.
She didn’t understand it as a child, but after going out to sea and as she grew older, she gradually understood.
She understood the true reason for Ohara's destruction: “deciphering Poneglyphs.”
History was not a crime, but deciphering history, which was strictly forbidden by the World Government, was a crime, and that was why Ohara was destroyed.
But even knowing that it was strictly forbidden by the World Government, as the sole survivor of Ohara, she had to shoulder the mission for the countless historians on the island and fulfill their last wishes.
Therefore, she had never given up her pursuit of Poneglyphs over the years.
The reason she agreed to cooperate with Crocodile at that time was because Crocodile had promised her that he could obtain Poneglyphs for her.
Otherwise, she would never have cooperated with someone like Crocodile.
Of course, at first, it was for her own safety, as Crocodile was a Shichibukai.
Now, following Kouta, in a short period of time, she had witnessed all sorts of beautiful scenery she had never imagined, experienced all sorts of wonders, and countless great battles.
Moreover, she had seen Poneglyphs one after another in a short time.
Joy, genuine joy, and an unprecedented sense of ease.
Therefore, she was infinitely grateful to Kouta.
It was this man, who had given her a different life she had never imagined, who had given her a new life.
The second one was encountered in the ruins of a deserted island during her years of escape.
The next two were on Skypiea and Fish-Man Island.
Withdrawing her fingers.
Robin looked up, her eyes scanning the text on the Poneglyph, reading it word by word, line by line, savoring it slowly.
Everyone stood behind Robin, not disturbing her.
They could feel the satisfaction Robin experienced upon seeing something she cherished.
Turning around, Robin smiled slightly at everyone and then spoke.
“This indeed records a coordinate. I believe this is one of the four Road Poneglyphs Kouta mentioned!”
“Can you tell us where it is?”
A Tao blew out a smoke ring and couldn't help but ask excitedly.
“Mhm!”
Robin touched her chin, thought for a moment, and said, “I can’t confirm the exact location here, but when we reach the final island, the last island pointed to by the Log Pose, I will be able to find the specific island guided by this Road Poneglyph based on its direction.”
“Oh… is that so?”
A Tao was obviously disappointed, but he quickly cheered up, because according to Kouta’s knowledge, there were three red Road Poneglyphs.
This meant that as long as they found the one red Road Poneglyph whose location was unknown, and then reached the final island indicated by the Log Pose,
They would become the second Pirate King in this world.
No, according to Kouta, it should be the “Adventure King.”
“Then what do the other two record?”
A Tao looked at the other two Poneglyphs on the left and right and asked.
“Hehe!!”
Robin chuckled, turned her head and looked at the other two, took a few steps back, retreated to the front of the crowd, and began to narrate their contents to everyone as she looked.
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