Robin nodded knowingly, then turned back to focus on studying the Poneglyph.
At the sight of a large stone suddenly appearing in mid-air, the scene erupted into an uproar!
Although the people of Alabasta didn't understand what it was, they were all awestruck by the ancient aura emanating from the Poneglyph, unconsciously taking a few steps back.
"Whoa, whoa, this isn't good..." Usopp's long nose stiffened with fright. "Did we just dig up something else incredible?"
Sanji exhaled a smoke ring. "Looking at Smoker's expression, this thing is probably more troublesome than Roger's phantom."
Zoro's three swords were already unsheathed, and he vigilantly scanned his surroundings. "The Marine is probably going to go crazy."
Indeed,
Smoker's side was already in chaos, and a shocking message came through the phone.
"What?! You said this records the whereabouts of an Ancient Weapon... Yes! I'll immediately seal off the area!"
He hung up the Den Den Mushi, his expression full of tension. "All Marine! Level one alert!"
Ron, however, stood calmly beside the Poneglyph, watching everything unfold. He looked at Nami, who was still in shock. "How about it? Are you satisfied with this 'treasure'?"
Nami turned her head mechanically. "Ron... did we... cause another huge problem?"
Crocodile had awakened at some point, his sinister eyes fixed on the Poneglyph in Robin's hand.
His breathing became rapid, and the golden hook on his finger trembled slightly from excessive force. What was recorded on it was precisely the whereabouts of the Ancient Weapon, Pluton, that he had always dreamed of!
This was supposed to be his treasure, his ultimate goal that he had painstakingly worked towards for years, even going so far as to instigate civil war in Alabasta.
However, now, everything was ruined due to the Straw Hat Pirates' sudden intervention, and a flame of anger burned in his chest.
"Damn Straw Hat..." He gritted his teeth and growled.
No one paid attention to Crocodile's impotent rage. Fleet Admiral Sengoku's steady voice came from the Den Den Mushi in Smoker's hand. "Stabilize the scene, don't rush. Admiral Aokiji is already on his way."
Smoker's expression immediately became subtle. His hand gripping the Den Den Mushi tightened slightly, and he thought to himself, 'There's no point in me rushing. I can't beat them anyway, and Crocodile was caught with their help.'
He subconsciously glanced at Ron and his group, who were studying the Poneglyph. When he saw that they weren't making any moves, he inexplicably felt a bit relieved.
However,
When the words "Admiral Aokiji" reached everyone's ears, the atmosphere of the entire plaza suddenly tensed up.
Nami's face instantly went pale, and her Clima-Tact almost dropped. "Again, again, it's Aokiji?!" The terrifying experience of accidentally digging up Aokiji last time was still vivid in her mind.
Usopp's legs began to shake uncontrollably. "Wh-what's there to be afraid of... with me here, there'll be no surprises..."
Ace also frowned. "It's a Poneglyph, so it seems this isn't simple. Marine Headquarters will definitely send someone, but I didn't expect it to be Aokiji."
Robin paused slightly, but quickly resumed her deciphering work, though her speed visibly increased.
Vivi noticed everyone's abnormality and nervously wrung her fingers. "It's Admiral Aokiji....."
Ron gently patted Vivi's shoulder, his gaze, however, remained fixed on the Poneglyph. "Last time, Nami accidentally dug him out from underground."
A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. "It seems this Admiral can't 'forget' about us."
The Marine soldiers in the distance straightened their backs upon hearing the news that Aokiji was coming, and the tension on their faces vanished. A few even provocatively raised their chins towards the Straw Hat Pirates' direction.
Just then,
Nami suddenly frowned, looking puzzled at the lingering red light. "Strange... why is this red light lasting so long this time?"
Ron also noticed the anomaly, narrowing his eyes as he stared at the increasingly intense light. "Something's wrong..."
Before he finished speaking, a chilling scene unfolded—
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"..."
A series of deafening explosions echoed through the sky, as colossal black shadows continuously shot out from the red light!
Each black shadow was enveloped in an ancient and heavy aura, tracing bizarre trajectories in the sky before hovering above the plaza!
"Th-this... this is impossible!" Robin's scholar glasses clattered to the ground. Her usually composed voice was trembling at this moment.
Ten!
A full ten Poneglyphs!
They were like ten dazzling suns, suspended above the plaza, their surfaces glowing with an eerie red light. The mysterious ancient characters shimmered in the light, as if narrating secrets sealed for a thousand years.
Among them, two of the Poneglyphs were even a different color—they were red!
"Am I... am I dreaming?" Usopp pinched his long nose hard, yelping in pain. "Ten... ten Poneglyphs?! How many of these things are there?!"
Smoker had completely lost the ability to speak. His cigar dropped from his wide-open mouth, and his scalp tingled with shock from the ten Poneglyphs!
He mechanically picked up the Den Den Mushi, but even his dialing fingers were trembling. "Fleet Admiral Sengoku... the situation has changed... it's not one... it's ten... ten Poneglyphs..."
The Marine soldiers collectively turned to stone. Some even collapsed directly to the ground. Tashigi's glasses shattered on the ground, but she didn't even bother to pick them up, just repeating blankly, "Ten... ten..."
Smoker looked up at the sky in shock. "This is a big problem now!"
"There are a total of thirty Poneglyphs. Normally, one Poneglyph is nothing, but now ten Poneglyphs have appeared at once!"
"This means that one-third of the history of the Void Century will be revealed today!"
"I'm afraid the world is truly about to change!"
Although Vivi and the people of Alabasta didn't fully understand what this meant, they were also stunned into silence by the shocking scene. The entire royal capital seemed to have been put on mute, with only the Poneglyphs quietly suspended in mid-air.
Ron took a deep breath, complex emotions flickering in his eyes. "This time... things have really blown up."
In the distance, Aokiji, who was on his way, suddenly stopped his bicycle. Hearing the information from the Den Den Mushi, his usually lazy expression became serious for the first time. "Whoa, whoa... this is truly... incredible..."
At this moment,
Ron snapped back to reality and turned to look at Robin, who was still in shock, and urgently called out, "Robin! Don't just stand there! Quickly record all this content! Something big is probably about to happen here!"
Robin came to her senses as if waking from a dream. She immediately composed herself, seized the time, and refocused her gaze on them, scanning each Poneglyph. The obscure and difficult ancient characters flowed into her mind like water, being etched into her memory.
"The third one on the left... the fifth one on the back right..." Robin murmured to herself, using her Devil Fruit ability. Her arms stacked, and an eye even grew on her palm. Her hand quickly swept over each character.
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