One Piece: Under the Throne

Leo was filled with emotion when he came to the Tree of All-Knowing again. It had been several months since he last came here. At this time, the other doctors had already left, leaving only Dr. Kroba who was sorting the books.

"Doctor, long time no see, did you miss me?"

"Oh, what a shame... ah no, Leo, you're here, welcome, welcome, what are you planning to donate again this time... ah no, what are you planning to learn again?"

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"Hey, hey, hey, you old man, you are so mean! Why did you say what was in your heart? This time there is really an important discovery about historical texts. Do you want to see it?"

Kloba picked his nose nonchalantly: "Then tell me."

Leo closed the door and said to Dr. Kloba mysteriously, "I found a special pattern in the historical text. I call it Rune Technology."

After saying that, Leo took out the metal plate teleportation array and showed it to Dr. Kloba.

The metal plate in front of him made the learned old man's eyes widen. He recognized at a glance that the words on it were historical texts, but the direction had changed. How did they form new patterns?

"Is this the rune technology you mentioned? What is its use?"

Leo didn't waste any time. He stuffed a metal plate into the doctor's hand and asked him to hold it. He then took another metal plate and walked to the door, then threw a stone into the teleportation array.

With a whoosh, Dr. Kloba watched the stone disappear, and a clang sound of hard objects colliding came from his hand.

Dr. Kloba's bulging eyeballs slowly moved downwards, and then stared at the stone.

"This……"

"What do you think, Doctor? Is this a great discovery?" Leo held his head high like a proud rooster.

After a brief surprise, Dr. Kloba quickly ran to Leo, took Leo's hand and led him into the basement.

Dr. Kloba asked Leo very seriously: "Who else knows this secret?"

"You are the first person to know this secret."

"Don't tell anyone about this. I have a feeling there is a huge secret behind this discovery. Leo, leave O'Hara immediately and don't come back."

"Doctor, have you sensed that O'Hara is in danger right now? I plan to set up a teleportation array here so that everyone will have multiple escape routes in case of danger."

Kloba shook his head, then looked at Leo with relief: "I now completely believe that you are Vegapunk's disciple. You two are so alike."

"No, I don't have a head that big."

"I'm talking about the style of doing things, idiot, understand what I mean."

After complaining, Dr. Kloba returned to a serious expression: "Leo, as the director of the Tree of All-Knowing Library, I declare that you are forbidden to set foot here again. Please leave immediately. No! You need to leave O'Hara immediately and never come back."

Leo looked at the doctor in silence, and the surging memories seemed to bring him back to three years ago. The figure of Dr. Kroba and Vegapunk gradually overlapped, and Leo believed that the two doctors were once close friends. Their persistence and dedication to knowledge were exactly the same. Moreover, they were both old men who were not easy to talk to, and they were both so knowledgeable, full of sharing spirit, and caring for their students...

Leo left the Tree of Omniscience in disappointment. Perhaps he would once again experience the feeling of powerlessness of not being able to help those close to him.

Dr. Kloba kept watching Leo go away. When he could no longer see him, he whispered, "Leo, keep going. Maybe in the future you will be the one who reveals the truth of history!"

Leo returned home with a heavy heart. As soon as he entered the door, Robin came to greet him: "Welcome back! Let's eat first, and then tell me the story of Fishman Island."

"Okay, let's eat first. We have something important to talk about while we eat."

"Okay, go wash your hands quickly."

Leo was pushed into the bathroom by Robin with a wry smile on his face.

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The two were enjoying their last dinner at the table. Leo ate very quickly today, and after finishing his meal he looked at Robin quietly.

Robin felt a little embarrassed by his stare, and said angrily: "Stop staring at me, there is something going on, just tell me now."

"Robin, how about going out to sea with me? There is a wider world out there. You have been studying history for so long, don't you want to go out and see it?"

"Ah? Leo, what are you talking about in your sleep? I haven't become an archaeologist yet, and my mother hasn't come back from the sea yet. I have to wait for her here. Why are you saying this suddenly? What happened?"

"I have to leave O'Hara. I have to leave in a minute."

"Why so sudden! Leo, please don't leave. Don't leave me alone."

"Robin, for some unspeakable reasons, I have to leave here. I'm sorry I can't spend the New Year with you, but I have prepared a gift for you in advance. Promise me you can wait until New Year's Day to open it."

Robin had become accustomed to life with him around, and for a moment she could not accept Leo's sudden departure, but she also understood that Leo was an outsider and did not belong to O'Hara.

Robin rubbed his eyes and forced a smile: "Okay, then I'll take you out to sea tonight."

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Night fell over O'Hara, the waves crashed against the beach, and two tiny figures appeared on the shore.

Originally, Leo wanted to tap Robin's forehead with his finger, but then he thought it was unlucky and gave up.

"Robin, if you go out to sea one day, please come to see me, and make sure to keep the gift I gave you."

"Don't worry, when I grow up, I will go out to sea to find you."

Under Robin's reluctant eyes, Leo's boat gradually went away, leaving only the lonely figure of the girl on the shore.

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The moon was covered by clouds tonight, and a small boat was sailing alone on the dark sea. In this scene, Leo felt as if he was in nothingness, and his mind was in a mess. During the four years he was at sea, many people had left a deep impression on him.

Leo's mind flashed with the figures of his companions, then Vegapunk, Princess Otohime, Charlie, Fisher Tiger, Mr. Tom, Dr. Kroba, and Robin. Everyone looked at him with trust and expectation.

Alas! Once again, he was protected. Leo certainly understood what Dr. Kroba meant by driving him away, but when he thought about himself being the one being protected, he felt extremely irritated.

Leo suddenly scratched his hair vigorously with both hands, and then growled: "I am a bad boy, why should I listen to you? I will not watch O'Hara destroyed, I must change Robin's tragic fate."

After making up his mind, Leo began to recall the timeline carefully. The original book only recorded the destruction of O'Hara in the year 1500 of the Sea Circle Calendar, but did not specify the exact day. The only clue was that the giant Lieutenant General Sauro was washed to O'Hara by the sea, which was not long before the government launched the demon-killing order.

Fortunately, there were still more than two months before the New Year, which was enough time for Leo to make arrangements in advance. But it was impossible to stop the Demon Killing Order, so Leo had to settle for the next best thing. He decided to set his goal to rescue all historians. Let the inheritance of the great kingdom save those who suffered disasters because of it!

Leo sat on the recliner, thinking over the details in his mind, and before he knew it he fell asleep.

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Ouch, the dazzling sunlight woke up the sleeping boy.

"Is it morning already?" Leo rubbed his sleepy eyes and struggled to sit up. The stay-at-home routine he had maintained for half a year made him sleep until noon.

"Damn, I wanted to get up early." Leo yawned while checking the direction.

"Fuck! How could we have strayed so far?" As a Devil Fruit user, Leo was not afraid of the sea, but he felt as if he had been cursed by the sea in another way. Was it true that he would get lost every time he went out to sea alone? As a navigator, Leo thought this was a great shame.

After grumbling to himself for a while, Leo still had to face reality. He readjusted his course and used his ability to continue sailing.

Bulu Bulu, Kaga

"Afu, I will be back later due to some force majeure. Please prepare the things I asked you to do first."

"Ah? Captain, are you lost again?"

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"Wulusai, I am a boy blessed by the sea. How could I get lost at sea? Okay, that's it."

The afternoon passed quickly and the sun was about to sink into the sea. The boy sat on the deck bored and looked at the sea at dusk. Leo decided not to sleep tonight. If he deviated from the route, he didn't know how those guys would laugh at him when he returned.

Just as he was daydreaming, an island appeared on the waterway. It was a small island that was not marked on the map. The island was not large and was covered with tropical plants.

Leo originally planned to go around it, but when he got closer, he found that there seemed to be a lot of Den Den Mushi living on the island, so Leo changed his mind and decided to go to the island to explore.

Hiking through the jungle, the vegetation along the way is quite lush, but this is not a problem for Leo who grew up in the forest. After walking for a long time, he finally found the traces of Den Den Mushi. Leo ignored some ordinary Den Den Mushi and his target was those special species.

Two, four, six, seven, eight. The deeper they went, the more Den Den Mushi there were. After observing for a while, Leo discovered that they were all crawling in the same direction.

This aroused Leo's interest even more, and he chose the largest Den Den Mushi to follow, intending to see what these Den Den Mushi were up to.

Although this thing looks like a snail, it crawls very quickly. Its body wriggles like a ghost and soon brought Leo to the depths of the jungle.

Oh! Is this a Den Den Mushi meeting?

The scene in front of me was a bit shocking. There was an open space in the jungle. In the middle of the open space there was a tree stump, on which lay a strangely shaped Den Den Mushi.

Hundreds of Den Den Mushi gathered in a circle around the tree stump, looking as if they were worshipping that special Den Den Mushi. If Leo hadn't known that they were a bunch of harmless little creatures, he would have thought he had walked into a cult ritual.

Leo carefully avoided the little cuties on the ground and came to the tree stump to carefully observe the special Den Den Mushi.

It is a small Den Den Mushi that can be held in one hand. It is special because other Den Den Mushi are naked, but it is the only one wearing clothes.

The style of the clothes looked familiar to Leo. He was wearing Hanfu, a Jinxian crown on his head, a feather fan in his hand, and a three-point mustache under his mouth. The overall look gave people the feeling of devoting himself to the cause until his death.

Leo's jaw almost dropped, and he subconsciously asked, "What the hell are you?"

When Leo was observing the special Den Den Mushi, the Den Den Mushi was also secretly observing him. When it heard Leo's rude words, it was furious: "How dare you, you reckless man, how can you be so rude? Why don't you kneel down and bow in front of this immortal?"

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Huh? What the hell? Leo's eyes almost popped out: "Den Den Mushi has become a spirit?"