Chapter 417: The World That Will Eventually Sink!

These are notes left by predecessors in the treasure chest, written in a bewildering variety of scripts, none of which match the characters of this era.

Gao Wen cannot read them, but Robin should be able to decipher them.

Moreover, Gao Wen has a hunch that these notes were left here because those people regarded them as treasures equal to the One Piece.

Although many of the materials have rotted away due to the extreme age, there are still numerous usable notes.

What is recorded above might be hidden knowledge, or perhaps some technology that transcends the era and is sufficient to change the world.

However.

As Gao Wen looked at the giant ghost face left by Joy Boy on the cliff, he felt that the matter was not so simple.

If what was hidden here truly consisted only of these treasures left by predecessors, then for Roger, who originally arrived here, it would have been better to interpret these notes and spread them across the entire world rather than betting everything on a new era.

"Is what I saw not the whole picture, or is there some necessary condition?!"

Gao Wen, unwilling to give up, searched the island again but found nothing.

He simply chose not to linger here, tossed a teleportation coin, stepped through the gate opening in the void, and vanished into the mid-air of Laugh Tale.

The sunlight still shines upon this island, unchanged for hundreds of years, as if time has stopped here.

Only beneath Joy Boy's giant ghost face was a new line of text added:

"F*** Joy Boy! F*** the One Piece!"

Standing once again on the land of Britannia, Gao Wen let out a long breath, feeling the depression in his heart sweep away completely.

Returning to the municipal building.

Xiang Keluo, having heard the news, pushed the door open and entered, looked at the Devil Fruit in Gao Wen's hand, then at the pile of notes stacked like a small mountain beside Gao Wen, and was slightly stunned:

"So this is what you found on the Final Island?"

"Ah."

Gao Wen nodded, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

Xiang Keluo asked in confusion:

"Didn't they say that obtaining the One Piece means obtaining everything?!"

"The so-called One Piece is nothing but a lie from some boring bastard; all that was left there was a giant ghost face."

"Then these..."

"Things left by predecessors."

Xiang Keluo was momentarily speechless; his filter regarding the One Piece shattered into pieces at that very moment.

"Truly... such a boring guy."

"However."

"Even without the One Piece, it doesn't matter; once the Pluton sets sail, we will have the qualification to replace the World Government."

"By then, whatever wish we have can be realized!"

Gao Wen nodded, then summoned Nami and handed the Cloud-Cloud Fruit to her.

"This is..."

"The Cloud-Cloud Fruit?!"

Nami held the fruit in both hands, her face full of surprise, and in the eyes looking at Gao Wen, there was an indescribable emotion of gratitude.

"Captain~ you are too good~!"

"I..."

She sniffed, a mischievous smile curling at the corners of her eyes:

"Since I have no way to repay you, I shall offer myself!"

"Get lost!"

Gao Wen, quite speechless, glanced at her and then, as if swatting away a fly, drove Nami out of the office.

Nami chuckled, completely unconcerned.

Since witnessing the monster-like strength of her comrades two years ago, she had realized that she might have become the person dragging the team down.

And for someone with mediocre talent like herself who wanted to rapidly enhance her combat power, nothing was more efficient than a Devil Fruit.

Furthermore, among the vast sea of Devil Fruits, the one most compatible with a navigator is this Cloud-Cloud Fruit.

Although in the Devil Fruit encyclopedia the Cloud-Cloud Fruit is classified as inferior to the Goro Goro no Mi, in Nami's eyes there is no essential difference between the two; indeed, the abilities of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit are even more versatile compared to the Goro Goro no Mi.

Clouds are the key factor in forming various weather conditions; if operated properly, almost everything related to weather can be achieved.

Rain, storms, lightning, and dominating the weather within a large area all fall within the scope of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit's abilities.

If combined with the clouds of various natures on the Sky Island, it might be possible that relying solely on the power of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit would be enough to create a floating city; even lifting the entire Camelot into the sky at one stroke is not impossible!

It could also use island clouds to build cloud roads in the sky, linking several floating cities together.

In just a moment, a floating kingdom took shape in Nami's mind.

Without hesitation, she took a bite, but felt an incredibly strange taste flood her mouth; instinctively she opened her mouth to spit it out, yet the flesh slid directly into her throat.

"Gag~"

"So disgusting!"

Nami retched dryly, taking a full several minutes before she came to her senses.

She raised her hand slightly, and a layer of pure white clouds, like cotton candy, took shape in her hand, scattering as soon as the wind blew.

The surroundings were hazy.

After thinking for a moment, Nami took out her Clima-Tact, holding one in each hand.

Pitch-black dark clouds gushed out from the Clima-Tact, gathering in the sky, and in the blink of an eye covered an area of several square meters around them.

Lightning flashed within the clouds, and with the passage of time, it became brighter and brighter, while the accumulated lightning grew more and more, until finally...

Crack!

Thunder exploded with a deafening roar; nearly infinite lightning fell from the clouds—no, it was as if it were being poured out from the thunderclouds themselves!

Within an area of several hundred square meters, lightning rained down!

This scene...

Caused the surrounding people to panic in disarray, rushing to take cover in shelters.

Even Xiang Keluo, inside the office, was stunned into silence!

"This Devil Fruit... is it this powerful?"

"If I remember correctly, this is a lower-tier version of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit? Yet its power is comparable even to other Logia types!"

"Moreover, what clouds can achieve goes far beyond this..."

The more he pondered, the more Xiang Keluo could feel the immense strength of this Devil Fruit.

Gao Wen nodded slightly; he saw even more clearly than Xiang Keluo:

"It is not the Cloud-Cloud Fruit that is powerful, but the Cloud-Cloud Fruit in Nami's hands."

"Clouds themselves are key to forming various weather patterns, and this happens to be Nami's greatest specialty."

"In other words, Nami's compatibility with the Cloud-Cloud Fruit is likely no inferior to your compatibility with the Sickle-Sickle Fruit."

"Perhaps..."

"She will also advance very quickly on the path to Awakening."

This would be an Awakened Logia type!

As far as Gao Wen knew, even in the original timeline's late stages, when various Logia users appeared, none were confirmed Awakened users.

Awakened users were most common among Zoan types, followed by Paramecia types, while for Logia types, there was not a single confirmed case.

The battle between Aokiji and Akainu permanently altered Punk Hazard's weather, turning half into a volcano and covering the other half in glaciers; their power needs no elaboration, yet even this was not confirmed proof of Awakening.

The difficulty of Logia Awakening is evident from this alone.

If Nami could succeed on this path, reaching the threshold of Gold rank would be a certainty, not to mention becoming a Legend.

It was at this moment that a system notification, long unheard, sounded in Gao Wen's mind:

"Crew member Nami has obtained the Cloud-Cloud Fruit!"

"Potential increased!"

"Black Iron Peak → Bai Yin High!"

Gao Wen glanced at the system notification; for such a result, he was quite satisfied.

Nami was never a combatant; with future combat power at the Bai Yin level, plus the elemental intangibility of a Logia type, she would barely be able to protect herself.