The Shinobi of Straw Hats

260. Laugh Tale



260. Laugh Tale

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The Straw Hats sail at full speed towards the hole they've made in the solid mist wall. They can't miss this chance, so they need to get there as fast as possible or else the mist will fill the hole again and they can't go out.

Jon can see the solid mist wall slowly repairs the hole they've made. It's unnoticeable by normal naked eyes, but he can see it clearly with his sharingan. With their current speed, he predicts they won't make it to the exit before it closes because the exit hole is barely wide enough for the ship now.

But he doesn't tell the others because there's no need to tell them. He just needs to make the hole wider before they reach it. So right now, Jon is gathering his chakra again to make an attack that he'll use to open a bigger hole.

The Straw Hats finally get close to the exit hole and they finally realize that the hole is now too small for their ship to pass through. But before they can think of a solution, Jon has created a beast bomb and shoots it at the exit hole.

*BOOM*

The beast bomb explodes and widens the exit hole, making it big enough for even Moby Dick to pass through. They don't waste time and quickly get through the hole before the solid mist wall repairs itself completely.

"W-we make it! We get out of the mist area."

They cheer happily because they finally get out of that treacherous misty area after days. Sunlight can't pass through the mist, so there weren't day & night in there. If not for the clock in their ship, they won't be able to tell the time while inside the mist because it always looks the same.

"H-hey guys, look! That must be it, right?"

"!? Y-yeah, there's no doubt about it, that's the place we've been looking for all this time."

""LAUGH TALE!""

In front of them is an island that looks like other islands with a pretty white sand beach, pretty trees behind the beach, tall trees rather deep into the island, and a gigantic black square structure in the middle of the island.

Yes, it will look like other normal uninhabited islands if not for the gigantic black square structure in the middle. That black square seems to be even bigger and taller than Marine HQ. Even from afar, the Straw Hats can already tell how massive it is.

"That thing, doesn't it look like a poneglyph?"

"Exactly my thought. It's like a colossal poneglyph with the size of thousands of poneglyphs."

"Maybe it really is a poneglyph and there are words written on it."

"Why are you guys just guessing? We finally find Laugh Tale. Let's go there and check it!"

"THAT'S RIGHT! LET'S GO THERE NOW! LET'S FIND ONE PIECE!"

Luffy is very excited and orders them to sail as fast as they can. The crew is also excited, so they quickly sail to the island they believe to be Laugh Tale. There is still a small chance that this island isn't Laugh Tale unless they find what Roger Pirates left behind, after all.

When they reach the island, Luffy immediately gets off the ship and rushes into the island. He is very impatient to search for One Piece here and everyone understands it. But they don't know what kind of danger awaits them here, so they stop Luffy.

Even if Luffy is strong, that doesn't mean he is invincible. There might be something dangerous enough to threaten his life. Furthermore, it will be very bad if they get separated in this unknown island and are unable to find each other later.

"For now we need to move together and go to that giant square in the middle. It's our only lead to find anything about this island. If this place is really Laugh Tale, then Roger would have left his treasure near that thing. I just don't know which side it is, so we need to go there first. Remember! Don't get separated! Especially both of you, Luffy & Zoro!"

""Yes, Ma'am.""

"Why me too?"

"Really now, Zoro? You have the highest chance to get separated from us, you know."

"Ugh! Fine, I just need to walk with you guys, right?"

"Hmm, it doesn't sound reassuring."

Sanji ties a rope around Zoro's waist and holds the other end.

"Alright, we're good to go."

"DAMMIT! I'M NOT A DOG!"

"We need to make sure you don't get lost, you know."

The 2 of them are fighting again before being stopped by Nami's fist of love. Then they proceed to walk toward the giant square. Zoro isn't tied, but he needs to walk at the front with Luffy so everyone else can watch them.

Just as everyone thought, Zoro keeps straying from their straight path. Luckily, everyone else is watching him, so they can always remind him every time he walks in the wrong direction. They also keep watching their surroundings because they don't know what kind of danger lurks here.

When they almost reach the giant poneglyph, they feel that something is amiss. Nothing happened since they enter the island. It's so peaceful that it feels very suspicious. There is no dangerous beast, only normal animals that don't dare to approach them.

"This is too peaceful. I feel like we are in an illusion now."

"Worry not, I've confirmed that this is not an illusion."

Jon shows his bleeding palm to them. He stabbed his palm a moment ago to check if he fell into an illusion after realizing that everything is too good here. He was suspicious that the mist caused them to hallucinate, so he hurt himself, but nothing changed.

In the first place, his body is strong enough to resist things like hallucinogens. He shouldn't be worried about such a thing, but he just felt that this peace is too strange. After all, this is Laugh Tale, the last island that took so much effort to find.

"Well, it's a good thing that we don't need to face dangerous things here. Just treat this as a reward for our hardship to arrive here."

They finally arrive in front of the giant poneglyph and it's really a poneglyph. It's full of words carved on it just like other poneglyphs. Robin is very excited seeing it.

"There must be a lot of important information recorded on this poneglyph."

"Yeah, I'm sure it is. But how will you even read everything there? Just look at how tall & wide this thing is. You need to climb so high to read the top parts."

Jon can use some jutsus to make footholds for Robin, but he needs to keep controlling it, so it's not a good option. Then after thinking for a while, they decide that the best way is for Franky to make something for Robin to go up and down to read.

Franky can only sigh as he has more work before calling Usopp to help him. The others will need to help him too later to collect materials after he finishes making the blueprint. For now, they can do another important thing, preparing a party.

They have arrived on Laugh Tale, so they need to celebrate it even though they haven't found the treasure, One Piece. But they don't doubt that this is Laugh Tale. They just need to find the treasure later, now they need to celebrate their success.

While the crew is partying, Jon sends White Zetsu and some clones to investigate the giant poneglyph and its surroundings. After all, he knows that there is no way this giant poneglyph is the only thing on this island.

Well, it may be true that there is only this one thing, that's why it's called One Piece. But there's no way the owner of this poneglyph would use this island just to keep this giant poneglyph. After all, there are many poneglyphs all over the world and they are still not destroyed to this day.

This giant poneglyph will be fine even if they didn't hide it here because no one can destroy the poneglyphs so far. That means there is something else that they hid here. Jon can already guess that whatever they wanted to hide is inside this giant poneglyph.

'This poneglyph is most likely a building. I guess the key to enter this thing is written on its surfaces. Maybe Roger Pirates failed to enter this thing. That's why they called it One Piece because everything is still intact. Well, we'll find the truth after Robin deciphers everything.'


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