The reason for bringing these people here was to have them transport books. Ohara is a treasure trove of valuable literature collected from all over the world. It would be a great pity if these things were to be destroyed in war or suppressed by the World Government.
There might be many useful things inside. The accumulation of centuries of human knowledge is quite significant.
Although there are a lot of books here, it is impossible for ordinary people to carry so many books. However, the people who came here are elite pirates who have fought in the New World. They have ant-like physiques, and it is not difficult for them to carry a box of books four or five meters high and several times their own weight.
However, many of them broke out in a cold sweat when they saw the books piled up in the grooves on the walls. It turns out that Arceus brought them for this reason.
“Don’t just stand there, start working!” The books won’t jump into the bags themselves, so the pirates began to work hurriedly.
Yamato, who had followed along out of curiosity, looked at the celestial globe in the center.
“Dad, what is this?”
“This is where we currently live. These are planets, and the one in the middle is a star, that is the sun in the sky. Our current location should be here.” [TN: Go and search for geocentric model on this page to see how it looks: https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/World]
An energy arm rotated the celestial globe, pointing roughly to the location of the West Blue.
“Wow! Do we live on a ball?”
“Yes, a very big ball. For more details, you can ask Acier or Queen when we get back, or you can look for scholars to answer your questions.”
He could answer some basic questions, but beyond that, he couldn’t explain. However, once curiosity is piqued, it’s not so easy to stop.
“Wait, Dad, there are so many balls here. Does that mean the other balls are also seas?”
“I don’t know, but when you grow up, you can go and see for yourself.” With Legendary-level strength, it’s not difficult to survive in outer space. Nowadays, almost everyone has some flying abilities, except for Groudon.
Now, this honor has already been returned to Groudon by him. As his power gradually recovers, flying is no longer a problem for him, and it would be nice to have a Groudon who can’t fly.
And in this world, there are also Space Pirates, so a journey to the stars can also be a future path.
“Take this celestial globe apart and take it with us. Whatever you find interesting, take it with you.”
“Understood!”
There are some valuable things here that are worth a lot, and the pirates prefer these tangible things over the books.
As for whether it’s right or wrong to do so, this place will eventually be destroyed by shellfire, so it’s a waste not to take them away now.
And that celestial globe looks very standard. It would be troublesome to make another one, so it’s just right to bring it back as a teaching tool for Yamato in the future.
Ordinary people may not know, and speaking of this kind of thing in Wano Country would be seen as madness, but these world-famous scholars are well aware of it. The birth of planets is also part of their history.
Satellite instruments, dinosaur fossils, plant specimens; the contents stored in the Tree of Knowledge have greatly expanded Yamato’s horizons. For her, this place is like a natural history museum.
“Lord Arceus, we’ve found an underground chamber. There seems to be a translation of the Poneglyph’s inscriptions.”
“Bring it with us. Elizabeth, you go pack up those things.”
“Understood.”
It was like a dictionary. The knowledge of these scholars is undoubtedly important, but it can’t be fully trusted and they must be cautious.
Yamato continued to explore her museum, while the pirates were busy working, which was interrupted by an explosion. Cracks appeared on the walls of the Tree of Knowledge above.
“Buster Call has begun. You guys continue working, don’t worry about anything else.” An invisible barrier protected the Tree of Knowledge from the firepower, making it impossible to break through.
“Yamato, go to the window and watch. That’s the power of the Marines.”
“Oh!”
Outside, on the open ground, Spandine lamented at the boredom of this job.
“What an easy job. Your crimes have been confirmed: collecting and translating Poneglyphs.” Looking at the reports from his subordinates, Spandine passed the death sentence on these historians.
“Why is it a capital offense just to read ancient texts? Why!”
Eight-year-old Nico Robin questioned. Since killing everyone for reading texts, something she, at such a young age, couldn’t possibly comprehend.”
“You know nothing, brat. They want to revive ancient weapons and then kill everyone. Understand?”
“Nonsense! Nobody would do such a thing!”
“Robin, don’t bother explaining to World Government’s lackey. He won’t understand.” An old man with hair and a beard that formed a three-leaf clover grabbed hold of Robin.
Professor Clover, the Director of the Tree of Knowledge Library, an absolute authority in archaeology, was the one who guided Robin on her path through history.
“You dare call me a lackey! Ba*tard!”
“Aren’t you one? World Government has never feared those so-called ancient weapons. I’m going to have a conversation with the Five Elders. Although there may not be concrete results, we already have speculations about the Void Century. I will ‘report’ our findings to them.”
Spandine’s abilities were mediocre, but he managed to rise to a high position step by step because he was obedient. Until he received absolute orders from the World Government, he wouldn’t do anything too outrageous.
Although reluctantly, he made the call. After going through the official jargons, the Five Elders personally announced the death sentence for the scholars of Ohara.
However, just before the call was hung up, Clover uttered a term that made the World Government extremely uneasy: “Great Kingdom.”
“Kill him.”
“Understood.” A bullet pierced through Clover’s chest, but Spandine’s marksmanship was terrible. Even though they were less than 10 meters apart, he failed to hit the heart.
“Spandine, destroy Ohara. They know too much.”
The previous bombardment was just to correct the trajectory. As Spandine pressed the golden Den Den Mushi in his hand, a silver Den Den Mushi’s ringing sound resounded from the already positioned warships.
“All ships, prepare for firing! Fire!”
Intense cannon fire began to engulf every inch of Ohara’s land, even reaching Spandine himself. At this point, he couldn’t care less about the criminals.
In his eyes, no one could survive under the firepower of the Buster Call, so he hastily fled with the few of his subordinates.
“Tree! The Tree of Knowledge is on fire! Quickly, put out the fire!”
Facing the cannon fire, these scholars surprisingly didn’t choose to flee, instead they rushed to the Tree of Knowledge, trying to save the documents.
Meanwhile, Nico Robin and Nico Olvia, the mother and daughter who hadn’t seen each other for six years, were reunited again, but under the backdrop of the cannon fire, it seemed extremely somber.
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