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Chapter 196 Wano Country
Chapter 196 Wano Country
Bai Yu looked at them, and a strange feeling welled up in his heart.
These people followed him.
They trusted him.
They were willing to go with him to a dangerous place, face a dangerous enemy, and do a dangerous thing.
It was not because of orders, not because of interests, not for any utilitarian reason.
Simply because he is everything to them.
Bai Yu took a deep breath and then shouted, "Full speed ahead! Destination: Wano Country!"
"oh!!!"
"Set off!!!"
The sails of the Dawn unfurled in the wind, the ship began to accelerate, cleaving through the waves and sailing into the distance.
The sun sank into the sea, the sky turned deep blue, and the first star lit up on the horizon.
The sea remained silent, as if silently preparing for what was to come.
Meanwhile, in a faraway land, a colossal, enraged prince is sharpening his divine weapon, preparing to declare war on the entire world.
He didn't know what awaited him.
But he wants to destroy the world government.
He would use blood and fire to seek justice for his father.
Meanwhile, Bai Yu, Shanks, and Mihawk—the strongest group in the world—are heading towards him.
They wanted to stop him before he went to his destruction.
The war has not yet begun.
But the storm has already arrived.
The sun had completely sunk below the sea, the sky had turned from orange-red to deep purple, and the first star shone on the horizon, like someone had poked a tiny hole in dark silk, letting out a sliver of light.
Bai Yu stood at the bow of the Dawn, one hand in his pocket and the other casually resting on the gunwale, letting the sea breeze tousle his hair.
His eyes were looking into the distance, but what was reflected in his pupils was not the sea in front of him, but something much more distant.
He wondered who would be summoned next, and when he could break through the barriers of time and space to enter the world of Naruto. He was thinking about Elbaf, and his hazy memories told him that Elbaf was quite important.
"What are you thinking about?"
Violet's voice came from behind, softly, as if afraid of disturbing something.
Bai Yu didn't turn around, but the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
"Thinking of Elbaf."
"Elbaf?"
Violet walked over to him and stood beside him. The sea breeze lifted her skirt, making her look like a blooming flower in the night.
"Red said that the warriors of Elbaf are the strongest race in the world, and Loki is the strongest among them."
Violet paused for a moment before saying, "But I just saw Unohana's expression."
She seemed very excited.
"It's not excitement."
Bai Yu shook his head.
"It's hunger, a hunger for battle. Of course, that's the kind of person Sister Hua is. This world isn't that big, and with Sister Hua's abilities, there aren't many things that can satisfy her."
He turned his head and looked at Violet.
"Sister Hua is a very strange woman. She is as gentle as a glass of warm water, but when you get close to her, you can always smell a faint, almost imperceptible scent of blood on her. The scent is so faint that it is almost non-existent, but if you smell it carefully, you will find that it does not come from any external source. It comes from her bones."
Violet didn't speak, she just looked at him quietly.
"She has been waiting."
Bai Yu continued.
"Waiting for a certain day, a certain scene, but I have a feeling that in Elbaf, in front of Loki, we might see Sister Hua fight even more frantically."
Violet reached out and gently took Bai Yu's hand.
"No matter what she looks like."
She said it softly but firmly.
"She is our partner."
Bai Yu looked at her and then smiled: "Of course, you are all my wings."
Bai Yu gripped her hand tightly.
The night grew deeper, the stars multiplied, and the sea was pitch black, with only the Dawn's bowlight casting a fan-shaped halo in front of it.
The Dawn sailed on the sea for five days.
For the past five days, the sea has been very calm, so calm that it's almost unsettling.
There were no storms, no sea kings, no navy, and not a single ship belonging to any other pirate crew.
It was as if the entire world consisted of only the Dawn Ship, drifting alone on the boundless sea.
Bai Yu spent most of his time standing at the bow of the ship, looking at the sea ahead.
His gaze never lingers in one place for too long; he is engaged in his own unique cultivation, and when his strength reaches a certain level, meditation becomes essential.
Robin sat in the corner of the deck, holding a thick book in his hands.
The book cover was dark brown, and the characters on it were some kind of ancient script that Bai Yu couldn't understand.
Her eyes moved across the pages, occasionally pausing to gently trace a passage with her fingers, as if pondering its meaning.
"Robin."
Bai Yu's voice came from the bow of the ship.
Robin looked up.
"Um?"
"Do you have any clues about the Poneglyphs of Wano Country?"
Robin paused for a second, then closed the book.
"There should be a piece of the Poneglyph in Wano Country."
She said it in a tone that was calm and meticulous, characteristic of an archaeologist.
"There are four Road Poneglyphs, all pointing to Laugh Tale, the end of the Grand Line, ONE."
The location of PIECE.
"The Roadmark Historic Texts are not ordinary historical inscriptions; they are maps leading to the final island. Each piece is marked with a specific coordinate point. When you connect the coordinates on the four pieces, their intersection is Laugh Tale."
"But the Poneglyphs contain more than just this information; they also record the truth about the Void Century, the secrets of the Ancient Weapons, and the significance of the D. clan."
A light shone in Robin's eyes.
"I learned in Ohara that the stonemasons of Wano Country created these Poneglyphs by hand 800 years ago. They know all the secrets within them, and I want to find them and see with my own eyes the truth that the World Government has kept hidden for 800 years."
Bai Yu looked at her and remained silent for a second.
"You've already learned a lot in Ohara."
Robin's smile turned somewhat bitter.
"What does Ohara know? Ohara only knows the tip of the iceberg. Dr. Clover spent his entire life only touching the edge of the truth, and that tiny edge is enough for the World Government to launch a Buster Call and wipe Ohara off the map."
Her voice was calm, as if she were telling a story that had nothing to do with her.
"Eight hundred years of history have been erased. Can you imagine what that means? One hundred years is enough for a civilization to go from barbarism to prosperity, enough for an empire to go from prosperity to destruction, enough for several generations to grow old, get sick and die."
"And this world was missing for a full hundred years."
"I want to know what happened in those hundred years."
"I want to know why the World Government hid those hundred years."
"I want to know who Im is, where he comes from, and what he wants."
After Robin finished speaking, he looked at Bai Yu.
Bai Yu remained silent.
He remained silent for a long time, so long that Robin thought he wouldn't say anything more.
"Then let's go find it."
Bai Yu finally spoke.
"No matter what's hidden in those eight hundred years, no matter who Im is, no matter why the World Government hides that history, we'll go find it and see it with our own eyes."
He turned his head, looked at Robin, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
"Then we'll make a decision."
Robin looked at him, but the corners of her mouth turned up, revealing a smile that Bai Yu often saw on her face.
It was a genuine, heartfelt smile, tinged with a girlish joy.
"Um.
""
She said one word.
It was as light as a petal falling onto the sea.
The Dawn continued its voyage.
On the seventh day, some changes began to appear on the sea surface.
The seawater was no longer the usual deep blue, but had a strange bluish tint, as if something had dissolved in the seawater, giving it a different color.
Occasionally, one or two enormous seabirds will appear in the sky, with wingspans of over ten meters, circling over the sea and emitting sharp cries.
Bai Yu stood at the bow of the ship, his eyes narrowed.
"We're almost there."
He said.
Rangiku walked up to him, toying with her Zanpakuto in her hand, the blade gleaming coldly in the sunlight. Her hair was a mess from the sea breeze, but she didn't seem to care.
"Captain, what kind of place is Wano Country?"
She asked, her tone as casual as if she were asking what to eat for dinner.
"I've heard there's a group of very powerful warriors there."
Bai Yu thought for a moment and said, "Wano Country, a country in the New World, the latter half of the Grand Line."
"It's a very strange place."
"What's so strange?"
"It is not among the member states of the World Government, nor does it receive outsiders; even naval ships cannot enter."
Bai Yu said, her voice tinged with curiosity.
"A country that has been closed off for hundreds of years, not communicating with the outside world, not accepting outsiders, locking itself in a shell of isolation, is actually one of the strongest countries in the world."
"The samurai of Wano Country are hailed as the world's greatest swordsmen. Their swordsmanship, their skills, and their spirit are among the best in the world."
"Moreover, Wano Country is the origin of seastone, and all the seastone in the world comes from here."
Rangiku raised an eyebrow.
"Seastone? That stone that renders Devil Fruit users powerless?"
"right.
Bai Yu nodded.
"The artisans of Wano Country can process seastone into any shape and make anything, which is something that cannot be done anywhere else in the world."
"I heard from Shanks that Kaido and the Beasts Pirates are stationed in Wano Country. They control the country and have turned it into their weapons factory. They have accumulated a lot of wealth and power through Seastone and the arms trade."
Rangiku whistled.
"That sounds like an interesting place."
"interesting?"
Bai Yu smiled.
"Maybe, but it's also a very dangerous place. The samurai are strong, the Beasts Pirates are strong, and we might not be welcome here."
"After all, it's a closed country. If outsiders come in, they'll treat us as invaders."
Rangiku shrugged.
"It's not like we haven't been invaders before."
Bai Yu looked at her and couldn't help but laugh.
"you're right."
On the morning of the eighth day, Robin was the first to notice the anomaly.
She came out of the cabin, holding a teacup, and was about to go to the deck for morning tea when she suddenly stopped.
Her eyes widened as she stared at the sea ahead, her pupils reflecting a huge, blurry object that seemed to be hanging down from the sky.
"captain!"
Her voice carried a rare hint of curiosity.
Bai Yu rushed out of the cabin and followed Robin's gaze.
Then he was stunned.
A wall appeared on the sea ahead.
It's not an ordinary wall.
It was a colossal wall made of rock, reaching straight into the clouds, with no visible top, stretching across the entire horizon.
Its height is beyond description; any language seems pale and powerless in its presence.
Bai Yu made a visual assessment.
Thousands of meters.
At least several kilometers.
Those cliffs and precipices are like a giant knife, cleaving the sea in two from the sky.
The surface of the giant wall is covered with cracks and dents, and is overgrown with moss and unknown plants, but it still cannot conceal its primitive, brutal, and unreasonable magnificence.
Everyone on the Dawn went up to the deck.
Artoria stood beside the gun barrel, her golden hair fluttering in the wind. Her face was expressionless, but there was something in her eyes that Bai Yu rarely saw.
That was curiosity.
It was a kind of curiosity about something beyond imagination.
Kanna had somehow run out of the cabin and was standing on the railing at the bow, her little hands gripping the railing, her eyes wide as saucers.
"White feather! White feather! What's that?"
Her voice was full of the excitement and wonder that is unique to children.
"Those are the walls of Wano Country."
Bai Yu said.
"So high!"
Connor looked up at the enormous wall that stretched to its limit, her neck almost snapping from looking up.
"However, it seems that we also have many buildings that tall in our area."
Unohana Retsu appeared behind Kanna at some point, gently placing a hand on Kanna's shoulder to prevent her from falling off the railing.
She looked up at the giant wall, a slight smile playing on her lips.
"No wonder no one can easily enter this country."
Her voice was soft, but every word was as clear as if it had been carved with a knife.
"Such natural defenses are more effective than any army."
Robin pulled out a book from somewhere and flipped through the pages quickly, saying as she turned the pages, "The outskirts of Wano Country have no coastline; the entire country is surrounded by a ring of rocky cliffs, which are said to be over several thousand meters high."
"The only way for outsiders to enter Wano Country is to climb up."
"Climb up?"
Rangiku looked at the almost vertical cliff and her lips twitched.
"Are you kidding me? How are you supposed to climb this thing?"
"Regarding this, I read a story that there is a special kind of carp that lives in the sea near Wano Country. Every year, they regularly swim upstream from under the waterfall to the top."
"If you catch these carp, you can climb up the waterfall."
"carp?"
Rangiku looked at Robin, thinking she had misheard.
"carp."
Robin closed the book and looked at Rangiku.
"But I'm not sure if this is true, after all, the records in the book are not necessarily reliable."