Chapter 173

When Young brought up the subject of Yonko, I had no doubts in his words. In fact, it was a known fact in the New World. The Yonko are relatively recent, and they appeared around the same time that Shanks left the East Blue after meeting Luffy. As such, the Balance of Power was formed at that time. Even the Revolutionaries appeared at the same time ...

"Hmm, is it possible that Shanks's trip was in time for Lough Tail ..."

Seeing my wistful gaze, Yeon smiled and nodded.

- I think I understand what you are thinking ... You see, I am able to see a lot in the world thanks to the fruit, but I am still unable to see some places. Thanks to the developed will to observe, I am even able to predict the future a little ... But, not D.'s future, it is almost impossible to predict it. But I'm pretty sure Shanks was in the Sacred Ground. You might think that he was already there in Roger's time, but he is not ... Just about sixteen years ago, in my opinion, he had already been there. Well, right after that, four New World Emperors appeared. I'm not sure if it's a coincidence ... Anyway, this guy knows something about that place, and he could have got the coordinates from Roger. Moreover, once I saw him surrounded by the Goroseevs, and it makes me think, '' With a strange sigh, Yeon turned to me and said: `` Perhaps now it is worth telling you about the main power of my fruit ...

I was just now surprised again. Shanks has ties to these old men? But why? I had a lot of questions in my mind, this old man first talked about one thing, then about another, and now he returned to his fruit in general ... What does he even want to achieve?

I was of course interested. His fruit already allowed him to see almost the whole world, what else could there be? So I immediately asked:

- What is this power?

- Well, the first thing is to see everything, I don't hear, but I just see, if you learn, you can even read lips and not worry too much about the sounds. So I have followed the world all these years. I left for this very reason ... You see, my second strength is memory. Believe it or not, I remember literally everything I saw, everything I heard or learned. But, this is not the most important thing, the main result of this force, the third ability of the fruit is the preservation of the user's memories.

When he said this, I began to understand something ...

- You mean ...

- Right, - Yeon nodded, - I am able to preserve all the memories of the past owners of my fruit. Those who receive the fruit after me will be able to find out everything that I have learned, and so on ... one might say, my fruit is a huge repository of memories and experiences. True, there is a drawback ... You see, every time I use power - to see, it becomes more difficult. So in recent years, I have been using it as little as possible. And now, using it again, I saw you ...

With a sigh, Yeon continued.

“I just want to pass on some knowledge to you and not overload you with unnecessary information, while Shanks is not important, like Rox. I didn't want to talk to you about them, but about the Great Purge. You see, this is the only threat that could interfere with my ancestor's ancient plan. I have retained some memories of the past, I am aware of many things. But, all this is not so important. The main thing is important - collect all three main creations of my race. This is the only information I know about the past. You will understand why you need them, because I do not understand ... It is on Lough Tail that the knowledge about this is stored. But the Great Purge is the biggest threat, just like Him. The Great Purge could drastically affect everything and temporarily erase one of the three weapons, and that would be a disaster. After all, they should all be brought together. He does not know what these weapons look like, he, like many others, knows only a small part of the information. But I saw for sure that the purge will happen in the future ... And I doubt that people will be its victims. I guess it's easy to guess what is the first race to fall under this weapon?

I nodded gravely.

- Fish-men ... And among them is Poseidon.

- Exactly, that's what I'm talking about. Cleansing is a forced step that they will only take in the event of a serious threat or in a life and death situation. Unlike the rest, I'm pretty sure they are well aware of the purpose of this weapon. To destroy an entire race just like that no one will, but as a last resort, they will. I am quite aware of this weapon and you should know that it cannot be simply taken and used dozens of times. It has been used more than once and the result can be seen on the faces of these old people, the weapon literally took away their vitality, '' sighing heavily, Yong stood up and said:

- Actually, that's all. Know the main thing - as soon as they activate the power of the weapon that destroyed this place, the Gorosei will turn from ordinary old men sitting in the castle into terrible warriors of the past. Well, Im ... about this bastard ... I'm not even sure he's locked in the castle. From the memories I left, I know that Joy Boy used something to lock him there, but now I'm not sure about that.

When I heard the name - Joy Boy, I was surprised again. I remember the manga, that name flashed there, especially on that poneglyph in Fish-Man land. Who is he? And how does it relate to the empty century? Now I understood very little at all, so much information ...

“Damn, as I understand it, the old man wants me to achieve some strange goal and find a weapon of the ancient era. But, I didn't even think about it ... All I wanted was to become the Pirate King, and now, there is still some strange thing. I knew that this world has a difficult history, but I wanted to learn about it on Love Tail "- mentally deciding, I seriously asked:

“So you want me to find these weapons, and with the information I’ll find on Love Tail, do something with them?”

Yeon smiled and nodded.

- Almost so, I do not really want it, rather I just hope. All I know is that these weapons will help build a new - better world, without the World Government and Tenrjubito. Shebek and I always hated them, and after eating this fruit, all I could do was just watch. Now you have appeared, and I can finally tell you everything. I do not hope that you will fulfill this, rather the memories of the past owners of my fruit believed that the intended person would fulfill the will of Joy Boy. Well, I will, too, believe in it ... Moreover, I am ready to help this person in everything. Even though I'm old, I can still fight, so if you don't mind, I will help you find all three weapons and stay on your team.

From such a proposal, I was a little stunned, and then pulled myself together and asked gloomily:

- Old man, do you know that you do not inspire confidence at all? You sailed on the ship of one of the most cruel pirates, and now you are asking me to find me the most terrible weapons in the world, for some strange business. It all looks like a situation in which I find what you need, and then go to feed the fish ...

Yeon shrugged his shoulders and chuckled wryly.

- I agree, everything looks strange, you can not take me on the team ... Although, I remember you took Sargon, but he also sailed with me on the same ship.

- Well, yes, unlike you, he spent half his life in Impel Down ...

Looking away, Yeon sighed.

- I understand ... He stayed on the ship until the very end ... No matter how I persuaded him, he remained there. I didn’t think he would be able to survive this, and even return to the pirate life.

Looking into the distance, Yeon shook his head.

- It's up to you to decide whether to take me or not, but I'll leave the poneglyph, you need it more now ...