One Piece: My Crew is from Other World-Chapter 78: The Underground Kingdom!

Chapter 78: The Underground Kingdom!

Hawkins looked a bit annoyed by Ryuunosuke's request.

Divination was usually his go-to for predicting good or bad fortune. But now, Ryuunosuke was asking him to find something using it?

That wasn't exactly how his powers worked.

"Captain, this is kinda weird," Hawkins muttered, furrowing his brows. "No matter where we go, it's like... there's something we need all around us."

Ryuunosuke raised an eyebrow. "All around us? You saying there's more than one thing?"

"I don't even know what I'm looking for," Hawkins admitted. "But according to my divination, the things around us... they're all somehow connected to your goal. It's never happened like this before."

Ryuunosuke folded his arms, puzzled. "Wait... could there be more than one Poneglyph here?"

Hawkins blinked. "Captain, mind telling me exactly what you're searching for? If I had something specific, the results would be more accurate."

Ryuunosuke didn't hesitate.

"Pluton. The ancient battleship."

"...Pluton?" Hawkins' face paled the second he heard it.

That name wasn't thrown around lightly. One of the three ancient weapons, something countless pirates dreamed of chasing. And now—here, in Alabasta?

An ally of the World Government, ruled by a king backed by the Warlords of the Sea... and yet Pluton might be hidden in its sands?

Before Hawkins could fully process the implications, the straw figure in his hand suddenly burst apart with a snap.

Blood spurted from his mouth.

His knees buckled, and it felt like his whole body had been drained of life.

"Southwest... It's in the southwest," he gasped. "But I'm done for now. No way I can do another reading for a while."

Ryuunosuke glanced at him, unimpressed. "Tsk. Burnt out already?"

Then he grinned and added, "You need to work on your stamina, man. Can't even divine a few times before you start coughing up blood. You better not be wasting it all at night."

Without waiting for a reply, Ryuunosuke grabbed the lizard that had been casually spectating from the side and tossed it in front of Hawkins.

"Take a load off. Sit on the lizard. Rest."

"I'm heading southwest. Once you've recovered a bit, do another reading if you can."

Ryuunosuke set off across the desert, sand shifting beneath his boots with each step. On the sea, there was no north, south, east, or west. But on an island like this, those directions had meaning—especially with maps drawn by brave navigators who often paid with their lives.

He didn't have to go far to realize something.

Alabasta was no paradise.

The scorching sun here didn't feel like a blessing—it felt like divine punishment. The endless expanse of desert made every movement exhausting.

Eventually, Ryuunosuke found a hollow beneath a massive rock and decided to rest.

He pulled out water and food from his system space, tossing some to the lizard too. It had been carrying Hawkins around, after all.

As they rested, Hawkins finally spoke up again, voice weak but serious.

"Captain... there is information about Pluton here. But it's... dangerous. That divination almost killed me. If I push it again, I might not make it back."

He paused, then looked Ryuunosuke in the eyes.

"But if it's for you, I'll risk everything. Even my life."

Ryuunosuke glanced over. "No need for dramatics. I already know you're loyal."

He stood up, scanning the area with sharp eyes.

"Besides, you're not totally useless. I picked this spot for a reason."

Activating his Observation Haki, Ryuunosuke had already sensed something buried deep below the desert sands.

"I didn't just stop here to eat."

He pulled out Ame-no-Habakiri, his blade gleaming in the desert light.

With one clean slash, the ground split open, revealing a massive hole.

"There it is. What I was looking for."

"If someone actually set this all up... damn, they're on another level."

Without hesitation, Ryuunosuke jumped in.

Hawkins blinked in confusion but followed anyway.

The lizard? It tried to protest, but Hawkins yanked it down with him.

Inside the cavern, Ryuunosuke pulled out a luminous stone and lit up the chamber.

And there it was.

A massive Poneglyph, right in front of them.

"A Poneglyph...?"

Hawkins stepped forward in awe. "Wait, could this be the one that talks about Pluton?"

The thing was real. No longer legend—just standing right there in the dark.

But the text on it was incomprehensible. Those twisted, ancient symbols weren't something just anyone could read.

You either had to possess the power to "hear the voice of all things," or track down one of the few surviving scholars of Ohara.

But Ohara had been wiped out long ago by a Buster Call from the World Government.

As far as the world knew, only Nico Robin had survived. The so-called "Demon Child."

And she'd been off the radar for years.

"Assuming we're in the right spot, this has to be it," Ryuunosuke muttered, stepping closer.

"This thing is what we came for."

He pressed his palm against the Poneglyph's surface.

In a flash, the massive stone vanished.

Hawkins and the lizard stared, stunned.

Ryuunosuke turned toward the corridor ahead. The place wasn't just a vault—it was an entire underground structure.

Probably ancient Alabasta, long buried beneath the sands of time.

He followed the path slowly, taking in the preserved architecture.

Eventually, they reached a chamber that looked like a throne room. freёweɓnovel.com

A single chair sat atop a dais, regal and commanding despite the dust.

And when Ryuunosuke saw it... his heart skipped a beat.

There was a pull—a sense of power, of dominance. Of belonging.

"This..." he whispered, stepping forward, "is what it feels like... to stand at the top of the world."

He climbed the steps and stared down at the throne.

This must've been part of Alabasta's original palace—back when the kingdom still stood proud, before it sank into the sand.

"Captain," Hawkins called out behind him, eyes wide. "You think this is the real Alabasta?"

"That would explain everything..."

"Maybe the reason Alabasta gave up its status as a Celestial Dragon... maybe the reason they left the World Government..."

"...was for this. For Pluton."

Ryuunosuke stood still, the weight of it all sinking in.

Alabasta had secrets.

And they were just beginning to uncover them.

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