One Piece: Surrounded at Marineford? Just kidding!

Chapter 210: The Unfinished End!

Inside the secret room, Rocks looked extremely surprised when Roger asked him his heartfelt question.

He stared intently into Roger's eyes.

Roger's eyes always burned with the flame of adventure.

He wanted to find even the slightest bit of pretense within it.

Just kidding.

Even the slightest bit of feigned confusion, deliberately put on to hide a secret.

But he failed.

He found nothing.

Roger's bewilderment was pure, like that of a fool.

This kind of ignorance comes from the soul and cannot be faked.

It seems that Roger genuinely doesn't know.

Rocks was taken aback at first.

A nemesis who is on par with him, and in some ways even poses a greater threat to the world government.

They were completely unaware of this most fundamental secret concerning the will of "D".

"Hey, Rocks, why are you looking at me like that?" Roger's voice was full of innocence. "Is this guy named Joy Boy famous? Am I just ignorant?"

Lox did not answer.

At this moment, Lox fell into deep thought.

His thick fingers scraped his chin, his eyes darting around as he frantically processed the scenario in his mind.

The room was eerily quiet.

There was still only the crackling sound of the torch burning.

And Roger's breathing became heavier due to his confusion.

A few seconds later, the astonishment on Lockes' face suddenly burst into a piercing, maniacal laugh.

"Hahahaha! Hahahahaha!"

The loud, unrestrained laughter shook the secret chamber filled with treasure.

The gold coins jingled beneath him, as if playing music for him.

There was no sarcasm in that laughter.

Only the exhilaration and madness of solving the ultimate mystery.

"So that's how it is! I understand now! I completely understand!"

I fucking understand now!

Roger was completely bewildered by his sudden outburst of madness and was utterly dumbfounded.

He hates these kinds of pretentious tricks the most.

Especially on such a serious topic.

This made Roger even more irritable.

He leaned forward and roared.

"What the hell do you know, you bastard?! If you don't explain yourself, believe me, I'll chop this damn throne in half!"

Rocks' laughter abruptly stopped.

Those eyes, burning with ambition, now held a look that was both mocking and meaningful.

This time, the way he looked at Roger changed, as if he were looking at a sharpened sword, or a lost soul who couldn't find his way.

He said slowly.

"I understand, you bastard... Gol D. Roger..."

"You haven't reached where you're meant to be yet!"

This statement was like a riddle, which only deepened Roger's confusion.

He could sense that Lox's words were loaded with meaning and hit the nail on the head, but he just couldn't grasp the thread.

"Where?"

Roger pressed on, his voice tinged with impatience.

Lox grinned, revealing an extremely wicked smile. He clearly enjoyed the feeling of having his nemesis at his mercy and deliberately kept everyone in suspense.

"A place where you'll know everything once you get there."

"What Joy Boy, what is the meaning of 'D,' what is the truth of the world..."

Don't play games with me!

"you……"

Roger's patience was wearing thin, and his fingers tightened around the knife hilt.

"Just tell me!"

Tell me?

Lox chuckled and spread his hands.

"What's the use of telling you? Some things can't be told by others; you have to see and experience them for yourself! Before you get to that place, 'Joy Boy' is just a meaningless name to you!"

Roger's fists clenched so tightly they cracked; he hated riddle-makers like this the most. He was about to press for more information, but seeing Rocks's smug "I won't tell you even if you ask again" expression, he swallowed his words back.

He knew that asking any further would be pointless.

The atmosphere fell into a brief stalemate.

The crackling sound of the burning torches once again became the only sound in the sealed room, sounding exceptionally clear.

Just then.

Chen Ye, who had been silent all along, seemingly detached and merely a quiet listener, suddenly spoke softly!

His voice wasn't loud, but it was like the finest steel needle, precisely piercing the frozen air and instantly breaking the deadlock.

"You mean the 'Final Island'?"

The words fell.

Time stood still.

The all-seeing, maniacal laugh on Lox's face shattered.

His muscles twitched violently.

His head seemed to be twisted by an invisible hand, staring intently at Chen Ye.

His eyes were brimming with pure, undisguised disbelief!

Chen Ye's godlike power only made him wary.

But now, this simple sentence has filled him with fear.

The sheer power of this force can be explained.

talent.

An unexpected encounter.

But what about this kind of secret knowledge that transcends time and space?

This can no longer be explained by the word "intelligence".

Roger's body jolted violently at the mention of the "final island."

He had heard of that word before.

His nautical logbook and those fragmented rubbings of historical texts all subtly pointed to this legendary place.

But that was just a vague concept.

An empty end.

But now, hearing it so confidently from Chen Ye's mouth, the word instantly became incredibly real and incredibly heavy.

His gaze toward Chen Ye shifted from curiosity to an unfathomable probing.

What else does this young man know?

"Oh?"

His voice even carried a slight tremor that he himself was unaware of.

"Brother, you know that place too?"

His massive body subconsciously leaned towards Chen Ye, a posture of extreme longing for confirmation.

At that moment, he even forgot his nemesis Roger beside him, and forgot his majesty as the overlord of the sea.

He just wanted to know.

How did this mysterious young man know about this forbidden place, which even he had only glimpsed from fragments of "Davis Jones's" memories?

Facing the equally sharp and piercing gazes of Rocks and Roger, Chen Ye's expression remained unchanged.

He sat calmly on the treasure chest filled with gold coins, as if he had just said something completely ordinary.

He did not explain the source of the intelligence.

That would ruin the mystique he's built up.

A simple nod, yet it struck Rocks and Roger's hearts like an invisible hammer.

This man...

This man is unbelievably young...

Who is he?

What else does he know?

How many secrets are still hidden within him?

At this moment, both the arrogant and domineering Rocks and the free-spirited Roger felt their own insignificance once again in front of this young man.

Unwittingly, Chen Ye once again firmly grasped the initiative in the conversation.