Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

Crocodile's speculation is interesting, and certainly a possibility.

But having said that, after all, they have already reached the gate.

Even Crocodile himself, who made this point, couldn't stop there.

How about specifically targeting devil fruit ability users? So what if you don't want devil fruit users to see what's inside?

Crocodile has never been a person who cares about those things, or that made Crocodile more curious about the things behind the gate.

As for Ryan Rowan.

Even though he was aware of the possibility, the light in his eyes had already clarified the answer.

Compared with the so-called "risk", Rowan is more like pursuing to explore the "unknown".

And what if there is a risk?

Eight hundred years have passed, and the times are no longer what they used to be.

It may no longer be known who the protective measures used to be against.

——But at least it is impossible to guard against people eight hundred years later.

...

Among the three, the most nervous one might be Nicole Robin.

Rowan used to do special exercises for Hailou Stone, but Robin was different.

She didn't have the experience of acting under the influence of Hailoushi for a long time, and she wouldn't be like Crocodile, trying to save face and suffer.

So now Robin's face is ugly.

Coupled with the information contained in the ancient text just now, Robin couldn't help feeling trembling in his heart.

Visible to the naked eye, Robin's squatting calf was trembling slightly.

She was about to forcefully stand up, but suddenly a hand was placed on her shoulder.

It's Ryan Rowan.

Robin felt that the other party might want to comfort her, so she nodded with a smile, ready to thank her.

But at that moment, a strange aura suddenly enveloped her.

Even Crocodile on the side can sense it, it is undoubtedly domineering and domineering, and it comes from Ryan Rowan!

Attacking your own people with domineering look?

Crocodile didn't quite understand Rowan's behavior.

But soon, he discovered something was wrong.

Crocodile has never seen that kind of "nature" domineering look.

If I have to describe it, it should be a very "gentle" breath, like a kind of gentle comfort, which makes people feel at ease unconsciously.

This sense of security gradually spread, and it actually dispelled the strong discomfort brought by Hailoushi!

"Well, it helped a lot..."

Crocodile stretched out his hand, and found that his fingertips could dance with gravel again.

From a practical point of view, Crocodile has no direct contact with Hailoushi, so theoretically it is possible to use the ability of the rustling fruit.

But in fact, due to the influence of the large number of sea tower stones, Crocodile felt a strong sense of oppression, which in turn restricted his own elementalization.

Now, because Rowan's overbearing arrogance dispelled that strong sense of discomfort and oppression, Crocodile can once again control his fruit ability.

In an unknown place, it is most reassuring to be able to use your abilities freely.

Looking at Robin again, he seemed to feel the same feeling.

She stood up and nodded her thanks to Rowan.

When Crocodile saw this, he marveled in his heart that a person's domineering look could be so special!

If Luo Wen's use of the domineering look is made public, it will definitely break the perception of many people.

...

On the other side, the two sky island guards have already started trying to push the two sea stone gates.

"One, two, drink!"

clack la la la...

Accompanied by low growls, the stone gate of Hailou was slowly pushed open.

Contrary to expectations, the door was not locked, and there was no trigger when it was opened.

It seems that just like what Robin saw just now, this is a special room with the sign of "Institute".

"Honestly speaking, I'm not surprised that a zombie monster suddenly popped up in the first place like this..."

A white beret soldier exclaimed.

And his companion was laughing.

"Hey, zombies and monsters are not as good as people from 'our side', right?"

Under the influence of that gentle domineering look, everyone relaxed a lot.

Acting in this state, you will make far fewer mistakes than straining your own nerves.

And as the door was slowly opened, and the light from the backlight shone into it, the interior of that "institute" was finally revealed to everyone.

...

Everyone paused for a few seconds.

How should I say it?

It is indeed difficult to describe the internal structure.

Because the inside is really a bit... crude.

No, the so-called simple is actually a very complicated description.

More precisely, what it looks like inside should be called—simplicity.

Because there is nothing there.

Equipment, books, even ruins...

These should have been there, but there is no trace at all.

The room behind the stone gate of Hailou is empty!

It was simply an empty room with nothing in it, just a rectangular open space!

Seeing this situation, Crocodile's expression was extremely complicated.

After such a long meal, ended up in an empty room?

This deal is too unreasonable.

But soon, everyone who entered the room discovered something was wrong.

The surrounding walls appear to be potholed.

Crocodile squinted his eyes and looked carefully, and found that there were densely packed small characters everywhere on the wall!

These are by no means "symbols" or decorations. The format of each word is similar, but the appearance is different, and it does echo all the standards of "words"!

The ancient characters engraved on the sea tower stone——

This is indeed a rare sight. Although it is not comparable to the historical texts inscribed on special materials, such a huge number is enough to arouse anyone's curiosity.

Crocodile moved closer and carefully observed the surrounding walls.

Soon, he discovered something even more unusual.

On this wall, there are both neat ancient characters and scrawled "scratches".

The scribbled and neat ancient characters coexisted, or the scribbled ancient characters "covered" those neat ancient characters!

It looks like it was written by two different people, or at different times.

Neat ancient characters come first, followed by scribbled ancient characters.

Neat ancient characters densely covered the entire wall, and the scribbled ancient characters seemed to be engraved later, covering the original characters at will, without caring whether it would cause damage to the large number of neat characters.

Such a situation is naturally even more puzzling.

"Hello."

Crocodile turned to look at Robin beside him, and asked, "Can you understand the meaning of the above text?"

But what Crocodile didn't expect was that Robin's face was extremely ugly at the moment.

She pointed to the wall not far away, her voice trembled slightly, and said slowly:

"The text on it has only one meaning—"

At this moment, Robin's fingertips were trembling, and his voice was full of fear.

She murmured:

"Run..."