Storm Wall.
A curtain of water that connected sea and sky—violent currents rampaging inside it. Even the toughest ships in the New World would be shredded into splinters the instant they entered.
This was the end of the world.
And the graveyard of every sailor.
But right now, that insurmountable natural barrier was being smashed apart by sheer force.
Uranus, the Heavenly King, held a massive energy shield in front of it. Like a steel beast, it brute-forced a path through the storm, carving out a corridor.
The Red Force followed close behind, riding the wake Uranus opened, charging straight into the heart of the tempest.
"We made it through!"
Nami clung to her charts with a death grip, staring at the scene ahead as her eyes widened.
The storm was gone.
The sea became a mirror—perfectly still.
The sky was so blue it felt unreal.
An island stood silently in the middle of it all.
It wasn't grand. There weren't mountains of glittering treasure stacked to the heavens.
There was only an ancient forest… and white stone.
Wind passed through special rock formations, and the sound it produced was like laughter.
Laugh Tale.
The final island.
Uranus hovered above the island while Shinju, Madara, Hashirama, and the Straw Hat crew jumped down together.
Almost at the same time, Shanks and his crew landed as well.
Two groups stood on the beach, staring at a land no one had ever set foot on.
"We're here."
Luffy pressed down on his straw hat, his voice trembling.
The end of his dream… was under his feet.
Shanks walked to Luffy's side, drew Gryphon from his waist, and planted it into the sand.
"Go, Luffy."
"Go see what Captain Roger left behind."
Luffy took a deep breath, then started walking toward the center of the island.
Shinju followed behind without saying a word.
They pushed through the dense jungle and arrived before a massive white palace.
Half of it had collapsed. Vines crawled across the walls.
In the center of the hall sat an enormous stone monument.
Not a normal Poneglyph—but a slab forged from some unknown metal, its surface packed with carved writing.
And beneath it…
A huge wine cup.
And a picture book?
Luffy stepped forward.
He picked up the book and flipped it open.
Inside was a story.
A story about a man named Joy Boy traveling the world, trying to erase racial divides, trying to connect the seas into one.
A foolish, romantic dream.
In the end…
Joy Boy failed.
And he left behind one line:
"I'll be waiting for you in the future."
Luffy stared at it… and suddenly grinned.
"Hehehe."
His laughter grew louder.
"HAHAHAHAHA!"
He held his stomach, laughed until tears streamed down his face, and rolled around on the floor.
"What even is this?!"
"Joy Boy… you're seriously such a funny guy!"
"I really wish I could've been born in the same era as you!"
Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and the others watched Luffy laugh. They didn't know what was written in the book, but the emotion infected them anyway, pulling smiles onto their faces.
This was One Piece.
A story that made you laugh.
A promise about freedom and dreams.
Shinju stood to the side, staring at the giant metal monument.
Robin had already rushed over, hands trembling as she traced the words.
"The Void Century…"
"The Great Kingdom… the Clan of D…"
"I see… so this is the truth."
As Robin decoded, tears spilled down her face.
"Eight hundred years ago, the world was a single continent—territory of the Great Kingdom."
"Then, twenty kings united. They stole the weapon called Uranus and triggered a catastrophic flood, drowning the continent—leaving only mountaintops as islands."
"They created the Red Line, severed the four seas, and ruled the world by keeping it divided."
"And 'D'… is Dawn—also Destroy."
"The enemy of the gods… the destroyer of order."
"The true purpose of the Ancient Weapons isn't destruction."
"It's to break the Red Line, reunite the seas, and create the legendary All Blue!"
As Shinju listened, his system panel spammed notifications nonstop.
[World Core Truth detected.]
[Mission Complete: Arrive at Laugh Tale.]
[Reward Granted: Complete Chakra Fruit.]
A radiant fruit appeared out of thin air in Shinju's hand.
He didn't hesitate.
He bit down.
Juice exploded across his mouth.
An absolutely terrifying energy erupted inside his body. Light burst from him as he floated into the air.
Shanks felt the suffocating change pouring off Shinju and instinctively gripped his sword hilt.
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Shinju slowly descended. The light around him withdrew.
This was true invincibility.
In this pirate world… he had climbed to the top of the dimension itself.
"The truth is known now."
Shinju looked at Luffy.
"Luffy… what do you want to do?"
Luffy wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and stood up.
His gaze became firmer than ever before.
"I'm gonna punch them into the sky."
"I'm gonna make this sea… super free!"
Shinju nodded.
"Then get ready."
"Because they're already coming."
The moment he finished speaking
The entire island shook violently.
It wasn't an earthquake.
The sea… was rising.
The calm water instantly turned savage. The waterline climbed at a visible speed, swallowing the beach in seconds.
On the distant horizon, a wave a thousand meters tall was forming.
This wasn't just Laugh Tale.
This was global sea-level rise.
Imu had activated the final mechanism.
Since the secret had been revealed…
He would wash the entire world clean.
Return everything to nothingness.
"Damn it! The sea is rising way too fast!"
"At this rate, in less than an hour, most islands will be submerged!"
Shanks' expression turned grim.
"Imu is trying to drag the whole world into the grave with him."
Shinju lifted his head toward the direction of the Red Line.
"He wants to drown the world."
"Then I'll drain the water dry."
Shinju turned and looked at Uranus.
"Everyone onboard."
"The final battlefield isn't on the sea…"
"It's in the sky."
"Target: the Red Line."
"We're going to tear down that eyesore of a wall—completely."
The Straw Hat crew and the Red Hair crew boarded at full speed.
Uranus rose again.
This time, it was even faster than before.
The true source was beneath the Red Line—an energy core underground.
That had to be destroyed.
"Luffy."
Shinju's voice echoed through the wind.
"Are you ready?"
"After this battle… there will be no World Government."
"And there will be no Pirate King."
"Only a sea of freedom."
Luffy stood at the bow, pointing into the distance.
"Yeah! I can't wait anymore!"
"Let's punch that gloomy guy into the sky!"
Uranus became a streak of light and shot toward the center of the world.
And there
The World Government had gathered everything.
The God's Knights… Commander-in-Chief Kong… the Five Elders… the Marine Admirals… the Seraphim…
And on the Empty Throne
The god who had controlled the world for eight hundred years.
Imu.
This would be the final war.
Ragnarok for the gods…
And the dawn of a new era.
"System."
"Enable full-power assistance mode."
"Today, I'm going to make this world's so-called god understand what real power looks like."
"Come, Imu."
"Let's see whether your flood drowns the world…"
"Or my flames boil the sea dry."
(End of Chapter)
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