Super Card System-Chapter 713: Candidates

“What are you thinking about?” Robin saw Ian’s expression and asked curiously.

“I was thinking, if I throw out a hundred million Berries now, could I lure little Nami over?” Ian chuckled and replied.

“You underestimate Nami!” Robin covered her mouth and laughed softly. “If she knew how much you raked in at Gran Tesoro, even a hundred million Berries might not be enough…”

“That’s too expensive!” Ian spread his hands and said, “Talking about money hurts feelings, so if I need Nami’s help, it’s better to appeal directly to her emotions!”

“There’s no rush for now,” Robin said. “We currently have only one Road Poneglyph. According to what you’ve said, to find the final island, Laugh Tale, we still need the other three Road Poneglyphs! Do you know where those other three are?”

“I only know about two of them! One is, of course, the one Big Mom had, and the other…” Ian thought for a moment, frowning. “Without a doubt, another Yonko, Kaido, definitely has one. Old Man Whitebeard doesn’t have one, but whether Red-Haired Shanks has one is hard to guess and difficult to ask!”

In fact, Ian also knew that there was a Road Poneglyph on Zou, the homeland of Doroni and Beppo. But this Road Poneglyph on Zou was hidden extremely well, and no outsiders except the Mink Tribe knew about it. Therefore, Ian didn’t mention it rashly; otherwise, it would be hard to explain the source of his information.

Ian only mentioned the Poneglyphs held by Big Mom and Kaido. After all, it’s not a secret that these two Yonkos are collecting Poneglyphs.

As for the final, whereabouts-unknown fourth one, Ian truly didn’t know! The reason he mentioned Red-Haired Shanks was entirely speculation on his part.

Indeed, Robin was very perceptive. As soon as she heard Ian mention Shanks, she understood his thinking. Pondering, she said, “It’s true; back then, the Pirate King Roger reached Laugh Tale. If they found the location of Laugh Tale based on the Road Poneglyphs, it means they collected all four Poneglyphs. Even if they only obtained rubbings at the time, such important items couldn’t have been casually discarded. After Roger’s death, there are only two possibilities for the whereabouts of these Road Poneglyphs!”

“Yes!” Ian nodded. “Either they were seized by the World Government, or they were hidden by Roger’s crew! As for the World Government, it’s unlikely. Because that CP0 member Stussy infiltrated Big Mom’s side for so long, she must have been after the Road Poneglyph. So I think if the World Government had already obtained these rubbings or Poneglyphs, they wouldn’t still be coveting Big Mom’s one… This possibility should be about 60 to 70 percent correct!”

“That’s why I think that, as one of Roger’s former crew members, Shanks is highly likely to possess the last Road Poneglyph!” Ian spread his hands. “Even if he doesn’t have it, it’s very likely he knows where it is! And not just him—Uncle Rayleigh is also highly likely to know.”

In his impression, Shanks had always been searching for the “heir” to the Pirate King. Perhaps it’s because he holds the last Road Poneglyph that he’s seeking an heir? And Uncle Rayleigh is similar. Back then, he was a famous figure in the Roger Pirates, so the possibility of the Road Poneglyph being with him is also high.

In fact, there was another person who might know, but Ian didn’t mention him—that is, the Pirate King’s left hand, Scopper Gaban, who was once as famous as Uncle Rayleigh! However, Ian had never met this person, but when he previously pretended to have his memory altered by Pudding, he had already extracted from Big Mom the whereabouts of Scopper Gaban—he’s in Wano Country!

Even though the whereabouts of the Road Poneglyph stone tablet is unknown, it doesn’t mean there aren’t rubbings or copies preserved. Ian was well aware that, including the Road Poneglyph in Big Mom’s collection, there might be several rubbings existing out there. Not only did Roger secretly make a rubbing of the inscription, but perhaps even before Big Mom obtained the stone tablet, others had already made rubbings of its contents!

Speaking of rubbings, Ian thought of the day he defeated Big Mom. Reiju found him, with an indignant expression, pulling out a rubbing from her bosom!

At that time, Ian learned that Arest and Stussy had secretly made a rubbing, intending to plant it in his room to frame him. But by a twist of fate, Reiju stumbled upon them and hid it instead. If it weren’t for this little incident, perhaps Stussy and Arest wouldn’t have been exposed. It could only be said that fate plays tricks on people.

However, what Reiju didn’t expect was that Ian didn’t even use that rubbing, because he directly killed Big Mom and took over Whole Cake Island. In this way, even the original stone tablet fell into Ian’s hands—what use was there for the rubbing then?

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That’s why Reiju felt a bit frustrated. She had been so nervous and worried before, fearing that the Big Mom Pirates would rudely conduct a full search of all the guests…

It was rare to see Reiju in such a mood, so Ian also found it amusing and had to gently comfort her for a while…

Back to the point, those who could obtain these Road Poneglyph rubbings were certainly people interested in the great treasure. However, firstly, they couldn’t understand the ancient script and couldn’t decipher it; secondly, they couldn’t collect all four Road Poneglyphs’ content. So, up to now, the final island Laugh Tale, which has existed for hundreds of years, has only been reached by the Pirate King Roger.

Of course, Roger didn’t understand the ancient script either, but he could “hear” the “Voice” of the Poneglyphs!

It was precisely because of these various difficult conditions that Kaido became impatient. He simply plotted against Wano Country. Besides causing chaos and avenging the so-called killing of a friend, he also planned to directly find Kozuki Oden, an important figure in Wano Country, wanting to directly ask him about the whereabouts of Laugh Tale!

This was, of course, the fastest method. After all, the Kozuki family was the stonemason family that originally carved the Poneglyphs, and Kozuki Oden himself had followed Roger to Laugh Tale. Directly asking him about the final island was much better than slowly collecting the Road Poneglyphs and then finding someone to decipher them, wasn’t it!?

Ian speculated that even if Kaido didn’t take action, the Big Mom Pirates would. Because among the Yonkos, those two were the most enthusiastic about becoming the Pirate King!

Thinking of those two, Ian suddenly had another thought—he thought of himself.

Now he had also become a Yonko, had taken over Big Mom’s Road Poneglyph, and most importantly, Robin, the only historian who could decipher the ancient script, was on his side. That meant… he seemed to have become a candidate for Pirate King himself…

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