Chapter 204
Chapter 204
"What exactly do you mean by that, Lord Rorschach? Why would your appearance prevent Joy Boy’s successor from fulfilling the promise with Fish-Man Island?"
Neptune was now completely lost.
Joy Boy’s successor had appeared, yet he would not come to fulfill the promise made with the mermaid princess — and the reason was Rorschach’s existence.
What was the connection?
Rorschach had also said that he himself was not the successor, but that he knew the identity of the one who was. It was truly unbelievable.
All Neptune could do was look at Rorschach with questioning eyes, hoping to get some useful information from him.
"It means exactly what it sounds like."
"My appearance will break the original course of this world’s development. Joy Boy’s successor will never be able to fulfill his fate."
"And I already know everything. In the future, I will dominate this world. Naturally, he will no longer be able to fulfill the promise made with the mermaid princess."
Rorschach stated calmly. His words were very clear, yet Neptune still looked somewhat confused.
"Lord Rorschach... from what you’re saying, do you know what promise Joy Boy and the mermaid princess made?"
"And because this promise will interfere with your future plans, you intend to stop Joy Boy’s successor from rising, so that he cannot fulfill it?"
Neptune’s gaze had changed. There was a deep, complicated look in his eyes.
Even their royal family did not know what the promise truly was. So how did Rorschach know?
Robin had come to ask him about Joy Boy and the mermaid princess yesterday, and she clearly didn’t know either. That meant this information didn’t come from the Poneglyphs.
This was completely Rorschach’s own secret, yet he was revealing it now. What exactly was he trying to say?
"You could say that... but not entirely."
"Never mind. Let me explain it to you."
Rorschach shook his head helplessly, then sat down cross-legged on the floor just like Neptune.
"I’m listening."
Neptune gestured for him to continue, sitting properly with a serious expression as he waited for Rorschach to speak.
"Eight hundred years ago, Joy Boy made a promise with the mermaid princess, but in the end he failed to fulfill it. That’s why he left behind a letter of apology in the Sea Forest. You already know this much."
Rorschach spoke calmly. Neptune nodded. This was information that had been passed down through their royal family for generations. There was nothing surprising about it.
"The key point lies in Joy Boy’s identity, and what exactly the promise between him and the mermaid princess was," Rorschach continued.
"This is also what I’ve been most confused about and most eager to know. Who exactly was Joy Boy? And what was the promise he made with the mermaid princess eight hundred years ago?"
Neptune’s expression was complicated as he asked in a puzzled tone.
"Don’t rush. Once I finish explaining the next part, you’ll understand."
Rorschach raised his hand to stop Neptune from interrupting, then began explaining slowly. Neptune closed his mouth and remained silent.
"You should know about the legendary ’Warrior of Liberation’ — Nika, right?"
Rorschach spoke in a questioning yet affirmative tone. Neptune nodded.
The title of Nika had also been passed down within the royal family.
It was said that Nika was a being worshipped by slaves in ancient times, known as the legendary warrior who could free them. Eight hundred years ago, he liberated enslaved people and established a massive kingdom. The people revered him as the "Sun God Nika."
This was a secret that very few in the world knew. Only a few ancient families with long histories had preserved fragments of this information.
And the royal family of the merfolk was one of the families that possessed this knowledge. The Nefertari family of Alabasta also knew some of it.
Rorschach was certain that Neptune knew this information.
"What if I told you that this Nika... was actually Joy Boy?"
"What?!"
Rorschach’s words instantly shocked Neptune.
No one truly knew what had happened during the Void Century.
But from the information passed down through the royal family, they knew that certain figures had existed eight hundred years ago — such as Joy Boy, and the "Sun God Nika."
Yet now Rorschach was telling him that Joy Boy and the Sun God Nika were actually the same person?
How could he not be shocked? From these small pieces of information, he could already connect many things.
For example, after liberating the enslaved humans, the Warrior of Liberation Nika established a massive kingdom. Meanwhile, Joy Boy had made a promise with the mermaid princess.
Looking at the massive Ark Noah, it was clear that this was a vessel meant to transport the people of Fish-Man Island to the surface.
But did the people of Fish-Man Island truly need a vessel to reach the surface?
They could go to the surface anytime they wanted. What truly affected them was humanity’s attitude toward fishmen and merfolk.
Combined with the information that Joy Boy was Nika, then this ship was undoubtedly meant to bring Fish-Man Island to that legendary massive kingdom!
However, that massive kingdom had disappeared. Another ruler had risen in this world — the World Government. From then on, the Void Century was covered up, and no one knew what had truly happened during those hundred years.
How did the massive kingdom disappear? Or... had it never truly disappeared, and was instead hidden somewhere no one knew about?
Neptune connected many things. Many things he had never understood before suddenly became clear.
"More accurately, Nika is not a person, but a title."
"And Joy Boy was the one who inherited the title of Nika eight hundred years ago. How about it? Do you understand now?"
Rorschach continued speaking calmly, ignoring Neptune’s shock.
"So that’s why you said the person who inherited Joy Boy’s will will no longer come to fulfill the promise."
"Because he is the legendary warrior who liberated the slaves — the Sun God Nika. He will stop you from dominating this world. You want to prevent him from liberating it, correct?"
Neptune had regained his composure and spoke in a very calm tone.
He finally understood why Rorschach had said that Joy Boy’s successor would be unable to fulfill the promise made with the mermaid princess eight hundred years ago.
Indeed, once he knew the identity of the current Joy Boy, it would be very easy for Rorschach to stop that person from rising and crush him while he was still weak.
"Yeah, that’s pretty much it."
"In my opinion, the idea of liberating slaves and having everyone live together in peace is just a joke. It’s the same as Big Mom’s Totto Land — a complete utopia."
"Even if you liberate the world, what then? People with ambition and evil intentions will keep appearing. Sooner or later, the world will fall into chaos once again."
"The current world will simply repeat the tragedy of eight hundred years ago. Only supreme power can control everything and bring eternal peace to this world."
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