Chapter 712: The Displaced Island
"From the cards... the person you're asking about is in no danger at all!" Hawkins said, flipping over one of the cards and showing Ian the pattern on it. It was a very vivid image of imprisonment: a large birdcage suspended in mid-air, with a shadowy figure of unclear appearance inside, both hands gripping the cage's bars.
Hawkins continued: "The person you're asking about might be imprisoned or trapped in a small, enclosed space, but that's all. On the card's pattern, there are no signs or signals indicating danger, so the probability of their safety should be 100%!"
Pretty reliable! Ian had once asked Hawkins to do a fortune-telling for him before, and back then, he had been deeply impressed by this kind of divination. He didn't expect it to be even more so this time.
Hawkins hadn't seen the message Drake had sent, so he naturally had no idea about Fujitora and Ace being imprisoned in Wano Country. Similarly, Ian hadn't told him about it. Yet, by relying on the cards Ian had drawn, he could deduce the fact that the two were being held captive. It was indeed quite magical.
This subordinate was a good catch! Ian thought to himself and said to Hawkins, "I need another fortune-telling!"
Hawkins didn't say anything. He covered the cards back, reshuffled them, spread them out flat again, and gestured for Ian to pick a card.
Ian silently focused on the matter he wanted to ask about in his mind and drew three cards.
This time, he wanted to ask about the probability of Ace and Fujitora escaping safely!
However, to Ian's surprise, Hawkins told him with some confusion: "Captain, the probability for what you're asking this time is 0%!"
"Hmm!?" Ian immediately furrowed his brow. That meant Ace and Fujitora couldn't escape? How was that possible?
Wait! Ian suddenly thought of a situation and realized there might be a problem with the fortune-telling matter he had in mind. He had only been thinking about Ace and Fujitora escaping, but he hadn't considered *how* they would escape. So, the result of this fortune-telling might actually refer to the probability of Ace and Fujitora escaping on their own.
Because in Ian's original plan, he intended to first go ask Whitebeard about the situation, then find someone to guide him to Wano Country to rescue Fujitora and the others. Self-rescue and being rescued by others were two different ways of escaping.
"Calculate it again!" Ian said to Hawkins.
Hawkins didn't object and let Ian draw cards again.
This time, Ian thought: If I personally go to rescue them, what is the probability of Ace and Fujitora escaping safely? Will there be any accidents or dangers on this trip?
However, when Ian handed the cards to Hawkins, Hawkins was also surprised and said: "Captain, this time it shows 100%! And what you're about to do seems very easy to accomplish..."
The results of the two fortune-tellings were so vastly different?
That meant Ace and Fujitora couldn't escape from the prison in Wano Country on their own?
That was certainly possible. Although Ace and Fujitora were both powerful, they were Devil Fruit users. In this world, things that could limit a Devil Fruit user's power included not only Seastone but also seawater. Perhaps they were locked in a water prison? In that case, there was no way out, right?
Ian couldn't guess the specific situation, but what surprised him was that if he went himself, he could rescue both of them with 100% certainty.
This didn't necessarily mean relying on Ian's combat strength for the rescue. Didn't Hawkins say it would be easy? That meant... perhaps there would be no battle at all?
What was going on? Ian couldn't figure it out either. He knew that although Hawkins' fortune-telling was quite accurate, it could only give a general and vague indication; the specific details couldn't be revealed.
But this was already very good. Although it was strange why the two fortune-telling results had such a big contrast, Ian only needed to go personally to understand what was really happening.
For now, as long as he knew the two were temporarily safe, Ian could go to the Whitebeard Pirates' territory without worrying about delays causing changes.
So, after Hawkins left, Ian found Crocodile and told him about his plan to visit the Whitebeard Pirates' territory. He asked Crocodile to take care of the pirate crew during his absence and to contact him via Den Den Mushi if anything came up.
Crocodile agreed but reminded Ian: "Before you leave, you'd better go see Nico Robin. She seems to have made some progress in deciphering and organizing the Poneglyphs collected by the Big Mom Pirates."
"I know!" Ian nodded and headed toward the treasure room. Robin should be there.
Entering the treasure room, Ian saw Robin's graceful back. She was standing in front of a Poneglyph, reading the inscription while holding a thick notebook and writing something with a quill pen in her right hand.
Hearing Ian's footsteps, Robin turned around. Ian saw she was wearing a pair of glasses and felt as if something had struck his heart.
The mature and elegant Robin, now dressed like a glasses-wearing lady, was simply... too amazing!
"You're here?" Robin gave Ian a gentle smile.
"Very beautiful. Those glasses suit you well!" Ian complimented her.
"Really?" Robin chuckled. "I think so too..."
Ian stepped forward, boldly wrapped an arm around Robin's slender waist, and said with a cheeky grin: "Hehe, you look like a teacher... So, Teacher Robin, can you give me a lesson? Look at these eyes full of curiosity..."
"Hmph!" Robin adjusted her glasses with a hand, leaned in mischievously close to Ian's ear, and gently blew a breath, asking him: "Alright, little Ian, what do you want me to teach you?"
"I want to drive... ah, no, I want to know why you smell so good!" Ian took a deep sniff of Robin's scent. "It smells wonderful!"
However, the next second, Robin giggled and said: "Oh? Does it smell better than Big Mom's scent!?"
Hearing this, Ian's face instantly turned green!
"Come on! It's been so many days, can we stop playing this joke?" Ian said gloomily, holding Robin. "Do you have to hold a grudge about that?"
Robin laughed so hard tears almost came out. It wasn't just her; during this time, several girls in the crew had played this game. They would first try to tease Ian, and when the atmosphere was romantic, they'd suddenly drop that line. Ian's expression was just too funny, like he had taken a hundred thousand points of critical damage!
So, Sister Robin was actually a "bad" woman too!
"Am I usually too lenient with you all?" Ian said gloomily, but his wandering hand began to gently caress Robin's body. He still had a shadow in his heart from earlier; he had to find some compensation!
Yeah, and maybe find that feeling from when he used to apply sunscreen for them...
However, a hand suddenly appeared on Robin's waist, pinched the skin on Ian's hand, twisted it, and moved his hand away.
"Alright, let's talk business!" Robin smiled, adjusted her glasses again, and said: "I've been studying that red Poneglyph for the past few days and deciphered it. Just as you said before, this Poneglyph records information about an island. But strangely, when I checked the sea charts, I couldn't find the island mentioned on the Poneglyph anywhere on the maps!"
"Hmm? What's going on?" Ian was startled.
"There are many possibilities!" Robin bit the end of her pen, deep in thought. "It could be crustal movement, or ocean currents, causing the recorded island to deviate from its original coordinates. This is content from a Poneglyph, after all; it's been hundreds of years. Anything could have happened!"
"Then..." Ian suddenly thought of something bad. "Could it be possible that this island has sunk!?"
"No... unlikely!" Robin thought for a moment and said: "I remember you once told me that Pirate King Roger also stole a rubbing of this Poneglyph's content from Big Mom. Assuming Roger used the content recorded on the stone tablet as a reference to find the final place, Laugh Tale, then it means this island still exists!"
"That's right! That was over twenty years ago..." Ian nodded. "Since it still existed after hundreds of years, there's no reason it would disappear just over twenty years later..."
"So I speculate that sinking is impossible, but its location might have shifted!" Robin said. "This means that if we want to find this island, we need an excellent navigator to compare the old sea charts with the current ones and deduce the possible location of this island..."
"An excellent navigator?" Ian was stunned, then looked at Robin.
Then, the two said a name in unison: "Nami!!!"
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