One Piece: Shadow monarch? I'm Just Logistics!

Chapter 230: Stop Your Luffy Behavior

"Those two names you mentioned... they feel a bit familiar," Reiner frowned and murmured to himself.

"You've heard this story?"

Hearing this, Vivi and the others all shifted their gazes to him.

Reiner waved his hand and continued, "Ah no, I might have heard a sentence or two somewhere. I don't remember either."

He had been living in this world for two and a half years, running all over the world since setting out to sea. It was possible he had heard something somewhere and didn't necessarily remember it.

The others didn't think much of it. Reiner often knew things about the sea, and Nami was long used to it.

Vivi continued to tell them the story.

Legend has it that back then, a great rift divided the land in two. Many tribes lived on each side.

The west was called [Geri] and had many oases, while the east was almost completely barren.

Fresh water was scarce, food was scarce, and only fierce birds and beasts roamed the land. The desert was fraught with danger.

The people there lived extremely difficult lives, but the harsh environment did not defeat them. Instead, it tempered their bodies to be strong, giving birth to countless valiant warriors.

Due to the lack of resources in the barren land, it was difficult to obtain enough supplies just by fighting wild beasts, so another method naturally emerged.

—Plundering.

Conflicts between tribes were particularly frequent in the east. At that time, the entire eastern region was in a state of constant war and slaughter.

However, to survive in the desert, there was only one thing that could not be obtained by force.

Water!

People from various tribes in the east began to come forward, lobbying for a truce, attempting to bypass the great rift and open up new lands to the west.

But this was easier said than done.

The various tribes had deep-seated feuds from years of bloody battles. Moreover, the outcome of opening up new lands was unknown. No one knew what awaited them on the other side of the canyon.

Achieving a union was difficult, until a continuous drought descended...

When the land was barren for a thousand miles and the roads were filled with the starving, when cries of misery were heard everywhere, people no longer had the energy to pursue any grudges.

Not moving outwards was a dead end.

The leaders of the various tribes quickly stood together, gathered all their warriors, and marched west.

They passed through the rarely-traveled depths of the desert, fighting countless fierce beasts along the way, and bypassed the rift that almost cut through the entire land.

And so.

[Geri], with its numerous oases, came into their view.

"From then on, the barren land began a long and tragic battle against Geri."

Vivi's expression was calm as she said, "Today's Rainbase, legend has it, was the frontline of the war back then, the first tribe to be discovered."

In the desert where water was scarce year-round, what would be the reaction of people who constantly fought for food upon suddenly seeing a fertile oasis?

The civil war in Alabasta before had already given a naked answer.

A country with a population in the tens of millions could erupt into a war on the scale of a million people, with one in ten people being a soldier.

Excluding the old, weak, women, and children, one out of every two to three able-bodied young men was fighting. This ratio was already very exaggerated.

"So what happened later? Were all of Geri's oases conquered?" Nami was already engrossed in the story and couldn't help but ask about the follow-up.

Vivi shook her head and said softly, "This land is very vast. Even for valiant warriors, crossing the desert is by no means an easy task, let alone fighting after a long journey."

"And the tribes of Geri, with their abundant resources, were well-rested and waiting. This long war never produced a result."

Vivi continued to tell the legend. The person who ended the war was born as a young boy in an eastern tribe, across the great rift and far from Rainbase.

The God of War and the Desert, Set.

Judging from his title, it was hard not to think of a certain follow-up.

For example, he was powerful, ruled and united all the tribes of the east, and then used his troops like a god, conquering all the oases of Geri, and so on.

Reiner and Nami both guessed so.

However, Vivi giggled, shook her head, and said, "It's not like that. This story has a happy ending in the end."

Then Vivi continued to tell them the rest of the story.

Across the rift and far from Rainbase?

Reiner listened, lost in thought. He called for a soldier to bring him a map of Alabasta.

This was just a legend; no one would take it seriously.

The story Vivi told was also gradually taking on a mythical color. Besides...

...they had been to Alabasta before. There was no great rift that almost cut through the entire land as Vivi had described.

But he thought of something else. There was indeed a city far away from Rainbase now.

When Reiner came last time, he had stayed in both these cities. It was just that they weren't separated by a great rift.

But...

"What if the great rift is gone now?"

Reiner, looking at the map, suddenly spoke. Maybe because of crustal movement?

Who knows? Or because...

...the sea level rose?

Reiner felt this was not impossible. The sea level had been rising, which was one of the truths of this world.

His voice undoubtedly attracted the puzzled gazes of the others.

"What do you mean, the great rift is gone?"

"This is just a legend. You're not taking it seriously, are you?"

Faced with their doubts, Reiner didn't speak. He knew that the official history of this world was definitely shit, but the unofficial history might not be so wild.

This was a world where all fantasies could be realized. Lord Nika would prove it all.

Reiner looked up, pushed the map in his hand forward, and said in a low voice, "I was just thinking, what if what separates the two sides now is the Sandora River?"

Everyone's eyes focused. They leaned forward slightly to look at the map.

They subconsciously looked at Rainbase, and then followed Reiner's words to look at the Sandora River.

The city that was far away was now right under their feet, where the royal capital of Alabasta was located!

"It's Alubarna!!" ×n

Everyone's pupils instantly constricted!

Reiner's guess was planted in their hearts. If they looked at it according to the story Vivi described, the east would have to go north to get around the Sandora River.

And the first city after crossing would be today's Rainbase!

"Th-this is a coincidence, right?"

"A rift becoming a river, is that really possible?"

Compared to the others, Nami's attention was completely drawn to the Sandora River on the map.

As someone who had traveled half the Grand Line, she had seen too many incredible things.

Compared to the underwater Fish-Man Island and the sky island in the heavens, a rift becoming a river sounded much more scientific.

Moreover, with so many cities on this land, why was Rainbase the "city of dreams"?

"But, if we really consider the Sandora River as the rift..."

Nami murmured in a low voice, as if she had already taken it as a fact. "It seems that suddenly, all sorts of coincidences can have a little more of a strange connection."

"In that case..."

A corner of Reiner's mouth lifted. He stood up and said, "Let's go take a look in the Sandora River. It feels like it would be very interesting."

Nami grabbed him and rolled her eyes. "Wait a minute, you idiot. Stop your Luffy behavior."

"That's a mean thing to say."

Reiner glanced over speechlessly. "It's all well and good for you to study every day, but I've almost forgotten I'm a pirate this past year. Let me out to play."

"Um, if you guys are going..."

Vivi suddenly spoke, a little embarrassed, "Um, can you take me with you? I want to go on an adventure too."

"Of course we'll take you if we're going. Adventures are meant to be with companions," Reiner said with a light smile.

Hearing this, Vivi couldn't help but smile, moved. So I'm still their companion.

"Honestly. Let's get things ready first. The old man and the others are going to rest anyway. Let's go and see tonight," Nami said, standing up, not in a good mood.

Although everyone on the ship had different personalities, they were essentially the same type of people.

The time for an exciting adventure has arrived!

(End of chapter)

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