Sengoku left to process the relevant documents, leaving Olvia and Professor Clover alone inside the tent.
After a brief, heavy silence fell over the room, Olvia suddenly broke it.
"Professor, this is the New World. If you want to escape, now is the best chance…"
"Escape?" Professor Clover smiled. "There are fifteen Marine warships around us, thirty thousand Marines, and Sengoku, an Admiral from Marine Headquarters, personally stationed here. How would I escape? And if I escaped, what would happen to you?"
"I am a Celestial Dragon now. Sengoku cannot do anything to me. Saint Saturn dotes on Robin greatly. With Robin here, he will not do anything to me either…" Olvia hesitated for a moment before saying.
"Everything from Ohara has now been transferred to Punk Hazard. If I leave here without those books, what can I do? I am already old. I am no longer young… I do not have the time to build another Ohara, Olvia," Professor Clover said softly.
And Ohara was not something that could be built in a single generation.
Just as Olvia was about to say something else, Professor Clover grinned.
"During this time, I have also thought about many things. I suddenly realized that we should change our way of thinking, Olvia."
"Change our way of thinking?" Olvia sat down in a chair, not quite understanding. Then she asked, "What do you mean?"
"What was our original purpose as scholars?" Professor Clover asked.
"To pass on the voice of history…" Olvia said without hesitation.
"That is right. Everything we have done has been to prevent the truth of the past from being buried. We have always believed that everyone has the right to know the history of the past. History is one of humanity's greatest treasures. Its existence can guide the direction of the future…" Professor Clover said with a firm voice.
Back in Wano, he had once discussed these things with Valthior.
And one sentence from Valthior had stayed in his memory.
The only thing humans could truly learn from history was how to repeat it.
But even if history repeated itself countless times, Professor Clover still firmly believed that the wheel of history would gradually move toward the correct future.
This was not merely his personal wish.
From a broader view, this was how the world developed.
Perhaps countless people would repeat the same mistake countless times.
But eventually, there would be a day when someone truly took the right step forward.
That was the meaning of history.
"But now the World Government no longer allows us to study that history. We are confined to Punk Hazard. We will only become tools in their hands for deciphering ancient technology… and sooner or later, they will force us to reveal the whereabouts of the Ancient Weapons!" Olvia said in a low voice.
"On the way here, I spoke with Admiral Sengoku many times. Those conversations made me realize mistakes I'd never recognized before... Looking back, Valthior was absolutely right when he said I was going to get myself killed. At first, I thought he meant I had committed an unforgivable crime against the World Government and would eventually be brought to justice. Only now do I understand that if you lack the strength to keep others from interfering, trying to uncover history is enough to get yourself killed..."Professor Clover said with emotion.
Sengoku had told him that if not for the CP agencies blocking information, and if the ambitious pirates of the New World learned that they could read Poneglyphs—or even knew the locations of the Ancient Weapons—
Then very soon, they would become tools for those ambitious people.
At that time, all kinds of strange abilities, hypnosis, and brutal torture would fall upon them.
Even if they had firm beliefs, they would eventually leak the secrets of the Ancient Weapons.
Because that was not a secret one could protect with belief alone.
When that happened, the sea would be swept into bloodshed. It might even affect the safety of the world and drag countless people into cruel war.
That was their true sin.
Professor Clover had wanted to refute him several times, only to discover that he could not refute the Marine Admiral's words at all.
Because Sengoku was right.
After Professor Clover explained these reasons to Olvia, her expression also began to waver.
"So from where we stand now, the World Government wanting to eliminate us… could even be called an act of justice. How ironic is that? We called ourselves righteous, yet without realizing it, we placed the world in danger again and again. To think that back then, I even asked Valthior why he chose the Roger Pirates instead of us… Hahahaha. It was because the Roger Pirates had enough strength to support their search for the truth. As for us, we were always bait being moved by someone else," Professor Clover said with a self-mocking laugh.
After a brief pause, Professor Clover continued, "Now, thanks to him, we were not executed. That alone is already fortunate. I have also thought things through. Being sheltered under the World Government means we have lost our freedom and the possibility of continuing our studies—but at least we will no longer endanger the peace of the sea, right?"
"Then are we really going to stop researching from now on?" Olvia could not help asking.
"For the time being, yes." Professor Clover shook his head, then smiled. "We were mistaken about one thing, Olvia. Until now, we always treated the World Government as our enemy. Why?"
"Because the World Government wants to hide the truth of history…" Olvia said.
"That is right. So we always treated the World Government as our imagined enemy and kept running from them. But now, I have figured it out, Olvia. You have already entered the highest level of the World Government. You are a Celestial Dragon now. Your husband is a Celestial Dragon. Your daughter is also a Celestial Dragon. If he were an ordinary Celestial Dragon, that would be one thing. But Jaygarcia Valthior… he has the bearing of a king. He is ambitious, brilliant, and powerful—and he stands outside Mary Geoise. Do you know what that means?" Professor Clover's eyes shone as his voice grew slightly excited.
"What does it mean?" Olvia clearly had not reacted yet.
"He has seen all the Poneglyphs. He understands everything behind them. He knows, just as we do, that someone betrayed the glory of the Twenty Kings and stole the honor that belonged to the ancestors of the Jaygarcia family!" Professor Clover's eyes burned as he looked at Olvia. "He is also part of the World Government's lawful foundation. With his ability and ambition, sooner or later, he will return to Mary Geoise—as the King of the World!"
"You mean…" Even Olvia, no matter how slow she was to react, understood now. She covered her mouth in shock.
"That is right. Valthior is our hope. I greatly look forward to the day he becomes the one who guides the World Government. When he stands at that height, he will definitely no longer keep this history hidden. He will surely make everything known to the world, wash away the shame of his ancestors, and restore the glory of the Jaygarcia family. Look at it this way—is that not the same path and the same result as us revealing the truth of history to the world?" Professor Clover laughed loudly.
Before Olvia could recover from her shock, Professor Clover restrained his smile and spoke seriously.
"So what we need to do now is help him seize the power of the World Government as much as possible. Saint Saturn wants us to go to Punk Hazard, decipher the secrets of some ancient technologies, and reproduce those powerful forces. Fine. We will go. And you, Olvia—you are Valthior's woman. You are a Celestial Dragon. You are the only one among us who can freely enter and leave Punk Hazard. We will give you a copy of the technologies we decipher, and you will hand them to Valthior. Let them become his strength and support him when he one day raises the banner of the Twenty Kings and marches toward Mary Geoise!"
Professor Clover had truly thought it through now.
The scholars' long-cherished wish had nothing to do with power.
All they wanted was to pass on the truth of history.
Before, they had no choice, and that was that.
But now, conditions were so much better.
Olvia had become a Celestial Dragon. Valthior had become a Pirate Emperor outside. He was born with lawful legitimacy over the World Government, a blood descendant of the Twenty Kings. He was ambitious, knew the truth, and intended to become the King of the World.
Then what else was there to say?
The scholars now had to strongly support the World Government and support Valthior.
They would offer all the ancient technologies they deciphered to Valthior. Once Valthior achieved his great ambition, the truth of history would naturally spread across the sea along with him.
So why oppose the World Government?
They needed to enter the World Government, support the World Government, and finally—
Change the World Government.
After taking a deep breath, Olvia steadied herself and nodded seriously.
"I understand, Professor."
"So relax. Do not think about helping me escape anymore. Not only will I not escape—I will serve the World Government with everything I have!" Professor Clover laughed loudly.
Just then, a Marine Lieutenant Commander suddenly shouted in excitement, "We found it! We found it! It is exactly the same as the illustration. This is the Mythical Zoan Fruit we were looking for!"
In an instant, the entire camp became lively.
Olvia stood up excitedly. "Professor, this trip was not wasted after all."
"Do not forget what Valthior said. Before Robin awakens the Sharingan, do not let her become an ability user," Professor Clover reminded her.
If Robin awakened the Sharingan, Valthior believed she would most likely awaken Conqueror's Haki afterward, which would then stimulate the Sharingan to evolve into the Mangekyō. In that case, she would need the support of a Mythical Zoan, or her eyes would eventually go blind.
But if Robin never awakened the Sharingan, then naturally there would be no need for her to become an ability user and lose the ability to swim.
She would not need to carry any heavy burden.
She would only need to enjoy life.
Why bother eating a Devil Fruit?
"I'll keep that firmly in mind!," Olvia said with a nod.
--------
Read Advanced Chapters on : www.patreon.com/c/ReadJin
~ Every 100 PS = Bonus Chapter!
~ Push the Story forward with your [Power Stones]