One Piece - I Am A Different Luffy! BOOK1!

Chapter 51 - Mysterious Island 5.

[Chapter Size: 2712 Words.]

Third Person POV
On island in the sea, East Blue.

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*Crack!*
The sound of a lock echoed from the door, and it began to move slowly, but with a sound revealing its weight as it opened.
"Finally, treasures!" Nami exclaimed as they started walking towards the entrance, unfolding in front of them.

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As the doors opened, Nami was ready to rush inside at her highest speed.
"Wait, Nami, we don't know what we might find in there. Be careful; it's better if everyone stays together." Luffy warned her with a stern look at the cat burglar. He didn't want to have to keep saving her from any trap in this place due to her recklessness.
"I guess you're right..." Nami sighed and admitted, approaching the group again.
"Let's stick together; if anything unusual happens, let us know." Luffy said and went ahead, leading the group.
The first thing they saw after passing the doors was a dark corridor. Luffy raised the palm of his hand, and a purple flame emerged from it in the form of a fireball, floating and fixing above his head, providing light to his surroundings.
The now illuminated corridor proved to be made of the same material as the gate, making Luffy even more intrigued about what lay inside this place.
But the place had no secrets beyond being hidden on a random island and requiring a key to open, as they hadn't encountered any traps so far. The group continued to the end of the corridor without problems.
Once they reached the end, Luffy began to see what looked like a large hall opening in front of the crew, with a staircase leading down to a slightly lower level.
Luffy's surprise came when he increased the intensity of his flame, quickly illuminating the entire place. He threw other flames at the ceiling, which was 15 meters high.
It was a spacious area with at least 50 meters, a kind of ancient cave or grotto. This time, without all that external material, only natural stone structures and rocks were found here, but Luffy wouldn't be surprised if there was a layer around this chamber, protecting it from any external invaders.
As the intensity of Luffy's flame increased, the location revealed its secrets with extraordinary splendor. The light danced on the walls of a vast cave, highlighting the marks of an ancient battle echoing in the atmosphere. Natural stone formations and majestic rock structures composed the environment, giving it a sacred aura.

In the center of this monumental chamber, two Poneglyphs rested silently, silent witnesses of a long-buried history. Next to them, a pillar stood with dignity, supporting a box that seemed to guard mysteries yet to be revealed. Distant, almost like a vision from another time, was an old and broken ship, whose remnants resembled the legendary Flying Dutchman, evoking an atmosphere of myth and antiquity.

With this thought, Luffy turned his face and instinctively looked at Shirahoshi.
'Shirahoshi is now out of the clutches of Vander Decken IX, but I'll make sure to kill him when we go to the New World.' Luffy thought and returned his attention to the ship.
The golden glow escaping from a hole in the side of the ship, a result of centuries of decay, captured the group's attention. The shining gold, now illuminated by Luffy's light, cascaded into a dazzling shower of sparkling sparks, dazzling everyone. The discoveries in the heart of the cave triggered a feeling of awe, as the group found themselves facing an unexplored chapter of history, waiting to be unveiled.
"That..." Kuina said.
"Gold... a lot of gold..." Usopp murmured beside her.
"Sharky!"
"No, you can't eat that, Megalo!" Shirahoshi warned her friend.

"I've never seen such a quantity before..." Yamato argued, but she didn't seem very interested.
"Are we dreaming, brother?" Jhonny asked his companion.
"We must be, brother," Yosaku replied.
"I never imagined that so much gold could be in just one place..." Reiju said with quite a surprise as well.
"Tsk. Is it just gold?" Zoro mocked, uninterested.
"Au!"
"Chouchou agrees with you, Zoro. But I'm surprised too. I expected this on the Sky Island, but I never thought we'd find so much gold in the East Blue," Luffy said. People didn't even wonder about what he said about the Sky Island, as their sole focus was on the gold reflecting the purple fireballs on the ceiling. However, Luffy didn't mind and turned his face to see the reaction of the person among them who loves gold the most, with interest.
"Isn't that right, Nami?" Luffy smiled at a Nami who stared at all that gold with lifeless eyes.
"Luffy... Is this real?" Nami asked calmly, with the same eyes, and continued.
"Aren't we dead and come to some kind of heaven for our good deeds?" She continued to muse in a trance.
"Nonsense, silly girl. Go ahead and pick out some pieces for yourself, take whatever you can." Luffy said. He was quite surprised by the gold, but he was more curious about the mysterious box and Poneglyphs. He took his first steps towards the chest on the pillar and the stone with ancient inscriptions.
Luffy didn't care about the gold anymore beyond his initial surprise. Of course, it was a very pleasant surprise; it would greatly accelerate his plans with something like this, but he had his thoughts on the contents of that part, as they seemed more important than the treasures.
Yamato decided to follow Luffy instead of the majority of the crew, who chose to run for the gold.
Luffy approached and stood in front of the pillar chest, next to the Poneglyphs.
'Let's see what's inside this box because I'm almost sure that this box must be the most important thing in this chamber.'
"They seem to have died a long time ago..." Yamato commented beside them. In the nearby area, they noticed that there were six long-decomposed skeletons. They wore samurai armor, and there was a complete sword among them.
"It looks like they built this place a long time ago, then fled from something and fought in this same chamber to protect their items, especially this box." Luffy analyzed the place.
"There are also signs of a fight... They could have locked themselves in with the enemy, but how does that explain the ship with gold appearing here, buried in the middle of an island practically?" Yamato asked curiously.
The place had many holes, even the ship looked like it came out of a war before coming here, only adding to the mystery of this place. Luffy couldn't imagine how it ended up in this place, perfectly understanding Yamato's logical thinking...
"Yes, there was a battle in this place. Strange... And no, I have no idea how that ship appeared here." Luffy murmured with all this mystery.
"Anyway, let's see what's in this box. Unfortunately, I don't know what to do with these stones with a strange language..." Luffy said, approaching the chest.
As soon as he opened it, he was surprised by the content inside. The box was fancy and had something peculiar inside, carefully placed.
"A fruit?! What kind of Devil Fruit could it be?" Yamato asked beside him, sounding somewhat surprised as soon as she saw what was inside the box.