One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 264

Chapter 264: [264] : [BONUS] - Unveiling the World’s Truth! The Energy War! The Mother Flame!

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The Voice of All Things—a very special Trait.

Anyone possessing this ability could, even without language, hear the ’Voices’ of all things—understanding their meaning and thoughts.

Roger, for example, upon first arriving at Fish-Man Island, heard the voices of the Giant Sea Kings, learning that the Mermaid Princess was their king.

He could even ’Hear’ the strong voice emanating from the Poneglyph.

With this ability, one could communicate with anything and everything, transcending the barriers of language and race.

The known users of this power—Roger, Kouzuki Oden, Momonosuke—were a mere handful, even rarer than the wielders of Conqueror’s Haki.

Luffy, of course, also possessed this Trait, but it was something he would have acquired later in his journey, and the process of it activating was not a quick one.

With a ready-made Trait available on Momonosuke, Rowen had no need to wait to equip Luffy’s, simply taking it directly.

The Voice of All Things was fundamentally different from the swordsman’s ability to hear the "Breath of All Things."

What swordsmen heard was just: the "breath" of an object.

By cutting along that breath, they could sever anything.

In reality, they were hearing an object’s "lifeline." By cutting that line, they could naturally cut the object itself. But that was the extent of it; they could not understand the object’s thoughts or meaning.

The Voice of All Things, from what has been shown so far, offered no direct boost to combat power.

But the ability to communicate with all things across language and species—theoretically, one could gain the support of all things, all races.

It just required immense time and effort, as well as opportune timing and location.

But regardless... It’s better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

Obtaining the Voice of All Things Trait from Momonosuke was, in a way, making good use of a waste product.

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"Continue your research," Rowen instructed Queen, Franky, and Caesar.

Then, he sent Kaido’s soul back to the underworld.

"Well then. Come with me," Rowen said, smiling at Little Hancock.

Rowen was heading to Wano to liberate the country and obtain its ’Desire for Liberation’.

"Mm,"

Little Hancock blushed slightly and nodded firmly. She would never refuse any of Rowen’s requests.

POP!

Rowen activated his Paw-Paw Fruit ability, locking onto the coordinates of Wano Country.

A paw-shaped bubble of air enveloped Rowen and little Hancock, and they shot off into the distance at high speed. With the power of the Paw-Paw Fruit, no place on the vast sea was out of his reach.

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"Vegapunk..."

Rowen mused as he flew towards Wano Country, his eyes flashing with an astonishing crimson-black light.

Vegapunk, user of the Brain-Brain Fruit, a man said to possess a scientific knowledge 500 years ahead of the world. He was a super-genius scientist, a man Oda had modeled after Einstein from Earth.

His dream was to create a world where ’Energy’ could be shared freely.

And Rowen, having come from Earth, greatly admired this dream.

The most fundamental constraint on human activity and exploration was, in fact, a lack of energy.

This was true even in the One Piece world.

Whether it was Haki or Devil Fruit abilities, unleashing them required immense physical energy as fuel. Once stamina was depleted, no matter how strong one’s Haki or abilities, they couldn’t be used at all.

And among the Three Ancient Weapons, besides Poseidon, which was embodied by the Mermaid Princess, both Pluton and Uranus required a vast energy source to activate.

The Mother Flame researched by Vegapunk was such an energy source.

It could be said that a massive energy source was the key to unlocking the Ancient Weapons.

This was why, despite having Pluton’s blueprints and knowing the real Pluton was buried on Wano, Rowen had never schemed to obtain it.

Without an energy source, it was useless.

The power to completely destroy an island in a single blow, to cause the very sea level to rise... a powerhouse of Rowen’s level understood exactly what kind of terrifying energy that represented.

This was eradication at a fundamental level, not just shattering an island, but completely changing the structural fabric of the sea region.

Rowen’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit could achieve this, but it required continuous tremors, triggering seaquakes, airquakes, and earthquakes—destroying an island fundamentally through accumulated energy.

To achieve that level of destruction in a single blow, the only thing Rowen could rely on was the Super Electromagnetic Cannon he had used at the Summit War—the fusion of his Munch-Munch, Magnet-Magnet, and Rumble-Rumble Fruits.

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