10 Chapter 10 – Countdown to Uta’s death 

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Grand Line, the first half.

A Navy warship is sailing towards the Calm Belt at a very high speed, attempting to directly reach the East Blue through the Calm Belt.

At the bow of the Navy warship, Gion is looking with interest at the diary copy in front of her.

"One wife to the left, another to the right."

"Arton seems quite pleased with Uta."

"Indeed, we must prevent Uta and Arton from meeting."

Gion murmured to herself, stroking her chin.

"However, according to what Arton said, Elegia wasn't destroyed by the Red-Haired Pirate Crew."

"Instead, it was Uta who caused its destruction?"

"She must have been very young at that time."

"What kind of Devil Fruit did she eat?"

"To be able to do something of that magnitude after losing control."

At this moment, Gion furrowed her brows tightly.

It's important to note that Uta's Devil Fruit powers destroyed Elegia right under the Red-Haired Pirate Crew's watch.

Even though the Red-Haired Pirate Crew wasn't as strong back then as they are now,

In Gion's mind, the danger level of Uta's Devil Fruit has already escalated to a terrifying extent.

At the same time, Gion also hoped that Arton would record Uta's Devil Fruit abilities in this diary copy.

Unfortunately, she ultimately did not see this result.

[Shanks thinks of himself as very gentle, but he doesn't consider the huge void this would leave in Uta's heart.]

[If Shanks had taken Uta with him and guided her properly, maybe Uta wouldn't have died at the young age of 21.]

[Such a lovely girl to die so young, it's truly a pity.]

[On this point alone, that guy Red-Haired Shanks has an unforgivable sin.]

"Uta will die?"

"And at the age of 21?"

"What happened in between?"

Gion's eyes widened slightly, speaking incredulously.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Where Uta was.

"I'm going to die at 21?!"

"What kind of joke is this?!"

Uta stood up in shock, speaking incredulously.

"Hm? What's wrong, Uta?"

"How could you possibly die at 21."

"You're still so young."

Seeing Uta's reaction, Gordon's brows furrowed tightly.

He thought Uta was unable to handle the truth he had shared, causing her to have a mental breakdown.

Uta gave Gordon a troubled look but ultimately shook her head.

"It's nothing, Gordon, I'm fine."

Although she wanted to tell Gordon about the diary copy,

Every time she thought to do so, a feeling as if death was imminent would emerge.

Faced with the terror of death, Uta dared not speak of the diary copy.

'I'm currently 19 years old.'

'In a little over a year, I'll be 21.'

'So, do I only have about two years to live?'

'Damn it, how could I accept such an outcome.'

Uta sat on the grass, fists clenched tightly.

Just then, new content appeared on the diary copy.

[This navigation diary system can even capture content from the original manga and anime in my memory.]

[It's quite user-friendly.]

[Photo: Uta's Coffin!]

[The outcome depicted in the photo above, I hope it doesn't happen to the real-world Uta.]

'My... coffin?!'

Uta's eyes widened, suppressing the fear in her heart, and clicked on the photo Arton uploaded.

In the photo, the Red-Haired Pirate Crew were gathered around, and in the center was a coffin covered with a white cloth.

Uta's heart skipped a beat; although she couldn't see the specific face of the person under the white cloth,

But through the noticeable hair, Uta could understand that the person under the coffin was herself.

Even if Arton only captured an image from the memories of the anime, Uta felt as if it was a real prediction of her own future.

'I'm really going to die?'

'But why would this happen?'

'My singing has just begun to be recognized by everyone.'

'I still want to use my song to create a new era!'

'No, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!'

Uta hugged her head, shaking it forcefully.

As if doing so could dispel the shadow of death.

However, such actions had no effect.

Seeing Uta act this way, Gordon became even more worried about her.

Yet at this moment, he didn't know how to comfort Uta.

So, he could only anxiously watch on the side, wracking his brain thinking of what to say to persuade Uta.

Just when he finally thought of something that might persuade Uta, she suddenly calmed down.

"Uta, are you, are you alright?"

Gordon blinked, asking curiously.

"I'm fine now, Gordon."

"Sorry for worrying you."

"Don't worry, I'm okay now."

Uta stood up, giving Gordon a big smile.

Hearing this, Gordon immediately sighed in relief.

Red-Haired Shanks asked him to take care of Uta.

If Uta suddenly had a mental breakdown, Gordon wouldn't know how to explain it to Red-Haired Shanks.

"Gordon, I have something to discuss with you."

"I want to leave Elegia."

Uta said.

"What?!"

"Why?"

Hearing this, Gordon couldn't help but exclaim.

"I'm going to look for a man."

"A man named Arton."

Uta said with a slight smile, laughing lightly.

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