Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

On the other side, Uta's adoptive father Gordon, who had already entered the Gege world, finally arrived at this time.

"Uta!"

Gordon shouted at Uta: "I want to confess something to you. Shanks and his men did not destroy the island. On the contrary, it was they who saved the island and saved you and me."

In just a few words, Gordon revealed the truth of what happened that year.

At this point, everyone realized that it was Uta who was seduced by Totumjika's music score and summoned the ancient demon to destroy the island.

As for the Red Hair Pirates, the culprits who destroyed the island as reported in the news, they are the "heroes" who saved the island.

Just to prevent Uta from feeling guilty and so that she could continue to learn singing without burden, Shanks and the others chose to become criminals and bear the sin of destroying the island.

"When Shanks chose to leave, he told me that your singing voice is priceless and cannot be buried because of these wanted criminals in the navy. They believe that you will become a great singer."

At this point, Gordon was already in tears.

"As the King of Elegia, I have sworn to all citizens who love music that I will train you to become a great musician."

"But, I was wrong!!!"

Gordon fell to his knees, looking at Uta with a look of guilt in his eyes: "Shanks and I were both wrong!"

"We only saw your talent in singing, so we took it for granted that this arrangement was the best for you."

"But we never really asked you what you really want to do, whether you are happy with your life, or whether you are in pain all the time."

Gordon stretched out his hand and looked at Uta guiltily.

"I apologize for ignoring your feelings over the years, for not taking your feelings seriously, and for not being a good foster father."

...

For the first time, the first time in so many years, Gordon apologized to Uta.

This was an apology that came more than ten years late, and it was precisely because it was so late that Gordon felt so guilty and painful.

He couldn't even bear to imagine how lonely and painful Uta had been inside all these years, yet she still had to smile every day and learn music and singing with him.

Whenever he thought of this, he didn't dare to look at Uta.

He thought of what Bai Ye had said before, "You guys, do you think being a parent is easy?"

I'm not a qualified adoptive father, Gordon thought.

But precisely because of this, he must atone his sins even more!

"Uta, please forgive me, forgive me for being so slow, forgive me for being so cowardly."

"The reason you were bewitched by the devil's music was because of my negligence."

"I didn't even realize you were being mesmerized by Totumjika's music all these years."

Gordon stood up and took two steps closer to Uta after every word.

He has an unshirkable responsibility for the situation having developed to this point.

If he had kept a closer watch on the Totumjika score, the island would not have been destroyed, nor would Uta have been separated from his beloved family.

If he had been able to have the heart to destroy the music score after the island was destroyed, Uta would not have been bewitched by Totumjika's music score again because of his inner pain, leading to the current consequences.

He is not a responsible parent. He has never understood Uta's heart and never cared about her heart.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't love Uta.

He would give his life if it would bring Utta back.

"This is all my fault, and I should bear all the responsibility."

Gordon came to Uta and looked at the girl who lowered her head and said nothing. He felt even more guilty.

"It was because I concealed the truth back then that you have been misunderstood until now."

"It was because I couldn't bear to destroy the music that I allowed you to be tempted by the devil."

"Uta, I..."

Just as Gordon reached out to hug Uta, his arms were entangled by ropes made of musical notes.

"Hidden from the truth... did you really think I didn't know, Gordon?"

The icy voice made Gordon's hair stand on end for a moment, and he looked at Uta in horror as she slowly raised her head.

"I knew it a long time ago. I knew it was me who destroyed Elegia."

The voice was calm, but the emotionless tone still made everyone present shudder...

Even Nami, who had always been smart, couldn't help but frown after hearing Uta's words.

This is really surprising, because the premise of our plan is that Uta has been kept in the dark.

But now...

-

"what's the situation?!"

In the real world, Kalifa was startled by Bai Ye's exclamation beside her.

Turning around, I saw Bai Ye, who had been watching the video with great interest, now looked surprised.

Although the expression was fleeting, Kalifa still caught Bai Ye's momentary loss of composure.

After a little thought, Kalifa understood something and said to Bai Ye jokingly:

"How come the famous [Heavenly Master] Bai Ye also didn't predict something?"

Khalifa was very happy. After all, Bai Ye has always been mysterious since his debut.

Whether it was on the Judicial Island, or later on the Sabaody Archipelago and Marinford, Bai Ye always gave people the feeling that he knew a lot of secrets.

The most important thing is that no one knows how he knows these secrets or how many secrets he knows.

But now Kalifa knows that even the [Heavenly Master] Bai Ye has times when he "doesn't know".

"That's nothing to be surprised about."

Bai Ye calmly arranged his Taoist robes, casually took out the tea prepared by Hei Ye in the interior scene, and acted indifferently:

"I never said I was perfect."

"Haha, maybe."

Looking at Bai Ye who was obviously feeling embarrassed and had to pretend to be busy to cover it up, Kalifa couldn't help but find it a little funny.

This mission was worth it. I will tell Lucci, Kaku and the others about it when I get back.

Beside him, Bai Ye, blocking out the night's greetings, was drinking tea and thinking in his heart.

[Interesting, I originally thought that Uta had always misunderstood Shanks and the others, and thought that he had been betrayed, so he chose to transfer his emotions.

But now Uta actually admitted that he had known the truth for a long time, which was beyond my expectation.

Could it be that Uta is really a yandere?

Never mind. It doesn’t affect my plan anyway.

After all, I had no intention of curing Uta with words.

Let's just continue watching the show. It's not my turn yet. 】

After a quick calculation, Bai Ye chose to continue slacking off.

At this moment, something strange happened in Gege's world.