Chapter 690 You low-class pirates
[“Hey, don’t point such a dangerous arm at me…”]
[On the platform of the train station on the sea, Aokiji was wrapped in wisps of cold air. Opposite him, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Usopp, Chopper, the starfish Papagu, the mermaid Camie, and even more than half of the ship Merry were completely frozen; behind him were the stunned station manager Granny Kokoro and her granddaughter Timni, as well as Aokiji's own strong arms that grew on the ground of the station, wrapped in a dark and strong domineering aura and grabbed at his back. ]
[『BIB』 stared at him with his narrow eyes; Robin bit his lips, sweating, his face pale, obviously absent-minded, but he still threatened the other party with the Aokiji arms he had made. ]
[Lab floats to the surface of the sea and glares at Aokiji angrily. ]
[Bang! The frozen Nami turned into a ball of lightning, breaking countless ice cubes and petals.]
[She was covered in melted water stains, panting as she saw her frozen companions around her. She didn't have time to be surprised, and quickly recognized the situation. She turned the golden staff, gritted her teeth, and blasted a lightning bolt several meters thick at Aokiji. Aokiji frowned, and made a stroke in front of him, creating a right-angled ice path. The lightning bolt that Nami blasted at him hit the right-angled ice path and suddenly slid away. Aokiji directed it to the sea on one side. Sizzle! A large area of the sea was electrocuted and burst into strong light, and hot steam was steaming...]
[“Ms. Busty is a nature type, huh?” Aokiji lazily glanced at Nami twice, then glanced at the pale Nico Robin, and put his suit jacket on his shoulders, “Forget it, if we really fight... this sea station will be in trouble. I’m the admiral of the navy...” He turned around and handed a business card to Granny Kokoro and the little girl Timni, and said gently, “Because I’m still on vacation, I’m too lazy to deal with this kind of small pirate group. But if they hurt you later, just call me, and I’ll come and destroy them right away...”]
[Granny Kokoro took Aokiji's business card. There was only a line of ice-blue number on it, without the name, work unit, position, etc.]
[Aokiji rode his bicycle as if no one was around, and rode away leisurely on the sea. ]
[“…” Nami finally came back to her senses from the terrifying pressure from the admiral. At this moment, a series of dense “bang bang bang bang” shattering sounds came from the side. Ice cubes and petals flew all over Luffy, Zoro and the others. They were startled and shouted: “Wow! It’s so cold!!!”]
[“Huh? What happened? Where’s that person just now?”]
[“Damn general! Why did you run away? Lulululu…”]
[Bang! "You are a child?! If it weren't for Sister Robin using her power to protect everyone——" Nami punched Luffy, the captain who didn't understand the situation, and gave him electric shock, but when she looked back, she saw that Robin had returned to the ship alone. ]
[Kami and Papagu, who had a false alarm, breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had been reborn from a calamity. They were almost exhausted and raised their hands weakly and said, "She said she was not feeling well and wanted to rest for a while... She also said that a small part of the Merry was frozen and needed to be dealt with..."]
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"BIB" looked at the Den Den Mushi on the table.
Xiaolu opened his eyes lazily and looked at it, then tilted his head in confusion, "Bolu?"
"BIB" followed Robin back to the ship, while Robin entered the Den Den Mushi castle in a daze. "BIB" did not follow him in.
Although Aokiji's words are pure nonsense, they are also very sharp and accurate... "Survivor's guilt" is what "BIB" saw in Kuleha's psychoanalysis of Robin. Literally speaking, it means that a person believes that he or she is at fault for surviving a traumatic event, feels confused and guilty for being saved, and even prefers to suffer misfortune himself or herself.
Nicole Robin has experienced this kind of "survival event" twice.
The first time, it was her hometown, including everyone she knew, her family, fellow scholars, and the first giant friend she met. Everything was reduced to ashes under the Demon Slayer Order...
It's hard to say, but this time it was actually "ok". The little girl was only eight years old at the time. She had grown up in a dark childhood and didn't have much to lose. O'Hara's demon-killing order only added a touch of darkness to her dark childhood...
It was the second time that finally broke her.
After living, accompanying, and growing up with Lynch for ten years, Robin's life has come out of the darkness. She gradually accepts Lynch, who is like the sun, and also accepts herself who is unfortunate...
Then, in this colorful life, it was finally cut off by a thick darkness.
And once again...
It was she who survived.
But the person she cares about is...
There are some things that everyone can say, and there are some truths that Robin herself understands. "BIB"'s narrow eyes glowed with light as she stared at the doubtful eyes of the Den Den Mushi. But the feeling and the torment in it were probably something that only she could handle...
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The Merry set sail again, and the destination seemed to be Water 7. Just now at the station, the mermaid Camie and Granny Kokoro seemed to have a good chat, and that's why Granny Kokoro suggested that if the Straw Hat Pirates wanted to repair the ship, they could go directly to Water 7, where there are the best shipbuilders in the world, and gave them a letter of introduction to the mayor of Water 7...
Outside the window, Luffy and the others on the deck nodded obediently under Nami's angry lecture. Zoro and Sanji were shocked and unwilling, while Usopp and Chopper were only afraid. If Robin hadn't used her power to protect them in time, wouldn't they have been wiped out by the admiral in one encounter? Only Luffy didn't seem to worry about it. The next time he met the admiral, he would just fight him to death! Why think so much...
"BIB" shook his head. Luffy and Zoro had not yet fully mastered their Armament Haki, so they had no way of resisting Aokiji's freezing ability that was the result of "decades of practice".
When Haki is strong enough, even the Operation Fruit can’t do anything to it, and can’t cut off or transfer the opponent. The same is true in reverse. If the Devil Fruit ability is strong, the Haki of the general level can’t stop it at all… After all, Kizaru, Crocodile, Ace and others are not crazy, and they are obsessed with developing fruit abilities that will be “naturally countered” by Haki. Instead, as long as the fruit ability is strong enough, what does it matter if the opponent has Haki? Haki is just a ticket for the user to compete with powerful ability users.
"Where's Sister Robin?" Sanji pushed the door open, holding a plate with a few drinks and snacks in one hand, "I made something special for her... huh?"
The cook was stunned.
Huh? "BIB" was also stunned, and looked at Sanji, then took the initiative to show his visor, "Have you mastered the observation Haki?"
"Ahaha, it seems so..."
Sanji couldn't hide his joy, he was so proud, so proud! Green algae head, let's see if you can still show off! BIU, Robin jumped out of the Den Den Mushi castle at this time, and looked around at Sanji who was burning with fighting spirit and the black armor beside him in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Robin took a drink brought by Sanji, sat down and took a sip, frowning and saying to himself: "Why is there no taste..."
"Ah? Impossible..."
Sanji picked up another cup with suspicion and took a sip. After his pupils fluttered, he took away the other drinks and snacks and said with a wry smile, "Sorry, sorry, maybe I was scared by the admiral before, so I made a mistake...haha, hahaha..."
He turned and left the cabin, frowning as the door closed.
"You seem to have scared the kids." The black armor floated beside.
Robin sighed, shook his head, put the cup on the table, pushed it aside, looked out the window at Chopper, who was having a lively time with Luffy and the others, and muttered something to himself.
Not long after, Luffy, Usopp and others exclaimed on the deck. The Merry sailed towards a magnificent water city, turned a corner quickly, and stopped at a deserted shore...
…
"Sanji, aren't you going to get off the boat and go to Water City?"
Usopp turned around curiously and asked, "I thought you were going to buy fresh ingredients..."
"I asked Green Algae Head and Chopper to help buy it." Sanji sat on the steps of the deck, gave a thumbs up to Usopp, Luffy, Zoro, Chopper, Nami and the mermaid Camie sitting on Usopp's special cart, and said with a smile, "I'm a little tired too, so I'll stay and watch the ship with Sister Robin. And Lab needs someone to chat with~~"
“Roar～～” Half of a scarred whale’s head emerged from the sea surface nearby.
Luffy had already taken the lead and rushed towards the Water City. Nami and the others were carrying bags of gold to be exchanged in the city, and nodded, "Okay then."
Nami gave Sanji a look and pointed at the cabin worriedly. Sanji nodded. He knew that Miss Nami must be worried about Sister Robin too.
Furo...
Sanji raised his finger, and the golden lighter floated into his hand. He lit a cigarette, exhaled, spread his legs, and looked up at the blue sky and white clouds...
In the cabin window, Robin was flipping through a book alone, as if nothing happened.
Outside the window, it seemed that a group of thugs suddenly came to the boat, wanting to blackmail them or something, but Sanji ruthlessly kicked them all into the sea one by one.
BIB guessed that these guys were probably members of the Franky family. He flipped through the comics in his memory and saw that Zoro, who was sleeping on the boat, had chopped these local thugs away with a few swords...
After Sanji kicked these guys away, he was still not satisfied, "How dare you disturb Sister Robin's rest? How abominable..."
"Don't run! Let me kick you a few more times!!"
With a whoosh, Sanji jumped off the boat and chased after the Franky family members who were fleeing in a panic.
Thus, Robin and "BIB" were the only ones left on the ship.
"What Aokiji said is pure bullshit." "BIB" said, "You understand, right?"
"Hmm." Robin flipped through the book.
"Do you really understand?"
"Um."
"..." "BIB" turned around and looked at Robin, who had just finished reading the book. He closed it gently, handed it into the Den Den Mushi castle, and stood up and walked out of the cabin.
call……
The wind was blowing on the deck. Robin smoothed his messy hair and walked to the side of the boat which had completely thawed. A black shadow emerged from the water, and soon a scarred whale emerged with a "splash". Lab called out to Robin happily.
"Don't worry, they will lead you to Brooke."
Robin closed her eyes and talked to herself, then suddenly she opened her eyes and glanced back.
"BIB" floated out of the cabin and raised his narrow eyes to look at the sky. A seemingly tiny figure jumped high from the direction of Water City, drawing a black shadow in the sky, accurately drawing an arc, and landed on the shore with a thud. Then he jumped up as if he was equipped with a spring, and landed lightly on the deck of the Merry - "Excuse me." A tall young man wearing a white baseball cap, sportswear, and a long nose who looked like Usopp said in a relaxed tone.
"..."Robin looked at the young man who walked onto the boat and looked around as if he was a familiar figure.
"I am……"
The young man, the ship repairman named Kaku, looked at Robin, paused, and said calmly, "Ship repairman, I was asked to check the damage of the ship."
As he spoke, he looked around the Merry, touched the iron patches on the main mast, and said with emotion: "The damage is really serious..."
Robin said nothing, and neither did BIB. They watched Kaku walk around the cabin of the Merry. Finally, he said, "Sorry, based on my experience, we should just change ships. It's too dangerous for this ship to continue sailing."
"Is that so?" Robin put his hand on the mast covered with iron patches. "What a pity..."
As expected, the ship spirit was miraculously born in order to say goodbye to Luffy and the others, out of such a strong feeling of attachment.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Well, that's it." Kaku waved his hand casually, jumped high again, and rushed back towards the Water City.
『BIB』found that this guy's speed of returning was much faster than the leisurely parkour-like speed when he came just now...Did he recognize Robin and go back to report?
That’s right, of course “BIB” recognized him. Kaku, the ship repairman who was asked by Luffy and his friends to look after the ship, was actually one of the CP9 agents lurking in Water City.
Sure enough, after a while, two people wearing masks and large robes appeared on the shore of the Merry.
Luci, Bruno?
"BIB" glanced at the two masked men and recognized their identities through the aura he sensed with his observation Haki.
"We are CP9, Nico Robin."
Lucci, wearing a mask, put his hands in his trouser pockets and looked up at the woman by the boat and the black ghost beside her.
"BIB" didn't react. These two were indeed many times stronger than they were back then, but they were still not good enough - besides, they were pure physical arts masters and were restrained by Robin's Hua Zizai.
It all depends on Robin's choice. BIB doesn't intend to intervene, or rather, it will only intervene when Robin's life is in danger.
Robin stood expressionless at the edge of the boat, looking down at the two masked men.
…
"Hey, you two masked guys, where do you want to take Sister Robin?"
Just as the two masked men were leaving the damaged Merry with Robin and "BIB", a voice came from behind them. Looking back, a young man in a suit with blond hair lit a cigarette and looked at them coldly.
Robin looked at the chef, who was holding a cigarette and pointing at a whale swimming on the sea. "If it weren't for Lab's cry, I would have been late..."
"You go first." The masked man in the lead, Lucci, turned to look at Sanji and also stopped, "I'll deal with him."
"Then I'll leave it to you." The other masked man, Bruno, said calmly, and then led Robin, who had retracted his gaze, and the black armor that looked like a real ghost, and continued to walk towards the Water City.
Behind him, there was a fierce fighting sound and the sound of blood bursting...
"Can you control the power of gold? Hehehe..."
"It seems that I need to show a little strength...Continuous pointing of the gun."
Puff puff puff…
Sanji was covered in blood mist. His last vague consciousness was that he was lying in a pool of blood, unwillingly watching the backs of the two bastards taking Robin away...
～～～～～～～～～～～ “How pathetic…” Bruno, who was wearing a mask, said indifferently, “These low-class little pirates actually thought that a former Shichibukai like you would be their partner…”
Robin was walking on the side, and didn't react when he heard it. But Bruno stopped talking, his eyes widened, and he stepped on the ground and dodged to the side like a frightened rabbit.
The mecha covered with blue flame patterns touched nothing with its left hand.
BIB glanced at Bruno, who was still in shock, with his narrow eyes, "You are very vigilant! It seems that arresting such a "son of the devil" is quite stressful for you..."
Through the mask, I couldn't see whether Bruno's face looked good or bad. I could only hear him breathing heavily and saying in a deep voice: "What are you going to do? She came with us voluntarily!"
"Oh, don't get me wrong." "BIB" waved his hand, "I'm just interested in you..."
Huh? Bruno had a question mark on his head, and heard the shadow say faintly: "The devil fruit on you is of the animal type?"
"It's the Bull-Bull Fruit." Bruno didn't think it was a secret and admitted it directly. After all, as far as they knew, the JOJO Pirates had almost never stolen the ability of the animal type...
"BIB" understood and no longer had any interest in Bruno, so he returned to Robin.
Bruno was a little annoyed. The information given by his superiors said that Nico Robin was on the ship of the Straw Hat Pirates and would most likely come to Water Seven City soon... It was easy to say, the former Seven Warlords of the Sea "Kujo Jolyne", Lucci might have the strength to compete with her, but including himself and the other members, walking alone with this woman, felt the pressure as huge as the Red Earth Continent. They dared not relax easily and their nerves were tense.
Fortunately, Nicole Robin did have some emotional problems just as the superior's intelligence said. Lucci just threatened her casually, and she naturally followed these government officials.
Even so, Bruno still didn't dare to be careless with her...
He even planned to use seastone handcuffs on her, but how to phrase it so as not to anger her and achieve the opposite effect, causing this emotionally unstable woman to go berserk on the spot... Bruno was still thinking about this over and over again.
Da, while walking through the streets of the Water City where the whole city is divided into a maze-like city by a network of waterways, Robin, who was walking in front of Bruno, suddenly stopped in her high heels.
"Huh?" Bruno asked in confusion. He looked up and saw Nicole Robin stopped by the river and looked towards the other side.
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"Where on earth was Sister Robin taken?!"
Nami ran on the streets of Water City, followed by the wounded Sanji. The latter could only smile bitterly. He was beaten unconscious in a pool of blood by the enemy. The only reason he was able to survive was because the enemy seemed to be in a hurry and did not kill him...
Damn it! Damn it! Nami knew she shouldn't blame Sanji, but she was still extremely anxious and angry with herself.
Heart network!
If I could focus more, use the properties of the Thunder Fruit, and practice my mind network well... I would definitely be able to hear where Sister Robin is in this maze-like city right away...
It’s all my fault!
It's all my fault! I had noticed that Robin was depressed... huh?! A blue-white arc flashed in Nami's eyes, and she shouted, "I heard it! Over there!!"
With Sanji, Nami turned into lightning and turned quickly.
Sanji leaped high and ran to catch up.
…
call----
A gust of wind blew by, creating ripples on the water.
Across a not-so-wide river, Robin and "BIB" beside her were looking at Nami and Sanji who were chasing them breathlessly on the other side.
"Robin!" "Sister Robin!"
Nami and Sanji also breathed a sigh of relief. They smiled at the calm Robin on the other side and the man in black armor who was quietly guarding Robin as usual, but then glared at the masked guy.
"Great, I finally caught up with you." Nami waved her hand and smiled, "Sister Robin, I don't know what this guy did to you, but don't worry, I will never let him go!"
"That's right," Sanji exhaled and loosened his blood-stained tie, "I'm really upset after being beaten. Sister Robin, just stand there, Miss Nami and I will quickly deal with that guy--"
"No need." Robin said calmly, "Navigator, Cook, please go. I will not go back with you."
"......?" Sanji and Nami were still unable to react for a moment, but they saw Robin on the other side of the river said coldly in the wind: "From the beginning, I looked down on you... low-class pirates..."
(End of this chapter)