The next morning, Robin whimpered, opened his eyes, and looked at the unfamiliar ceiling with a bit of confusion. In his memory, he woke up from nightmares every night. How long had it been since he slept so comfortably? Five years? Or ten years?

"I'm alive?"

Touching the heart beating strongly in her chest, Robin half-raised her body. The last scene in her memory was the long sword piercing through here. The sound of waves hitting the hull rang in her ears, which made her wake up instantly. She threw off the quilt on her body, and hurriedly ran downstairs from the attic of the captain's room to the deck without even putting on her shoes.

Duke was sitting cross-legged on the deck, using his Observation Haki to scan the underwater world to train his Haki. Hearing the clattering of footsteps, he looked up and saw the barefoot, panting Robin stop in front of him.

Before Duke could greet him, Robin asked, "What happened last night? I remember that knife pierced my heart. Why didn't I die?"

Duke stood up, patted his pants, pointed at Huazhou who was leaning on the side and said, "It's Huazhou's ability. I fed it a devil fruit. It's a very practical ability, isn't it?"

Seeing Robin's puzzled expression, Duke pulled out Huazhou and stabbed the deck, and the sword went straight through the wooden floor. Robin keenly noticed that there was a barely perceptible halo at the point where the sword went through the deck.

Robin looked at Duke in surprise, not understanding what he was thinking. In order to stay, she prepared a lot of excuses, but none of them worked. It was unexpectedly simple.

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"I'll take that as a compliment! It seems I left a very bad impression on you last night. It was a real mistake. I was just joking to ease the awkward atmosphere at the time, but I didn't expect to backfire." Duke stood up and walked to the desk, opened the drawer, and threw a white mask to Robin.

This can be considered as a dark history! Duke looked serious on the surface, with a hint of apology in his eyes, but he was actually very happy. The petty man did this on purpose, in order to retaliate against Robin's behavior of taking advantage of him. It must be said that Duke was single for a reason. Robin was at her weakest psychologically at that time. If he had been a warm man, soothing her with soft words, or even forcing himself on her, maybe good things would have happened.

"You are truly a gentleman!" Robin responded, not knowing whether it was a compliment or sarcasm.

Duke's words brightened Robin's expression slightly, but the next sentence made her face completely dark.

"I am moved by your determination to pursue your dream. So let's just leave it at that!" Duke smiled with a deeper meaning.

"What do you need me to do?" After five minutes of silence, Robin finally broke the silence. She knew that Duke had a hold on her life, and she could afford to wait five hours, let alone five minutes. But she was different. The main text of history was right in front of her, and she couldn't wait even a moment.

Duke is 1.9 meters tall. If he were on Earth, he would not only stand out from the crowd, but would also be considered a prince. However, in the world of pirates, he can only be considered a barely-there second-class disabled person.

"Regarding getting on board, I want to think about it for a while longer," Robin said with a dark face.

"No, that's too ugly."

"Besides, I work part-time as a ship's doctor. I can cure all illnesses except menstruation. I don't care about minor illnesses such as headaches, fevers, backaches caused by overwork. So you don't have to worry about being exhausted while I'm here." Duke said shamelessly.

"..."Robin's face was full of black lines. She could feel that Duke was serious.

"No, it's too ugly." As a cool and elegant lady with ideals and aspirations, Robin simply rejected this malicious name. Based on Robin's many years of experience, only a fat man with a big beard would come up with such a name, and the code name is also very low.

"Superhuman type - Door-Door Fruit! Any object that Hanazu touches will become a door and can be opened, and you can move freely anywhere. The sword last night was the same. It looked like your heart was pierced, but in fact, Hanazu's ability was used to open a door in your body. It was a little joke with good intentions, you shouldn't mind, but I didn't expect that you were so easily frightened that you fainted directly." Duke said without apology, as if it was not him who was wrong, but Robin. It's not my fault, you are too timid.

"Captain...what do you need me to do?" Robin was a smart person, and smart people were very realistic. She asked directly.

This is a bastard with a very bad character! Robin commented in her heart after hearing this. At that time, her mood changed drastically and her emotions were very unstable. It was the time when her spirit was at its most vulnerable. As a result, she was frightened by Duke's lifelike magic.

"If you didn't need me, you could have thrown me off the boat last night and I wouldn't be alive today. Since I'm still alive, it means I'm still useful." Not as anxious as last night, the calm Robin became more intelligent and became the wise queen again.

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A few days later, at Changshe Island, a remote island in the southeastern West Sea, two hurried guests arrived just after the sun rose.

Robin followed closely, keeping the same position as before. The two came to the desk in the captain's room. Dukema sat down and pointed to the sofa opposite, signaling Robin to sit down and talk.

The 'huge battleship' San Juan Wolf has a body as big as an island. It is said that his race is human. Duke has been troubled by this for a long time. When Wolf's mother gave birth to him, was it a natural birth or a caesarean section...

"Since you have no objection, then it is happily decided!"

"..." Robin was confused. With so many duties, can I handle it all by myself? You actually have the heart to let a lady work so hard for you. Do you have a black heart? "You are the user of the Flower-Flower Fruit. You can make any part of your body bloom like a flower wherever you want it to appear. You are ten experienced sailors. It's easy to take care of a ship." The big landlord Duke worked hard to squeeze his employees, not wasting any surplus value. "Aren't you afraid of tiring me to death... Isn't this why you need me?" Robin's face was not very good. Duke's favorability, which was minus 100, dropped to minus 250.

"How could that be? You're overthinking it again. After all, you're the only archaeologist on the sea who can decipher historical texts, and you're also a beautiful lady. It would be a waste of talent to make you do hard labor!"

"Because there are only two of us on the ship for now, and as the captain and the ship's doctor, there are many things I can't handle personally, so I'm going to trouble you. From now on, you will be the ship's navigator, cook, fighter, cleaner, musician, magician, captain's secretary... Oh, yes, and your job as an archaeologist!" Duke counted on his fingers and found that ten fingers were not enough.

"It's too late. I'm the captain of this ship, and I have the final say." Duke waved his hand and said, "Also, both of us are criminals that the World Government is trying to capture. For safety reasons, in addition to wearing masks, we can't call each other by our real names when we act in the future. You can call me Paul, Chris Paul! Codename is 'Best Actor'. As for you... as my close partner, just call me Harden, James Harden! Codename is 'Bumper'!"

"Why do you think I need you?" Duke asked calmly, blowing off the heat from his cup. He was relieved, having drunk three cups in five minutes, and he was about to vomit.

"This is your mask. From today on, you will work for me!"

“…”

Duke brewed a pot of black tea and poured a cup for Robin first, then filled his own cup. He sipped the tea slowly, not in a hurry to speak. Everyone was smart and knew that whoever lost patience first would lose at the negotiation table.

"You're really picky. As a crew member, you need to learn to obey orders. If you object again, I'll call you 'Godfather'!"

The two weirdos were Duke and Robin, who had recently formed a pair. Their white suits were all left on Kuzan's ship. Kuzan was a man with a monotonous life. In his wardrobe, there were no other clothes of other colors except for a dozen white suits. In line with the glorious tradition of waste and shame, Duke changed the size of his clothes and put them on, and then gave Robin two sets as uniforms.

It has to be said that a beauty is a beauty. After some modifications, the neutral suit made Robin look uniquely feminine. Moreover, her height of 1.8 meters, coupled with a pair of high heels, brought a lot of pressure to Duke.

"Haha, that's a really interesting ability." Robin said coldly with a fake smile. She just wanted to get the truth of history out of Duke and then strangle him to death.

"Then call it 'Nightclub', it fits the name Harden very well."

"After all, she is a beautiful lady, I can't bear to destroy her." Duke said, putting down the teacup and getting back to the point. The tea was no longer needed to create the atmosphere.

A man and a woman, the man is nearly 2 meters tall, wearing a neat white suit, walking in front with his eyes straight ahead. The woman is slender, wearing a pair of high heels, only half a head shorter than the man, and the same style of women's suit outlines a perfect figure, attracting countless eyes along the way. Both of them are wearing nondescript white masks, and their unique outfits have attracted the attention of residents, who cast curious glances at them.

"You think so too, but Huazhou's abilities are not limited to this extent." Duke said, picked up Huazhou and walked into the captain's room.

This is a magical world. There are dwarfs below, giants and demons in the middle, and the freak San Juan Wolf above. The difference in height makes it hard to believe that they belong to the biosphere of the same planet.

If someone asks, how many steps are involved in locking a super-sized wolf in 'LV6'? Duke will definitely answer him that it is just like locking an elephant in a refrigerator. The principle is the same. There are three steps in total. The first step is to open the gate of the push city; the second step is to stuff the wolf in; the third step is to close the door. It's easy, that's how the navy does it.

Now let's talk about the wolf's food, clothing, housing and transportation. How does the city of Impel Down solve the wolf's eating, drinking, defecation and urination? This is a serious problem. Facing a mountain of food and feces every day... I can only say that the chefs and cleaning ladies of Impel Down have worked hard! What makes the chefs and cleaning ladies even more frustrated is that the wolf is a super criminal sentenced to life imprisonment, with an unlimited sentence.

An oversized prison uniform of size XXXXXXXXXXL, the largest and most luxurious private room in the city of Impel Down, with food and drink served to him every day, this is clearly a vacation rather than a prison.

I really don't understand why the Navy would rather spend money to support this bottomless pit than to execute him directly? Is it to ask for more funds from the World Government? Then Magellan would be very happy. Just by deducting a little from the Wolf's food expenses every day, he would be rich! No wonder he has a corrupt stomach, full of oil and water!

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