Against the World? Just What I Wanted!

High above in the sky, from the edited video on the screen, came Vegapunk's electronically altered voice. "Hey! Didn't you hate war more than anything?"

"I used to, but now... just watch me! XXX (name hidden), I'm going to change this world. Dr. Clover's death and Ohara's will won't be in vain." Dragon's face was resolute.

As his words ended, the system's text appeared on the screen again. "It was in this year that Monkey D. Dragon, Emporio Ivankov, and Bartholomew Kuma founded the Revolutionary Army, whose name now shakes the entire sea."

"Perhaps power and gunfire can trample humanity's will and the fruits of civilization as they please, but the eternal truth and justice of this world can neither be killed nor extinguished. The birth of the Revolutionary Army is the best proof of this truth."

The Grand Line, somewhere at sea, aboard the Thousand Sunny.

"Wow! Luffy's dad's story is so inspiring!" Nami clenched her fists, her face full of excitement.

"Yeah! I'm so jealous of Luffy!" Chopper and Usopp said enviously.

"Huh? What are you jealous of me for?" Luffy asked, puzzled.

"N... nothing," Chopper and Usopp said, at a loss for words.

"I see. No wonder Kuma chose to let us go back then," Zoro murmured, touching Shusui at his waist.

Sanji silently glanced at him but said nothing.

A complicated look flashed in Robin's eyes. "The Revolutionary Army, huh?" she murmured.

The holy land, Mary Geoise, Pangaea Castle.

"That damned God from Beyond the Domain actually said that what those rebels did was just and right," Saint Marcus Mars said furiously.

"This is His retaliation for our using paid commenters to smear and slander Him just now," Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro said gravely.

"At the same time, it's a warning. He's warning us that if we dare question His content and slander Him again, He'll release more explosive information unfavorable to the World Government to deal with us," Saint Shepherd Ju Peter added.

"Then... are we just going to keep letting Him do whatever He wants?" Saint Topman Warcury asked, unwilling to accept it.

"For now, that's all we can do! After all, there's nothing we can do about Him at the moment." A trace of concern flashed in Jaygarcia Saturn Saint's eyes as he continued, "Besides, we have some matters that need our immediate attention. What He just said will undoubtedly encourage the Revolutionary Army and those unruly commoners who have always tried to resist us. I expect they're already itching to make a move!"

The Five Elders' guess was correct. The system's words had indeed encouraged the Revolutionary Army's members across the world, filling every one of them with fighting spirit.

At the same time, in some regions, people who had still been hesitating over whether to join them immediately made up their minds. It even sparked resistance against the tyranny of the local nobles in a few areas.

Of course, this was exactly what the Heavenly Dao wanted to see. Just as the Five Elders had said, it was His little retaliation and warning to them.

At that moment, high above in the sky, the edited video on the screen returned to Enies Lobby, twenty years later.

Robin revealed her feelings to Luffy and the others. "Twenty years ago, an attack called the 'Buster Call' took everything from me and ruined countless lives. Now it's threatening the friends I finally found, the ones I can open my heart to."

"The more I want to be with you, the more you'll be dragged down by my fate. No matter how long or how far I travel across the sea, I can never shake the powerful enemies behind me, because my enemy is this world and its dark side."

"With Aokiji, and with this incident, I've already dragged you into it twice! If things like this keep happening, then one day, no matter how good you are, you'll come to see me as a burden, betray me, and leave me."

"And that's what I'm most afraid of. That's why I didn't want you to come rescue me. I'm going to die sooner or later anyway, so I thought I might as well die here!"

Robin's words shocked everyone present. No one had imagined that this was how she had felt as she went to her death.

Spandam was the first to recover, and he immediately began to laugh smugly.

First, he mocked Robin. "Hahaha, of course! No fool would be willing to let you drag them down."

Then he turned to Luffy and the others, pointed at the World Government's flag, and said with utter arrogance, "Look at that flag, pirates!"

"That symbol represents a united organization made up of over 170 nations across the world's four seas and the Grand Line. This is the world! Now you know how insignificant you are for opposing it, don't you? Now you know how enormous the organization that has hunted this woman for twenty years is, don't you?"

Hearing this, Luffy looked up at the World Government's flag. Then he turned to Usopp beside him and, in an utterly calm voice, spoke words that rang like thunder. "I finally know who Robin's enemy is! Sogeking, shoot through that flag."

"Okay!" Usopp agreed without a second thought.

Then he drew the giant slingshot in his hands and aimed at the World Government's flag. As if showing off, and at the same time making a declaration, he said, "New weapon, giant slingshot, named Kabuto. Special attack: Firebird Star."

"Whoosh!"

A firebomb shot from the giant slingshot in Usopp's hands, flying straight toward the World Government's flag.

"Screech!"

A cry like a bird's rang out as a giant firebird struck the World Government's flag, setting it ablaze in an instant. The flames lit up the entire sky, but cast a pall over the hearts of those present.

"Hey! Have you gone mad? Do you want to make an enemy of the World Government?" Spandine asked, staring at the Straw Hat crew in disbelief.

"Just what I wanted!" Luffy replied with overwhelming Haki.

Then he shouted to Robin, "Robin, I still haven't heard you say it yourself. Come on, say it! You want to live."

The other members of the Straw Hat crew also looked at Robin expectantly.

The tears in Robin's eyes burst forth as if a dam had broken, streaming down her face. Scenes of all the vicious words people had used to curse her to an early death throughout her life flashed through her mind.

Finally, she had found the friends Saul had always told her to look for.

"I want to live! Take me out to sea with you too!" Robin cried at the top of her lungs.

"All right! Let's go." Luffy cracked his knuckles and grinned.