Robin's Night Raid

Sky Island, God's Palace, where Enel had once lived.

Reiju sat in Enel's former seat, holding fruit in her hand and feeding it to Lin Yu, who lay in her lap.

As Lin Yu ate the fruit Reiju offered him, he stared expressionlessly at the Divine Soldier Squad members kneeling all over the floor.

When Reiju arrived at the palace carrying Enel's and the Four God Enforcers' heads, every member of the God Officer Squad and every divine attendant chose to surrender.

"My lord, even if we speed up construction, the Ark Maxim will still need three more hours before it is fully completed."

The plump captain of the God Officer Squad knelt on the ground and spoke softly to Lin Yu.

After speaking, the Divine Soldier Squad captain secretly glanced at Enel's and the Four God Enforcers' heads by Reiju's feet, once again confirming that God Enel was truly dead.

He then knelt even more obediently, just short of prostrating himself flat on the ground.

Even the omnipotent God Enel in their minds had been brutally killed. Naturally, Divine Soldier Squad members like them could not possibly be a match for their enemies.

"Three more hours?"

Hearing that the Ark Maxim would be completed in only three hours, Lin Yu nodded in satisfaction.

The Ark Maxim could use the lightning power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to fly through the air. It was a true airship.

In Lin Yu's eyes, its potential was immeasurable. Its value far surpassed that of the God Slave, and it was something he had to obtain no matter what.

That was why he had come to God's Palace first.

"My lord, these are all the Ark Maxim's design blueprints. Please inspect them."

Two winged divine attendants carried a box of blueprints to Lin Yu and spoke cautiously.

"We understand. You may leave."

Lin Yu casually glanced at the box, waved the attendants away, then stored all the blueprints in the Extra-Dimensional Storage Box.

With those blueprints, he might someday be able to build an aerial fleet of his own.

"Yes, my lord." The two divine attendants let out sighs of relief and hurriedly withdrew.

After the two attendants left, Lin Yu looked at the Divine Soldier Squad and said:

"A group of pirates from the Blue Sea has arrived on God's Island Apayado. Later, you will follow me to capture them in the name of God."

Before officially taking action, Lin Yu intended to give the Straw Hat Crew a little appetizer.

"Yes, God."

All the Divine Soldier Squad members answered in unison.

Several hours later.

Night fell.

Within the Straw Hat Crew's camp, shrouded in mist.

Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, Nami, Robin, and the other seven were sleeping around the campfire in the center of the camp.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The sound of a hammer striking wood came from the Merry, waking the sleeping Usopp.

"What's that sound?"

On the shore, Usopp rubbed his eyes as he looked at the Merry on the altar in the water in the distance.

Then, as drowsiness overtook him again, he lay back down and fell into a deep sleep.

"Heh, so that's the Merry's ship spirit?"

From the shadows in the distance, Lin Yu watched the ship spirit constantly repairing the Merry with Reiju and the Divine Soldier Squad beside him, speaking in a low voice.

Originally, he had planned to damage the Merry and trap Straw Hat Luffy and the others on Sky Island.

But the appearance of the Merry's ship spirit changed his mind.

So, he intended to seize the Merry outright!

"I never thought the rumors about ship spirits were actually true."

Reiju stared at the Merry's ship spirit, her face filled with amazement.

It was her first time seeing a living ship spirit as well.

Then Reiju looked toward Sanji, her expression complicated as she said to Lin Yu:

"Don't hurt him, okay?"

The moment she saw Sanji's curly eyebrows, Reiju immediately recognized the Vinsmoke bloodline in him and realized that he was her younger brother, Vinsmoke Sanji.

"Mm." Lin Yu nodded indifferently.

To spare Reiju, Makino, Kaya, Nojiko, Vivi, and the others from distress, Lin Yu did not intend to do much to the Straw Hat Crew.

At most, he would break their legs.

After glancing at the sleeping Straw Hat Crew in the distance, Lin Yu looked at Reiju and the Divine Soldier Squad and said:

"Once I succeed, act immediately."

He planned to abduct Robin himself first, then have Reiju take Nami while the Divine Soldier Squad delayed the rest of the Straw Hat Crew.

After saying that, Lin Yu silently floated toward the Straw Hat Crew using the power of the Light-Heavy Fruit.

When he reached the sleeping Nico Robin, Lin Yu floated down on his side and pressed close beside her, quietly watching her beautiful face.

Robin had only recently left Alabasta, so her skin was still dark, giving her an exotic charm.

Feeling breath against her face, the sleeping Robin suddenly opened her eyes.

Shh!

Lin Yu covered Robin's mouth with his hand and softly shushed her.

Perhaps because the hammering of the ship spirit repairing the Merry concealed the sound, the Straw Hat Crew did not notice what was happening beside them.

God Slayer Lin Yu!

When Robin saw Lin Yu's face, her pupils contracted. Her body stiffened, and cold sweat instantly appeared on her face.

As a woman who had been wanted by the World Government for twenty years with a Bounty of nearly eighty million Berries, she knew exactly what Lin Yu's bounty of 1.5 Billion represented.

1.5 Billion!

It meant that everyone here combined could not possibly be his opponent.

Seeing that Robin wisely made no sound, Lin Yu grinned and whispered:

"I know every ability of your Flower-Flower Fruit."

"Don't make a sound, and don't try to resist, if you can manage that."

"I will take you to find every Poneglyph. I know where they are."

With that, Lin Yu took out a parchment bearing part of a Poneglyph's text and handed it to Robin.

It was something he had obtained from the Kachinobu Kingdom's treasury.

It was also the main reason the Kachinobu royal family had been silenced by the World Government's CP0.

This really was a Poneglyph!

Holding the Poneglyph rubbing Lin Yu had given her, Robin's breath caught.

She had not expected Lin Yu to know about the things she had spent her life searching for, much less know the locations of every Poneglyph.

Then her body stiffened again.

Because Lin Yu had placed his hand on her waist and was slowly moving it downward...

That bastard, was he really so fearless?

Robin's heart was in turmoil beneath Lin Yu's aggressively possessive gaze, and she could not make up her mind.

She finally understood what Lin Yu had meant when he told her not to resist or make any sound.

If she resisted, it would certainly draw the Straw Hat Crew's attention.

If that happened, she might anger him and make him use even harsher methods.

Before a terrifying powerhouse worth 1.5 Billion, the Straw Hat Crew might be implicated and killed outright.

And she likely would not be able to escape his clutches either. In the end, he would still get what he wanted.

Unless she could kill herself.

Yet if she did not resist, she could find every Poneglyph under his protection, uncover the truth of history from eight hundred years ago, and fulfill the wishes of Ohara's scholars.

But...

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Robin's mind.

Then her body stiffened once more, her pretty face flushing crimson as she cried out instinctively.

"D-Don't..."