Though Robin had been frightened to tears, as the "Devil Child" who had carried a massive bounty and spent twenty years on the run since the age of eight in the original story, her resilience was beyond question.
Even at this moment of certain death, she still clenched her hands and activated her Flower-Flower Fruit ability.
Just as Bick thought he had captured Robin and was at his most relaxed, with most of the hair on his body already retracted, two pairs of small hands sprouted from his shoulders, aimed at his eyes, and dug in viciously. Blood immediately poured out.
In fact, this was one of the signature moves Illusionary Clone had taught Robin early on. Just like the Monkey Steal Peach Robin had used on Franky, the best way to fight with the Flower-Flower Fruit was actually to brawl like a street thug.
Monkey Steal Peach, eye gouging, Thousand Years of Death—after that whole sequence, even an opponent vastly stronger than Robin would probably lose their fighting ability in an instant.
Unfortunately, because of her age, Robin was not ruthless or underhanded enough yet. That was why she had not used the dirty three-move combo Illusionary Clone had recommended from the start. Otherwise, she would not have been captured.
After taking an eye-gouging attack, Bick screamed while controlling the black hair on his body to surge outward. He turned himself into a sphere again, using it to defend against the elusive, omnipresent Flower-Flower Fruit.
However, judging by the bloody tears streaming from his eyes and his ruined eye sockets, both of his eyeballs were finished.
"You're dead! Die!" Enraged, Bick directly activated his Devil Fruit ability. The black hair wrapped around Robin's limbs immediately began pulling in every direction with all its strength.
"Aahhh!" Robin felt the pulling