Leaving
"Missallsunday".
When the bounty hunters of Whiskey Peak Town learned that the visitor was Missall Sunday, the Vice President of Baroque Works and Mr. 0's partner, the whole town was in an uproar.
"Miss All Sunday, what brings you here this time..."
Mr. 8 walked up to Robin with a fawning expression, looking at her with a sycophantic look on his face.
"I've come here to clear out the dangerous creatures around Whiskey Peak Town. I'll be staying here for a few days, so I'd appreciate it if you could prepare a room for me," Robin said softly.
"Yes, this way please."
Mr. 8 immediately led Robin into the town and they settled down.
Below the distant ocean, Xia Qiu lay quietly, watching four ships anchored at the shore.
These four ships are all Baroque Works' special ships used by the Hundred Million Elder, and the letters BW are on their hulls.
However, unlike other weapons, the muzzles of these weapons were not cannons, but huge Harpoon Crossbow.
There were six Harpoon Crossbow on the muzzle alone, plus the Harpoon Crossbow on the deck, making a total of eight Harpoon Crossbow on each ship.
"Four ships have arrived; they are ordinary vessels of the Baroque Works, but that should be enough."
Xia Qiu watched the ship sail away, waiting for it to depart.
He doesn't plan to attack this time, at least not near Whiskey Peak Town.
Because he was going to Alabasta.
The second step in Xia Qiu's plan was to reach Alabasta.
However, getting to Alabasta is quite complicated. Starting from Whiskey Peak Town, you have to pass through Little Garden, Drum Island, and finally reach Alabasta.
The Little Garden is fraught with danger. Although I will not go ashore, there is a giant Island-Devouring Monster in the eastern sea area of Little Garden, which controls the eastward entrance.
Drum Island is located to the east of the Little Garden.
Xia Qiu wouldn't risk passing by the Little Garden, so she planned to go around that spot.
However, Xia Qiu relies on capturing magnetic forces to navigate between islands. He cannot directly capture Drum Island; he must reach Little Garden and then capture Drum Island from Little Garden.
Xia Qiu cannot bypass the Little Garden on her own, and there is only one way to deviate from the course: Eternal Pose.
Eternal Pose are different from Log Pose. Eternal Pose always record a position, and no matter where you go, the target always points to the destination.
What I need is a location in Alabasta, which means I need someone who carries the Alabasta Eternal Pose. The only people I can contact are members of Baroque Works.
Senior Agent and Hundred Million Elder all operate with Alabasta as their central focus.
Moreover, the Little Garden is a forbidden area for them. Robin once thought that the Little Garden could solve the Straw Hat Pirates, but that was after they defeated Mr. 5. At least for Senior Agent, it is dangerous there.
Secondly, it takes a year for the Little Garden to store magnetic energy. They cannot stay in the Little Garden for that long while on a mission, so they must use Eternal Pose to return to Alabasta.
Senior Agent go without saying, but once the Hundred Million Elder leave Alabasta and reach Whiskey Peak, they will inevitably carry Eternal Pose with them on their way back.
Xia Qiu's original goal was to become Senior Agent, but the Hundred Million Elder was already enough.
Therefore, Xia Qiu planned to follow them back to Alabasta after they left, and launch an attack when they were close to Alabasta.
Xia Qiu lie dormant in the ocean, waiting quietly.
The following morning, two of the ships set sail and left Whiskey Peak Town.
Xia Qiu immediately followed, keeping a distance, but found that the two ships had not gone too far, but were cruising in the surrounding waters.
Moreover, several animals were being dragged beneath their boat, their blood flowing freely.
They are luring marine life into their trap.
In this sea area, I am the only fish of such a huge size.
Furthermore, the Hundred Million Elder do not come here easily; they come here specifically to hunt, and they have even modified their cannons into Harpoon Crossbow.
The target is definitely not an ordinary sea fish.
Their only goal is to hunt themselves.
It seems that information about my attack on Baroque Works has been exposed, so I'll have to send them to deal with me.
"This attack is useless against me."
Xia Qiu revealed a mocking expression. How could those Harpoon Crossbow possibly harm him?
However, Xia Qiu did not launch an attack, but instead moved away to avoid their search area.
His goal was to leave with them; there was no need to attack them.
For the next three days, the members of the Baroque Works searched every day, constantly expanding the search area, but to no avail.
"Has it not appeared yet?"
Robin stood on the shore, looking out at the distant sea, where everything was calm.
She needed to deal with the Black Fish, so she led four ships here, each of which was converted into a dedicated fishing boat, with eight Harpoon Crossbow on each ship.
A single Harpoon Crossbow can pierce the head of a sea monster.
Eight Harpoon Crossbow can kill even sea fish that are hundreds of meters long.
Moreover, the bait released was poisoned; if the target ate it, they would die from the poison.
In addition, there are explosives on board. If the Black Fish attacks, detonating the explosives can also harm it.
Robin is confident he can kill the Black Fish whenever it attacks.
However, the Black Fish did not appear for the next four or five days.
Based on Black Fish's attack pattern, he would attack ships entering and leaving Whiskey Peak Town, and even a fleet of five ships would not stop him.
If it didn't appear, it's very likely that it wasn't in this sea area.
Once you leave this area, it's virtually impossible to find it.
There's no need to relentlessly pursue a single sea fish.
Next, Robin continued to have the crew search, expanding the search area again, but they still did not find the target.
Two days later, Robin picked up the Den Den Mushi and dialed a number. "Mr. 0, hmm, the Black Fish didn't show up, so it shouldn't be here anymore. I'll leave two ships here and go back alone first."
The next day, Robin left behind two boats, modified fishing boats, which were sufficient to deal with the surrounding dangers.
Meanwhile, she left Whiskey Peak Town with two other ships and headed to Alabasta.
Robin stood on the deck of one of the ships, looking at the gloomy sky ahead, feeling a sense of unease for some reason.
A gust of wind blew, lifting her hat off her head, but only for a moment before it fell back down.
"Nothing should happen."
Robin thought to himself as he returned to his cabin.
"They've left?"
Xia Qiu watched the two ships sail away from the sea, but didn't pay any attention to it, observing them from a distance.
But the next moment, he discovered that the two ships no longer released livestock as bait, but left directly without lingering in the nearby waters.
Are you leaving?
Xia Qiu immediately followed, falling far behind, and discovered that the ship was getting further and further away from Whiskey Peak Town and heading in a direction away from Reverse Mountain.
As expected, they were leaving.
Follow them to Alabasta.
Then, when you're almost at Alabasta, kill them.