The Helpless Nico Robin

"Nico Robin, the World Government has issued a warrant for your mother. Do you know where she is?"

Ross ignored Sauron and instead turned his attention to Robin.

Sauron's fate had already been decided. Ross had no interest in paying attention to meat on the chopping block.

"Huh!? Why is Mom wanted? I don't know where she is... No, I won't tell you where Mom is!"

Robin watched Ross warily, already having decided that he and the others were bad people.

"I'm not asking. Since you don't know, I'll kindly tell you. She's on this island right now. So, can you guess what she's doing?"

Ross looked at Robin with a smile. Though he was not dressed like a demon as Zany was, he seemed even more demonic than her.

"Mom came back!"

Robin initially focused on the fact that Olvia had returned, but she immediately realized the problem and glared at Ross angrily.

"You're not allowed to use me to lure Mom out."

"Oh? So you think Olvia came back to find you?"

Ross chuckled and abruptly shook his head.

"No. She didn't come back for you. In her heart, you simply aren't as important as what she's doing now."

"That's impossible! You're lying!"

Robin stared fiercely at Ross. When she was two years old, Olvia had left her in Ohara to be raised by her uncle's family.

Back then, only Professor Clover had shown her kindness. Her uncle's family and the neighbors all disliked her.

She did not know why; she only felt wronged deep inside.

Fortunately, Professor Clover taught her history. He was also her mother's friend and told her many things about her mother.

So even though she had rarely, rarely seen her mother, she still felt immense affection for Olvia. She believed her mother simply had been too busy to care for her.

"Stop talking!"

Sauron realized what Ross wanted to say and roared to stop him. He placed Robin on the dirt slope behind him, clenched his massive fists, and fixed his eyes on Ross.

"Why shouldn't I? If Olvia herself thinks her daughter is less important than history, is no one else allowed to say it?"

Ross looked calmly at Sauron and said it outright.

Even though Ross did not consider himself a good person, he still looked down on the parents in the pirate world.

Among parents in the pirate world, not a single biological father knew how to behave properly. As for mothers, as long as their children had not died shortly after birth, most of them were hardly human either.

Leaving a two-year-old daughter with her younger brother's family, ignoring her for years, and caring only about researching history—was that something a mother could do?

If she truly did not care about having descendants, then she should not have given birth in the first place.

"That's not true! Mom definitely isn't like that!"

Robin looked stubbornly at Ross, refusing to believe him.

Professor Clover had told her that her mother was the woman in the world who loved her most. She was busy researching history only to lift the veil over the unknown and bring lost secrets back into the light.

That was very great work!

"That's enough!"

Sauron gritted his teeth and swung his massive fist at Ross.

He could not tolerate Ross slandering a mother in front of him, especially in front of her underage daughter.

All mothers loved their children. They were all great!

Boom!!!

Sauron's punch was easily blocked by Zephyr's fist.

The two fists differed in size by countless times, yet Zephyr's comparatively small fist forcibly pushed back Sauron's mountain-sized fist.

"Looks like those historians really aren't good people."

Zephyr stood before Ross, frowning as he looked at Robin with pity.

He had spent over a month with Ross. Ross basically never told such lies in public.

If even Ross, a Celestial Dragon, thought there was something wrong with her parents, they were probably far worse than Zephyr had imagined.

As Zephyr blocked the attack, Zany had already appeared atop Sauron's shoulder.

"What a nuisance. Can't you just die cleanly on your own?"

Zany sighed softly, instantly transforming into Succubus Form. Her slender tail became coated in Armament Haki and lashed viciously across Sauron's neck.

Boom!!!!

Sauron's giant-like body was actually sent flying by that tail strike, smashing into the nearby rocks. Countless fragments fell at once, and the ground shook violently.

"Sauron!!!"

Robin cried out, tears streaming uncontrollably from her eyes.

Even the tremors caused by Sauron being sent flying made it difficult for her to stand. Only by relying on the Flower-Flower Fruit's power did she manage not to fall.

"I'll help you. I can help you..."

Robin cried out helplessly as she stubbornly used the Flower-Flower Fruit's ability. Countless tiny hands appeared beside Sauron, tugging at his body as they tried to pull him up.

Her face had turned bright red from exertion. She had already used all her strength, but she still could not move Sauron's enormous body.

"Don't waste your effort. Make a choice."

Ross's voice suddenly exploded beside Robin's ear.

Robin staggered back in fright and fell onto the ground.

"Y-you...!"

Robin looked at Ross in terror. They had clearly just been on the hill over there. How could he be so fast?

"Little one, don't cry anymore, or you won't have any tears left later."

Ross smiled as he took Robin's little hand and pulled her to her feet. He even reached out and kindly patted the dust off her.

"Another choice... Could it be..."

Gion stood beside Ross, her strange gaze shifting between him and Robin.

Could it be?

Probably not...

Although she had only known Ross closely for a few days, she was quite confident that Ross only liked grown women.

"All right, it's time for you to make your choice."

Ross crouched slightly so that his gaze was level with the utterly panicked Robin's, then spoke slowly.

"I'll give you a chance to choose: Sauron or your mother. If you choose Sauron, I can spare his life, but in exchange, I'll kill your mother. Conversely, I'll spare your mother, but I'll kill Sauron."

"All right, I've given you the choice. Choose. I'll only give you five minutes. If time runs out, I'll take it as forfeiture and kill both of them."

"Now, the five-minute countdown begins."

As Ross spoke, he casually took out a timer, set it for five minutes, and pressed start.

This world did not have highly advanced technology, but it did have some simple machinery, as well as quite a few strange inventions.

Behind Ross, Gion looked at Robin with pity.

Sure enough, she had been right. Ross was a Celestial Dragon with an abundance of twisted tastes.

Making a girl choose something like this was far too cruel.

However, Gion only thought it to herself and said nothing.

Olvia and Sauron were both on the wanted list, and both were targets who needed special attention.

It was merely that their inevitable deaths had changed into one dying and one living.

If one of them could live, it would truly be Ross's kindness toward them. After all, only Ross's status as a Celestial Dragon could let someone walk out of Ohara alive under these circumstances.

Still, this little girl had it rough. She had become a victim of Ross's twisted amusement.