What Maud said struck straight into Robin's heart.
Dying once and for all was certainly easy.
But the precious things she carried on her shoulders would vanish along with her death.
Figure after figure flashed through Robin's mind, and her will to live suddenly rekindled like dead ashes bursting back into flame.
Maud noticed something and, without a second thought, tossed the antidote onto Robin's legs. He then looked up at the ceiling, which was constantly shedding bits of stone and dust.
"This place is about to collapse."
As he spoke, Maud lowered his head and looked at Robin, who had picked up the antidote.
"But don't expect me to get you out of here unless you use the Shadow Mark, or cure Luffy's poison and have him carry you out."
Robin looked up at Maud in silence.
After a moment, this severely injured mature woman unexpectedly showed Maud a cryptic smile at a time like this.
She pulled out the gecko that housed a fragment of Maud's shadow.
"This thing is precious. I won't use it lightly."
Her voice was weak and feeble, but her tone was firm.
Maud raised an eyelid. "Suit yourself."
Robin carefully put away the Shadow Mark, then endured the pain and crawled inch by inch toward Luffy.
Maud watched Robin struggle toward Luffy, his brow creasing slightly.
He had intended to make Robin use the Shadow Mark...
But if she wouldn't use it, then so be it.
Maud shook his head slightly and did not interfere with Robin's decision.
He took one last look at the original text of history, then stepped over Robin and came to Crocodile's corpse.
Under Robin's puzzled gaze, Maud grabbed Crocodile's corpse and, exerting a little force, hurled him toward the hole in the wall inside the hall.
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