"Wahahaha! Do you see that, Nico Robin?!"
Spandam suddenly turned around and pointed at the distant warships, laughing hysterically.
"That's the Buster Call I set in motion! Five vice admirals from headquarters, backed by ten warships hunting you down—your companions don't stand a chance of surviving!"
"Luffy, everyone..." Robin stared at the ten monstrous beasts in the distance, her pupils trembling.
The island consumed by cannon fire. Tears on her mother's face. The doctor and all the scholars dying. Aokiji's cold, merciless figure.
Those cruel images had been branded deep in her heart since childhood, sealed away beneath layer upon layer.
The Buster Call had already begun. Her sacrifice no longer meant anything, but she didn't want to lose the people dearest to her again.
Only now, at this final moment, did the strongest yearning surge through her heart. A crystal-clear tear slipped from the corner of her eye.
"...I can't die here."
"Hmm~~?"
Hearing Robin's murmur, Spandam froze. Then his lips curled into a mocking sneer. "Ahahaha! What's the point of saying that now, Nico Robin?
"They could've just left quietly, but instead they got some foolish idea and came running here. A bunch of sea-green pirates who've never seen the world, and they actually think they can stand against a behemoth like the World Government."
"Once we get through that gate up ahead, even Whitebeard won't be able to do a thing! Wahahaha!"
Spandam pointed at the Gate of Justice before the bridge. The next moment, a heavy boot slammed into his lower abdomen.
Thud!
"I don't want to die here!"
Robin gritted her teeth and yanked the handcuff chain out of her opponent's grasp, then frantically ran back from the cold, imposing Gate of Justice. "I'm going back to help everyone!!"
"Pwah—!"
Spandam's eyes bulged as he