"Ah... Two hundred million. I thought I was about to get rich."
Lina crouched down, opened the briefcase, and quickly counted the money. Then he turned to the man clutching his shoulder and asked:
"Are there any hidden rooms or anything like that around here?"
"Yes, yes!" the man cried in a panic. "There's a basement, but I don't have the key. Only the boss ever goes in there."
"Take me there." Lina rose with the briefcase in hand, his voice calm.
A little while later, with the man leading him at a slow pace, Lina arrived at the entrance to a basement. A massive, heavy stone door stood firmly shut.
"My lord, this is the place. But it's locked, and there's nothing I can do to open it."
The man turned around, his face filled with fear. As if afraid he'd be killed as soon as he'd served his purpose, he began to drop to his knees.
"I understand. You can go." Lina waved the brown-haired man away.
Then he summoned the Blue Ogre and used Observation Haki to sense what was inside. Sure enough, there was a presence in there.
"This must be it. Let's just smash the door open and see."
Lina didn't make a move. The Blue Ogre stepped forward, clenched his right fist, and prepared to strike the stone door...
Inside, a huge transparent glass wall enclosed the freshwater that ordinary people could only dream of having. Crocodile's dozen or so banana gators swam around in it, perfectly at ease.
Nico Robin sat before the tank, staring absently at the banana gators inside.
She didn't know what to do next.
For all these years, she had pursued the Poneglyphs, hoping to uncover the truth of history during the hundred-year Void Century.
But she was