An abandoned wooden cabin in the mountains.
The candlelight flickered dimly.
A petite girl wore a long, dark purple dress. Her straight black hair fell down her back.
She was fifteen or sixteen, with a pretty face.
But her dark blue eyes were filled with exhaustion and wariness.
Who was she?
She was none other than the sole survivor of Ohara, the holy land of archaeology, and the only person alive who could decipher the Poneglyphs—
Nico Robin!
A Paramecia-type Flower-Flower Fruit user.
Seven years ago, after the scholars on the island secretly deciphered the true history, the World Government launched a Buster Call and completely erased Ohara with cannon fire.
Young Robin had narrowly escaped. From then on, she had lived a life on the run.
At first, Robin had taken whatever work she could find just to scrape by.
But because of her status as a survivor of Ohara—and because she had a bounty of 79 million Berry at such a young age—she had been betrayed and abandoned time and again.
In the end, she had been forced to make her way in the underworld. While evading the World Government, she survived by betraying others.
All the girl wanted was to learn the true history, but that had forced her to face countless enemies.
She had long since grown used to living alongside danger.
Whether it was underworld gangs, rebels, criminals, or ambitious schemers...
Or the so-called Shichibukai!
Nico Robin lifted her eyes slightly and watched the man before her.
Sand Crocodile, Crocodile.
Robin didn't know how Crocodile had managed to find her, but his ambitions were plain to see.
He wanted to use Ohara's knowledge to find the legendary Ancient Weapon—Pluton!
Robin understood this, but she didn't care.
She had long since lost faith in the