Grand Line Era 1500, April 5.
West Blue, Ohara Island.
A suffocating tension hung in the air.
On a stretch of shoreline somewhere on the island, the massive Saul had already built a crude wooden raft and was preparing to say goodbye to Robin.
Then he suddenly heard Robin mention "Olvia," and froze completely.
"Saul!?"
She was...
Olvia's daughter...
"Ah! Could this be Ohara Island?" Saul's face changed drastically as he muttered to himself in panic.
"No! We can't just sit here and wait, Robin!"
Robin, sitting on a rock, was utterly confused.
Saul said in terror, "You may find this hard to accept, but listen carefully. Navy warships are heading for Ohara Island."
"The Navy? Why?" Robin looked utterly incredulous.
"They're going to wipe out the scholars on this island."
"That's impossible!" Robin clenched her fists and shouted.
"It's true. When have I ever lied to you?" But Saul did not explain further. Instead, he solemnly warned her, "Robin, you must never tell anyone that you're an archaeologist."
He then told Robin that her mother, Olvia, might have returned.
Robin immediately sprinted toward the Tree of Knowledge.
Watching Robin's retreating figure as she ran toward the Tree of Knowledge, Saul's face was filled with guilt and pain. "How could this happen? I'm sorry, Robin..."
"Instead of worrying about others, shouldn't you be worrying about yourself?"
"What? Who's there?" Saul grabbed a wooden stick beside him and looked toward the rock wall in the distance, where a red-haired man with Hedgehog Head stepped out of the shadows.
The newcomer was Belfinger, the Human Reform League's West Blue director. Smiling pleasantly, he said, "Your good friend Kuzan will be here soon."
"What? Are you with the Navy? Or CP?" Saul was greatly alarmed.
"Me? I'm neither. I'm just here to take