Ohara's Reconstruction Plan!

"Ah la la..."

Aokiji rubbed the back of his head, looking a bit of a headache.

"Seriously, Storm... I really don't know where you got all this information from."

"Logically speaking, no one else in the world should know these secrets."

If Storm only knew that Saul was still alive.

Aokiji wouldn't be so surprised.

Because he also knew that Saul was still alive and well.

So what exactly happened to Sauro over the years, and who did he meet...?

The Aokiji had no idea.

In his personal adventure, Storm, a fake facility, unexpectedly encounters Saul... which isn't exactly unacceptable.

But Storm not only knew that Sauro was still alive.

He also knew how Saul had escaped the hellish Buster Call.

"Ice Time Capsule".

With this move, Aokiji froze Saul on Ohara, freezing his friend's time and sending him to the "future".

However.

Robin was the only one who witnessed the duel between Aokiji and Saul back then.

How did Storm find out about all this?

Did Robin tell him?

But Aokiji observed Robin's expression, and the latter also showed a look of surprise.

Clearly, this young female archaeologist was also hearing this for the first time.

"Captain..."

Robin looked at Storm with great surprise.

She rarely initiated conversations with Storm about Sauro.

After all, Sauro's matter involves the Buster Call incident on Ohara from years ago.

Those were memories of a place Robin never wanted to revisit.

Therefore.

Even though Robin already knew from Storm that Saul was still alive, she never took the initiative to inquire about Saul's current life.

As long as that giant with the grotesque "Tai-lai-xi" laugh is still alive.

This news was already incredibly precious to Robin.

Having experienced countless moments of despair, the young archaeologist wouldn't crave any more warmth or affection.

"Don't look at me like that, look at him."

Storm nodded toward Aokiji.

"Let's see how long this 'Aokiji' can keep up its stubbornness."

"You bastard!"

Aokiji was exasperated and couldn't help but glare at Storm.

But under Robin's "eye attack," Aokiji still surrendered and raised his hands.

"Okay, back then..."

Aokiji calmly recounted what he had done on Ohara back then.

After the "person involved" revealed her own experience, Robin looked back on her past from another perspective, looking at Aokiji with an extremely complicated expression.

After a while.

Robin finally managed to speak.

"Since you let Saul go in the first place, why did you still attack Dr. Clover and his group...?"

"That might sound a bit cunning..."

Aokiji stretched out his finger and gently scratched his temple.

"After I landed on Ohara, I went straight to Saulo."

"At the time, I genuinely believed that the archaeologists on Ohara had seriously violated the law and posed a significant threat to global security..."

"However, I did not personally deal with those archaeologists."

The order to bombard Ohara was given by CP Agent.

The order to bombard the refugee ship was given by Sakazuki.

Aokiji did not consider him to be one of them.

This is even the root cause of Aokiji's transformation from "Burning Justice" to "Lazy Justice".

It was Akainu who bombarded civilian refugee ships during the Buster Call incident in Ohara!

Even if the archaeologists on Ohara were wrong.

What wrong did the innocent civilians on Ohara commit?

In particular, the World Government and the Marine Headquarters specifically approved a ship to provide refuge for innocent civilians on Ohara.

However, Akainu used the excuse of "eliminating evil completely" to utterly destroy the civilian refugee ship.

This action is very much in line with Akainu's "Thorough Justice".

However, this severely clashes with Aokiji's true nature.

"That's certainly a cunning way of putting it..."

Robin bit her lip hard, turning her light pink lips white.

"So now, Aokiji, do you still think that Dr. Clover and the others were wrong back then?"

"There's a mistake."

Aokiji said quite calmly.

"The mistake of Dr. Clover and his colleagues was not in 'studying history,' but in 'studying history on Ohara.'"

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Robin looked confused, clearly not understanding what Aokiji meant.

"Oh, alright, I'll explain in more detail then."

Aokiji sighed and continued.

"Dr. Clover, and other archaeologists—and perhaps you, Nicole Robin."

"You archaeologists should all know what you are studying: Great Kingdom from eight hundred years ago."

"That is top-secret history that the World Government has repeatedly and strictly forbidden from accessing!"

"As far as I know, Dr. Clover was repeatedly imprisoned in Impel Down when he was young because of his research on ancient history."

"Therefore, Dr. Clover and the other archaeologists continued to study ancient history on Ohara even though they knew they were violating the laws of the World Government."

"Don't these archaeologists know that Ohara was inhabited not only by 'scholars', but also by 'ordinary people'?"

"I think Dr. Clover and his team's biggest mistake wasn't researching history, but rather dragging a group of innocent ordinary people into it during the process."

Robin listened, completely bewildered.

She had never considered the Buster Call Ohara from this perspective before.

Is there a problem with Aokiji's statement?

Robin couldn't find the problem.

Storm didn't see anything wrong with it.

He actually thought Aokiji was right.

Even though Ohara is a world-renowned "archaeological island" and "omniscient island," with a vast collection of books and knowledge, it still faces challenges.

But so what?

People are alive, books are dead.

While Dr. Clover were researching history, they took all the books from Ohara. A group of archaeologists hid on a secret island to conduct their research, doing everything they could to avoid innocent people...

Is that difficult?

It might be quite troublesome.

But surely a better outcome than having all the inhabitants of Ohara perish along with the archaeologists?

So that's why.

Many things from the past shouldn't be thought about too much.

Every thought reveals a problem.

Robin is, after all, a mentally mature adult.

After a brief moment of disorientation, Robin had to admit that Aokiji was right.

Even if we take a step back and say...

If Dr. Clover and his colleagues hadn't been researching history on Ohara back then...

Instead, they randomly chose a deserted island.

The outcome will likely be much better than it is now.

"Call..."

Robin's chest heaved violently, and he took several deep breaths to calm the turbulent emotions surging within him.

"Aokiji, do you still think there's anything wrong with 'studying history'?"

Aokiji didn't answer the question directly, but instead said tactfully, "I'm no longer a Marine."

"Um?"

Storm and Robin both uttered sounds of doubt.

Aokiji glanced at "Fleet Admiral Candidate," twitched the corner of his mouth, and quickly added a sentence.

"What I mean is, I'm no longer a member of the 'Old Marines,' I'm now a member of the 'New Marines.'"

New Marines?

Robin glanced at Storm instinctively.

Storm gave a brief explanation of the New Marines.

Robin understood and realized the unspoken meaning behind Aokiji's words.

The Old Marines, which upholds the World Government, believes that studying ancient history is wrong.

The New Marines is going to defeat the World Government doesn't seem to have any problem with researching history.

This is also Storm's view.

To be honest...

Storm never quite understood the purpose of the World Government creating a "Void Century".

There's nothing new under the sun.

Even if the World Government back then—or more accurately, the Twenty Nations Alliance —defeated the Great Kingdom and established the World Government through some underhanded means.

So what?

The history of the seas is nothing more than a story of victors and vanquished.

The World Government ruled the ocean for eight hundred years.

They insisted on creating a "Void Century".

It's as if someone knows about the "Void Century".

It would be as if the World Government would collapse immediately and the Marine Headquarters would perish instantly.

Is this possible?

From eight hundred years ago to today, on this vast ocean, there has always been only one person with the greatest "voice".

That's a "fist"!

Might makes right!

Therefore, Storm is not against studying history.

Certainly.

He has now established New Marines.

Even if it's for the strategic significance of "undermining the prestige of the World Government and the Marine Headquarters".

Not only did Storm not oppose the study of ancient history, he would even actively send people to study history.

That's when Robin comes in handy!

Let's call it the "Ohara Reconstruction Plan" for now!

Robin was unaware of Storm's plan.

She simply gazed intently at Aokiji.

For more than a decade, Aokiji has been a nightmare she can never forget.

--Robin was unaware that Aokiji had been secretly watching her all along, and was even intimately familiar with every organization and faction she had joined since childhood, like a persistent (crossed out) father figure.

But now...

Robin believed that her "hatred" with Aokiji was now a thing of the past.

"Admiral Aokiji of the New Marines."

Robin spoke up somewhat abruptly.

"Nice to meet you, please take care of me."

Aokiji was taken aback, a slight smile playing on his lips, and he coughed lightly.

"Ahem, Devil Child of the Storm Pirates, don't let me catch you making a mistake, or I'll still throw you into Impel Down."

"Yeah?"

Robin chuckled softly, his expression returning to normal.

"Can the New Marines also send prisoners to Impel Down?"

"... Ara la la."

Aokiji chuckled to himself.

"What a sharp tongue you have... Storm has made you even 'worse'!"

"Speaking of the Captain..."

Robin glanced at Storm beside him, then suddenly put his hands behind his back and hid behind him.

"Admiral Aokiji, if you want to capture me, you'll have to step over the Captain's corpse first."

Storm: "..."

Aokiji rubbed his head in pain.

"I might end up as a corpse first..."

First update.

9:30.

A tiny bit too early.

Besides.