"Wahahaha! Do you see that, Nico Robin!"
Spandam suddenly turned around, pointing at the distant warships as he laughed wildly.
"That's the Buster Call I activated! Five Vice Admirals from Headquarters, working with ten warships to hunt you down! Your companions have no chance of surviving!"
"Luffy... everyone..." Robin's pupils trembled as she stared at the ten ferocious beasts in the distance.
The island engulfed in artillery fire, the tears on her mother's face, the dead professor and scholars, Aokiji's cold and merciless figure.
Every cruel scene had been deeply etched into the depths of her heart during her childhood, sealed away layer by layer.
The Buster Call had already begun. Her sacrifice had lost all meaning, but she did not want to lose the people most precious to her again.
Only at this final moment did the strongest desire surge from her heart, a crystalline tear slipping from the corner of her eye.
"...I can't die here."
"Hm~?"
Hearing Robin's murmur, Spandam froze, then curled his lips into a mocking grin. "Ahahaha! What's the point of saying that now, Nico Robin?
"They only had to leave obediently, but they had to lose their heads and come running here. They're just a bunch of ignorant pirates, yet they actually dared to resist a giant like the World Government."
"Once we pass through that gate ahead, even Whitebeard won't be able to do anything! Wahahaha!"
Spandam pointed at the Gates of Justice before him. The next instant, a boot slammed viciously into his lower abdomen.
Bang!
"I don't want to die here!"
Robin gritted her teeth and yanked the chain of her handcuffs from her opponent's grasp, spinning around and running madly away from the icy Gates of Justice. "I want to go back and help everyone!!"
"Pwah—!"
Spandam's eyes bulged