Annie didn't have time to chat with Chopper. She hurriedly hung up the Transponder Snail.
After turning all the Navy uncles around the auction house in Area 1 of the GR into sheep, she hadn't had long to wander around—she might not even have left the bounds of Area 1GR—before the huge, strange-looking uncle in front of her blocked her path.
The man was burly, with a white trapezoidal hat dotted with brown spots and two playful bear ears. He wore rimless glasses and had a stern, expressionless face framed by black, woolly curls. His black coat was printed with a target on the front, and his white pants were covered in brown spots. His powerful build was almost comically disproportionate.
"You are..."
"Annie Hastur?"
His eyes, behind the rimless glasses, studied Annie for a long while. Then he slowly spoke in a dull, utterly emotionless voice.
"Yep!"
(●′3｀)~?
"Got a problem, mister?"
(′ε｀)~?
Annie asked playfully.
"Ah! Wait!"
!(;?o?)o
"You're not a mister at all. You're just a robot."
(????-)?
"You can't fool me like that!"
(?????)
She made a face at him, then casually continued.
"Oh, right!"
(,,???)?゛
"This isn't fair. I told you my name, but you haven't told me yours yet. What's your name?"
?(ψ｀▽′)o
"..."
"Warlord Bartholomew Kuma, PX-6."
The newcomer spoke without changing expression. At the same time, he began walking toward Annie, one step at a time.
"Oh~!"
(⊙o⊙*)
"Never heard of you!"
(′???`)
Annie really didn't know who he was. She didn't know what a Warlord was, much less the origins of the robot called Kuma standing before her. She hadn't even heard of him.
After all, she'd only joined Luffy and his group of dumb pirates and started wandering around this world less than two days ago. How was she supposed