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Jabra flared up and instinctively wanted to curse back, but unfortunately for him, Xi Yan simply turned away and stopped looking at him, leaving his face flushed with rage.

"Robin, you heard all that, didn't you?" Xi Yan said, looking at Nico Robin.

Nico Robin said nothing. Her expression was exceedingly complicated. She did not understand why this new member of the Straw Hat Pirates was willing to go so far for her.

She had heard him clearly just now. This partner intended to challenge the Buster Call!

That was the Buster Call... a Buster Call capable of destroying an entire island!

"Hahaha, this is incredible!!" Franky laughed loudly. "Now that's what a man should do!"

Challenging the Buster Call—this guy was truly bold. But why did Franky feel so excited?

Fearless by nature, Franky had been stirred by Xi Yan's bold declaration. If Xi Yan could truly crush the Buster Call, then the Straw Hat Pirates would create a legend!!

Whether it was storming Judicial Island head-on or crushing the Buster Call, either one would shatter the World Government's eight-hundred-year record!

"Why... why would you do something like this? I already told you..." Nico Robin bit her lip. "Why would you do this for someone like me..."

"I've already gone this far, and I still can't change your mind?" Xi Yan frowned. "Just how heavy is the mountain weighing on your heart?"

"Hmph, now you understand."

Spandam, who had emerged alongside CP9, sneered at Xi Yan. "As long as I still control the Buster Call, this woman won't dare do anything unnecessary."

Suddenly, Luffy's voice came from a distant window.

"Hey!"

"Xi Yan, are you there?!"

"Robin!!"

"That voice is... Luffy?!" Robin's pupils contracted.

They had actually made it this close?

"Looks like they weren't slow either," Xi Yan said.

Looking outside through a gap to the side, Xi Yan could see Luffy standing atop the Judgement Hall building.

Clearly, because Xi Yan had used Shadow Clones to create chaos on the Inner Island, Luffy and the others had not encountered much resistance.

Even inside Judgement Hall, quite a few people had been taken out by Xi Yan along the way.

"Heh, I didn't expect you to actually dare come here." Kaku sneered. "Pirate, is this why you're so confident?"

"Of course," Xi Yan said. "I always believed Luffy and the others could make it here."

After saying that, Xi Yan glanced at Robin. "Let's go. Since Luffy is already here, tell him whatever you're thinking yourself."

As soon as his words fell, two flashes of cold light swept through the air, and the chains binding Franky and Nico Robin were all severed by Xi Yan.

As the chains fell away, Spandam's expression turned ugly. Was this guy provoking them?

Fortunately, Sea Stone was as hard as diamond. Without a special Sea Stone key, there was no way they could open the handcuffs and save people!

"Haha, I'm finally free!" Franky said excitedly.

Being trapped in chains had felt absolutely awful. Now that he was free again, he wanted to join Ninja Bro and kill these Bastards!

But before he could say anything, Xi Yan grabbed him and Nico Robin, then vanished from the spot in an instant.

This scene made the pupils of CP9 and the others shrink.

"Damn it, where did they go?!" Spandam roared.

"Over by the balcony." Onimaru Owl pointed toward the window.

They had not left. They had merely gone over to the balcony, apparently intending to have a proper talk with Straw Hat?

With their doubts in mind, every member of CP9 walked over.

After glancing at Xi Yan standing off to the side, everyone stepped onto the balcony and silently looked at Straw Hat in the distance.

"That makes sense. At this distance, it won't be easy for him to leave either," Spandam said with a nod.

Though he did not know how Xi Yan had gotten here, Spandam did not believe he could carry two people and leap across such a great distance.

"Robin!"

"Xi Yan!"

Luffy looked at them excitedly. "I'm here!"

"Hey, what about me?!"

"Oh, Franky."

Franky:...

Was he just an afterthought?

"Haha, wait a moment. I'll be over there soon." Luffy sized up the distance. "It's a little far, but I can give it a try."

With the power of the Gum-Gum Fruit, maybe he could jump across in one go.

"Wait!" Robin stopped him. "Who asked you to come Save me?!"

"I don't want to live anymore. Don't you understand that?!"

Luffy visibly froze. The hand holding the roof gradually loosened before finally withdrawing weakly.

"Why are you still saying things like that at a time like this?" Franky stared at Nico Robin in disbelief. He had never seen someone so stubbornly difficult.

"Hey, what exactly are you thinking?!" Franky pointed at Xi Yan, then at Luffy. "Ninja Bro is willing to stand against the World Government's Buster Call for you."

"And Straw Hat and the others fought their way all the way here, yet you're saying this now?"

"Ha ha ha, how amusing." Spandam laughed loudly. "Her partners traveled all this way to rescue her, yet this woman does not even have the courage to resist. How amusing."

"Hey, have you ever seen something this amusing? Pirates having an internal conflict and all that."

"I'm really looking forward to Straw Hat's expression. This guy..."

"Honestly, all this talk about dying..." Luffy said as he picked his nose. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Spandam:???

He was... picking his boogers?!

Did this guy even have a brain? Nico Robin was rejecting him, yet instead of having some intense reaction, he was picking his nose?

"I'm telling you, Robin." Luffy spoke calmly. "We're already here anyway. Whether you want to die or not can wait until after we save you."

Boom!!

With a loud crash, the floor behind them was blasted open into a big hole, and Nami and Chopper flew out.

"Ah~"

"Safe landing." Nami let out a sigh of relief after landing.

Thud~

"Not safe..." Chopper said as he crashed to the ground.

Next, Zoro crawled out of the hole entrance, rubbing his head. "As expected, this was the easiest method."

"Bastard, so it was you after all!" Nami cursed.

If they had not been lucky, Zoro's slash would have killed them just now.

"Didn't anything happen?" Zoro said calmly.

Nami:???

Boom!!

"Laozi is here!" Sanji kicked through the floor and flew out, landing on the ground in a carefree pose.

"I must've been the first one here~" Sanji said with a smile.

Then he spotted Zoro looking at him with utter disdain.

"Yo, why did the Color Cook take so long? Did you get lost?"

Sanji:???

"How... how can those words possibly come out of your mouth?!"

Sanji was furious. Being asked if he had gotten lost by someone with no sense of direction—and that bastard was a Green Algae Head too—made him instantly see red.

"Tch~"

"Bastard!"

"Hey, catch me!!"

Usopp suddenly shot up from below, shouting loudly to his partners before slamming headfirst into the floor.

"W-why didn't anyone catch me..."

"Hey, are you okay, Sniper King?!"

"I never expected these people to actually make it here. They really are..." Kalifa said in disbelief. "How did they get through the Gods of Water?"

"It seems this man was not just boasting." Blueno glanced at Xi Yan. "At the very least, they have some strength."

Being able to force their way here head-on proved the strength of the Straw Hat Pirates, and this man's determination to oppose the Buster Call might be genuine as well!