Launch the Buster Call!

"Tell me what you want, Robin." Xi Yan, who had remained silent until now, said, "You have the right to choose, and the right to live."

"I... I can live too...?"

Nico Robin's body began to tremble. Scenes from the past surfaced in her mind—people she had encountered before.

Every one of them had been after her head, believing she was a woman unworthy of living.

But... but... but what had she done wrong?!

Was it only because she had survived the Buster Call?

Did that mean she did not deserve to live?!

No... no!!

At that moment, Xi Yan's earlier words about challenging the Buster Call surfaced in Nico Robin's mind. This man had openly demanded that they launch a Buster Call, all so she could break free from this nightmare.

And now, Luffy and the others had shattered the World Government's flag and declared war on the entire world!!!

(Dereshishishi, dereshishishi.)

That man's laughter echoed in Nico Robin's heart, along with the words he had once spoken.

(Robin, this sea is boundless. One day, you'll meet partners willing to protect you!!)

And now, she really had met them!

Their words were like a beam of light, illuminating Nico Robin's entire world and forcibly pulling her out of the darkness!!

Nico Robin felt as if her soul had been struck. Her body trembled even more violently, and tears gradually filled her eyes.

If... if I could make one wish... I want to say...

"I WANT TO LIVE!!" Nico Robin cried out. "TAKE ME WITH YOU TO THE SEA!!!"

At that moment, Nico Robin completely shattered the shackles in her heart and chose to face everything openly alongside her partners!

Every member of the Straw Hat Pirates smiled as they prepared for battle.

Since Nico Robin had already made her choice, there was nothing left to hesitate over. All they had to do was take down these damned enemies, then leave here alive with their Partner!!

"You Bastards are seriously making me cry!!" Franky said as he wiped away his tears.

He truly loved these Bastards!!

"If that's the case, then I'll take a gamble too!!"

Franky's words interrupted Spandam. He had originally intended to order CP9 to capture the three of them first.

But when he saw Franky pull out a set of blueprints, he became so excited he could barely speak.

"Th-this... could this be... the blueprints for the Ancient Weapon Pluton?!"

"Pluton..." Xi Yan glanced at the blueprints in Franky's hand, clearly not expecting him to produce something like that.

Back then, that Crocodile had overthrown Alabasta solely to obtain Pluton, yet now its blueprints had appeared here. How... interesting.

If Crocodile found out about this, would he not be furious enough to cough up blood?

"That's right, these are Pluton's blueprints!" Franky said. "The real deal."

"Maybe you don't believe me, but..."

"Lucci, Kaku, you should be able to tell, right?"

As he spoke, Franky flashed a few pages for the two of them to see clearly, only stopping after they began breaking out in a cold sweat.

"You actually hid the blueprints on yourself. That's quite unexpected..." Kaku said. "No wonder we couldn't find them anywhere."

"They're real?!" Spandam cried excitedly. "Give them to me, hurry, give them to me!"

Spandam wanted to rush forward and snatch them, but Xi Yan standing beside Franky made him stop. He knew this one was not weak; if he went over there, he would definitely die!

"Nico Robin, I already know you aren't the demon the rumors made you out to be," Franky said. "So I've decided to place my bet on you!"

"The reason these blueprints existed was to counter any Ancient Weapons that might appear." Franky looked coldly at Spandam. "Just like now—although Nico Robin is unwilling to cooperate with you, as long as she remains alive, you may still obtain that dangerous weapon..."

"But things are different now. Nico Robin has a group of reliable partners willing to challenge the entire world for her!!"

"So these blueprints no longer have any reason to exist!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Franky opened his mouth and spewed out a massive torrent of flames, burning the blueprints in his hand to ashes!!

This scene made Kalifa's blood pressure shoot up.

"Our five years of work..."

For these blueprints, they had spent five whole years lurking in Water Seven!!

But now, everything was gone. Those blueprints had vanished into the flames.

"Bastard, stop..." Spandam completely lost control of his expression and immediately dropped to the ground to gather the ashes. He did not even notice the Golden Den Den Mushi falling to the floor.

"My blueprints... my achievements... my future..."

"Bastard, why did you burn it?!"

Gone, it was all gone. Without those blueprints, how was he supposed to earn the Five Elders' reward, bastard?!

"Are you really so confident that the Straw Hat Pirates can take Nico Robin back?" Kaku said.

While speaking, Kaku glanced at Xi Yan, his body tensing as he prepared to strike at any moment.

"I'm willing to believe in them!" Franky said. "As long as we win, you'll get nothing."

"Neither the Ancient Weapons nor Nico Robin—you'll get neither!"

"Bastard, do you want to die here right now?!" The enraged Spandam hurriedly picked up the Golden Den Den Mushi and stared coldly at Franky. "Without those blueprints, you have no value at all!"

But before Spandam could speak, his mind blanked out for an instant.

"Hmph, go ahead and—" Franky had not finished speaking when he noticed the Golden Den Den Mushi in Spandam's hand.

His pupils shrank. "Hey, why did you press it?!"

This bastard actually intended to launch the Buster Call here?!

Did he no longer want Judicial Island?!

"Hmm?"

Spandam lowered his head in confusion and looked at his hand. Then his eyeballs bulged out in terror, while snot flew uncontrollably from his nose.

"P-pressed, pressed, pressed... I pressed it?!"

Why?

He clearly had not deliberately pressed the Golden Den Den Mushi's button just now, so why had it been pressed?

"This..." Kalifa's expression turned ugly. What was this idiot commander thinking? Did he really intend to destroy Judicial Island?!

Suddenly, Kalifa seemed to realize something. She immediately raised her head and looked at Xi Yan, only to find the man watching them with an amused expression.

Could it be... him?!

"BZZT!!"

The instant Spandam pressed the Golden Den Den Mushi, an alarm rang out in the communications department of Navy Headquarters.

"Signal received from a Golden Den Den Mushi!"

"Who activated it?"

"Judging from the signal, it's... Admiral Aokiji!"

"Good. Since Admiral Aokiji activated it, there's nothing more to discuss." a middle-aged man said, "Immediately contact the five vice admirals near the target area and have them launch the Buster Call!"

"But... but sir, the target this time is Judicial Island."

"No matter where it is, all we need to know is that it was an Admiral's order!" the middle-aged man said.

He did not believe anyone could steal an Admiral's Golden Den Den Mushi, because no one possessed that kind of strength!!

Since an Admiral had ordered a Buster Call against Judicial Island, there had to be a reason. They only needed to obey orders.

"Yes, we'll contact the five nearby headquarters vice admirals right away!"

"Wait, sir. It would be faster to dispatch warships to Judicial Island directly from headquarters."

"Then do it!"

"Yes!"

After all his subordinates went off to work, the middle-aged man returned to his office and took out a Den Den Mushi to contact Aokiji.

"Admiral Aokiji, may I ask why you launched a Buster Call against Judicial Island? I need to make a record here."

Aokiji, who was riding a bicycle across the sea, fell silent for a moment before saying, "I'll explain it to Marshal Sengoku when I return."

"Yes, understood!"

"Hmm."

After ending the call, Aokiji turned to look toward Judicial Island.

His Golden Den Den Mushi was in Spandam's hands. Clearly, Spandam had launched the Buster Call on Judicial Island.

"Is it related to Nico Robin..."

"Let's go take a look."