After a fierce battle, Sanji and the others still failed to rescue Robin. They could only remain in the detached carriage and watch her being taken away.
Fortunately, the Franky Family rescued them.
"I see. You're here to save someone too?"
Sanji nodded. After lighting a cigarette, he said nothing more, his expression especially grim.
"So you've been separated from Luffy and the others," Usopp said. "Can you still find them?"
To rescue Robin, the strength on their side alone was not enough.
"Our goals are the same. We just need to keep heading toward Judicial Island," someone said. "We can already see the outline of Sleepless City."
"Sleepless City?"
"There is only daytime here, so it is called Sleepless City."
"What a strange place."
Looking at the glowing place in the distance, Usopp's eyes filled with a trace of emotion.
"We found Straw Hat and the others!" someone shouted excitedly as he ran in.
"That's great!"
Sanji's eyes lit up. "Quick, let's meet up with them!"
He had extremely important information to share with his partners. If they did not deal with this issue, rescuing Robin would not be easy.
"So we're finally meeting up with Luffy and the others..." Usopp pressed his lips together and silently sighed.
No matter what, what was coming would eventually come.
After the two groups met up, Usopp and Sanji returned to Rocket Man's carriage together.
Seeing Usopp's appearance, a question mark appeared over Xi Yan's head.
"You..."
This was Usopp, right? With that distinctive nose, Xi Yan could not possibly be mistaken.
"Haha, nice to meet you for the first time. I'm Sniper King!" Usopp laughed with his hands on his hips. "Usopp's friend."
"What is Sniper King?" Chopper asked curiously.
"A hero!"
"Oh!"
"Sniper King!"
Both Luffy and Chopper looked at Usopp with admiration, greatly satisfying Usopp's vanity.
Xi Yan: ???
What was this guy doing?
Xi Yan looked at Sanji in confusion, intending to have him explain.
"This is Xi Yan, right?" Sanji said.
"Yeah, that's me."
Seeing that Sanji did not intend to explain, Xi Yan figured something must have happened. He stopped asking and decided to wait until after Robin was rescued.
Usopp stopped moving, his eyes shining as he looked at Xi Yan. "You're that Ninja?!"
"Can you show me some ninjutsu?!"
"Ninja!"
"Ninja!"
Xi Yan: ...
It had to be said that anyone who could stay on the same ship as Luffy had more or less something in common with him.
"Save the ninjutsu performance for later," Sanji said. "Right now, I have extremely important intelligence to tell you."
"Luffy, come listen too."
Luffy blinked and obediently walked over.
Zoro looked at Sanji curiously. He had originally wanted to tease that Color Cook, but when he saw that something was off about Sanji's expression, he shut his mouth.
"What Nami said before was correct," Sanji said gravely. "Robin really chose to sacrifice herself because she was being threatened."
"But there is one thing we didn't know."
"What is it?"
"The Buster Call!"
"The Buster Call?"
"That's right, the Buster Call!" Sanji said. "I learned this from CP9. It is a military force made up of five Vice Admirals and ten Navy warships."
"Using that force, they can destroy an entire island!"
"And that is what Robin fears."
As he said this, a shadow passed through Sanji's eyes. "Robin's hometown was destroyed by that very kind of force, and she was the only survivor."
"So that is why Robin had a bounty of seventy-nine million Beli when she was only eight years old," Xi Yan said.
"Most likely."
Even if an eight-year-old girl was incredibly capable, she should not have had such a high bounty. The most likely reason was the Buster Call.
"Five Vice Admirals, ten warships..." Chopper said with his mouth wide open. "And all those people on Judicial Island too..."
Were those the enemies they would face this time?
"So we need to be mentally prepared," Sanji said.
"So what?" Luffy said. "All I know is that if we don't save Robin, she'll be killed."
"No matter who the enemy is, I'll send him flying!"
To Luffy, none of that was worth worrying about. He only knew that they had to rescue Robin this time.
Watching Luffy angrily walk away, Zoro said, "What we need to do was decided from the start. This isn't going to change anything."
So what if it was a Buster Call? It could never shake their determination to save their partner.
"Of course I know that. I just wanted you to be mentally prepared."
"There might not even be a Buster Call," Nami analyzed. "Aren't we heading to Judicial Island this time?"
"They wouldn't launch a Buster Call there, would they?"
"Our main priority this time is rescuing Robin. We can deal with the Buster Call later."
"We still need to prepare for the possibility that they might launch a Buster Call," Xi Yan said.
Placing their hopes on the enemy was not a rational thing to do.
Since Sanji had brought them this intelligence, they needed to assume from the very beginning that the enemy would launch a Buster Call.
"If they really do launch a Buster Call, I'll find a way to stop them."
He did not know how strong Vice Admirals were, but with his current strength, fighting them should not be a problem. The only question was whether all five Vice Admirals would attack together.
Sanji looked at Xi Yan in surprise. He had not expected him to be so confident.
He had never seen the power of a Buster Call, but... he could still guess how strong five Vice Admirals were.
After all, someone like Smoker was only a captain!
"In that case, let's make a battle plan," Barry said, taking out a blueprint. "I did repair work on Judicial Island before, so I drew up a rough map."
"Come over and take a look."
After everyone gathered around, Barry pointed at the blueprint. "Starting from the main gate, there are two gates in total."
"So my idea is for us to go in first and open the gates. Then you can ride Rocket Man through."
After saying that, Barry looked at the members of the Straw Hat Pirates standing beside him. "The people from CP9 are very strong. You're the only ones who can handle them."
"So there's no need for you to waste your energy on this. Leave it to us."
Along the way, Barry had witnessed the strength of the Straw Hat Pirates and naturally knew who the main force was.
Xi Yan looked at the blueprint. "How do we open these gates?"
"Someone just needs to go to the side doors on both sides and open them," Barry said.
"Then there's no need to make things so troublesome." Xi Yan waved his hand.
"Why?"
"Because I'll make them open the gates for me."
While speaking, the Sharinggan in Xi Yan's eyes flashed and vanished.
Fight?
There was no need at all!
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