Nico Robin

El Drago's dilapidated pirate ship was left to his underlings as a severance package; such trash, what kind of status did they even have? They'd be better off heading home to farm.

Mr. 11 didn't have a bounty on his head, and as a member of Baroque Works, he was under a certain degree of protection.

The guy kept emphasizing the powerful organization backing him, even threatening Daddy to let him go.

In the end, Daddy simply slaughtered them all to christen his Sandai Kitetsu, then burned the ship and left without a shred of mercy, leaving behind a pillar of black smoke reaching into the sky.

As for the swordsman Gollas, it was only after much pestering and a personal request from El Drago that Daddy allowed him to stay on the ship, making him a trainee member just like the Cat Brothers.

Daddy had barged into the fight between El Drago and Mr. 11 so suddenly that Mr. 11 hadn't been able to send word back to Baroque Works, so they shouldn't have been exposed yet.

However, Mr. 11's target had been El Drago; once the members of Baroque Works discovered El Drago on Daddy's ship, they would certainly be able to guess the reason.

After all, the current Vice President of Baroque Works was that clever woman, Nico Robin.

Of course, Daddy had no intention of fearing them, and by the time they came knocking, who knew what level his strength would have reached.

Besides, aside from Crocodile, the user of the Logia Sand-Sand Fruit, Daddy didn't even hold Mr. 1, who possessed the Dice-Dice Fruit, in high regard.

Although Daddy hadn't planned on making contact with Crocodile's forces so soon, things often went against one's wishes.

Jango came sprinting over, delivering a ringing Den Den Mushi to Daddy, and accidentally pressed the answer button in his haste.

The Den Den Mushi transformed into the likeness of a man in a cowboy hat, and as it stared at Daddy, it transmitted his features to the Den Den Mushi on the other end.

"Hmm? A stranger, this is troublesome. Tell me, is the original owner of this Den Den Mushi still alive? And I wonder if you could tell me your name, sir?"

A magnetic, mature female voice drifted from the Den Den Mushi. Seeing that the snail looked different than usual, the woman on the other end had already guessed that her subordinate had met with an accident; after all, she encountered such things often.

Not every member of Baroque Works could complete their recruitment missions safely.

"That guy has already ended up in the belly of a Sea King."

Daddy wanted to hang up, as Baroque Works held little value to him right now, but hearing Robin's familiar voice, he couldn't help but want to chat a little longer.

Daddy admitted that he liked the fair-skinned, beautiful Robin from three years later, not this tanned, beanpole version of her.

"What an unfortunate piece of news. You may have just provoked a formidable organization."

The voice on the other end sounded a bit devious, completely indifferent to the death of Mr. 11, though she still had to maintain the dignity of Baroque Works.

"Is that so? My dear Robin-chan! A greeting to you from Ohara! And really, finishing off a small fry like that shouldn't require letting that crocodile know, should it?"

Daddy revealed a rare, happy smile, causing the Cat Brothers and Zoro to widen their eyes in shock.

Something wasn't right—this was highly irregular!

Why would Captain Daddy be laughing while chatting with a strange woman? There had to be some illicit affair going on.

Kuro, meanwhile, had silently memorized the information regarding Robin, Ohara, and the crocodile, sensing that this was highly important intelligence.

"..., who are you!"

Nico Robin on the other end asked with a grave tone, losing her initial composure and even sounding a bit flustered. She hadn't expected this stranger in the East Blue to know the details of her identity and her connection to the Sand Crocodile.

If news of her being the Devil Child were to spread, it would mean another endless, desperate flight.

"Just consider me a stranger who knows you very well. I quite like the future you! I look forward to meeting you!"

Daddy laughed and hung up the Den Den Mushi. He wanted to leave Nico Robin to her own wild guesses, to stir her emotions and make her take the initiative to investigate and approach him.

But the next moment, Daddy felt the atmosphere shift; he saw every crew member looking at him with a very strange expression.

"I quite like the future you! Hahaha!!! That's hilarious!!"

Zoro the Mosshead, that heartless, directionally-challenged idiot, had no sense of the room and began to tease Daddy directly, clutching his stomach and laughing wildly.

It was truly the first time he had seen Daddy act so mushy; he simply couldn't hold it in!

The others were also stifling their laughter, but they didn't have the guts to provoke their captain!

Daddy felt a rare flush of embarrassment—damn that Den Den Mushi!

But his face quickly turned livid. He drew the Sandai Kitetsu, walked slowly toward the Mosshead, and began to hack away at him!

Maintaining the captain's image was an urgent priority!

Meanwhile, in Alabasta on the Grand Line.

Nico Robin felt a bit restless. Her identity had been exposed again; how could someone in the East Blue, the weakest of the seas, know intelligence about her and Crocodile?

She immediately began searching for recent information on the East Blue, wanting to find out who that person on the other end was!

She looked at Mr. 11's recruitment mission, then carefully examined the file on El Drago, seeing the ugly face on the wanted poster.

How could such a rough, uncouth man possibly be the owner of that young voice from just a moment ago?

"Could Mr. 11 have been intercepted by another faction?"

Nico Robin checked El Drago's history, finding that the pirate's trajectory gave him absolutely no qualification to know about her or Crocodile.

"Who exactly is it!"

Nico Robin now desperately wanted to go to the East Blue to find this mysterious person. Not only because he could expose her information at any time, but because he seemed to know her so well—he might even know something about Ohara.

This filled her with an insatiable thirst for knowledge.

Robin looked at the various affairs of Baroque Works; she was completely unable to break free to head to the East Blue. If only this guy were in the Grand Line, things would be much easier.

Looking at the Den Den Mushi in her hand, she prepared to probe him again when she had the chance.

Since he had hung up the Den Den Mushi on his own initiative just now, it meant he had no desire to continue the conversation for the moment, so she would have to find another time.

Aboard the Bezan Black.

Zoro sported a pair of panda eyes, and the corner of his mouth was bruised and blackened from the beating. As the other crew members looked at the completely unscathed Daddy, they truly felt what it meant to witness the majesty of a captain!

Captain Daddy's defense was simply unsolvable; no one could break through his invincible barrier!

"Damn it! Turtle-shell Daddy! Sooner or later, I'm going to cut you down!"

The Mosshead Zoro winced in pain, yet he remained defiant, continuing to spout harsh threats.

Meanwhile, El Drago was already preparing to challenge Zoro and Kuro to cement his own status on the ship.

Although he couldn't beat Daddy, he had to at least stay a cut above these two guys, otherwise, how was he supposed to go on living!

.You are reading the work of the great god Great Wildfire: Pirate: I Start with the Barrier-Barrier Fruit and Susanoo