Investigation and the Captain's Invitation

Shin'o Academy.

Dunn had someone summon Robin and the others.

"Were you the one behind that earlier?"

When she saw Dunn, Robin wore an amused expression as she suppressed her laughter and asked.

"How did you know it was me?"

Dunn raised a brow and asked back in confusion.

"I knew you wouldn't stay quiet for long."

Robin spoke as though it were only natural.

"This time, you're wrong."

Dunn shook his head directly, but that only made Robin even more confused.

"It wasn't you?"

"It was." Dunn nodded in confirmation. "But this time, I didn't go looking for trouble."

"So it was still you."

Robin could no longer hold back her laughter. Leaning against Boa Hancock's chest, she laughed nonstop.

Dunn found her laughter rather baffling.

Still, when had the two of you become so close?

"We made a bet earlier. She said it had to be you, but the two of us didn't believe her."

Boa Hancock looked at Dunn and answered somewhat sheepishly.

"I see."

Dunn nodded, then swept his gaze over Robin and the others.

"How are things going?"

Naturally, he was asking about the Zanpakutō. He had sent them here in the first place to see whether they could gain control of a Zanpakutō's power.

"It's strange, but we've become rather conspicuous now."

At Dunn's words, Robin lifted her face from Boa Hancock's chest, her expression turning serious.

"We don't have that kind of spiritual power, and people have already started to suspect us."

Boa Hancock and the maid nodded as well, clearly aware of this.

"I've managed to master a Zanpakutō. I can even release its power."

Dunn's words left Robin and the others staring at him in astonishment.

"You're different from us?"

Robin asked.

"Not really. But it has to do with the