"Hello, Nico Robin." When Masked brought Nico Robin before Leo, she could scarcely imagine that such an army was led by such a young man.
Looking closely, the backbone of this army seemed quite young as well. It appeared to be a newly born force.
She could not help feeling tempted. When she raised her head to look at Leo, there was already a hint of eagerness in her eyes. He was someone who could be put to good use.
However, her gaze put Hancock on guard.
Hancock took two steps closer to Leo. Like a lioness declaring her territory, she held her head high and looked down at Nico Robin, letting out a soft snort through her nose.
She could not even be bothered to introduce herself to Nico Robin.
But Nico Robin knew exactly who she was.
Although the bounties on all the Shichibukai had now been revoked, before that happened, the World Government had viciously printed the portraits of pirates who agreed to become Shichibukai directly in newspapers and distributed them across the world.
That was the power of those who controlled public opinion and the right to speak. They could do evil without letting you know, but when they did good, the whole world would hear about it—like a Buster Call, or protecting a certain country.
But if you stood against such people, no one would know of any good you did. Yet commit a single bad deed, and it would be written about at great length, nailed firmly into history.
Other than Luffy, whose audacity was so great that everyone helped him, every other pirate had been bound to the pillar of shame this way.
Naturally, the World Government had no good intentions. Defiant pirates would challenge the Shichibukai to gain fame and rise in