Greater Influence

"I already told you where their base in the jungle is." Robin refused to give up as she spoke to Diamante. "After Spandine was rescued, he'll definitely head straight to the jungle to meet up with his other men!"

Diamante, Gladius, and Dellinger surrounded the two of them from three directions.

"CP9 doesn't really matter." Diamante grinned viciously, leveling the bull-headed scepter in his hand at Robin. "We don't care if government agents come to our territory, nor do we want to capture or kill them. You, on the other hand, Demon Child Nico Robin, actually tried to use the Donquixote Family for revenge. You've got some nerve!"

"What do you want?" Robin knew things were going badly. "If you don't care about CP9, why did you come here?"

"What we want is you." Dellinger let out a smug laugh. "You're far more useful than those people! Capturing you isn't as simple as handing you over to the government for eighty million. What Joker wants is greater influence. Hee hee hee hee!"

Robin cried out in disbelief, "Aren't you afraid of being hunted down by the government?"

The three of them froze for a moment, then burst out laughing together, as if the question had been utterly unnecessary.

"They aren't afraid." Miming sighed and said to Robin, "Because you don't understand Joker's past."

The moment he said that, the laughter of Diamante and the other two came to an abrupt halt.

"Who are you?" Gladius asked coldly.

"Robin is my woman. I won't let you take her away." Miming took Robin's hand and picked the shards of glass out of it. "Honestly, can't you take better care of yourself?"

Robin's whole body trembled from the pain, but she did not resist.

"In a way, Joker and I should count as