Koza shoved Vivi aside and walked out without looking back.
Vivi slumped to the ground, clutching a handful of dance powder that had spilled from the sack. She had no idea how to explain, and her tears would not stop...
"It really... wasn't..."
Behind the boulder.
King Nefertari Cobra and his minister Igaram clenched their fists, veins bulging grotesquely, their faces filled with shock.
They, too, could not believe it... How had such vast quantities of the strictly regulated dance powder appeared?
And without either of them knowing anything about it...
"Who on earth..."
Alabasta, Revolutionary Army Branch.
As the largest island on the Grand Line, Alabasta covered an enormous area.
The Revolutionary Army had stationed troops here as well.
But because King Cobra had always enjoyed a good reputation, they had taken no action.
They had kept the location hidden, using it only as a backup stronghold.
It had also escaped the Navy's purge.
They had not originally made contact with the Rebel Army that the people of Alabasta had formed on their own.
But that dance powder... Revolutionary Army scouts had discovered it and handed it over to the Rebel Army, leaving them to decide what to do with it.
That was how Koza had come across the dance powder...
But now, inside the branch's base.
Every Revolutionary Army member lay unconscious, their heads lolling to one side.
Nico Robin sat at the head of the hall, resting her chin on her hand as she watched the branch leader struggling below her.
"Stop struggling. It's no use."
The branch leader on the floor raised his head with difficulty to look at Robin.
"Who... exactly... are you..."
Several arms had locked his joints firmly in place.
Robin picked up the notebook on the table and glanced through