"Your Majesty Cobra, why did you bring Princess Vivi along too?"
Karn sighed, then stressed the point to Cobra once more. "This is Baroque Works. A lot of people might die here in a little while."
"It's fine, it's fine. I'll just have Vivi go outside later. So this is the underground base of Crocodile's criminal organization? I think there are criminal secrets upstairs that haven't been uncovered yet. Igaram, let's go search the place."
Cobra smiled unconcernedly and waved a hand, then prepared to pull Igaram along for a tour of Rain Dinners. He had long heard of its reputation, but his position as king had always kept him from getting a chance to visit. Today, he finally had the opportunity.
"Your Majesty, we're supposed to be here for an interrogation, not to gamble!" Igaram grabbed Cobra by the collar and dragged him back toward another room, where Crocodile was being held. They needed to find out how much this Crocodile knew about Alabasta's secrets and how many people he had told.
Only after Igaram dragged Cobra away did Nico Robin approach Karn and speak in a low voice. "I never expected someone as powerful as you to choose to work with a man like that. Does he have some virtue I haven't noticed?"
"Hey, you! What's wrong with my father? He's the best king in the world!"
Having heard Nico Robin's words, Vivi spoke with an indignant expression. If she hadn't known this woman was a senior officer of Baroque Works, she would have taught her a proper lesson with her fists.
"Vivi is right about that. Cobra is a king, and a good king at that."
Karn shook his head at Nico Robin. "You've been on the run for so many years, ever since childhood. Haven't you