"Those bastards wiped out three thousand of my slaves in one go?"
Karn valued his wealth above all else, and pirate slaves were part of it, so he was still somewhat angry when he learned the news. He could give away his wealth willingly, but others were not allowed to take it.
"Where are those people?"
Nico Robin looked at the report that had come back and said helplessly, "They should have left already. Everyone was busy capturing the remaining pirates at the time, but quite a few of those pirates need treatment."
"Don't bother treating them. Send all the severely injured ones to my underground laboratory. Spending so much on those bastards isn't worth it."
Karn said this to Robin. Successfully treating one severely injured slave would cost at least around a hundred thousand Beli, as well as considerable time and manpower.
He might as well turn them all into bioengineered humans implanted with electronic chips. That would require only a small amount of T-virus Serum, aerosolized before the electronic chips were implanted.
"Understood~ But there are still plenty of things here that need your attention. You're not leaving so quickly because you want to find Baby 5, are you?"
Nico Robin used her Flower-Flower Fruit ability to sprout a hand on the desk and pull Karn back, then sprouted several more hands to press him into the chair.
"Although I don't really want to disturb you, there are some things I simply can't decide as vice president. And there's the matter of locating the Poneglyphs. We've only obtained one in two years. At this rate, I'm afraid I'll be in my forties or fifties before I collect them all."
Karn corrected her. "Robin, that pace is already astonishing. Remember, under the World Government's surveillance, you found nothing for