"Take care on your journey, sir!"
I will never forget you all~
After seeing Tonjit off on the ice, Luffy and the others turned back, rubbing their arms. "Ugh, it's so cold! The temperature has completely turned into winter."
Usopp complained.
Luffy noticed the admiral staring at him and asked, puzzled, "Why are you looking at us like that?"
Admiral Aokiji sat on the grass, tilting his head to Luffy.
It's so similar, so incredibly similar.
"You and your grandfather, Monkey D. Garp."
Upon hearing this name, Luffy was immediately horrified, and not a single warm memory came to mind.
"Should I describe it as passionate and unrestrained, or unpredictable...?"
Usopp asked in confusion, "Hey, Luffy, why are you sweating all over?"
"Ah... it's nothing... it's just too hot..."
Luffy quickly waved his hand to indicate that it was normal for him to be sweating.
Are you kidding me?
The frozen sea is right next to us, isn't it?
"The government has not yet noticed the danger you pose."
Sitting on the ground, Aokiji began to speak to himself.
"But after my research, I found that you all have great potential."
"Since you set sail, your growth has been so rapid that even I, who have dealt with great pirates for years, find it unbelievable. Therefore, I have decided to kill you here!"
"Hey, didn't you say you were out for a walk?"
Usopp was so frightened that he raised his hands high.
Aokiji ignored him. "Especially you, Nico Robin."
"The bounty not only represents a person's strength, but also their threat to the government."
"You're only eight years old, yet you have a 79 million yuan bounty on your head. How could a little girl who's been hiding for so long survive to this day? You..."
Aokiji paused, glancing at the Straw Hat Pirates, "Don't you find it curious?"
"So you really want to mess with Robin, huh? I'm going to send you flying!"
Luffy didn't listen to a word he said.
Aokiji ignored Luffy's words, "It's simple, let me tell you."
"This woman takes advantage of those who take her in, using them by any means necessary, and disappears the moment danger strikes."
Aokiji pointed at Robin, whose face was pale, and said, "You've survived in the underworld this way, and this time you chose these naive guys as your hiding place, haven't you?"
"Hey, the way you talk is infuriating!"
Sanji, Sanji, loosened his tie, clearly intending to make a move.
What deep-seated grudge do you have against Robin -chan?
Don't be impulsive.
Usopp, standing next to Sanji, is a Marine Admiral, after all.
Moreover, they just performed their amazing feat of freezing the sea; it's best to avoid taking action if possible.
Otherwise, Usopp estimated he could make the other party stop in a second and beg him not to die.
"I have no grudge against her, it's just that she escaped from me once."
Aokiji sat on the ground, calmly looking at the Straw Hat Pirates in front of him.
"You will soon understand your situation, and soon you will regret taking this woman in."
"The evidence is that, to date, every organization and pirate crew that has been associated with Nico Robin has been wiped out, except for this woman."
Dead silence.
These hurtful words will surely make anyone consider what they represent.
"Why is that, Nico Robin?"
"Shut up!
Luffy glared angrily at Aokiji.
"The past is the past, the present is the present!"
"Oh?"
Aokiji wasn't surprised by this answer; after all, he was that person's grandson.
"Have you two become this close already?"
"What exactly are you trying to say?!"
The old wounds were laid bare, and right in front of the Straw Hat Pirates.
Zoro may have been wary of Robin at first, but after spending time together, everyone subconsciously came to regard her as a partner.
In Robin's heart, this group of pirates who didn't seem like pirates were the only companions she cared about all these years.
"Come on then, if you want to arrest me!"
" Treinta Fleur, lifting and separation!"
This is arguably Robin's strongest ability to date: thirty arms appearing simultaneously on the opponent, using joint locks to exert force backward, a vicious skill capable of instantly breaking the spine.
Kachacha
What was broken was just a pile of ice.
"Oh dear, it seems I'm being disliked because I talk too much."
Whew~~
An icy figure rose from the shattered ice and transformed back into Aokiji's body.
"Although I didn't intend to take your life,"
With a swift grab, a gleaming three-foot-long sword appeared out of thin air in Aokiji's right hand, freezing the moisture in the air into ice.
He swung his long sword.
A white mist rose up, and the surrounding temperature dropped by tens of degrees, with a bone-chilling cold spreading outwards.
Their target was the desperate Robin.
Clang!
With a piercing scraping sound, the ice blade was stopped by Zoro's Wado Ichimonji.
" Mouton Shot!"
Sanji's fierce kick struck Aokiji's wrist from below, knocking the ice blade from his hand.
Luffy, having gathered his strength, followed closely behind.
" Gum-Gum Bullet!"
The next second, a fierce Riot Games slammed into the opponent's abdomen; the teamwork between Luffy and his two companions was incredibly smooth.
"Ughh...
Admiral Aokiji, standing there, simply reached out and grabbed Zoro's arm and Sanji's calf, while Luffy's Riot Games pounded into their abdomens. However, it was the three Straw Hat Pirates crew members who were injured.
Kakaka.
The biting cold instantly spread to the three of them, their arms, calves, and Riot Games covered in glistening ice. The piercing cold made the trio, who hadn't even flinched when swords were at their feet, cry out in pain.
" Shiraishi?" Nami glanced at him anxiously. He didn't move, and she could tell that Aokiji didn't really intend to kill her.
Nami looked at Retsu Unohana again, her eyes full of pleading.
She gently shook her head, indicating that she would wait and see.
"Oh dear, they've all suffered frostbite and need treatment."
Chopper yelled.
Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji collapsed to the ground, clutching their frozen parts, unable to get up for a moment.
"It seems you've met some good friends, but you're still you, Nico Robin."
Aokiji ignored the Straw Hat Pirates's attack and continued to mock Robin. He was no longer sure whether letting the little girl go back then was a good thing or a bad thing.
So many years have passed, has this woman really changed?
"No, I already..."
Unfortunately, before the intellectual beauty could finish speaking, Aokiji slowly fell towards her. It was less of an attack and more of an embrace—an embrace filled with chilling energy.
brush.
As the icy aura swept down, Robin instantly transformed into a lifelike, crystalline ice sculpture.
You bastard!
Faced with an enraged Luffy, Aokiji simply turned away calmly.
"Don't shout so loudly. She's not dead yet. She can live once she's thawed, but her body is fragile, so be careful."
If it shatters, she will die, like this.
Aokiji slowly raised his Riot Games.
Shiraishi wanted to laugh. The Navy's top-tier combat power was putting on such a show... If they really fought, Aokiji could wipe out the current Straw Hat Pirates in less than a second!
There's no need for this pretentious slow-motion act.
"If I throw this punch, she'll die instantly."
"Stop!" Robin!
The others failed to see through it, Luffy slid in to save Ice Robin from the opponent's Riot Games.
As Aokiji slowly stepped down, Luffy tossed the Ice Robin he was carrying to Usopp beside him, and then got stepped on.
"Take Robin away and get her on the ship quickly to treat her!"
"Okay," Usopp answered loudly.
Retsu Unohana said, " Nami, go set sail!"
"Okay," Nami subconsciously started running, while Chopper and Usopp, in their half-beast form, carried the Ice-Clad Robin.
They all quickly retreated from the battlefield, with Shiraishi, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji surrounding Aokiji in the center.
"Give up on that woman; not saving her is for the good of the world."
It was supposed to be a very serious scene, but seeing Aokiji still dutifully reciting his lines made Shiraishi's lips twitch.
What should I do? I'm about to break down.
"Get out of my way!"
Fortunately, Luffy's voice saved the embarrassed Shiraishi, as Luffy, with one Riot Games Luffy, assumed a fighting stance.
"I want to fight him one-on-one."
On the Going Merry.
Because the Going Merry was on the other side of the island, it was not affected by Aokiji's ice storm.
In the bathroom of the cabin:
Is that alright?
"I don't know either. I've never seen a case of someone's entire body being instantly frozen..."
"You're the ship's doctor!"
"Okay, you shut up!"
In a flurry of activity, Usopp and Chopper placed the ice-covered Robin in the bathtub and continuously heated it with warm water to melt the ice shell.
Outside, Nami faced Zoro and Sanji, who had run back.
"What are you doing...?"
"Stop talking about that, quickly figure out a way to thaw us out!"
"We must melt the frozen areas with water immediately, then massage the muscles, otherwise they'll necrotize. What about Luffy and Shiraishi?"
" Luffy wants to fight him one-on-one, Shiraishi, I don't understand."
Zoro lowered his head.
Retsu Unohana said, "Because that man didn't intend to kill. He said he was relieved, but he's probably still worried that he might actually get serious."
A few days later, aboard the Going Merry.
The weather was sunny with a gentle breeze.
"That's great, Robin, how do you feel?"
Nami stretched, and Robin smiled and nodded, then turned to look at the little reindeer beside her.
"Much better, all thanks to the ship's doctor's skills."
"~~I'm not happy at all, you jerk~~"
Chopper started wriggling and twisting.
"This is my new creation, ladies: fried potato wrapped fish. Please enjoy."
As always, the dashing Sanji served up delicious food.
"So delicious~~"
What about mine?
Turning to face Zoro, his face immediately showed impatience.
"You only have mashed potatoes. Go get them yourself from the kitchen."
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"Here it comes~~~"
Usopp and Chopper were excitedly waiting at the cabin door when Luffy came Luffy out excitedly.
"Watch me!"
As soon as Luffy ran out of the cabin, he threw the flour he was holding onto himself.
"The Frozen Man Reappears!"
Luffy, covered in white flour, struck a pose resembling a statue.
"Pfft, hahaha~~"
" Luffy is amazing~~"
"Seriously, you almost froze to death, and you still had the mood to act silly?"
"Haha, what do you think? Does it look like it?"
Luffy proudly showed off to everyone.
Shiraishi smiled, then suddenly noticed a strange creature on the surface of the sea. "Hey, there looks like a frog swimming freestyle on the surface of the sea!"
"Hey, Shiraishi, how could a frog possibly swim freestyle? Ah! It really is a frog swimming freestyle!"
Usopp paused, then his eyes immediately lit up.
"Full speed ahead! Row faster! Row the boat toward the two o'clock position!"
Row fast!
Luffy rallied everyone to chase after the freestyle-swimming frog.
Nami noticed the ship's course had changed and angrily shouted, "Hey, don't change course so easily!"
Luffy shouted, "Listen, Nami! I saw a giant frog covered in wounds! We have to catch it, roast it, and eat it!"
Chopper and Zoro exclaimed in surprise, "So you're going to roast it and eat it!"
"Hmm?" Nami looked at the direction the ship was heading, picked up her binoculars, and saw a lighthouse ahead.
"Huh? How could there be a lighthouse in a place like that? Is someone there?"
Nami looked completely puzzled.
The frog was heading towards the lighthouse, Nami also wanted to go and explore it. Isshin, they worked hard to reach the lighthouse.
However, as they approached the lighthouse, Sanji heard a strange sound.
"Ah, wait a minute, everyone stop, I hear some strange noises!"
The frog stopped and stood on a train track on the sea.
Then they saw a train roaring across the sea.
"Huh? What is this thing?"
"Is it a ship?" "No! How can something that looks like that sail on the sea?"
The frog, however, stared intently at the train on the sea.
Then, it was knocked away.
A little girl with pigtails walked out of a building that looked like a train station. Upon seeing the Going Merry, she shouted, "Oh no, Grandma, Grandma, it's pirates!"
Kokoro came out carrying a bottle of wine and said, "Really? Chimney!"
Okay, wait a minute!
Zoro warned, "Something's wrong, someone's coming out of the house... Are they going to find reinforcements?"
Kokoro tilted her head and said, "Ah... Hey! What was I going to say?"
Then he picked up the bottle and took a few more sips.
"So he's an alcoholic!"
Zoro complained.
Afterwards, Kokoro Chimney explained the details, saying that the train that had just been traveling on the sea was called Smoking Tom, and that it was made possible by very magical technology.
Yokozuna is a strange frog who likes to compete with other things in strength. Just now, you couldn't kill him by bumping into things; Yokozuna will come again.
Kokoro tells everyone about the islands the sea train will stop at.
Luffy and his crew wanted to repair their ship, Kokoro recommended that they go to Blue Station - City of Water 7, where the shipbuilding industry is highly developed and there are world-class shipwrights on the island.
Kokoro wrote a letter of recommendation for Luffy, telling Luffy City of Water 7 and find a man named Iceburg, "He'll know who I am when he sees this letter, and he'll repair your ship properly."