The Shinigami the Unforgiven in Bleach, Chapter 65: Flame and Darkness: "Twenty years ago, the giant Jaguar D. Saron, who fought for Ohara... was my friend."
Robin was utterly shocked.
"I followed his wishes and spared you, therefore I have an obligation to protect your life."
?!
No wonder, thinking about it carefully, Robin, who was often still a child, was able to escape from those elite agents and bounty hunters over the years. It wasn't just her own caution and strength, but also Aokiji's constant presence...
"But for the past 20 years, you've been hiding and haven't found a place to stay, and you yourself don't want to live anymore, so I've decided to end it all here."
"I didn't expect CP9 to lose... you,"
"Have you found a place to stay?"
Facing the question behind the wall, Robin nodded vigorously, "Yes!"
"... Then you must live on strongly, and don't let Jaguar down."
Snap,
A flash of cold light, and the tall figure behind the wall vanished without a trace.
"... Mr Shiraishi, did you know Aokiji would be coming?"
When Robin approached and asked a question, Shiraishi nodded.
"Not only did I know Aokiji would come, but I also knew that he was the one who orchestrated the Buster Call that we encountered this time."
You must have noticed it too, right? The navy's senior officers didn't participate at all; that's because they were following orders."
And the only person who can command a vice admiral is undoubtedly a naval admiral!
" Robin, Shiraishi, watch my performance!"
The sound from the side made the two stop talking and look over. They saw that Luffy's cheeks were stuffed up like two balloons, and chopsticks were stuck in his nostrils.
Hahaha~~
" Luffy, you did a great job!"
Robin smiled slightly at the lively scene before him.
"I'll give it a try too."
the next day.
"So, yesterday's banquet was paid for with our money? It cost nearly a hundred million Belly..."
Luffy answered Nami's question with confidence.
"But it was still our banquet! Everyone was very happy~~ Hahahaha~~"
Zoro left the room, while Chopper still wore a cheerful expression, reminiscing about last night's banquet.
Shiraishi also climbed out the window and left.
Nami's expression finally couldn't hold back any longer, gradually turning into something sinister, and she ultimately unleashed a powerful punch on her teammate.
Bang bang bang bang!
The storm-like speed of the punches left Chopper utterly shocked, his mouth agape.
Luffy's bump on his head was a size bigger than his entire head. "I'm so sorry..."
Apologizes with unclear pronunciation.
"Waaah, I was planning to add luxurious furniture to the ship..."
Nami collapsed to the ground, sobbing like a frail woman.
"It's alright, we already have the boat."
Luffy's words Nami's blood pressure soaring. "Shut up!"
Having said that, she had no choice but to continue, saying, "Alright, I'll distribute the rest of the money to everyone as pocket money later."
" Franky and Mr. Iceburg are working on building the boat, but we still need to prepare our own daily necessities and tools."
" Nami, I want to go play! Give me my allowance!"
Nami exploded, "How dare you say that?! You have no place here!!"
After a few days of rest.
"The records are complete."
Nami raised the Log Pose and shouted, " The Log Pose is pointing to the next island!"
"Yeah, we're just waiting for the ship, I can't wait!"
Luffy waved his hands and shouted excitedly.
"Yeah, they said they wanted to surprise us, so they wouldn't let us go see it beforehand..." Zoro replied with a smile.
Grandma Kokoro looked at Nami and asked, "Do you know where following that record will lead?"
Nami glanced at the Log Pose and replied, "I don't know, where is it? It seems to be tilting downwards a bit..."
"Hehehe, that's right, the next island... is the underwater Paradise, Fish-Man Island," Grandma Kokoro said with a laugh.
Upon hearing this, Sanji's eyes immediately turned into hearts, and he shouted in a perverted manner, "Eh... fish... fish... fish... fish!! We're finally going to Fish-Man Island?!"
"Huh?! What's wrong with you, Sanji?!" Chopper exclaimed in shock at Sanji's appearance.
Nami sat in a chair, rested her chin on her hand, sighed, and said, " Fish-Man Island... I have mixed feelings about it."
Luffy looked at Nami and said, "Oh, is it because of your village?"
"But those people, though called fish-men, are actually pirates."
Zoro comforted him.
"Ah, fish-men are fish-men, but Fish-Man Island is a famous scenic spot on the Grand Line. Beautiful mermaids draw graceful arcs on the sea surface and play and frolic with the fish. It's a dreamlike kingdom~"
As Sanji was speaking, he suddenly remembered something, looked at Granny Kokoro, and his dream shattered instantly.
Sanji knelt on the ground, sobbing, pounding the ground and shouting, "Can't you let me dream? I'm a pirate!!"
"Yes! There are young and beautiful mermaids!"
Grandma Kokoro shouted angrily.
"However, reaching the Paradise isn't something you can do easily!"
Grandma Kokoro shook her head.
Robin looked at Granny Kokoro and said, "You just said that was the seabed, I'm a little worried..."
"Oh, you'll see when you get there. The problem isn't there. Just look at the recent newspapers!"
Grandma Kokoro pointed to the newspaper on the table.
Nami held up the newspaper and read, "Fourteen more ships have disappeared this month. What's going on?"
" The Florian Triangle, the only way to Paradise, is where more than a hundred ships disappear every year... only to be found empty without crew afterwards... and there are constant sightings of ghost ships carrying the dead adrift on the sea!"
Chopper said fearfully, "Will a monster come out? How scary!"
Luffy asked excitedly, "Will we encounter living skeletons?"
Zoro looked at Luffy, "What are you thinking about?"
"If it's a skeleton, I hope it has an afro; that would be really interesting."
Shiraishi said with a smile.
"Hey! An afro and a skull! That sounds hilarious!" Luffy chimed in.
"So what are you two thinking? Even if there are skeletons, how could a skeleton have an afro?"
Zoro retorted.
"Ugh, I don't want to run into them, and I don't even want to look at them! Those ships are terrifying! What on earth happened in those waters?"
Nami was trembling.
"Hmm, who knows!" Kokoro lit a candle and said in a terrifying tone, "Because no one ever comes out alive, no one knows. It's a foggy, dark sea. Be careful!"
"Aaaaaah!" Nami and Chopper trembled and hugged each other, their mouths agape, almost fainting from fright.
"In short, this is a dangerous sea area where many accidents have occurred. You need to make preparations before setting sail!"
Robin rested his chin on his hand and thought for a moment before saying, "Merchant ships and pirate ships become ghost ships after being abandoned, so there must be legendary treasure ships inside, right?"
Upon hearing this, Nami raised her hand and shouted, "Let's go find the ghost ship!"
"Oh no!!" Chopper cried out in terror.
"Leave it to me!!" Luffy shouted excitedly.
Shiraishi laughed and said, "Perhaps you can find a famous sword."
"A famous sword... um... maybe I'll get one!"
Zoro seemed lost in thought.
"As for food, I have prepared plenty, so there's no need to worry."
Grandma Kokoro, seeing the Straw Hat Pirates's state, called out, "Well, good luck to you guys!"
Just then, the Square Sisters arrived with Chimney and Gonbe.
Chimney exclaimed with a smile, "The Dream Ship is finished! What a wonderful ship!"
The Square Sisters excitedly shouted, "Brother Franky wants to see you!"
"Huh? It's finished so quickly?"
"Let's go see right away!!"
As soon as they left, the Franky Family rushed over, "Straw Hat Bro, you guys are amazing! Almost the entire crew is wanted by the authorities!"
"Is that so!"
Luffy became interested.
Although the bounty on a wanted poster does not equate to strength, it is often one of the indicators by which pirates measure a person's power.
Zoro laughed, "We're all on the list now, so we'd better watch our heads from now on."
Shiraishi smiled. Compared to the enemies the Straw Hat Pirates would encounter in the future, the bounty hunters attracted by the mere wanted poster were nothing to worry about.
"Oh, oh, let me see~~"
"Hmph, this time I'll definitely be taller than Green Bathhead!"
I hope you won't start crying later.
"What about mine? What about mine?"
"Why,"
Nami rubbed her forehead, looking speechless.
"Why are you boys so concerned about saving face? Is it really something to be happy about having your head on someone's head?"
Regardless, arrest warrants were laid out on the table.
They are:
Straw Hat Luffy: 300 million Belly!
One Pirate Hunter Zoro: 120 million Belly!
Devil Child Robin: 80 million Belly!
Cat Burglar Nami: 16 million Belly!
King of Snipers Sogeking: 30 Million Belly!
Then there was a hand-drawn portrait of Sanji. While the blond hair, curly eyebrows, and cigarette smoke were all accurate, the overall effect was...
Black Leg Sanji: Bounty 77 million Belly!
"Aaaaaaahhhhhh--"
Seeing Sanji a mask of pain, Luffy casually offered him comfort.
"What's there to be angry about? The first bounty is already this high..."
"Shut up! Why is mine the only one that's a portrait?? And it doesn't look like me at all!"
Sanji's dream was shattered; he still hoped those girls would hold up his wanted posters and say, "What an amazing man!"
These days, you're lucky if you don't spit a single drop of phlegm.
How could such a person exist in the world!
That's just how you are.
Zoro, standing nearby, raised an eyebrow.
Sanji was so angry he was beyond human comprehension, blurting out incomprehensible profanities, "&￥%&**".
If Sanji's problem is merely a portrait issue, then Chopper's problem is far more serious.
"I'm a pirate, after all!"
Chopper, enraged, flew into the air with his antlers and hat, shouting, "I fought bravely, and even defeated that CP9 guy with the bull-haired hairstyle! Why did I only get 50 Belly?!"
Chopper, the Cotton Candy Lover: Bounty 50 Belly!
"Never mind, I'll try harder next time." Luffy comforted him with a grin. The 300 million bounty made him feel great, and everything seemed pleasing to the eye.
Meanwhile, in the island town of Banaro Island, Äs finally caught up with Blackbeard Teach and his crew.
"Yo, Captain Äs!"
Faced with Blackbeard's respectful address, Äs squatted on the roof and calmly shook his head.
"No need, that's a title only for partners."
"So, you've become quite the captain, haven't you? Marshall D. Teach of the Blackbeard Pirates!"
Facing Äs, who exuded a palpable killing intent, the towering Blackbeard remained unfazed and instead began trying to recruit him.
"Hahaha, Äs, listen to me!"
Blackbeard spreads his arms wide, "Join us! Let's conquer the world together!"
Even though he knew the other party was an enemy who had come to kill him, Blackbeard still confidently told them about his dream.
"I have devised a meticulous plan. Whitebeard's era is over, and I will become the Pirate King!"
"Our first step is to capture Straw Hat Luffy's crew in City of Water 7 and present them to the government as a gift in exchange for the Seven Warlords of the Sea status..."
However, Teach was unaware that he had struck two of Äs's most vulnerable points.
He admires Whitebeard, who is like a father to him, and his beloved younger brother Luffy.
Luffy? He's my brother!
??!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh.
In an instant, several bullets pierced Äs's body. Blackbeard Pirates sniper Van Augur shot through Äs's heart, throat, and forehead in a flash.
But for Äs, who was already on guard, it was just a futile test.
Even if the opponent's bullets were imbued with Haki.
"It seems your people have no manners."
boom!
A multi-story building next to them was forcibly lifted up by Gizas Burgess, who then leaped over it and slammed it down on Äs!
" Flame Commandment: Flame Pillar."
The towering flames instantly engulfed the falling building, forcing Blackbeard Teach to abandon his plans to recruit the enemy.
"Damn it, don't make a move! Stand back, you're no match for him!"
Blackbeard shouted.
" Fire Fist!!"
A chilling voice echoed from the flame-ravaged building, as a torrent of flames roared towards Blackbeard and his men.
It was a Riot Games of fire, tens of meters thick, condensed into a massive flame, like a blazing sun, drawing out a fiery storm that stretched across the sky and earth, engulfing Blackbeard and his crew with an overwhelming force that burned everything in its path.
With that punch, all the air in the entire town seemed to be burned away instantly, turning into a vacuum. Then, an extremely strong suction force was generated, causing the surrounding air to surge in like a raging torrent. The aftershocks caused countless buildings around them to collapse mercilessly.
The Blackbeard Pirates, caught in the blast of that punch, instantly felt parched and suffocated.
At the same time, the skin seemed to be rapidly drying and tearing, and even the surrounding air was violently shaking, instantly being completely engulfed by the dazzling sea of fire, giving the illusion that it was about to be burned and destroyed.
boom!!!
With a single punch, Äs unleashed a fiery path tens of meters long, blasting the Blackbeard Pirates flying.
If they weren't all powerful figures with Haki, this punch would have instantly obliterated them.