"Whatever."
"But you only get one chance."
"My tolerance for pirates is only this much."
When Crocodile threatened to kill him, Rosen chuckled calmly.
How could he possibly take the howling of a stray dog seriously?
Not to mention, it was a stray dog wearing a collar.
"snort!"
Crocodile, upon hearing this, said nothing, only snorted coldly, and then ignored Nico Robin, who had recently betrayed him, and left alone without looking back.
Seeing this, Rosen pointed at the air.
Sizzle
As a black line stretched horizontally and then extended vertically, the sky was suddenly torn apart, forming a Garganta leading to an unknown sea.
He lifted his foot and was about to step into the Garganta when a voice stopped him.
"Rosen."
"If it were you, not Aokiji or Akainu, who carried out the Buster Call on Ohara back then, what would you have done?"
Nico Robin looked up at Rosen, who was about to step into the Garganta, and asked, word by word.
"My knife has been stained with the blood of many people, but not a single drop of it has been the blood of a commoner."
Rosen turned his back to Nico Robin and walked into the Garganta.
"Yeah?"
Nico Robin stared intently at Rosen as he walked deeper into the Garganta:
"Why weren't you born in the time of Ohara?"
"Rosen."
She murmured as Rosen was about to disappear from sight.
As if hearing Nico Robin's whisper, a voice came from the depths of the Garganta just as it was about to close completely.
"In the cruel world of pirates, facing pursuit from both the World Government and the Marines, an 8-year-old girl miraculously grew up safely."
"Is the World Government blind? Or is the Marine blind?"
"What do you think, Nico Robin?"
Upon hearing this, Nico Robin trembled, then seemed to understand something, and slowly turned her head to look at Kuzan, who had only spoken to her twice since they met.
She's not a clueless idiot like Wang Lufei.
I hadn't realized it before because I lived in a world full of betrayal and was filled with hatred and fear for Kuzan, so I never thought about these things. But now, after Rosen brought it up, I realized that I was completely oblivious.
With her keen observation and sharp insight, she immediately realized that the reason she had been able to grow up peacefully all these years was because someone had been secretly supporting her and providing her with shelter.
They withstood pressure from world governments and Marines.
"Ah la la la la la!"
First, Rosen exposed his secret of many years, and then he faced Nico Robin, whose eyes were gradually reddening.
Kuzan reached out and grabbed his hair, looking completely helpless.
Is that you?
Nico Robin knew she was right the moment she saw Kuzan's reaction.
"I just thought that if you were captured by the Marines or the World Government, you would reveal that I secretly let you go back then."
Kuzan turned his head away, trying to argue his way out of it.
Is that you?
Nico Robin ignored her and asked to herself.
"Ah la la la la la!"
"Rosen is really something. If he's going to leave, he should just leave. Why did he have to say such blunt truths?"
"All right!"
Faced with Nico Robin's somewhat "aggressive" gaze, Kuzan simply kept up the act:
"I'm sorry, Robin."
"Although saying this might make me, a Marine admiral, seem pathetic, I am not Rosen after all, and I do not have the ability to change the Marines on my own."
"Even if I were just a Vice Admiral back then, and even if I were to go back to that time now as an admiral, I wouldn't be able to change anything."
Kuzan sighed, raised his hands to Nico Robin, and his tone revealed guilt and helplessness.
"..."
Nico Robin didn't say anything upon hearing this; she simply sat on the ice, hugging her knees.
It turned out that Saul hadn't lied to her.
There is already someone who has loved and cared for me for many years.
only.
The Marines destroyed Ohara.
The Marines were the one that let them off the hook.
It was the Marines that sheltered him for 10 years.
The Marines are what allows one to explore history, seek historical records, and protect oneself from persecution by the world government.
This left Nico Robin, who knew everything, completely bewildered and at a loss.
"Robin is right."
"Rosen."
"If only you could have been born in the time of Ohara."
Kuzan sighed inwardly.
He knew that Nico Robin was in a very complicated emotional state, so he did not choose to leave, but instead stood aside with his arms crossed.
Just like he had protected the other person for the past ten years, he would continue to protect the girl in front of him.
The only difference from before is...
In the past, even as a Marine admiral, he could only choose to protect others in secret.
Now, thanks to Rosen's sudden emergence and the independence of the Marine Headquarters, he can openly and legitimately protect it.
Because Nico Robin is a wanted criminal by the World Government, not by the Marine Headquarters.
...
...
On the other hand,
Rosen, who was walking in the Garganta, had reached the end.
Through the other end of the Garganta, a thick fog that blots out the sky came into view.
Both the sea and the sky were covered by a thick fog that even sunlight could hardly penetrate.
He stood at the exit of the Garganta, looking down. The thick fog was useless in the face of his Observation Haki.
One after another, auras rushed to appear before us.
Based on the intensity of these auras and the thoughts gleaned from them, Rosen quickly identified the strongest one.
call out
Without him making any move, he disappeared from the exit of the Garganta, as if teleporting across countless seas and skies. When he reappeared, he was standing above a pirate ship that was as huge as an island and surrounded by a sinister aura.
"Gecko Moria".
"Come see me."
Rosen's voice descended directly into the castle and into the heart of Gecko Moria.
Previously, when facing Crocodile, he wanted to test the power of Kyōka Suigetsu to see how effective it would be against pirates of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
That's why he spent so much time and effort on Crocodile.
But when facing Gecko Moria, the gatekeeper of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Rosen had no intention of wasting any effort on him.
"The voice appeared directly in my heart."
"This is the highest level of Observation Haki."
Who exactly is it?
Gecko Moria, who had been fast asleep in the chair, was suddenly awakened.
When he was forcibly awakened, his face did not show any signs of sleepiness; instead, it revealed a visible sense of apprehension.
As a pirate who has ventured into the New World and challenged the strongest creatures on land, sea, and air, although his strength has declined day by day, he still possesses the necessary knowledge.
Even Kaido, who defeated him and wiped out his entire army, never possessed such Observation Haki.
"I am Rosen."
Just as Gecko Moria was filled with doubt and uncertainty, the voice from before resurfaced in his mind once again.
"It's him!"
"Has it finally come?"
Gecko Moria's expression changed repeatedly, his previous surprise and doubt gone, replaced by gloom and anger.
With the examples of Dracule Mihawk and Donquixote Doflamingo, he could easily guess Rosen's purpose in coming to Thriller Bark.
"quick."
"Summon the zombie group."
"Call Perona and Absalom here."
On one hand, they were sitting and waiting to die.
On one hand, it's about taking a gamble.
No Seven Warlords of the Sea would willingly have a collar placed on their head. Even knowing they are no match for the enemy, they would not choose to surrender. Instead, they would gather all their strength to resist to the very end.
Even if you know it's just a death throes struggle, you still have to struggle.
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