"Robin, I..."
Hearing Robin's question, Nami was also left speechless for a moment.
Even now, she was still willing to repay Luffy for his kindness back in Cocoyasi Village by dying in his place.
But faced with Robin's question of 'Have you changed your heart?'…
Nami truly couldn't provide an answer right away.
Robin advised earnestly:
"Nami, you're a lot like me during the Enies Lobby incident. Back then, I didn't want to involve you all and chose to die alone. But you, Luffy, and everyone else came to save me regardless of the consequences, and made me realize my true feelings: I want to live."
"So, don't worry about those things. No matter how difficult the obstacles are, we will definitely overcome them together. We even overcame the World Government, are we afraid of a single person now?"
'But Uchiha Jin alone is more terrifying than the World Government!'
Nami retorted in her heart.
The longer she stayed with Jin, the more Nami could feel this person's terrifyingness.
Beckman, the vice-captain of the Red Hair Pirates, who possessed the greatest intellect on the seas, had once deduced that it would require gathering two Emperor-level crews to defeat Jin.
This deduction was both right and wrong.
To deal with Jin using his Majestic Attire: Susanoo, two Emperor crews would indeed be roughly sufficient.
But who said that Jin at Sabaody Archipelago was using his full power?
Nami suddenly recalled a conversation she overheard during the day when leaving Gran Tesoro, between Jin and Stussy.
At the time, Jin was talking on the Den Den Mushi with Stussy, who had returned to Mary Geoise.
Stussy said she had reported the matter of CP0 being reduced to just her and Kalifa to the higher-ups.
The Five Elders were extremely angry and had begun discussing plans to deal with him.
Jin, however, was unperturbed.
He said it was just so happen that Kurenai's Devil Fruit hadn't been decided yet.
So it's good that they could send more powerful ability users over, as to provide more options.
Hearing the disdain in Jin's tone towards the World Government, Stussy warned through the Den Den Mushi:
"You'd better not underestimate the World Government's hidden forces. According to rumors within CP0, they are ordering Dr. Vegapunk to develop a secret weapon with power comparable to an Ancient Weapon. Once completed, its power will be enough to destroy a country in an instant."
'Destroy a country in an instant!'
Hearing this, Nami was so frightened she nearly fell on her butt.
Just when she thought that no matter how audacious Jin was, he would show at least some fear upon hearing such news, Jin instead laughed even louder and said with even greater contempt:
"They dare to be so arrogant just because they can destroy a country? Tell them to come find me when they can destroy a planet."
If anyone else, including if Luffy had said something like that, Nami would have thought they were crazy.
But coming from Jin's mouth, Nami was surprised to find that she didn't really doubt it.
Because after spending this time together, Nami found that although this guy had a bunch of bad habits, there was one thing that was undeniable:
He kept his word.
...
Seeing Nami's prolonged silence,
Robin's expression grew darker, "Nami, have you really betrayed Luffy?"
This time, before Nami could answer, another voice sounded.
"It's not quite 'betrayal'. She just fell for a man who doesn't particularly like her captain."
The sudden response made both women in the room jump in fright.
They saw Jin had somehow already appeared in the bathroom.
He walked calmly past Robin to Nami's side.
Then, he turned on the shower handle.
Splash~
Water poured out.
Jin held the showerhead in his left hand, letting the water spray over himself and Nami.
With his right hand, he squeezed out some shower gel and applied it to the sticky areas on himself and Nami.
"You, stop that right now! Robin is here... Mmmph!"
Nami had only spoken halfway when her remaining words were blocked back into her throat by Jin.
However, Jin didn't bully Nami excessively.
After all, he had no interest in performing for an audience.
Unless Robin was willing to join in.
"You... you..."
Robin, who had struggled in the underworld for twenty years, was also at a loss for what to do.
Suddenly, she remembered something and shouted at Jin:
"Wh-what about Dragon-san and Koala?!"
Jin continued washing himself and Nami with the showerhead, his voice calm.
"Why don't you go out and see for yourself?"
Then he looked down.
Even though he wasn't interested in performing for others, he still found it a little hard to control himself.
Robin also had no mind to pay attention to this 'adulterous couple'.
She quickly turned and rushed out the door.
She saw Dragon and Koala standing on the deck of the Sunny.
In front of them, Konan, floating about ten meters off the ground, was looking down at the two from above.
Hancock stood further back, her resentful little eyes occasionally glancing towards the bathroom.
By the railing on the beach, Gyuki was staring at the two with its white eyes, looking unfriendly.
"Wh-when were we discovered?"
Robin's face turned pale.
"Do you know what ability Princess Otohime, Shirahoshi's mother, had?"
Jin walked out from the bathroom behind her, drying his hair with a towel, leisurely saying:
"A natural-born powerful Observation Haki, even capable of sensing people's inner voices."
"And as her daughter, her talent in this aspect surpasses even her mother's."
Hearing this, Robin suddenly turned her head.
She looked towards the Mermaid Princess on the beach, who was looking back with eyes as pure as white paper.
'It, it was actually like this…'
Jin walked past Robin's shoulder and added:
"Of course, even without Shirahoshi, I have plenty of ways to discover you."
Then, Jin turned his back to Robin and smiled at the two Revolutionary Army's members surrounded on all sides.
"Thank you both for delivering Nico Robin to me. However, since it's so late, I'll excuse myself from seeing you off. Please disembark."
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of Dragon, Robin, and Koala all changed drastically.
Nami, who followed Jin out of the bathroom, let out a sigh with an expression that said 'I knew it'.
After all, she had heard this guy say back on Gran Tesoro that he wanted to drag Robin down with him.
'No wonder he often said that the thing he was most proud of was that all his boasts came true.'
'He truly kept his word.'
"You want me to become your prisoner, just like Nami?!"
Robin said, her face cold.
"No, I quite like Nami now, just as she likes me. As for you, I'm just simply attracted to your body."
Jin turned his head and shrugged.
Although initially, Jin's interest in Nami was also purely based on her appearance, during their subsequent time together, Jin had grown quite fond of this seemingly money-grubbing but actually kind-hearted cat burglar.
More importantly, she had developed feelings for him too.
For girls devoted to him, Jin had always treated them well.
Otherwise, how could he have calmly let Nami meet with Robin?
As for Robin, Jin had no such emotional attachment.
Robin's face darkened even more.
'Good grief, he's actually honest!'
Robin simply couldn't understand how Nami could fall for someone like this.
"Don't talk nonsense! I... I don't have those kinds of feelings for you!"
'Well, someone was still stubbornly refusing to admit it.'
"You're letting us go?"
Hearing Jin's words, Koala was also stunned, pointing at herself in disbelief.
'No, this wasn't matching the intelligence I had received.'
'He felt unexpectedly easy to talk to.'
"Of course. After all, you came all this way to deliver Nico Robin to me, saving me the effort of looking for her. I should thank you."
Jin said with a laugh:
"Of course, if this big-eyed little sister wants to stay, I welcome it too. However, my ship doesn't like having men on board. Monkey D. Dragon-san, please disembark within three seconds."
'Who are you calling little sister? I'm at least five or six years older than you...'
Koala muttered in her heart, feeling that being able to escape unscathed was an unexpected stroke of luck.
But seeing Robin behind Jin, and out of concern, she still asked:
"Wh-what are you planning to do with Robin-nee? I'll have you know, she is the only person in this world who can read the Poneglyphs, the essential key to liberating this world!"
"She's not the only one who can read the Poneglyphs."
Jin's response caused the expressions of everyone present to change drastically.
Robin looked at him with particular disbelief.
'There's someone else besides me?'
'C-could it be a survivor from Ohara?'
"Wh-who is it?"
Koala also looked incredulous.
"Come here, I'll tell you quietly. Don't let others hear."
Jin beckoned with a mischievous smile.
Koala blinked her watery eyes, hesitating.
"Stop talking nonsense. Ohara has been wiped off the map. Besides Robin, there is no one else who can read the Poneglyphs."
Dragon finally spoke.
"Believe it or not, that's up to you. In short, considering you delivered Nico Robin into my hands, I won't hold your sneaking onto my ship against you."
Jin couldn't be bothered to waste more words, "Now, get off my ship. My patience is almost at its limit."
"...This isn't your ship. It's Luffy's."
Dragon retorted solemnly.
"Ohoho~ And what are you going to do about it? Is the doting father going to reclaim his precious son's property?"
Jin said with a laugh.
He truly didn't expect that on this rare occasion when he was being merciful, the other party wouldn't appreciate it.
"Dragon-san! Please don't act recklessly! Remember, you are the leader of the Revolutionary Army!"
Koala quickly approached Dragon, trying to dissuade him.
The fact that Jin was allowing them to leave was already a blessing amidst misfortune.
Although losing Robin was a blow, judging by Jin's tone, he didn't seem intent on harming Robin.
And if what Jin said was true, that there was another person in this world who could read the Poneglyphs…
the Revolutionary Army could simply find that person as a replacement for Robin.
Calculated this way, the Revolutionary Army's losses approached zero.
This made Koala, who had just been surrounded and thought she was about to die here, feel like she had hit the jackpot.
She didn't want Dragon to let his paternal feelings get the better of him now and pick a fight with Jin.
Jin looked at Koala with interest.
He felt this girl was more suited to be the Revolutionary Army's Supreme Commander than Dragon.
After all, Koala had no relation to Luffy.
She wasn't like Dragon or Sabo, who would rush to help whenever something happened to Luffy, like Goku saving his master.
Koala, also a former slave, genuinely wanted only to overthrow the World Government and target the Celestial Dragons.
As for what happened to Luffy…
She wasn't interested.
She even thought that more pirates dying would only benefit the world.
After all, the suffering inflicted on ordinary civilians was split about evenly between pirates and the World Government.
However, no matter how much Koala tried to persuade him, Dragon still did not choose to leave.
Seeing Nami and Robin, two members of the Straw Hat crew, standing behind Jin, Dragon could conclude that, given his son's personality, once he found out about this, he would inevitably come to Jin to demand their return, regardless of the consequences.
And would this young man, who was even younger than Luffy, return them obediently?
"So, you still want to fight? What a thoughtful father."
Jin's lips curled into a smile, and a flicker of black flame ignited on his arm.
Whoosh— Boom!
However, in that instant, a blinding, howling gale centered around Dragon's body spread out in all directions.
Sunny's deck cracked, and Konan, who is floating above, and Hancock, who is standing behind, were directly blown away by the violent wind.
Nami and Robin behind Jin were also blown dozens of meters high into the night sky.
"Go!"
Dragon uttered a single low command.
He and Koala also rose like kites caught in the hurricane.
In the blink of an eye, they had flown hundreds of meters away.
"Slave Arrow!"
Hancock, who is blown into the air, drew her bow and fired peach-colored arrows.
But the moment they were shot, the arrows were instantly blown off their intended trajectory by the gale, falling into the endless sea.
Gyuki opened its mouth, intending to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb.
But the next second, it quickly closed its mouth.
'Dammit, if I use a Tailed Beast Bomb, wouldn't I blow up those two human women too?'
"Jin-nii, should we pursue?"
Konan asked, struggling to stabilize herself in the storm.
Jin glanced at Dragon's retreating figure, which is now small as a sesame seed.
He crossed his arms over his chest, suddenly striking a pose as if praising the sun.
"ZA WARUDO!!!"