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"Whiskey Peak turned into an unfamiliar city in just a few minutes. Pirates destroyed it in a terrifying scene, with devastation covering every corner, as there seemed to be nothing left but the destroyed skeletons and shattered buildings.
Bodies scattered everywhere, reflecting the horror and brutality of the pirate attack, with the heavy scent of blood permeating the area, mixed with the flames of burning fires and the rising smell of smoke.
The streets, once filled with pirate hunters, became empty, dark, and eerily silent, with fear and panic lurking in every corner, making staying in this environment extremely frightening.
Ren looked at Vivi, who cried in front of Igaram's exploded body.
*Crying..Crying*
"No...Igaram!"Her tears didn't stop falling, but Igaram's body didn't move.
"He's already dead."Ren's calm voice caught Vivi's attention.
Ignoring her fear of Ren, Vivi's sadness overwhelmed her, weighing heavily on her heart.
"No! Igaram can't die! If he's dead, then who should I rely on from now on?"The princess looked at the dark sky, her future as bleak as this night sky.
"Captain Ren, why don't we just kill her too?" Nami, disturbed by the continuous crying of the blue-haired girl, suggested killing her.
Ren laughed and looked at Nami, who had become a cold-blooded killer, and replied:"That won't solve anything, Nami.This girl in front of you is in a situation similar to yours a few months ago, You must know the feeling of helplessness and sadness very well."
Nami widened her eyes and looked at Vivi, who was kneeling on the ground, trying hard to hold back her tears but couldn't.
Nami understood the situation of the Arabasta Kingdom, Ren explained everything to them, thinking about the pain and pressures on this girl who seemed to be her age or younger, Nami's look became complicated.
Vivi showed no reaction when she heard Nami suggest killing her, closing her eyes, waiting for her inevitable fate.
These pirates killed hundreds of pirate hunters in front of her, why wouldn't they kill her too? Even if she was a princess, Vivi knew her fate had already been decided because she was involved in the plan to capture Ren and his crew.
"Give me your hands."
Vivi: ??
Upon hearing the cold-hearted girl with orange hair, Vivi opened her eyes and saw Nami offering her hand as a sign to help her get up from the ground.
Vivi hesitantly reached out her hand and took Nami's hand, Nami helped her stand up and patted her back.
"What happened has happened, you must think about the future now, don't you want to save your country?"
"How did you know-"Vivi was surprised, but Nami interrupted her.
"But don't forget that you are our prisoner, when the captain decides what to do with you, you will know the decision later."
Vivi nodded hesitantly.
Many questions filled her mind.
How did that person know her identity before? And how did he know that she was doing this to save her country? And why was he targeting Baroque Works agents?
But she could only remain silent when she saw Ren approaching them.
"Good job, Nami, Sometimes simple actions like these can bring you good karma."Ren ordered his crew to start boarding the ship, carrying the unconscious Mikita with him.
"What is karma, Captain?" Nami asked, tilting her head in curiosity.
"It's like: if you do good, you'll live well, and if you do bad, you'll live poorly." Ren said.
"So we'll live poorly?" Nami raised her head with a smile as a sign of her understanding of Ren's words.
"..."
Ren didn't know how to respond.
"Hahaha~" Nojiko laughed as she listened to the conversation and patted Nami's hair.
"You're silly, Nami~"
"I'm not silly!" Nami puffed her cheeks and pouted.
"Hey hey, you're not silly." Nojiko laughed, as Bell-mère looked at the interaction between the two with a smile on her face.
'They've become happy...Thank you, Ren,' she was very grateful to Ren.
And so, seven people boarded the ship, among them three agents from Baroque Works: Mr. 5, Miss Valentine, and Miss Wednesday, who had another identity, Vivi.
*Crash!*
Nami threw the unconscious Mr. 5's body and let go of the rope, throwing his body into a corner of the ship as ordered by Ren, who would return to him later.
'I hope she has come..'Ren muttered inwardly.
He activated his Observation Haki, covering the entire ship. The next moment, he smiled faintly and turned to look at the ship.
There, a mysterious woman sat quietly, a faint smile visible, half of her face covered by a cowgirl hat, giving her an air of mystery.
"Fufu~ Looks like you found me" the woman's enchanting voice said.
*Light!*
*Squeak~!*
Immediately after she spoke, Nami drew her sword, ready to attack, and Nojiko pointed Falcon at the strange woman who appeared on the ship.
"Who are you?" Nojiko asked coldly, her weapon ready to blow her head off.
Before the woman could answer, Ren waved his hand.
Upon seeing the signal from the captain, Nami and Nojiko stopped their actions and allowed him to pass.
"So, you're the Black Death that Mr. Zero paid great attention to him?"With a dark smile, the woman looked at him as if confirming.
"Oh, it's Miss All Sunday! The second person in the Baroque Works organization!" Finally recognizing the mysterious woman's identity, Vivi exclaimed with hesitation.
Hearing the girl's words, Nami looked at her deeply: 'So, this is the one Captain told us about...'
"Pleased to meet you, Miss All Sunday...Or should I say...Miss Robin." When Ren said the last part of his sentence, he had already used Soru and appeared in front of Robin.
"!!!"
Robin's eyes widened suddenly, and she was no longer as calm as she was at first.
Her heart raced, and her body trembled, How did he know? How did this person know her identity in just one encounter? He hadn't even seen her full face.
"How..."she said weakly, but cautiously. She knew the other party was strong, but she thought she could eliminate him using her Devil Fruit power.
Ren answered in a low voice: "How did I know you? That's simple. How could I forget a beautiful girl like you, especially one who can read Poneglyphs?" Ren laughed when he saw Robin's shocked expression once again.
Robin didn't focus on the flirtatious words Ren said and immediately focused on the last part, He knows who she really is, and it's not just words!
Because there's no one else in this world who can read Poneglyphs except her.
There were many others...but they were gone long ago, becoming just notorious demons, And she, too, was dubbed the Devil Child, but she was still alive.
She gritted her teeth, plotting her next move. She must kill this person here and now!
She crossed her arms across her chest, forming an "X" shape.
"Mill Fleur!"
She shouted loudly, using the power of her Devil Fruit, The next moment, five thin arms appeared around Ren's body and aimed a punch at him.
But Ren's expression remained unchanged. He quickly used Soru and dashed forward.
*Swish!*
He disappeared from Robin's sight for a moment, and when he reappeared, he was already near her.
The arms that were about to attack vanished due to his overwhelming speed.
Her face turned pale when she felt pain in her hands, and what made the situation worse was Ren, who was in front of her.
"Are you ready to listen to what I have to say?" Ren looked at Robin coldly.
She tried to attack him twice, so if she tried again, he wouldn't mind giving her a harsd lesson and making her listen to him the hard way.
Fear spread in Robin's heart, and she realized that there was no way out of this situation, She sighed and muttered in her mind:'So, this is the pirate worth 240 million berries? Now I understand why that damn Crocodile was so cautious, The Marines and the World Government wouldn't offer such a hefty reward without reason.'
"I don't want to kill you or hand you over to the Marines I'm a pirate, why would I bother with that? I just want you to cooperate with me to take down Crocodile, the leader of the Baroque Works organization, with irrefutable evidence!"
"W-wait...! How...How did you know?" Robin disappeared upon hearing Ren's statement. He knew her identity and her leader's identity. Did he have a vast and powerful intelligence network? No, that's unlikely... If he had it, they would have caught her long ago.
"There's no need to know my sources now, You'll understand everything in the future, By the way, didn't you come here today to hand me the Log Pose?"
Robin was truly speechless this time.
The previous shocks can be explained by the fact that this person had a mysterious and unknown source of information, but it is impossible to know why they came here!
Because she didn't tell anyone in the first place!
How?!
Who is this person?!
What is his origin?!
Why is he so mysterious?!
Robin's thoughts struggled, only a second passed in the real world, She was already numb from all the shocks she had experienced today, so she didn't show much reaction externally, but internally she was on the verge of collapse from excessive thinking.
"Yes...this is the Log Pose for Nanimonai Island, it's an island close to Arabasta-" Before she could finish her sentence, Ren's voice interrupted her: "I know, thank you."
"..."
Robin remained silent and dazed by what had happened, not fully grasping the situation yet.
"You said you wanted to take down crocodile?" She opened her mouth and sighed quietly.
In fact, if this person had said something like this a while ago, she wouldn't have taken his words seriously and would have considered it nonsense.
But after what happened and after he defeated her easily, she felt something strange about this man.
'It seems like he knows everything that happened and what's happening...'That's strange, I've never felt anything like this before.
Ren looked at Robin in front of him and said, "I'll give you my Den Den Mushi number, and you can call me anytime, I'll tell you about my plans."
"But I haven't agreed yet-"
"If you refuse, you will die" Ren said, in a cold voice.
"..."
Robin remained silent, and fear increased in her heart.
"Rhahaha...I'm just kidding, but if you refuse, many people will die because of you."
Robin opened her eyes and listened to Ren's words.
"Do you want the people of that country to suffer like what happened to Ohara years ago?" Immediately after hearing the name Ohara, Robin trembled and couldn't calm down anymore.
"Sh-shut up.."
But Ren continued: "If you refuse, thousands of young children will become homeless, and they will become like you, but they won't survive like you did because they don't have enough strength and willpower."
"Your goal is very dangerous, If the World Government finds out about it and conducts research in the kingdom of Arabasta, they won't hesitate to do so."
Robin raised her eyes and looked at him: "Do you mean...Buster Call?" She said the word with a trembling voice.
It brought her a lot of sadness after everything, Buster Call was what took away her family, her mother, and her island.
"I..."Robin remained silent, she was shocked by Ren's knowledge of all this, but she didn't ask because he had already told her that he wouldn't tell her his source of information.
After a few minutes of silence, and while Nami, Nojiko, and the other girls watched everything eagerly, Robin opened her mouth, tears in her eyes: "I agree, I'll help you with whatever you need."
"Good~"Ren smiled at her and reached out his hand to shake hers.
Robin hesitated, but after a moment, she shook Ren's hand with a troubled expression.
"There's no need to be afraid, Miss Robin, I know you're just a person trying to live while enduring the injustice of this world" Ren sighed and continued talking.
"Everyone knows that you didn't deserve what happened to you, but it was overlooked because the one responsible was the World Government and the Navy., You know well that power determines your fate in this world, so after our agreement ends, I'll help you hide from the eyes of the world government."
Robin looked at him in surprise and disbelief.
'He's helping me? Why? Why would someone like him help someone like me, I'm a devil.'
Robin's mood was disturbed by all the events that happened on this journey, and Ren's words only made her more disturbed.
She held back her tears and looked at Ren, stuttering and sincerely said: "Thank you.."
Ren handed her his Den Den Mushi number, and Robin gave him the Log Pose, then she quietly left on the back of a giant turtle.
In the dark calm sea, the moonlight shone and illuminated the path for the people of the world ,Tears could be seen falling behind Robin as she left, She didn't make a sound and didn't speak because inside her there was a storm of thoughts that wouldn't calm down.
A stranger brought back her vile memories, but he also brought back something called kindness and offered her help without asking for anything in return.
Robin was one of those people who could judge the sincerity of others accurately, based on her experience. She knew that Ren had no hidden intentions, or at least no malicious intentions.
"Ren... I'll remember this name well..."
After a long silence, this was the last sentence she uttered since leaving Ren's ship.
Robin quickly disappeared on the horizon, heading towards Arabasta.
Back to Ren.
He returned to his crew and reassured them that everything was fine, then looked at Mr. 5 who was unconscious.
"Who defeated him?" He pointed to him and looked at the girls. Nojiko quickly pointed to herself with pride.
She wanted Ren to praise her, and she got it when Ren patted her on the head and smiled at her.
"Oops!..my body...!" A soft voice came and entered their ears, They looked at Mikita, who woke up moaning from pain.
"Bring the remaining Sea Stone handcuffs we have, Nami."
"Aye Aye, Captain!"
Nami quickly complied and went to fetch handcuffs made of Sea Stone that they had looted from the Marines.
"Stay away from me!"Mikita screamed when she saw Ren handcuffing her, feeling immediately weakened and unable to move at all.
Her condition was already bad, and with the added effect of Sea Stone on the user of Devil Fruit, her situation became worse.
Ren put the handcuff key in his pocket, Mikita looked at him with a mix of fear and anger, but she didn't dare to speak arrogantly.
'Am I going to die here..? There are still so many things I haven't done yet!' Mikita screamed mentally.
But Ren didn't stay in front of her. Mikita looked at him as he headed towards the unconscious Mr. 5.
'They got him too.' Mikita wasn't in a position to worry about anyone, so she didn't care about Mr. 5.
Their relationship was within the boundaries of the Baroque Works organization; they were just business partners, nothing more.
'Hey, System, how do I use this Devil Fruit extraction feature? What are the conditions?'
The voice of Miss System quickly entered her mind: [There is only one condition: the target person must have been killed by the user personally.]
"I see." Ren nodded, and in the next moment, he pulled out his pistol from The Infinity Space.
His sudden movement caught everyone's attention, Mikita looked at the weapon that magically appeared in Ren's hand, her eyes narrowing.
'Is this his Devil Fruit ability?' Mikita tried to gather as much information as possible to escape from here.
Nami, Nojiko, and the other girls watched what Ren would do, although they had already guessed.
He placed his gun against Mr. 5's head, then pulled the trigger.
*Bang!*
The bullet exited and pierced Mr. 5's skull.
New crimson blood dripped onto the ship's surface, and Mr. 5's breathing ceased entirely.
There was a chilling silence on the ship.
Mikita looked at this with horror and fear.
'Am I next?' She could only form such thoughts in her mind.
Kaya and Lorena weren't used to the killings the captain carried out, but they endured and didn't complain.
While Nami and Nojiko were quite comfortable, nothing major happened anyway.
The disgusting man who used to throw his explosive mucus on people died? That's something worth celebrating!
Back to Ren, after killing Mr. 5, a new notification appeared from the System.
[Does the host want to extract the Devil Fruit from this corpse?]
"Yes."
A Devil Fruit appeared in The Infinity Space, It was a brown pineapple-shaped fruit with spiral patterns.
'Wow... just like that?' Ren said inwardly.
It must be said that this System is becoming scarier day by day.
Who knows what new features it will bring in the future?
After dealing with Mr. 5, Ren quickly grabbed his body and threw it into the sea.
"It's your turn." Ren pointed to Mikita. The poor girl saw Ren coming towards her with his weapon in hand and could only scream.
"No! Don't come! Don't kill me, please!"
Ren stood in front of her as he watched her frightened expression. He didn't put away his gun and said to her:"You have two options before you, Are you ready to hear them?"
"Yes!" She replied, trembling.
"The first option is death, and the second is to join me, to my pirate crew."
"I'll join you!"
Mikita replied quickly.
"..."
Ren and the girls behind him were surprised.
She was too quick in making her decisions.
Should we say she's determined or cowardly?
Mikita wasn't a coward, but no one wanted to die, Perhaps someone who has lived enough and achieved what they want in life might want to end their life.
[Ding! Congratulations host, for completing the hidden mission "Adding Mikita to the Crew" and obtaining a "Medium-level Energy Drink!"]
Upon reading the notification from the System, Ren felt a wave of excitement hitting his heart.
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