By the time the two of them finally found their target after many twists and turns, Nami was already panting from exhaustion.
After finally stopping to catch her breath, Nami was about to blame Luffy for running too fast.
But then she saw him already impatiently heading towards Ain.
'Damn, are you so anxious to see her?
We clearly agreed that day that you would give me a chance!'
Nami pursed her lips unwillingly and cast a resentful look at the two of them.
Ain, who also saw Luffy and was about to head over, noticed this gaze and turned his head to look over.
When she saw that the owner of the gaze was Nami, she proudly raised her chin and made a gesture of a victor.
'Humph, I almost forgot about you, a little girl who wanted to steal a house.
However, you should now face the reality and understand how deep the bond between him and me is.'
She was just feeling proud, but the first sentence Luffy said when he came to her broke her defence.
"Did Robin agree?"
Crack!
Ain clenched her fists instantly, and her previous pride was thrown out of the window.
The faint smile on her face was now transferred to Nami's face.
'Ha, I thought you were so powerful.
It turns out that he cares most about another woman.
Eh? Another woman?'
In an instant, the smile on Nami face disappeared.
The two women who were originally vaguely hostile quickly united as a front.
Strong resentment and anger poured towards Luffy.
The two women seemed to have experienced complicated mood changes. In fact, in reality, it had been less than half a minute since Luffy saw Ain.
So, when Luffy felt the two resentments rising to the sky, one in front and one behind.
He was stunned and stood there, not knowing what was going on.
'What's the matter? Why did she change her face so suddenly? she was obviously very happy to see me just now.'
"Ain, Nami, what's wrong with you?"
Luffy asked cautiously, retreating towards the wall.
Ain forced a smile.
"No, I just miss you too much, I'm a little happy"
"I'm fine, I'm just a little curious about the girl called Robin."
Nami showed the same smile.
The two girls approached Luffy from the left and right, slowly forcing him into a corner.
Luffy: "What are you doing? If you come any closer I'll yell!"
Ain: "Shout if you want to."
Nami: "But no one will come to save you even if you yell your throat out."
Just as Luffy was hiding in the corner, trying to yell his throat out, an untimely voice came in.
"How dare you boss Hina around, this is Hina's branch."
Hina, who had fled before, walked in from outside.
Her expression was calm, and she didn't look at Luffy, as if nothing had happened before.
But
Luffy lowered his eyes and looked at the short skirt she changed into, with a look on his face that was as expected.
Sensing someone's gaze, Hina paused and felt wet again.
She gritted her teeth and forced herself not to think about it, and asked Ain with a stern face:
"You can be the captain when you get back to your own ship.
First, why did you rush to call Hina over?"
"No, senior, don't talk nonsense."
With outsiders around, Ain returned to his previous shy appearance.
Nami didn't care, glared at Luffy fiercely, and made a mouth shape of "wait for me". She saw the expressions and small movements of the two.
Hina didn't know why, but suddenly felt very uncomfortable.
Before she could think too much, Ain, who adjusted his mood, immediately talked about business.
"Captain Hina, Captain, this time in Alabasta, I have made an important discovery."
Ain looked serious, which immediately attracted the attention of Hina and Nami.
When Luffy heard that it was Alabasta, he guessed what Ain was going to say.
This was one of the reasons why he sent Ain there.
"While my subordinates were shopping for supplies, I accidentally discovered that someone in the country was using a banned item - dancing powder.
Out of my duty as a marine, I took the initiative to investigate.
Later, I discovered that the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Crocodile, was behind this.
The other party intended to use dancing powder throughout the kingdom to artificially create drought.
What's more terrifying is that he secretly promoted public opinion and had the intention of overthrowing the current royal family."
"What?! How dare he!"
Hina could no longer remain calm and shouted in shock and anger.
No wonder she was so angry. Alabasta was her jurisdiction.
This happened under her nose. As the highest commander, she had an unshrinkable responsibility.
"No, Hina must report to the headquarters now. This is a major event concerning the allied countries and the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The Fleet Admiral must be informed as soon as possible."
Hina hurried out, ready to go back to her office to call Sengoku.
But when she walked to the door and was about to leave, she found that Luffy did not react at all, as if he was not in a hurry at all.
"Luffy, why are you still standing there? Come and let's go report to the Fleet Admiral together!"
Luffy remained unmoved. He crossed his arms and looked at Hina, staring at her pretty face, as if he wanted to see a flower.
"You, why are you looking at me like that?"
Hina took a step back guiltily and said weakly
"What? What do you think I am doing?"
Luffy snorted coldly and hooked his finger at her. Hina frowned and took two steps forward hesitantly. Before she could react,
Luffy put his hands on her shoulders, asked her to face him seriously:
"Sister Hina, do you remember the bet just now?
Now tell me, who is the highest official in this room?"
"This, you, Hina..."Hina stuttered and wanted to refute.
Ain and Nami beside her had not seen the fight between the two in the training ground, and did not know that they had made a bet.
At this time, they were looking at Hina with confusion, not understanding what the deep meaning was.
Under the gaze of the three people, Hina struggled for a long time before she let out a sigh of relief and weakly admitted:
"It's you, Captain."
"NANI——!"*2
Ignoring the two women who were exclaiming, Luffy held Hina's cheeks with both hands.
With curved eyebrows, he happily praised:
"Keeping promises and doing what you say, Captain Hina is indeed an excellent example of our marine."
He rubbed his hands vigorously, changing Hina's face into several shapes.
Angrily slapping his dog paws, Hina didn't know whether she was angry or embarrassed.
Her little face was flushed, and she was breathing heavily, and the towering mountains rose and fell..
"Hmm." Luffy cleared his throat and stopped playing tricks.
He withdrew his hand and paced around the room in a pretentious manner.
Then he waved his hand and said:
"Pass on my order, and order for G27 branch and guerrilla members to assemble immediately.
Leave for Alabasta in 30 minutes!"
"Luffy!" Hina exclaimed
"Hmm? What did you call me?"
Facing his gaze, Hina gritted her teeth and changed her words:
"Captain, what we are doing is against the rules.
Without the world government's permission, whether it is arresting the Seven Warlords of the Sea or interfering in the internal affairs of the allied nation, we will be punished.
Please contact the headquarters first and get the approval of Fleet Admiral Sengoku before making any plans."
Speaking of Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Hina deliberately emphasized her tone, hoping to make Luffy retreat.
But who is Luffy? actually want to use the Fleet Admiral to pressure him.
With a sneer, Luffy nodded to Ain and Nami and asked them to carry out the order.
The two women were accustomed to obeying Luffy's orders. After he asked, they immediately left to convey it.
And Luffy walked up to Hina step by step, and under her nervous mood, he put his arm around her shoulders, leaned close to her ear and whispered:
"Sister Hina, by the time the Fleet Admiral and the old men in the world government have finished arguing, the opportunity will have long gone.
As a direct subordinate of the Fleet Admiral, I have the right to decide on my own how to deal with this emergency.
And you, as a member of the guerrilla's squad, just need to obey orders, do you understand?"
The boy's hot breath slapped behind her ears as he spoke.
Hina felt an inexplicable flame suddenly rising from the deepest part of her heart, quickly spreading to her cheeks and whole body.
Her pink skin instantly became as hot as if it was burned.
Hina bit her lower lip tightly, trying her best to control the abnormality of her body, and lowered her head to try to cover her increasingly rosy face.
Luffy looked at the pink earlobe that was so close to him, and resisted the urge to put it in his mouth.
He took the initiative to let go of his hand and coughed: "Go ahead and follow the orders."
"...Yes, Captain."
Leaving these words, Hina fled away.
This was her second time to flee in such a miserable way today.
Luffy smiled at her back, put his hands in his pockets with satisfaction, and walked out.
Although Hina had verbally agreed to join the guerrillas, she was still the base commander of the G27 branch before the appointment from the headquarters was issued.
With her order, the G27 branch immediately took quick action.
Boxes of supplies were sent to the warship, and the elite marines were fully armed and quickly lined up to board the ship.
Not to mention the guerrillas, no matter what they were doing before.
As soon as the special order sent by Luffy issued, they all put it down immediately. The matters at hand were quickly assembled.
After all the preparations were done, Luffy took Hina on his own speedboat.
At his command, a fleet of four warships, one small, three large, and more than 1,500 people left the port and set off for Alabasta.
At this time, Crocodile, who didn't know he was betrayed, finally returned to the Rainbase.
In the manager's office of Rain Dinners, a ball of yellow sand appeared out of thin air, circled the room, and slowly condensed into a human shape on the office chair.
The man with a slicked-back hair and a black fur coat looked gloomy and scanned the room to confirm again.
Then he picked up the Den Den Mushi and ordered:
"Ask Miss all sunday to come see me."
The person on the other end of the phone recognized his boss's voice.
After hesitating for a moment, he reported in a low voice:
"Boss, the manager is not in Rainbase. She left three days ago.
I don't know the specific situation. Do you need me to call the deputy manager to report to you?"
'Not here? Where did that woman go?
he just came back from the performance and wanted to know how his subordinates completed their tasks during his absence.
But since Robin came and showed her strong talent, he handed these things over to her.
Now that this capable assistant is not here, he doesn't know who to ask.'
"You ask him to come to the office."
"Yes!"
The person on the other end of the phone answered, and waited for the boss to hang up before running to find someone.
Crocodile didn't have to wait too long. Just a few minutes later, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door.
Knock knock knock!
"Come in."
Crocodile watched the short old man wipe his sweat and carefully push the door open.
He asked directly:
"What did Miss All Sunday say before she left? Did she explain why she was leaving?"
"Yes, yes, the manager told me everything."
The old man put away his handkerchief, lowered his head and bent his waist, and told Crocodile everything.
"The manager received a message from the capital that day, it seemed that the people there were in trouble and needed the manager to solve it personally.
So three days ago, the manager temporarily handed over the management of Rain Dinners to me and left with two newly recruited personnel."
"The capital? New personnel?"
Crocodile repeated.
The old man nodded in affirmation and thought that the boss was interested in the two new subordinates.
He explained their origins and emphasized his contribution.
After he finished speaking, Crocodile frowned and didn't speak.
He tapped the table with his fingers, and felt something was wrong.
He never trusted anyone, even if this person was Robin who had always performed well and had common demands with him.
Knock~knock~knock~
knocking again and again, like hitting the old man's heart.
In this depressing atmosphere, the old man couldn't help but take out his handkerchief and wipe the sweat from his forehead.
But as he moved, the sweat not only did not decrease, but it became more and more.
Until his whole body was soaked with sweat, Crocodile knocked hard on the table.
Bang!
"Call her immediately and tell her that something happened to Rain Dinner. Don't mention my name."
"Yes, yes, I'll call right away."
The old man hurriedly took out his Den Den Mushi and called Robin.
But after more than ten minutes, no one answered the phone.
Even a fool would know that something was wrong.
Crocodile gritted his teeth, veins on his face bulged, and a sandstorm appeared out of nowhere and swept across the entire office.
"That woman... I won't forgive her!"
Bang!
With a loud noise, the whole Rain Dinner trembled.
The passers-by outside were startled, and when they looked up in the direction of the sound, they saw a ball of yellow sand rapidly moving eastward, and a big hole in the Rain Dinner, with puffs of black smoke coming out.
"Nico Robin, just wait for me!"
Da, da, da——
"Hmm?"
Walking in the dark tunnel of the royal tomb, Robin suddenly stopped and looked back in the direction he came from.
"What's wrong, Miss Robin?"
The current King of Alabasta, Cobra, noticed her movements and also stopped and turned to ask
"It's nothing, let's keep going."
Robin smiled and shook her head, and continued to move towards the goal.
Cobra looked at her in confusion, and when he saw that she didn't make any extra moves, he let down his guard and continued to lead the way. The guards around who had stopped because of the two people's actions saw this and started walking again.
In addition to Robin and King Cobra, the group included Captain Igaram of the Kingdom Guard and his two lieutenants, Pell of the Falcon and Chaka of the Jackal.
Of course, there was also the most precious pearl in their hearts besides the king.
The princess of the kingdom, Her Highness Nefertari Vivi.
These people were almost all the high-level officials of the Kingdom of Alabasta.
And the reason why they came to this tomb where the kings of all generations were buried together was all because of the woman who suddenly visited the king two days ago.
"Sister Robin, what exactly is Pluto?
Why does Crocodile want to usurp the Kingdom of Alabasta for this?"
Walking in the dark passage, only the lantern in Cobra's hand could bring a little light.
The 12-year-old princess was not afraid in this environment. She boldly came to the dangerous person Robin and took the initiative to ask.
The three kingdom warriors were frightened by the princess's boldness. Igaram was so anxious that he wanted to rush over and take the princess away.
But Cobra stretched out a hand and stopped the reckless Igaram. Robin didn't care about Igaram's distrust of herself, and looked down at this extraordinary little princess.
She explained to her gently and patiently:
"Pluto, the god of the underworld, was as famous as Poseidon, the god of the sea, and Uranus, the king of the sky, in ancient times. He was one of the three weapons that were said to be able to destroy the world. According to legend, it was a super battleship that could destroy an island with one shot."
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