Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 144 Precursor of an Eventful Night

"Damn the Franky family! Dare to snatch something from the pirates! It's courting death!!!!" Nami couldn't help but gritted her teeth and roared while following the pink swordfish.After the pink swordfish took Nami around eight turns, it suddenly disappeared after turning a corner. Nami hurriedly pulled the rein in her hand in amazement to slow down the swordfish carrying her.

"Encore's swordfish is gone here, so Usopp should be around here." Looking around anxiously, Nami suddenly saw a crowd of people not far away, and from time to time there came "There is Does anyone know him?" "Being beaten badly" and other sentences.Suddenly there was a bad feeling in my heart, and when I thought about what Anke said just now that Usopp was beaten badly, Nami hurriedly stopped Swordfish nearby, ran over to look at the crowd, and was stunned for a moment: Usopp, who had been beaten to pieces all over his body, lay there in a large font. The exposed skin was all wounds, and his proud long nose was also discounted. He seemed to be dying without consciousness at all.

"Usopp!! Usopp cheer up!!!", rushing up to help Usopp, but Nami felt unable to do so, because just touching the wounds all over his body seemed to bring him great pain.I had to shout loudly: "Usopp!! It's okay, wake up!!"

"Hey, hello," a bystander asked at this moment, "Are you all pirates?"

"Aren't you annoying! Don't stare at me!!" Nami turned around and roared angrily, turning around and helping Usopp, who was struggling to breathe, "Usopp, it's the Franky family who Got it??? Where are they!!"

After panting hard for a long time, Usopp said intermittently and weakly: "That's right...I'm really...too weak...cough cough..." After coughing a few times, Usopp finally breathed hard again. He said guiltily: "The money... was all taken away..." and tried to open his eyes to look at the surprised Nami. Usopp couldn't hold back the tears anymore, and said with a sob: "I really... have no face to go See you all...I finally got rich...I was able to repair the Merry, but I...I really lose face...Damn it!..." He said that he couldn't cry at the end, and the crying sound was full of grief and anger. Self-blame, deep self-blame.

And hearing Usopp's words, Nami also felt uncomfortable. After all, she already knew that the Golden Merry could not be repaired just now, but Usopp's appearance completely made her unable to open her mouth to say anything about the ship. .Resisting the indignation in her heart, Nami said to Usopp firmly but gently: "I see, Usopp. Don't worry about the money, we will definitely get it back!!"

Nami gritted her teeth and looked at the scars all over Usopp's body. She knew that moving without authorization would make things worse, so she carefully helped him to the side wall and leaned against the wall. Usopp said: "Usopp, wait here for a while, I will call some helpers on the boat, and I will also ask Chopper to come and treat you. Don't worry about the money being taken away. There seems to be some guys' stronghold in front of us , we will rush in and make a big fuss later and deal with them."

The crowd around were still looking at the scarred Usopp and muttering, Nami turned around and roared: "You guys, what are you talking about!!" After seeing the crowd back a few steps in surprise, Nami said to Usopp: "Usopp is waiting for me here!!" and then quickly ran to the BULL parked on the shore.The crowd looked at Nami who left without hesitation in surprise: "Can you leave him here?"

"Hurry up, little swordfish!!!", holding the cash box in one hand and the rein in the other, Nami kept urging, thinking a little angrily in her heart: "Why did Enke know that Usopp was injured early on?" But refuse to come in person? ?What is more important to her than her partner? ?What happened to Robin, and Encore needs to solve it himself? ?What is it about this city that makes Encore so scruples that he has to keep pretending to be someone else? ? ?Why on earth! ! ! '

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Over there, Anke, who was walking towards the city center with an umbrella, just glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye. A few people occasionally passed by on the seemingly normal street, but Anke just smiled and turned into an empty street. in the alley.When passing a bridge, Anke transformed into a clone and walked towards the bridge towards the opposite side, while he himself took the opportunity to stand invisible at the bridge head and look at the opposite side leisurely.

Just when the illusory Encore was about to walk across the bridge, suddenly a man in a black suit walked towards him, walking in a hurry, and then accidentally bumped into Anke, although she avoided it carefully, but A small glass bottle containing a beautiful blue liquid fell dramatically from the man and shattered on the ground.The crisp voice did not attract the attention of passers-by on the street, but the man on the opposite side seemed to be looking forward to the pair of big purple eyes exposed behind the encore mask. The greed and expectation that could not be concealed on the man's face made people nausea.

However, the transfigured Encore just tilted his head in doubt and looked at the man who seemed to be staying there, and then asked softly, "Sir, are you alright?"

Finding that Encore didn't show the changes he expected, the man suddenly seemed a little discouraged, waved his hands casually and said impatiently: "It's okay, next time you walk, keep your eyes open!"

"I'll pay attention..." Without pointing out the man's problem, Fake Encore just nodded, and then left leisurely holding an umbrella.And a certain real behind-the-scenes mastermind, ah no, the protagonist is still standing on the bridge, watching the man step on the scattered blue liquid on the ground, and then walk away cursing in a low voice.

After a while, a long-nosed figure quietly came to Shiqiao, walked over and lowered his body to rub the blue liquid on the ground with his hands, and found that it turned out to be extremely fine crystals.Take out the handkerchief and collect some and continue to follow the phantom of Encore.But after a few minutes, he returned to the spot, looked around suspiciously, and then quickly walked in the direction of the man just now.

'Hehe, want to fight with me?I have said that tears are useless to my illusion, ah yes... I don’t seem to have told them, Lieutenant General Dika who knows, doesn’t know where he was taken by that kid Raphael,’, slightly Knocking on his head in annoyance, Anke suddenly sighed helplessly: "Isn't it good to just stay where you are, Mr. Usopp? What should we do now? Go to Robin's side first or Usopp's side... "After thinking about it carefully, Encore decided to find the lost Luffy first and let him and Sauron solve Usopp's problem, while he himself went to bring out the disappeared Robin.

Among the stacked houses, people come and go, and the environment on the Watergate elevator is different from the slightly dirty street under the tall iron fence.Basically, the streets are full of people wearing masks and wearing gorgeous clothes, and there are also ordinary citizens in ordinary clothes. However, the entire city of water has not found the girl who was holding a white umbrella and wearing a white mask a few minutes ago, nor has she found a black mid-length man. A calm woman with long hair, and from the beginning to the end, there has never been a little girl who likes to wear a white kimono and carry two knives on her back.

And the thin figure who has been following Encore from far or near is running eagerly in various streets and alleys, his eyes are constantly sweeping around, and at the same time, he is using his knowledge and domineering to detect the existence of Encore, but unfortunately there is still no one. A little clue, 'Damn it!Where did it go? ?The illusion I practiced is already very strong, but unfortunately I still can't completely find out where she is. Even so, I can barely catch her, but now it's even more troublesome, the breath has completely disappeared...

Where exactly? ?Witch! ! ! '

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"It's strange, I remember that Miss Nami said that Usopp seems to be here..." Riding a swordfish to the place where Usopp was found before, Sanji looked around in doubt at the deserted street.

"According to Nami, Usopp is seriously injured, and he shouldn't be able to go far.", holding the knife handle and jumping to the shore, Sauron frowned slightly.Chopper, on the other hand, smelled the smell and stared at the ground carefully. When he saw blood spots extending far away on the road, he immediately ran over, squatted down, wiped the ground with his fingers, and said, "This is... blood. ?!"

Just as the three of them were staring at the blood on the ground in surprise, a "Wow!!!!" suddenly came from the sky.So the three raised their heads silently, and when they saw the straw hat worn by the man who fell from the sky, they were immediately speechless.Then I saw a certain foodie who was supposed to be in the middle of the river according to the track, do a backflip in the air smartly, jump back to the bank where they were standing with their backs facing them, and then put on the straw hat and handle it smartly Put it in front of your mouth in a trumpet shape and yell, "Usopp!!"

"That's Luffy..." Sanji said blankly, his eyes wide open.

"Ah, it's Luffy." After closing his eyes and calming down for a while, Sauron replied lightly: "The move just now should be taught by Encore, I remember she used a similar move when she was on that long chain island last time. moves..."

"Luffy is so handsome..." Chopper, who no longer knew what to say, stared blankly at Luffy in front of him.

Hearing a voice from behind, Luffy turned around and saw Sauron and the others staring at him with different expressions. When he remembered what was going on, he immediately said to them anxiously: "The big thing is not good, Usopp and Qian were both abducted. gone!!"

"I already know, come on, we are planning to go to those guys' base camp now." Sanji bit his cigarette and looked at the blood in front of him, "Maybe that guy will think it's his fault and go to Franky alone The family has gone to settle accounts."

"Enke told me too," he reached out and took out a transparent crystal bottle from his trouser pocket. Inside was a ball of light glowing like a blue ball. Lu Fei quietly glanced at the bottle A strange light kept shining, "This is given to me by Encore, it can heal about half of Usopp's injuries, but..."

"Little cutie's eyes haven't fully healed yet, right? Healing half of her injuries will still be a heavy burden on her. And most importantly, it's the ability of the sixth realm, which means that cutie was useless at that time Illusion to cover myself..." He led the way to the headquarters of the Franky family, Sanji's voice was so low that only Luffy and the others who were walking near him could hear, "Grandma Kokoro said that this city of water is everywhere The people of the World Government, if..."

"No one saw the encore, and all of them were given to me with my ability. But at that time, I felt that she seemed very uncomfortable," Luffy said calmly, holding the bottle tightly in his hand, "She said, There's a lot going on on this island. She's going to find those who might be bad for us before she comes here. And..."

"Usopp and Qian, she feels very sorry, because she has the ability to be domineering, she must know the general process of what happened. But because of the disguised identity, she can't go away," , Zoro took Luffy's words and calmly guessed, "Right, Luffy?"

Although a little surprised by Sauron's intuition, Luffy just nodded silently, and then put the blue crystal bottle back into his trouser pocket.

"Even if you can know it with domineering, it's not cute's fault. After all, she's in a very troublesome situation..." Frowning tightly, Sanji decided not to tell them about Robin after being silent for a few seconds. At least what Encore just said to him will not tell Luffy and them for the time being.

"Anyway, let's go over and kick that Franky family now!", Sauron clenched the hilt of his sword with a look of anger on his face.

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In the dark green space, there are flowing and floating scenes at a glance.The space is not bright, but it is enough for people to see the area within a radius of five meters. There is a brown wooden table in the space, and two chairs are placed on both sides. A woman with half-long hair thinking about something, a woman in a short black dress and black boots puts her hands on the table and clenches them tightly.After looking at the surrounding scene, Enke, who had returned to his original state, was slightly speechless, and narrowed his left eye with a little contempt, "This space is so ugly..."

Seeing that Robin who was sitting there hadn't found himself, Anke automatically walked over and pulled the remaining chair and sat down. The sound of the trident being lightly placed on the table caught the attention of Robin who was in deep thought. When he looked up and saw clearly who the child sitting opposite him was, his eyes widened immediately: "Miss Deputy Captain?! Why are you here??"

"Yo~ why can't I come here?" Encore blinked his scarlet left eye at Robin who was inexplicably panicked, and the strange black number 'six' was flowing with a touch of indifference, "I said not to cause any trouble. Trouble, Nico Robin."

"It's a pity that I found the trouble this time..." Robin tried to raise the corners of his lips, still like a gentle smile but there was no trace of a smile, "This city is far from being as clean as it looks .Or, because of our existence, the city is also polluted..."

"Oh~ I don't think so~~, if the city is polluted, it's fine to dye it the same color?", stretching out his right hand to grab the trident on the table, Encore smiled Watching it slowly shrink to about 40 cm in my hands, "Your destiny is in your own hands, Nico Robin. No matter how dark the past is, you still need to rely on your own strength To go beyond it, no matter what is in your way, you need to overcome it. Moreover, no matter what you can use can be a shield, this is the only requirement for you to survive. Moreover, you should have done a lot of betraying those so-called It’s about your partner. So, I’m a little curious, you should be the type to obediently follow others.”

"Not everyone is as strong as you, Ms. Deputy Captain. With such a past, you can still look forward. Compared with you, my past is indeed not miserable. But, I... am drifting in the world alone For 20 years, all I saw was the ugliness of people’s hearts, so I can only learn to betray and learn to survive alone.”, the corners of her lips were raised hard and finally unable to support a pale smile, Robin looked at the encore on the table. Holding the trident, "I... I'm really tired... The last thing I can do may be to repay Captain Luffy's life-saving grace..."

"Oh, so negative? What did those people CP9 and those guys say to you to make you so depressed all of a sudden?", the little head swayed from side to side. Dai Senran's different pupils are a bit frightening, "What is the bargaining chip that can threaten you?"

"Who knows... After they brought me here, they disappeared. But I can roughly guess what they want to do. CP9 is a very strong organization, plus..."

"Slaughtering Demon Order~~" The raised tone was joyful, and An Ke smiled cutely, "That's pretty funny, but now I can definitely defeat them~~"

"It's a pity that I'm not the vice-captain, you...", Robin murmured in a low voice, and Robin looked down at the unconsciously twisted hands, and then fell silent. The demon-slaying order 20 years ago destroyed her belonging. During the bombardment, she watched with her own eyes the people she loved the most were buried in the tree of omniscience, and buried in the flames with precious and important documents. For 20 years, that scene seems to be vivid in my memory, as if it just happened yesterday.The Demon Slaughter Order... has always been a nightmare that she cannot escape.

Seeing Robin's appearance, Anke could easily guess what she was thinking, and changed the subject with a smile, "How many guys from CP9 have you met? Their ability is not bad, right now they are hiding on the island. The strongest one is only a little stronger than Luffy, but Luffy can definitely defeat him and go to the next level~~ If CP9 is dealt with on this island, it should be fine~~"

"Miss Deputy Captain, you can indeed solve CP9, but if you are discovered, this so-called water capital should also be destroyed by the government using some excuse. After all, you also know that you are now in the world. You are already a dead person in your eyes, and it is impossible for the government to leave any evidence that you are still alive." Slowly raising his head, Robin looked directly into Anke's eyes, "Miss Vice Captain, you are indeed very strong. The combat power of yours is definitely not your opponent now, and cp9 will indeed be easily eliminated by you, but... what is different now from five years ago is that you now have someone to protect, and the captain and the others are not capable at all. It is still an unknown question whether you can survive the Demon Slaughter Order and defeat all members of CP9. No matter how strong you are alone, you cannot protect all of them in a chaotic war. In addition, if If the opponent is you, the Navy will never use the Demon Slaying Order to arrest you. At that time..."

Hearing that Robin said exactly what she was thinking, Enke let out a deeper smile, "Yes, I have been thinking about this problem. But~ I have a solution~~~. And it is once and for all kind of~”

"Once and for all? You really deserve to be Miss Vice Captain..." There seemed to be a smile on her face, but the next second Robin's tone was just unspeakably bitter, "It's a pity, I'm far less powerful than you. Now I can only Exchange the conditions I want with the bargaining chips I have that can make others scruple."

"If you do this, those people will only take advantage of what you want to protect to intensify threats and make you compromise. In addition, you should be clear about Luffy's character. He is absolutely impossible to agree with your approach. After all, he is now But I regard you as a true partner."

"I know, Mr. Captain, he is a very kind and simple person. So..."

The smile on the corners of his lips was slightly restrained, Anke looked at Robin quietly, a gleam of understanding slipped in his heart, and then he spoke lightly, talking about topics that are irrelevant at this moment, "I remember your dream is to find that blank 100-year History. Got a clue?"

"Well, I found it. It was written on the huge clock tower on Sky Island that One Piece led all the ancient information he recorded to the last place. At that time, I did find out what the next step is to work hard, and I also think I I will follow this pirate ship to the end..." After a pause, Robin continued in a low voice: "However, there are always accidents in the world, and accidents catch me by surprise. But...forget it, it's enough now It's enough. It's really enough..."

Seeing Robin's appearance, Anke knew that she had made up her mind to do what she wanted, no matter what the consequences would be, she would go her own way, because for a person who was already tired from life, even if the sky fell When she came down, she also stubbornly believed in her own thoughts.To rekindle her confidence in living, unless she sees new hope and gives her the courage to go hand in hand with her partner, everything is useless.

Asking herself, Anke is very clear that she does not have the ability to save a person from the abyss of despair. She should be better at giving a person despair, or even darker power.Saving others and giving others hope is too bright, and it is out of reach for her who is covered in blood.So she didn't know what to say to Robin who had made up her mind at the moment.

"What they want are ancient weapons, and the chips they use to threaten you are..." After a pause, An Ke pursed his lips lightly and then said, "Luffy and the others?"

"more or less……"

"Hehe, this deal of yours doesn't seem to benefit you at all~~ Ancient weapons plus the whole world and even your sacrifice are exchanged for Luffy's and their lives, are you willing?"

"You should be very clear, Mr. Captain is worth it. I should have been buried with Alabasta's tomb a long time ago. Mr. Captain saved me. Being able to go to the empty island to find clues that have been blank for 100 years is also the reason for following Mr. Captain. So I have always been very grateful to him. If... I can exchange my useless life for his safe journey...", the smile slowly rising from the corner of Robin's mouth is real but decisive, "I will not hesitate..."

Seeing Robin's determined look, Anke smiled and looked straight at her and said, "You're a pretty good person, if you're really thinking about Luffy and the others, then I can help you to a certain extent." .At least it won't let you be tortured under the control of CP9~~ This can be regarded as the last gift for you.

A little surprise was written on his face, Robin didn't expect that Encore actually said to help him realize his plan.

"Are you surprised? Actually, it's nothing. As I said earlier, I will never let go of what I can use. Anyway, I have nothing to do here this time. I just came to see what you will do. If it has nothing to do with Straw Hat Sea As for the thieves, I will not reveal my identity without permission, but if it hurts Luffy and the others a little bit, you should guess what I want to do.", tilting his head mischievously, Anke's eyebrows and eyes crooked with a smile, " But ah, you also know that I will not say anything to stop you. As long as it is beneficial to me, even if the cost is the life of an acquaintance, I don't care. So, it is absolutely impossible for you to hear anything from me to persuade you to turn back words."

Robin couldn't tell what the feeling in his heart was, it seemed like disappointment but more like a sigh of relief.She guessed that Dao Anke couldn't be the kind of person who softened his heart or rescued someone because he knew someone. If she suddenly showed kindness to save someone, it was either on her whim, or she thought that person There is also the value of use.And this time, the reason for saying to help her complete the plan may be very simple. One is to use her to confuse CP9's vision so that I don't get into this trouble. Deep Luffy them. "Mr. Captain is really lucky... to have Miss Deputy Captain so painstakingly eliminate all enemies that can stand in front of him..." After a moment of silence, Robin suddenly laughed at himself, "Why am I not like this, for some talents A partner who has known each other for a few months and then abandons the whole world.But...they're worth it...'

No longer paying attention to what Robin was thinking, Enke, who jumped off the chair and wandered around, once again looked at the green space he was in with disdain, "Speaking of it, this space is really ugly. The green space is constantly distorting It looks so disgusting... My hell realm is very beautiful, even though the sixth realm is a bit dark, it is also very beautiful. It doesn’t have any aesthetics at all like this.”

Knowing that the conversation just now had come to an end, Robin said lightly: "It's really a bit ugly, the space tunnel in the colorful fog last time was a bit more beautiful..."

"Yeah, besides, the ability user who threw you here is too weak. I've been here for a long time, but I don't know..." said with a little contempt again, An But bouncing around leisurely, "No wonder that kid Rafael claims to be the strongest among Devil Fruits. He can throw people wherever he wants, and roll wherever he wants. He is elusive, like that... It’s like a ghost! Every time when I’m so busy, I come out and say I’m going to play! Really, I’m still a child, he, Luffy is not so clingy!”

Listening to Anke's words getting more and more off topic, Robin smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Raphael's starting point is only for your own good, and thanks to him, you have also gained a lot of benefits, haven't you?"

"Well, I don't know what he wants to do at the moment. Simply put, it's hard to say whether it's a lucky star or a time bomb..." Reaching out and pressing the water drop pendant under his clothes, Anke puffed his cheeks and said, "Or Lian is better, an obedient younger brother, and his thoughts are simple and easy to guess~~"

Thinking of the boy who was sent away, Robin still smiled faintly: "Mr. Lian is also very powerful..."

"Anyway, it's just a child~~~~", Tilting his head and nodding in satisfaction, Anke suddenly frowned slightly, remembering that when she forcefully sent Lian away, his face was full of disbelief and injury .Sighing helplessly, Anke turned around and picked up the trident on the table, skillfully twirling his fingertips before the trident returned to its original size, "Forget it, now is not the time to discuss these things, you may not know it yet, The original purpose of CP9 was the blueprint of the ancient weapon "Pluto". They suspected that the blueprint was in the hands of the iceberg, so they would lurk in the capital of water. However, because of your appearance, their plan has changed. The reason why they put The reason why you took it away should be that it doesn’t matter if you can’t get the design of the iceberg. As long as you are in the hands of the navy who can understand the historical text, Pluto will be found sooner or later. So CP9’s latent operation may end in the near future. And you could be used in their schemes as well."

"Weapon design??" Robin stared wide-eyed in surprise. She never imagined that there are people in the world who possess the design of ancient weapons, but then she calmed down and said, "Miss Vice Captain, you really know enough." Clearly, then you should even know how many people in CP9 are here, and who owns the design of "Pluto", right?"

"Of course~~", the left hand that didn't hold the trident pressed the scarlet left eye, and no one could see the helplessness that slipped through Encore's eyes, "Even the well-trained CP9 still can't hide his heart, Those ugly plans can be seen at a glance..."

"Miss Vice Captain, you've worked hard too..." Robin said softly, and Robin didn't say anything else.After all, you can see the insidious, cunning and intriguing inner world of others all the time. Enke will indeed live a very tiring life. No wonder he protects the pure-hearted Luffy so much, because staying by his side can completely relax, and you don’t have to worry about it. Always worried that he would betray himself.Being able to smile genuinely, to be able to truly do what she wants to do, these are things that she never dared to think about when she was living a life of intrigue and escape, so she desperately protected that boy, and she also For this reason.

Looking up at the green space, Anke touched the trident in his hand and said with a smile: "Then you can stay here, I'm going out first. The matter of the Golden Merry has not been settled yet, and I don't know what's going on outside. What happened to Luffy and the others..."

"Goodbye, Miss Vice Captain...", still sitting there, Robin looked at Encore without a smile: "Goodbye..."

"Goodbye...", stretched out his hand and used the trident to open the space that was not pleasing to the eye at the beginning, Anke walked out without looking back, the slightly indifferent different pupil was not moved by leaving Robin here, the corners of his lips The smile is as innocent and hypocritical as ever,
"Sure enough, except for you, no one else can make me really let go of my defenses and protect them sincerely, Luffy..."

In the green space, Robin, who was sitting there alone, seemed extremely lonely. She slowly raised her head and looked at the space where only herself was left. Her eyes were full of bewilderment. After a long time, she suddenly laughed. It's like the usual fake smile, but the kind of laugh out loud, full of sadness and despair. After laughing inexplicably, Robin stood up slowly and walked forward, but he kept walking straight forward But it's back to where it was.Staring blankly at the chair that Encore used to sit on, Robin murmured to himself: "If only I were as strong and strong as you, Miss Deputy Captain. Then I will be able to solve these things by myself, Captain. Sir, they won't get into trouble in the next few days. I... I really am a disaster... I obviously want to protect them, but I can protect them only on the premise of hurting them... Hehehehe... What is this... …

However, you are so lucky, Ms. Deputy Captain... You are obviously a demon feared by people all over the world, but you have met people who want to protect you sincerely. Mr. Captain, Mr. Swordsman, they have unknown backgrounds but their backgrounds Raphael-kun who is very powerful, Ren-kun who suddenly appeared but is loyal to you... There will be more in the future.Hehehe...hahaha! ! ! ", slightly hysterical laughter echoed in the eerily quiet space, and Robin slowly knelt down on the ground.

The laughter slowly died down and finally died down, and Robin looked at the ground, his eyes unfocused.After a long time, a low whisper resembling a request sounded, full of tiredness and despair
If... someone protects me... that would be great...

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(End of this chapter)