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"If I can't even take a single move, then I'd really be way too useless."
Robin took a deep breath and straightened up again.
"Ace, you've already launched your attack, so next it's my turn."
Once she finished speaking, Robin stepped forward with her right foot and stomped down on the ground in front of her.
In an instant, a stream of icy air spread out from under her foot, shooting straight toward where Ace was standing.
Ace raised a brow but didn't dodge. He simply stayed where he was, choosing to pit his firepower against Robin's head-on.
In no time at all, more than half of the Plane of Euthymia's space was shrouded in flames, ice, and drifting mist.
Fortunately, Arton's diary system's recording function was ridiculous enough that all the people watching this through their diary copies could still clearly see the battle between Robin and Ace.
Ulti: "Robin really is pretty strong, but her stamina still can't compare to Ace's after all."
Whitey Bay: "Good thing—by the looks of it, Ace is still going to take this one."
Cinnamon: "He is the Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates. If Robin could surpass him that easily, Arton's templates would be a little too broken."
Cinnamon: "But if you gave Robin a bit more time, Ace would probably have to struggle quite a bit to beat her."
Yamato: "Ace really is strong. But if you gave Robin a bit more time, she'd probably defeat Ace. So this is the power of Arton's templates, huh? I knew I should get a template too. If I did, I'd definitely be able to beat that old man of mine."
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"Well? Satisfied now?"
After a while, Ace stood with his hands on his hips, looking at Robin, who was panting on the opposite side.
His stamina was, after all, above Robin's, and on top of that he had Observation Haki.
In the end, Robin simply couldn't hold out in front of Ace for too long. Even so, Ace still felt a great deal of respect for Robin in his heart. And toward Arton, the one who had granted Robin this power, Ace felt an even deeper sense of awe.
"No. I still haven't hit my limit." Robin took a deep breath and spoke to Ace.
As she talked, a massive amount of ice began to gather around her, with a faint tendency to completely encase her.
"I'm saying, can't you just stop alre—wait, Arton?" Ace was in the middle of speaking when he suddenly saw Arton appear behind Robin.
"My Robin's a little too stubborn, so I came over to help her cool off." Arton nodded to Ace as he spoke.
Ace couldn't see it, but there was no way Arton couldn't.
Robin was about to draw on the flame power of Signora's template.
If Robin had used that power from the very start, her stamina might still have been able to handle it but at this point… Arton didn't think Robin could properly wield Signora's flames.
On top of that, Morgans was still here, and Arton wanted Robin to keep at least some of her template's traits in reserve.
"Calm down a little, Robin." Arton rested his hand on Robin's shoulder. "Or, how about I help you deal with Ace?"
Right after, a beam of light enveloped the two of them.
Under Ace and Morgans' astonished gazes, Robin's and Arton's bodies merged, turning into a single person right before their eyes.
Robin only felt her vision flash, and then she found herself in a spherical space.
Even though she didn't have any clothes on, she didn't feel cold at all. On the contrary, she felt very warm.
Chapter 442 – It's Better to Keep the Power of Flames Hidden for Now
[Photo: Robin's nicebody1].
[Photo: Robin's nicebody2].
[Photo: Robin's nicebody3].
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[Mm-hmm, as expected, Robin's figure is just amazing.]
[Sure, in terms of dimensions, she can't compare to Nami after she's grown up.]
[Even less so compared to Kaya now, whose weapons got an epic-level buff after receiving Tsunade's template.]
[But Robin's height makes up for that tiny shortcoming. Of course, that shortcoming only exists when you're comparing her to Nami, Kaya, and the others.]
[Judged purely on "weapons," Robin's are still pretty formidable.]
[Add in that height, those long legs and everything… she's practically perfect. The pity is, for now I can only take a few photos of a whitened Robin as diary keepsakes.]
[Her tanned wheat-colored skin Robin is also absolutely worth seeing, worth photographing and recording on video, you know.]
[I just hope Signora's template won't interfere with Robin getting a tan. Otherwise I'll have no choice but to rely on makeup to give Robin a darker, tanned look.]
Kujaku: "So Arton has gone into Fusion Mode with Robin?!"
Doll: "That has to be it. The environment Robin's in right now is almost identical to where everyone else ended up when Arton used Fusion Mode with them before."
Domino: "Same golden, semi-transparent sphere, same person sealed inside the sphere, same lack of clothing to cover anything."
Sadi: "And don't forget the same kind of photos. Pretty much everyone Arton's used Fusion Mode with for the first time has gotten a commemorative naked photoshoot from his system."
Whitey Bay: "Robin is going to rake in a massive amount of points from these photos again. Seriously, just thinking about how she's going to get even stronger makes me jealous."
Boa Hancock: "A good figure? Hmph. Is her figure better than mine?"
Smoothie: "So Arton finds Robin's height appealing too? As I thought, he prefers tall women. And speaking of 'weapons,' mine should be far more impressive than Nami's, Kaya's, or Robin's, shouldn't they? Hehe."
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'So this is… the environment after we've fused? It really is a very comfortable space…'
'Arton's taking pictures? In that case, let him take as many as he wants hehe.'
Once Robin realized what was going on, she immediately began changing poses one after another, striking all the stances she personally thought looked best.
And in truth, her approach worked perfectly.
Watching Robin put on such an unreserved performance, Arton naturally kept pressing the shutter again and again.
It was like he wanted to preserve every last inch of Robin's body in photos. Still, to Robin's slight disappointment, Arton hadn't forgotten why they were here.
After taking a batch of photos, Arton finally paused and said to Robin, "You calm down pretty fast. I guess that's just what I'd expect from you, Robin."
"Aren't you at all curious about this space?" Arton asked.
"Of course I'm curious but I've already seen what it's like when you go into Fusion Mode with Nojiko, Captain." Robin replied with a smile. "So I'd already mentally prepared myself for a situation like this."
"So you were even prepared for suddenly having no clothes on?" Arton asked. "You really don't seem the least bit surprised about that part."
"That's right. I imagined a lot of possible scenarios, and this was naturally one of them." Robin said with a laugh.
As for being seen naked? Sorry, they've already done far more extreme things than that. Of course she didn't mind Arton seeing her in her current state.
"All right then, I guess it really isn't easy to catch you off guard and see you flustered." Arton said. "I'll just focus on Ace for now."
"Captain, are you planning to help me deal with him?" Robin asked curiously.
"Yeah. I can't let you use the power of flames." Arton replied. "Morgans is still here. It's better if your flames stay a secret for now."
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