Off the coast of Alabasta, on a Marine warship!
"Yes, but it was just sinking a ship! It was just one of the Baroque Works members named Mr. 2 Bon Kurei, and the other one…!" Tina was on the phone.
"They escaped, didn't they?" The voice from the other end came through. It was indeed Smoker!
"No, they did escape, but to be precise, they left!" Tina said with a resentful expression, "Straw Hat Kid is very strong. Tina is no match for him. If we confront him head-on, I will definitely lose!"
"Is that so? You're not his match either!" Smoker was clearly shocked. "So it wasn't a coincidence that he was able to defeat Crocodile!"
"Yes, Tina thought the World Government was crazy before, raising Straw Hat Kid's bounty from 30 million Berries to 300 million Berries! Now it seems he truly has that strength! Tina will suggest to headquarters: that a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral lead the capture!" Tina said resolutely.
"Idiot! Fleet Admiral Sengoku would never allow elite Vice Admirals to be deployed. The situation in the New World is becoming increasingly tense. The Vice Admirals are already too busy!" Smoker cursed loudly!
"Why do I feel like you're happy, Smoker? You don't seem to want Straw Hat Kid to be captured!" Tina smiled faintly.
"He can only be arrested by my own hands…!"
…Vivi looked at the endless sea, her eyes filled with longing and reluctance!
But in the end, she rode on Karoo's back, "Let's go! Karoo! Let's go back, Alubarna!"
Karoo galloped across the desert!
'Although my adventure has ended, a new challenge awaits me in the future: the reconstruction of Alabasta!
Alabasta now is like a small boat, battered and bruised, drifting in the vast ocean. But no matter how fierce the giant waves, we will never retreat! Without losing faith, straight, firm, constantly moving forward!
Yes, just like that miraculous small boat!'
…On the Going Merry.
Zoro gazed into the distance, while Luffy sat at the bow, fishing!
And everyone else was emo!
"If you guys want her on the ship so badly, just tie her up and bring her aboard," Zoro said bluntly!
"Savage!"
"How awful!"
"Moss-head!"
"Stinky natto!"
"Alright, alright, it's not like we'll never see her again! We're nakama, we'll meet again someday!" Luffy said with a smile, looking at his fishing rod.
Just then, the cabin door opened! A woman appeared. She had long black hair and blue eyes. Tall and slender, she wore purple clothing with white accents and a white cowboy hat, exuding a mysterious aura. It was Nico Robin!
"It seems we've left the island!" Robin smiled.
"Hmm! Huh?" Zoro reacted, his right hand gripping the sword sheath, his thumb gently pushing forward.
"If you're here for revenge for your organization, I'll be your opponent!"
"Why are you here?!" Nami yelled.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!" Usopp picked up a megaphone!
Suddenly, tension filled the air!
"Alright, everyone, don't be so hostile! She's not a bad person anymore!" Then, with a deep gaze, he looked at Robin, pretending not to know, and asked, "So, why do you want to join our ship?"
"Straw Hat Luffy, you haven't forgotten what you did to me, have you?" Robin said gracefully, exuding the charm of a mature woman!
"Huh? Luffy, what did you do to such a beautiful woman?" Sanji rushed to the bow, grabbed Luffy's collar, and shook him back and forth!
"Hey, don't lie, I clearly saved you," Luffy said softly to Robin, not getting angry despite being grabbed by the collar and questioned.
"Precisely because you saved me, I am now homeless! Let me become your nakama!" Robin said with a smile.
"Oh, that! No problem, I agree!" Luffy thought for a moment and then nodded.
"Huh???" Everyone was dumbfounded!
Nami instantly moved in front of Luffy, pulled him from Sanji's hand, and shook him vigorously, "What were you thinking? You want to recruit someone like this?!"
"Don't worry, she's not a bad person anymore!" Luffy explained calmly… without resisting.
"Since the captain has agreed… then there's nothing we can do!" Zoro said faintly.
"Hmm! I have no objections to such a beautiful big sister staying on the ship!" Sanji's face was full of adoration.
…Usopp and Robin sat on opposite sides of a table, as if in an interview!
Robin, meanwhile, watched Luffy and Chopper playing and occasionally joined in!
"Don't look around, answer my question quickly. I'll ask you one more time. What's your name?!" Usopp shouted!
"Huh?" Luffy looked over!
"Oh, I'm sorry, my name is Usopp. Please take care of me!" The atmosphere instantly changed!
"My name is Nico Robin!"
"Very good, Nico Robin, what is your profession?"
"Archaeologist! Our family has been doing this for generations."
"I see, such a family background!" Usopp said while taking notes!
"And then?"
"Then I was wanted by the World Government at the age of eight, and for the next twenty years, I lived by constantly hiding!"
"Oh! What are you good at?"
"Assassination!" Robin covered her face with her hand, smiling as she looked at Usopp!
"Luffy! From the results of the interrogation, it's clear she's a very dangerous person!" Usopp fled behind Luffy, saying with a look of despair!
"It's alright, Usopp." Luffy still smiled… "Bang!" Nami stomped heavily on the deck.
"Honestly! To be played like a fiddle by him, how useless. That guy has been the vice president of a criminal organization all this time. How could such a woman become our nakama? If you dare to mess around, I'll kick you off the ship!" Nami said righteously!
"Hmm, I'll keep that in mind. Speaking of which, I also brought some of Crocodile's jewels with me." Robin took out a bag of jewels and placed them on the table.
"I love you, big sister!" Nami's eyes shone with the light of treasure!
…Just then, Sanji came down the stairs with coffee and cake and approached Robin.
"Ah, love! Drifting love. I am but a charred body. A piece of driftwood washed ashore by the waves. Your beauty, like thunder, has moved me. And I, caught in the rapid current, am a piece of driftwood!" Sanji elegantly placed down the cake.
"This is a snack!"
"Okay, thank you!"
"What a perverted cook!"
With that, Robin joined the Straw Hats, and everyone approved!
Robin became the seventh member of the crew!
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