142: Chapter 142 The Deal"Ahem, just ignore it, just ignore it," Luffy awkwardly scratched his head, secretly putting away the chive pancake while cursing Xiao Ling'er to death in his heart.
"Hehe, go ahead and hit me!I love seeing you miss me ╰(*°▽°*)╯"
"You you you.(′д｀σ)σ"
Robin took a step back as she watched Luffy's ever-changing expression.She couldn't help but wonder if the man in front of her was mentally sound.After a short while, Luffy's expression returned to normal.
"Come on, let's continue discussing this topic.If you tell me Crocodile's plan, what price will I have to pay, or what do you need me to do?" Luffy put on his straw hat, grinning with his big teeth.Seeing this, Robin was even more certain that Luffy in front of her was definitely not in a normal mind.
"Hehe, Captain Straw Hat guessed right.That's right, I do have a condition, but that will have to wait until you defeat Crocodile," Robin said with a mysterious smile.
Luffy shrugged and said nonchalantly, "Alright then, I'm not in a hurry.But even if you don't tell me, I roughly know Crocodile's purpose.I heard my grandfather mention an ancient weapon called Pluton that was sleeping in Alabasta.I guess his goal is this thing."
"Your grandfather?(⊙ˍ⊙)" Robin asked with a hint of surprise.
"Yeah, you're so smart, you couldn't possibly not guess that old geezer Garp is Grandpa, could you?" Luffy said calmly, while secretly thinking to himself: Sorry, old geezer, I'm going to make you take the blame for this.
At this moment, in a certain sea area, on a dog-headed warship, an old man wearing a dog-headed hat and eating senbei suddenly sneezed, wiped his nose, and then continued eating senbei without caring about it.
For a moment, even the composed Robin was so shocked that she couldn't speak.She never imagined that the boy in front of her would be the grandson of the Navy hero Garp.
"No, your grandfather is a Marine, so why did you become a pirate?Aren't you afraid your grandfather will hunt you down everywhere?" Robin asked疑惑地问道.
"Well, cough, it's my freedom to be a pirate, and besides, why would I be afraid of that old geezer!" Luffy said defiantly, taking a bite of his pie.
"What's wrong with me today?Why am I sneezing so much?Is Luffy missing me?" Garp sneezed again and asked in confusion, but when he thought of Luffy, he couldn't help but clench his beloved iron fist.
"Hehehe, as expected of the Straw Hat Captain who's riding high right now, I won't hold back anymore.Let's make a deal.If you can defeat Crocodile, I'll join your Straw Hat Pirates.I'll decipher all the Poneglyphs we encounter on our journey.Trust me, the benefits of me joining you outweigh the drawbacks," Robin said confidently with a smile.
Luffy glanced at the dark-skinned, mature woman in front of him and said without hesitation, "Sure, but I want you to join willingly, not through this kind of transaction.I really don't like that!"
Luffy had his reasons for saying that.He knew that in Water 7, Robin might be willing to be taken away to protect them from being hunted down by the World Government.He didn't know if such a thing would happen again.If it did, he didn't recommend declaring war on the World Government for the sake of his friends, just like in the original story.But for now, Luffy decided to let Robin join them voluntarily.
Robin didn't speak, but gave Luffy a deep look before turning and leaving.She realized that she couldn't quite understand the boy in front of her.Luffy sat under the moonlight for a long time, and no one knew what he was thinking.