Pirates: I am the devil

Chapter 23 Loneliness is the main theme

A wanted order made the whole ocean boil.

Bounty hunters from the four seas, as well as the Grand Line, are all sharpening their knives and targeting Robin, vowing to capture this child worth 7900 million berries.

Especially on the island where Robin was, almost everyone rioted, picked up various weapons and went to the streets to capture the remnants of O'Hara, the little girl named the Devil's Child by the World Government.

However, Robin is a genius who passed Dr. O'Hara's exam at the age of only eight.

Relying on her clever brain and the versatile powers of her devil fruit, she single-handedly won the game of hide-and-seek.

After evading a two-day city-wide manhunt, she sneaked into a cargo ship that was about to set sail in the dead of night, and successfully avoided the bounty hunters who were constantly heading towards the island.

Hiding in the sundries in the cargo hold, Robin nibbled at the bread he had picked up, and with the moonlight shining in through the porthole, he began to think of the person he had met.

As usual, she first reminisced about her mother and Sauro, as well as Dr. Clover and everyone in the Tree of All-Knowing Library. When she was about to burst into tears, a gentle smile appeared in her mind.

"Brother Sirens..."

Robin murmured, and suddenly remembered the last time he met his close brother Sirens.

That was the day before the Navy destroyed O'Hara.

She spent most of her day with Sauro, listening to his stories about the sea.

It was only in the evening that I could visit my sick brother Sirens.

At that time he was sitting in front of the window, and the afterglow of the setting sun cast a slight blush on his pale cheeks, so that Robin could not see anything unusual.

She shared her daily life as usual and said she wanted to introduce Sauro to Cyrus.

But he just shook his head slightly, said that his illness was very troublesome and there was a risk of infection, and urged her to go home quickly.

Before leaving, he looked in the direction of the Tree of All-Knowing and chanted softly:

“Suffering makes people strong. We don’t need to sing praises for it, nor do we need to thank it. We just need to face it bravely.

Fate is unfair. For us, reunion and companionship are only temporary, and loneliness is the main theme.

But how to face loneliness divides people into different types.

Some people will be defeated by loneliness and suffering, but some people will continue to move forward despite the loneliness and suffering.

True strength is not the absence of tears, but the ability to keep moving forward in the midst of tears."

That weak and humble voice seemed to still echo in her ears. Robin didn't understand it at that time, but now she understood it.

Perhaps, Brother Sirens had anticipated something...

Wiping away his tears, Robin took a big bite of the dry and hard pancake.

She wants to live!
She carries O'Hara's mission to explore the truth of the world, as well as the will of her mother, brother Cyrus, Sauro, Dr. Clover and everyone else.

Even if she has to walk alone in the future, she must keep going strong!
……

"Hello——"

In the prison of Pushejo, a black-haired boy who was walking in the dark tunnel suddenly sneezed.

Rubbing his nose, Sirens muttered, "Strange, is someone thinking about me?"

At the beginning, his parents died and he had no relatives or friends. The only person who seemed to care about him was a little girl with black hair and black skirt. When he thought of that well-behaved and sensible little girl, Siren couldn't help but curl his lips slightly: "Ah~ Robin..."

In the stored memories, the original body and Robin’s acquaintance dates back to half a year ago.

At that time, Robin seemed to have been bullied by the naughty kids in the town again. He hid alone on the outskirts of the forest, wiping his tears, with two wounds on his body caused by stones and bleeding.

I don’t know if it was fate or something else, but that day I suddenly felt like moving and wanted to walk out of the forest to see the world outside.

Then, he met the little girl who was hugging her knees and crying silently.

Then, he took the crying little sister back home, took out medicine to treat her wounds, and took out his treasured snacks to make her happy.

Perhaps due to the same circumstances and interests, after a conversation, the two lonely children became each other's only friends, hiding in a small corner of O'Hara and enjoying the rare warmth.

For Robin, there will be no annoying troublemakers throwing stones at her, nor will there be adults who despise and blame her.

All she had was an older brother who had eaten the same devil fruit as her, and the warmth he gave her, like family.

As for the original body...

Oh, sorry, he's dead and can't speak.

Sirens took the microphone and told Robin not to worry, that her brother was eating and drinking well in prison and had practiced his killing skills very well, and that he would kill all the bad guys who coveted her when he got out.

After straightening his wolfskin coat, Sirens walked through the extremely hidden entrance and stepped into the Red Lotus Hell on the underground floor.

When clearing out the Extremely Cold Hell, he learned from the prisoners the patrol and feeding rules of the jailers on that floor:
Patrol every five days, feed every three days,
When he went on a killing spree, it happened to be the second day after they had obtained food, so they could barely be considered well-fed and would not have to go hungry on their way to hell.

Of course, since there was no distinction between day and night in the prison and the exact time was hard to tell, Cyrus only stayed on the 5.5th floor for about thirty hours before preparing to move to other floors.

There was no way out. Master Sirens was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see the prisoners die without a complete body, so he didn't burn their bodies.

This meant that as soon as the jailer came in, he would find that all the prisoners in the extreme cold hell had turned into frozen corpses.

Not to mention the chaos that would cause the entire Impel Down city, the top brass would definitely mobilize all their forces and search the entire six underground floors to bring him to justice.

Therefore, after fully controlling the newly added power, Sirens went straight to the Red Lotus Hell on the underground level.

In addition to the ordinary prison, there is also a forest full of red sword trees and needle grass.

As the name suggests, the leaves of the sword tree are as sharp as knives, and the slightest touch will cause your skin to tear.

The needle grass can easily pierce through human flesh and blood, leaving several holes with one kick.

Whenever prisoners caused trouble, they would be thrown into this red forest to be punished.

The jailers would hold weapons and chase after the prisoners along with the poisonous spiders that lived in the forest, causing the prisoners to be cut all over by the leaves of the sword tree and the needle grass, causing them to suffer unspeakable pain.

The reason why Sirens chose to target this floor where there were only ordinary prisoners was because the defense here was relatively weak and there were no surveillance Den Den Mushi in the sword forest, which could reduce the risk of exposure.

Even if he was accidentally exposed, it would take time for Magellan, Xiluo and others to arrive, so he could leave calmly.

Listening to the miserable howls coming from afar, Sirens took a deep breath, which was filled with the smell of blood and pain.

"We've come to a good place." Shaking the seastone handcuffs stained with dried blood with one hand, Sirens smiled and walked towards the depths of the sword forest.

"The killing competition officially begins now!"

(End of this chapter)