How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 228 He is still alive
"Weiwei, you go to the festival first."

Robin forced himself to suppress his inner anxiety, turned to look at Weiwei, and forced a smile:
"Father is still waiting for you."

"I'm alone here... that's fine."

Weiwei didn't understand and blinked.

Seeing Robin's indifferent look, she nodded blankly, but did not forget to remind him:
"Naro... Sister Niv, please let me know if anything happens~"

Now that the crisis in Alabasta has dissipated, Vivi, who once carried everything alone, has also unloaded the burden on her shoulders, revealing the innocence that a girl of this age should have.

After learning about Robin's past, all the hatred in her heart turned into sympathy, and now she really regards Robin as her own sister.

But the more this happened, the more Robin was reluctant to involve Vivi in ​​what was to follow.

The strange chill on the door handle and the creepy aura emanating from the room, which was far more powerful than Crocodile's, made her certain of one thing.

Twenty years ago, the man who ended Sauro's life is now behind this door.

No matter what the subsequent problems are, no matter what one's own fate is, at least this country should not be implicated.

"understood."

Robin forced a smile on her face, and she couldn't help but reach out and touch Weiwei's head:

"You should have fun too~"

"Yeah yeah~"

Weiwei nodded repeatedly, turned around and took a few steps, then disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
……

The crisp footsteps became smaller and smaller until they disappeared completely. Only then did Robin let out a long sigh, turned around and pushed open the door of the ward.

Squeak~!

Before the door was fully opened, Aokiji's tall figure and slightly lazy face appeared in front of Robin again.

"Sasi ignores Dana~"

Aokiji waved at Robin indifferently. His eyes fell on Robin, but it only made Robin feel a tingling sensation on his scalp.

"Nico Robin."

Robin said with a stiff upper lip:
"Nico Robin is dead."

"That kind of fake news may fool others, but it can't fool me."

Aokiji shook his head:

"rest assured."

"If I wanted to take your life, I would have had countless opportunities in the past twenty years. Besides, if I did it here, some troublesome guy might come after me and kill me."

Robin was startled.

Only at this moment did she realize that, including the Admiral Aokiji in front of her, two of the three admirals who symbolize the face of the navy have gathered in Alabasta.

Gawain was very strong, even stronger than he had imagined.

But at this moment, Gawain is not yet a match for Kizaru, let alone another admiral of the navy at the same level as Kizaru.

Facing the combination of two admirals, even the Four Emperors who roamed the New World and represented the pinnacle of pirates of this era would have to suffer a lot.

With Gao Wen's strength, it is even a question whether he can survive.

For a while.

Robin was extremely anxious:
"If your target is me, I can do anything you want me to do, please..."

"Let the captain and the others leave!"

between words.

Robin closed his eyes, pursed his lips tightly, and had already formed a determination to die.

"Oh~"

A strange look flashed in Aokiji's eyes.

She had been following Robin's news over the years, witnessed her ups and downs along the way, and saw how far she could go in order to survive.

It was not because she cherished her life, but the last obsession left to her by Robin's deceased mothers Olbia and Sauro.

Keep living, only by living there is hope.

But at this moment Robin chose to use himself in exchange for Gawain's chance to leave...

Aokiji no longer knew how to describe his feelings at this moment.

During the voyage, he had heard Gawain's name from Zefa countless times.

Even Kizaru expressed his approval of Gawain, and even said that regardless of his stance, Gawain would be a good person.

Standing has never had any practical meaning to Kizaru, so how could Aokiji not understand what he meant by that?!
But the more this happened, the more difficult it was for him to understand...

"Gawain, Gawain, Gawain..."

"What kind of magic power does that guy have?!"

Robin was determined to die. At this moment, she was much more open in front of Aokiji. When she mentioned Gawain, she even showed a hint of yearning in her eyes:

“I have been in exile for more than 20 years.”

"I have seen kind people showing their ugly faces because of my bounty, and I have also encountered conspirators who wanted to use my ability to decipher historical texts."

"But Gawain was the first one who told me over and over again, without any reason or benefit, just like a willful child."

"Live, I want you to live."

"Even though he's a pirate, he's different."

Aokiji's eyes widened and fell on Robin.

the first time.

For the first time, he saw something called hope in Robin, something that shone too brightly.

If we say that twenty years after the end of O'Hara, Robin was just a living corpse that inherited Sauro's will and was as numb as a zombie.

Well now the corpse has truly come to life, being filled by a being named Gawain.

She found the reasons and motivation to keep herself alive.

This is what Sauro has been waiting for?!

Aokiji doesn't know.

But what he knew was that at this moment he couldn't help but start looking forward to it.

What kind of fruit can the flower named Nico Robin that Sauro risked his life to leave behind twenty years ago bear?

Besides, Gawain can give answers to Zephyr, and to Nico Robin, but can he give me an answer? !

Is that okay?

Certainly possible!

The moment this thought came to mind, Aokiji could no longer sit still. He took one last look at Robin and said what he had been holding back in his heart:
"Although I am still a little confused and haven't found the way forward yet, I know that the Navy's destruction of O'Hara was absolutely wrong."

"correct."

Aokiji raised his hand and scratched his head, then continued:
"After O'Hara was destroyed, I searched for a long time but couldn't find Sauro's body."

"If he hasn't been burned to ashes, he should still be alive somewhere in this world, and he's watching you."

The voice fell, the window of the ward slammed open, and Aokiji's figure disappeared into the air.

The invisible chill in the room was gradually blown away by the scorching air of Alabasta.

After counting the breaths.

Robin came back to her senses, tears already streaming down her face, and even though she pursed her lips tightly, she could hardly suppress her outburst of emotions.

"Woo..."

“Uooaaaaaa——!”

The sobbing started from small to large and finally became uncontrollable. When Weiwei realized something was wrong halfway through and pushed open the door of the ward with the guards, all they saw was Robin sitting on the ground and crying.

Elegant manners, beautiful face...

All external appearances of Robin disappeared at this moment, and she cried like a child.

"Sister Neve, what happened?!"

"If someone bullies you, I will bring Kosa with me to beat her up!"

Vivi waved her little fists, and before she could finish her words, Robin hugged her tightly in his arms. She could also hear Robin's low whispers.

"Very good……"

"Sauro, it's great that you're still alive..."

"I really want to tell you that I have always been fine. I have a good family and a captain who will let me live regardless of any reason."

"..."

……

Outside of Aruba.

The desert is endless and the scorching sun is burning everything.

Aokiji followed Gawain's scent and when he arrived here, he saw two figures standing facing each other.

One of them was about sixty years old and his hair was already starting to thin.

But the aura emanating from his body was powerful beyond imagination. Just by standing there, he was like a ferocious beast, making people afraid to approach him.

It was the former Navy Admiral Zephyr.

The other man was in his twenties, with a well-proportioned body. He held a long, shining silver sword in his hand, and exuded an invisible aura that showed he wanted to destroy everything in front of him.

There was a clash of invisible energies in the void, with faint red lightning crossing each other. That was the rising momentum of the two men, and once it reached the critical point, it would be a shocking move.

The hot air around seemed unusually heavy at this moment.

"Ah la~"

"Teacher Zefa is really something. He advised me not to attack Gawain, but he himself was already impatient, right?!"

"Really..."

Aokiji shook his head. Although he was eager to get an answer from Gawain, he remained calm at this moment.

His eyes were fixed on the two people on the battlefield and refused to move even a bit.

"Even though Mr. Zefa is so old, he is still as impulsive as a child. But this time his opponent is a real monster."

Kizaru came over at the right time, standing side by side with Aokiji, and looked at everything in front of him with interest:
"I don't know how long he can last with his current body."

"persist in?"

Aokiji glanced at Kizaru, couldn't help but shook his head and laughed:
"You may not know that some kind of transformation has taken place in the old man during this period of time."

"The domineering aura that escapes unintentionally is getting stronger day by day. According to Mr. Garp, he may have even awakened his domineering color."

The sound fell to the ground.

Countless marines gathered and looked at Zefa in the distance, all with expressions of disbelief.

"real or fake?!"

"Teacher Zephyr was once a man who could stand on equal footing with Marshal Sengoku by relying on his Armament Haki that he had cultivated to the extreme. If he could master Conqueror Haki, wouldn't that mean he would be even more powerful than before?!"

"That may not be the case. The domineering aura is stronger, but the aging of the body is irreversible."

"In any case, this proves that Mr. Zefa is countless times stronger than the last time he fought against Knight Gawain!"

"If he is only at Dong Hai's level, he will never be a match for Mr. Zephyr!"

……

The discussions around gradually became heated.

Even as time passed, more and more marines gathered nearby, watching the battle from afar.

Qing Pheasant continued:
"He abandoned the crusher forged by the Naval Technology Development Bureau and replaced it with a more handy prosthetic limb."

"As far as I know, the prosthetic limb should have been silver originally, but look at it now."

Kizaru looked at Zefa's prosthetic limb, but only saw an arm as black as ink. For a moment, even Kizaru couldn't help but be shocked:
"The best swordsmen can use their domineering aura to temper their swords into black swords, but that requires years or even decades of hard work."

"Has Mr. Zefa achieved this in such a short time?!"

"This Armament Haki is probably not far from its peak, but if it is only at this level, it is probably not a match for Knight Gawain."

"real or fake?!"

Aokiji was startled for a moment:
"How strong is that guy now?!"

"Anyway, if we go all out, he can't beat me, and I can't keep him..."

"Are you kidding me?!"

Aokiji was startled.

No one can match Kizaru's speed, even in this vast ocean.

With his development of the Pika Pika Nomi and his comprehensive combat power, if only in terms of the ability to keep people engaged in a fight, he is the strongest among the three admirals today.

But now even Kizaru doesn't have the confidence to keep Gawain, let alone Aokiji himself.

"How old is he?!"

"A year ago, he was being chased by the branch navy in the East China Sea, and now——!"

boom!
Aokiji was interrupted by a loud roar before he could finish his words.

A circle of shock waves that seemed to be real spread out in all directions, raising endless dust and sand, and attacked the marines.

The battle begins!

Just the shock wave caused by the two men's first attempt to detonate was enough to shatter an ordinary person's internal organs.

Even though these marines are physically stronger than the average person, they can still get hurt.

"ko~wa~i~ne~"

Kizaru, who had anticipated this, pushed forward with both palms, and the Armament Haki surged out from his body, blocking the marines like a barrier and firmly preventing the impact caused by the fight between the two.

"Even after so many years, the old man is still as strong as a monster~"

Aokiji was no longer interested in what Kizaru said at this moment. He looked up at the smoke in the distance.

Although his vision was completely blocked, his perception of observation allowed him to recreate the scene of the two people's fight in his mind.

The arm wrapped in jet-black armor color collided with the long sword in Gawain's hand that emitted a light blue fluorescent light. They exchanged hundreds of moves in an instant.

when!
when!
when!
A roar like the sound of a bell ringing continuously erupted from the desert, and the powerful impact continuously pushed away the sand under the feet of the two men.

In just a few tens of seconds, a huge pit with a diameter of one hundred meters was formed, and it was still spreading in all directions.

Seeing this, Aokiji couldn't help but turn back and tell the frightened marines:

"In the upcoming battle, you may get hurt even if you just watch. Those who don't want to die should go back."

Everyone looked at each other, with fear in their eyes, but no one chose to retreat.

After all, if you can't even just watch the battles of the top warriors, how can you protect justice in the future? !
"What a bunch of troublesome little devils."

Aokiji couldn't help but complain a few times, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"Then hide behind us and see how far you can go."

After saying that, Aokiji no longer paid attention to everyone and walked straight towards the center of the battlefield.

Feeling the violent vibrations from the ground from time to time, his eyes were filled with indescribable shock:

"I understand why you are so optimistic about Knight Gawain. Can he fight against Master Zephyr to this extent?"

"No!"

Kizaru raised his hand and pushed his glasses:
"It should be Mr. Zefa. He was actually able to fight him. This is truly unexpected!"

(End of this chapter)