One Piece: Nico Robin Collection

Chapter 136 Target Moria

"Hey, wait a minute, you bastard!"

Not far away, a man with slicked-back hair dressed in jeans and a cigar in his mouth saw the two men being knocked down by Caesar and immediately flew into a rage, rushing over: "You bastard, what are you doing?"

"Calm down, Barry!"

Iceberg's expression turned serious, and he quickly stopped the other person: "We can talk about it later."

Upon hearing this, Barry's expression changed slightly. Trusting Iceberg, he calmed down, but his gaze toward Caesar and the others was quite unfriendly.

"Cough cough..."

Suddenly struck by a heavy blow, Lucci felt as if his abdomen had exploded.

Caesar's two punches were just the right amount of force, enough to incapacitate both men without rendering them unconscious.

"Is this the newly crowned Emperor of the Sea? He rendered me immobile with a single punch..."

Lu Qi coughed up a mouthful of blood, but his complexion didn't change much.

Seeing that Kalifa was not with Iceberg, and considering Caesar's behavior, it was not hard to guess that his identity had been exposed.

Although he never believed that anyone could control him by force, as a CP agent of the World Government, he was well prepared for death.

Caesar was speechless upon hearing this.

Lucci is quite adept at changing his tune.

Given that their strength was evenly matched with their opponent's, they were extremely arrogant and hailed as the most talented couple in 800 years.

Of course, this is pure bragging and doesn't take the contestant who worked 200 times harder seriously at all.

Then it went from my initial refusal to acknowledge the Straw Hat Pirates as one of the Four Emperors, to the idea that even the Four Emperors' right-hand men were worth killing, and finally, who knows, maybe even the Four Emperors' toilets are worth cleaning...

Therefore, when Caesar heard the other party refer to him as the "newly crowned Emperor of the Sea," he always felt an inexplicable sense of unease.

If these words came from someone as proud as Shanks, he might have been more pleased.

"As expected, you and Kaku are both members of CP9, aren't you?"

Iceberg's expression was complicated. Lucci had always been his most steady and reliable subordinate. He even thought that Lucci was capable of taking over the position of mayor of Water Seven after him. He never expected that Lucci would be a member of CP, and the most mysterious CP9 in the outside world!

Lu Qi remained silent. He was surrounded by people from Dock One, and he couldn't afford to leave any evidence against him.

Iceberg, as the mayor of Water City, is an upright and friendly man, but not pedantic, and has connections with various forces.

Even if he claimed to be a member of the World Government, the World Government wouldn't recognize him. On the contrary, his incompetent superior, Spandam, would probably send someone else to deal with him immediately.

"CP9? Isn't that just a legend?"

"Idiot, there's no smoke without fire..."

The surrounding boatmen were thrown into disarray; some were surprised, others were angry.

However, many people remain skeptical, after all, they are colleagues who have worked together for some time.

And although Lucci is a man of few words, he is quite warm-hearted towards his colleagues.

In contrast, the Sky Emperor next to Iceberg, with a bounty of 2.8 billion, is quite suspicious.

Seeing Lucci remain silent, Iceberg sighed: "Kalifa has already told me about your purpose."

"So, where is Kalifa?" Lucci asked.

"died."

As Caesar spoke, seemingly afraid that Lucci wouldn't believe him, he raised his hand and twisted Kaku's neck: "Like this."

With a crisp snap, Kaku died instantly.

Lu Qi's eyelids twitched, and then an uncontrollable surge of rage welled up inside him.

In his rage, even the pain from his injuries was somewhat lessened.

Sensing the change in his body, Lucci suddenly stood up and charged towards Caesar!

Bang!
With a muffled thud, Lu Qi was unable to rise again.

Just as Caesar was about to crush Lucci's head with a single kick, Barry quickly stepped in front of Lucci to block him.

"Hey, wait a minute, what's going on here?"

Barry glared at Iceberg: "Mr. Iceberg, you haven't been threatened, have you?"

“Lucci and his team are CP9 agents of the World Government. They were sent to infiltrate my inner circle to search for something.”

Iceberg sighed helplessly. Seeing the different expressions on the faces of the shipwrights around him, he had no choice but to tell the truth: "Although that thing is not with me, the World Government will definitely not believe it. My master, Mr. Tom, was executed by the World Government for this very reason. Building a ship for the Pirate King was just a pretext."

“CP9…”

Barry opened his mouth, looking at Lucci behind him in disbelief: "Iceberg, is what you said true?"

Lucci didn't speak. If it were just an iceberg, he could lie and retreat calmly, or kill everyone present and frame some random pirate.

But with Caesar present, he couldn't stir up any trouble at all, as evidenced by the iceberg.

Even if he denies it outright, people won't believe him, because Iceberg is the most trusted person in this city.

Just like Ke Zhen'e said whoever is a bad person is a bad person, Duan Zhengchun said whoever is his son is his son, emphasizing reputation!
As the man who completely unified the chaotic Water Seven, single-handedly boosted the city's GDP, and provided food for everyone, Iceberg's prestige in Water Seven far surpasses that of Caesar's cheap father-in-law in Alabasta. After all, he is someone who can genuinely bring benefits and stability to the people.

So Lucci couldn't deny it, and he was too lazy to deny it.

Although he served as a servant to the Celestial Dragons, he actually held himself in high esteem and harbored deep contempt for those fools, as well as a hidden, unspeakable ambition...

Caesar would certainly not let him off the hook; it would be too shameful for him to lie and cling to life on his deathbed.

"puff…"

Lu Qi vomited blood, then lay sprawled on the ground, looking resigned to his fate: "Kill me."

"Kill you?"

Barry's expression hardened, and he grabbed Lucci by the collar: "You bastard, you really are a World Government agent?! You think killing you is the end of it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a muffled thud was heard, and Barry suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen, looking down in disbelief.

Lu Qi's right index finger was stuck in his lower abdomen, and the terrifying force of his finger was like steel!

Then, everything went blurry before her eyes, and she was pulled into Lucci's arms.

Lucci put a hand on Barry's neck, coughed up blood, and forced himself to look at Iceberg: "Let me leave, or I'll kill him."

"Cough...Bastard!!"

Barry coughed up blood, and his cigar fell to the ground.

"Well, now you can see everything."

Caesar gently spread his hands and looked around.

The reason he didn't rush to kill Lucci was because he was worried about rumors that would damage his image.

Although the iceberg had just testified, the boatmen around him clearly didn't believe him, and many of them looked at him with suspicion.

"Put Barry down, and I'll let you leave."

Iceberg frowned and quickly said.

Lucci remained silent, only glancing at Caesar beside him.

Caesar smiled slightly and gently patted Robin's pert backside.

Robin chuckled, and with a crisp snap, Lucci's arms fell limply to his sides.

Seeing this, Barry, enduring the pain in his lower abdomen, turned around and kicked Lucci away.

The next second, a beam of blood suddenly pierced through Lucci's head, ending his life.

"That bastard..."

Barry winced in pain and turned to look at Caesar and the others: "Thank you so much this time."

"polite."

Caesar chuckled. Barry, being so straightforward, was easy to deal with. "I won't get involved in how to argue with the World Government. I'm only here to reach a cooperation agreement with you. If the World Government makes things difficult for you... I can lend you my flag."

banner…

That's it!

Upon hearing Caesar's words, Iceberg suddenly realized.

He had some doubts about the purpose of Caesar's voyage; if it was to seize territory, then it would make sense.

As for whether or not to accept Caesar's protection...

Iceberg hesitated for a moment.

Hanging a flag isn't as simple as just hanging the other side's flag; there are many intricacies involved.

For example, although Water Seven is not a kingdom, it is still one of the member states of the World Government and has to pay Heavenly Gold every year.

Once you fly Caesar's banner, it means you have to pay tribute to Caesar as well.

Although Water Seven is quite wealthy due to its developed shipbuilding industry, the annual tsunami is still a considerable burden. In addition, with the addition of the Heavenly Gold, the Iceberg can only guarantee a surplus, but how much surplus is depends on luck.

It would be impossible to satisfy an emperor's appetite.

Caesar noticed Iceberg's hesitation but didn't mind: "Don't worry, I'm not interested in money. I just hope to have a deep connection with this city and exchange what we have."

"That's no problem."

Iceberg breathed a slight sigh of relief; he was quite happy to deepen his cooperation with Caesar.

As for whether the World Government will have any objections...

Even if they don't object, those guys won't behave themselves.

His status as Tom's disciple meant that the World Government would not let him go.

"As for that thing Kalifa mentioned, just tell everyone that I took it."

"That's not necessary."

Iceberg shook his head: "You've already helped me so much, how can I let you bear such a bad reputation?"

"No, I did take that thing from Franky."

Caesar patted Iceberg on the shoulder, clicked his tongue and shook his head: "Since you're under my banner, I can't very well let you down in something like this."

iceberg:"???"

No, man!
Iceberg stared at Caesar in disbelief: "How is this possible? When did this happen?"

About half a year ago.

Caesar chuckled and said, "Once, when I was passing through Water Seven, my Observation Haki detected the inner thoughts of a certain pervert..."

"Frankie..."

Iceberg's face immediately darkened: "You killed Bruno back then, didn't you?"

"Yes, that's right."

Caesar chuckled: "You've probably seen those blueprints many times, but you haven't seen the actual product yet, have you?"

"You built it?"

Iceberg's eyes lit up: "You mean your ship?"

"Just a related application..."

Caesar shook his head: "But if you ever have the chance to go to the Sky Island, you should be able to see the relevant technology."

"Then we'll talk about it some other time."

Iceberg couldn't help but give a bitter laugh: "You really really screwed me over, but if it weren't for you, my fate would probably have been even worse."

Caesar waved his hand: "It's nothing. After I overthrow those Celestial Dragons, I'll tie up the Five Elders and let you stab them a couple of times to vent your anger."

iceberg:"……"

Even if you dared to say that, I wouldn't dare to respond.

After dealing with the CP agents, Caesar didn't linger for long.

Once the magnetic field of the record pointer was full, it left Water Seven and headed towards Sabaody Archipelago, leaving behind ten guards to learn shipbuilding from Iceberg.

Soon, a day had passed in the blink of an eye.

Ever since he learned that Sabaody Archipelago was Fishman Island, Ace had been tirelessly guarding the power reactor.

With the energy supply from the Flame-Flame Fruit, the ship quickly entered a strange, gloomy sea where the sky was nowhere to be seen.

"This must be the legendary Devil's Triangle."

Nami stood on the deck and glanced at the pointer on her wrist: "The direction is fine. Now all we need to do is speed up and leave this area."

"This area of ​​the sea has a very ominous feel to it..."

Robin crossed his arms and said calmly, "I have a feeling that a ghost ship will emerge from the fog at any moment."

"Don't say such terrible things in this awful place, Robin..."

Nami smiled helplessly, but didn't seem afraid.

Of course, this wasn't because she had become braver, but because there were enough people on the ship, and with so many people, she didn't feel scared anymore.

Not to mention that Caesar, Yamato, and Kuma, the most capable fighters on the ship, are all on the deck at the moment. Even she herself has a powerful Observation Haki that can cover dozens of nautical miles, so she naturally doesn't need to worry about those messy dangers.

"Hey, is there a talking skeleton here?" Bonnie asked with a grin.

"Who knows, we might run into each other?" Robin smiled.

"some!"

Caesar, who was reclining in a chair reading a newspaper, suddenly spoke, drawing the attention of everyone.

"A talking skeleton? Really?" Nami's smile was a little forced.

"Actually, he was a user of the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit), but because he was unable to return to his body in time after being resurrected, his body rotted into a skeleton."

Caesar explained, to prevent anyone from being caught off guard: "Also, this is the territory of one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Gecko Moria. That guy is a user of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, which allows him to steal other people's shadows and stuff them into corpses to control an army of zombies."

"He also has an Invisibility Fruit user under his command, whose ability is invisibility. He's a lewd and perverted man. There's also a Ghost-Ghost Fruit user, whose ability is ghosts. He can make people become negative. And then there's a surgeon who is responsible for modifying Moria's corpses."

"Zombie?!"

"ghost?!"

Nami's voice even sounded a little off.

Bonnie's face paled, and she leaped into the bear's arms, shrinking into a quail.

She's a little braver than Nami, but only a little. She's at the level of being able to joke around, but she definitely wouldn't actually go near skeletons or zombies.

"Ultimately, he's still an ability user..."

Ace clenched his fist, and flames erupted from it: "Just burn it all!"

Luo also showed unusual interest: "If possible, I'd like to study those zombies."

Compared to Nami and Bonney, the boys on the ship seemed quite excited.

"It seems you're all very curious."

Caesar stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Because he hadn't yet decided whether to choose the Shadow-Shadow Fruit for his third Devil Fruit, he originally intended to spare Moria's life for the time being.

"Since the atmosphere has gotten this far, let's go explore Terror Island!"

Everyone: "Oh!!!"

Nami: "No—"

(End of this chapter)