One Piece: Nico Robin Collection

Chapter 147 Hancock

Two days later, in the East China Sea, at Cocoa West Village.

"Ah Jian, these are the oranges from this week."

A young girl with a healthy wheat-colored complexion walked into the village police station carrying a large bag of oranges, but unexpectedly received no response.

"Huh? Jian? Jian-san?"

Nokiko looked at the bearded man in the room, who stood motionless like a dead tree stump, with a puzzled expression.

As she walked up to the other person and followed their gaze, a World Economic Newspaper came into the girl's view.

"Hmm? The latest newspaper? Judging from your expression, Jian, does Caesar have another girlfriend?"

Nochiko chuckled as she picked up the newspaper, but her pupils trembled violently as she read the contents!

"This is... a Celestial Dragon?!" Nojiko's hands trembled involuntarily.

On the front page of the newspaper was a picture of Caesar. In the picture, a handsome young man held a long sword and trampled a pig-like ugly head under his foot, as if he were a holy knight who had slain ugliness and evil, with a noble and disdainful posture.

The ugly head at its feet still bore an expression of anger and terror on its face.

In that instant, Nojiko felt a buzzing in his head.

"Caesar killed a Celestial Dragon?!"

"what…"

Hearing Noki's exclamation, A-Jian finally came to his senses.

"This is really serious! Has this brat gone mad? He actually attacked a Celestial Dragon?"

Noki quickly flipped through the newspaper, and only smiled slightly when she reached the last page.

"So that's how it is, it's to liberate the slaves? That's very much his style."

"Hmph, killing and saving are two different things. I really don't know if Nami following him was the right or wrong thing to do! Look at this!"

As Ah Jian spoke, he took out a wanted poster.

The wanted poster features an orange-haired girl with beautiful features and a charming demeanor, resembling a cover girl from a fashion magazine.

"Reggie Nami, with a bounty of 350 million Berries, dead or alive. It is said that when Caesar killed the Celestial Dragon, Nami was by his side, and now she has also been targeted."

"Haha, that guy probably doesn't have the guts~"

Noki laughed and stuffed the bounty poster into her four-dimensional space bag: "Let me see, Mr. Caesar's bounty has gone up too!"

"Wow, this is a pretty impressive bounty..."

…………

"A bounty of 5.6 billion Berries? That's doubled?!"

Inside the royal palace in Alabasta, Vivi stared incredulously at the newspaper Bell had delivered to her.

"That guy actually attacked a Celestial Dragon!"

Kobra frowned, his expression solemn.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"

Ikaram looked worried. Since Caesar seized power, apart from sending a few high-tech products to help Alabasta get rid of drought, there had been no open contact between the two sides.

For this reason, Icarus was more inclined to use this opportunity to break free from his ties with Caesar.

It's not that Caesar was bad, but his style of doing things was too dangerous and unsettling.

"Weiwei, what do you think?"

Cobra looked at his daughter beside him. Over the past year, he had tried to get Vivi to take over domestic political affairs. To his delight, Vivi handled everything very well and was beginning to show signs of being in a position of power.

"Contact the Drum Nation and immediately announce the alliance with Caesar."

Vivi decisively said, "The Celestial Dragons' prestige has been damaged, and all their attention is on Caesar. If we announce an alliance now, we can further damage the World Government's credibility. At the same time, with the World Government's attention focused on Caesar, the pressure we face will be minimal." Icarus hesitated, "But Princess Vivi, do we really have to do this? Once we make a decision, there will be no turning back."

"We have to."

Vivi shook her head: "Alabasta is bordered by Drum Kingdom in the front and Jaya Island in the back, and is completely within Caesar's sphere of influence. We cannot stay out of it."

"Furthermore, this was something we agreed upon with Caesar. We should have done this when Caesar announced the founding of the nation, but Alabasta had just escaped drought at that time, so it was delayed until now."

"Do you really think Caesar can overthrow the Celestial Dragons?" Cobra asked Vivi.

"I don't know, but I'm willing to believe him."

Vivi said seriously, "If even Caesar couldn't do it, then no one in this world can."

Cobra nodded slightly; that was indeed true.

In all these years, he had never seen anyone more amazing than Caesar.

Most importantly, Caesar was still very young!
He's only twenty years old now, yet he already poses a far greater threat to the Celestial Dragons than the Revolutionary Army. If his guess is correct, Caesar will eventually bring the Revolutionary Army under his command.

"Let's contact Caesar first. If there are no problems, let's announce it to the public: Alabasta will withdraw from the World Government and form an alliance with Caesar."

“Since we’ve already started, let’s go all the way. That way, without the burden of the heavenly gold, people’s living standards can be better.”

"Furthermore, the Heavenly Gold was originally handed over to obtain the protection of the Navy. Now that we are under Caesar's protection and have hundreds of thousands of troops, we naturally do not need to pay this."

Clearly, King Cobra had no fondness whatsoever for the Heavenly Gold system.

"However, similarly, after announcing their separation from the World Government, the first thing they announced was the relationship between Caesar and Vivi, rather than their alliance with Caesar."

Compared to alliances, marriage is indeed more reliable. This relationship is enough to deter many unscrupulous people from coveting Alabasta.

Just like Crocodile, no one would dare to do that nowadays.

…………

As newspapers were delivered to all parts of the world by newspaper-delivering seagulls, the news of Caesar's killing of the Celestial Dragon spread far and wide, causing a huge uproar around the world!
Calm Belt, Amazon Lily.

This is a country made up of women, and also a dream country for countless men outside the country.

Unfortunately, the island is bound by an absolute "ban on men" from hundreds of years ago; any man who enters the island will be exterminated.

However, the newspaper-delivering gull is clearly not subject to this ban.

"Snake Princess! Snake Princess!"

A short, elderly woman rushed into the Chinese-style palace and grabbed a female official, asking, "Where is the Snake Princess?"

"New Granny?"

The female official was somewhat surprised: "Lady Snake Princess is taking a bath."

"Take a bath..."

Seemingly remembering something, Granny Niu frowned, temporarily suppressing her eagerness, and waited quietly inside the palace.

After a while, the female official announced in a clear voice, "Lady Snake Princess has finished her bath; the ban is lifted!"

The once lifeless palace came back to life. A clear, crisp sound came from afar, and a woman of stunning beauty returned to the palace, surrounded by female officials.

The woman had long, jet-black hair, and her beautiful eyes shone like stars. Her tall, 1.9-meter figure was incredibly sexy, and her perfectly rounded, straight legs, visible beneath her red cheongsam, were like works of art, flawless in every way.

The woman is none other than Empress Hancock, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, renowned for her beauty and strength!

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

(PS: There is no charge for adding after this paragraph!

I apologize to everyone. I was in a hurry to go home to see my relatives yesterday, so I only typed half of this. I got up early this morning to finish it.

I need to go over the program with the emcee later, and then take a car to my wife's house for her wedding banquet the day after tomorrow.

I really can't guarantee an update before the end of the month. I can only write a little bit whenever I have a spare moment. After the gift-giving ceremony, there won't be so much to do, so please forgive me!
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