One Piece: Nico Robin Collection

Chapter 25 Detaining People
The capital of flowers, the General's Mansion.

Caesar sat quietly cross-legged in the room, with the shadow of Night Swallow lying across his legs.

With his eyes tightly closed under the blindfold, he quietly felt the breath coming from the sword.

Physical strength, fruit, domineering, swordsmanship...

In terms of physical strength, he has surpassed Jhin.

The use of fruit abilities has become more and more proficient.

In addition to foreseeing the future, Haki has also mastered all other advanced skills. All he has to do next is keep improving.

And swordsmanship...

From mastery of swordsmanship, advance to mastery of the way of the sword.

Technique and Tao.

One word difference, but a world of difference.

His mastery of swordsmanship was not enough to cut through iron, it was just superficial moves and routines.

Kendo, on the other hand, is a higher level of realization, which includes more advanced abilities such as cutting iron and flying slashing. This level of skill is usually called a swordsman on the sea!
Honestly speaking, this reward, apart from a deeper understanding of swordsmanship, is only a small improvement for Caesar, who has now mastered Haki.

With the talent of Overlord and the blessing of three colors of domineering, Caesar can quickly reach this level even if he starts from scratch.

But going further up is not so easy.

In the words of this ocean, he still lacks that damn faith!
As his strength increased, Caesar gradually realized the importance of belief.

In simple terms, this thing is the key to explosive growth!
The power in the world of pirates is somewhat idealistic. With firm beliefs, ordinary people may also burst out with incredible power.

Once their faith fades, even the top warriors may be defeated by newcomers, such as Moria...

Caesar felt that for a time traveler with a complicated mind like himself, even if both of them had the same physique and domineering level, he would most likely not be a match for people like Kaido and Whitebeard.

When facing Nico Robin, even a guy like Spandam would not be shaken by her beauty, but every time Caesar saw Robin, his first reaction was to look at her legs.

Not pure enough!

This is Caesar's biggest problem now.

It is precisely because of this that he always feels like he is "assembling a car". Obviously, all the conditions are good, but when they are put together, it feels like something is missing.

Knock knock knock…

"Sir, Lord Kaido summons you."

Ayun's voice sounded outside the door.

"understood."

Caesar stood up and walked to the window. He jumped high into the sky and soon arrived at Onigashima.

In the main building, the leaders of the Beasts Pirates gathered here for a rare occasion.

As Caesar entered the house, a dark shadow suddenly attacked him and he subconsciously dodged it.

With a loud bang, Runti hit the door frame with his head, making a big hole.

"Caesar you bastard!"

Seeing that she failed to hit Caesar, Runti turned around angrily with a slight heat on her forehead.

"What's going on here?"

Because of the blindfold, Caesar couldn't see Runti's expression: "Puberty?"

"Youth!"

Runti's face darkened. "You bastard... tell me! What's your relationship with the Whitebeard Pirates?"

"Okay, Runti."

Kaido's face was gloomy. He stopped Runti with a buzzing sound and turned to look at Caesar: "My brother Hanafza has fallen into the hands of that old bastard Whitebeard. He is the father of Runti and Page One. He wants me to hand you over."

"Isn't this normal?"

Caesar chuckled, "After all, you were the one who captured me." Runti was furious, "So you were originally an undercover agent sent by Whitebeard?"

"Calm down, girl."

Caesar shook his head: "I just asked Marco to protect me and help me find the vampire fruit, but he was caught by Mr. Kaido halfway."

"ha--?"

Runti pinched her waist and said, "Then why didn't you entrust us with it from the beginning?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at Runti as if she were a fool.

Caesar sighed heavily, his tone melancholy: "Because of credibility!"

Everyone was furious: "Don't talk about this kind of thing!"

"Okay, now is not the time to talk about this."

Kaido looked at Caesar: "Do you have any ideas?"

Caesar was a little confused: "You want to resolve it peacefully?"

"I don't want to, but there's no other way."

Kaido's face darkened slightly. "To be honest, apart from the big boss, these fools are not strong enough to fight against the old man's sons. If we fight head-on, we have little chance of winning. Besides, Whitebeard himself is also a problem..."

Whitebeard in his prime wasn't scary.

But even Kaido is unwilling to face a furious Whitebeard who is on the verge of death.

Now he is in the prime of his life, and Whitebeard is already that old.

If a fight really breaks out, it won't be a fight for life, it will be a pure exchange of lives! He will lose a lot!
Although I don't think Whitebeard would go to such lengths for Caesar, don't forget that Whitebeard's second division captain, Kozuki Oden, also died at his hands.

Now that the other party has taken such a stance of launching a direct war, there is no guarantee that the situation will not escalate to that extent.

Moreover, most of Whitebeard's adopted sons joined Whitebeard's army after becoming famous, but Kaido's men were all raised by him, so their numbers, age, and strength are relatively different...

"In that case, I'll go there myself."

Caesar laughed as he spoke: "Marco is pretty good, even though he's a little slow. It's been more than two months..."

"Wano Country's terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. A frontal breakthrough is almost impossible. We can only use other means to force us to go out and fight. The best way is to capture our important cadres."

Jin said calmly, "Hanafza is the last drought after all, and he won't be so easy to catch."

"I see…"

Caesar nodded slightly. "Since you don't intend to start a war, I'll go and explain. In a sense, I owe Marco a favor."

Although he and Marco have a trading relationship, they can definitely be called friends after spending more than a month together.

In addition, even though there was such a huge gap in strength between them, the other party was able to stick to his original intention and did not take his fruit. He even found ways to capture Hanafza and force Kaido to release him. If Caesar could get away with such loyalty with just a word of a deal, then he would be the one who would be lost.

"I'm afraid it's not as simple as you think, kid."

Kaido looked thoughtful: "Kozuki Oden was once the captain of Whitebeard's second division. The conflict between me and Whitebeard is not just because of you."

"It's okay, leave it to me."

Caesar waved his hand gently: "Where is the agreed location?"

"Whitebeard's territory."

Kaido threw a permanent pointer to Caesar: "Are you okay on an uninhabited island by yourself? If you die, I won't avenge you."

"Bridge Bean Sacks!"

Runti pointed at Caesar and said, "Rather than him dying, shouldn't you be more worried about him getting away? You're the one who caught this guy!"

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PS: Hanafza, the former Drought, was one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. He went out to sea in search of an animal-type devil fruit, but was later defeated by Ace. After being seriously injured, he was killed by his enemies on his way back to the New World. Oda mentioned this in SBS.

There are rumors that he was the one who cut off Zefa's hand, but the author is not sure of the authenticity of this news.

There will be another update later!
(End of this chapter)