One Piece: Nico Robin Collection

Chapter 72 Sailing

Chapter 72 Sailing
Caesar looked at Yamato and said, "My goal is to unify this sea, to make all the nations submit, and to bring my power to all. Being a pirate will be very inconvenient."

Yamato was stunned for a moment: "Huh? Didn't we agree to go to sea for freedom?"

"That's true, but in reality, with our current strength, we've been free since the moment we set sail."

Caesar said calmly, "But there are still many countries in this world, like the former Wano Country, ruled by violence, and there are also Celestial Dragons who regard human life as worthless. These people will try to hinder our freedom, so we must pull them down from that high pedestal!"

"Of course, this won't affect our journey. Even if we're not pirates, we can still search for treasures and go on adventures."

"Is that so? Okay then!"

Yamato accepted it easily. Under Caesar's guidance during this period, she rarely worried about her identity anymore. After all, the fundamental reason for her going to sea was to be able to sail freely on this ocean.

"You are such a good woman..."

Bonnie lay on the table, pouting, looking at Yamato speechlessly: "So? What are our identities?"

"Let's call ourselves explorers for now."

Caesar pondered, "Until the end of next year, our main goal is to find like-minded companions. From then on, we just have to push forward. However, there's one other thing you should keep in mind."

Caesar said as he took out a devil fruit encyclopedia and turned to a page with a dark purple fruit on it.

"This fruit is called the Dark-Dark Fruit. If I can find it, I'm confident that I can completely unify this sea within two years!"

"Dark fruit?"

Robin looked at the fruit and thought, "If I remember correctly, each person can only eat one fruit at most? So, what are you going to do with this fruit..."

“There are always some people in this world who are special.”

Caesar raised his eyebrows slightly. "If you're really curious, we can discuss it in depth later."

"Oh? How deep?" Robin asked playfully.

Without waiting for Caesar to say anything, Big Bear silently held Bonnie in his arms, gently covered the girl's ears with his big hands, and looked at the two of them silently.

Caesar and Robin both chuckled and tacitly didn't continue the topic.

"Dad, what are you doing?"

Bonnie broke free from Big Bear's hand and didn't understand the conversation between Caesar and Robin at all. In fact, it was not just her, but also the simple girl Yamato didn't understand.

Baby5 understood it. Although she always acted like a little woman in front of Caesar, her mind was no different from that of a normal person at other times.

However, even though she understood it, her first reaction was how to help Caesar achieve his goal. In line with the idea of when in Rome, do as the Romans do, Baby5 is not opposed to certain "traditional customs" of Wano Country. Or perhaps, for her, what Caesar likes is more important than anything else.

Caesar looked around and said, "Alright, that's all we need to pay attention to. Is there anything else you don't understand?"

"I me me!"

Bonnie raised her hands, her face full of confusion. "Why did Dad and I become your subordinates for no apparent reason? Is it because you cured me? All you have to do to get cured is pay."

Hearing this, Big Bear was about to explain, but Caesar raised his hand to stop him.

"Let me explain it to her... It's true that children's emotions need to be taken care of, but I always feel that cultivating their understanding of reality is the best way to protect them."

Caesar said, looking at Bonnie, and took out a skull yogi.

"This is 10000 berries. If you put it on the ocean, an average person would have to work a day to earn this much. So what can you buy with these 10,000 berries?"

"In a country with healthy prices, it can buy 100 newspapers, 20 bottles of drinks, or solve the three meals a day of an average person."

"Your disease is called Jade Scales, an extremely rare condition that can only be cured through stem cell transplantation. A complete cure would require at least hundreds of thousands of these."

"Although Daxiong has the ability to capture more bounty-laden criminals, he can still raise the money. However, besides money, he has to face another problem..."

"That is, besides me, there are no more than three people in this ocean who are capable of performing this surgery on you. However, there is only one person who has the conditions to perform this surgery on you. That person is called Vegapunk, and he is currently under the control of the World Government."

"Kuma was once a member of the Revolutionary Army. Coincidentally, they were the World Government's number one enemy. Being rejected isn't a big deal, but if the World Government uses you as leverage to blackmail Kuma... with your intelligence, it shouldn't be hard to guess what kind of disaster will happen, right?"

"Is that so? Dad..."

Bonnie raised her head and gave Big Bear a questioning look.

Big Bear scratched his cheek sheepishly: "Caesar is right."

"But didn't you say that it would be cured by the time we were ten?"

Bonnie pursed her lips, and her clever little head quickly figured out the problem. Her beautiful big eyes gradually filled with tears.

"It's cruel to say this, but if this disease is not curbed, you, at the age of ten, will only face death. Although it's a bit early, it is the inevitable end for all living things." Caesar said lightly.

Robin glanced at Bonnie, who was in tears. "Isn't this topic too heavy for a child?"

"Don't underestimate this child..."

Caesar chuckled and didn't explain too much.

In the original plot, this girl went to sea at the age of nine, became a supernova at the same time as Luffy at the age of ten, and mastered the armament color at the age of twelve. Even considering that the plot was two years later, the time may be even earlier.

In addition, the other party also prevented Zoro from attacking the Celestial Dragons, escaped from Akainu, sneaked into Mary Geoise alone, and then sneaked into the World Government's ship alone to Eggman Island.

All these actions indicate that after only one year at sea, the other party quickly realized the reality of the ocean. Even when faced with the giant bear that had lost consciousness and become a slave, they were not blinded by anger, but immediately listed Vegapunk as their target.

Even many adults do not possess this kind of mature mind and judgment ability.

Therefore, Caesar would not look down on her at all, and would completely regard Bonnie as an adult with independent thinking ability, even though she was only six years old.

Bonnie looked at Caesar with tears in her eyes: "So, are you also using me as a handle to threaten my dad to do things for you?"

"Look how fast they've grown. They're starting to apply what they've learned right away."

Caesar pointed at Bonnie and laughed.

"No, Bonnie."

Big Bear wiped away Bonnie's tears carefully, as if he were wiping away precious pearls.

"Caesar invited me only after curing your illness. Overthrowing the rule of the Celestial Dragons is not only Caesar's goal, but also the ideal I strive for."

"Is that so? Then can we still go on the trip?"

"of course."

Caesar smiled and said, "Before we achieve our ultimate goal, we might even travel all over the world. By the way, our future territory will be on a sky island ten thousand meters high in the sky!"

"Eh?!!"

Bonnie's eyes widened immediately, her bright eyes filled with longing: "Really? There really is a Sky Island?"

"Sky islands do exist. They are formed by seafloor volcanic eruptions. Seastone and steam are pre-cooled and condensed at high altitudes, forming solid island clouds. This aggregation of island clouds is the legendary Sky Island."

Caesar smiled and explained, "In the Grand Line, there will be a situation where the sky suddenly turns dark. This is because the sunlight is blocked by the Sky Island..."

"Whoa! Stop it, stop it!"

"Shut up, Caesar!"

Yamato and Bonnie pounced on him, and two pairs of greasy hands, one big and one small, covered Caesar's mouth tightly.

"Don't keep talking! If you keep talking, I'll lose all my anticipation, idiot!" Yamato roared. "That's right!" Bonnie nodded repeatedly.

"hehe…"

Robin covered his mouth and chuckled softly: "I am very curious. Although I have heard relevant rumors, I have not seen any record of Sky Island in any documents, not even O'Hara."

"Mmmm... Of course! There are only two ways to reach Sky Island. One is a life-or-death journey, and the other is a complete gamble. For a group of weak scholars to even make it to the Grand Line is truly remarkable."

Caesar broke free from the two men's hands, and his face was covered with oil and dirt, with a look of helplessness on his face.

"So, what do you think, Bonnie? Do you want to stay home and wait for your dad to come back? Or do you want to join us and create a legend?"

"Of course I chose the second one! Please take care of me, Captain Vampire! But I don't want to be an intern or a mascot!"

Bonnie clenched her fists, her face full of joy. "I want to be a food traveler! I want to eat all the delicious food in the world and record all my journeys!"

"You have ambition! I support you!"

Caesar slammed the table and stood up. "Then it's settled! Everyone! Prepare to sail!"

"Eh? Are you in such a hurry?"

Big Bear was a little embarrassed: "How about I ask Yuyu and the others to help build a boat? After all, my size..."

"As the captain, how could I not have considered such a thing?"

Caesar waved his hand and said, "I'm going to go wash my face. You all should just pack up. We'll be leaving soon!"

"Oh!!!"

Yamato and Bonnie stood up suddenly and cheered loudly.

"Caesar, wait for me! I want to wash too!"

"I want me too!"

Yamato and Bonnie followed Caesar happily, and the two figures, one big and one small, were full of joy.

Looking at the noisy appearance of several people, Robin smiled, and a little expectation for the future arose in his heart.

Soon, the group finished packing and arrived at the beach.

The sea breeze blew through everyone's hair, and Bonnie looked at Caesar eagerly.

"So we have to swim out to sea?"

"Children should not make a habit of complaining!"

Caesar blocked the little girl's mouth with a chicken leg, and then he waved his arm, and a blood-red curtain instantly blocked the sunlight above everyone's heads.

Then, Caesar snapped his fingers lightly.

With a crisp sound, the blood color dissipated, and a three-masted sailing ship that looked relatively ordinary, 80 meters long and 60 meters high, appeared in front of everyone.

"Wow!! It's a ship! What a huge ship!"

Bonnie held the chicken drumstick and looked at Caesar excitedly: "Caesar, can you do magic?"

“…Isn’t this already magic?”

Robin's eyes were also full of disbelief. She knew that Caesar had some strange tricks and could create objects out of thin air, but she didn't expect that he could even create a ship, and a ship of such a large size!
"Actually, there are even bigger ones, but with just our number, we won't be able to control any bigger ones."

Caesar shook his head regretfully. He had collected many types of ships, the largest of which could reach two hundred meters in length, but they were all ordinary ships built in the East China Sea.

"The largest cabin on this ship is six meters high, which is a bit tight for Big Bear, but it's still manageable. I'll build a special cabin for him when we get back to the East China Sea."

"The key is how Big Bear can get into the cabin given his height?" Robin asked.

"It'll be fine after some modifications. I know a little bit about shipbuilding."

Caesar patted his chest. He wasn't too proud of his skills, but he said, "Alright everyone, let's get on board! Big Bear, do you want to say goodbye to your friends?"

"Still not."

Big Bear glanced at the ship in front of him. He didn't want Caesar's abilities to be discovered by outsiders because of his own affairs.

"So what are you waiting for? Let's set sail!"

Yamato cheered and climbed onto the boat using the rope ladder, followed closely by Baby5 and Robin.

Big Bear held Bonnie in his arms, slapped the air with his other hand, and appeared on the deck in the blink of an eye.

Caesar also flashed and leaped onto the bow with a few moon steps, facing everyone on the deck.

"From now on, Big Bear will be the helmsman, Yamato and Robin will be the sailors, Baby5 will be the lookout, and Bonnie and I will be the coordinators! Does anyone have any questions?"

"I have a question!"

Yamato raised his hand, "What's a sail hand?"

Everyone: "..."

Caesar shook his head helplessly. Crew work on this ocean was basically common sense, but this poor girl had never been out to sea, which was incredible in the world of One Piece.

"A sailor is responsible for raising and lowering sails and operating the mast. He's a type of sailor. Robin, is it okay for you to be the main sailor?"

"No problem Captain," Robin chuckled.

With the power of the Hana-Hana no Mi, no one is more suitable for the job of sailor than her.

"One more question, Captain..."

Big Bear looked at Caesar and suddenly asked a fatal question: "Do you have a sea chart?"

"..."

There was a sudden deathly silence in the air.

Caesar was silent, silent, speechless for a moment.

Robin: "Ah, this team is doomed."

"No Road Race!"

Caesar's face darkened. "Never mind! Let's set sail! You won't starve to death as long as I'm here!"

"Haha, you're getting angry out of shame!"

"Caesar, you idiot! Lol~"