Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Upon hearing Robin's words, Vivi indeed fell silent. King Cobra had already told Vivi about the Whitebeard Pirates standing behind Robin and had instructed her not to harm Robin.

"Having the courage to go against Baroque Works and wanting to save the country's princess... How interesting! Perfect for killing time!" Robin said with a chuckle.

But at this moment, Sanji and Usopp, who had regained their senses, raised their weapons from both sides and pointed them directly at Robin. Although they did not know what had happened, it was now clear that Robin was the enemy.

"Can you please stop pointing your weapons at me? I really... dislike it!" Robin waved her hand lightly, and Usopp and Sanji fell straight off the second floor.

"Is he a Devil Fruit user?" Zoro immediately gripped the weapon at his waist, ready to strike at any moment.

"What kind of ability is this? It's so strange!" Nami, standing to the side, was also quite puzzled.

"You must be Monkey D. Luffy, the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, right?" Robin asked, waving her hand to take Luffy's straw hat off his head.

"You bastard, do you want to fight me? Give me back my hat right now!" Luffy roared angrily. "You're the enemy now, get off the ship!"

"How unlucky! You've picked up the princess that Baroque Works is after!" Robin chuckled and said to Luffy, "And there's more bad news: the island ahead of you... is called Little Garden! You might die there before we even have to lift a finger!"

As she spoke, Robin tossed a Log Pose to Vivi and returned Luffy's straw hat to him.

"Hmph! I'm not going to die!" Luffy scoffed, put his hat back on, and said.

“Really? That pointer is the one that leads to a small island in front of Alabasta. No one in the Baroque Works knows about this route, so no assassins will hunt you down!” Robin said, pointing to the permanent pointer in Vivi’s hand.

"There must be a trap!" Zoro immediately chose not to believe it.

However, Weiwei, holding the pointer, found herself in a dilemma.

She didn't want Robin's things, but it was clear that this item could greatly reduce the danger on the ship.

Just as she was hesitating, Luffy destroyed the pointer and said, "I am the captain. It's not your place to command the course of this ship!"

"Oh? Is that so? Then I hope we'll meet again someday!" With that, Robin got up and left.

"I don't like her, she blew up the curly-haired uncle!" Luffy explained in response to Nami's questioning.

"Let's go, Fatty!" Robin jumped onto the back of a large tortoise that was just big enough for her to ride on, and said to the tortoise.

Fatty is the turtle's name, a name she chose herself. It was a gift from Reina, meant to be her ride when she goes out to sea alone. Robin loved it when she received it. (It's about the same size as in the original story, but looks different; the original turtle was an elderly one who liked to smoke!)

Although this tortoise is smaller than Reina's shell, it took Reina a lot of time to train it. The main reason is that he couldn't form a contract with the tortoise, so he could only train it.

"Hehehe... Father, is this why you made me stay at Baroque Works? Straw Hat Luffy! Interesting... Let me see what makes you so different!" Robin glanced at Luffy and the others who were still talking about her appearance and chuckled to herself.

At this moment, Robin had no idea that Ace and Hawkeye Mihawk had been waiting for a whole day in the port city of Rapeseed Flower in Alabasta.

"This can't be! I made sure to mark our meeting place as Mr. Reina instructed! Why hasn't he come yet?" Ace sat in the tavern, puzzled, and asked himself.

"Who exactly do you want to see? If no one else is coming, why don't you go find him?" Mihawk said elegantly, sipping his red wine. "Something must have happened in this country; there's an atmosphere of panic everywhere!"

"Ah~ that's right! The situation here is so chaotic, maybe the other side hasn't received the message at all! Wait a minute... Mr. Reina said that if the other side doesn't show up, he should tell me to go to such-and-such place...?" Ace carefully searched through his backpack for a while before finding a small note.

"Albarna?" Ace looked at the note that said Albana and said, "Albarna is the capital of Alabasta, right? Looks like we're going there! What do you say, Mihawk... want to come along?"

“Although I don’t really like the environment here, well… I’m free right now anyway, so I’ll walk around with you and see! I’m actually quite curious about who you want to meet!” Hawkeye Mihawk said after thinking for a moment.

"Hahaha... You'll find out when the time comes, you'll be really shocked! But you have to promise me you'll keep it a secret! Otherwise... it'll get really troublesome!" Ace said with a laugh, "But for now, we have to wait a few more days, lest I miss him before he comes looking for me!"

Bringing Mihawk along wasn't really a problem. Reina never intended to hide his and Robin's identities. The reason they didn't announce it was simply to avoid unnecessary trouble, not because they couldn't let people know.

Meanwhile, Reina, who was heading towards Alabasta, encountered a problem: several of the sailors he had hired had fallen into the sea during a storm, which greatly reduced his sailing speed.

Left with no other option, he had to find a small island to replenish his manpower, otherwise he would waste even more time.

Not far from Alabasta, a tall man was riding a bicycle on the sea, seemingly also heading towards Alabasta.

This person was none other than Admiral Aokiji Kuzan, who was on vacation. Because of Nico Robin, he finally decided to come to Alabasta. He wanted to see Robin's current situation with his own eyes, otherwise he would always feel uneasy.

Just when everyone seemed to be heading towards Alabasta, Luffy and his crew arrived at Little Garden. After learning that it was a rare island dating back to ancient times, Luffy excitedly set off.

What he loves most is this kind of unknown and exciting adventure.

However, two giants are fighting on the island, and Luffy and his crew encounter assassins from Baroque Works, Mr. 3 and his partner Miss Goldenweek!

After the group fought a hard-fought battle and won, they learned that the Log Pose needed a year to be stored. Just when they were at a loss, Sanji arrived with the Alabasta Log Pose.

He stole this from "Bad Luck" and also told Crocodile that the Straw Hat crew had been wiped out, so they could relax for a while.

However, not long after leaving Little Garden, Nami fell ill. At the same time, Vivi learned that a civil war had broken out in Alabasta and was very anxious to go back and stop the war, as her country was waiting for her to return and save it.

However, she knew that if she chose to return to Alabasta at this time, Nami would be in trouble. So after thinking for a long time, Vivi decided to find a doctor first and then return to Alabasta. It was this decision that made the Straw Hat crew look at her with new respect.

When Luffy found a doctor and healed Nami, they also welcomed a new companion, the blue-nosed reindeer doctor, Tony Tony Chopper!

With their new crew, Luffy and his friends headed straight for Alabasta.

Just as Luffy and his crew arrived at the port city, Marine Colonel Smoker, who had been chasing after Luffy, arrived there first with his subordinate Tashigi.

Because they didn't take a detour, they arrived before Luffy. Little did he know that Vice Admiral Garp, who was not far from Alabasta, was also on his way after receiving orders from Sengoku.

“Colonel Smoker… there’s a restaurant over there, why don’t we go and rest for a bit?” Tashigi wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to the air.

"Sergeant, put on your glasses, I'm over here!" Smoker said somewhat helplessly from behind Tashigi.

Tashigi was taken aback, quickly took off her glasses which were perched on her forehead because of the heat, and then followed Smoker into the restaurant.

But when he walked into the restaurant, he was stunned on the spot.

“One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea… Hawkeye Mihawk! Fire Fist Ace, the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates! Why are you here? And… when did you get together?” Smoker asked with a grim expression.

"Ah~ Ah~ What bad luck! I was just about to leave today, but I ran into the Navy at this time!" Ace put down his glass, leaned against the bar, and said softly.

Mihawk glanced at Smoker and then ignored him.

“You haven’t answered my question yet… What is your purpose in being here? As the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates… there doesn’t seem to be anything here that could attract you, right?” Smoker glanced at Hawkeye before asking Ace.

Hawkeye is now one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, not a pirate. On the contrary, he belongs to the World Government and can be considered part of their group, so it is inconvenient for him to interrogate him.

But Ace was different; the other party was a genuine pirate, and he had both the obligation and the right to capture him.

"Why am I here? Sorry, I really can't tell you!" Ace said with a shrug.

"Time to eat!"

Just then, as Smoker was about to say something, a familiar voice slowly reached his ears from afar.

Chapter 282 Encounter

Even Mihawk, who was usually unfazed by the collapse of Mount Tai, was shocked and opened his mouth wide at the sight before him.

The two men who were about to fight in front of him had vanished, leaving only a large hole in the wall.

The seat next to him, where Ace had been sitting, had been taken by someone else.

A boy wearing a straw hat, who was loudly demanding food, sat there calmly while everyone stared in disbelief.

"Um... I think you'd be better off running away now!" the restaurant owner suggested to Luffy.

"Run away? Why? But boss... the food here is so delicious!" Luffy exclaimed while eating.

"Um... thank you! But you..." The boss scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said.

"Straw Hat Boy..." Hawkeye said softly, holding a glass of red wine, after calming himself down.

"Eh? You are... the great swordsman who cut Zoro!!!" Luffy looked at Mihawk in surprise while eating his food.

However, because he had food in his mouth, his speech was unclear, leaving Mihawk speechless.

"Speak clearly! Finish eating first... or finish eating first!" Mihawk put down his wine glass, removed the food that Luffy had popped out of his mouth from his body, and said with a look of disgust.

He originally thought Luffy would quickly finish his food before talking to him, but to his surprise, the other party ignored him and continued eating, making Mihawk want to draw his sword and chop the guy in front of him.

"Oh... the road..."

"boom!"

"Straw Hat Boy!"

Ace, who had returned first, was about to call out to Luffy when Smoker grabbed him from behind and pinned him to the ground.

"So you really came to Alabasta. What is your purpose?" Smoker stared at Luffy, who was eating, and questioned him loudly.

However, Luffy completely ignored him and continued eating.

"Hey... Stop eating, you son of a bitch! I'm talking to you!" Smoker was furious when he saw Luffy's expression and yelled at him angrily.

Hawkeye, standing to the side, almost burst out laughing; he found this kid to be incredibly interesting.

"Pfft!" Luffy, finally remembering who the person in front of him was, spat out a mouthful of food all over Smoker's face, and then exclaimed in surprise, "You were a Marine from that time? What are you doing here!?"

"Damn it..." At this moment, Smoker wanted to kill Luffy a million times over. He decided to ignore Luffy's purpose and just wanted to kill him.

Seemingly sensing the other party's murderous intent, Luffy shoved all the food on the table into his mouth in one gulp, then bowed and said, "I'm full!"

After saying that, she covered her mouth and ran towards the door.

"Stop right there, Straw Hat Boy! You think you can get away?" Smoker chased after him without saying a word.

"Wait... Luffy, it's me! Don't run away!" At this moment, Ace also got up from the ground and shouted to Luffy who was running away.

However, Luffy was preoccupied with figuring out how to get rid of Smoker, so he didn't hear Ace's voice at all.

“Hey…the guy you’re looking for…isn’t this him?” Mihawk asked Ace, who was about to chase after him.

"No, he's not the person I'm looking for, but he's my brother!" Ace said before running out the door.

Mihawk paused for a moment, then chuckled and finished his drink, saying, "This is getting more and more interesting!"

After saying that, he slowly walked out of the restaurant.

After everyone had left, the restaurant owner, dumbfounded, said, "They... ran away without paying?"

At that moment, Robin, who had returned to Baroque headquarters, received a coded message left by Ace, learning that the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates had arrived in Alabasta.

However, she did not go to Ace immediately, but instead reported Princess Vivi's situation to Crocodile first.

"The Straw Hat crew? I've already sent Mr. 3 to deal with them, and according to Mr. 3's report, they're already dead in Little Garden!" Crocodile said with a light laugh.

"Oh?" Robin was taken aback and said, "Is he already dead?"

"What? You don't believe me?"

“They don’t seem like the kind of people who are easy to deal with!” Robin replied with a light laugh.

"Does Mr. 3 dare to lie to me?" Crocodile narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and then said, "Send Mr. 2 over there! And take care of Mr. 3 while he's at it!"

“Okay!” Robin nodded and turned to leave.