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"Since King Neptune took his delegation to Mary Geoise for a meeting, not a single message has come from Fishman Island."

Robert and Marco exchanged a glance, a sense of foreboding rising within them simultaneously—

Fishman Island, trouble has broken out!

Chapter 44 Both Sides Win and Lose

From the time the Whitebeard Pirates transitioned to the Raibu, Fishman Island's ownership has remained unchanged.

King Neptune and Whitebeard had an excellent relationship. The fish-people distrusted all humans, but regarded Whitebeard as their protector.

Since the Whitebeard Pirates were not completely defeated in the final battle, the incident of abandoning Fishman Island and letting the Big Mom Pirates take it over has not occurred.

Fishman Island's strategic importance is too great. Even when Robert planned to give up all his territories in exchange for time to develop, he never thought of giving up Fishman Island.

Nowadays, not only does the Thunder Department have a team of over a hundred elites stationed on Fishman Island year-round, but the Ryugu Kingdom itself is also a staunch ally of Robert. It would be impossible for them to have not contacted headquarters for so long, both logically and emotionally.

Robert and Marco rushed to the communications room. Without letting the Tontatta tribe's communications officer do anything, Robert personally dialed the Den Den Mushi, the communication device for the pirates stationed on Fishman Island.

The call connected, but strangely, no one spoke on the other end.

Neither Robert nor Marco spoke; both remained silent, seemingly in a contest to see who would lose their temper first.

Robert has always been pragmatic and knows that he is currently in a passive position, and that he will only suffer if he drags things out with the navy.

"Fleet Admiral Aokiji, you have some clever tricks up your sleeve. Everyone thought you were coming to the New World to stop the Four Emperors' chaotic war, but it turns out you were just using this as a pretext to launch a counterattack."

A lazy voice came from the other end: "How did you know it was me who answered the phone?"

Robert said dismissively, "Don't I know the magnetic, righteous, and dignified quality in your breathing?"

Robert spoke casually, but Aokiji found him even more unfathomable and did not press him further.

"King Neptune of the Ryugu Kingdom is working hard in Mary Geoise for a better future for the whole world. As the Navy, we naturally cannot let his beloved country fall into the hands of pirates."

"I don't know what you mean by that 'Kingdom of Dao' you just mentioned. I only know that when King Neptune is away, the navy has to help him guard Fishman Island."

It's not surprising that Aokiji doesn't understand Chinese classical allusions, and of course, he doesn't believe a word of what Aokiji said about guarding the country's gate for Neptune.

"Hahaha, Admiral Aokiji is quite the joker. When those slave traders in the Sabaody Archipelago were frantically capturing mermaid slaves, the Navy didn't seem to care about the Ryugu Kingdom like this. But you guys showed up when we were protecting the mermaids from the slave-catching teams."

"What, the navy has a stake in the slave trade?"

Aokiji's face was extremely ugly, and the faces of the group of high-ranking naval officers surrounding his desk turned red and white in turns.

Only Kizaru, sitting on the sofa to the side, burst into laughter: "You actually dare to compete with Robert in being sarcastic? Hahaha, aren't you just asking for trouble?"

"Hey! Robert, how did you manage to appear in both Mary Geoise and the latter half of the New World at the same time?"

"I heard you just killed the lieutenant that Sakazuki hired. That can't be done with just a clone of the Bake-tanuki Fruit."

"The one who injured Sakazuki on Mary Geoise doesn't seem to be a clone, which means you appeared on two battlefields thousands of miles apart almost simultaneously, fighting against two general-level opponents."

"I'm curious, are you faster than me now?"

Robert laughed and scolded, "Pah, pah, pah, how old are you? It's normal to be fast. I'm young and strong, and I can last a long time."

It took Kizaru a while to react, but the newly promoted Admiral Momousagi blushed and was the first to react, muttering a curse as a pervert.

Robert squinted: "I'm a prime target for your navy, after all. Telling you my survival techniques is practically suicide."

"If you want to know why I can appear on different battlefields thousands of miles apart at the same time, you have to offer me something that can impress me."

Kizaru chuckled and said, "What, have you become so greedy that you'd even sell your own secrets for the right price?"

Robert said as if joking with an old friend, "There's nothing I can do. My men are in your hands. Compared to the possibility of losing my own life in the future, the danger to my brothers is more imminent right now."

"Release my men, and I'll explain the principle behind this trick. Isn't that a good deal?"

Kizaru continued to chat with Robert with a smile, like two old friends catching up, but his eyes kept glancing at Aokiji.

They had worked together for many years, and although their personalities were completely different, their tacit understanding was already at its peak. There were some things that Aokiji couldn't say, but Kizaru would consciously use his unique way of joking to say them for his old comrade.

For example, right now, what the Navy is most shocked about is how Robert manages to take care of both battlefields. If they can't figure this out, they don't even have the right to fight against the Raibu.

Who knows what might happen: the entire navy might launch an attack on Iraibu, sending its top forces to hold off Robert, only to have another Robert suddenly attack the Navy Headquarters, or even cause chaos in Mary Geoise?

Aokiji finally shook his head and continued, "The secret of one of the Four Emperors is indeed far more important than that of a hundred or so ordinary pirates, but we are the Marines, and we would never make a deal with you by letting pirates go."

Robert's laughter came through the Den Den Mushi: "That's a real pity. I thought you would agree, so I took the person away without permission. I didn't expect you to be so principled. You are a qualified admiral. It was worth all the effort I put into helping you get rid of your rival back then."

Aokiji's expression changed drastically, not because Robert mocked him for getting the position of Fleet Admiral by helping him kill Akainu, but because Robert said that he had actually kidnapped the person!

Kizaru's smile froze on his face, and his body quickly turned into a speck of light and disappeared from the spot, only to reform a moment later.

"He wasn't lying, those pirates really did disappear. The guarding marines passed out without giving any warning. The good news is they weren't injured."

The entire conference room fell into a deathly silence. The secret of Robert's simultaneous appearance on two battlefields had not yet been solved, and now he had demonstrated his ability to rescue hundreds of his men from right under the Navy's noses without anyone noticing.

Robert's tone remained relaxed: "I'm a pirate, so naturally I don't have to abide by the law. If you don't agree to my proposal, I'll break the law and go and get them back myself. That's perfectly reasonable, isn't it?"

"The Dragon Palace Kingdom has been liberated by you, and you will no longer have to suffer my oppression."

"I hope your navy can do a better job than this pirate and protect the people of the Ryugu Kingdom from harm."

"Then goodbye, sirs."

The Den Den Mushi closed its eyes, signaling to Robert to cut off the signal.

Kizaru lazily sat back down on the sofa: "If you had known he had the means to rescue them himself, you would have regretted not listening to me and making a deal with him, wouldn't you?"

Chapter 45 Even if I tell the truth, will you be able to understand me?

Robert never expected the Navy to launch a surprise attack on Fishman Island. When he overheard the Five Elders discussing this in Mary Geoise, they were talking about Aokiji leading the entire army in an attack.

With such a large force, Robert instinctively felt that they must be coming for him, but he didn't expect that they would take Fishman Island along the way.

With Kizaru, the fastest man in the world, plus Fujitora and Aokiji, the two strongest controllers, and even more terrifyingly, they were willing to lower themselves to launch a sneak attack. Even though Robert left only elites on Fishman Island, they couldn't send out the slightest distress signal.

However, it was easy for Robert to rescue these people. As soon as he confirmed that something had happened on Fishman Island, he immediately summoned Robert.

Da Luo was very diligent and had already set up markers in all of Lei Bu's territories, so he could open a portal to Fishman Island at any time.

Taking advantage of the moment when the naval officers were talking, Robert slipped through the door and instantly locked onto the location where his men were being held, using his electromagnetic induction.

With his current strength, it would be easy for the Navy's admirals to deal with the pirates left behind on Fishman Island, and it would be just as easy for him to deal with the Navy guarding these pirates.

With just a thought, Robert knocked out all the sailors guarding the prisoners by stimulating their nerves with electric current, and not one of them could resist in the slightest.

Then all that's needed is for Da Luo to open the portal again, allowing these hundred-odd people to quickly enter and leave.

Before Kizaru could finish his witty remarks, Robert had already brought everyone back.

The Devil Fruits in this world are incredibly diverse, and it's truly difficult for the Navy to understand how Robert managed to rescue so many pirates in just a few words, based solely on speculation. After all, aside from a few members of the Lightning Division, no one knew about his theft of the Door-Door Fruit.

Robert sounded relaxed on the phone, but his face fell the moment he hung up.

Marco frowned and remained silent. Fishman Island was too important; it was the gateway between the New World and the Paradise region. Whoever controlled it could cut off communication between the two sides of the Red Line.

Back when the Whitebeard Pirates were the strongest of the Four Emperors, the reason they kept Fishman Island as an enclave, with the vast majority of their territory located at the end of the Grand Line, was not only because of their friendship with King Neptune, but also because Fishman Island was extremely important.

Seeing Robert's solemn expression, and the tense atmosphere spreading to the innocent Tontatta tribe children around him, Marco tried to ease the tension by speaking up:

"If the Navy had agreed to make a deal with you and released the brothers, you wouldn't really want to explain to them why you can be on two battlefields at the same time, would you?"

Robert nodded: "Of course, I always keep my word. The main question is, even if I explain it to them, do you really think they'll understand?"

Marco looked embarrassed, recalling how Robert had explained to them how he could manage both the New World and Mary Geoise simultaneously. He had laid out the entire principle behind this operation, but none of them, including himself, had understood a single word.

Even when Robert was in Mary Geoise, when he was trying to snatch Cobra from the Five Elders and Im, he didn't go all out by unleashing his Thor form and charging into the hall where the Void Throne was located.

He simply used the leaves of the Padon tree that were already in the space to summon Shiori Ame, who had mastered the invisibility fruit, to pretend to be live-streaming and attract attention.

Then he summoned Aokiji and Ace, two masters with completely opposite Devil Fruit abilities, one ice and one fire, and maximized the light and shadow effects around the Empty Throne.

Then Crocodile was summoned to block everyone's vision with a sandstorm, and finally Kizaru was summoned to snatch Cobra away at the speed of light.

This whole operation, except for Shiryu of the Rain at the very beginning, used only the top-tier Logia-type experts, which can be considered as giving Im and the Five Elders enough face.

Later, when Robert fought Akainu, he still didn't use his Thor form, in order to save his skills for cooldown.

When Robert awakened the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in its previous stage, he developed a technique that used the uncertainty principle of electrons and quantum entanglement to instantly escape all attack skills.

Later, as his Devil Fruit ability became stronger and stronger, Robert planned to create some new variations based on this technique.

A key characteristic of quantum entanglement is that once the entire system is established, individual particles can no longer be observed; only the state of the entire system can be described.

So Robert began trying to establish connections between the particles in his body and a certain particle outside his body, forming an entangled system.

He initially researched this technique to upgrade the skill he used to escape Blackbeard's fatal attack, aiming to solve the problems of uncontrollable landing points and excessively close distances after escaping.

However, when he began to study this technique, he found that his knowledge was really too lacking. He only had a general idea of ​​quantum entanglement, but he knew nothing about the underlying principles.

Therefore, at most, Robert can only project himself into an invincible state and randomly place him at an uncertain point in the mental realm. As for further developing this technique, he cannot even take the first step of establishing entanglement with external particles.

Robert had originally put the development of this move on hold, but by sheer coincidence, Karina once took a leaf from a parrot and wrote Robert's name on it!

When the other version of himself appeared, Robert instantly realized that this clone, created by Paton using his Devil Fruit power, could establish quantum entanglement with him without any hindrance!

Based on this, Robert discovered that as long as he and his clone existed simultaneously, they could switch bodies at any time without any problems once Thor's form was activated!

Robert was absolutely confident that even Vegapunk wouldn't understand what quantum mechanics or the microscopic world meant.

Even Robert himself only had a vague understanding. Even if he explained it to those roughnecks in the Navy, did he think they would understand and find a way to target him?

Robert glanced at the Tontatta tribe little people beside him, who were looking at him with worried expressions, and forced a smile, saying, "I'll be relieved as long as we rescue our brothers trapped on Fishman Island. Don't worry, everyone, I'll be fine."

The Donta tribe are simple-minded. They believed Robert immediately when he said everything was alright, and then happily went back to doing what they were doing.

Marco followed Robert onto the deck: "Fishman Island is indeed very important, but now that it has been occupied by the Navy, we can't take it back anytime soon, so let's not think about it."

Marco only knew that Fishman Island was in a special location, but he didn't know that in Robert's plan, Fishman Island would be the best battlefield if a decisive battle were to be fought with Im.

At this crucial moment, having lost his predetermined battleground, Robert was truly bewildered and at a loss.

Suddenly, Shirahoshi's voice came through the earpiece: "We found him! He really isn't dead!"

Chapter 46 The Strongest Host of the Forest Fruit

Robert descended from the clouds and floated above the sea. Princess Shirahoshi held up a seed the size of a basketball in her hands as if presenting a treasure. The seed was like a giant heart, still beating slightly.

Robert took a closer look and couldn't help but marvel at the Forest Fruit's ability to save lives.