672 I don't know why, I just don't want to watch you run away alone (6,000 words)
〖East China Sea, Meili〗
〖It’s calm again〗
"Pirate flag! I'm done!"
On the deck, Luffy's excited shouts could be heard.
In front of the cabin on the second floor, Robin leaned against the railing, crossed his legs, and flipped through a book calmly.
"B.I.B" was sitting back-to-back with her on the railing, with his arms crossed and his legs crossed. His narrow eyes were glimmering as he looked at Luffy, who was holding a freshly drawn pirate flag on the first deck.
Chopper's eyes were filled with stars, "Wow, he's so handsome!"
"Handsome, isn't it?" Luffy said proudly, showing off his results and laughing, "I've been thinking about it for a long time!"
"How cool is that?" Usopp couldn't bear the two guys praising such weird scum, so he grabbed the paint brush and painted a pirate flag, stretched it out and showed it in front of a few people: "Look! This is it!
Call it painting talent!”
Nami, Zoro, and Luffy immediately punched him, "Why did you change it to your symbol?"
"Okay." Chopper originally wanted to say he's so handsome. Seeing this, he jumped up and hit Usopp with his antlers, "Why did you change it to your symbol?"
"How about I do the painting?"
A jet-black mask suddenly appeared in the air.
Usopp was startled by the sudden voice, and he held his heart thumping. He found that Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Chopper had no reaction at all. These people had completely adapted to this "ghost"!
Looking back at Robin on the second floor, she seemed not to have heard the frolics of several people and was still calmly flipping through the book.
When Usopp turned around again, he happened to see the paint brush dancing out of thin air, as if being grasped by an invisible hand in the air, writing on a new black flag, switching between different colors, and smearing skull patterns...
Soon, a pirate flag that was very similar to the Straw Hat Skull and Bones flag originally conceived by Luffy was released.
Chopper and Luffy looked at the stars at the same time, "So handsome!!"
"This... is indeed much better." Usopp reluctantly nodded and admitted.
Zoro looked at it with a smile, "The straw hat is based on what Luffy wears on his head. Why are the crossbones replaced with a snake and a dragon?"
Nami reminded: "Have you forgotten? Luffy has a snake-shaped pendant around his neck...but why is there a dragon?"
She also began to be confused and could only say, don’t you guess the ghost’s thoughts?
"B.I.B" is also quite satisfied with this work.
Anyway, the original straw hat elements were inherited by Luffy from Shanks; it wouldn’t be a big deal to draw another tulip snake or Dorag’s dragon, right?
At this time, it caught a glimpse of Robin on the second floor getting up and leaving, entering the cabin on the second floor.
It was also at this time that it turned around and saw a navy warship that had caught up with them at some point. It was not far away and was slowly walking alongside them.
"It's a navy ship?!" Usopp held his head, his face turned green with fear.
Nami was also a little nervous, "Oops, I was so careless, I forgot to arrange for someone to go on sentry duty..."
Zoro put his thumb on the handle of the knife and looked calmly at a scarred man with medium-long pink hair who came out of the warship cabin opposite. He had a metal glove wrapped around his right hand and looked at the road unhappily.
Fei and the others said: "I have never seen that pirate flag... I am Navy Captain 'Iron Fist Fenbudi'. Who is the captain opposite? Tell me your name."
If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten, you are also called Iron Fist? "B.I.B" I wonder what old man Garp thinks about this.
Luffy replied: "It's me, I'm Luffy! As for the pirate flag, I just made it."
"..." Captain Fenbudi opposite showed contempt and sighed softly, "I am also free. It is rare for me to take a vacation. It is business to go to the sea restaurant to have fun. I am not talking to a dirty guy who even made a pirate flag just now.
Why are pirates so entangled? It really brings down my style..."
"What! Do you look down on me?" Luffy yelled, making a face, "Smelly navy! Stupid navy! Stupid navy!..."
Children? Zoro, Nami, and Usopp looked sideways and sweated.
Fenbudi was even more disappointed. When he returned to the cabin, he ordered the artillery, "Sink them. It's boring."
"yes!"
The marines quickly aimed their guns at the Straw Hat Pirates' ship.
boom!
As soon as the gunfire erupted, Luffy was about to take action when a voice sounded next to him: "Fur Strengthening!"
The seemingly harmless Chopper took a step forward and jumped onto the bow rail. At the same time, the reindeer fur all over his body swelled and puffed up. The cannonball from the opposite side flew over menacingly and hit him like a big fur ball.
On Chopper's body, after sinking slightly inward, Chopper twisted around and threw it to the sea. It fell into the sea with a "pop" and a ball of waves rose up.
"What...?!" Fenbudi was stunned on the warship.
Luffy said in surprise: "Chopper! You are so powerful!"
Usopp's eyes widened, he smiled with his lips pursed, and his nose drooped. Isn't this deer a ship's doctor? Why is a ship's doctor so fierce?!
"Hey!" Luffy turned around and saw the warship speeding away, and shouted angrily, "Don't run!"
Nami quickly grabbed him, "Luffy, wait! Didn't you hear what he just said?"
"What?" Luffy asked.
Nami reminded: "He said he was on vacation and was going to the sea restaurant to be happy..."
Zoro smiled and said: "If we just follow the warship, we can go to the restaurant on the sea. Maybe we can find a good chef who is willing to become pirates with us!"
"That's it." Luffy followed suit and punched his palm.
"B.I.B" was floating to the side and looked at it in amazement. It had just called up the content of this stage of the comic and compared it with the whole process... Originally, it should have been Luffy and Usopp who randomly tested the cannon and hit the rocks on the sea, causing trouble.
Zoro's two former bounty hunter brothers, it was these two people who later led Luffy and the others to the restaurant on the sea... Unexpectedly, there was no test cannon today, nor did they meet the two bounty hunters.
I looked for a chance to go to a restaurant on the sea, but I suddenly met Fenbudi directly, and then because of Fenbudi, I was attracted to the restaurant on the sea...
His narrow eyes shimmered as he stared at the back of Luffy who was in high spirits.
This Straw Hat boy's "strong luck" is clearly defined in the story as a real thing.
The ship's doctor of the Blackbeard Pirates had a bag of poison apples, but there was only one non-poisonous one. Luffy took one and ate it, and it happened to be non-poisonous...
"B.I.B" floated into the cabin of the Mellie like a black ghost and came to Robin's side.
…
"I saw it! That's the restaurant on the sea!"
"Wow! What a big fish!"
“How interesting!”
Suddenly, Luffy, Usopp and Chopper were heard outside the cabin, shouting excitedly.
Are you there yet? Robin's eyes left the book for a moment.
Just then, Nami and Chopper opened the door and walked in. Chopper happily said: "Robin, we're at the Sea Restaurant, let's go together!"
"No," Robin shook his head, put down the book in his hand, and rubbed his eyebrows, "I'm a little tired, you go and eat, I just want to take a rest..."
Chopper nodded to express his understanding. After all, Robin would feel tired after reading a book all the time.
Nami felt it was a pity, "It's rare that I made a lot of money in the Black Cat Pirates before. Sister Robin, do you really not want to go to the sea restaurant for a big meal?"
Robin still declined.
Nami had no choice but to leave, "Well, Sister Robin, you should have a good rest." She gently closed the cabin door.
Everyone left, and the entire Meili became quiet.
"B.I.B" floated next to Robin, looking at her with his narrow eyes.
Robin said to himself: "There are too many people, and if my identity is exposed, it will not be a good thing for Luffy and his pirate group who have just started..."
She was indeed a little tired, so she lay down on the table and took a nap.
"B.I.B" went to get a thin blanket and covered Robin.
She opened her eyes and said, "Why don't you go and have a look?"
"I can't eat, what should I do in the restaurant?" "B.I.B" was lying on the table with his legs crossed.
Moreover, there is really nothing to see, I have already seen it in the comics...
It's just that Luffy and the others met Sanji, and maybe there was also a demon named Akin who had been hungry for several days, and then Sanji's concept of "as long as someone is hungry, I have the responsibility as a chef to cook for him"
Luffy was impressed, and Luffy was just trying to get Sanji to join his gang... At most, Sanji's good deeds later led to the full ghost man Jin coming home and dragging the whole group of starving ghosts over.
And the reason why all members of the Creek Pirates are so hungry and in such an unlucky state is actually because they met Hawkeye when they were entering the Grand Line with full of fighting spirit... and were stabbed by the idle classmate Hawkeye.
From the beginning of the Grand Route, we headed back to our hometown in the East China Sea... and then the whole group became completely autistic.
Okay, I’m done reading. I finished and sprinkled flowers. "B.I.B" shook his head and said: "Besides, it would be boring if you stayed alone on the boat."
"..."
Robin's lips curled up in a way he hadn't seen in a long time.
She closed her eyes, and sleep gradually came over her...
…
Robin slept very deeply this time.
When she was gently shaken to wake up by someone, she slowly opened her sleepy dark green eyes, and when she raised her eyes, she saw a dark mask instantly condensed in the air in front of her, and her narrow eyes shimmered with light.
"There's a lot of excitement outside." The masker made a sound, "The great swordsman who can draw coffin boards and boats with knives is here."
Eagle eye?
Robin suddenly became more awake and remembered that Mihawk had indeed said that he wanted to come to the East China Sea to meet Luffy.
She listened carefully, and sure enough, outside the cabin of the Meili, there was a lot of noise, and she could vaguely distinguish some "great swordsmen", "the best in the world", "Eagle Eye", "why is he here"... and so on.
common sentiments.
"..."
Robin pushed open the cabin door and stood at the door of the second floor, her long hair blown by the sea breeze.
The turbulent waves in the sea outside are slowly calming down. At the center of the surging sea currents, a huge and damaged pirate ship seems to have been cut in half by something. Well, I guess it was Hawkeye's work. It was cut in half by Hawkeye's slash.
, is slowly sinking at sea, with only a few wreckage still rising and falling on the sea...
Looking to the other side, there were many people of all kinds gathered on the deck of a large fish-shaped restaurant on the sea. Robin noticed that Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Chopper were over there.
And among them was a blond young man wearing a crisp black suit and smoking a cigarette...
Everyone's eyes at this moment are focused on the empty sea between all the ships in this sea area. On the black boat like a coffin board, there is a hero sitting motionless with a huge black knife on his back.
Quite a stern man.
"..."
Robin only glanced at it before retreating into the cabin.
"B.I.B" is still outside watching the fun.
In the cabin, Robin leaned against the door and felt something in his heart.
I just remembered the wreckage of the pirate ship on the sea. In the blind spot of everyone's sight, countless flower petals surged up from the gently floating wreckage of the ship, condensing into a flower clone of Robin.
However, the face has been slightly adjusted, and it looks a bit like Robin but not Robin.
This distance was enough for Luffy, Nami and the others to recognize them after spending some time together, but it was also enough for strangers to look at them from a distance and not recognize them at a glance.
Sure enough, the flower clone appeared on the back of the wreckage of the ship. Luffy, who was among the crowd at the restaurant on the sea, looked over and asked, "Hey, why did Robin get there?"
"Robin?" Nami and the others also looked over.
The blond young man smoking a cigarette in Robin's eyes, that is, Sanji, looked at the beautiful figure standing on the wreckage of the Creek pirate ship from a distance, and immediately turned into a heart-eyed one, "There is no one else on your ship except Na.
Miss Beauty, are there other beautiful ladies?!"
Since Sister Robin is not on the Merry... Nami pursed her lips and glanced at Luffy, Chopper and the others with nostalgia, feeling suspicious in her heart.
At this moment, a gunshot suddenly rang out.
The flower clone looked at the pirates gathered on the wreckage of a ship near Mihawk. Someone among them shouted something and fired a shot at Mihawk who was sitting leisurely with his legs crossed on the boat.
This kind of shooting obviously has no meaning to Mihawk.
He pulled out the black knife from his back, and flicked the blade against the incoming bullet. The bullet changed its trajectory like a bowling ball against the blade of the black knife, and passed him without any harm.
The most important thing... the flower clone could probably guess what Mihawk was thinking, and the reason why he responded in this way was probably to prevent his own knife from "cutting" such an unsavory attack.
It's too low.
Mihawk put away the black knife, glanced at the flower clone, and then looked at the dark armor standing on the second floor of the Meili on the other side.
"B.I.B" raised his hand and said hello from a distance.
Mihawk nodded gently and greeted his old friend as if no one else was around.
Where is he nodding?
Every move made by the world's greatest swordsman at this moment undoubtedly affects the attention of everyone.
Is there anyone here who deserves the world's greatest swordsman to nod and say hello just like that?
Could it be that it's against me...?
Many people who also use swords know that it is impossible, but they can't help but think so.
After all, let’s be honest…
Who has never imagined that he is the protagonist in a story who is favored by a top powerhouse?
Zoro had never imagined this.
There were no other distracting thoughts in his mind at the moment, only the figure in his eyes carrying a black knife.
Hawkeye!!!!
…
Robin saw through the flower clone that Zoro actually turned over and jumped off the sea restaurant. Under the gaze of everyone here, he walked towards Mihawk alone.
This naturally caused the onlookers to exclaim. That was Mihawk, the world's greatest swordsman and one of the seven warriors under the king, Mihawk!
What caused everyone to be in an uproar, and you could almost hear a series of gasps... was that Zoro, who was standing on the edge of the wreckage of the ship, tied up his turban and pulled out one of the three knives on his waist.
Pointing at the immovable world's greatest swordsman.
Yes, many people have recognized "Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro" who is quite famous in the East China Sea, but so what?
You're just a pirate hunter, but you want to challenge the world's greatest swordsman?
Challenge the man in front of you who is at the top of countless swordsmen in the world?
What does this guy want to do...does he really want to die?!
Nami sneaked back to the Meili, holding on to the ship's railing, watching Zoro's actions with cold sweat on her forehead.
"Pathetic weakling."
With an expressionless face, Mihawk left his boat and jumped onto the wreckage of the ship where Zoro was.
The wreckage shook, and the others were frightened away by the courage of the world's greatest swordsman. Zoro stood upright with a slight sweat on his face, and withstood the unimaginable terrifying pressure emanating from the opponent, he firmly pulled out the sword from his waist.
The other two knives...
Unfortunately, in Mihawk's eyes, this is just the fearlessness of the ignorant.
He took out the knife hidden in the cross pendant on his chest, and his contempt made the onlookers gasp again. It also made the challenger Zoro feel humiliated in front of his face, and veins jumped in his forehead.
Luffy's nerves were tense, and he gritted his teeth as he watched Zoro put on a three-sword style stance and stand in front of the world's greatest swordsman.
On the Meili, "B.I.B" glanced at Nami who quietly slipped back to the ship alone, and looked at Zoro again.
Its sense of perception is particularly good at distinguishing the strength and weakness of different people's auras.
In its eyes, Sauron wielding his sword to attack Mihawk was like a particle of dust flying into the red earth continent.
No matter how many times this dust hits you unwillingly, there is no way it can shake the Red Earth Continent even one bit...
The pirate hunter charged at the world's greatest swordsman again and again, and slashed again and again. The momentum was fierce and terrifying, and the three-sword style was extremely proficient, but he was easily blocked by a small knife in Hawkeye's hand.
Although this knife was only for defense and not offensive, it was harmless, but it was extremely insulting and had cut Zoro's self-esteem to pieces.
Poof!
The flower clone was stunned to see that Sauron could clearly retreat, but he just let Hawkeye's knife pierce his heart, causing blood to spurt out.
"Zoro!" Chopper shouted anxiously, but Luffy held him down hard. The latter's teeth gritted loudly and his eyes were bloodshot. "Now, you must be patient!"
Although they didn't know what Sauron and Hawkeye said between them, everyone saw that Hawkeye put away the insulting knife and slowly pulled out the black sword from behind him...
And Zoro put on his final three-sword style stance...
Nami closed her eyes, unable to bear to watch Zoro's final fatal charge.
These people all have dreams that they must fight for even if their lives are in danger. Why should I drag them down?
Nami sighed softly, and the onlookers screamed in surprise behind her. She did not look back, and went directly to the cabin of the Meili, preparing to drive the ship away...
"..."
The flower clone glanced at Nami on the Merry, and continued to look at the duel between Sauron and Hawkeye.
Both of Sauron's knives were chopped into pieces by Hawkeye. He turned around and opened his arms as if he was relieved.
"What to do?" Hawkeye raised his knife and stopped.
Sauron smiled and said: "It is a swordsman's shame to be hit with a sword in the back."
"Well said." Hawkeye slashed with his sword without hesitation.
Looking at the black blade of the supreme sword coming towards him, Zoro opened his arms and faced it calmly, and he also calmly accepted his defeat and his upcoming death.
Sorry, Kuina...
Now that I am dead, can my name be resounded throughout heaven? He thought happily, although this name is probably worthless...
The light of the sword passed by, and waves of blood spurted out.
"Zoron!!!!"
Amid Luffy's roar, Zoro slowly fell on his back...
Why... Sanji looked at the bloody green algae that fell down in the splashing waves of blood and rolled into the sea. His eyes were filled with shock... knowing that he would die, wouldn't it be better to give up his ambition?
Really? After all, the other party is number one in the world!!
"What a madman!"
Sanji loosened his tie, took off his suit jacket, jumped off the boat of the restaurant on the sea, and dived into the sea to save people.
"Asshole!"
Luffy couldn't bear it anymore and stretched out his rubber fist to swing at Hawkeye...
Only Robin's flower clone in the distance breathed a sigh of relief. Hawkeye did not kill him and missed the fatal wound.
With Chopper here, at least Zoro won't die.
Thinking like this, the petals flew away, and the flower clone was quietly lifted...
Behind the cabin door, Robin's body slowly opened his eyes, turned around and unscrewed the door and went out. As for Luffy, Hawkeye came just to take a look at him, so of course he would not embarrass him.
"woo woo woo woo!"
On the first deck of the Meili, Nami looked suspicious of life. She was about to cry without tears. She was tied up by arms and lying on the deck unable to move. She looked in shock as the door opened from the second-floor cabin of the Meili.
And out comes Robin.
"Sister Robin, aren't you over there..."
Nami couldn't believe it, watching Robin walk down the stairs little by little, walking towards her...
Robin asked as he walked: "Nami, did you just want to drive away the Meili by yourself?"
She squatted in front of Nami, raised her hand to hold Nami's chin, turned her face, and stared at the latter's helpless and pitiful expression from close range.
Nami was restrained by the arms created by Robin's ability, unable to move, and said depressedly: "So what? I am a thief! You don't really think that I regard myself as a partner of you guys, do you?
Yes, why do you want to stop me? Sister Robin, it’s just an ordinary sailboat. Sister Robin, you didn’t even look at the loot on the Black Cat Pirate Ship before. You obviously don’t care about money! Why?
Do you have to stop me?! It has nothing to do with you! You obviously..."
Nami's orange hair was messy in the struggle. She raised her red eyes and looked directly at Robin. She gritted her teeth and said: "You obviously don't regard yourself as a member of this ship, don't you?"
?"
"..." Robin was silent, released his fingers holding Nami's chin, stood up, looked away, and said to himself, "I just don't know why, I just don't want you to run away by yourself like this.
Drop...that's all."
Nami stopped struggling and stared blankly at Robin's side face.