Robin Falling Into the Abyss

Longinus was well aware that the Marine and the Pirate were in some ways, not much different.

Among pirates, strength always comes first; otherwise, any amount of power and wealth would be nothing more than fertile meat in the eyes of vicious wolves.

As for the Marine Corps, let's say that in the original version of the story, Fujitora and Ryokugyu overpowered the two candidate admirals, Momousagi and Tokikake, without any achievements, and directly broke the rules to be promoted as admirals, which is the best proof that strength overwhelms everything.

And in addition to strength, one's faction power is an essential part of everything.

All pirates know very well that just one person can't become a pirate king, so even as strong as the Yonko (in the future), they are always recruiting in the New World.

Again like the Shichibukai in the future era, Mihawk was perhaps the most powerful of the Shichibukai, but at the same time, the least feared.

Because, even if someone did offend him, merely retreating into the ocean, Mihawk without his influence power would have a hard time finding the other side.

The same is right in the marines, and why everyone has selectively chosen to ignore someone in the competition for Field Admiral, aside from the fact Kizaru is indeed not ambitious, is also because he has no factional support in the marines.

So, Longinus, who has grand and hidden ambitions, has been working on creating his G2 faction since two years ago.

Eventually, he never gave up on the idea of going to the Headquarters Boot Camp, not only because he wanted to be methodically taught, but also because he wanted to develop his influence quietly in that training camp.

Longinus, who has the memory of foreign soul, is naturally aware of how the members of boot camp will help him in the future, just as it was for someone like him when he was preparing himself to invest in the prestigious Military Academy.

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Continuing to play the role of his brilliant image, Longinus didn't stop too long. They soon followed the information he had discovered as he headed towards the centre of the pirate gathering.

Although he knew that the little girl who escaped was, in all probability, Robin, the future intellectual beauty goddess, Longinus had no deliberate intention of finding her.

After all, as a marine "hero", he is naturally unable to do stupid actions like hiding Government criminals, which is no different from open betrayal.

As for capturing Robin and handing him over to the government, Longinus didn't have that nonsense in mind, partly because who knows if the ruthless CP would resort to murder, and partly because he didn't want to offend Aokiji, who was feeling guilty because of the death of his best friend.

So maybe the best outcome is to pretend we don't know anything!

The place where the slaves were hidden was the backstage of the food festival venue. Felix had thought that this kind of place where the fishes were more suitable for trading, but unfortunately he had overlooked the fact that the trade goods would also be more difficult to find after they escaped.

At the moment, the pirates who were pacing back and forth seemed a little agitated, and they were all well aware of the Captain's regard for the little girl.

Besides her outstanding value, it becomes a channel for their Captain to get the line with the real powerhouses. That is a reason their Captain even went so far as to bring most of his forces with him to engage any other large pirates in a firefight.

If they couldn't find the runaway slaves before their Captain returned, all of them would have to be hanged.

"Damned bastards! After all this time and still no luck?"

"Captain Keanu, we've been searching this venue to the bottom, but we still haven't found any trace of that brat! I hear that brat is especially good at hiding and escaping, and having eaten the Captain's Devil Fruit before, I suspect... she's already escaped!"

"Idiot, loser, our people have already blocked all entrances, that brat only just ate the devil fruit, do you think she'll have much stamina to activates her powers?" The black-clothed man at the head scolded harshly.

"And you said she's good at hiding and escaping, and since we've searched everywhere else, maybe...she's hiding right under our noses right now!"

"Captain Keanu, that's...that's unlikely, that brat has the guts to do that?"

"Huh? Do you think she has the guts to steal the Captain's Devil Fruit? Hurry up and search the surrounding area for me, inside and out!"

Hina, who was observing from the shadows, whispered, "Longinus-san, do you think that little beggar dared to come back here?"

Longinus was also strangely shaken, under his powerful Kenbunshoku Haki, Robin's small body was nowhere to be seen, so what was this? Do you think it's a good idea?

"She's not only back here, but...she's making a crazy act of it!"

"Crazy act?" The wise Hina quickly realized and covered her small mouth in shock, "She wants to free the other slaves?"

Longinus nodded, it seemed Robin was not so severely hunted that she still had a lot of humanity left in her heart.

Unfortunately, what she didn't know was that even if ninety-nine percent of the world was right, it couldn't hold up to the one percent of darkness!

"Come on, people! Somebody help me! That thief has escaped!" A sharp scream woke the pirates quickly, and they didn't have time to comprehend their thoughts as they hurriedly grabbed their weapons and blocked the doorway where the slaves were being held.

"Is that...is that...? "Hina looked at Longinus disbelievingly. She couldn't believe her ears.

"There is never a shortage of idiots in this world, and there are even more idiots who would harm others even if they harmed themselves," Longinus confirmed her suspicion with a gentle nod.

Outside the temporary cage where the slaves were being held, Robin's face was terrified as she listened to the noise outside. However, she is still only eight years old, and her horrifying experience six months ago has left her exhausted, and her latest betrayal and deceit have left her on the edge of a breakdown.

Despite this, she returned strong in the hope of saving the others, knowing that her escape would cause the poor people to be misplaced by the pirates.

Now, with her kindness torn to shreds, she was gradually sinking into the abyss where she stood alone. Her thin frame was looking so helpless that she wasn't even going to question the person who had exposed her why he had done it.

The other slaves in the cage also plummeted from heaven to hell, staring at the one who had spoken out before with murderous hatred.

It was a little boy who didn't look much older than Robin.

"Why are you doing this? Are you crazy?" The slave in the cage questioned as if he were crazy.

"We can't escape, we'll be killed if we're caught!"

"It's your business if you don't want to escape, so why do you want to destroy our hope of escape?"

The little boy's face, which should have been innocent, actually turned out to be vicious enough to be twisted, "No, why should you be able to run away, it's not fair, you all have to stay with me!"

The other slaves were also shocked by this strange logic, and only came back to their senses a few moments later, "You little bastard, you were the one who didn't want to escape..."

"I don't care, and since I don't dare to run away, you won't either!" Hearing how the outside world was gradually impatient with the reaction, the little boy seemed to have found his strength and responded sternly, "You'd all better shut up. If you dare to curse me one more time, I'll be careful about reporting you to those pirates. You're working with that thief!"

"What makes you think she's a thief, as Robin, she's trying to save us..."

"She's a selfish thief, and it's because of her that she's causing trouble for us. And if she wanted to save us, why didn't she give us that magical power too."

The boy looked at Robin with jealous and unhappy eyes, "If...if I had her kind of power, I would not dare to run away, and this situation is all her fault!"

Published in Qidian, February 24, 2019