Robin Who Never Returned on the Path to Breaking Eggs and 1 to Go

"Hey! How dare you play tricks on me, old man, I must say, you've got a lot of nerve!" The red-haired pirate captain whistled, bent down, and aimed his black gun at Captain Jones' head.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me!" Captain Jones let out a miserable, faraway scream, a harsh sound that made the red-haired pirate captain frown, stepping on the other with increasing force.

"Shut up, old mongrel!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I'll shut up; I'll shut up."

"Since you have used this method to scare off many pirates, that means this ship is still an untouched maiden place, and after all these years... you should have accumulated a lot of treasure, right?" The red-haired pirate captain leaned down and leaned in to whisper in Captain Jones' ear.

"That's..."

"Well?"

"Of course, that's right, and those riches are only for the mighty Captain Jack to have!" Captain Jones tried, "Only, if we surrender our fortune, will the mighty and wise Captain Jack leave us alone?"

"Are you threatening me, old man?" The red-haired pirate captain smiled sarcastically and pulled the trigger, a bullet instantly entering his opponent's leg.

"Awwww!" Captain Jones let out a pig-killing scream that frightened many of the pirates' bodies instinctively.

"No one on this sea has ever dared to bargain with me, Captain Jack, do you understand?"

"Understood, understood! The ship's riches were replaced by the gold of equal value that I hid in the compartment in the wall of the captain's cabin."

"Heh! Do you know how to play, older man? But, for the sake of your being so sensible, I'll give you a quick shot, and remember to appreciate Captain Jack's generosity when you get below!"

Seeing the dark gun pointed at his eyes again, Jones couldn't be bothered to rebuke the other man for not keeping his word, and shouted desperately, "You can't kill me, kill me, and none of you will live!"

"Oh? Don't tell me you're the bastard son of some king who'll have an army after you if you're killed?" The red-haired pirate captain pretended to be frightened in alarm, and then said in a dreamy voice, "Oh, I almost forgot, with your age, you're only the bastard father of some king at best, right?"

"Hahahahaha!" The other pirates burst out laughing as well.

"You, you, you... you don't think I'm joking, but there's a really big man living on my ship, and if we disturb him, all of us will be dead!" Jones' voice was laced with a fear that couldn't be dispelled as if he didn't even want to remember.

"A really big guy? Tell me, was it Roger the Pirate King or Whitebeard Newgate, or some new Fleet Admiral Sengoku in that Marine?" The red-haired pirate captain said with a yawn.

Captain Jones, who was trampled under his feet, looked stunned and cursed in his heart, "Are all the new pirates now so arrogant? It's just some kind of Pirate King Admiral, damn you!"

"That's known as the traveller from hell, the Demon Sword Apophis!" That said, his tone was still not a third weaker, after all, although Apophis was fiercely powerful, it was only a year ago that he had risen to prominence as a meteor, and he was still too far behind the three big men the redhead was talking.

"Apophis? The self-proclaimed killer traveller mentioned in the papers?" Robin's mind was horrified, she had heard the Black Corsair mention it before when she had been captured on the Grand Line, it seemed to be a monster that specifically targeted slave-hunting ships that even their captain didn't want to face.

Even the Black Corsair Pirates were prepared to trade her for protection for that reason mostly.

"Old man, you really shouldn't be a captain of anything, wouldn't it be a lot better to be a third-rate artist with that kind of story-making ability?" The red-haired pirate leaned down and smiled, patting the other cheek.

"I wasn't acting this time, and that man lives in the first-class cabin at the front of the line!" Seeing that the redhead seemed to be getting impatient, Captain Jones spoke quickly and urgently.

"Enough! I don't care if you're acting or not, it's nothing more than a little-known adventurer, and even if he were actually on this ship, I'd tell him to go back to hell!"

Bang!

The bullet pierced the skull, and fat Captain Jones stared at it as if he still couldn't believe he was going to die here.

"Ahh!"

Seeing the blood staining the deck, the crowd instantly tensed up, and many quickly covered their mouths for fear of attracting the attention of the pirates. However, they were still a step too late.

"Captain, what do we do with these guys?" A green-haired rooster-headed pirate asked, licking his lips.

"Kill them all! I'm an honest pirate, and since I said I would slaughter the ship if anyone dared to resist, it's only natural that I should keep my word!" The red-haired captain lightly decided the life and death of the ship's crew.

"Hehe, understand! I'll try to make sure they die as peacefully as possible!"

The pirates' dialogues were not lowered, and the whole ship could hear them clearly, and a middle-aged man dressed as a nobleman stepped forward and said, "Is it a... joke? We still have value. We can deliver the ransom, and please don't..."

Bang!

"Who's interested in listening to your old crap." The green-haired pirate gently blew away the muzzle smoke and shouted in a frenzy of excitement, "Run, why don't you run? Hunting is only fun when you run!"

Seeing that the pirates were determined to engage in the massacre, the ship's passengers only then began to scatter and flee.

"Help! Who's going to save us?"

"Damn pirates, I'll fight you all and go to hell together!"

"Jump into the sea, and with luck, you might be able to float to some island."

Robin was just cowering in the corner. Her face was pale, she had just escaped from hell and was falling into the abyss so soon, could it be that she was the demon's child who would bring bad luck to those around her?

"No, I could never die so easily, like I said, I'm going to live with my mother's help. I'm going to live better than everyone else!" Robin dried his tears and looked hesitantly out to sea.

"It won't work, there's still hope for them to live if they jump into the sea, but I'm an ability user, jumping is no different than killing myself? Maybe..."

"Why are you hiding here, little girl?" A fat-faced pirate looked at the beautifully dressed Robin with a gradually perverted smile.

"It seems like a pity to kill such a cute little kid, so why don't we just... ohhhh!"

The pirate who had suffered the Egg Blast attack fell to his knees with his eyes white and covering his lower body, twitching.

"It's too late to try it anyway!" Robin rushed out with determined eyes, and with the advantage of his thin body, he quickly crossed the butchery, but still drew the attention of the pirates.

Seeing that there were already pirates rushing behind him with knives, Robin no longer hesitated and crashed through the door of the room, the fat captain had mentioned earlier with her eyes closed.

"I...I'm not dead?" Robin leaned against the door of the room, rather frightened at the thought.

Suddenly, the sweet sound of a melodic tune entered her ears.

Robin looked up and noticed that the man in the ghost mask was lazily leaning back in his chair, and the table in front of him held a Den Den Mushi that was playing music on it.

"He...he's Apophis?" Robin was a little distracted, thinking that this image of the other man was too far removed from the cold-blooded murderous maniac she had imagined.

Published in Qidian, March 05, 2019