Chapter 22 Nico Robin

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It's the second day since landing in Alabasta.

"Amber, our supplies have been replenished. Why are we still staying in this city?" Nami asked, bored.

"Do you know about the Seven Warlords of the Sea?" Amber said with a smile.

"The Seven Warlords of the Sea are powerful pirates recruited by the World Government. They possess catastrophic destructive power and huge combat abilities that rival countries. The Seven Warlords of the Sea, the Four Emperors, and the Naval Headquarters form the Grand Line's major powers," Nami read from a small notebook she used for collecting information.

"Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, is in Alabasta!"

"Is he your target?" Zoro, who was exercising with a huge discus nearby, asked doubtfully.

"No! Those are the Seven Warlords of the Sea! Do we really have to deal with this kind of monster?" Chopper exclaimed, holding his head.

"Yes, my goal is to defeat Crocodile," Amber said with a chuckle.

"Why should we deal with him?" Nami asked doubtfully.

"Because he has a plan to overturn the world, am I right?" Amber said, suddenly shouting to a corner.

"What! He discovered me? Impossible!" Robin, confident in her hiding skills after years on the run, was shocked. Hiding had become instinctual for her, a necessity for her survival and her role in the Baroque Works.

"Aren't you coming out yet?" Amber continued.

"Amber, who are you talking to? Is there someone there?" Nami asked, puzzled.

"I was actually discovered. As expected of Mr. Amber, who defeated the Naval Headquarters Vice Admiral!" Robin, who was hiding in the dark, slowly walked out.

"Is there really someone?" Chopper and Nami exclaimed.

Zoro had already drawn his sword and was ready.

"Then what will Mr. Amber do with me? Kill me?" Robin said with a smile, but she was already very uneasy inside.

"I had already guessed that a thoughtful person like Crocodile would definitely send someone here to monitor us. After all, we defeated a Naval Headquarters Vice Admiral. We are not ordinary rookie pirates. We have already posed a threat to him."

"But I didn't expect that he would actually send you. You are the most important pawn in his big plan! Am I right? The only survivor of Ohara, Nico Robin, the 'Devil Child' as the World Government calls you," Amber said, walking slowly toward Robin.

"Mr. Amber, what are you talking about? I don't know who Nico Robin is," Robin smiled, trying to maintain her composure. She wondered how he knew about her true identity, hidden for so many years. Unless he had been tracking her information, it seemed impossible.

Thinking of this, Robin broke out in a cold sweat.

"Since I am sure that you are Nico Robin, I naturally have my information channel."

Without hesitation, Robin decided to act and escape first.

"Clutch!" Robin immediately activated her ability, and two hands grew from Amber's shoulders, stretching toward his neck to break it.

But Robin soon discovered that her hands passed through Amber's body.

"What are you doing? Can't you just talk properly?" Amber disappeared in an instant, then reappeared next to Robin, stretching out his arms covered in Armament Haki, grabbing Robin's arms.

Robin found she couldn't break free and had to give up.

"Can you speak well now?" Amber said with a smile.

"Mr. Amber, what do you want to do? Do you want to hand me over to the Marines?" Robin's face turned pale. She didn't expect her years of escape to end this way.

"I didn't say that. You should have discovered Crocodile's true intention! Now you are trying to find a way to escape from him, but do you think you can easily escape from a Warlord of the Sea?"

"What do you know?" Robin asked coldly.

"Crocodile wants to find the Ancient Weapon Pluton, which has been passed down by Alabasta for thousands of years, through you, the only one who can read the Poneglyphs. And you are now looking for an opportunity to escape from him. Am I right?"

"Crocodile will not let you go. You underestimate the Warlords of the Sea. The only way is to defeat him."

"Defeat him?" Robin looked surprised.

"Let's make a deal," Amber said, letting go of Robin, not worried about her escaping. At the speed of lightning, nothing could escape.

"What deal?" Robin asked, confused.

"I will help you kill Crocodile, and you will join my pirate crew."

"Is your goal also the Ancient Weapon?" Robin instantly became alert.

"Don't think of me as someone like Crocodile. People who fell into despair after failing to challenge Whitebeard in the Grand Line and became superstitious about the power of the Ancient Weapon are not qualified to be compared with me," Amber said disdainfully.

"Then what is your purpose?"

"I'm quite interested in the 100-year void in the history covered up by the World Government. And I feel very disgusted with the decadent World Government. I'm happy to do anything that can cause them trouble," Amber said with a smile.

"Yeah, you're such an interesting man. Then you should have heard that all my former companions were betrayed by me and then wiped out. Do you still dare to ask me to be a crew member knowing this?" Robin said with a smile, hiding deep sadness in her eyes.

"If I am destroyed by the Marines or other minions of the World Government, it means I am not strong enough," Amber shrugged indifferently.

"Okay, if you can really defeat the Sand Crocodile, I will join your pirate crew. So what are your plans next?" Robin asked.

"Have you ever heard the saying, 'To catch the thief, first capture the king'? You contact Sand Crocodile, make up a reason to lure him out, and leave the rest to me."

"It seems that Mr. Amber is very confident in his own strength!" Robin said with a chuckle.

"Maybe I'm not sure yet when facing other Warlords of the Sea, but facing Crocodile, who has obvious weaknesses, I am very confident," Amber said confidently.

"Then I will do as Mr. Amber says. Don't blame me if you die!"

"The one who will die must be the Sand Crocodile!"