King Cobra had been staring at Robin since the mont she entered.
After rging his observations with what he knew and carefully scrutinizing her features, he finally recognized her identity. His expression shifted dramatically as he said with concern:
"Robin? Are you Nico Robin? The orphan of Ohara?"
Robin smiled gently in response, wrapping her arms softly around Peter's right arm in an innocent, harmless manner.
"I didn't expect you to have heard of . But judging by your reaction... it seems I'm not a stranger to you."
Yet her words alone sent a chill down Cobra's spine.
"So... the Poneglyph that contains the location of Pluton is truly in the hands of the Nefertari family, isn't it?"
"What?! So your target is Pluton?!"
Cobra took a step back in shock, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.
Vivi, anwhile, was utterly confused by the unfolding situation.
First, her father had knelt and spoken about a historical text. Then, Sister Robin said sothing that frightened him deeply.
"What exactly is this thing called Pluton?"
Robin chuckled lightly and replied:
"Oh, don't worry. Pluton was Crocodile's goal.
We're not interested in that ancient weapon.
In fact, I'd be disappointed if the Poneglyph only ntioned Pluton."
Cobra's face grew grim as he cautiously asked:
"Then... what is it that you're after?"
At that, Peter laughed.
"A terrifying warship capable of sinking an island with a single shot? That's laughable. I can do that kind of thing with ease.
But the real reason we want the original historical texts is to uncover what happened during the Void Century.
Oh, and I'm also quite curious about the mysterious Raftel... I want to know what lies hidden there."
"The Void Century?!" Cobra ignored Peter's bold claim about sinking an island and instead turned to Robin, his face tense.
"You know full well the consequences of researching that era. Are you still not ready to give up? What does it matter what happened back then? It's just history."
Robin murmured softly, as if repeating soone else's words:
"Yes... just history."
But in the next mont, her voice rose suddenly, her eyes burning with anger.
"'Just history'? This is the 'ordinary' history for which the World Governnt wiped out Ohara completely and erased it from the map!
What is the governnt hiding? Why cloak this period in so much secrecy?
I wasn't interested at first, but after Ohara's destruction, it beca my mission. Even if only to fulfill the wishes of those lost scholars, to offer them an explanation... I must uncover the secrets of the Void Century!
It's the answer to the life I've spent running for twenty years!"
Cobra felt deeply conflicted by Robin's emotional outburst. On one hand, he sympathized with her loss and the tragedy of Ohara. On the other, he couldn't understand why these historians insisted on digging into forbidden matters.
What difference would knowing make? Could it really change the world?
He shook his head to clear his thoughts, then sighed and said after a pause:
"If you're not interested in Pluton, then I can take you to read the Poneglyph.
Though I don't know exactly what it says, it may well disappoint you."
Robin nodded indifferently. "That's fine. Just seeing that magical text again with my own eyes is enough."
Peter clapped his hands with delight.
"So far, our conversation has been quite enjoyable.
In that case, allow to share a piece of advice, King Cobra.
If you value your life, you'd do best not to trust the World Governnt too much.
And definitely don't try to send Queen Lily's ssage to the Five Elders.
In their eyes, you, who refused to remain in Mary Geoise 800 years ago, are no different from a traitor."
Cobra's eyes widened in shock, and his nose began to drip involuntarily.
"You... who are you? How do you know that? That's a secret known only to the royal family!"
He imdiately began ntally listing mbers of the royal line, wondering if Peter could be a distant branch of the Nefertari family.
Vivi, for her part, had completely lost the thread of the conversation. She raised her hand in protest:
"Wait, wait! As a princess, I had no idea our family held such a secret!"
Robin, anwhile, was the one who processed the most. She gleaned an incredible amount of information from Peter's few words.
She even rembered his phrase: "u haven't been in Mary Geoise in 800 years," and began to suspect that the Nefertari family was among the twenty original founders of the World Governnt.
What intrigued her most, however, was how Peter knew all of this.
She thought of the Saiyans, a race never ntioned in recorded history, and wondered: did they truly exist 800 years ago?
Had the World Governnt deliberately erased their history, just like the Void Century?
As her thoughts raced, her eyes glowed red as she stared at Peter.
Unconsciously, she stuck out her pink tongue and licked the corner of her lips, growing more intrigued by Peter than ever before.
Peter suddenly shivered.
"Ah~ I feel like soone is staring at in a very creepy way..."
He turned to Robin and asked, "Robin, do you fee—"
But his voice trailed off as their eyes t—her gaze burning with desire as if she were ready to devour him.
"What's with this woman?! Is she...? This isn't the ti or place!"
...
After experiencing a taste of the "Riddler's madness," Peter remained silent no matter how many tis Cobra questioned him.
Frustrated and helpless, Cobra eventually refused Peter's dinner invitation and hurriedly returned to the royal capital to re-examine the family genealogy.
Vivi, watching her father leave without so much as a goodbye, instantly felt hurt.
"Where's the love between father and daughter?! You don't even have a word for ?
I've dedicated my life to this country... please don't ignore !"
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Oda is going to suffer once the One Piece is finally revealed. At the very least, we can all expect that it won't satisfy everyone. I an, how do you please millions of fans who've been theorizing for decades? Good luck, Oda... you're gonna need it.
Throw so POWER STONES here and there.
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