"Is this the place?"
Looking up at the bar with the "Shakky's Rip-off Bar" sign, Nico Robin said, "The place iser ntioned."
After a mont's thought, Nico Robin decided to go inside and check the situation.
Just then, two voices called out from behind.
"Hey!!"
"Robin!!"
"Hm?"
Hearing those two familiar voices, Nico Robin was montarily stunned before turning around with a delighted expression. "Chopper, Usopp!!"
"Hahaha, it really is Robin!!"
After confirming it was Nico Robin, the two imdiately burst into happy laughter.
Usopp then quickened his pace and soon rode up to Nico Robin on his vehicle.
"Long ti no see, Robin!" Chopper exclaid excitedly.
"Yes, it's been a while," Nico Robin nodded with a smile before asking, "How have you two been these past two years?"
"Pretty good, pretty good," Chopper grinned, showing his teeth. "I've gotten much stronger~"
"That's wonderful."
Nico Robin smiled and patted the fur on little Chopper's head before glancing at Usopp. "And you?"
"Sa for ."
Usopp gave Nico Robin a thumbs-up. "I'm a hundred tis stronger than before now!"
Nico Robin's smile widened at this. "It seems everyone has been training very hard these past two years."
"Of course."
Usopp crossed his arms. "To be able to help Luffy, we have to beco as strong as monsters!"
Usopp clearly understood what they would be facing next, so... they absolutely had to be strong enough!
"That's true," Nico Robin said with a laugh.
After a brief pause, Nico Robin continued, "What about iser..."
"Don't worry," Usopp said. "He's still alive."
Nico Robin nodded at this, which matched what she had suspected.
Then she said, "Let's go, we should check inside first. If our other crewmates have arrived, we'll gather on the ship."
"Okay!"
"I wonder where Robin has gotten to," Nami said while fiddling with the Devil Fruit in her hand.
"She should be here soon," iser replied.
Nami nodded before looking at the Devil Fruit in her hand. "If Usopp and the others don't want to eat this, what will you do with it?"
"If they don't eat it, we'll sell it," iser said, turning to Shakky. "I'll have my Clone deliver the Devil Fruits when the ti cos."
Although unrecorded Devil Fruits weren't as valuable as one might imagine, it was better than nothing.
"No problem, leave it to ," Shakky nodded.
Over the past two years, she had helped iser handle many valuable items, so disposing of these three Devil Fruits wouldn't be an issue.
"Are Devil Fruits with unknown abilities valuable?" Perona asked curiously.
"Even without knowing its ability, the starting bid would be at least a hundred million Berries," Shakky said. "If the market is favorable, it could potentially sell for several hundred million Berries."
"Even without knowing the ability, it can be that valuable?" Perona asked in surprise.
"Of course," Shakky replied. "Although there's an elent of gambling involved, if you guess right, you could gain an incredibly powerful ability!"
"That's why many people are willing to buy such Devil Fruits to take a chance."
If one could truly obtain a powerful ability, the user would instantly beco a formidable force!
This is the reason people are willing to spend large sums of money to gamble.
And what if they lose the bet?
If they lose, they can only bla their own bad luck.
Perona thought for a mont after hearing this and then said, "With several hundred million Berries, you could buy a very powerful Devil Fruit, right? Yet people use that money to gamble on an unknown ability?"
"That's true, but the price for powerful Devil Fruit abilities generally starts at five hundred million Berries or more," Shakky explained. "Moreover, Devil Fruits are often priceless and hard to co by."
First, powerful abilities are extrely expensive, and second... this isn't sothing you can just buy with money!
Sotis, even if you offer a billion Berries, you might not be able to buy a Devil Fruit!
This is one of the reasons people imdiately seize the opportunity when they see a Devil Fruit.
Perona fell silent for a mont, then nodded and said, "That makes sense."
Since Devil Fruits themselves are sothing money can't always buy, it's natural for people to be willing to spend money gambling on their abilities.
Just then, the door behind them suddenly swung open, and three people filed in one after another.
"Robin, Usopp, Chopper!"
Seeing the three who entered, everyone in the room imdiately lit up with delight!
After closing the door behind them, the three greeted everyone with smiles.
"Everyone!"
"Long ti no see~"
Nico Robin, taking in the sight of her companions, wore a radiant smile on her face.
However, when she saw iser, she paused for a mont, thinking to herself, 'This... this is iser, right?'
Although his appearance had changed significantly, he still felt like the sa person to her.
But before Nico Robin could say anything, she saw Chopper dart forward in a flash, leaping up to pounce on iser.
"iser!!"
Seeing Chopper lunging at him, iser instinctively reached out and caught him, then said, "It's . Why are you crying?"
Chopper, his eyes brimming with tears, looked up at iser and said, "I thought you were dead..."
When he had read the newspaper back then, his heart had shattered, and he had cried for half a day before finally calming down.
It was precisely because of this that he had resolved to turn himself into an incredibly powerful monster!
Seeing the tearful Chopper, iser felt a warmth in his heart and reached out to ruffle the little one's head, saying, "Don't worry, there's no one in this world who can kill ."
"Mhm..."
iser smiled at this and then set him down on a stool.
"Chopper..." Nami looked at Chopper and asked, "Why did you think iser was dead?"
"Because I saw it in the newspaper," Chopper lifted his head to look at Nami and said. "The newspaper said iser was dead, so I just..."
Listening to Chopper's words, Nami fell silent for a mont before shaking her head helplessly and saying, "Did you forget how the newspapers referred to iser before?"
"Undying Ninja, hello!"
"With a title like that, how could iser possibly be killed by the World Governnt?"
At this point, Nami paused briefly before continuing, "Anyway, I don't believe it."
"Huh?"
Chopper was taken aback for a mont, then turned to look at Nico Robin and asked, "Robin, do you think so too?"
"Yes."
Chopper:
After a mont of silence, Chopper said, "So... everyone thinks iser is still alive?"
"Yes."
"Ehh!!!"
Chopper stared in disbelief and said, "Then... then I'm the fool here!"
Everyone else believed iser was alive, but he was the only one who thought otherwise. This...
"Chopper is no fool." iser chuckled and ruffled Chopper's head, saying, "You were just overwheld by concern~"
iser didn't think there was anything wrong with Chopper being like this. On the contrary, he found such innocence quite endearing.
"R-really?" Chopper asked doubtfully.
"Absolutely!" iser nodded seriously and said, "Our Chopper is definitely not a fool!"
"Hehe~"
With this reassurance, Chopper's face quickly lit up with a smile again.
Seeing this, iser smiled and then turned to Usopp and Nico Robin, saying, "Why are you all standing there? Have a seat."
"Oh, right."
Snapping out of it, Usopp nodded and walked over to sit on the nearby sofa.
"Everyone seems to have gotten stronger."
Luffy, who had been observing the three of them closely, grinned widely, showing his teeth.
"Of course!" Usopp struck a muscular pose and grinned, "I'm a hundred tis stronger than before now!"
Hearing this, Luffy struck a similar pose and said, " too!"
The two exchanged glances and burst into laughter together.
"Hahahaha!"
Then, Usopp glanced at the Devil Fruit in Nami's hand and said, "Nami, that thing in your hand is a Devil Fruit, right?" As soone who had eaten a Devil Fruit, he knew exactly what it was.
Nico Robin was also staring curiously at Nami's hand, clearly surprised that she had obtained one... Wait, there were two more Devil Fruits on the table!
After noticing the two additional Devil Fruits on the table, surprise flashed in Nico Robin's eyes.
Why were there three Devil Fruits?
"Exactly." Nami raised her hand to show off the Devil Fruit she was holding and said, "This is a Devil Fruit."
"Where did you get it?"
"Of course, we stole it." Nami glanced at iser beside her and said, "All these Devil Fruits were taken by iser from Mary Geoise."
"All these?"
Usopp was stunned for a mont before noticing the other two Devil Fruits placed on the table.
Usopp: !!!
There were three of them!
anwhile, Nico Robin looked at iser in astonishnt and said, "Your purpose in going to Mary Geoise... besides publishing that newspaper, was to steal Devil Fruits?"
"To be precise, it was a side objective."
iser explained, "My main goal in causing chaos at Mary Geoise was to deliver a ssage to all of you. The Devil Fruits were just a bonus."
"If we can snatch the Devil Fruits, that would be ideal. If not, it's fine."
"So that's how it is..."
Nico Robin nodded, then said, "So you managed to get these Devil Fruits there, right?"
"Not just Devil Fruits."
iser crossed his arms and lifted his chin slightly. "I also seized quite a bit of treasure in Mary Geoise."
The mont Nami heard the word "treasure," her eyes curved into crescent moons.
Noticing Nami's reaction, Nico Robin's eyes filled with curiosity.
Just how much money did iser steal to make Nami react like that?
But before she could speak, Usopp beat her to it and asked, "How much did you get?"
"Well... the Berries I have on hand now... roughly around thirty billion."
Nico Robin: !!!
Usopp: !!!
Chopper: !!!
All three stared at iser in stunned silence, clearly not expecting such an astronomical number.
"H-How much?!" Usopp exclaid, gaping at iser.
"Thirty billion."
At that, Usopp fell completely silent.
Thirty billion... just how much money is that?
"You actually stole that much money in Mary Geoise?!" Chopper also stared at iser in shock. "How many cotton candies could that buy?!"
iser: ???
Is that how you asure it?
After a mont of silence, iser replied seriously, "Definitely enough to last you a lifeti."
"So... so amazing!" Chopper's eyes sparkled as he looked at iser.
Though he didn't understand the concept of thirty billion Berries, a lifeti supply of cotton candy was undoubtedly an incredible amount!
At the thought, Chopper grew visibly excited.
Nico Robin, who had been pondering what iser had done, spoke up, "Did you rob Mary Geoise's Treasure Vault?"
"Impossible." iser rolled his eyes. "If I had really robbed the World Governnt's main treasury, it wouldn't be just this much money."
"I robbed the Celestial Dragons' Treasure Vault."
"The Celestial Dragons' vault..." Nico Robin fell silent for a mont upon hearing this, then showed a look of disgust. "It seems the Celestial Dragons are even richer than we imagined."
Having lived with revolutionaries for two years, she knew exactly how the Celestial Dragons amassed their wealth.
That's why she detested them so deeply.
"What's wrong?"
iser looked at Nico Robin in confusion. Why did her expression suddenly change?
"I lived with revolutionaries for two years, so I know exactly how the Celestial Dragons get their money," Nico Robin said.
Hearing this, iser imdiately understood her aning.
She must have realized the impact of Celestial Gold on this world.
But before iser could say anything, Nico Robin gave him a thumbs-up and said, "Well done!"
iser smiled at that and replied, "Not only did I rob them, but I also killed seven Celestial Dragons while I was at it."
At those words, everyone froze.
Then, Usopp spoke up, "Does that an we'll have to face pursuit from the Marine Admirals again?"
"If that's really the case, then they need to be ntally prepared."
"Don't worry," iser reassured them. "In the eyes of the World Governnt, I'm currently 'dead.' So as long as I don't expose myself, the World Governnt won't send a large army to hunt us down."
As he spoke, iser took out his sunglasses and put them on.
Then he continued, "See? Can you still recognize who I am now?"
Everyone carefully examined iser and then nodded, saying, "Indeed."
If iser hadn't just taken off his sunglasses earlier, they might not have been able to recognize who he was either.
This way... it would be even more impossible for the World Governnt to recognize iser's true identity!
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