【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 308 Heart knot

"How could it be... Why would Robin do such a thing..." Nami said in disbelief, "And why would Qi appear there with Robin? This is simply impossible!"

"I... don't believe this!" Luffy raised his head, his eyes firm, "I want to know the truth!"

……

Vacant warehouse in the back street of Seven Waters

"You did a great job last night!"

Rob admired Nico Robin who was sitting opposite him.

Robin sat on a chair holding a newspaper, without any expression on his admiration for Rob Lucci, "That kind of little thing, no effort!"

"Of course, it's easy with your ability, Nico Robin!" Rob said, and then looked at Qi who had been standing next to him. "I hope you won't make any moves tonight."

Qi looked up at Rob Lucci and asked casually, "What do you mean?"

"Don't do anything, you just need to follow me when the operation begins!" Rob said with a frown. For last night's operation, he originally planned to let Bruno and Nico Robin go only, so that Aspagu could see Nico Robin's face, but this guy insisted on following, but took off his mask when entering. He didn't understand what his purpose was.

"Always wear a mask!" Rob finally added, he didn't want any changes to his mission.

"I'm not your subordinate." Qi said impatiently, "Don't order me around!"

"Tonight is the most important operation... don't do anything irrelevant!" Rob warned, then looked at Nico Robin, "We are going to enter Aspagu's room again tonight! Be prepared for the worst, and it doesn't matter even if all the evidence is destroyed by then!"

Robin looked at Rob Lucci expressionlessly, and seemed to be listening very seriously to the details of the mission as he described it, but in fact, her attention was completely focused on Qi beside her. She didn't understand why he followed her, and it seemed that he had reached some kind of deal with CP9, otherwise, considering the confidentiality of the mission by CP9, it would be impossible for them to allow irrelevant people to join in.

"No matter how stupid he plays, tonight, in the name of CP9... we must get that thing!"

"You must remember that this is a just mission!"

"I hope you won't be absent! See you in the evening." After saying that, Rob took Kaku away. He was not worried that Nico Robin and Dragon's Son would escape.

After Rob Lucci and Kaku left completely, Robin immediately put down the newspaper in his hand, turned to look at Qi, and asked directly, "Did you make a deal with them?"

"Oh, Sister Robin is still so smart!" Qi looked at Robin and said with a smile, without denying it.

"What did you do!?" Robin asked angrily. "Do you know who they are? How can you do this? If you get involved, they won't let you go!"

"I know, an agent of the World Government." Qi said casually, looking at Robin, his tone a little serious "Everything I do is to bring you back!"

"I said, I won't go back!" Robin responded again, but her heart was shaken. She was in a difficult situation. If she was alone, she would have been prepared long ago, but Qi got involved, and now she really didn't know what to do.

"What kind of deal did you make with them!" Robin looked at Qi with a serious voice.

"As long as you come back with me, I will tell you." Qi said in a serious voice, "Or you can tell me, what is your wish?"

Qi looked at Robin who was still silent and sighed. They had this kind of conversation several times yesterday, and every time they talked about this, Robin stopped talking.

"Forget it, it's okay if you don't tell me." Qi stretched and said, "No matter what the reason is, Luffy will not let you leave. It's just a matter of time. Even if you go to Judicial Island, Luffy will find you."

"Legislative Island?" Robin looked at Qi in shock. How did he know that she would go to the Legislative Island? Impossible, he shouldn't know. Robin comforted herself in her heart that she would never let them fall into danger because of her again. The one time with Aokiji was enough...

"That's what I wanted to ask, why did they say that you would go back to Judicial Island with them after the mission is completed?" Qi stared at Robin and asked. This was the point he had never understood. Even if they were cooperating, she shouldn't have walked into a trap like this.

"Return?"

"Sure enough, you are threatened by them!" Hearing Robin's question, Qi's eyes lit up and he immediately said.

"I'm not threatened! I've already said that!!" Robin interrupted, "I hope you can leave and not participate in tonight's operation!"

"Impossible." Qi grinned and said, "As long as you don't follow me, I will always follow you!"

"Whatever!" Robin said angrily, then turned and left.

Qi frowned as he watched Robin leave. He still couldn't break the knot in Robin's heart... Maybe he still had to go to Judicial Island in the end...

……

"The Sea Train is still running?" Sanji looked at the train running time displayed on the bulletin board. "In such bad weather, there is still a train to Enies Judicial Island at 11 o'clock at night. The Sea Train is really amazing..."

"I wonder if Robin and the others will... take the sea train!" Sanji said with some concern. "If she really takes the sea train, it will be troublesome! The Water City alone is big enough..."

"Where did they go?" Chopper said with some guilt, "Did I make them angry when I was in the bookstore?"

"Idiot, how is that possible!" Sanji complained, "No matter what, they won't do that because of you. What I'm more worried about now is Sister Robin. What Aokiji said about Sister Robin before made me feel a little uneasy..."

"Sanji..."

Sanji stopped an old man and asked, "Have you seen this beauty?"

"You are talking about this person 20 years later, right? If I had seen him, I would have informed Carrera or the people at the newspaper long ago!"

"She's an assassin!"

Sanji and Chopper looked at each other and took the cigarettes out of their mouths. "Looks like things are getting bad!"

"Are Luffy and the others okay?" Chopper was a little worried.

"Luffy must be fine. I'm worried about Miss Nami!" Sanji sighed. "The whole island is looking for us now. There are wanted orders for Zoro and Luffy, as well as Miss Robin..."

"This... smell..." Chopper felt the smell brought by the strong wind and sniffed it. "Yes, this is Robin..."

"Hey, what's wrong? Chopper!" Sanji looked at Chopper who kept sniffing and then suddenly ran away, and hurriedly followed him, "Did you smell Sister Robin's scent?"

"There's something strange!" Chopper said and turned and ran towards the alley on the other side.

Sanji hurried to follow.

"Right here..." Chopper rushed down the stairs.

Sanji looked at Chopper, who was standing at the bottom of the stairs and not moving, and asked in confusion, "Can't you smell them anymore?"

"Yo! Sanji!"

"Qi!" Sanji looked at Qi and Robin across the river in surprise, "Sister Robin! Where have you been? Everyone is worried about you!"

"Yes! Robin, come back with us!" Chopper shouted with the same joy.

"Come back to the hotel with us! A lot of things happened to us! I will tell you slowly..." Seeing Qi and Robin safe and sound, Sanji relaxed a lot of tension in his heart, and his mood was high. He couldn't wait to shout, "Wait a moment, we will be there soon!"