Problem solved perfectly.
White Ghost looked at his three little pets with satisfaction.
They could fight and act cute.
Very nice.
Bepo looked at the group of Kung Fu Dugongs and muttered,
"Why aren't there any female bears?"
Pedro's face darkened. He kicked him.
"Idiot. Where would polar bears come from in the desert?"
"Ah!"
Bepo screamed and collapsed to the ground.
"Sorry!"
White Ghost clapped his hands.
"Miss behind the rock, if you still don't come out, we're leaving."
Everyone had already sensed someone there. They simply had not said anything.
What kind of joke was that?
No one would be stupid enough to come alone and cause trouble for them.
"Hehehe."
Nico Robin covered her mouth and walked out. She wore denim clothes and carried a small pack on her back. Her skin was a little paler than in the original path.
Ain and the others frowned, glaring fiercely at their man.
They did not even need to think about it.
This was definitely another woman this lecher had taken a fancy to.
White Ghost felt the unfriendly gazes behind him, and a chill ran down his spine.
"Looks like you've already thrown off Crocodile, that sand crocodile. Judging by this setup, did you come to join me?"
Robin also felt the gazes from White Ghost's women.
She did not mind and replied openly,
"That's right. I feel that sand crocodile has no future.
"So I came to join you, great figure. I just didn't expect that Lord Dragon Emperor, who is known across the sea as the strongest creature, would have this side to him too."
He had to admit, Robin, who was already twenty-three, had quite a nice figure. Her skin was not as dark as in the original path, and she had large eyes.
White Ghost spread his hands.
"What else should I be like? Should I keep a stern face all day? That would be exhausting."
"That voice… isn't that our former boss's partner, Miss All Sunday?"
Galdino and the other two looked at Nico Robin on the shore in surprise.
Although they had never met her face-to-face, they had heard her voice.
"Hm?"
White Ghost's women looked suspiciously at Robin.
When had this guy hooked up with her?
White Ghost folded his arms and looked at Robin.
"You should know that I'm different from other people.
"I'm not interested in Poneglyphs or anything like that. As long as you don't go too far, I think I can protect you."
After saying that, White Ghost looked at her seriously, and strands of killing intent emerged from his body.
Everyone felt that killing intent.
Ain and the others frowned.
It seemed this was a little different from what they had thought.
White Ghost looked seriously at Robin, who had been frightened by his killing intent.
"Once you board my ship, betrayal is not allowed. If you betray me, I'll hunt you to the ends of the sea. Think carefully."
Cold sweat appeared on Robin's forehead.
This man was not joking.
With that killing intent, he really would kill her.
Robin took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down, looking at him seriously.
"I think I probably won't betray you.
"This place of yours is a very good shelter. Many hands will be blocked outside.
"You should know what my first half of life was like.
"As long as you don't hand me over to the World Government, I will never betray you."
The corner of White Ghost's mouth lifted.
The killing intent around him disappeared.
Robin instantly felt that terrifying pressure vanish.
Her whole body relaxed, and the earlier feeling that made breathing difficult disappeared.
White Ghost extended his hand.
"Then, from now on, please take care of me."
Robin smiled and reached out as well, shaking his hand.
"From now on, please take care of me too, my new captain."
White Ghost let go of Robin's slightly cold hand.
"Let's go. The journey is starting."
"Yes, Captain."
Robin carried her little backpack and followed White Ghost onto the ship.
Daz Bonez folded his arms.
"Nico Robin, the Devil Child with a bounty of seventy-nine million berries?"
Paula smoked a ladies' cigarette.
"I didn't expect the person giving us orders all this time to be her."
"I didn't expect her to join us either. This woman is extremely dangerous."
Cold sweat flowed down Galdino's face.
He knew how dangerous this woman was.
The World Government had been hunting her the entire time.
All he could say was that their captain truly had courage.
He dared take even someone like this.
White Ghost and Robin boarded the ship.
"Alright, I'll introduce her to everyone.
"Nico Robin. Paramecia Flower-Flower Fruit user. A survivor of Ohara, and also a pitiful person. As for the rest of her information, you should already know it, so I won't say more."
"Then I'll be in everyone's care from now on."
Robin greeted everyone very politely.
After greeting the crew, Robin went to the library alone to read.
White Ghost had been traveling for so long, so naturally, he had collected plenty of books.
He just never read them.
Whoever liked them could read them.
After settling the three dugongs, White Ghost hurried off to appease his women.
The way they looked at him was getting more and more dangerous.
After White Ghost explained everything to them, including why Robin was wanted, the kind of environment she had grown up in, and what use she had to him, the women's expressions finally improved.
One by one, they sighed that women in this world truly had it hard.
What could White Ghost say?
He could only say that positions were different, and everyone handled things differently.
Elena twisted the soft flesh at White Ghost's waist.
"I'm warning you, behave yourself. You already have plenty of women. Can you even handle them all?"
White Ghost smiled and promised he absolutely would.
None of the women believed him.
Did they not know what kind of man he was?
In the library, Robin, who was reading, raised the corner of her mouth.
"He really is a gentle man. Looks like I didn't board the wrong ship."
No one said anything about the ear that disappeared nearby.
After all, all of them knew Observation Haki.
As long as she did not eavesdrop during critical moments, it was fine.
After pacifying them, White Ghost walked to the library with two cups of lemon water and placed one on the table.
"What a gentle captain."
Robin narrowed her eyes and accepted the lemon water.
White Ghost held a straw in his mouth.
"You heard what we said just now, right? Tell me what you think."
Robin was very smart. She knew what he was referring to.
White Ghost was not in a hurry either. He sat down beside her and waited for her to think it through.
After a while, Robin raised her head and looked at him.
"I never thought about your idea before. But if we do that, won't the sea fall into chaos?"
White Ghost drank his lemon water.
"What does chaos have to do with me? Some things are only more advantageous to me when they're chaotic.
"Wouldn't this indirectly fulfill Ohara's wish too? Letting the whole world have the right to know history."
Robin looked at him seriously.
"Are you truly not interested in that place? You know that it is the treasure land countless people dream of."
White Ghost shook his head.
"No interest. Do you see me flying a pirate flag?
"That place is trouble. A huge, sky-high trouble. Let the people who need it have it."
Robin looked at him for a long time before smiling faintly.
"You have to take me to the places where you know those things are. That condition isn't excessive, is it?"
White Ghost snapped his fingers.
"Not excessive at all. Then you can start preparing too. After all, that will be a huge project."
"Alright."
Robin nodded and continued reading.
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