Another half month passed, in the West Blue.
"Goodbye, you two."
Kumu stood on the large ship, looking at Naruto and Yamato on the small boat below, waving at them and saying, "Don't die so easily, okay?"
"You too, Kumu bastard!"
Yamato also waved at Kumu, shouting, "When I go back, remember to tell Uncle Kaido that Naruto and I will be back soon to beat him up, so he better not die."
Kumu was silent for a moment, then said, "You should wait until you go back and tell Boss Kaido yourself."
After speaking, he ignored Yamato, turned directly, and ordered his subordinates to sail away quickly.
"Hehe!~"
After Yamato watched Kumu and the large ship leave, she looked at Naruto and said with a grin, "Naruto, our adventure is finally about to begin!"
"Hmm!"
Naruto nodded, then looked at the small boat under his feet and asked, "Can you drive a boat?"
"No!"
Yamato shook her head honestly, then asked Naruto in return, "Can you?"
"I can't either."
Naruto also shook his head, and then both of them laughed at the same time.
"Neither of us can drive a boat, so let's just walk," Naruto said.
Because both of them had the ability to walk on the sea, they dared to get off Kumu's ship so readily in a place where no land was visible, even though they knew neither of them could drive a boat.
"Hey, I thought so too!"
Upon hearing Naruto's words, Yamato immediately nodded, then directly transformed into her Okuchi no Makami form, jumped off the small boat, and when she landed on the sea, the cold air from her feet immediately froze the sea surface.
Seeing this, Naruto also got off the small boat, then took out his weapon, Longsword·Infinity, and swept it at the frozen small boat, storing it into the space of Infinity Castle.
The space of Infinity Castle was very large, and Naruto directly threw everything they needed into it, which was very convenient.
"How convenient!"
Yamato looked at the sword in Naruto's hand, said enviously, and then leaned slightly forward, saying excitedly, "Naruto, get on my back, I'll carry you."
"Okay!"
Naruto did not refuse. After putting the sword in his hand back into his system space, he jumped and landed steadily on Yamato's back.
"Awoo!~"
Yamato excitedly let out a wolf howl, then carried Naruto and began to run quickly on the sea surface, leaving a long ice path in her wake.
After running on the sea for an unknown amount of time, land finally appeared in front of them.
Yamato deliberately found a secluded coastline, reverted to human form before going ashore, and then prepared to land with Naruto.
Before landing, Yamato suddenly discovered something, then pointed to a nearby spot and said, "Naruto, look, there's a boat over there. I wonder who it is, to park a boat in such a secluded place!"
Naruto looked in the direction Yamato was pointing and indeed found a small boat parked by the shore, and it was perfectly parked in a relatively hidden spot. So he said, "Perhaps the person who parked it didn't want others to find it. Never mind, let's go ashore first."
"Oh!~"
Yamato nodded upon hearing this, then jumped onto the shore with Naruto.
"Don't even think about running!"
"Quick, catch her!"
As soon as the two landed, they heard urgent shouts from afar, and then they saw a group of people with weapons chasing a child, running toward them.
The one being chased was a very thin girl, and the group of people chasing her were men and women of various ages. Their faces all showed greedy expressions—that kind of expression made it seem as if they were not chasing a little girl, but a rare treasure that could run.
Bang!~
Suddenly, the little girl being chased tripped and fell heavily to the ground, and before she could get up, she was caught by the people chasing her from behind.
"Ten Flowers Bloom!"
After the fallen little girl was caught, seeing that she could no longer escape, she immediately rolled over, crossed her hands over her chest, and shouted, "Trip!"
As her voice fell, ten arms suddenly grew out of the ground, grabbing the feet of the first few people who came over, tripping them and blocking the people behind. Then the little girl took the opportunity to immediately crawl up from the ground and continue to flee.
"That's the power of a Devil Fruit!"
"How terrifying, she used that power to destroy six Marine warships!"
The pursuers were frightened by the ability the little girl displayed and for a moment dared not continue the chase.
"Then—are we still chasing?"
"Chase! Her head is worth a bounty of 79 million Berries!"
As soon as these words were uttered, the greed on everyone's faces immediately resurfaced, and then they continued to chase the girl with red eyes.
"So powerful!"
At this moment, a sudden voice attracted the attention of the fleeing little girl, causing her to instinctively stop and look cautiously in the direction of the sound. Then she discovered Yamato, who was staring at her with sparkling eyes, and Naruto, who was standing next to Yamato.
With this one stop, the girl was immediately caught up by the people behind her again.
"Child of the Devil, you can't run away!"
"Hurry up and surrender!"
Perhaps fearing the girl's ability, the group of people, after catching up to her, did not immediately rush forward to grab her, but instead firmly surrounded her.
"Don't come any closer!"
The girl also raised her hands and crossed them in front of her, showing a fierce expression to those people as she threatened, "I don't want to kill anyone, please don't force me."
As soon as these words were uttered, the people surrounding her dared not step forward even more. Even if they were afraid, they still firmly surrounded the girl, their eyes filled with fear but also undisguised greed.
As for Yamato and Naruto on the side, they were completely ignored.
"Hey!~"
Angered, Yamato pointed at the people surrounding the girl with an unhappy expression, shouting, "You adults, bullying a child, aren't you too shameless?!"
Yamato's shout immediately drew everyone's attention, and they all glared at her angrily.
"Where did this brat come from, spouting nonsense?"
"A few of you go over and drive them away, don't get in the way here!"
"Huh? That brat actually has horns on her head? Is it a decoration?"
"I wonder if they're real. They might be worth a lot of money if we catch and sell her?"
"Then let's catch them first!"
Two people from that group walked out, approaching Yamato and Naruto with ill intentions.
"Naruto, did they just say they wanted to sell me?" Yamato suddenly turned her head and asked Naruto beside her.
"Yes." Naruto nodded, affirming, "They did say that."
"Then can I punch them?" Yamato asked again, because she had previously promised Naruto not to cause trouble casually, which was why she asked.
"You can." Naruto nodded again, then hesitated for a moment and added, "Don't hit too hard, just breaking their arms or legs is fine."
"Oh!~"
Having received permission, Yamato excitedly reached for the spiked club behind her, but after thinking about it, she let go of her hand, then clenched her fists and flashed toward the two people walking toward them.
Bang! Bang!
After two dull thuds, the two bodies flew dozens of meters, then slammed heavily to the ground, directly falling unconscious.
"What the—"
The others only saw the two people fly out and didn't see what happened at all. By the time they recovered from their shock, Yamato's figure had already rushed among them.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
In just a few breaths, everyone was lying on the ground, either unconscious or clutching their arms or legs, wailing in pain, then struggling to escape.
"Done!"
Yamato clapped her hands, then said to Naruto, who was walking over, "These people are so weak!"
"You're too strong."
Naruto said with a smile, suddenly understanding why Uncle Kaido didn't allow Yamato to go out to sea before she grew up.
Because in this sea, children with special bloodlines like Yamato are either monsters or valuable goods in the eyes of ordinary people.
Thinking this, Naruto looked at the girl beside him, just meeting her wary gaze.
"Who are you?" Perhaps because they were all children, the girl looked at Naruto and Yamato with caution but did not immediately flee, instead asking nervously.
"I'm Yamato, he's Naruto, and we're pirates!"
Before Naruto could speak, Yamato preemptively said both their names, even revealing their profession. Then she excitedly asked, "What about you? What's your name? Those arms that grew out of the ground just now are your ability, right? You're also a Devil Fruit user, right?"
"Pirates?!"
The girl's face flashed with surprise upon hearing Yamato's words. Then she hesitated for a moment before replying, "That's right, that's my ability. I'm a user of the Hana Hana no Mi."
As she spoke, she raised a hand, and four arms grew out of Yamato and Naruto respectively, leaving both of them full of surprise.
"So powerful!"
Yamato excitedly pinched the arms that grew out of her body. The realistic touch surprised her even more, and then she asked excitedly, "Are these arms all real?"
"Yes, they're real."
The girl nodded, waved her hand, and the arms on their bodies turned into petals and scattered. Then she asked curiously, "Are you two also ability users?"
She had noticed just now that when Yamato asked her if she was an ability user, she used the word "also," which was why she asked.
"Yes, I am, but Naruto isn't."
Yamato immediately replied, then directly transformed into her Okuchi no Makami form in front of the girl, saying, "But my ability is different from yours; it's an Animal type."
"What kind of animal is this?"
The girl looked at Yamato, who had transformed into her Okuchi no Makami form, and immediately showed a surprised expression, with less wariness in her eyes. Then, after hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Um—my name is Nico Robin."
After the girl said her name, her expression immediately became tense, and her eyes were fixed on the two, as if waiting for their reaction after hearing her name.
"Oh, Robin, nice to meet you."
Yamato reverted to human form and said with a grin to Robin, then asked curiously, "Robin, why were those guys chasing you just now?"
"Because—"
Robin was thinking about how to answer Yamato's question when she heard Yamato suddenly exclaim, "I know, they must have wanted to capture and sell you, right?"
Yamato was still furious remembering how those people had said they wanted to capture and sell her.
Yamato had heard those people call Robin the "Child of the Devil," and she believed that it must also be a name for a very rare bloodline, which was why those people wanted to capture Robin.
"Yes, that's pretty much it."
Robin nodded immediately upon hearing Yamato's words, and she also breathed a deep sigh of relief. Then she said to the two, "Thank you just now. I'm leaving now, and I hope to see you again in the future."
"Okay, bye!~"
Yamato happily waved at Robin, then felt a little disappointed. A friend she had just made was now saying goodbye, and she felt very sad.
After the two watched Robin leave, Naruto, who had been silent all this time, suddenly looked at the nearby forest and said in a deep voice, "Uncle over there, you've been watching for so long. Aren't you going to show yourself?"
"Huh?"
Yamato was startled when she heard Naruto's words, then immediately gripped the spiked club behind her and took a defensive stance toward the direction Naruto was looking.
"Nyao!~"
Accompanied by a burst of laughter, a tall man with short black hair and an "X"-shaped scar on the left side of his forehead extending to both eyes,
Wearing a light purple kimono and holding a staff sword, walked out of the forest and smiled at the two. "You two don't need to worry. My name is Issho. I was only following that survivor of Ohara out of curiosity, with no ill intentions."
Although he couldn't see, he could sense that the people in front of him were very young, so Issho's attitude was very gentle.
"Survivor of Ohara? Are you talking about Robin?"
Yamato was stunned for a moment when she heard the words of this person named Issho, then said thoughtfully, "Ohara… that name, I think I've heard it somewhere before."
"It's what Kumu mentioned—the place that the World Government erased from the map with a Buster Call."
Naruto reminded Yamato, then looked at Issho and asked curiously, "Uncle, you just said Robin is a survivor of Ohara?"
When Naruto encountered Nico Robin, he realized that she was definitely not an ordinary child. He never expected her to be a survivor of Ohara—no wonder those people called her "Child of the Devil" just now.
However, from their brief interaction, Nico Robin's ability was very strange but not strong, and her body was even weaker.
Naruto felt that based on Nico Robin's strange but not powerful ability alone, it didn't seem like she had the strength to destroy six Marine warships.
Could it be that he felt wrong? Or was the bounty issued by the World Government lying?
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