One Piece: Power-Power Fruit

Chapter 104 Embracing the Weeping Robin

Chapter 104: Embracing the Weeping Robin

"Hahaha! Come on, Robin! Take me to the carriage. You can't not check the gift I gave you carefully! It was specially for you!"

Ignoring the strange expressions on everyone's faces at the table, Mu Chong got up and walked towards the door as he spoke.

Robin hesitated for a moment when she saw Mu Chong get up, but still followed him outside.

The departure of the two instantly transformed the previously quiet room into a cacophony of gossiping voices.

Under the moonlight, two figures walked slowly forward, one after the other, on the streets of Yoba.

Dressed in a white robe, wearing a white peaked hat, and with a white snake hanging from his waist, Mu Chong walked silently ahead.

Robin, dressed in a white fur coat and wearing a wide-brimmed hat, followed behind step by step. Robin's heart was pounding a little, because for some reason, the man in front of her always gave her a strange reason to secretly look up and observe him.

"Hey! Robin! I don't know where the carriage is. You keep following me like this. Where do you plan to take you?"

Mu Chong occasionally felt eyes on him from behind, and he secretly rejoiced, but he didn't expose Robin's little scheme before asking...

"Huh? Uh! Hehehe! I thought the hero was walking so confidently in front because he already knew the location! That's why I followed behind!"

Robin was taken aback at first, then covered his mouth and laughed, quickening his pace as he spoke, and walked in front of Mu Chong.

"Oh? Hahahaha..."

Upon hearing Robin's words, Mu Chong stopped abruptly. Watching Robin walk past, he smiled, shook his head slightly, said nothing, and followed her.

Under the moonlight, two figures walked slowly towards the city gate, one after the other, but this time in a different order.

In the dead of night, the city of Joba was free from the scorching sun of the day, and a cool breeze blew by.

"Hero, we've arrived!"

As Robin's voice rang out, the two arrived at the ruins of a building outside the city. The carriage made of yellow sand, resembling a gold ingot, sat quietly there.

Mu Chong slowly walked forward, raised his hand and touched the huge gold ingot-shaped body of the carriage. Wisps of yellow sand slowly slid off the gold ingot.

"Robin, is that one hundred years of history really that important? To the point of sacrificing the lives of all the archaeologists in Ohara just to uncover the so-called truth that has already passed? Is it worth it?"

Mu Chong suddenly stopped moving, and the yellow sand stopped sliding down. Then, his lips moved slightly, and a voice without a trace of emotion came from his mouth.

call!

A cool breeze blew between the two of them. Although there was no sand in the wind, it still made Robin feel incredibly dry. His throat felt as if it had lost all moisture, and he couldn't utter a sound.

Robin's eyes remained fixed on Mu Chong as he spoke, and when those last three words were uttered, Robin felt a sharp pang of pain in her heart.

"Twenty years have passed since the destruction of Ohara. You, burdened with such a heavy load, do you remember when you truly laughed? When you were truly happy?"

“...That history has been lost for eight hundred years, but the power it contained was enough to influence an entire era. Even such a great island as Ohara disappeared from the world because of it. How can you, alone, bear the weight of this heavy history?”

"Robin, are you tired?"

After saying this, Mu Chong slowly turned around and, in the dim moonlight, quietly looked at Nico Robin, who was already crying her eyes out.

Lifting my foot, taking a step, drawing closer, into your embrace.

"Ugh……"

With Mu Chong's sigh, the surrounding space seemed to freeze, falling into silence.

The crescent moon in the night sky revealed its full form from the clouds, its bright light gently bathing the two people standing embracing on the ground. All was quiet except for soft sobs and the pounding of their hearts.

For Mu Chong at this moment, having a beautiful woman in his arms should have been an extremely happy thing, but feeling Robin's trembling body and hearing her soft sobs, Mu Chong's heart ached.

Mu Chong's purpose in saying all this was not to persuade Robin to give up exploring the blank history, but rather to hope that she could live a happier life.

At this moment, Robin truly felt the warmth of Mu Chong's embrace. Decades of hiding and the constant betrayals that occurred throughout his growth were comforted in this instant.

However, Robin only felt it for a moment before gently pushing Mu Chong away.

"Hehehe! Are you trying to tell me that your ship can protect me? Or are you saying that you have the absolute power to withstand that period of history? Or perhaps you're inviting me aboard your ship to help you decipher the historical text?"

Robin gently wiped away her tears and smiled at Mu Chong, saying...

Looking at Robin, who had recovered, and noticing the look in her eyes as she spoke, Mu Chong felt a sudden pang of pain in his heart. A helpless expression crossed his face; this woman had also come to see him as someone who wanted to use her.

"Hehehe! I'm not interested in that period of history!"

Mu Chong gently shook his head, looked sincerely into Robin's eyes, and said...

"Hmm? The location of ancient weapons is recorded in the historical texts. Don't you, hero, want to possess this power?"

Seeing the sincerity in Mu Chong's eyes, Robin was momentarily stunned, but he persisted in asking.

"Hahahaha! The location of the Ancient Weapons? Is this why Crocodile let you stay at Baroque Works?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Chong laughed loudly, the worry on his face vanishing, replaced by confidence.

"The strong never entrust their lives to uncertain external things! The strong always trust the power they possess! Hahahaha! Ancient weapons? What a joke!"

"Robin, you don't need to test me, because that so-called history from eight hundred years ago is not what I'm after. I, Mu Chong, came to this world to write my own history! What I want is the future!"

hum!

boom!

Without any warning, Mu Chong's Conqueror's Haki erupted spontaneously, as if to prove something to the world. His domineering aura spread outwards at an incredibly terrifying speed.

As the wind rose, a three-meter-thick layer of yellow sand was whipped up from the surrounding ground, sweeping away like a giant wave into the distance.

The earthquake, with its terrifying pressure, caused the surrounding ground to tremble violently. Centered on Muchong, the ground within a radius of 100 meters crumbled.

The clouds surged, and the clouds in the starry sky began to churn violently, instantly obscuring all the light.

At that moment, Enel and Slade, who were inside the inn, immediately stood up. Their eyes gleamed with excitement as they stared intently in that direction, their bodies trembling. It was as if a force within them was growing, a power striving to resist that aura.

"Huh? What kind of power is this? What happened? What's wrong with you two?"

Baku was also shocked by this momentum, but Slad and Enel's reactions made him even more puzzled.

"It's the captain! This aura is the captain's Conqueror's Haki!"

Slad clenched his fists, his eyes brightened, and he said excitedly.

"That aura... the captain's Conqueror's Haki has intensified again!"

Enel glanced deeply in that direction, then said something and sat down again, because in his perception, there were no signs of danger from that aura.

"It's alright, everyone rest. We'll know when the captain gets back!"

Slad sat down again and slowly spoke to Baku and Aisha.

Upon hearing this, Baku and Aisha exchanged a glance and sat down, but their eyes kept glancing in that direction from time to time.

"Meow!!!"

This terrifying aura came and went quickly, lasting only a moment, but it still shocked countless people, including Robin, who was trembling all over.

"Sorry, Robin! Hahaha! I couldn't control myself!"

Mu Chong rubbed the back of his head, apologizing to Robin while his face was full of happy smiles.

But Robin was in no mood to pay attention to Mu Chong's words at that moment, because she was staring in utter terror at the huge black object that had appeared behind Mu Chong.

"This...this is..."