章 314: Chapter 314: Ohara's Most Precious Treasure
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"Colt, who are you?"
After trying to struggle several times, Aokiji found that he couldn't break free from Colt's shackles at all, so he gave up resisting.
'Anyway, I lost, so I might as well satisfy my curiosity…'
While speaking, he also looked at Robin, his expression indescribably complicated.
He hoped that Robin would live a good life, but he didn't want her to join such a dangerous person.
"Me? I'm just an ordinary person who wants to kill all the Celestial Dragons and rule the world by myself."
Colt spread his hands and said in a very harmless manner.
But his words were anything but.
"Eh?! Colt, are you serious?" Nami looked at him in disbelief.
"Of course, it's true." He replied instantly.
"Ahhh! Then can I get off the ship now? You are a dangerous person; you are in fact more dangerous than pirates."
"Okay, I'll leave you behind right now, and let me find my own happiness in this sea."
"Don't, don't, I'm joking, don't take it seriously."
Nami smiled and hugged Colt's arm, acting like a baby, for fear that he would really throw her overboard.
They were just joking around.
Nami, with her keen mind, had already noticed many things.
In fact, from the various things Colt had done after entering the Grand Line, it was clear that Colt's identity and goals were not simple.
They had come together this far, and if anyone wanted to leave, it certainly wouldn't be at this moment. And not her.
Aokiji twitched his eyebrows.
He didn't expect Colt to be so frank.
"Are you serious? I'm your prisoner now, so there's no need to lie to me."
Kill the Celestial Dragons and rule the world?
Daydreaming simply doesn't accomplish that.
Besides, Colt had the reputation of a healer wherever he went, which didn't seem to align with ruling the world.
"It's really not necessary, so I didn't lie to you," Colt nodded.
"There's no one in this world who can make me lie to them, and even if there was, it doesn't include you."
"Don't just look at me relaxing while sailing all the time… my subordinates are working hard to destroy the World Government."
Aokiji: …
"Colt, don't forget, this man is an admiral, don't tell him your plans."
Robin's eyes reflected her pain briefly and even a hint of fear.
But her words implied that now that the admiral had heard the plans, he should… die.
Aokiji looked up, gazing at her.
In the Ohara incident that year, the Marines' Buster Call destroyed the island and killed so many innocent people.
Today, as a Marine Admiral, it was time for him to atone for all of that.
He didn't mind dying.
A hand stopped in front of Robin:
"Don't be blinded by hatred."
Colt shook his head slowly, looking at the puzzled Robin and said, "Although Aokiji participated in the Buster Call, to some extent..."
"He is still your benefactor."
"Benefactor?!"
Robin's voice became much sharper, and tears overflowed from her eyes again.
"My homeland, Ohara, was destroyed by that Buster Call! My mom died there! My best friend was killed by him right in front of me!"
"Saul traded his life for mine, because of him!"
In the end, she lost control of her emotions, crouching weakly and crying.
Aokiji pursed his lips and quietly watched.
Nami hugged Robin distressfully, comforting her silently.
Compared to what happened to Robin, she was much luckier.
Although Bellemere had been brutally killed by Arlong, she still had her sister and father figure.
But Robin... she had nothing left.
It was hard to imagine how an eight-year-old girl had survived all this time under the pursuit of the World Government.
"Aokiji is in fact a really kind person..."
At this moment, an untimely chuckle came, and Colt's admiring tone formed a strong contrast with the sad atmosphere.
"Even at this point, you're still not willing to give her the news that Saul is alive."
"Perhaps... this is your atonement psychology? Making her think that you are evil, and had killed him…"
After those words, the faces of the two people changed drastically.
Robin immediately stopped sobbing, disregarding her own tears and snot, she raised her head and asked:
"What did you say? Saul is still alive?!"
She looked at Aokiji, who was also full of shock.
"What exactly is going on?"
"Yes, he hasn't died yet." Colt looked at her and asked softly, "Don't you remember anything?"
Robin's mind exploded in an instant.
She finally realized why there was a familiar feeling after Colt finished speaking.
At that time Aokiji had said things cryptically and now she finally understood that he meant he didn't kill Saul.
"Saul is also a friend of Aokiji, and a very good friend."
"The ability to freeze may be very scary to ordinary people, but for a giant like Saul, coupled with Ohara's soaring fire at that time..."
"What do you think it means?"
Colt revealed all the secrets:
"Although he paid a certain price, Saul survived, and Ohara's most precious treasure was also saved by him."
Speaking of this, even Aokiji looked at Colt, confused.
He didn't know these things!
He had only spared Saul's life, but he had no idea what had happened afterward.
"The most precious treasure? Do you mean Robin?" Nami asked first before the too stunned to speak Robin.
"It's not me, it's the books. Ohara's most precious thing is the knowledge accumulated over hundreds of years!"
Robin smiled and shed tears, to the point of overflowing. She was the one who replied to Nami. She was happy about Nami's innocent praise.
Aokiji also smiled, with a sense of relief: "Robin, it seems that this time, you've found a captain with great powers."
"I've been watching your way of living all this time. You always run away, in order to survive yourself, and abandon those pirates who took you in."
"But now, it seems that such days can be over."
"Live well, although it's not the way I expected, but it's enough."
Because of Saul, because of his guilt for Ohara's outcome.
Aokiji had always kept the heart of a guardian for Robin, paying attention to her growth.
At this moment, Robin was like a grown-up girl who had the ability to break away from the protection of her parents.
Although the road she had chosen wasn't the one her parents hoped for, it was still a good choice.
Aokiji looked at Colt:
"Take good care of her. You have the strength to protect her."
After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes and waited for what was going to happen to him.
He was even ready for death.
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