Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

Chapter 131 Wood: Be a little more polite to lolis!

Watching the dozen or so Marines in front of her tearing apart the roasted meat like starving ghosts, Robin, sitting to the side, was almost completely dumbfounded.

Is being in the navy this miserable now? How many days has it been since they've had a decent meal?

"Little girl, what's your name? Since you say you're a resident of this island, you must be quite familiar with the island's terrain."

We'd like to ask you for a favor. We'll pay you a satisfactory fee after you do it. What do you think?

Seeing the roast meat Wood offered him, Robin politely declined, then immediately put on an innocent smile.

"You can just call me Robin, Navy brothers. I wouldn't say I'm particularly familiar with the terrain of this island, but because I have to collect herbs every day, I've been to many places."

"Whatever place you're looking for, I think I can help."

When Robin heard Wood's question, she gave him a friendly smile and breathed a sigh of relief. She had been wondering how she should offer her help if Wood hadn't asked.

Ruth and the others, who were standing nearby, also smiled happily when they heard Robin's words. If they had the help of the locals, the difficulty of finding the treasure location would be greatly reduced.

Of course, not everyone present was happy at that moment. For example, a man who had been enjoying his meal earlier couldn't stop smiling after hearing the girl's name, and he didn't even realize that he had dropped the barbecue in his hand.

"What did you just say your name was?"

Wood looked at the black-haired girl in front of him with a look of surprise on his face. He finally understood why the girl in front of him had seemed familiar before. It turned out that she was one of the main characters in the future!

"My name is Robin..."

Looking at the excited young marine in front of her, Robin had a bad feeling.

Nico Robin, the devil's child, is a dangerous individual with a bounty of 7900 million Berries on her head by the Navy at the young age of eight.

However, several years have passed, and Robin's appearance has changed significantly from what is depicted on the wanted poster. Furthermore, without her full name being given, almost no one can connect her to the image of the devil's child.

After all, the ocean is so vast, and there are countless people named Robin. No normal person would mistake someone who seems harmless for a big shot with a bounty of 7900 million Berries.

But looking at the agitated Wood in front of him, Robin felt a sense of unease. After Wood uttered his next sentence, Robin jumped back like a startled wildcat, putting distance between them.

"Robin? Nico Robin, the devil's child, the last survivor of Ohara?"

Upon hearing Wood accurately state his origins, Robin abandoned his last shred of hope and immediately turned to run into the forest.

At this moment, Robin no longer cares about what the One-Eyed Pirates will do to her if she fails to complete the mission.

These people in front of him were from the navy, and they recognized him. If he were captured, he would only face death.

Rus and his friends had naturally heard of Nico Robin, the "Devil Child." To emphasize her danger, the World Government claimed that she would bring harm to the entire world, and at only eight years old, she was given a bounty of 7900 million.

Their captain, Wood, a former Navy lieutenant commander, first released a hundred Impel Down prisoners, and then forced Shiki the Golden Lion and Rear Admiral Gion to retreat. His bounty was only 5000 million Berries.

In other words, the brat in front of them was a more dangerous guy than their captain.

Almost out of professional instinct, upon hearing that the other party was a demon child who would bring harm to the world, and that the other party was preparing to escape, Ruth and a former naval corporal in the team rushed over one after the other.

"Four flowers bloom!"

As an ordinary girl, Robin's physical abilities are naturally incomparable to those of Navy officers like Ruth.

Seeing the situation was critical, Robin disregarded the need to conceal her abilities and directly used the power of her Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, the "Hana Hana no Mi" (Flower Flower Fruit).

Two slender arms suddenly appeared at the feet of Ruth and the corporal, attempting to trip them both.

However, for the naval captains and petty officers at headquarters, such resistance was clearly too weak.

Under the overwhelming pressure of their physical abilities, the arms binding their legs were easily broken free and turned into flower petals, disappearing from sight.

Seeing that fists and kicks were about to engulf him, Robin instinctively crouched down and used his hands to protect his head.

She has been doing this pose frequently over the years, and it has even become an instinct.

For an eight-year-old girl who had been wandering the seas since childhood, resistance was obviously meaningless. In order to survive, she had to learn to constantly endure and parasitize the strong.

Seeing the girl suddenly crouch down and cover her head in defense, Ruth and the others instinctively wanted to stop, but they found that their punches were already out of control.

"shave------!"

Just as Russ and his companions' fists were about to touch the girl, a figure suddenly appeared in front of them in an instant.

And with a punch and a kick, he landed on Russ and his companion's faces, sending them both flying.

"Do you guys have any humanity left? You're even willing to be so cruel to a young girl!"

Robin, whose eyes were tightly closed, opened them with a mixture of confusion and fear, not feeling any pain and hearing the voice so close to him.

What came into view was that unfamiliar figure. Just like when he encountered the ferocious beast before, the other party had saved him for the second time, and this time it was after knowing his true identity.

"But Captain, this guy is the child of the devil, a wanted criminal by the World Government. It's said that she will bring disaster to the whole world."

Ruth, who had been punched by Wood, got up from the ground. Because Wood had held back, he was not seriously injured. However, he was puzzled as to why Wood was protecting the legendary son of the devil.

"What the hell is this 'child of the devil'? She's just an ordinary kid in her teens. How can you believe the nonsense from those guys in the World Government?"

Besides, we're no longer the navy, so why should we be the lackeys of the world government?

"I just saw you two grown men brutally assaulting a teenage girl. As your leader, I'm ashamed for you."

Robin, who was squatting on the ground, was stunned when he heard Wood reprimand Ruth and the others. Although Wood had not said much, the amount of information he had conveyed was enormous.

The young naval lieutenant commander in front of me, unlike the others, did not seem to have any obvious hostility towards me.

Secondly, these navy personnel here are not actually navy personnel; no, it should be said that they were only navy personnel in the past!

Chapter 132 Wood, mistaken for a hypocrite

Robin's mood and experiences today were like a rollercoaster ride.

First, he was almost killed by the One-Eyed Pirates, and then, in order to cooperate with the performance, he was almost killed by a wild beast.

Finally, her true identity was recognized by the Navy again. When she was at her wit's end, someone saved her again. And she just learned that the Navy in front of her were just former Navy personnel.

Robin didn't have much doubt about Wood's identity, because he was now someone who could be manipulated at will, and the other party had no reason to deceive him.

Furthermore, if the other party were truly from the Navy, they certainly wouldn't dare to insult the World Government like that, otherwise the consequences would be dire.

Robin is now wondering how Wood recognized him and what his attitude towards him is.

It's obvious to anyone with eyes to see that Wood is the leader among these people, so his attitude towards how he treats me is very important, and could even directly affect my fate.

"Captain, even though we're no longer part of the Marines, Nico Robin is a dangerous individual with a bounty of 7900 million Berries. If we send her to the Marine branch here, we can get a large sum of money, right?"

Ruth felt that killing a young girl was indeed a bit too much, but he also felt that letting a dangerous person like Nico Robin roam freely at sea was far too dangerous.

Since the other party is a wanted criminal and they are short of money, exchanging the other party for money seems like a good option.

"Handing her over to the navy is no different from killing her outright!"

"I may love money, but I do have my limits. Look at her, does she look like the ruthless person the World Government describes?"

It's not hard to understand why Rus and his group would make such a suggestion; the reasons for the destruction of Ohara Island are far beyond what these lower-ranking people could possibly know.

Covering up the true history is something world governments excel at.

As former Marines, they had only heard of the Devil Child, who was portrayed as extremely dangerous by the World Government, so they immediately felt that letting Robin leave like this was far too dangerous.

"The so-called child of the devil is actually just an ordinary girl from Ohara Island."

As a renowned archaeological site in the West Sea, the islanders there possess wisdom that surpasses that of ordinary people, and more importantly, they have the knowledge to interpret historical texts.

But it was precisely because of this that they suffered a devastating disaster.

The so-called Devil's Island is utter nonsense. The reason it was destroyed by the Buster Call was simply because the World Government was worried about the islanders' knowledge of deciphering the Poneglyphs.

Hearing the secrets Wood told them, Ruth and the others were stunned, because in all their years as marines, this was truly the first time they had ever heard of anything related to Ohara.

It wasn't just Ruth and the others who were surprised; Robin, who was being protected by Wood, also looked at Wood with a look of shock in his eyes.

Besides being shocked, Robin was also very wary of Wood at this moment.

Robin is not stupid; on the contrary, she is quite intelligent, otherwise she could not have survived alone on the cruel sea at the age of 8.

Wood recognized himself and knew the truth about O'Hara. His reason for saving himself was probably not just out of sympathy, but for some other purpose.

It's not surprising that Robin would think this way, since the two are not related and have only just met. Robin really can't think of any reason why Wood would help him.

Robin even thought that Wood might have deliberately tried to learn about him because the other party could recognize him at a glance.

"Captain, if things are really as you say, how should we deal with the demon now... and how should we deal with this little girl?"

Ruth and the others were not surprised that Wood knew such secrets, because they knew that Wood was a student of Admiral Zephyr at the Naval Academy and a close friend of Rear Admiral Gion.

Although his official position was relatively low, his network of connections was quite impressive, and it was not surprising that he knew about some high-ranking naval officials.

"Since her name is indeed Nico Robin, it means she is not a resident of this island, and what she said before was a lie."

So… Robin, are you now being used as a pawn by some pirate crew again?

As a One Piece fan, Wood knew a little about Robin's experiences before she met Luffy and his crew, which is why he made this deduction.

As for Robin herself, her eyes were wide open at this moment, and she even wondered if there were any Devil Fruits in the world that could see into other people's past.

This was simply too outrageous. It was one thing for Wood to recognize her, and she could barely accept knowing the truth about O'Hara, but it made no sense that the other party even knew how she had been living these past few years.

Could it be that all these years, I thought I had escaped the World Government's pursuit, but in reality, I had been under their surveillance all along?

The thought that her struggle to survive over the past few years might all be under the control of the World Government drained Robin of all her strength, and she collapsed to the ground.

Wood, however, interpreted Robin's behavior as a sign that Robin was worried he might harm her.