Sailing at Sea: The Breath of the Day at the Start

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How could I... get kicked away like that?

She turned to look at the black-haired boy who was standing where Crocodile had been, holding a long, gleaming sword.

Who exactly is he?!

Under her gaze, the black-haired boy stretched out his free left hand, his palm seemingly disappearing into thin air. When he pulled it out again, he had a large gourd in his hand.

He held a knife in one hand and a gourd of wine in the other, pouring the wine into his mouth.

"A Devil Fruit user, huh...?"

Robin looked at him and couldn't help but think.

Is this guy a newly emerged pirate, or someone trained by a secret naval agency?

What is his Devil Fruit ability?

Is it related to space?

Just as she was lost in thought.

A young, or rather, naive, boyish voice rang in her ears.

“Nicole Robin,”

Nico Robin snapped back to reality, but the black-haired boy was no longer there.

She quickly turned her head and looked around.

Turning her head, she immediately saw the mysterious boy who had appeared beside her at some point, standing shoulder to shoulder with her, facing the opposite direction.

A bead of cold sweat appeared on Robin's forehead.

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when……

Wait, he knows who I am?

He came to capture me!

Thinking of this, a chill ran through Robin's heart.

"Don't be nervous, Nico Robin, I mean you no harm."

Just as she was feeling nervous and uneasy, the black-haired boy beside her, who seemed incredibly mysterious to her, turned to look at her.

Under the moonlight, the dark-haired boy looked at her with a smile on his handsome young face:

“My name is Ron, and I’m a traveler who’s just started out at sea. I’m not interested in your bounty; I just happen to know a little about you. Don’t worry, I won’t hand you over to the Navy.”

Robin was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

"You didn't come here to arrest...me?"

"of course not."

"So you captured me to coerce Crocodile? That's probably impossible. Our president is not the kind of person who would compromise for the life or death of his subordinates."

Nico Robin gradually calmed down.

"No."

"Then why did you arrest me? It wasn't to hand me over to the Navy, nor to coerce Crocodile, so what benefit do you get from arresting me?"

Robin was genuinely puzzled.

Standing beside her, Ron held the Rapier in one hand and the Endless Wine Jug in the other, pouring a large gulp of wine into his mouth. He then smiled at Robin and said:

"What if I captured you because I wanted you to be my partner?"

Nico Robin was taken aback by what she heard.

"……Eh?"

She was about to say something.

Sudden.

The earth shook.

The commotion came from the desert outside the city.

"Ugh, what a nuisance. I'll go deal with him first and then I'll talk to you later."

As Ron spoke, he released his grip on the Endless Wine Jar, letting it sink into the void.

With a stomp of his foot, the ground collapsed, and a violent gust of wind whipped Robin's long hair. In Robin's shocked gaze, the figure shot through the night sky like an arrow released from a bow, rushing towards the desert outside the city at an extremely terrifying speed.

"What incredible strength..."

Robin gazed eastward and murmured.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind.

"Could it be... that he can really defeat Crokkadal?"

Thinking of this, she was deeply shaken and immediately ran towards that direction with her long legs.

……

After Robin ran out of Rain City.

She immediately spotted the black-haired boy in a white short-sleeved sweatshirt, holding a sword in one hand, in the desert outside the city.

And opposite him.

Having taken a heavy blow from Ron, Crocodile, somewhat crazed, unleashed his Devil Fruit power to its fullest extent, creating a massive sand tornado.

The vast expanse of dry, lifeless yellow sand spun rapidly, transforming into a raging tornado that swept towards Ron.

It resembles a giant crocodile ready to devour everything.

Even from a great distance, Robin's exposed skin was still stung by the strong wind carrying grains of yellow sand.

One can imagine how destructive power would be at close range, or even from a direct hit.

"This is a Logia-type Devil Fruit. When its power is unleashed to its fullest extent, it becomes a genuine... natural disaster!"

Robin's voice trembled slightly.

This enormous sand torrent before us could probably destroy half of Rain City...

Is there really anyone who can resist such destructive power?

She turned her gaze to the black-haired boy holding a knife in the distance.

Compared to the terrifying, enormous sand torrent, he appeared exceptionally small in the desert.

But when he faced the enormous sand torrent before him, his expression calm, he slowly raised the blade in his hand, which shimmered with blue light.

Moonlight, yellow sand, and gale-force winds.

The world seemed to have calmed down.

In a daze, Nico Robin seemed to see a calm and peaceful blue water surface beneath the small, black-haired boy holding a knife.

The blue water, about the size of a well opening, churned and expanded outwards, quickly covering an area of several hundred meters in radius, transforming into a vast, turbulent lake.

Crocodile, behind the Sands of Sand, and Nico Robin, outside the battlefield, both stood on the turbulent surface of the lake.

The sky was dotted with white clouds, and the lake was turbulent with rolling waves.

There was no wind in the air, and the only sound was the churning of the lake water.

"What's this?!"

Crocodile frowned as he looked at the churning lake below him.

Wasn't he just in the desert?

Why does it appear here?

Is it an illusion?

Or... his Devil Fruit ability?

Tick tock!

It looked as if a drop of water had fallen from the sky and landed on the rippling surface of the lake.

The center of the lake instantly calmed down, with ripples spreading outwards from the center, making the entire lake surface as still as a mirror.