One Piece: Who still has dreams?

Redio casually said, "I haven't personally confirmed it, but it should be pretty close to the truth. Even if your boss went and found out it was empty, it's not like I deliberately lied to him."

"..." Robin stared at him. "How did you know he was my boss?"

Redio simply extended his palm again and smiled in acknowledgment.

Robin said, "Someone like Mr. Crocodile, if he got an Ancient Weapon... do you really enjoy seeing the world burn?"

She gazed at Redio and gently shook his hand.

The "Why Did Mom Die?" mission has been accepted.

Reddio said, "Wano Country is Kaido's territory. With your boss's limited skills, going to Wano Country to cause trouble would be suicide. You don't need to worry. Since I know Crocodile is looking for the Ancient Weapon Pluton, what's wrong with me guessing that he would seek cooperation with you, an Ohara scholar who can read ancient texts?"

Robin was startled and tried to pull her hand back, but Redio grabbed her.

"With a face like yours, it's hard not to recognize you. Nico Robin, the devil's child with a bounty of 7900 million."

Reddio continued to grip Robin's hand tightly. "My 'strange teleportation ability' has locked onto you? Heh, you're right! It's so strange, I don't know why, but I seem to be able to lock onto certain walking corpses who have lost all attachment to life..."

"Nicole Robin, do you think you're a walking corpse?"

"...?!"

Robin was both shocked and furious; she never expected to hear such an answer.

A look of pain flashed in her eyes as she glared at the boy and demanded, "What exactly did you mean by having these people on the ground shout those words?!"

"What do you mean?"

Reddio's attention was drawn to something else, and he let Robin shake off his hand, replying casually, "Just shouting randomly. What, have you heard this noise before?"

The moment Reddio grasped Robin's hand, the long-awaited radar quest finally showed signs of life. The "Quest Accepted" notification was self-explanatory, but after carefully reviewing the quest details, Reddio's attention was immediately drawn to the change in the "Distance" line.

[Distance: Extremely long (teleportable) (droppable)]

What's this extra thing?

"Transmission" means to be able to be delivered to the client's side. What does "delivery" mean?

In that instant, many guesses flashed through Redio's mind.

But at that moment, petals began to grow on his body, and eight pure white Robin arms sprouted from his shoulders, back, chest, and waist.

The moment these arms took shape, they simultaneously strangled Redd's neck from behind, constricting the joints of Redd's arms and legs...

Redio was astonished; he couldn't even muster 5 tons of his usual strength!

Once he tried to move his muscles, the joints in his body that were twisted by Robin's Flower Flower Fruit arm immediately felt sore, numb, and painful, making it impossible for him to exert any force!

Name: Nicole Robin

Overall Strength: ★★★

[Mastered: Joint Locks (Mastery), Flower-Flower Fruit (Proficient), Running (Proficient), Basic Spear Techniques (Skilled), Basic Swordsmanship (Beginner)]

The ultimate?

This was the first time Reddio had ever seen such a comment.

Robin, whose joint locks were the pinnacle of skill, had these arms that grew out of Reddio's body in perfect positions. They were all positioned at the most critical points where Reddio's muscles were congested and his bones were transmitting torque. They pulled on Reddio's tendons, allowing her to use minimal force and an angle that was impossible for an ordinary human to achieve, to completely choke Reddio's brute strength.

Before the ferocious beast that could easily tear her apart could even bare its claws, she had already locked it in a cage.

Redio was twisted into a bizarre position by the eight arms on his body, completely unable to exert any strength, forced to look up at the vast sky of the sand kingdom and the inverted buildings... He laughed and said, "No wonder you dared to say that strength and speed are meaningless in front of you. You are indeed impressive!"

When did I say that?

Robin's face was tense as he stared intently at Redio, slowly saying, "I'll ask you one last time, you..."

She stopped speaking before she could finish.

Because Redio just... disappeared without any warning.

The eight arms she grew on Redio with her powers were like a piece of driftwood, crumbling and falling like petals...

Just like before, in Crocodile's office and in the town of Yuba, the boy vanished into thin air once again.

At the spot where Redio disappeared, a transparent prism was gently rotating counterclockwise...

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In the dead of night, Nicole Robin would repeatedly ask herself, why did her mother die that day? If she had been more reckless, would her mother have been willing to give up her dreams and leave with her, to live on together?

[Mission Requirement: Ensure Nicole Olvia survives the Buster Call.]

Client: Nicole Robin

Estimated Difficulty: ★★★★★

……

This is a small island covered in greenery, especially the enormous ancient tree at its center, which stands out prominently. This is the world-famous "Tree of Omniscience," a 5000-year-old tree whose interior has been transformed into an even more famous giant library.

In the woods a few hundred meters to the west of the Tree of Omniscience, Redio, who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, was staring blankly at the giant tree from afar.

On the open grass near the Tree of Omniscience, a group of agents in black suits, armed with guns, herded and subdued a group of ordinary-looking people. In the inner circle of the crowd, an elderly man with a clover-like hairstyle lay injured on the ground, his fate unknown.

The leader of the men in black suits, acting nonchalantly, had two of his men drag and pull away a woman with long white hair who looked remarkably like Robin. But just then, a little girl with black hair rushed out from the controlled crowd and shouted something at their retreating figures…

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a thunderous roar resounded overhead! The ground beneath our feet seemed to tremble.

"..." Redio withdrew his gaze, leaping back and forth among the trees in the woods, and soon reached the highest point, emerging from the dense canopy of leaves to gaze into the distance.

To the northwest, a 20-meter-tall male giant charged through the dense forest like a madman rushing into a wheat field, heading wildly toward the Omniscient Tree.

To the due west, a panicked crowd surged into a refugee ship.

And looking around this small island...

On the boundless blue sea, ten large warships were arranged in pairs, surrounding the entire island from all directions.

Every warship was ablaze with fire, and shells rained down on the island without mercy, creating bursts of flame and thick smoke.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

Ten large warships bombarded the island, destroying everything in sight.

This is the Navy's emergency call to action, the "Buster Call," which is Reddio's mission requirement—to ensure Nicole Olvia survives the Buster Call.

The white-haired woman being dragged away by the men in black suits was Nicole Olvia.

Nicole Robin's mother.

The little girl who rushed out of the crowd and called out to her was none other than 8-year-old Nicole Robin.

This is Ohara Island in the Western Sea.

Seventeen years ago, Ohara was being wiped off the map by the Buster Call.

"Oh……"

Reddio was speechless. He glanced at the system and saw that, apart from Robin's mission, all the other missions in the list were grayed out and unselectable. "Awesome."

I'll beat up monkeys, chickens, and dogs? Really?

Chapter 26 Robin: I knew it.

[Chapter Introduction: Bonnie Sunbathing Part 2: Following Doctor's Orders]

[Bonnie obediently takes her medicine → Queen Connie pours a bottle of green medicine into the bathtub → Bonnie, feeling utterly exhausted, soaks in the green medicinal bath, happily humming Nika's drumbeat → Bonnie changes into her new clothes and admires herself in the mirror.]

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"Robin! You're here! I've been looking for you! You've seen Olvia!"

The nearly 20-meter-tall male giant, dressed in rags, ran all the way and finally reached the vicinity of the burning Tree of Omniscience, panting heavily with exhaustion.

The surrounding area was filled with flames and thick smoke, and the panic and screams of the crowd could not stop the mother and daughter, who had been separated for a long time, from embracing each other with tears in their eyes.

Olvia acted decisively, shouting to the giant, "Sauro! I'm counting on you for Robin! Please, you must help my daughter escape from here!"

"I don't want to!" Eight-year-old Robin cried uncontrollably, clutching Olvia's clothes and shouting, "Mommy, what about you? Aren't you coming with me?"

“Olbia…you…” Sauro was deeply moved and paled.

“I have other things to take care of.” Olbia smiled slightly. Robin cried out, “Mom! I don’t want to be separated from you again!” She pressed down on her daughter’s trembling, thin shoulders and said calmly, “Robin, if you are a qualified scholar of Ohara, you should understand that ‘history’ is a precious treasure for all mankind, which can illuminate your ‘future’ as you live on.”

"Our research is over, and Ohara is doomed to destruction today..."

Olvia turned to look at the Tree of Omniscience, which was engulfed in flames. Under the fire of the Buster Call, the World Government's agents were too busy to help themselves. The dozens of scholars who had been detained earlier managed to escape, but none of them fled. Instead, they rushed into the inferno of the Tree of Omniscience to rescue historical research materials and precious books.

"Even if we leave behind just one more book, that's your future." Her eyes were resolute. "We must not give up!"

"Mom!!"

Little Robin cried out in anguish as Saul, a 20-meter-tall giant with bloodshot eyes, grabbed her and sprinted away with earth-shattering footsteps towards the western coast without looking back.

"..."

Eurythia covered her face and wept bitterly.

Dr. Clover, who had been silent the whole time with his clover-shaped haircut, shed a tear and sighed, "Let's go."

"Ok!"