In the first half of this great route, Enies Lobby was a place with an excellent natural defense.
If someone were just an ordinary pirate, there was basically no way they could reach Enies Lobby.
For ordinary pirates like that, even if they took the Sea Train that connected Water 7 to Enies Lobby, there was only a small chance they could reach it.
In that sense, Enies Lobby was a very safe place.
Of course, that was only under ordinary circumstances.
At the very least, for someone like Arton, infiltrating Enies Lobby was not exactly difficult.
"Captain, have you already decided? Who are you taking to Enies Lobby?"
Nami walked over to Arton and asked curiously.
"Mm… I'm just going to see Hina. I should be fine going alone."
Arton rubbed his chin and spoke.
Although Enies Lobby was one of the World Government's landmark locations, there were no especially powerful figures on the island itself.
Arton even felt that if he wanted to sneak in, no one would be able to discover him.
Since that was the case, why would he need to bring anyone else to Enies Lobby?
It would only make things more troublesome.
However, the other members of the Flame Blade Pirates did not think that way.
Everyone knew Arton's purpose in going to Enies Lobby this time was to bring Hina out of prison.
And as a female Marine who held Arton's Navigation Diary copy, Hina should have established a group chat with the other female Marines who held copies too.
If Arton went to save Hina and Hina notified the other female Marines through the chat group in the Navigation Diary copy, it might create trouble for the Flame Blade Pirates.
This was not what Uta, Nami, Nojiko, and the others with Navigation Diaries wanted to see.
"I'll go with you, Captain."
Ain walked over to Arton, placed a hand on her chest, and spoke with extreme seriousness.
As a former Marine, Ain knew even better that Hina was in the female Marines' chat group.
At this moment, she was naturally willing to stand up bravely and volunteer.
"Why?"
Arton looked at Ain strangely.
Recently, had this beautiful Ain grown too fond of sticking to him?
Although Arton did not dislike that feeling, he still felt Ain must have another reason for acting like this.
"Um… I want a reward too."
Ain scratched her cheek and spoke weakly.
"You want a reward? Why?"
Arton grew even more curious.
Not long ago, Ain had still been a promising and excellent Marine.
After becoming a member of his pirate crew, she had actually started asking for a reward so frankly. Wasn't that transformation a little too bold?
If Arton had not already learned of Ain's loyalty through all sorts of actions from her, he might have suspected Ain wanted to lie low here.
"Well… I think if I can also receive a reward, Captain, you'll be able to trust me even more."
"After all, I was once a Marine. If I never do anything the Marines and the World Government absolutely cannot forgive, you definitely won't feel at ease with me either."
Ain spoke somewhat embarrassedly.
"No, I'm already very reassured about you now, Ain."
Arton raised a hand and patted Ain's shoulder as he spoke.
After hearing what Arton said to her, Ain was naturally quite moved.
Especially when she thought about how Arton had disliked and rejected her when she had first boarded the ship, Ain felt even more emotional.
Thank goodness she had not chosen to give up back then.
Ain could not help thinking that.
If she had chosen to give up at the time, she would not have obtained Ulti's template now, nor would she have had the chance to change Teacher Zephyr's future.
Chapter 715: Uta Wants to Bring Ain Into Her Dream
Leaving aside the jokes, Ain had already paid so much for him. How could Arton possibly suspect Ain?
If Ain did not trust him, then how could she have been willing to give everything she had to Arton?
Although Arton did not think of himself as someone who could see through people's hearts, he felt that through the plotline he had concluded with a simple girl like Ain, he could still understand some of her feelings.
"All right. Since you want to go with me so badly, let's go together."
"Still, as for whether you get a reward, we'll have to see how things go."
"This is an infiltration, after all. I don't want to cause too much of a mess."
Arton spoke solemnly to Ain.
Enies Lobby could not exactly be considered a dangerous place. At least, this time, Enies Lobby definitely did not count as a dangerous land.
That said, although Enies Lobby was not dangerous, it was too close to the truly dangerous place of Marine Headquarters.
If he really caused some major disturbance at Enies Lobby…
Marine Headquarters would definitely receive the relevant information very quickly.
Arton felt that, given the importance the current Marines placed on him, once they found out that he and the other members of the Flame Blade Pirates were on Enies Lobby, that Sengoku guy would definitely send a fairly powerful lineup to pursue them.
Although Arton had confidence in his own strength and was just as confident in the strength of the other members of the Flame Blade Pirates, that did not mean he thought he was invincible.
Facing the elites of the Marines, Arton felt he should still be a little steadier.
He did not want Nami, Uta, or the others to be captured because of his own failure.
If something like that really happened, Arton felt he might live in regret forever.
"I understand, Captain. I'll listen to you properly."
The corners of Ain's mouth lifted, and she smiled sweetly.
She really did want to receive a reward and use that to show Arton her loyalty.
However, Ain understood that her most important mission was to stop Hina from using the Navigation Diary copy to contact Gion, Kujaku, and the others.
In other words, Arton agreeing to bring her to Enies Lobby was already very good.
"All right."
Arton stretched lazily and looked toward Enies Lobby.
"In short, get ready. In a bit, I'll take you directly over."
As for the surveillance Den Den Mushi near the Gates of Justice and the like…
Arton was confident he could avoid them.
If, with all the abilities he currently had, and with Observation Haki, he still ended up being discovered by those Den Den Mushi during the operation, Arton felt he might as well just throw the system away…
No, that would be far too embarrassing.
"I'll leave it to you, Ain."
Nami smiled.
"Don't let anything bad happen."
Carina waved her hand and said with a smile.
"If you can complete the mission, I'll reward you afterward."
Uta folded her arms and smiled.
Uta could tell that Ain was now extremely infatuated with Arton.
That reminded her of Tashigi, who had also been a Marine like Ain.
Then, for some reason, she also thought of those joyful things that happened when she brought Tashigi and Arton into a shared dream.
Others did not know, but Uta knew very clearly just how many exciting things she had done with Tashigi and Arton in her dreams.
In Uta's heart, Arton had enjoyed it very much.
In order to keep things fresh for Arton, Uta felt she should occasionally bring newcomers into the dream to meet with Arton.
She could even bring Tashigi and Ain together.
Since Tashigi was fine with it, perhaps bringing Ain into the dream would also be fine.
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