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Explorer - Drawing Room
"Here is your tea."
After Nico Robin placed a cup of black tea in front of Kuma, she took steps to come behind Ikki.
"Thank you." Kuma nodded slightly. However, the tea in the cup remained untouched.
Ikki didn't care - he knew that the cyborg in front of him had already been transformed. He may no longer be able to drink tea like normal people.
"Tell me, what does Mr. Kuma of the Revolutionary Army want to talk to me about?"
After Ikki took a sip of black tea, he looked at Kuma in front of him with interest. He wasn't worried about Kuma's attacking him.
Let's not talk about whether Kuma would do this - just because he said it didn't mean that anyone would believe it.
"Ikki, why do you think I'm a Revolutionary Army member?"
After a while of silence, Kuma finally spoke. This time facing Ikki, Kuma didn't choose to deny it.
Ikki had said twice in a row that he was a Revolutionary Army member, and his tone was so sure. Kuma felt that Ikki was likely to have some kind of evidence.
He had to figure it out. Only in this way could he prevent Ikki from affecting himself and the plans of the Revolutionary Army as much as possible.
He didn't know where Ikki had any evidence. If he had to say evidence, it would probably be the memory of the original One Piece in his mind.
"Intelligence."
Ikki laughed.
"Intelligence?"
Kuma frowned.
"In order to collect famous swords, I've inquired about many things. Generally speaking, the larger the organization, the higher the possibility of having a famous sword. Your Revolutionary Army is quite powerful, so naturally it's within my scope of inquiry. It's a pity that your Revolutionary Army is quite mysterious, and I didn't find out much about it. I don't even know if you have any famous swords inside."
Ikki shrugged and said.
Hearing that Ikki was unclear about the situation of the Revolutionary Army, Kuma breathed a sigh of relief but also had a trace of doubt. Since he didn't know the information about the Revolutionary Army, why was the man in front of him so determined that he was a member of the Revolutionary Army?
As if he saw Kuma's doubts, Ikki continued:
"East Blue, Shimotsuki Village. There's a great swordsman there. I heard that he has a famous sword in his hand, 'Wado Ichimonji.' It's a pity that when I inquired about him, he had already handed over the Wado Ichimonji to his disciple."
"But... although I didn't find out the whereabouts of Wado Ichimonji at that time, I heard that a group of mysterious people once appeared in Shimotsuki Village. The leader was Dragon of the Revolutionary Army. Behind him, there seems to have been your figure, Mr. Kuma."
After hearing what Ikki said, Nico Robin and Vivi behind him both looked at him in surprise. But neither of them had any doubts.
When he was in Alabasta, Ikki relied on his intelligence capabilities to know the situation of Baroque Works and even the whereabouts of the Poneglyph. Therefore, both Vivi and Nico Robin were quite convinced of Ikki's intelligence capabilities.
As for Kuma, after listening to Ikki's words, his body trembled visibly.
"This happened many years ago. Ikki, are you so sure we were Dragon and I from the Revolutionary Army?"
"I wasn't sure before, but I'm sure now. After all, I didn't say 'many years ago.'"
The corner of Ikki's mouth rose and he looked at Kuma opposite with interest.
A flash of light flashed in Kuma's eyes. He didn't expect that he would be careless here. At this time, even sophistry had no meaning.
"Ikki, will you tell the Marines and the World Government my identity?"
"I said, I'm not interested in things between big forces like you. The only thing that interests me is famous swords. If I have to add one more, a mature woman is also pretty good, haha."
After Ikki finished speaking, Nico Robin immediately covered her mouth and chuckled. Vivi pouted.
"Kuma, let's make a deal."
Seeing that Kuma fell silent, Ikki took the initiative to speak.
"A deal? Do you want to make a deal with me or the Revolutionary Army?"
"I am fine with either one. As long as you can bring me some famous swords, I can give you something you need."
Ikki shrugged and stated his purpose.
Yes, he had agreed to talk to Kuma just for this. In the original work, there were still many famous swords that hadn't been revealed, such as Skillful Grade swords, Great Grade swords with twenty-one works, and Supreme Grade swords with twelve works.
In Alabasta, after getting two sharp swords from Pell and Chaka, Ikki understood that it wasn't enough to just rely on the original work and target those famous swords.
It was also for this reason that Ikki asked Gion to go to the Marines and find out if they had any other famous swords that they could use. If possible, Ikki would even be willing to exchange his swordsmanship for these famous swords.
Of course, Ikki had to decide who he wanted to teach his sword skills to. In addition to the Marines, the Revolutionary Army was also a major force.
Although the original work didn't explain whether the Revolutionary Army had swordsmen with famous swords, in Ikki's opinion, this didn't mean that the actual Revolutionary Army didn't have such swordsmen.
Even if there were no famous swords in the Revolutionary Army, the Revolutionary Army's intelligence capabilities might be able to find the famous swords whose locations Ikki didn't know.
In order to quickly improve the strength of himself and his partners, Ikki didn't mind a certain degree of cooperation with the Revolutionary Army.
"Give us something we want? Could it be that if we give you famous swords, you'll teach us your sword skills?"
Kuma asked with a frown.
"Let's talk about swordsmanship another time." Ikki waved his hand. "I don't want the Marines and World Government to see that there are people in the Revolutionary Army who use my swordsmanship skills. This could get me into trouble."
Hearing this, Kuma frowned. "Then what can we get?"
Ikki smiled and looked at Nico Robin behind him.
"Robin, help me get some paper and pen. I'll write something for Mr. Kuma here."
Nico Robin nodded and quickly took paper and pen from the captain's cabin.
After Ikki got the pen, he immediately followed the memory of his previous life and wrote down his knowledge of modern society and some revolutionary experiences.
Robin and Vivi were behind Ikki, looking at what he had written, their beautiful eyes shining brightly. The two looked at each other, surprised by Ikki's insights on revolution.
It could be said that if it weren't known that Ikki and Kuma weren't in the same group, both of them would think that Ikki was a real Revolutionary Army member.
After Ikki handed the written information to Kuma, the light in his eyes became brighter as he continued to read. However, when the more critical moment came, the text content stopped abruptly.
"Ikki, what's the rest of this?"
Kuma raised his head and looked at Ikki with an eager expression.