"Vivi, we've come to save you!"
Nami stood on the high platform and shouted loudly, her voice spreading across the entire execution ground.
The commotion here had already drawn the nearby stationed guards.
They all entered a state of alert.
"Nami…"
Vivi raised her head, her forehead covered in bruises of green and purple, stained with blood.
All of it came from the frenzied crowd pelting her with stones.
Seeing the guards gathering, Nami's face grew serious. She pulled from her pocket a spoils of war from Sky Island, Flash Dial.
The Flash Dial could unleash the effect of a flash grenade.
A dazzling white light burst from her hand, stabbing at the eyes of everyone here so that they couldn't open them.
"Now's the time!" Nami shouted in a sharp voice.
Her goal was to draw the guards present, giving Shinobu the chance to rescue Vivi.
Shinobu was seriously injured. With her current condition, clashing head-on with so many guards was unwise.
That was why they adopted this battle-avoiding method.
Under the flash, even Shinobu had trouble opening her eyes, but relying on Observation Haki, she easily avoided the obstacles ahead, moving unhindered straight toward the center of the execution ground.
"Vivi, let's go quickly!"
Shinobu cut the ropes binding Vivi with her blade and freed Karoo at the same time.
Vivi looked at Shinobu, somewhat hesitant.
"Hurry up!" Nami called from the high platform.
From her elevated position, her view was much broader.
On Alubarna's streets, clouds of dust rose, and faintly, Nami saw a vast number of soldiers surging like a tide.
Sure enough, the commotion at the execution ground had drawn the rebel army patrol units inside the city.
They were numerous, armed with sharp weapons. If surrounded by these men, they'd have no choice but to fight a deadly battle.
"I think we'd better get out of here quickly…"
Nami's legs went weak, trembling as she spoke.
"Nami! Watch out!"
Shinobu noticed a figure appear behind Nami and shouted a warning.
Unnoticed, the guards who had recovered their sight had already rushed onto the platform, one of them standing behind Nami, raising his butcher's knife.
By the time Nami sensed the killing intent from behind, it was already too late to run.
A cold gleam flashed before Nami's eyes, the blade coming straight down.
"Uh… uh…"
Suddenly, the guard's face flushed red, groaning in pain, and the falling knife halted.
Nami faintly felt no pain, slowly opening her eyes to a slit.
She saw several arms sprouting from the guard's body, locking tightly around his throat.
Crack!
A slight twist.
The guard's spine snapped, his waist folding in half.
Just watching from afar was enough to send chills down one's spine.
"Get out of there quickly!"
Nico Robin reminded the stunned Nami, at the same time unleashing other moves to strike back the rushing guards.
"Wuu… wuu…" Tears welled in Nami's eyes. "Robin, so you really are a good person."
Two soft mounds pressed together, springy and elastic.
Robin was suddenly hugged tightly by Nami face-to-face, left somewhat dazed for a moment.
"It's him! That world government-wanted criminal! Kujo Jotaro!!"
"Princess Vivi was bewitched by him into slaughtering the families of the rebel army in Yuba!"
After Jotaro defeated Doflamingo and just stepped into the execution ground, a huge uproar broke out.
The guards, eyes red with rage upon seeing him, stopped caring about Nami and the others, immediately turning their weapons and rushing at Jotaro.
"Devil!! I'll kill you, to avenge my dead family!"
Unaware of the truth, they all thought Jotaro was one of the masterminds of the massacre, not knowing the true culprit was someone else entirely.
Jotaro kept his hands in his pockets, as if he hadn't even seen these people.
Conqueror's Haki poured out.
The moment they entered the range of Haki, without him doing anything, the enemies collapsed onto the ground on their own.
Nico Robin looked at the approaching man, her heart suddenly beating faster.
He came out…
That meant one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Doflamingo, had already been defeated.
And in such a short time...
Her face was filled with disbelief.
"Nico Robin, you don't need to be nervous. I won't do anything to you."
Jotaro, understanding Robin's past, took the initiative to speak, trying to ease her emotions.
"I'm the same as you, also a wanted criminal of the government. Not long ago, I even knocked down a Marine Admiral. They'll never let me go."
"But I don't care! Because I won't let them go either. One day, I'll destroy the World Government!"
The latter words were completely for himself.
The grudge between him and the World Government was already set in stone, impossible to resolve.
Nico Robin stared at him in shock.
It was the first time she had seen someone speak such insane words in such a calm tone.
To be enemies with the World Government.
This was something only a madman would do.
Even beings as strong as the Four Emperors didn't rashly challenge the World Government, instead maintaining a delicate balance with them.
"In short, in the eyes of the World Government, we are the same kind of people."
"If you have nowhere to go, then follow me."
Jotaro didn't want to waste words. Finishing, he walked past Robin.
He did need Robin's knowledge to decipher the Poneglyphs, but with his personality, he would never force her.
Everything was left for Robin to choose herself.
"Nami, let's go. The situation is urgent now, we don't have time to waste."
How many troops the Marines would deploy, he didn't know, but he didn't want to linger here too long.
If the Marines surrounded all of Alabasta, even with wings, escaping would be impossible.
Robin silently watched Jotaro's departing back, her body unconsciously following.
Actually, thinking carefully, it was clear Jotaro had no reason to lie to her.
But Robin didn't think too much about it, inexplicably just following behind him.
"Vivi, you don't want to leave with us?"
Shinobu, after hearing Vivi's answer, asked in astonishment.
After painful struggle, Vivi finally made her decision.
"I can't abandon my country and people! They've been deceived by villains, I must awaken them!"
"I understand your feelings!" Shinobu advised. "But you also need to consider your own situation. The enemy is cunning, using such meticulous means to frame you."
"Without solid proof, no matter what you say, they won't believe you!"
Vivi's face was firm. "I know. I'll stay and find a way!"
Shinobu was speechless.
"Let her be!" Jotaro strode forward, not surprised by Vivi's choice.
Vivi lowered her head, not daring to meet Jotaro's eyes.
"Thank you for coming to save me, but…"
"No need to say it." Jotaro cut her off, smiling faintly. "For you to make such a decision, I'm not the least surprised."
Shinobu smiled and nodded. In truth, it was only out of concern for Vivi's safety that she persuaded her to leave.
In her heart, she knew very well this was a girl who looked fragile on the outside but was actually strong inside.
"Thank you…" Vivi bit her lip tightly, and apart from those four words, she could say nothing more.
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