After leaving Sabaody Archipelago, Malverick followed the life card and found Robin and the others.
At this moment, the snail ship was parked right under the Red Line!
"How are your injuries?!"
Seeing Malverick's clothes soaked in blood, Robin quickly asked.
It was the first time she'd ever seen Malverick like this.
"Relax, I won the fight—just paid a bit of a price for it."
He had first fought Kizaru, and then briefly clashed with Aokiji and Tsuru.
Malverick himself was also barely holding on.
But he definitely hadn't lost.
After all, Kizaru was surely in worse condition than he was—might even need some time to recover.
"Take off your shirt, I'll bandage you."
Robin took out bandages and reached toward his upper coat.
Seeing her actions, Malverick quickly stopped her.
He didn't need bandaging—though he had more than ten wounds, none were truly severe.
With his physique, he'd fully recover in five days at most.
But Robin didn't care about that.
Under her stubborn insistence, Malverick's upper coat still ended up being removed.
Robin nodded and began dressing his wounds.
Corazon and Reiju were tactful enough to leave, even dragging Alice along.
After the bandaging, Malverick immediately went to find Corazon.
"Captain, do you need something?"
"Yeah. I have something I need you to do."
Malverick handed him a photograph.
"Find the general location of this person. I'll need it later.
Don't enter the Grand Line yet—set off now."
"Understood!"
Corazon left in a small snail ship.
Looking at the photo in his hand, he was shocked.
It was someone famous —
Golden Lion — Shiki!
Marineford, Marine Headquarters
The moment he returned, Kong already heard the report from Sabaody.
Malverick escaped, the Celestial Dragons weren't rescued, and the newly appointed Admiral Kizaru returned injured!
Furious, Kong smashed the brand-new desk—again!
"His strength has already reached that level?!"
They all knew Kizaru's power very well.
In the Marines, very few could be Kizaru's match. Almost no one could say they could definitely defeat him!
But Kizaru—lost!
"Fleet Admiral Kong, we don't need to panic too much."
"Kizaru said himself—if not for the fruit-ability suppression, he wouldn't have lost."
They'd known about the Yami-Yami no Mi long ago—how it could suppress other Devil Fruit users.
This naturally gave Malverick an advantage over someone like Kizaru.
"So that means we'll have to let Garp take action again."
"That's fine. A remnant of the Roger Pirates—Garp is the right one to deal with him."
At this, Kong looked toward the door.
"Gion, you're not going. Stay at headquarters."
Snail Ship — Captain's Room
"Come on, open your mouth."
Robin held a plate of food in one hand, a fork in the other, feeding Malverick a piece of meat.
Faced with this situation, Malverick's face darkened.
"Hey, I'm injured, not disabled!"
"I know~ I'm just taking care of a wounded patient. Now, come on—eat."
"You don't need to bother, I can eat by myself."
Bzzzt— Bzzzt—
Just then, the den-den phone on the table rang.
Seeing it, Robin's expression tightened.
Only three people had these phones:
Malverick, Hancock, and Robin.
Robin's was in her own pocket—so who else could be calling?
"Hmph!"
"Your beautiful wife is calling you—go on, answer it!"
Robin stabbed her fork into a piece of meat a little too forcefully.
Before answering, Malverick quickly put on his coat to cover the bandages.
If Hancock saw them, she'd worry nonstop.
"You even lie to your own people…"
Robin muttered softly but didn't say more.
She didn't want to cause trouble—at least not at the moment.
"Darling, where are you now?"
Hancock's voice came through immediately.
"I'm about to enter the New World. Don't worry about me."
Ten minutes later, the call ended.
Robin shot Malverick a glare and walked out.
She had heard plenty of sweet words—but none of them were said to her.
She felt… uncomfortable.
Sigh…
Malverick sighed and began eating.
The food was a bit cold, but it filled his stomach.
To be honest, Malverick never turned away beautiful women.
If a woman climbed into his bed and he liked her?
Of course he wouldn't refuse.
But Robin…
Well—Malverick truly cared about her.
After finishing the meal, he lay down to rest.
But just then, the door opened again.
Robin walked in wearing a large coat.
Her expression held a strange smile that made Malverick uneasy.
"What do you want?"
"Nothing. Just wanted to show you how my new outfit looks."
Then, in Malverick's puzzled gaze, she slipped off the coat.
With one glance, Malverick's expression shifted dramatically.
"You—when did you get that outfit?!"
"What? I wear it and suddenly I don't look as good as that woman Hancock?!"
Yes—Robin was wearing Hancock's exact outfit.
"Honestly? You're not as stunning as her in it…
but it gives me a weird feeling."
Hearing that, Robin smiled.
She stepped onto the bed, removed her shoes, and pinned Malverick down, straddling his waist, hands on his shoulders.
"Then… do you want to feel something else?"
She whispered into his ear.
Before she even finished—
Malverick flipped her and pinned her down on the bed instead.
"Hah… I originally planned to wait a while before eating you…
but it seems you can't wait anymore."
"Heheheh—maybe I can't.
So go on then."
"Oh, right—your wounds. Will it affect anything?"
Robin continued to provoke him.
Seeing that, Malverick couldn't hold back anymore!
He pulled off the Hancock-style outfit.
"These small injuries are nothing—
and you are my healing medicine."
Then came a storm of intimate contact.
Just as Malverick was about to proceed to the final step—
Robin suddenly turned into a flurry of petals and scattered away—
Malverick: ???
Outside the door, Robin burst into laughter.
"Hahahahahahaha!"
"Sorry, Mister Pervert—
you should finish recovering first!
Goodnight!"
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