"Why… why was the Buster Call activated…?"
Spandam knelt on the ground, pounding the floor again and again with his right fist. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't understand why he had pressed the button.
This was Enies Lobby.
Activating a Buster Call here—he knew better than anyone what that meant.
Even with his father's achievements backing him, the enraged Five Elders might still have him executed.
"That idiot…"
Rob Lucci said darkly.
Why did their superior have to be this man?
Activating a Buster Call on Enies Lobby—how could he even think of something like that?!
An island that had stood for eight hundred years being destroyed by their own Buster Call—
That was equivalent to slapping the World Government's face as hard as possible.
"Did you do something?!"
Kalifa stared straight at Jin.
That expression he had earlier—she had seen it clearly. It was far too strange.
Spandam seemed to grasp at a lifeline. He scrambled to his feet, hair disheveled, eyes bloodshot like a demon as he glared at Jin.
"It was you, wasn't it?!"
If this wasn't his own intention, then the punishment would be far lighter—at the very least, he wouldn't be executed… right?
"You pressed the button yourself," Jin sneered.
"What does that have to do with me?"
"Impossible! There's no way I'd press it myself!"
"But that's the truth~"
Spandam: ...
Yes. That was the truth.
The golden Den Den Mushi had indeed been activated by his own hand.
And the Buster Call that would soon erase Enies Lobby—
Was launched by him.
"Heh… I see now."
Sanji suddenly laughed.
"What? What is it?"
Usopp looked at him in confusion.
"Just watch."
Sanji had no intention of explaining.
With the enemy right in front of them, explaining would only be telling them the truth outright.
"How interesting."
Zoro smirked as well.
Like Sanji, he had already seen through it.
Back when the Gates of Justice were opened, Jin had already shown his ability—
Genjutsu.
A technique that could control people without them even realizing it.
That idiot had clearly been manipulated into activating the Buster Call.
Fine by him.
Jin had already said it himself—
The problem of the Buster Call would be handled by him.
If that was the case, then let him handle it.
A powerful ninja capable of controlling water…
Taking down ten Marine warships alone wasn't impossible.
"It seems they know something," Kaku said calmly, forcing himself to stay composed.
He had noticed the Straw Hats' expressions.
They weren't explaining anything—but this clearly had something to do with them.
No matter how stupid Spandam was, he wouldn't destroy his own base for no reason.
"Damn it… since you won't talk, then CP9 and the Buster Call will crush you together!"
Spandam took a deep breath, forcibly calming himself.
Then he looked toward CP9.
"Nico Robin must not be lost. Capture them!"
There were only three people here.
If CP9 attacked together, taking this man down shouldn't be a problem.
"You couldn't do anything to me earlier," Jin tilted his head slightly,
"and now you think you can?"
"That was then—this is now!"
Jabra snarled.
"With two burdens dragging you down, you think you can still escape?!"
He admitted the man's speed was terrifying—so fast that even he struggled to react.
But now?
With Nico Robin and Franky holding him back, that speed advantage wouldn't matter nearly as much.
"Chapapa~ the situation has reversed~"
"Hmph. As long as Nico Robin is still in my hands, everything's fine."
Having regained his composure, Spandam finally thought it through.
Destroying Enies Lobby with a Buster Call was indeed disastrous—
But if he could bring Nico Robin back, that meant reviving an Ancient Weapon.
An Ancient Weapon…
A single strike capable of erasing an island.
With that achievement, his merits could outweigh his crimes.
No—he might even be rewarded.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.
"Robin will never return to you," Jin said coldly.
"Not now. Not ever."
He clapped his hands together.
Water splashed beneath his feet.
The ground began to tremble faintly.
"Take him down!"
"Shave!"
CP9 moved simultaneously, launching a coordinated assault meant to kill.
"Water Style — Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
"BOOM—!!"
A colossal water dragon materialized out of thin air, smashing into CP9 and blasting them away, forcibly halting their attack.
"What the hell is that?!"
After stabilizing himself, Jabra stared in disbelief.
What had he just seen?!
A massive water dragon had appeared out of nowhere on the balcony—
Swallowing all three of them in an instant.
Not only that—
The dragon actually flew, surging toward the distant courthouse?!
"Water Style…?!"
Spandam, who had been swept into the corridor by the waves, froze before shouting:
"Don't let him escape! Capture that ninja!!"
If this man really was a ninja—
Then he might be from Wano Country!
That meant they could extract information about Wano from him—
Another enormous achievement!
Hearing Spandam's roar, CP9 quickly recovered.
"Ninja?"
Weren't those supposed to exist only in stories?
Had one actually appeared?
Or was this some kind of Devil Fruit ability?
"Not good—he's heading back to the courthouse!" Lucci said sharply.
"Tempest Kick!"
CP9 attacked together.
Countless razor-like wind blades tore into the water dragon, blasting its rear half apart into exploding sprays!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Just before reaching the courthouse, the water dragon lost its momentum and collapsed into crashing waves that rained downward.
"Hmph. Trying to escape right in front of us—what a joke," Jabra sneered.
"B-but… didn't the boss say to capture them alive? Chapapa…"
Jabra: ...
Damn it.
He hadn't thought that far.
If Nico Robin or that ninja died, wouldn't they be punished?
"Stay calm," Lucci said heavily.
"They're not dead."
"How can you tell?"
"Because you can already hear Franky shouting from over there," Kaku pointed out.
"Damn it—thought I was gonna die just now!" Franky yelled.
As the water dispersed, the full scene atop the courthouse came into view.
Jin stood calmly beside the Straw Hat crew—
Left arm wrapped around Nico Robin's waist.
Right hand gripping Franky by the leg.
He stood there smiling, side by side with his companions.
"Jin!!"
"That's amazing—you got Robin back!"
The Straw Hat Pirates stared at him in delight, completely shocked that he had reclaimed Robin so effortlessly.
"We… we got played!!"
"Damn ninja!!"
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