A few days later, a town outside Alubarna.
A tall woman with a face that is 70% similar to Robin's walked quickly through the alley.
Her name is Rosa. She was originally a bandit around Alubarna and robbed everywhere, committed numerous bloody crimes, and slaughtered several towns in Alabasta, making her a notorious criminal.
She was eventually captured alive by Crocodile and imprisoned in Alubarna's prison.
Last night, she woke up outside Alubarna. Her makeup is carefully made, her clothes immaculate, and her hair is meticulously styled.
Rather than being a bandit, she had the shadow of a scholar.
Even if it was just out of instinct, Rosa realized that something was wrong, but facing the freedom that was right in front of her, she could no longer care so much.
"I don't know which idiot let me out, but now that I'm out, don't think I'll go back obediently."
"Everything I've endured in prison over the years, I'll pay it back in full!"
Rosa's eyes fell on the civilians passing by, and a strange red color appeared in her eyes. For some reason, she felt that her murderous intent was far greater than before.
"I really want to see these pigs struggling to die..."
While speaking, Rosa subconsciously grasped the long sword she had just snatched from the guards and was about to attack uncontrollably.
But at that moment, she felt an overwhelming sense of murderous intent that made cold sweat break out across her entire body.
There was also an inexplicable feeling of being locked in as if she made any move; she would be killed in the next moment!
Yes, death.
"Murderous intent?!"
Rosa looked around uneasily, but all she saw were ordinary pedestrians and the towering sandcastles of the town.
"There's not even a pursuer?!"
Her uneasiness grew stronger, and the murderous intent behind her that was so strong that it could not be concealed made her extremely panicked.
"This level of murderous intent… Crocodile?! Did he let me out?!"
Inexplicably, Rosa felt that there seemed to be an invisible big hand controlling her every move.
"Something's wrong. I need to get out of here now!"
She suddenly sped up, rushed out of the town in a few steps, and disappeared into the desert.
… … …
In the center of the town, inside the castle.
Kuro looked at Rosa's disappearing back and licked his lips with his tongue: "Is this the substitute prepared by the captain? Good insight."
"Ah la ah la."
Van Augur slowly raised his gun, his half-lidded eyes exuding a sense of indifference.
"Is it the moment to decide fate again?!"
"No!"
"It's a day to control fate!"
A few days ago, after Gawain had decided on a plan for the golden cicada to shed its shell, he transferred Kuro and Van Augur over.
These two people are the most thoughtful and have no great resistance to killing, so they naturally undertake most of the dirty work within the team.
The upcoming team ranking battle was also postponed until after this operation.
Originally, Kuro had some complaints about this, but this cat-and-mouse game made him a little interested.
"Let's go, follow Gawain's request, and drive her to the designated location. This is our gift for the newcomers!"
"Ah."
Van Augur responded, jumped off the castle, and rushed towards the desert in the distance.
Behind Kuro, a long, bladed tail extended from his body. With the air around him swirling, he effortlessly floated beside Van Augur, his demeanor relaxed and composed.
Van Augur glanced sideways frequently, with envy in his eyes: "Can you still fly?"
"Can you give me a ride?!"
Kuro smiled slightly, raised his hand to control the airflow around him, lifted Van Augur's body, and flew away.
The Sickle Weasel Fruit gave him the ability to control the airflow within a few meters around him. With the help of the airflow, flying is naturally easy.
He is still exploring other ways to use it.
But even with the current development of the Sickle Weasel, Kuro's combat power is one level higher than others. His combat power is not weak, even among the Vice-Admirals of the Marines.
It's just because the ability of the Sickle Weasel Fruit is too compatible with him to the point it can combine with his original combat system without any targeted development.
Unlike Gawain, who had to integrate his red dragon fruit like running two operating systems on a computer, Kuro's power was more like a major version upgrade, an evolution across several generations.
At this moment, Kuro's combat strength was approaching the golden tier.
… … …
Time flies, late at night.
Rosa walked alone, but her face became paler because of the sense of crisis behind her, which was always there and could not be shaken off.
As time passed, she had more questions in her mind, and the uneasiness became stronger.
Suddenly, she stopped, looking at her clothes; her uneasiness reached its peak.
"This outfit… seems to have turned me into another person!"
"Another person..."
Rosa's pupils shrank, and her body froze on the spot.
Because three figures at the end of her sight were rushing towards her.
"Finally found you!"
"Nico Robin!"
Jabra shouted, and his body expanded in an instant. He turned into a werewolf, with claws and fangs slicing through the air, carrying a bone-chilling murderous intent.
This guy… He's very strong!
As powerful as a monster!
Jabra, who was rushing from a distance, made Rosa's hair stand on end, and the murderous intent behind her made her tremble all over. She also understood at this moment.
Everything was arranged. From the beginning, someone wanted her to die in someone's identity!
"Wait, I—mmph!"
Instinctively, she tried to explain herself, but her throat burned as if seared by fire, robbing her of speech.
Suddenly, she came to her senses. Along the way, the uncontrolled desire to kill was not normal.
Her body had been severely weakened. She was already at her limit. How could she possibly feel such an overwhelming desire for slaughter?
They poisoned her!
Horrified, Rosa turned her head.
At the moment of death, her perception ability was sublimated to the limit. Countless information passed through her mind, allowing her to see things that she had not seen before.
Two kilometers away, two figures stood silently, watching her coldly.
One was thin, with a hint of undisguised teasing in his eyes.
The other had drooping eyelids and held an oddly shaped flintlock gun with a muzzle resembling a trumpet. Under Rosa's horrified gaze, he pulled the trigger…
Bang!
The muzzle of the gun spewed fire, and a bullet whizzed in, piercing Rosa's heart.
The next moment, Jabra's attack hit Rosa's body, knocking her out directly and making her smash heavily into the sand dunes in the distance, raising a cloud of dust.
"Huh?!"
Jabra looked at his palm and frowned slightly.
The invisible chill around him, although it only existed for a moment, still could not escape his perception.
"Are there other people chasing this woman?!"
While Jabra was thinking, Fukurou in the distance had already cried out: "She's dead, shot through the heart."
"At this distance, the only person who can do this is Van Augur from the White Knight Pirate."
Kumadori was momentarily stunned before quickly stepping forward. He picked up the bounty notice for Robin, compared the details, and nodded. "The facial features are not much different; they should be the same person."
"But why would White Knight Gawain's people attack her?!"
Jabra walked over quickly, and after seeing that Robin's bounty order and the photo of the deceased were more than 70% similar, he was relieved.
"According to the information we have obtained, Nico Robin is most likely a member of the Baroque Works, and it is normal for White Knight Gawain to attack her due to the conflict between him and the Baroque Works."
"Then how do we report it?!"
Kumadori said meaningfully.
Jabra lowered his eyes to look at the gradually turning cold corpse in front of him. He did not respond immediately, but he asked, "Hey."
"Fukurou, Kumadori."
"If we can't do it like Lucci, abandon everything and pursue the existence we yearn for in our hearts."
"But we still want relative freedom; what should we do?"
"We..."
Fukurou looked confused, but Kumadori's pupils shrank: "Power!"
"As long as we reach a high position within the CP organization, we'll obtain the freedom that comes with it!"
"That's right!"
Jabra nodded, and his eyes were full of bloodlust at this moment: "It was the three of us who joined forces to kill Nico Robin here."