Poneglyph

Chapter 57: Poneglyph

"Don't misunderstand, captain! I'm used to working alone, and I don't need an assistant."

Robin, the group-destroying engine, the boss killer, except for Luffy, who has a very hard life because of the protagonist's halo, there are few people who can hold on. He doesn't want to die because of her one day.

No, no, no.

"Hehe, don't say that, Captain. You will end up alone forever." 

"Hey, hey, I'm proud of being single. I can eat enough for one person, and I won't be hungry! I won't accept you!" 

"Well, I'll sleep on the floor here at night, Captain." Robin smiled and took the quilt off Rodney's bed and spread it on the floor.

Rodney felt very awkward, looked at Robin who was sleeping peacefully under the bed, and remained silent. 

Is this candy?(1) I remembered that when Robin joined the Straw Hats, she also joined the team by herself. Although she was not a fellow at the beginning, she became their partner in the end. What the hell is being your own crew member? It was just a joke at first! You should be treating me as an umbrella, right?

"Miss Robin, are you not afraid that I will turn you in to the World Government?" 

"Hehe, if you want to do it, Captain, you should've did at the Rain Dinners. So you are not hostile to me, I am sure, and you should be a good person, Captain. You will protect me as a crew member, right?" 

"I don't even have a ship, and Miss Robin, don't send me a 'good person' card, that's it! I'll go out to sleep at night!" He opened the window and jumped out. Something happened...

"Ah, the captain is still a bit shy in some respects. But, does this count as accepting me?" After thinking about it, he lay down on the bed, not caring about the smell of the bed, and soon fell asleep.

...

The next day

Rodney returned to the palace and had breakfast. The person who prepared it was the wife of the head of the guards, Igaram, who had a special resemblance to Igaram, and even had a very similar voice.

The food tasted very good, so he packed some snacks and went back to his room.

Robin got up early, sitting by the window and flipping through the books here.

"This is for you, eat it while it's hot."

"It's really considerate, Captain. I thought you were the kind of person who likes to be alone, but I didn't expect you to be very thoughtful. Thank you." 

"Don't use the word 'thoughtful'! I'm not that kind of person! So, are you really going to be my crew member?"

"Yes!" Robin smiled and said, "Captain, you can protect me, can't you?"

"It's nothing to protect me, anyway, I can still protect you until the New World. However, Robin, although I am a little afraid that you will kill me, I still want to ask, are you really doing a good job? Are you ready to become my subordinate? Become my crew member, and there is no possibility of quitting. No betrayal is allowed." 

"Is the captain planning to occupy me for the rest of my life? It's too much, but..." She tilted her head and thought for a while, "Okay. As long as the captain doesn't betray me, I will never betray you." 

Don't use such cute movements and expressions, it makes me want to lock you underground... Cough cough, let's get down to business.

"Then, happy cooperation!" Rodney reached out and shook Robin's hand.

Nico Robin officially joined Rodney's team. Will she be caught by the World Government?

Sorry, Rodney, who would put on a vest for himself, was never afraid of such things.

...

The desert at night was a bit cold, two figures sneaked towards the Tomb of Kings, and one figure came out from the shadows, and a group of guards stiffened and fell into a coma with just one glance.

"What a useful ability, Captain Rodney." A gentle and intellectual voice sounded, and a slim figure stepped out of the shadows, and the silvery moonlight fell on that beautiful face.

Robin looked at Rodney's red eyes, still smiling.

"Stop talking nonsense, let me find out where the mechanism is, and let me take a look." 

In front of the funeral hall, there are nine stone statues neatly arranged horizontally and vertically, and their edges and corners have long been smoothed due to years of wind and sand erosion.

Rodney didn't know which one was the real mechanism, so he split up and searched for the mechanism separately.

Pushing away a sea cat sculpture, with a dull roar, a stone step appeared in front of the two.

"Is the Pneglyph originally under the funeral hall? Captain, how do you know there is a secret passage here? You must have been here long ago, right?" Robin asked curiously.

"How is it possible, I just saw it."

"Have you seen it?" Robin was puzzled.

"Go in, I'll tell you later."

"Okay." Robin couldn't wait to walk into the passageway and into the underground hall of The Tomb of Kings.

Rodney let the clone guard, and walked in with Robin.

A torch was lit, illuminating the path ahead, and an arm emerged from his shoulder, taking the torch, leaving Rodney's hand free.

Still a convenient ability.

Robin walked very slowly, not in a hurry, but observed the reliefs on the wall with great interest. Rodney looked at these reliefs, feeling a bit Egyptian, even the portraits.

These reliefs record many myths and stories about Alabasta, the life stories of some great kings, and some things that have important influence on Alabasta.

Anyway, what Rodney saw was black eyes, and they came to a gate.

Pushing open the stone door, Rodney walked in, found the torches, and lit all the torches, making the hall as bright as day.

Robin has already come to the historical text in the center of the hall, made of absolutely indestructible materials, and then encrypted with incomprehensible text, only those who understand this text can read it.

The only person in this world who can read these words is the one in front of him.

"Hmm..." Staring at these tadpole-like words, he felt like he was reading a bible, but he couldn't understand it, so he withdrew.

Anyway, it's just recording the location of Pluton, and he doesn't care.

With nothing else to do, he took out Kashu and slashed at the Poneglyph.

Duang~~~ 

This shock made his whole body numb.

Robin looked over angrily, "Poneglyph cannot be destroyed, so don't do this kind of damage to historical relics next time." She hates those who destroy historical relics.

Rodney smiled coyly, "I heard that it can't be destroyed, so I'll give it a try."

"How's the result?"

"Well, it's really hard to be destroyed."

"Okay, please go out, wait for me."

"Yes." After walking a few steps, he looked back at Robin: "No, I'm the boss, what's your attitude?"

Robin continued to focus on the historical text in front of her, completely ignoring his meaning.

Rodney: "..."

It's embarrassing.

He took out the jerky from his pocket and sat outside the door to eat. After eating half of it, Robin came out and said, "Captain, I already know the location of Pluton, do you want to know?"

"No, I brought you here just because you wanted to know. I don't need that kind of thing. Crocodile's results are in front of me, and I don't want to become the next him." 

"That's because he doesn't know the position of Pluton. If he knows, he will be enough to dominate the sea." 

"Hey, don't take the Four Emperors seriously, and don't take the World Government too seriously. One hundred and seventy alliance countries, with the resources accumulated over the years, a possibly dilapidated ship may be their opponent." He waved his hand. Rodney didn't care about this.

He has no intention of confronting the world yet.

"If the captain wants to know one day, I will tell you." Robin said seriously.

"Ah, what a terrible situation that must be, I would have that kind of thing." Compared to using Pluto, Rodney felt that it was more likely that he would go to Murloc Island to lure Shirahoshi away.

"Hehe, I will help the captain keep this secret."

"I'm really grateful for that." He closed the door again, left the underground hall with Robin, closed the passage, and left the funeral hall.

Everything is as if it never happened.

Ratoon's Note:

Is this candy?-is used as a rhetorical question to express disbelief or surprise at something unusual or unexpected. It is similar to saying, "Is this real?" or "Is this for real?"