"There's no way he is alive after that," said Chopper in shock.
"Yep! Definitely dead. It's finally over," said Gohan.
Vivi got out of her shocked state and asked, "What? What do you mean it's over? That was a Warlord. He has terrorized this country for so long. And he killed him just like that," said Vivi, as if she was having an existential crisis.
"So, what do you want? A long difficult fight. People dying left and right. That's what you want? These guys were weak, and that Warlord was stupid," said Gohan matter-of-factly.
Everyone else also came back from their fights.
"You really didn't hold back, huh!" said Zoro to Luffy, as he looked toward the pit where Crocodile's body was lying. Everyone else nodded.
"How were your fights, everyone?" asked Gohan.
"Boring..."
"Too easy."
"Fun."
"Epic."
They replied, "Everyone! Let's get going. Vivi is going to give us a big party," said Luffy while grinning.
"No! There's something more important left to do," said Gohan with a smile and looked toward the casino.
"It's time to loot this place," said Gohan. Nami started grinning. "Now we are talking," she said.
"But what will we do if the safe has been hidden somewhere?" asked Usopp.
"Don't worry! Our new crewmate will guide us," said Gohan as he started walking toward the casino.
"New crewmate?" they asked in confusion. Everyone turned toward Robin.
"So, you already joined the crew," said Nami.
"Robin-san~~" said Sanji while doing his trademark dance. Everyone else just welcomed her.
Robin was shocked by their reaction. "You guys are not worried? I was your enemy until a few minutes ago," asked Robin.
"Luffy let you join the crew. That means you are reliable and a good person," said Nami.
"Yes, Luffy is never wrong when it comes to things like this," said Usopp.
"From now on, you are one of the Straw Hats," said Zoro. Robin looked toward Vivi to see her expression.
"I will not forgive you, but since you were helping us, I will try not to hate you," said Vivi.
"Oh! Our princess is angry. Why don't you do something to appease her, Robin? How about telling her the identity of the agents of Baroque Works who have infiltrated the Royal army?" said Gohan.
"What? There are spies in the Royal army! We have to go to Alubarna right now," said Vivi in panic. Gohan hit her on the head and said, "Stop panicking! Robin, do you have a Den-Den Mushi?" asked Gohan.
Robin sighed and took out a baby Den-Den Mushi, but just as she was about to give it to Gohan, he shouted, "Keep it away from me! Give it to Vivi." Robin, Vivi, and Chopper looked at him weirdly, while the rest started laughing.
"Don't tell me you are..."
"No! I am not afraid of it. I just don't like slimy things," said Gohan before Vivi could speak more. He turned toward the people who were laughing, and they stopped laughing.
Vivi called her father and told him about the spies, while Robin provided their identities. Robin also told them about Mr. 7 and Miss Father's Day, who were going to plant a bomb on the watchtower.
"Thank you," said Vivi while looking at Robin. "I don't think she did it for your gratitude," said Gohan.
"Are you a mind reader? I do want something from your father," said Robin.
"From father?" asked Vivi in confusion.
"We can talk about it later when we see King Cobra. But first, please take us to the treasury," said Gohan to Robin. Robin took them to the safe. It was good that Robin was with them; otherwise, it would have been very difficult for them to find the safe.
It was hidden underground. Once the safe was opened, Nami instructed Sanji to take everything from it carefully. Because this was a casino, the safe had a lot of cash. There were some other expensive items like gold, diamonds, and antiques. Nami was behaving like a maniac after seeing all those things.
But Gohan's attention was somewhere else. He was looking toward the ceiling. Robin noticed that and followed his gaze; there was a cage hanging from the ceiling. "That cage is made out of Seastone," she said.
Everyone else also looked toward the cage after hearing that.
"Then that's the real treasure," said Gohan with a smile. "Zoro, cut the chain," Gohan said. Zoro stepped forward and sent a flying slash toward the chain that was holding the cage.
"BAM..." the cage fell to the floor. Gohan started inspecting it. 'This feels like a mixture of metal and rock,' he thought.
"Usopp," he called Usopp over to his side. "Can you make weapons from this?" asked Gohan.
"I can try. What kind of weapons do you want?" asked Usopp.
"I'll tell you when we get back on the ship," said Gohan. "Zoro! Please help Usopp in dismantling that cage," he said.
He got next to Nami and asked, "How much cash was in there?" "It should be around 500 million," said Nami with a big smile.
Gohan was shocked by this. "So much money!" he said. "We cannot take it; we have to give it to Vivi's father. They will need that money," interjected Luffy. Everyone was shocked; they looked at Luffy as if he had grown an extra head.
"That idiot just said something sensible." "Did he get hit in the head too hard in the fight?" "This world is not about to end, right?" They started talking among themselves in worry.
"Hey!!! I can say intelligent things too," shouted Luffy. "Thank you, Luffy! We really needed this money, but you guys can take some of it. After all, you guys are the ones who defeated that bastard," said Vivi.
Nami got hopeful, but Gohan said, "You can take the money, but just give some of the jewelry to Nami," said Gohan. Nami ran toward the jewelry and put it in the box. She held the box tightly, as if telling everyone that nobody can take from it.
Everyone sweat-dropped after seeing that. "But you guys have done so much for my country," said Vivi, but Gohan cut her off by saying, "You don't have to worry about that. We took the best ones already. That cage is made out of Seastone. The World Government has a monopoly on it. So it's more important than gold," said Gohan.
Then he put his hand in his pocket and took out a fruit; it was a Devil Fruit. "This is the Sand-Sand Fruit; I found it inside a fruit basket on one of the tables in the casino," said Gohan with a smile.
'What kind of luck is this?' Everyone
thought speechlessly. "That fruit can easily go for around 300 million," said Robin. "What?? 300 million!!!" shouted Usopp, while Nami's eyes started to shine.
"We are done here, right? Let's get going," said Luffy. "But how are we going to take things with us?" "Just put everything inside some crates. Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp will carry them. Take it as a training exercise," said Gohan to them.
They packed everything and walked out of the casino. But when they got out, they saw Smoker and the company looking at Crocodile's body. Hearing the sound of footsteps, Smoker looked toward them.
"Did you do this?" Smoker asked Gohan. "No! That's our captain's handiwork," replied Gohan.
Smoker looked toward Luffy in shock. "How can it be possible? It doesn't even look like he had a fight," said Smoker. Tashigi and others nodded their heads.
"Well... he was weak. I think he was at your level. If you two had a fight, you might have defeated him because of your weapon," said Gohan. Smoker gritted his teeth because of being called weak again.
"What's inside of those crates?" asked Tashigi. "It's money that Crocodile had looted from the people of this country. We are helping the princess take it to the King," said Gohan with a smile. The rest of the Straw Hats smiled at Smoker as well.
"What's that woman doing with you guys? Wasn't she working for Crocodile?" asked Smoker. "No! She wasn't. She was our spy. How can she work for Crocodile? She's our crewmate," said Gohan with a smile.
"What???" shouted Smoker. "Do you know the consequences of making her your crewmate? Do you know about her history?" asked Smoker. Gohan smiled and said, "We know more about her than you do, Smokey."
"We are in a hurry, so goodbye. Oh! Yes, why don't you take the credit for taking down that Warlord? You might get promoted," said Gohan as they walked away.
Smoker started to shake in anger. "Death Demon... I will make you pay. You like to talk, huh! Let's see how you would react to your new bounty poster?" muttered Smoker as his lips started to curve into a smile.