INIIDF-Chapter 136 A Nation of Women

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This is the jungle-encircled Amazon Lily island, nestled among towering mountains. The village is built like a fortress, and thus, a nation is formed— an empire of women where men are forbidden: The Kuja Tribe.

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The black armor with glowing white eyes floated out from within the sturdy city walls. Its entire faceplate and mechanically beautiful body gradually emerged from the wall, flying into this land filled with the scents of flowers and animals.

Was there really a floral scent? Sitting in the chest of the battle armor's castle, Robin sniffed quietly but couldn't detect any special fragrance.

She couldn't even really smell the so-called Flower-Flower Fruit (Hana Hana no Mi) scent from herself.

Robin couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with her nose. Or maybe... it was Liam's nose that had the problem...

Liam, meanwhile, was admiring the sights of Amazon Lily within Kujaisland.

The buildings were white-walled with red tiles, very much in the style of the East.

As the saying goes: Beyond the forest, there lay a mountain, towering tens of meters high. Upon scaling the wall and sneaking through, the view opened up. The land was flat, houses neatly arranged, with fields, pools, mulberry trees, and bamboo scattered around. 

Roads crisscrossed, and the sounds of snakes and beasts could be heard. Women busily walked back and forth, tending to the land, wearing clothes similar to outsiders. The young and old alike lived peacefully and happily...

In Amazon Lily, not only did women handle household chores, sewing, and cooking, but they also worked the fields, fished in rivers, and hunted in the mountains— tasks that required significant physical labor.

Riding on the ghost castle through the bustling streets of the women's nation, Robin saw many women walking around with long snakes coiled around them. Some casually hefted an adult bull with just one hand, as if carrying a grocery basket, chatting cheerfully with other women. 

The latter might be seen carrying a black bear weighing four or five times as much as a person, their demeanor as casual as if they had caught a helpless little chick to take home for dinner...

Some women were hammering away at weapons with heavy hammers...

On the other side, a few women were repairing houses— sawing logs as thick as a person as easily as cutting tofu...

Even young girls casually held kitchen knives, butchering prey weighing hundreds of pounds as if it were an everyday occurrence...

Robin was amazed. She had thought that the crew of female warriors on that ship was already formidable, but it turned out that throughout the entire country, regardless of age, all the women were just as fierce...

"But how could this be?" 

Robin, ever the scholar, naturally became curious. "How does a country with only women and no men sustain itself?"

She looked toward Liam, who was sitting beside her.

Liam responded, "I've heard that sometimes, when the women of this country venture out to the open seas, they return pregnant. But here's the strange thing... they always give birth to girls. Isn't that amazing?"

"..." Robin blinked in confusion for a moment.

"Look at their capes. Don't you think they look familiar?"

Liam pointed toward the street, where tall, well-built, and physically powerful female warriors walked by. Many of them were wearing white capes.

Robin blinked her large eyes and suddenly realized that the capes worn by these female warriors all had familiar golden tassels attached to the shoulders...

When paired with those yellow tassels, the uniformly white capes suddenly became rather suspicious.

Liam prompted her, "Take a look at the back of their capes."

Using her Flower-Flower Fruit (Hana Hana no Mi) ability, Robin grew an eye on the back of one of the passing female warriors' capes and clearly saw... traces of stitching where something had been removed.

Judging by the pattern of the stitches...

Liam smiled and said, "They probably removed the two characters for 'Justice' from the Marine capes."

Robin understood.

Liam continued, "There are no men in this country, so they simply go out and take what they need. Or perhaps 'take' isn't the right word—'use' would be more accurate. After all, it's a pirate nation. If they lack resources, raiding is a perfectly natural course of action..."

Robin imagined the women of this pirate nation, boarding their massive snake-drawn warships every so often, leaving the Calm Belt to roam distant islands in search of men to... well, have some fun with.

It seemed rather impressive...

The black ghost wandered through the women's land, searching for something.

Robin muttered to herself, "But— if they do that, then why do they still have the rule of banning men? If they just adjust the male-to-female ratio, wouldn't they be able to become self-sufficient?"

"That's something I can't answer," Liam replied indifferently. "Maybe they just like being pirates? Or maybe, compared to men, they simply prefer women? Or… perhaps the first Empress of this country despised men so much that she killed them all off." As Liam spoke, he noticed that 'B.I.B.' had flown around a corner.

"..." Robin remained silent. Indeed, history has seen all kinds of peculiar kings and strange laws. Having studied history extensively, she had encountered countless similar cases in books.

The two of them looked ahead at a building whose sign displayed two bold pirate-world characters: **Prison**.

"Is this the place where Luffy was held twenty years later?" Liam wondered with curiosity.

Iron bars couldn't block his Stand. 'B.I.B.' phased through them, its glowing white eyes surveying the interior of the prison. The walls were clearly old and in disrepair…

Could this place have been used to hold men who accidentally stumbled into this nation? Liam thought. Maybe that's why it seemed so unused and rundown.

Robin, considering Liam's usually insightful ideas, continued to ask, "But there's still one question. The women here go out to the open seas, come back pregnant, and then give birth to girls... hmm?"

Liam stared straight at her, making her feel a bit confused. Was there something wrong with her question?

"You actually believe that kind of nonsense?" Liam said as he ruffled Robin's dyed silver short hair. "Yes, they might come back pregnant, and yes, maybe the children they give birth to are girls. But that doesn't automatically lead to your implied conclusion— that the women of this nation have some unique trait where they can only give birth to girls. That's just an odd assumption."

"So you're saying…" Robin let him continue to tousle her hair.

Liam explained, "There's probably some method to determine the sex of the baby during pregnancy. If it's a girl, they bring the child back. If it's a boy, well..."

He spread his hands in a gesture.

Robin finished his thought: "If it's a boy, they just abandon him… Oh!"

Her forehead was flicked by Liam.

"What kind of dark imagination is that?" Liam pressed his fists lightly against both sides of Robin's head, giving her a gentle squeeze. "Can't you just imagine that they leave the boy to be raised by his father instead?"

Robin groaned from the pressure, "Liam, that hurts..."

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The black ghost continued to roam through the women's nation.

"Liam, you came here to learn something called Haki, right?" Robin asked, gently rubbing her forehead as she sat obediently. "So where are we going now... Won't the power of Haki be able to detect your ghost?"

If they kept wandering around like this, they might be discovered by the powerful female warriors.

Liam replied, "As long as we don't wander into the palace at the highest point, we should be fine... But we should hurry up and find what we're looking for, assuming it's here."

In Kuja, strength is beauty. It wasn't hard to guess that the Empress would be the strongest warrior in this country…

"Looking for what?" Robin asked.

"We've found it," Liam grinned.

Robin glanced outside. The ghost had taken a turn and arrived at the edge of the women's country, where there was a vast open space and sparse woodland.

It was easy to see that there were targets attached to the trees, riddled with small holes from arrows…

And in the open field, a group of women had gathered.

Or more accurately, a few women and a whole bunch of girls.

Robin spotted that particularly beautiful black-haired girl she had noticed earlier.

On either side of the girl were two adorable young girls—one with green hair, the other with orange hair.

"Just as I thought, this is where they train Kuja warriors," Liam had 'B.I.B.' maintain a safe distance, making sure they wouldn't be directly spotted. "Let's observe for a few days and see if we can pick up anything. If not, we'll come up with another plan."

In the crowd, Hancock was already growing impatient, her eyes darting around as she pondered whether she should pick a fight with someone just to alleviate her boredom.

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(End Of Chapter)