86. I, Rob, Shout Out To The World!

North Blue.

An ordinary island, an ordinary town.

now--

But something unusual is happening!

Rob and his sister just arrived on this small island and entered the town. Before they could even explore, a group of people from the underground world, including sea pirates, bounty hunters, and others, formed an alliance and attacked them!

It was loud when they started.

But they died quickly.

One after another, their throats were slashed, heads cut off, or bodies split in half. The dead bodies were scattered on the central street and various other streets of the small town.

In Rob's hand was a bounty hunter whose arm and thigh had been severed.

With calm eyes, Rob said:

"Tell me--"

"You rats, bounty hunters, and even pirates and bandits in the underground stinking ditch, why did you attack us? I remember that we, brother and sister, don't have bounties from the Marines, and in the underground world, there were no bounties on us either!"

Hearing Rob's inquiry, the bounty hunter in his hands looked fearful and regretful. Trembling, he quickly explained the reason for besieging the three siblings.

A mysterious person informed the entire underground world that the Op-Op Fruit, which is said to grant "eternal life," and which even the World Government is willing to bid five billion berries for, is now in his hands.

"I see--"

Rob raised his eyebrows, his eyes cold:

"Because of the allure of 'eternal life' and the massive wealth of 5 billion berries, even scumbags and weaklings like you dared to attack me! The rewards are truly tempting!"

After hearing what Rob said, the bounty hunter's face was full of regret and pleading:

"I've told you everything I know! Please forgive me! I was blinded by greed and offended you, my lord! Please forgive me... Ah!!!"

His words were cut off.

An extremely terrifying purple lightning burst out from Rob's hand, and the terrifying current easily surpassed one billion volts. In just a few seconds, the bounty hunter's body was turned into charcoal.

After killing the last attacker, Rob's right hand turned Shinto, and he put his sword back into its sheath. 

Rob's eyes were thoughtful.

Finally, he smirked:

"The person who spread the news...is undoubtedly Doflamingo!"

Although he had no evidence, Rob was sure that the person who spread this news must be Doflamingo. There was no one else but him, the clown of the underground world.

And he never needs evidence to do things!

The principle of doubting nothing does not work here.

Anyway, he just thinks that Doflamingo caused this matter, so it must be Doflamingo, it must be him if it is not him!

Relying on his intuition, he pinned this matter on Doflamingo completely unreasonably.

Rob touched his hair and said:

"Start from North Blue, bit by bit, clean up all of Doflamingo's forces! Doflamingo has really given me a big headache!"

If he's being watched for a long time, although he isn't worried about safety, situations like today will definitely affect his future travels! After all, he isn't a butcher who likes to kill wherever he goes!

Soon, Rob returned directly to the Angel, where Robin and Uta, who were guarding the ship, came to Rob's side.

Robin, with doubt on her face and questioning in her eyes, asked:

"Oni-chan, how's the situation?"

Rob nodded and smiled, saying:

"The situation is probably already understood! Someone spread the news in the underground world, saying that the Op-Op Fruit is in our hands! Therefore, a large number of greedy people have been attracted, wanting to snatch the Op-Op Fruit from us!"

"It's not a big problem! It's just that it affects our sailing trip mood!"

After hearing Rob explain why, Robin breathed a sigh of relief but then frowned:

"Then next—shall we change our sailing plan?"

Rob shook his head, looking casual:

"It's not necessary, it's just a school of fish!"

"Just as before, we'll kill more batches, or even dozens of batches if needed. As long as enough people die, those who are temporarily blinded by greed will wake up. Our sailing plan remains unaffected!"

"But I'm not someone who swallows my anger after being schemed against. I'll add a plan to our next travel plan—to destroy all the forces of the Donquixote Family."

There was a pause, and then Rob had a mischievous smile on his face:

"Since he has taken action against us, Doflamingo will have to pay the price! I'll slowly make him feel real powerlessness and despair! If you provoke me, there will be no good outcome for you!"

Hearing Rob's words, Robin nodded, showing her approval. Under Rob's influence, she also developed a vengeful character when it came to enemies. Uta, on the other hand, didn't care much about these matters and remained indifferent.

The events in this town and the rewards offered in the underground world were just a small episode for the three siblings, Rob, Robin, and Uta! It didn't affect their voyage in North Blue!

The first month of their voyage continued—

This was the most troublesome month!

Almost every new island or town had people who weren't afraid of death attacking the three siblings. Each time, Rob would set off a massacre, affecting at least hundreds of people. Regardless of whether the enemy was an unknown soldier or a long-established master of North Blue, all of them died under Rob's sword!

In just one month, Rob's killings in North Blue reached as many as five or six thousand!

During this month, Rob did as he promised, bloodbath the big and small strongholds of the Donquixote Family and destroy all records of their cooperation wherever he went!

At the same time, with the help of some survivors who were deliberately let go, and Morgans' World Economic Newspaper, Rob broadcasted to all the forces related to the Donquixote Family in the entire North Blue, and even other sea areas:

"My revenge may come late, but it will definitely come!"

Of course, to prevent himself from becoming the enemy of the entire underground world, Rob made his own promise: as long as they broke off all cooperation with Doflamingo, he would let bygones be bygones and stop the bloodshed.

Rob also used Morgans' newspaper to explain to everyone the justifiable reasons for his actions...

All of this was a vendetta against the pirate "Heavenly Yaksha" and the underground intermediary "Joker" who had obtained the Op-Op Fruit and then framed him. His mission was to make sure they completely disappeared from the sea.

Such a declaration—

It was crazy, dark, and bloody. Many people found it unbelievable and completely impossible!

So, those who first read the newspaper thought it was a joke or dismissed it entirely.

An announcement to the world?

This brat—

Does he know how huge the world is? Does he know how terrifying the darkness of this world is? Does he think that with a "world's number one swordsman" title, he can do whatever he wants?

Innocent.

It's really naive.

But soon, these people's initial disdainful thoughts changed.

As several major forces that had been entrenched in North Blue for many years were uprooted by Rob, bloodbathed, and slaughtered by him, their opinions shifted dramatically!

Especially during this process—

After Rob ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the ability of which had never been shown to the world before, he revealed its power for the first time. With a single blow, he easily annihilated all the enemies on an entire island.

Doflamingo, realizing the gravity of the situation, quickly withdrew the entire Donquixote Family from North Blue and entered the Grand Line.

Everyone realized—

This boy is playing for real!

As Rob demonstrated his abilities and followed through on his threats, the world felt their scalps go numb, filled with fear and timidity as they personally witnessed Rob's madness!

His world-renowned swordsmanship.

The powerful Conqueror's Haki known across the seas.

Now, coupled with the destructive, natural disaster-level power of the Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Rob had become the most comprehensive, nearly "invincible" force!

The world—

Re-acquainted itself with Rob, the young top of the sea, born to be a monster of strength!

When many bigwigs in the world, even many ordinary people, started to fear Rob's power, Rob once again used Morgans' World Economic Newspaper to speak out.

And Morgans, respecting Rob's influence, gave him a headline—

[I, Rob, hereby shout to Donquixote Doflamingo, to the world—]

[I lost my parents when I was a child, and then sailed on the sea with my two younger sisters. Our goal, from beginning to end, was just to see the world's scenery. We never wanted to offend anyone!]

[I'm just a fifteen-year-old boy with some strength, with two younger sisters, wanting to travel freely in North Blue. What did we do wrong? Why frame our brothers and sisters like this?]

[Framing three dependent children like this, and offering a high price for our lives in the underground world, Donquixote Doflamingo—won't your conscience ache?]

[This world—is there still law? Is there still light? Is there still justice?]

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