Start of a plan

"Robin went through the door with Merry and entered a room. The man took off his mask to reveal the face of a bearded man of large stature. "Wait here! I will inform the others, and don't try to do anything funny, or your friends will have to pay the price," threatened Blueno, handcuffing her with Seastone handcuffs.

Merry looked at Blueno's hair, which looked like horns, and started laughing. "His hair is so funny," she said while laughing. Blueno left by creating another door. Robin sat down on the couch and took out a book to read, while Merry started looking around the room.

"Are you excited?" asked Robin. "Yes!" replied Merry while grinning. Then she took a fighting stance and said while punching and kicking, "When the baddies show up, I will beat them up and save you. I will hit them with my explosive punch and Meteorite Kick like this, ha...ha...hiyaa..."

Robin smiled and said, "Then I will leave everything to you." "Of course, leave everything to me," said Merry with confidence. "You can beat up the bad guys later, but first, let's inform Gohan about our current status," said Robin.

Merry nodded her head and told Gohan about their situation. "Ok! You guys just wait there. We have to know what they're planning first. Let them gather in one place, then we will take care of them," said Gohan. Merry then proceeded to tell Robin about Gohan's plan. After that, they sat down to wait.

Meanwhile, at the dock, Zoro sensed Gohan and Chopper coming back, so he got up. "Hm? Where's Robin and Merry?" he asked. "They are working on a mission," said Gohan with a smile. "A mission?" asked Zoro with a confused look on his face. "You will know when everyone returns," replied Gohan.

After a few minutes, Luffy and the others returned. "Zoro!! Hm? Gohan!! Look, we are rich!! Now we can give Merry a big upgrade," said Luffy with a smile. "Stop shouting, you idiot," said Nami while punching him on the head.

"So how much did you get?" asked Gohan. Nami's eyes started to shine as she replied, "One billion." Zoro's and Chopper's eyes widened, while Gohan was surprised as well. "That's a lot of money," commented Gohan. "Nami, it's your responsibility to protect the money," said Gohan.

Nami started to smile evilly as sparks started to appear all over her body. "I don't think anyone's going to try that after what she did with those guys," said Usopp in fear. Zoro looked at him and asked, "Did someone try to rob you guys?"

"Yes... but Nami electrocuted the heck out of them. It was horrifying!" replied Usopp while shaking. "Nami-san!!!" Just then Sanji's voice sounded as he and Lily returned while carrying some bags. "Hm? Where is Robin-san?" asked Sanji.

"Since everyone is here, let me tell you what happened when me, Robin, Merry, and Chopper were out to gather information about Tom's apprentices," said Gohan, then he proceeded to tell them about the encounter with the agent of CP9 and his plan.

"What?!! You told her to go with him! What if they did something to her?" asked Sanji in anger. "Shut up, idiot! She can protect herself, and Merry will inform us if anything goes wrong," said Gohan.

"Merry is also with her?!" asked Lily. "Yes, she's keeping me informed about the situation," replied Gohan. "Keeping you informed, how?" asked Nami. "Well, she can communicate with us from a long distance away," replied Gohan.

"That's so cool!! Merry, can you hear me?!" shouted Luffy. "He said she can communicate with us, not the other way around," said Sanji. "So what's our plan?" asked Zoro.

"We wait for Merry's report because I think that CP9 was after something else, but since they saw Robin, they decided to go after her as well. So we will have to find out about their plan, and then we will take care of them. More importantly, I have planned something big for the World Government. They have to pay the price for targeting our crewmate," said Gohan with a chilling smile.

Everyone shuddered after seeing his smile.

With Robin and Merry, Blueno returned with Lucci and Kaku. "I am going to report to the chief about Nico Robin," said Blueno and left the room. "Nico Robin... You are quite brave to be walking around in the city without any worries," said Kaku.

"You have been running from us for quite a long time, Nico Robin. Finally, you will be put in the place you belong to," said Lucci. "Lucci, we have an issue," said Blueno as he came back. Kaku looked at him and asked, "What happened?"

"Chief said he has sent backup for this mission because he got the news that the Straw Hats were coming here and he said that they are quite strong," said Blueno with a serious expression. Kaku nodded his head and said, "I also believe that they are quite strong, especially Roronoa Zoro."

"Looks like we have to delay the assassination of Mayor Iceberg," said Lucci. Robin and Merry froze after hearing that. Kaku looked at Robin's shocked face and said, "Are you surprised? Then let me give you a better surprise. You are the one who's going to assassinate him."

"What? Why me?" asked Robin. "Because you are already a criminal and part of a pirate crew. So you guys are the perfect scapegoat for this mission," said Kaku. "But why kill him? He is not a criminal," said Robin.

"Because he was an apprentice of a criminal, and he has something that the World Government wants. Don't worry; we are not going to kill him. But we have to injure him seriously so that it would look like an assassination attempt," said Lucci. Robin's eyes widened. "Don't tell me he's the apprentice of the legendary shipwright Tom!" muttered Robin.

"Oh? So you heard of him as well. Yes, the same one. We have to do this to draw out the other apprentice of Tom," said Kaku. "Aren't you afraid of telling me all this about your plans?" asked Robin with a smile.

Lucci appeared before Robin and grabbed her neck. Merry wanted to punch Lucci for that, but Robin held her back. "We don't care because you can't do anything. Your fate was sealed when you set foot on this island," he let go of Robin's neck and walked away. Robin clenched her fist and wanted to beat the heck out of him but controlled herself.

"Why didn't you let me beat that guy up? He was asking for a beating," complained Merry. Robin patted her head with a smile and said, "Don't worry; we will give them a beating very soon."