"Looking at your age, you must be under twenty, right? To know these things, you really are an interesting kid."
Robin looked at Reno with a serious expression.
As her words fell, she pulled out an eternal pose from her chest.
"The place you're heading to next should be Little Garden. It's not a good place at all. This is the eternal pose closest to Alabasta."
"The route inside isn't even known by members of Baroque Works, so you can go there without worry."
After the introduction, Robin tossed the eternal pose to Reno.
"Of course, whether to go or not is your choice. I'm just giving you a better suggestion."
Robin added at the end.
"What exactly do you want to do??"
Princess Vivi was almost frantic. What was Robin truly planning?
First, she sank Igaram's ship.
Now she was giving them an eternal pose.
What was her purpose??
She was truly a contradictory person.
"I don't know either."
To Vivi's question, Robin only gave an ambiguous answer.
"That's true. Who can say for sure what the future holds?"
"Perhaps one moment they're enemies, and the next they become friends."
Reno suddenly spoke, looking at Princess Vivi.
Feeling Reno's gaze, Princess Vivi shyly lowered her head.
Clearly, she was also feeling a bit awkward about what happened before.
"However, you said one thing wrong: we don't need anyone else to arrange where we go!"
Reno squeezed his palm hard, crushing the log pose in his hand.
Robin showed no emotional fluctuation to this.
This was Reno's choice; she had no right to interfere.
However, she suddenly changed the subject.
"I have another reason for appearing this time. I accidentally saw your bounty poster, and there were some rumors about you. To satisfy my curiosity, I came to meet you."
"I heard that in the East Blue at Baratie Restaurant, you sparred with Mihawk, a Warlord of the Sea on par with our boss, and didn't fall behind at all, is that right??"
"I merely blocked his attacks."
Reno was noncommittal.
Sparred with Mihawk without falling behind??
Princess Vivi, who was nearby, keenly caught the keywords in Robin's statement.
Crocodile, the mastermind behind the Alabasta incident, was also one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
If Reno could fight Mihawk to a draw, did that also mean…??
The faint light hidden deep in her heart brightened with Robin's words.
"I look forward to the moment I meet Crocodile. I wonder who is stronger between him and Mihawk."
Reno smiled slightly.
"I'm also very much looking forward to it. (Zhao Hao)"
Robin's beautiful eyes curved, and she was also looking forward to it in her heart.
However, what she was looking forward to in her heart might be different from what everyone else thought.
"Oh, there's one more thing."
Just as Robin was about to turn and leave, Reno suddenly called out to her.
"Hmm? What do you want to say?"
Robin's beautiful eyes flickered, and she was also very curious.
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