【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 312 Ancient Weapon Designs

"Straw Hat Boy, why did you come here... Everyone thinks you are the murderer... I'm so sorry..."

"It's okay. We are used to being hunted down. But one of our friends was taken away by those masked guys!" Luffy said with a firm look, "So I want to take her back!!"

"You're talking about Nico Robin..." Barry said after taking a breath "You guys are really good at fighting!"

"Yes, I'm very powerful!" Luffy said without hesitation.

"Can you beat them?"

"We can win!" Luffy said firmly.

"Then... let's fight together! I want to defeat them too..." Barry said in a hoarse voice, "How can we let Mr. Aspagu fall into the hands of those villains with unknown origins! He is my mentor..."

"But you're injured like this!"

"I said I would defeat him. What does my body mean to me? I don't mind dying!"

"Well said! Let us go! Damn it!!"

……

After the explosion signal was issued, the three of them quickly avoided the pursuing craftsmen and successfully entered the interior of the Carrera Mansion through Bruno's Door-Door Fruit. With Bruno's air door and Robin's familiarity with the terrain, they quickly passed through the corridor and came behind the wall of Aspagu's bedroom.

"It's behind this wall..." Robin said, pointing to the wall in front of him.

"Okay." Bruno stood against the wall. "Come on, push me."

"Click..."

Following Robin's action, Bruno's body was pushed open like a human-shaped door, and Aspagu was looking at them with shock on his face.

"It's really surprising. I knew you would come, but I didn't expect you to come from that place. Did you use the same method last night?" Aspagu asked in shock. "There shouldn't be a door there..."

"boom!"

Before Aspagu could finish, Bruno shot directly at Aspagu's shoulder. "I ate the fruit of opening the door. No matter what kind of wall it is, as long as I touch it, it will become a door. As long as there is a wall, I can enter and exit freely."

"What are you doing? You haven't heard the signal yet!" Robin asked with a frown.

"If he still has the strength to speak, it proves that he is still capable of resisting. Before the signal is sent, make him powerless to resist. This is the job of a professional killer.

“Is this what CP9 does…” Aspagu covered his bullet-pierced shoulder and fell to the ground, saying in pain.

"Very smart, good guess..."

Robin took off his mask, which had little concealing effect and was now of no use.

"Huh... I made a mistake. It has nothing to do with the Straw Hat guys..."

"You don't have to care so much. You just told me the fact that you saw me last night." Robin looked at the painful Aspagu and said calmly.

"Is that part of your plan?"

"That's right. We let you live so that the pirates can be our scapegoat." Bruno looked at Aspago and explained, "And if we let you die so early, we won't be able to achieve our goal..."

"You would only entrust the design to someone else when you feel you are in danger. Facts have proved that our plan is very successful. The person you entrusted it to is Barry. Now our companions have gone to find him."

Aspagu covered his wound and sat up from the ground. He took a breath and said, "Is everything going according to your plan?"

"In order to make things go smoothly to the end, I'll go take care of the craftsmen outside!" Bruno said as he walked towards the door. "Nico Robin, you will take care of this guy in the end!"

"After you snatch the blueprints from Barry, they will inform us... then, you will end Aspagu's life!"

"Then kill Barry who knows the truth, and the mission will be accomplished! After this, all the blame will be borne by the Straw Hat Pirates."

After Bruno left, only Robin, Qi, and a seriously injured Aspagu were left here. The three of them looked at each other in silence.

Qi has been silent from the beginning, mainly because there is nothing much to say, whether it is CP9 or the person in front of him who is about to be assassinated, so he paid more attention to the situation outside. Zoro and the others did come, but they were being chased, but Luffy didn't show up for some reason.

Aspagu was the first to break the silence and said, "...It's really surprising. To be honest, I didn't expect to see you here... Nico Robin!"

Qi shifted his gaze to Aspagu. He sensed murderous intent from him. Was it towards Robin?

"Have we met before?" Robin asked doubtfully.

"Last night was the first time... but I've been looking forward to it..." Aspagu said as he quickly pulled out a gun from his clothes "See you!"

Before he could actually aim at Nico Robin, the gun in his hand was suddenly knocked away by someone. Aspagu looked at the man standing in front of him in disbelief.

He was planning to kill Nico Robin directly, even though he knew he would be shot by another CP9 the next second after he opened fire, but he didn't care because he had already prepared himself for death. He just didn't expect this CP9 to notice it so quickly.

"What do you want to do!?" Qi held the tube and stared at Aspagu fiercely.

"Want to kill me? Why?" Robin walked forward and frowned at Aspagu who was sitting on the ground. "We have never met before."

"That's right, to prevent you from destroying the world!" Aspagu shouted to Robin excitedly.

Qi looked at Aspagu doubtfully, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Robin frowned and looked at Aspagu on the ground. She had a hunch about what he wanted to say.

"Searching, studying and interpreting historical texts... This is a world-class felony that the World Government established a long time ago! You should understand, right?!" Aspago ignored Qi's words and stared at Robin.

"Right now, the only person in this world who can decipher that text is you!"

"So, the government was willing to offer a high reward to you when you were only 8 years old! Because you are the only woman in the world...who can revive ancient weapons!"

Aspagu looked at Robin angrily, "Weapons will never bring peace to mankind. Once those alien creatures from the past are resurrected, the world will be completely destroyed!!"

"Wow, Sister Robin is amazing!" Qi praised with a grin, but when he turned to Aspagu, his expression turned cold again, "Who said that Robin studied the original history text just to revive ancient weapons!? If you don't understand Robin, don't talk nonsense!"

"We must not allow those alien creatures from the past to be resurrected!" Aspagu said excitedly, "I will stop it even if there is a one in ten thousand chance!"

"Yes, I think so too, but you don't have to meddle in my business! How I want to study history...it's not your turn as a stranger to interfere!" Robin said directly.

"That may not be the case. In a sense... you and I are on the same side..." Aspagu said solemnly, "I have the design drawings of the ancient weapon Pluto!!"

"The design drawings of the weapon!?" Robin looked at Aspago in shock.

"Yes, Pluto is the name of a warship built on this island a long time ago... Because this weapon is too powerful, the shipbuilder at the time considered that if this power gets out of control, there must be a way to check it, so the design has been passed down from generation to generation!"