Chapter 249: Reminiscing

Robin followed Karl to the railing, looking at the distant sea together. Everything seemed to have returned to the past.

"Did you come specifically to find me this time, or..."

"Specifically to find you, because the World Government really did ask me to get rid of you."

Robin's expression dimmed: "Then now..."

Karl waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. The World Government doesn't have the power to sway my will yet."

"Heh~" Robin chuckled, playing with the pendant in her palm: "So, you know the Straw Hat crew too?"

"More than just know them. Wait until they come back and ask them. Each of them has had some interaction with me, especially Straw Hat Luffy. His grandfather is Garp, you know!"

Robin said with some surprise: "He has such a background?"

"Hahaha, his background is far from as simple as you imagine! By the way, what have you been doing all these years... Haha, I almost forgot, you're the Child of the Devil!"

Robin smiled and said lightly: "The only goal that supports me in living now is probably the truth of history."

"It's just a pity that this path is far more difficult than I imagined."

Karl rubbed his chin and took a Poneglyph rubbing out of his system space: "Are you talking about this?"

!!!

Robin excitedly took the rubbing from Karl's hand and looked through it carefully: "That's right, it's real. Where did you get it?"

"Big Mom's treasure vault has a red Road Poneglyph, and there are two others in Wano and Zou, respectively. The last Road Poneglyph is missing."

"How do you know so much?"

Karl said lightly: "Because I've been to all those places."

"That's true, I almost forgot, you're a Marine hero! Sigh~ things are truly unpredictable. I kept thinking that if you could rise in the Marines, you'd be a Major General at most, but I never imagined you would be the famous Marine hero."

"How did you do it? Why haven't I heard your name before?"

Facing Robin's question, Karl smiled. If he hadn't awakened the "Slacking Off" system, Robin might never have seen him again in this life.

No, it should be that he would never have seen Robin again in this life.

"How should I put it? Luck. Before I got the Devil Fruit, I was just an ordinary man, useless except for being handsome."

Hearing this, Robin covered her mouth and laughed: "You're still as fond of bragging as you were when you were a kid!"

"How can you call this bragging? Ask yourself, am I not handsome, am I not good-looking?"

Robin looked at Karl's handsome face and said helplessly: "Alright! I know you're the world's most handsome man, stop showing off!"

After not seeing each other for many years, the two seemed to have endless topics to talk about. Time passed quickly, and they chatted for nearly an hour without realizing it, not even noticing when Chopper woke up.

Watching the two chatting happily, Chopper was confused. He clearly remembered that before he fainted, Mr. Karl was pointing a sword at Robin. How were they chatting Move Move Like old friends now?

Although he was full of questions, Chopper didn't dare to ask. He could only crawl on the deck bit by bit, praying that Karl and Robin wouldn't discover him.

"By the way, Robin, do you know that every organization you've stayed in over the years has been destroyed without exception?"

Robin shook her head. She really didn't know. Every time she finally settled down, the organization she was in was either destroyed or wiped out by the Marines. She was helpless too!

"Aokiji did it."

"Aokiji?"

Robin's pupils shrank, her mind flashing back to that tall, horse-faced man, the man she still couldn't figure out to this day.

"That's right. The reason you've been drifting everywhere all these years is all thanks to him, but it's also because of this that you've been able to live until today."

"Although I don't know what Admiral Admiral Admiral Admiral Admiral Kuzan is thinking, I think he must have his own reasons."

Robin took a deep breath and sighed: "I understand..."

"Chopper, come here."

Hearing this, Chopper, who was about to crawl to the door, was startled and turned to look at Karl awkwardly: "Eh! Mr. Karl!"

Chopper trotted over to Karl's side, looking at Robin for a moment, then at Karl.

"Chopper, Robin is my friend, but she is also a wanted criminal, so I can't protect her all the time. Can I ask you to protect Robin for me?"

Chopper opened his mouth wide in surprise, pointing at himself with his small hoof: "Ah? Me? Mr. Karl, I can't do it, I'm not as strong as Robin! You should ask Luffy and Zoro."

Karl shook his head: "No, Chopper, don't look down on yourself. You are a Devil Fruit user, and your potential is great. One day you will become a trustworthy man. When that time comes, I'll leave it to you to take care of Robin, okay?"

A trustworthy man?

This sentence instantly struck Chopper's heart, and his blood instantly boiled.

"Oh, oh, oh!!! I will definitely protect Robin! I can definitely do it!!!"

Karl nodded with satisfaction, patted Chopper's head, took five marshmallows from his system space, and handed them to Chopper: "Take them and eat them!"

Chopper's eyes lit up, he happily took the marshmallows, stuck out his pink tongue to lick them, and after feeling the sweetness on the tip of his tongue, he smiled until his eyes squinted.

Then Karl stood up and took a pile of Poneglyph rubbings from his system space.

"This is the Wano Road Poneglyph rubbing, this is the Zou Road Poneglyph rubbing, and this is the Fish-Man Island Poneglyph rubbing."

"This is the Sky Island Poneglyph rubbing, this is..."

By the time Karl finished, a thick stack of rubbings had appeared in front of Robin.

"Your wish is to understand the truth of history, and I can only help you this much. The rest is up to you."

Robin looked at Karl seriously, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him on the cheek: "Thank you, Karl."

"You're welcome, little beggar."

On the shore, Sanji, who was preparing to return to the ship to get something:???

"Miss Robin!!! Why? Why???"

Karl turned his head and saw Sanji howling. He said helplessly: "It seems your partners are back, and I should be going too."

"Are you in such a hurry to leave? Although you are a Marine, you don't seem to hate the Straw Hat crew, right? After all, they aren't pure pirates."

Karl smiled: "But as you said, I am a Marine."

"Raven, let's go."

"Caw!"

Karl had just sat on the Raven's back when he suddenly thought of something: "By the way, give these two swords to Zoro for me!"

"Their names are Ame no Habakiri and Oto!"