"What about Alabasta?!"
"I'll take you away. The Marines's target is naturally us. If Cobra has a bit of brain, he will know that he should put the blame on us at this time..."
"Ahem!"
Accompanied by a dry cough, Cobra opened the door awkwardly and walked in.
Vivi, who was standing next to him, turned her head and whistled, pretending to have no idea what was going on.
"Stop pretending."
Gawain directly exposed the two's disguise: "What I just said was for you to hear."
Cobra forced a smile, nodded at Robin, and said: "If you are willing to believe me, I have a way that can protect Robin and keep you from being targeted by the Marines."
Robin's eyes fell on Gawain.
She had thought that since the destruction of Ohara, no one would be so determined to save her, but Gawain was an exception.
Right now.
If she had a choice, she would only want to live longer, stay with Gawain's side, and see what the Utopia that Gawain promised would be like.
But what she didn't notice was that her cheeks had turned red, and her heart was beating frighteningly fast.
Gawain looked at Cobra and said calmly. "Tell me about it."
"Be my daughter, Robin!"
Gawain was stunned: "Do you think you are Whitebeard?!"
"Well..."
Cobra scratched his head awkwardly.
Gawain and Robin already understood what he meant.
Robin hesitated: "Is it possible?!"
Cobra nodded: "If it is exposed..."
Halfway through his words, he looked at Gawain and said. "Then try to break through again, and I'll put the blame on you!"
… … …
A few minutes later, Kizaru led a group of marines and forced open the door of the ward, then everyone filed in.
Kizaru's accompanying adjutant walked quickly into the ward, and he was about to read out Robin's crimes over the years.
"Nico Robin, you are under arrest..."
Halfway through, the adjutant's voice became smaller and smaller because Cobra was sitting in front of Robin's bed, feeding his medicine with her own hands to regulate Robin's body.
Bang!
Cobra put down the medicine bowl in his hand, turned his head, and looked at the marines with a cold expression: "Can you explain to me what is going on?!"
"Even the Marines cannot barge into the palace at will."
"Although the Nefertari family did not go to the Mary Geoise, the blood of God still flows in our veins."
"If your explanation does not satisfy me, I will personally submit the complaint regarding this matter to the World Government. No, it would be directly addressed to the Five Elders."
"Cobra-sama, I... I..."
Faced with Cobra's questioning, the adjutant was stunned on the spot, stammering when speaking, and even wanted to slap himself twice in his heart.
"Ah."
"You step back first."
Kizaru raised his hand and patted his adjutant on the shoulder. The latter hurriedly retreated as if he had been pardoned.
Kizaru then turned to look at Cobra: "Someone reported that Nico Robin is in the palace."
"This is where my daughter Nicole is recuperating."
"She has suffered from a serious genetic disease since birth and has not appeared outside that much."
"She's not the one you're looking for."
Cobra raised his head and looked at Kizaru coldly.
Kizaru was not moved at all. He pushed his glasses on his nose indifferently, and his eyes passed Cobra and directly looked at Robin lying on the bed.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the ward was extremely cold.
Gawain restrained his breath and stuck to the window, his heart tense at this moment.
Kizaru is an admiral from the Marine Headquarters, and he is the most thoughtful and secretive of the three current admirals.
Cobra's lie was so clumsy that Gawain didn't expect it to be able to fool Kizaru.
Now, not only Cobra is gambling, but Gawain is also gambling.
He was betting on Kizaru's unwillingness to get into trouble and the ambiguous justice that Kizaru had always upheld.
The three current admirals each uphold a different vision of justice.
Aokiji is the purest.
When he was young, he also upheld burning justice.
But this kind of justice requires a firm and flawless banner to support its actions.
But once this flag falls or is stained with filth, Aokiji will begin to waver in his own position and the actions of the Marines.
This is also the reason why Aokiji's justice has changed from burning justice to lazy justice.
Akainu is the opposite; he pursues a just outcome.
As long as he can achieve the ultimate goal, the sacrifices, disgrace, and even the worst side of the process are acceptable to him.
From this point of view, Akainu's justice is most in line with the ideas of the Sengoku or the top marine officials.
It's a pity that Akainu's actions were too extreme, to the point that even Sengoku couldn't tolerate it.
Only Kizaru walks between the two and finds the balance that suits him best.
As long as the final result is beneficial, the rules can be ignored by Kizaru to a certain extent, but at the same time, a certain humanity is retained.
The most typical example is the riots caused by Luffy and others in the Sabaody Archipelago in the manga during the Worst Generation.
Luffy even beat up the Celestial Dragons, which could almost be said to have broken the highest law.
But in the end, Kizaru only captured a few groups of pirates that were not of any concern to him and did not touch any of his main targets, the Supernovas of the Worst Generation.
You know, facing a Supernova that had not yet fully developed at that stage, as long as Kizaru wanted, even with the intervention of Rayleigh, the Straw Hat pirates might be able to escape, but the others would definitely not be able to escape.
You can say that among the three current admirals, Kizaru is the one who has the least respect for the rules of the World Government and the authority of the Celestial Dragons.
Alabasta has just emerged from a crisis. If it is targeted by the World Government again due to Robin's influence, life will become even more difficult for the civilians of this kingdom.
From Kizaru's perspective, he would most likely not do such a thing.
For Gawain, if he really fell out here, it would mean that he would have to throw away his title as Warlord before he even had time to warm up to it, and there would be no shortage of trouble from the Marines afterward.
The loss outweighs the gain.
Besides, even if Kizaru takes action here, Gawain is confident that he can take Robin away.
If Cobra had passed the blame on Gawain as originally planned, considering Alabasta's status, it would not have been affected too much.
Thinking of this, Gawain held his breath and looked inside the ward.
After a long silence, Kizaru turned to look at Cobra and said expressionlessly: "Do you know what you are doing?!"
"Certainly."
Cobra's eyes were firm: "This is my daughter's ward; please leave!"
"The Marines will not attack a kingdom, part of the affiliated countries, or even one of the twenty creators of the World Government just for such a ridiculous reason, right?!"
"Or..."
"You have done too many things like this?!"
As the sound landed, the marines present blushed with embarrassment.
The Marine officer who had just questioned Cobra couldn't help but step forward and argue. "The Marines would never do such a thing!"
"Yeah?!"
There was a hint of sarcasm in Cobra's voice, and his eyes fell on Kizaru: "In the towns destroyed by the Buster Call over the years, how many people are guilty, and how many are innocent?!"
"Or—"
"Mmmm."
Kizaru interrupted Cobra, and the expression on his face softened. "Maybe I made a mistake."
"Admiral Kizaru, although the appearance is different from the wanted poster, that face is definitely—"
The adjutant next to Kizaru couldn't help but argue, but before he could finish his words, Kizaru held him down.