【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 309 An Unacceptable Farewell

"No, you're right there!" Robin interrupted Sanji's move to run over and said in a cold voice, "I... won't come back to you again!!"

Sanji and Chopper looked at Robin in shock, not understanding what she meant.

"I will say goodbye to you in this city..."

"Robin!?"

"What are you talking about!? Sister Robin!" Sanji shouted in disbelief, and then thought of something, "Is it because of what was said in the newspaper? Don't worry, you don't have to take that kind of thing to heart, none of us will believe it! It's common for pirates to be wronged!"

"Yeah, I'm so sorry for involving you, but... the reports about me are all true. It was me who broke into the mayor's room last night!"

"Oh, and me too!" Qi smiled and waved at Sanji, "I'm involved too!"

Robin glared at Qi. This guy...

"What?" Sanji looked at Robin and Qi in confusion, wondering why they were so weird.

"Okay, go ahead!" Seeing Robin's glaring eyes, Qi shrugged innocently, "I definitely won't bother you."

"Strange! What are you doing?" Sanji shouted anxiously.

"I'm here to say goodbye to you!" Robin looked at Sanji and Chopper opposite her. She couldn't stop them, but others must not be involved.

"I have a darkness that you don't know about. That darkness will destroy you one day! Now I am planning to make you bear this crime, and I will escape in the chaos... The situation will continue to deteriorate."

"What is going on? Why are you doing this!" Sanji asked in shock.

"Why I did that...you don't need to know!"

"Robin, I don't know what you are talking about!? What's wrong with you!?" Sanji shouted in confusion. He didn't believe what Robin said at all.

"Yes, Robin, let's go back together!" Chopper shouted from the side.

"Although our time together was short, after today... we will never meet again!"

"Please give my regards to everyone! You have always been very nice to me! Thank you!" Robin said without hesitation and turned away, "Goodbye!!"

"Wait!! Robin!" Sanji looked at Robin's determined back and rushed into the water in disbelief, trying to stop her. "Don't joke! We won't accept it!"

"Robin!!"

Although Sanji swam to the other side as fast as he could, he still couldn't stop Robin from leaving. When Sanji climbed ashore dripping wet, Robin's back had completely disappeared.

"Qi, why didn't you stop her!?" Sanji turned around angrily and looked at Qi who had been standing there and remained silent.

"There's no way. Even I can't stop it." Qi looked at the angry Sanji and waved his hands helplessly.

"Why did you do that?" Sanji took off his wet shirt and asked in confusion. He still remembered that Qi had just said that he was involved.

"Well..." Qi thought about how to answer for a while, and finally gave up, picked up the clothes on his wrist, and held them in front of Sanji, "Because of this."

"What is this!?" Sanji looked at the iron ring on Qi's wrist in shock. Why did it look so much like handcuffs? "This is..."

"Yes, it's just what you think." Qi grinned. "Seastone handcuffs."

Sanji was shocked to see the smile on Qi's face. He grabbed Qi's wrist angrily and tried to pull the thing off. "Idiot! What are you thinking? You're wearing this thing, and you're still smiling so heartlessly!!"

"Sanji, OMG!" Chopper ran over from the bridge and just heard Sanji yelling "What's going on!?"

"Oh, don't worry, I'm fine." Qi said casually, not caring about the impact his words would have on Sanji "I wore it on my own initiative."

Sanji looked at Qi in shock. Chopper didn't know what seastone was, but he did. Sanji calmed down and asked, "Why did you do this?"

Qi did not answer Sanji's question, but talked about something else, "Well, time is running out. I'm showing it to you because I have to say goodbye to you too."

"What do you mean!?" Sanji grabbed Qi's arm tightly to prevent him from leaving like Robin.

"Hey, hey, you're holding on too tightly!" Qi complained, looking at Sanji's hand on his arm.

"Don't change the subject!" Sanji said with a frown.

"Well, because Robin and I betrayed you together." Qi said with a smile, "So ask Luffy to come and take me back!"

"What?" Sanji was stunned.

"Come on, we won't be here after tonight." Qi broke free from Sanji's grasp and added with a smile, "Tell Luffy that if you can take Robin away tonight, we won't leave here, and vice versa."

"Bye now!"

"Qi!" Chopper looked at Qi's back anxiously as he left. For some reason, Sanji didn't stop him.

"Sanji!"

"Hmm..." Sanji was lost in thought. He was thinking about what Qi said, "Chopper..."

"Huh?" Chopper turned and looked at Sanji in confusion.

"Go find Luffy and the others and tell them everything that just happened, word for word!"

"Sanji, what about you?" Chopper asked.

"I have something else to do..." Sanji thought about what Qi just said about leaving. There was only one sea train tonight, and that was the only place to leave.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything rash!"

……

Backstreet vacant warehouse

"What did you do?" Robin frowned and looked at Qi who came in.

"Nothing." Qi casually pulled a chair and sat down. "Just like you, I said goodbye to them."

"Since you don't want to leave, don't involve them anymore!" Robin said with a frown.

"That's not up to me." Qi grinned and said, "You should know Luffy's character."

Robin pursed his lips and said in a weak voice, "This is my own business."

Qi looked at the uneasiness on Robin's face and sighed, "Don't worry, I didn't say anything, but with Luffy's personality, he won't let you..."

"He will!" Robin interrupted Qi with a serious look. No matter what, she would not let them fall into a more dangerous situation because of her.

……

"Did Robin really say that!?" Luffy looked at Chopper emotionally. He couldn't believe that Robin would leave them like this, and that it was really her who assassinated Uncle Aspago.

"Hmm..." Chopper lowered his head in silence. He just relayed everything Robin said to Luffy and the others.

"Everyone... should have been mentally prepared..."

Zoro broke the silence and analyzed calmly, "At the beginning... we allowed Robin, who was our enemy, to board the ship. Now we can't run away because we are afraid! It seems that it is time to make a break. Is that woman... an enemy or a ally?"

"Robin...did you really say that? Chopper." Zoro asked again.

"Yeah!" Chopper nodded again.

"She said that from now on, she will not meet us again... It sounded like she was saying... something will happen today that will further worsen the situation." Zoro analyzed the information in Robin's words.

"The failed assassination attempt on the mayor has already caused chaos in the entire city. If the situation is to deteriorate further... there is only one possibility..."