From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 36 Come on, let’s work together to defeat Crocodile!
Bane grabbed Robin's neck at this moment, and some bounty hunters around seemed ready to make a move.

But without waiting for Bane to speak, the smart Robin took the initiative to order: "Everyone disperse, can't you see that I have something to talk to Mr. Bane?"

As the second-in-command of Baroque Works, Nico Robin actually has higher authority than Crocodile among these middle and low-level members.

Because the middle and low-level members have no idea that they are working for Crocodile. They only know that there is a mysterious and powerful boss behind them. Over the years, the big boss has solved many problems that seemed difficult to them and demonstrated his strength and ability, but the middle and low-level members don't know who this big boss is.

On the contrary, Nicole Robin, as the vice president, has enough influence among this group of middle and low-level cadres.

As soon as she spoke, a dozen bounty hunters silently retreated a distance. At this time, Bane let go of Nico Robin and put her on the ground. He looked at the people around him and said, "Okay, all of you should disperse. Go outside the camp and keep an eye on the two giants who may fight again at any time. And don't let those dinosaurs disturb me!"

With a whoosh, the rest of the bounty hunters around dispersed. But even though they seemed to be following Bane's orders, there might be a few lurking among them.

Bane didn't care about these people, nor did he feel angry about being "betrayed". In his opinion, after dealing with Crocodile and annexing his legacy, these people would work for him.

What's there to care about?
By then, we will all be 'one family', and any betrayal after that will be worthy of anger and punishment.

The huge camp was soon empty. Hundreds of brothers were on guard against each other and were guarding the periphery of the camp. Only Bane, Zoro, and Nami were in the camp, entertaining Nico Robin.

"Zoro, get a set of clean tableware and invite our guests to taste the local specialties." Bane gave the order casually.

Zoro also stood up swiftly, took out a whole set of new tableware from not far away, and placed it on the empty seat.

Nico Robin looked at them, then sat down in an empty seat very elegantly, and even took the initiative to say to Zoro: "Hey, young man, please give me another glass of wine."

Zoro raised his eyebrows, seeming to admire her courage. He opened his wine jug from the table and filled a glass of wine for Nico Robin.

Nami had also sat down at this time, but she was a little confused about the situation, so she consciously kept her mouth shut and sat quietly aside.

At this moment, Bane had already sat down again, and as if nothing had happened before, he started to eat the barbecue again. While eating, he also used a spoon to scoop a large bowl of 'fish soup' with Mosasaur meat, placed it in front of Nico Robin and said, "Try it, it tastes very good."

Nicole Robin picked up the piece of meat with chopsticks and started eating naturally, even drinking the wine very calmly.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Bane wiped his hands with a tissue from the table, then lit a cigar and looked at Nico Robin and said, "Well, tell me why you're here, Nico Robin. You're not here just to give me these 79 million Baileys, are you?"

"I think you have already noticed that one of our people is among your subordinates." Nicole Robin also picked up the napkin on the table and wiped the oil stains from the corner of her mouth very elegantly.

"Of course, and it's a lot." Bane said nonchalantly, biting his cigar.

"Perhaps I should introduce myself first. As you said, I am indeed a criminal with a bounty of 79 million Baileys offered by the World Government, but at the same time, I am also a member of the most mysterious organization in the Grand Line." Nicole Robin wanted to use her identity to put pressure on Bane and regain some bargaining chips.

But before she could finish her words, Bane raised his hand to stop her from speaking, exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Not in the Grand Line, but you are still qualified in the first half. I know you, Baroque Works, a huge criminal organization hidden in the dark. You are the second in command of this organization, that is, the vice president." Nicole Robin obviously did not expect that Bane knew so much information, but soon, she seemed to guess something, pretending to be distressed and said, "It seems that some of my subordinates have chosen to betray me. It's really distressing."

In her opinion, it must be that someone among those who followed Bane on the ship betrayed and sold out the organization, which led to Bane learning of this information.

Bane calmly shook his head and said, "It's not because someone betrayed you, but because I already knew all this. Not only you, but also the boss behind Baroque Works, Crocodile, who is currently one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Tsk, this guy is really interesting. A pirate, is he addicted to playing the role of a national hero in Alabasta?"

When Bane described Crocodile so accurately, Nico Robin was indeed a little surprised, because very few people in the organization knew the news and intelligence about Crocodile, and only a few cadres with higher ranks knew something about it.

Ignoring Robin's surprised look, Bane raised his chin slightly and asked again with a somewhat arrogant attitude: "So, there is no need to introduce yourself. Just tell me why you are here, Nicole Robin."

Before Nicole Robin came, she always felt that she was the one who made the plans and programs, and that she was the one who was calculating without intention, and should have the advantages in all aspects.

But when she actually met Bane in person, she suddenly realized that all the plans and proposals she had conceived were empty talk. Her assessment of Bane based on just a little bit of information and her own speculation was completely wrong!

"I don't know since when did I become as arrogant as Crocodile," Robin felt a little regretful in his heart.

Is this what it means when people are close to vermilion and black people are close to black?

This made Robin a little unsure of how to start the conversation.

Originally, I wanted to say that I was here to recruit Bane on behalf of Crocodile, a great man.
But it is obvious that from what Bane said just now, he knows a lot about Crocodile and has no respect for him at all. Wouldn't it be awkward to say this now?
However, Nico Robin couldn't find a better reason at the moment, so she could only think for a moment and said, "I'm here on behalf of Mr. Crocodile. He has heard about your deeds. Perhaps you also know that he had a lot of unpleasant past with the Whitebeard Pirates. So he admires you very much and hopes to invite you to move forward with him."

"Okay, I've understood the intention of the respected Mr. Crocodile." Bane nodded without commenting, then looked at Nico Robin with a meaningful look and said, "What about your intention?"

"Me?" Nico Robin pretended not to understand and said, "I just said that I am here on behalf of Mr. Crocodile."

"But that doesn't mean you're only here to see me on his behalf." Bane knocked the ash off the cigar in his hand, and then said with some disdain: "Besides, is Crocodile qualified to recruit me? If he comes to talk to me in person, maybe we can have a conversation."

Nico Robin did not respond, but pretended to be somewhat helpless and said: "It seems that it is difficult for us to reach a consensus here. If Mr. Bane needs Mr. Crocodile to come and talk to you in person, then I will convey your wishes to him later."

What she meant by saying this was that she wanted to tentatively ask if she could leave.
It's not rational to offend one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea just for me, right?

Seeing Nicole Robin's attitude, Bane shook his head helplessly. In other words, he quite liked Robin, and he would need Robin to take over Crocodile's industry in the future. Otherwise, if someone else went around in circles here, she would twist his head off.

After a moment, Bane said, "Let me tell you, Nico Robin, I need your help in killing Crocodile. Are you willing to cooperate?"

(End of this chapter)