Chapter 395 The Eve of the Concert

His eyes slid across the blue skin, dripping down his jaw onto the blood-stained upper deck.

Jinbei knew very well that any interaction with Arthur now would be against his conscience.

If he refuses, will the other party destroy his tribe?

Only by accepting all his instructions can the survival of the tribe be guaranteed until all situations above the sea slowly calm down.

Daytime.

On the sea ten kilometers away from the kingdom of music, Elegia, fleets flying the flags of the World Government stood in formation.

On the command deck, a government official hurriedly ran behind the fully-armed Shamrock and knelt on the ground.

"Commander, the patrol team discovered that the Straw Hat Pirates' new ship was approaching here following a ship of the Black Intelligence Network, but after observation, only a woman was found on the ship."

"Woman? Straw hat?"

"That person is Nico Robin, a woman who has been on the run for twenty years and is being hunted by our world government. Should we order the ship to be sunk and arrest her on the spot?"

Shamrock thought about it, why did Nico Robin come here alone after joining the Sona Pirates?

"What a hard-to-understand woman. She joined and betrayed many powerful organizations. If she wasn't so valuable, she should have been eliminated long ago."

"So...we...?"

"Give the order to have each of the twenty families send a warship to deal with them. It just so happens that it is time for me to reclaim the Nika of this era."

When the soldier received the order, he immediately stood up and went to convey it.

The sea area where the Straw Hat Pirates are located.

At the front of the Flame Lion, Luffy shouted towards the big ship in front with a serious and determined look on his face.

"Robin! I won't abandon any of my partners. Without you, I can't become the Pirate King!"

"Luffy, you don't understand what kind of person I am. I have been running in the darkness all my life. The world has become like this now because of a wrong decision I made two years ago. If I had never left Arthur, maybe everything would be fine." Robin declined again and again.

"Stop fooling yourself, Robin! That guy is a murderer. Are you willing to give up your freedom and dreams to pursue a man with blood on his hands who kills innocent people? You are not that kind of person, okay!"

The sea breeze was howling, and Law stood on the deck, clenching his fists tightly and listening to Luffy's dissuasion with his teeth clenched.

"You don't understand, Luffy. Everything I did in front of you was just a disguise. The real me only had feelings for Arthur. I just wanted to use you to realize my selfish...dream that will never come true! I...I could have prevented all this from happening."

The conversation between the two was interrupted by a loud bang as a cannonball exploded on the sea, splashing water several feet high.

Sabo used his Observation Haki to sense his surroundings, and cold sweat broke out all over his body.

"Luffy, don't move forward any further! Ahead is the World Government's coalition forces. Even if all the pirates in the world come together, they can't defeat them!"

The coalition forces formed by the world's allied nations and the Celestial Dragons are stationed in this sea area, and Eregia is surrounded by countless warships and ships like an iron barrel.

The ship was swaying, and Robin looked into the distance and found that more than 20 warships were slowly appearing in sight.

The cannon barrels at the front of the warship were operating relentlessly, continuously firing cannons in her direction.

Robin crossed her arms and used the Hana-Hana Fruit to evade the enemy by herself. She no longer moved forward, but began to circle around the area.

"So many warships? Just to deal with Arthur alone? What a joke!"

"I will never abandon her! Sink those warships!" Luffy gave the order.

"Three Hundred and Sixty Troubled Winds!" Behind him, Zoro grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist, leaped into the air, and swiftly swung the sword across the sea towards a nearby warship.

"Have you thought it through, Luffy? Companions are important, but those who betray us and leave us are not worth risking the lives of the other crew members!"

A powerful slash cut through the air for hundreds of meters and rushed straight to the front of a warship, ready to cut it in two.

On the warship that was targeted by Three Hundred and Sixty Trouble Winds, a figure jumped high and knocked Zoro's slash into the deep sea with one punch.

“Domineering…”

“It’s actually domineering!”

"Are officers on any warship going to be domineering? Is this the new world?"

Zoro landed on the bow of the Flame Lion, stood beside Luffy and stared seriously at the warship that appeared in front of him.

"Luffy, you saw that, didn't you? These guys are extremely powerful. They are the elite among the elites of various countries and the Celestial Dragons."

"And the twenty warships are only a small part of the coalition forces. Even if we do everything we can to sink them, we are not strong enough to deal with the remaining enemies." Ace also reminded casually.

"It's not like the captain to take his comrades' lives with him to die."

"But what about Robin? Am I going to watch her die? She is our partner!" Luffy looked reluctant, and realized that his current strength was not enough to deal with the coalition forces of the world governments ahead.

"If you really want to ask in person, then ask clearly," Nami, who was already worried that Luffy might do something stupid, said from the back.

"Why not wait until they have fought with Arthur and both sides have suffered heavy losses before going? Robin is not stupid, he would never rush into a coalition of that level, right? There are flags of more than 170 countries there!"

"Huh," Sanji lit a cigarette seriously, "First, keep some distance from this small team and engage in a naval battle to delay time, and wait for news tomorrow, Luffy. Only a fool would rush into the center of such a combat force to fight, right?"

"But," Usopp said with a cold sweat on his face, "Didn't the man who killed my father say that he would never run away? Doesn't that mean he will definitely come?"

"Usopp," Sanji pointed his cigarette butt at Usopp, "Using public opinion and news to create news is just a means of bargaining between capital and bigwigs."

"Wow, are we really going? Even Zoro's slash was blocked, how many Rumble Balls should I prepare?" Chopper cried as he controlled the rudder, avoiding the shells, and said with two Rumble Balls in his hands.

"Think about it carefully, Luffy." Zoro walked to the back of the deck. "Ace and Sabo are your sworn brothers. That goes without saying. Who among us didn't risk your life to get on board? Even Usopp has fought alongside us."

"Zoro! Robin saved my life in Alabasta. If it weren't for her, I would have been killed by Crocodile!" Luffy was very excited.

"She is my savior, I will never abandon her. But you are also right, I can't take risks with your lives, just do as Nami says."

Luffy stared at the approaching warship on the sea ahead, with a determined look in his eyes and several questions in his mind.

"We shed a lot of blood two years ago, but how could it be so powerful? I have tried my best."

Even though he had gone through a lot of hardships every time he grew and became as powerful as he is now, he was still unable to fight against Arthur.

"Well, then let's prepare for a protracted naval battle."

From day to night, the two ships engaged in a guerrilla naval battle with twenty warships in the waters of Elegia to delay time.

On this day, a large number of government officials disguised as civilians and soldiers arranged by the world's member states went to the concert.

Some officials are also fans of Uta's singing, and soldiers from major member states are anxiously awaiting orders.

There are stalls, food is sold, and all kinds of entertainment activities are going on.

Unanimously, everyone's eyes were fixed on Uta, who was holding an old leather sheet of music and reading the latest newspaper on the stage.

He smiled gently and squinted at the sheet of music. The small bag on his wrist was filled with sleepless mushrooms.

"The Red Hair Pirates have lost contact... huh... I see."

"Uta, do you really want to do this? A few days ago, many people left the country because of the news. Now the influx of people may..."

King Gordon of the kingdom of music said to Uta from behind the stage.

Uta looked at Gordon and said, "Gordon, if we don't do this, many people will die, right? I am invincible in that world. As long as I bring everyone in, a new and eternally peaceful world will be born, and there will be no more suffering on this sea."

"That's not true!" Gordon suddenly yelled, "Totumjika is not as powerful as you think, Uta!"

"Don't say anymore, Gordon, I've made up my mind." Uta glanced at the simple sloping flat ground on both sides of the concert.

Not counting the live broadcast audiences around the world, there were tens of thousands of fake audiences on the scene who were eagerly waiting for the concert to begin after dawn.

"I will bring eternal happiness to people all over the world!"