Transcended as Lord Buggy-Part 3

417. Clowns Update

"Where are the kids now?" asks Buggy to Dela.

"We have lost sight of them after they defeated the Baroque Works agents. Our deal with the Giants to not placed our men on Little Garden causes this to happen," says Dela annoyedly.

"Hey, that was Magnus's request, so we shouldn't do it. Besides, we can predict their movements, right?" asks Buggy.

"Sigh, yes. Considering Robin's personality, she would make a deal with them although she doesn't fully trust them yet. She knows what can make them accept the deal, after all. She has some Eternal Poses to be used as bargaining chips, while the Straw Hat Pirates only have a Log Pose that still needs a year to be charged. We heard from our insiders at Baroque Works that their attacker group lost their Eternal Poses. Knowing Robin, she would've taken those before the Straw Hat Pirates found those. We predict they are on their way to Alabasta now because there is something that Robin needs there," says Dela.

The Clown Pirates have kept track of Robin since she left Gaban's protection a few years ago. She is currently aiming for Alabasta's Poneglyph, but different from the original story, she doesn't join Crocodile. The current her has more confidence in herself and Gaban taught her to not join anyone who will backstab her.

Robin is strong enough to save herself even from Warlords. So there is no reason for her to join Crocodile because it will just give her problems. That's why she chose to find the poneglyph herself, but Crocodile found her plan out.

Although Robin is strong, she is still helpless against Crocodile's sand logia body. She hasn't learned Armament Haki from Gaban because she mostly learned about the history and rarely wanted to learn fighting skills. Although she managed to learn Observation Haki a little just to sense danger.

She knew she couldn't defeat Crocodile, so she ran away. Crocodile was stopping her from finding the poneglyph, so she needed to take care of him. She couldn't do it alone, so she tried to make the country of Alabasta her ally.

But they couldn't believe her because of her bad reputation as a person wanted by World Government. She couldn't persuade them until she found a big chance. Vivi was attacked by Crocodile's men and she was in danger, so Robin helped her.

They were chased by Baroque Works agents, so they escaped until they leave Alabasta and arrived at Little Garden. Robin knew it is a rather safe place and there was no human there. Also, it's a good place to talk and negotiate with Vivi about the poneglyph.

"Finally she used that brain of hers properly. Although maybe one of the reasons she doesn't even consider joining hands with Crocodile is because of us. She could just ask for our help, but she didn't. If she joined Crocodile, it implied that she trusted Crocodile more than us. Offending a Warlord or an Emperor, it was an easy choice," says Buggy while grinning.

"Aren't you exaggerating? She could've rejected Crocodile because she didn't need his help and didn't fear him," says Jude who listens from the side.

"Robin is still too rational to do something based on her feeling. We know for sure that she didn't join Crocodile because there were more problems than benefits for her if she did that. Whatever her reason was, we just need to know that right now she is on her way to Alabasta with the Straw Hats & Vivi. She won't just plan to go back, she's gonna make the Straw Hats face Baroque Works. If they succeed, they will be Alabasta's heroes, and she will have an access to the poneglyph," says Enel while lying on a couch.

The others are looking at him with stunned faces because he has just said something smart. He knows what they are thinking, and it pisses him off, but he ignores them because his couch is too comfortable. His reaction disappoints his mates, so they leave him be and continue their discussion.