"No."
Reiju shook her head. Nami broke down in tears.
"Nami!"
Seeing her captured and surrounded by the Sky Knight unit, Zoro panicked.
Thirty-Six Pound Phoenix!
He swung Yubashiri with his right hand, launching a flying slash toward Reiju.
Without even changing her expression, Reiju casually struck it aside, shattering the attack midair.
"What?!"
Zoro's eyes widened in shock. Only now did he realize the vast difference in power between them.
Even Nami was stunned. Her hope crumbled.
She hadn't expected Reiju to be so powerful that she could dismiss Zoro's attack with a single move.
"Let's go. Sora's probably waiting."
Reiju hoisted Nami onto her shoulder and leapt away, disappearing into the night.
"Big sis, let me go, please…"
—
Skypiea, God's Sanctuary.
After Sora escaped the Straw Hats' camp with Robin, Luffy and Sanji had tried to follow—only to be intercepted by the Sky Knight captain and his squad. All they could do was watch helplessly as Robin was taken away.
Sora returned to the grand gates of the sanctuary, where he met up with Reiju again.
As for whether Luffy and the others could survive the Sky Knight ambush?
Come on—they're the protagonist crew. When they lose, don't they always power up and pull off a miracle?
Sora didn't intend to hurt them anyway—mainly because of Vivi, Nami, and the others.
But if they couldn't even defeat a few Sky Knights, they may as well disband.
"Robin!"
Nami, carried back by Reiju, shouted the moment she saw Robin.
"Why did you capture Nami?" Robin asked, stunned. "I thought I was your target!"
Sora gave her a puzzled look. "When did I ever say that you were my only target?"
Robin's eyes widened. "You… didn't come after me because I can read Poneglyphs?"
Sora looked at her again, this time with a serious expression.
"So what if you can? So what if you can't?"
"To me, history is the past. What truly matters is the future."
"Because only the future holds limitless possibilities!"
Limitless possibilities... in the future...
Robin, Nami, and even Reiju were momentarily stunned. None of them had expected Sora to say something so profound.
"Then… why are you after Robin and me?" Nami asked instinctively.
Before Sora could answer, Reiju interrupted with a snide remark.
"What do you think? Obviously for your bodies."
For our bodies…?
Nami immediately crossed her arms over her chest, glaring at Sora with suspicion.
Robin, however, bit her lip and quietly thought to herself: So it really is like that.
She had felt the desire in his gaze earlier. He hadn't even tried to hide it.
"Ahem."
"I just want to give you both a home," Sora said, clearing his throat and waving his hand dismissively.
The three women all rolled their eyes in unison.
Then Reiju pulled out a pair of Sea Prism Stone handcuffs and locked them onto Robin and Nami.
Seeing them cuffed, Sora smiled faintly and clapped his hands.
"My lord,"
Several maids emerged from the main hall and bowed respectfully.
"Clean them thoroughly—inside and out. Then bring them to my room."
Since Anna and Shalria weren't here to help, he had to rely on the sanctuary's servants.
After taking over, Sora had completely claimed Enel's former palace—and the maids had cleaned it spotless as his new personal chamber.
"You… you're not really going to—"
Nami turned deathly pale, realizing what his orders implied.
Even Robin flinched. She hadn't expected him to move this fast.
Sora didn't bother answering. He simply waved again, and the maids led the two women away.
When he got what he wanted, he didn't wait.
"I'm going to bring Kaya and the others over. You stay here and watch them," Sora told Reiju once the girls were gone.
"Hmph."
Reiju snorted in annoyance.
The number of women around Sora was growing fast—and it was starting to get on her nerves.
Sora looked at her pouting face and smirked. Instead of walking away, he hoisted her up with one hand and carried her toward his room.
When your wife's upset, the best solution is either sweet talk or hard action.
He skipped the sweet talk.
"W-What are you doing?!"
"You looked unhappy, so I'm going to make you feel better."
"…"
—
Back at the Straw Hat camp…
"What?! Nami-chan was taken too?!"
Sanji had fought hard to break through the Sky Knights, and now that he was back, the news sent him into a rage.
"You damn moss-head! What were you doing?!"
"You lost Robin too, you damn love-cook!"
Zoro gritted his teeth, biting back his own fury.
"Say that again and I'll beat your ass!"
Sanji stomped out his cigarette and glared.
Just thinking about what Sora had done to Robin made him want to explode.
"You wanna fight?!"
Zoro was just as furious after watching Nami get taken right in front of him.
"Hey! Both of you, knock it off!" Usopp and Chopper stepped between them to keep the peace.
"Nami said that guy has a bounty of 1.5 billion. We can't beat him—not yet. So stop fighting!"
Luffy sat silently by the fire, chomping down on a huge piece of meat.
"Luffy! Are you seriously not going to stop them?" Usopp shouted as the bickering escalated.
"If they're gonna fight, let them fight," Luffy said flatly. "But once they're done, rest up. Tomorrow, we're going to get Nami and Robin back."
With that, he finished his meat, pulled his hat down over his face, and closed his eyes.
He already knew from the Sky Knight soldiers that Sora had taken them to the God's Sanctuary.
He'd need to find Conis tomorrow to learn exactly where that was.
Nami and Robin were gone. That was fact.
Sora was powerful. That was also fact.
So the only thing to do now was rest and be ready for the coming battle.
Sanji and Zoro exchanged a glance, then sat beside Luffy. They ate and drank in silence, then shut their eyes as well.
"These guys, seriously…"
"Even against a monster like that… they're still going?"
Usopp muttered as he curled up next to Chopper and closed his eyes too.
—
Elsewhere…
After bringing Kaya, Vivi, and the others to the God's Sanctuary, Sora headed straight for Nami's room.
At his side was Nami's older sister—Nojiko.
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