When Robin was two years old, her mother, Nico Olvia, went out to sea to explore history.
As archaeologists, what they were most interested in was the “blank century” that had been erased from history.
Because of this, even in the World Government, researching this period was strictly forbidden.
However, the scholars of Ohara continued their research in secret.
But the world has no completely airtight walls—this secret was eventually exposed when Robin was eight years old.
At that time, thanks to her outstanding talent, Robin had already become the youngest archaeologist in Ohara.
On what should have been Robin’s happiest day, people from the World Government arrived and killed everything.
After discovering that scholars here were secretly researching the truth of history, the World Government launched a Buster Call on Ohara.
Everyone in Ohara, including her mother, was killed—only Robin survived.
And the reason she survived was because she did not board the evacuation ship.
In order to ensure that no archaeologists escaped, Marine Vice Admiral Kuzan (Aokiji), while witnessing the tragedy, ultimately showed mercy after seeing her.
From then on, she lived a life constantly being hunted and wanted by the Marines, wandering across the West Blue.
As Kaelin narrated this, memories of the past gradually surfaced in Robin’s mind.
Tears rolled down her cheeks uncontrollably.
The others were also deeply moved after hearing the girl’s experience.
Losing teachers, friends, and family all in a single happiest moment—there is nothing more tragic in the world.
At this moment, they also realized that the historian was the girl named Nico Robin.
Judging from the timeline, Robin should still be wandering the seas right now.
They couldn’t help but sigh—on such a vast sea, tragedies like this were far from rare; in fact, they happened more often than anyone would like to admit.
Robin’s experience also triggered a strong resonance in another lurker in the group, who had a similarly painful past.
They were all the same, but what made her slightly luckier than Robin was that she had a “Kappa” to take care of her, while Robin had nothing—and was still being hunted with a bounty on her head.
She couldn’t even imagine how difficult it must have been for an eight-year-old child.
She wanted to comfort Robin, but then remembered that revealing identities was not allowed, so she forced herself to stop.
All she could do was curse angrily.
Lurker: “Damn World Government, damn Akainu.”
Kaelin: “The following story is basically what happens in the anime.
After growing up, she joined Baroque Works to search for the Ancient Weapon Pluton for Crocodile.
Then she met Luffy and joined the Straw Hat Pirates.
From then on, she basically fell under the protagonist’s halo.
Although there were ups and downs afterward, she followed Luffy’s adventure while researching the historical texts along the way.
Overall… it’s actually pretty smooth.
That’s it.”
The first half was still full of tragedy and sorrow, so why did it suddenly feel so wrong in the second half?
That sudden shift in tone caught everyone off guard.
This is the protagonist’s halo!
Hiss~ terrifying.
Seeing this, Doflamingo, who had been silently observing on the side, felt even more uneasy.
It seemed he had to act early and make preparations.
Robin was also completely confused.
That’s it?
Just like that?
But knowing her future wasn’t entirely bad.
At least with the protagonist’s aura, she could still continue studying the Poneglyphs.
She might even reach the Final Island someday and see the so-called “true history.”
However, Robin still felt an emptiness in her heart.
An inexplicable emotion was pressing down inside her—she couldn’t tell whether it was happiness or loss.
It might be because she had received too much information from this group.
Things that were once secrets were no longer secrets.
What ordinary people would never be able to touch had been laid bare and analyzed thoroughly by Kaelin.
It felt as if the World Government had been completely exposed and neatly stored away in a warehouse—its hidden tricks all laid out in the open.
At this moment, her original dream—fulfilling her mother’s and teachers’ wishes and uncovering the truth of history—suddenly felt less important.
That feeling of emptiness made it hard for her to let go.
Perhaps this was human greed.
And Robin, who was skilled at deep thinking, suddenly came up with a new suspicion.
Could the Great Secret Treasure of the Final Island actually be a bait deliberately set by the World Government?
To lure pirates from all over the world onto a road of no return?
Think about it—who are the ones who know the truth of history?
After Roger reached Laugh Tale, the World Government, not knowing the exact situation, would definitely assume that his entire crew had learned the truth.
And after the Roger Pirates returned, they met many people—so it was very possible they had shared that story.
But what was the result?
Nothing happened.
There was no reaction from the World Government at all.
The Roger Pirates, except for Roger surrendering himself, were not even hunted down on a large scale—as if the Government simply didn’t care.
In addition, Roger turned himself in right after finding the Great Secret Treasure.
All of this basically proved that the truth of history might not have any practical value at all—it could very well be an ancient scandal buried in dust.
Even if it were exposed, it might not shake the rule of the World Government, because the entire power structure was already fixed.
Robin voiced her doubt.