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“What’s Doraemon?” Robin asked, puzzled.
“It’s the name of a robotic cat. It can talk, loves to eat dorayaki, and is afraid of mice. It has a pocket dimension, filled with all sorts of strange and magical gadgets…” Liam explained before realizing what he was doing. He glared at her, “Could you cooperate a little?”
Robin who was already pale, blinked at him and asked, “A pocket dimension? Like the *Shiro Shiro no Mi* (Castle-Castle Fruit)?”
“Now that you mention it, it does sound a bit similar…” Liam noticed the armor on Robin’s stomach open a semi-circular hatch.
He laughed, “Ha! It really is similar! Wait a minute, I’m trying to hypnotize you! Why are we talking about this nonsense!” He angrily smacked the dead snake on the ground.
“Miss, could you please cooperate? Thank you.” Liam lifted the dead snake in front of Robin and began swaying it again. “Your arm is betting on my hypnosis skills…”
“Alright,” Robin said pitifully, “I’m counting on you, Liam…”
“Why do you sound cheeky even with a broken arm? Did your seal get lifted?”
“What do you mean by cheeky? And seal lifting— Fine, I’ll be quiet…”
“Now, focus on the snake… I know it’s cute, but don’t get too absorbed in admiring it. Relax your attention… slowly relax…”
The suspended snake swayed back and forth.
Its colorful patterns gradually blurred, the colors smearing like paint on a canvas…
“When you hear the word ‘Doraemon,’ you will wake up and temporarily feel no physical pain…”
Robin wasn’t sure how much time had passed, but Liam’s voice slowly began to fade, as if drifting away into a dreamlike mist.
*Don’t leave…*
Why am I crying? Liam, still holding the dead snake and shaking it, paused.
In front of him, Robin’s eyes had lost their focus and shine, her gaze vacant, as though she had truly fallen into hypnosis.
Yet a single tear suddenly slid down her cheek, leaving him baffled.
‘Was she so moved by my incredible hypnosis skills that she cried?’ Liam pondered.
Whatever. At least the hypnosis seemed to be working.
Even though it had taken nearly twenty minutes from the start, Robin had finally fallen into a hypnotic state.
But, in the end, it worked.
Liam sighed with relief.
Based on his own two prior experiences with hypnosis… Hypnosis, essentially, is the hypnotist projecting their own mental energy onto the target, using their spirit to influence the target’s mind, which can even affect their physical body.
Hypnosis is like the “Haoshoku” of the *Life Return* technique— directing one’s power precisely at the target…
During the process of trying to hypnotize Robin, only one thought dominates Liam’s mind…
*Her body is my body…*
*Her spirit is my spirit…*
By brainwashing himself, he externalized his own spirit, projecting it into Robin’s consciousness, and influencing her…
“Nico Robin!”
Liam suddenly shouted.
Robin’s eyes remained blank, no reaction at all.
“Devil Child!” Liam called again.
Robin continued to sit there like a statue, unresponsive.
Liam smiled slightly and waved his hand in front of her face. There was still no reaction; it was as if she couldn’t see him.
“Wait a second, could it be that *you* also got hypnotized?” Liam suddenly turned his attention to the dark Stand on Robin’s body. After all, ‘B.I.B.’ had been observing the whole time while he was hypnotizing Robin.
『B.I.B.』’s eyes glowed with white light as it spoke: 『After all, I am merely a suit of armor…』
“You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? Now I’ll never get to read the second part of *Mysterious Adventures*…” Liam, rarely showing sadness in front of his trusty Stand, sighed on this lonely island, feeling melancholic. “I guess I’ll have to skip Zhou Qingchun’s sixtieth birthday concert! I wonder if my parents will go in my place…” He shook his head and quickly collected himself.
“Doraemon!”
With a snap of his fingers, Liam uttered the keyword.
Robin let out a sharp breath as if waking from a deep sleep. Her eyes suddenly regained their sparkle, becoming lively once more.
“Huff… huff…”
Robin was slightly out of breath and a question mark floating over her head. For a moment, she couldn’t comprehend what had just happened.
But soon enough, she noticed something strange: the pain in her arm had completely disappeared.
“Is it fixed?” Robin lifted her arm and saw that it was still limp, the skin bulging awkwardly where the broken bone jutted out.
But… she felt no pain at all…
“It’s all yours now,” Liam said, raising his hands in a gesture of surrender as he handed over bandages and wooden planks. “I’ll leave the rest to you…”
Robin nodded and gently summoned her power. Instantly, petals began to dance around her, sprouting identical arms from the ground and around her injured elbow.
“I’ll let you handle it while I go get something to eat,” Liam said, rising to his feet with the confidence of experience. “That bit of snake meat isn’t nearly enough…”
Several arms created by the Flower-Flower Fruit (*Hana Hana no Mi*) extended from various angles, carefully realigning Robin’s twisted and broken arm.
They placed wooden planks around it, while another of the conjured arms wrapped the bandages tightly around her arm, securing everything in place.
Liam pulled an Iron Rod from Robin’s chestplate, slung it over his shoulder, and ventured into the massive forest of the island.
Deep within the jungle, pairs of crimson, predatory eyes began to glow in the darkness.
The trees rustled as flocks of birds suddenly took flight in alarm.
A boar, as tall as two people, emerged from the forest, its enormous tusks jutting out. Its fierce eyes sized up the strange, hairless monkey in front of it, holding a metal rod.
“Roar!”
The giant boar charged at Liam, but as it collided with him, there was a resounding *clang*.
“Ugh…” The boar staggered back with a small bump forming on its head. It looked dazed. What had it just run into? Why was it so hard?
Liam twirled the iron rod in his hand and mused aloud, “I wonder how Stussy’s Tekkai rebound technique actually works…”
The giant boar, still dazed but undeterred, stepped back, digging its hooves into the ground as it prepared to charge again.
“Could it really just be that simple— just being super hard and making the opponent hurt themselves when they hit you?” Liam wondered. “After all, force is always mutual…”
The giant boar with its eyes blazing red, roared and charged once more, but this time, Liam dodged swiftly!
A gust of wind whooshed past the boar as Liam’s form appeared overhead, materializing from the air.
“Rankyaku: Dragon Tornado!”
From mid-air, Liam executed a flurry of kicks using Soru footwork, unleashing a rapid barrage of thirteen cyan-colored slashes that crisscrossed the boar’s tough hide!
*Slice! Slice!*
The boar’s back was crisscrossed with deep gashes, revealing bone.
Liam hovered in the air, his body dissipating into mist. He shook his head in evaluation, “No, this isn’t a Dragon Tornado. At most, it’s a little whirlwind… Does adding more strikes reduce the power?”
The massive boar howled in pain, its eyes glowing red with fury. It leaped into the air, intending to impale Liam with its tusks!
But Liam, with a powerful kick, unleashed a single massive crescent-shaped cyan energy slash, larger and sharper than any he had produced before.
The giant boar was cleaved in half, its body slowly splitting apart as it tumbled to the ground with a final, confused look.
Floating in the mist, Liam solidified his hand and examined his fingers. “Stussy’s flying *Shigan*… it’s basically just a hand-delivered Rankyaku, isn’t it? The *Rokushiki* techniques really are all based on the same principles! It’s all about utilizing Life Return, tapping into one’s physical potential and life energy… When all the *Rokushiki* techniques are combined, the resulting explosion of mastery is what they call…”
The “Rokuōgan” technique used by Rob Lucci— is said to be several times stronger than the Skypiea Reject Dial used by Luffy.
Dragging the giant boar’s corpse behind him, Liam headed back.
“Impact… slash… Is the Giant Clan’s ultimate move, ‘Hakoku Sovereignty’ the final evolution of Rankyaku?”
Later that night, near a roaring bonfire in the island’s jungle, massive animal bones lay scattered around.
“Liam… it’s too much… I can’t eat anymore…” Robin’s stomach was swollen like Luffy’s after overeating.
Her arm was securely bound with wooden splints, and her cheeks were stuffed to the brim with tears welling up in her eyes.
She weakly resisted as Liam forcefully pushed another huge piece of roasted meat toward her mouth. *Oh no, if it weren’t for wearing Liam’s ghost armor right now, I think I’d explode from eating this much!*
“Come on, eat up. The more you eat, the faster you’ll heal,” Liam said comfortingly, placing another massive, golden-brown, juicy piece of meat in front of her.
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