"I think that you should order some suitable clothing here. This country's clothing is quite nice."
Maple chuckled lightly.
Robin's behavior was quite interesting.
Unlike the other girls, Robin basically never did anything too excessive to him. However, she would always grab onto various opportunities to make him say something of his own volition.
For example, "Sir, do you like me like this?" or "Sir, do you want me to be like this?"
Her goal was quite simple. She wanted him to say something along the lines of liking her, and express that he liked her.
To put it simply, Robin knew that he knew that she liked him, but she wanted Maple to take the initiative to express that he liked her.
In summary...
Robin wanted him to confess his love to her.
Maple felt that it was quite amusing to interact with her like this, which was why he accepted Robin's challenge.
Even though he had always been surrounded by all sorts of girls due to how handsome he was, it wasn't that he didn't like it. In fact, he quite enjoyed this feeling.
He would never reject desire.
That was because humans were composed of reason and desire.
This was a part of being human, and it took up half of being human. It was the most important part of being human.
If only absolute desire existed, then one would fall into depravity and become a demon. If only absolute reason existed, then one would become a god. Only those in the middle were humans.
As for Maple …
In order to truly control time and not be controlled by it, he would need to forever maintain himself in the middle. Both reason and desire existed, and he wouldn't be controlled by either.
Otherwise, no matter which one he lost, the other would quickly be destroyed by time, and he would completely lose himself.
"It's indeed beautiful."
Robin walked into the clothing store and observed some of the fabrics placed there, as well as some of the designs that had already been made. He suddenly thought of something and turned his head to look at Maple Night.
He chuckled and said, "Since you're going to order more clothes, how about ordering clothes for the next few years as well?"
"That's impossible. The size won't match. Although I also want to do more business, if the size doesn't match, then I'll be too irresponsible to my customers."
Upon hearing Robin's words, the store owner withdrew her gaze from Feng Ye and said to Robin.
Robin looked at Maple Night and smiled. He blinked and said, "That's indeed a problem, but you should be able to solve it, mister, right …? You should be able to see my future size."
The store owner smiled and said, "You're currently at the age where you're growing the fastest, so how could I possibly know what you'll look like in the next few years? You only need to make clothes for this year. This store of mine has been around for over a hundred years, so you can come back next year or the year after that."
Maple Night glanced at Robin.
Robin revealed a cute smile as he looked at Maple Night.
The store owner felt that Robin was just messing around. However, in reality, he could easily see what Robin would look like in the next few years, or even decades. However, if he was asked to see Robin's future size …
This was seduction, wasn't it?
Not only that, it was intentional seduction, wasn't it?
As expected of the genuine Nico Robin, who was able to maintain a smile and say such seductive words without blushing in the slightest.
"Well, I think that the emperor's new clothes aren't bad either."
"The emperor's new clothes?"
Robin asked curiously, "What's that?"
"It's nothing."
Maple Night couldn't help but laugh as he shook his head. He looked at the store owner and said, "Just order some clothes from this year. Give me a set of each of these styles."
The store owner revealed a smile and said, "Alright, you can come pick them up in three days. Please pay a deposit first … Ah, sir, you seem like someone who keeps his promises, so there's no need for a deposit."
'Alright.
He doesn't even need to pay a deposit. What do you mean by 'someone who keeps his promises'? Isn't it more accurate to say that you can do whatever you want as long as you're handsome? '
"Then I'll come pick them up in three days."
Maple Night waved his hand at the store owner and led Robin out.
The store owner stretched out her hand and asked, "Hey … please leave your name … Also, um, are you already married?"
"Hatake."
Maple Night responded and ignored the store owner's second question as he led Robin out.
The chaos outside was still ongoing. The number of women gathered at the entrance reached several dozen.
The smile on Robin's face disappeared as she calmed down. She was about to use her ability to push away the people blocking her way.
However, this time, Maple Night didn't allow her to use her ability. Instead, after she lifted her hand, he grabbed her hand and directly walked forward.
* Chi!! *
Maple Night seemed to become incredibly slippery as he held onto Robin's hand. He easily slid past the women gathered at the entrance.
It seemed as if he was squeezing past them, but in reality, he was walking through another dimension. This was a spatial ability that was similar to Kamui's.
There were far too many people here. If Robin used her Flower-Flower Fruit (Hana no Mi) ability again, she would inevitably be discovered, and everyone would be shocked.
Robin exhaled.
She allowed Maple Night to hold onto her hand as she raised her head to look at him. She asked curiously, "Hatake? Is that your family name, Sir? "
She had always known Maple Night's first name, but had never heard of his family name.
"Yeah."
Maple Night lightly nodded.
The two of them continued walking forward.
"Ah … so his family name is Hatake? This family name doesn't seem to belong to Huachu, does it? No wonder I've never seen him before. "
"If it's him, we can even go somewhere else together …"
The many girls gathered at the entrance of the store all looked in the direction that Maple Night left with sparkles in their eyes.
In contrast to the infatuated atmosphere here, two men were currently standing on the rooftop of a building across the street, staring in the direction that Maple Night and Robin left in.
They were members of the Orochi Imperial Court, and their duty was to monitor the movements in Flower City. The commotion here had long since attracted their attention!
"Was that … ninjutsu just now?"
"It wasn't a normal technique. It seemed like some sort of ninjutsu … but I've never seen that ninja before, and that woman as well. What they used before was probably a witchcraft."
Something flashed in their eyes as they spoke.
In the Country of Peace, the Devil Fruit's ability was generally called witchcraft or witchcraft, while the ninja's ninjutsu was an alternative method.
Maple pulled Robin and slid out of the crowd. Nothing unusual could be seen from below, but the scene from above was extremely strange. It seemed like some sort of movement type ninjutsu.
A strange ninja appeared in the Country of Peace!
After the two looked at each other, they saw the same look in each other's eyes – this matter needed to be reported to the higher-ups immediately!
"Kuroshiro, go and report to Fushu-sama, I'll continue to keep an eye on them!"
"Okay, then I'll leave this place to you."
After the two divided the work, one of them jumped onto the roof and quickly went to the Shogun's residence in the center of Flower City.
