Eternal Farewell? Nico Robin: The Woman Who Draws Darkness!

Still aiming a gun at Luffy, Iceburg demands he produce Robin, but Luffy has no idea where she is. A gunshot brings the shipwrights running; the mayor fired it himself, and Luffy has already escaped. Iceburg orders every Straw Hat arrested. Outside, Luffy carries Nami across the rooftops, dodging the search, as she senses the wind shifting and a typhoon building over the flood-prone city.

At Blueno's Bar, a recharged Franky learns from Kokoro that the citizens blame the pirates, though she insists the true culprit is the shadowy CP9, an organization skilled at quietly eliminating people. At a hidden spot, a man praises Robin's strike on Iceburg and reveals the mayor is the last living member of Tom's Workers, holding something they want.

Throughout the city, residents board up homes ahead of Aqua Laguna while shipwrights comb the streets. Zoro is cornered after a newspaper names him an assassin, and the search reaches the inn and the Going Merry, where Usopp hides and the carpenters conclude the crew abandoned the ship. Following a scent, Chopper and Sanji finally spot Robin across the water. She refuses to return, admits she did try to kill Iceburg, and warns that a darkness within her will doom them. Thanking them, she walks away as Sanji dives in after her and Chopper calls her name.

Adapted from chapters 339 and 340, the episode marks Robin officially leaving the Straw Hats. Flashbacks feature Aokiji and the frozen Master of the Waters.