The Truth Behind the Betrayal! Robin's Sorrowful Decision!

Chopper carries Paulie and Iceburg out of the collapsing, burning building and drops outside before passing out. Iceburg then makes it plain to Nami that Robin's goal was always to let the rest of the Straw Hats escape the island unharmed. To do that, Robin handed herself to the government to help recover the blueprints and to be executed afterward. Nami hurries off to tell Chopper so they can gather the others. Elsewhere, the foremen release the Going Merry, leaving the ship to be destroyed out at sea.

Usopp briefly demands the agents free Franky, then folds under Lucci's glare and is easily beaten by Kaku, who orders him bound for Enies Lobby. Kaku knocks the Merry off its chains and into the water despite Usopp's tearful protest, and Kalifa lashes the sniper with her thorny rose. Outside, Chopper rescues the captives and collapses. Iceburg wakes, apologizes to Nami for the false accusations, and recounts the conversation in which Robin explained her impossible choice and the looming threat she could not ignore.

In the recalled exchange, Robin tells Iceburg that CP9 set two conditions: frame the Straw Hats and leave them, then submit fully to the World Government. The decisive blow was the authorization of a Buster Call, an emergency summons of five Vice Admirals and ten warships, granted by Admiral Aokiji. Hearing his name, Robin surrendered to spare the crew. Nami, overjoyed that Robin never truly betrayed them, vows to save her. The anime adds station managers Stevie and Bushon trying to glimpse CP9's faces. It adapts chapters 358 and 359.