49: Chapter 49 Heading to Alabasta, Port "Rapeseed Flower"After seeing off Mr.2, Von Clay, from Baroque Works, the Straw Hat Adventurers continued their journey towards the Kingdom of Alabasta.
In order to repay the Straw Hat Pirates for saving his life, Von Clay not only performed an imitation show of the Mimicry Fruit for them, but also revealed all the arrangements of Baroque Works that he knew, so that the Straw Hat Pirates could better guard against Crocodile's tricks.
According to Mr.2's intelligence, Baroque Works has 12 agents and one animal under their command.The higher the numerical ranking, the stronger the force.However, these 12 individuals are no longer a threat to the Straw Hat Pirates.Baroque Works has a total force of approximately 2,000, which is nothing compared to the Straw Hat Pirates.
It is worth mentioning that although Crocodile is a coward who would do small tricks behind the scenes and pin his hopes for strength on external things, he can also be regarded as a local hero and sailed on the Grand Line for quite a long time.However, he later suffered an unprecedented defeat when challenging Whitebeard, which shattered his momentum and made him much weaker than before.
The defeat in the challenge against Whitebeard was not just a crushing defeat for Crocodile.It probably also made him deeply doubt himself.In the end, he decided to go all out and set his goal to steal the country.However, the ultimate goal was probably the ancient weapon - Pluto.
If you want to make Crocodile fail completely, you can simply kill his current Straw Hat Pirates, but if you want the people to deeply realize their own ignorance, you must completely shatter his fantasy about Pluto in front of Crocodile, and finally invite Vivi to board the ship.Only then can it be considered a true and complete victory.
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Alabasta, the headquarters of Baroque Works.
"Mr.AllSunday, has Mr.2 made contact and returned?" Crocodile's low voice came.
"Yes, Mr.0.According to the information he provided, I'm afraid Mr.3, Mr.5, and Mr.Valentine have all met with accidents." Nico Robin replied in a calm voice.
"I see, there are too many unexpected situations.The Straw Hat Adventurers are about to arrive in Alabasta, and Smoker from the Navy has also arrived in Alabasta.In addition, Ace, the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' Second Division, is staying in Alabasta, and there is even a figure who is suspected to be the Chief of Staff Sabo, the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army.It seems that Alabasta is going to be in chaos in the near future." Crocodile smiled grimly.
"However, the more chaotic this country is, the more I can profit from it.Mr.AllSunday, please notify all departments to hold back and tighten their defenses just in case, and be ready to launch the final plan at any time.Let this country go.When I get Pluto, no matter how chaotic it is, what can threaten me?" Crocodile said while smoking a cigar.
"Yes." Nico Robin agreed and withdrew.
Robin stopped talking and turned away calmly, but the words that the Straw Hat kid said that day came to his mind:
"But she's not scary, nor is she a vicious person."
"How about it?If you can't stay at Baroque Works anymore, would you like to come and see our team?"
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Robin thought to himself: Inviting me?What a daredevil!But even Mr.2, that demon, has been recruited to rebel!Incredible!I'm really looking forward to what's to come.But you're also facing one of the Shichibukai.Let's see if you can pull it off!Could this be another turning point?
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"Weiwei, to facilitate our next move, we need to agree on a codeword.A direct attack would easily alert the enemy and fail to achieve the desired effect.You must first go to the palace to meet up with your father, the king, and explain the pros and cons to him.
"Now that you've eaten the Snow-Snow Fruit, you at least have the power to protect yourself.If you run into someone from Baroque Works and can't defeat them, you can always run away.But don't show up until we're reunited.Then, we'll raise our arms and display a cross-shaped symbol drawn with a black marker as a signal.Only those who display this symbol are considered companions.Do you understand?" Luffy said solemnly to Vivi, standing on the deck.
"Okay!I understand, Captain Luffy!" Vivi agreed, then disguised herself on the boat, ready to split into two groups with everyone else.
Arriving ahead, the Kingdom of Alabasta, the port "Rapeseed Flower"!
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