I, the dragon man!

Chapter 224 Become bigger and stronger, and create greater glories!
Three hours later....

In the tavern, Deus looked at all kinds of spirits around him, wanting to cry but not crying.

I saw him pick up one of the bottles angrily, and then drank it down.

Immediately afterwards, Deus was so hot that he almost stuck out his tongue.

"Hey, this isn't alcohol at all, it's alcohol!
This degree is totally unreasonable! "

Deus looked viciously at the proprietress of the tavern.

Facing the dissatisfied eyes of Deus, the proprietress hugged the fresh water piled up in the backyard of the room, and she couldn't help laughing.

"Alaala, honored guest, we have been too short of water recently, so even the wine has been distilled by us over and over again.

But in this case, at least the degree of wine has increased, right, haha! "

While laughing, the proprietress led her staff, picked up fresh water and drank it in big gulps.

Although in the hot air, the fresh water in front of him was not cool, but rather warm.

But the proprietress and her group still let out that extremely comfortable breathing sound as if falling with Bing Kuo...

Aside, Ace, who was drinking heavily with a strong drink, patted Deus on the shoulder.

"Haha, Deus, don't worry about those details.

The wine sold by this conscientious merchant is so pure that it can burst into flames after one sip, isn't it good? "

While talking, Ace drank another big gulp of wine, and then he burped a flame full of alcohol...

Seeing Ace's heartless look, Deus was furious.

"You have the nerve to say, Ace, you have replaced all our fresh water with spirits!
It's fine now, but what next?

It takes at least five days to store the record pointer in Alabasta. During these five days, what do you drink?
You can't drink sea water! "

"Ah, ah, guests, if you really don't have fresh water, we can also sell special seawater distillers here.

One such machine can provide about [-] milliliters of fresh water every day, and a person only needs to buy five or six machines to meet the needs of the whole day!

But we can’t use Bailey’s for settlement, and you need fresh water to buy a machine! "

……

After the proprietress finished speaking, Dousse and Ace burst into completely different shouts.

Deus: "Damn, profiteer!"

Ace: "Really, a conscientious businessman!"

After finishing speaking, the two of them looked at each other in unison, only to see Deus muttering in dissatisfaction.

"How could it be a conscientious businessman, they exchanged all our fresh water, only to tell us that we need to buy a seawater distiller!
How can we have the money to buy it? "

At the same time, Ace laughed and patted Deus on the shoulder.

"Don't think that way, we have to change the angle, in Alabasta, fresh water is money.

Then, if the proprietress sells our still, isn't it equivalent to selling us the money printing machine!
Money can be slowly distilled by itself! ! ! "

Speaking of this, Ace suddenly remembered something, and saw him suddenly turning his head to look at the proprietress.

"Wait, lady boss, does distillation only need high temperature?
I don't have much culture, so I don't understand much, but it should be to turn water into steam, right? "

Having said that, Ace looked directly around, and then he laughed and said to everyone.

"I'm a person with the ability to burn fruits. It's a trivial matter to warm the sea water. How about we have a vote together?

I will warm up the sea water, and you guys will prepare tools to collect fresh water. In the end, [-]% will be divided between me and you!
If I can get enough fresh water, maybe I can buy enough precious tree Adam wood with fresh water!
In a city as big as Alabasta, it's impossible to have no wood from the precious tree Adam, right? "

"Of course, my valued partner!!!"

As soon as Ace finished speaking, the proprietress beside him shivered with happiness.

I saw her grabbing Ace's hand!
"I'll just prepare enough tarpaulins, right by the pier, you heat it up, and I'll collect the steam!
But [-]% to [-]% is not enough, you have to pay more, if you are really strong, then you need a lot of people to collect steam for you!
At least three to seven! "

"Three seven is three seven, anyway, I will not really take fresh water as money, I just want to exchange some materials from the treasure tree Adam to repair and upgrade my boat!"

Eston held the proprietress' hand tightly for a moment.

Feeling the temperature of Ace's palm, the proprietress felt as if she felt the temperature of her husband who had been dead for many years.

The proprietress said to Ace with a happy face.

"Quick, without further ado, let's get started!

I want to change my tavern into a water bar, then make the water bar bigger and stronger, and create another glories! ! ! "

"Listen, we'll start right away!
Deus, go and see if there is a shipyard or auction house here!

Baoshu Adam is waving to us! "

With Ace's last words, the two of them successfully reached a consensus.

So, after another five hours.

When Crocodile arrives in Cotelaina....

What he saw was a scene of tens of millions of people gathered at the pier and the edge of the coastline, cheering and using various things that absorb water vapor to collect scalding fresh water...

At this moment, Ace was standing on the bow of his boat, and in front of him was a fireball with a diameter of [-] meters that looked like a small sun.

The fireball floated above the sea water on the edge of the pier, and the sea near it was boiling with large streams of water vapor.

Looking at the thick water vapor rising into the sky, the proprietress, Deus and his team used metal and wood to build a huge tarpaulin to block the thickest water vapor.

The water droplets formed by the accumulation of water vapor gradually merged into a stream, and slowly slid from the oilcloth into the prepared water tank!

And the water is often bought by all kinds of merchants with strange things before it fills a water tank.

The merchants even organized a mercenary team to prevent the surrounding civilians from robbing.

So, soon, Ace's boat was filled with all kinds of gold ornaments.

After the merchants bought the fresh water, they actually transported the fresh water directly to the periphery of millions of people and started selling it.

It stands to reason that with stable fresh water income, the price of fresh water should fall.

But there were millions of people present, watching others buy fresh water first and then drink it to their heart's content, it made all the remaining people who hadn't had enough water for a long time go crazy.

In this way, the price of fresh water has been rising all the way...

This is what Crocodile saw, and when the assembled people saw Crocodile... .

"Ah, no, the national hero Crocodile is here!"

"Master Crocodile, the great hero, that pirate is a very good man, it's better not to catch him yet!"

"That's right, this pirate is as good a man as you are, and he's actually helping us make fresh water. If those merchants didn't sell it too expensively, I'd like to kneel down for him!"

"Master Crocodile, can these pirates wait until they stop making fresh water?"

"Hero, let's catch these pirates and concentrate on producing fresh water. If you are in charge of distributing fresh water, a good person like you will definitely not collect money like those capitalists!"

"Yeah, my lord, catch them and force those pirates to continue making fresh water!

If we were in charge, surely we wouldn't charge high prices to our countrymen and neighbors like bloody merchants! "

All of a sudden, various voices entered Crocodile's ears.

Facing the civilians with different thoughts around him, Crocodile pursed his lips and let out a long sigh.

To be honest, he really wanted to kill Ace directly. What this bastard did directly reduced the drought pressure facing the city by countless times.

I tried my best and expended countless physical strength to absorb the water vapor from the sea.

In the end, a gap was directly pried out by that damn burn fruit capable person!
The most important thing is, no matter how angry I am now, I must show a grateful attitude towards that fire fist!

Because I am the national hero Crocodile!
Facing the pirates who bring help to the common people, of course I can't go against the will of the common people and kill them!

So, after seeing the situation around him clearly, Crocodile suddenly put on a smiling face and walked towards Ace's boat.

In the distance, on the Spade Rocket, Deuss saw Crocodile approaching surrounded by crowds.

I saw him leaning towards Ace, and said to Ace who was concentrating on maintaining the fireball.

"Ace, Crocodile from Shichibukai is here!

Haha, he seems to be doing well. People here know him and call him a hero! "

"what?!!"

Hearing this, Ace immediately looked in Crocodile's direction.

Seeing Crocodile being welcomed by almost everyone, Ace showed an envious look.

"It's really amazing, to be recognized by the people of the whole city, as expected of Qiwuhai!"

After the words fell, Ace continued to maintain the fireball while rushing in the direction of Crocodile.

From a distance, Crocodile took a deep breath as he watched Ace approaching.

The next moment, he waved to Ace kindly.

"After I heard that there were pirates in Cotelina, I rushed over immediately, but I didn't expect that what kind of pirates came here today. The one who came here today is clearly our savior!"

After the words fell, Crocodile rushed to Ace and grabbed Ace's hand.

"Young man, your name is Ace, right? I am Shichibukai Crocodile. I must represent all the compatriots of Cotrane. Thank you for your kind deeds to help us!"

"hey-hey!"

Listening to Crocodile's words, Ace pressed his hat shyly.

"I'm just doing what I can, and I'm not doing it for free!

Although the production of fresh water has helped you a little, I am also paid, and I only do this for the materials of the precious tree Adam. "

"That's nothing!"

Listening to Ace's words, Crocodile responded loudly.

"No matter what ideas you have for doing this, we should also remember the help you brought to the people in this city.

The result is far more important than the beginning and the process!

What you have done has really saved many people who are short of water. Of course, you are also entitled to the title of hero!

but……. "

I saw Crocodile raised his volume again with righteous words.

"But no matter what, you shouldn't charge so much money to civilians!
How about this, don't you need the material of the treasure tree Adam?
After disbanding the pirate group, I decided to retreat to Alabasta, a beautiful and prosperous city.

My pirate ship back then was also abandoned in the museum I prepared for him.

And most of the hull of that ship was built by the treasure tree Adam that I bought in the capital of seven waters!

Now, I have decided to officially give you the ship I had back then, and that amount of Treasure Tree Adam should be able to meet your requirements.

So, Firefist Ace, I hope you will provide fresh water to the people here for free! ! ! "

Speaking of this, Crocodile's heroic voice broke through the sky, and his words caused waves of violent cheers from all the civilians who heard it.

People shouted Crocodile's name excitedly, then looked at Ace expectantly, and waited for Ace's decision.

On the other side, at this moment, Ace was directly moved to tears.

"Crocodile, you really are a good person!
I know, I don't need to continue to do fresh water business!
From now on, all fresh water will be changed to free, and all the gold on my ship should be returned to their original owners! "

Speaking of this, Ace opened his arms fiercely, and while the fireball rapidly expanded to a diameter of 200 meters, two more fireballs of the same size appeared in the surrounding sea!
For a moment, the people waiting for the water vapor were in an uproar, and they immediately accelerated their busy gathering of fresh water!

And Crocodile.

He gritted his teeth lightly, then nodded with a smile on his face.

"As expected of this year's supernova, Fire Fist Ace, I admire you very much!
Let me help you too, although my fruit ability can't help you get water, but I can at least help you maintain order in the scene! "

After the words fell, Crocodile immediately took control of the water fetching team.

Countless amounts of sand floated into the air, forming various guardrails and roadblocks made of sand and dust.

Soon, the people around followed the cordon established by Crocodile, and gradually became more orderly.

Walking in the cordon, countless people are feeling.

Fortunately, they were able to meet this passing pirate, and fortunately, there is Crocodile in their country who is generous and generous. Even if they sacrifice their own money, they must bring a fair share of national heroes to the common people!

So while queuing up, they also offered their blessings to Crocodile in their hearts.

It's just how people at this time would know that Crocodile, who was smiling all over his face at the moment, only wanted to say a word to Ace.

He really wanted to point at Ace's nose and yell, I gave you all the old boats made by Baoshu Adam, but you didn't leave in a hurry!

Are you still a pirate!

You're almost like me, you're becoming a hero in the eyes of the common people in Kotelina City! ! !
……

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Time flies, seventeen days have passed since Ace and Crocodile met.

Due to the large size of the Xuanniao, his ship is much slower than ordinary ships.

For the journey to Alabasta, Cobra takes a boat by himself, and it only takes about five to seven days.

But after traveling for seventeen days on the Blackbird, it was only possible to vaguely see the coastline of Alabasta in the distance and the extremely lively pier.

Such a bustling pier caused most of the cadres to come to the bow of the ship and look into the distance with interest.

Among the crowd, Rayleigh was obviously the most eager one. When he saw the scene of the three little suns floating in the sea, he said with a very emotional smile.

"The three fireballs over there should be burning fruits!
Haha, the old man finally met Ace!

Seeing that there are always people around him expressing their gratitude to him, this kid should not be such a bad guy, haha!
but…….

I'm really worried about that fellow Garp, teaching Ace to be an idiot like himself! ! ! "

　Tickets come~~~!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)