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"Gah—"

There was a busy tone from the Den Den Mushi. In the beautifully decorated study, Crocodile was smoking a cigar silently, looking at the Den Den Mushi in front of the table without saying a word, as if he had not yet recovered from the words of the Five Elders.

That’s right, the person he just spoke to was the highest authority of the World Government - the Five Elders.

"Save my life?!"

"Are you kidding? I'm Crocodile."

"Admiral Qu, can you still threaten me?"

"Even if Yoriichi Tsugakuni himself showed up in Alabasta, I wouldn't be afraid at all!"

Crocodile's low voice echoed in the study. He did not doubt the information provided by the Five Elders. It was actually very easy to verify such information. There was no need for the Five Elders to deceive themselves about such things.

It was the World Government that actively sought cooperation with him. If they wanted to reach a preliminary cooperation intention with him, they would definitely need to demonstrate their own strength. If even the most basic intelligence work could go wrong, then the World Government would never be able to gain Crocodile's trust.

"Da da--"

Crocodile tapped his fingers on the table lightly, a thoughtful look on his face.

He has no good feelings towards the World Government, and he cannot fully trust the Five Elders. At the same time, Crocodile is a proud man. Even though he knows that he is in danger and is about to face the admiral of the navy, he has no fear in his heart.

But then again, Crocodile also cares very much about the promise made by the Five Elders.

Shichibukai.

While everyone in this world focused all their attention on the Marine Headquarters and the New World, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, a title that emerged a few years ago, has been quietly developing.

Once the pirates recruited by the World Government are given the title of Seven Warlords of the Sea, they become qualified to engage in legal plunder.

It may seem like nothing, but in fact, the power contained behind this privilege is hard for outsiders to imagine.

The Shichibukai, who only obey orders but not instructions, also have a great deal of freedom, and the privilege of legal plunder can also nourish the Shichibukai's development of their own power to the greatest extent.

If it were possible to avoid being hunted by the navy, no pirate would refuse the title of Shichibukai.

Even though the headquarters of the Navy has undergone drastic changes now, the title of Shichibukai still has great value.

Crocodile went to great lengths to take control of the Kingdom of Alabasta in order to make this country his base and create his own "independent and autonomous" ideal country.

He would never allow anyone to threaten his rule, not even the admiral.

"World Government."

"From what they said, it seems that the Holy Land has no way to restrain the actions of the Navy Admiral?!"

"Blue Pheasant."

"Well"

After thinking for a long time, Crocodile finally made up his mind. He did not call the Five Elders back immediately and agree to cooperate with them.

He wanted to first confirm the true combat capability of the admiral.

If the appearance of Aokiji posed no threat to his rule, of course he would want to obtain the title of Seven Warlords of the Sea. After taking down Aokiji, he would have more bargaining chips to trade with the Five Elders.

The pirates who can win the war and the pirates who are forced to flee by the admirals have different prices in the eyes of the Five Elders due to their different strengths.

Waiting for the merchant to sell.

Crocodile, who has been on this sea for many years, naturally understands this truth very well.

"MR.1!"

The scorching sun is burning the endless desert.

The golden sand dunes roll up and down like waves on the earth.

The sand sparkled brightly under the sunlight. There was not a cloud in the sky. Heat waves were steaming and surging on the ground, distorting the vision in the distance.

The hot wind blew, blowing up the yellow sand.

Little Luffy suddenly stopped, covered his eyes with his hands, and followed Kuzan as he leaned forward and fell directly into the shadow behind him:

"what--"

"It's too hot. I can't stand it."

"I feel like I'm going to melt. I can't take it anymore. Let me take a break!"

I don’t know if this is Luffy’s fake Nika Fruit. Under the scorching sun, his body actually developed the properties of rubber and he became soft and weak.

The group had only been walking in the desert for a few hours when Luffy could no longer hold on.

Although he is young, his physical strength and energy are simply beyond the reach of a child of his age. Normally, this intensity of travel would not make him feel tired at all.

After all, it is the surrounding environment that has a great influence on Luffy.

"Hey, Luffy, are you okay?!"

Ace had a felt hat on his head. Seeing Luffy lying in the sand, he quickly came to Luffy, squatted beside Luffy and carefully checked Luffy's condition.

Unlike Luffy, Ace was not affected by the hot environment at all. He did not even sweat after walking for such a long time under the scorching sun.
Ace's ability to adapt to the environment is far beyond Luffy's reach.

As for Sabo, he was holding a popsicle in his hand, sucking the moisture on the popsicle happily. Seeing Luffy slumped to the ground, Sabo came to Luffy's side and stuffed the popsicle in his hand into Luffy's mouth, while stuffing it in, he smiled and asked:

"Is it cooler now?"

Several children traveled with Ku Zan, and they did not need to worry about replenishing water even in this desert, which the locals called the scorching Dead Sea.

The ability of the Ice Fruit shows unparalleled value in such a Jedi.

"Ice wall!"

Kuzan stopped and waved his hand, erecting three ice walls around him. At the same time, a thick ice roof appeared above everyone's heads, covering them.

The appearance of the simple igloo immediately caused the surrounding environment temperature to drop by dozens of degrees.

Luffy sat up from the sand, grabbed the popsicle in his hand and started chewing it.

"Sigh~~~"

"Comfortable!"

Luffy took a deep breath and felt like he came back to life. Lying on the sand, a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"If we keep stopping and starting like this, how long will it take us to cross this desert?"

"Luffy, you're too slow!"

Kuzan came to Luffy and sat cross-legged. They took a short rest in the igloo. Luffy acted a little delicate along the way, or it could be said that his dependence on his two brothers and himself was too strong.

But although he can understand that a child of Luffy's age should not suffer such hardships, he hopes that Luffy can possess the precious quality of fearlessness of difficulties and be independent and self-reliant like his grandfather.

Luffy is a little snotty boy.
"Hey, Kuzan."

"Can you make an ice rink?"

"If we skate on the ice, we can get there faster."

I have to say that Luffy's little brain is still very flexible.

As he lay on the sand, he thought of Kuzan's ability to create an ice road on the sea surface, and he thought of a way to speed up the journey for his people. "Ice rink."

Kuzan's eyes twitched slightly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but sigh softly.

Creating an ice rink? This kind of thing was naturally not a problem for him. He could even freeze an erupting volcano with his ability, let alone a "mere desert".

But the reason why he took the children across the desert was because he felt that this was a rare opportunity and he wanted to give these children some good training in an extreme environment.

If you skate while traveling, doesn't that defeat the purpose of gaining experience?
"Luffy, don't have such thoughts."

Kuzan reached out and tapped Luffy's forehead, his tone containing both care and reprimand.

"Luffy, stop being so delicate like a girl."

"Be strong and be brave!"

Ace was standing in the same line with Kuzan at this time. Although he was scolding Luffy, in action, Ace grabbed Luffy's arm from behind and helped Luffy to get up from the sand.

Seeing that Luffy was about to collapse to the ground again, Ace hugged his younger brother, patted Luffy on the back, and encouraged him: "The old man hopes that you can become a real man, so don't let him down, Luffy."

The old man that Ace mentioned was naturally referring to the lost Garp.

When Luffy heard this, a gloom flashed across his eyes, but then he quickly perked up and nodded heavily at Ace.

When people face difficult circumstances, the support and encouragement of their family can often bring them great energy.

To be honest, Luffy's talent cannot be compared with Ace, who was able to awaken the Conqueror's Haki at the age of 8, but Luffy's advantages are also very outstanding. He will try his best to respond to the expectations of his family and friends. Similarly, he will also try his best to protect his family and partners around him.

It is precisely because of this kind of "talent".

Only then can Luffy unleash his potential in crisis after crisis and help himself overcome difficulties.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this quality that it was chosen by the Nika Fruit.

In other words, only people who possess this quality can awaken the Nika Fruit.

"call--"

Outside the igloo, the wind was howling.

A sandstorm brewed in the desert without warning and was heading towards the igloo of the few people quickly. It hit the wall of the igloo, making a rustling sound. A lot of yellow sand poured into the room through the hole that Kuzan had deliberately left.

"Sandstorm?"

The sky outside was already covered with yellow sand, and the scorching sun had been obscured by the yellow sand. Kuzan turned his head to look outside the house, but his brows were furrowed.

Ace and the others looked outside in amazement. The day passed too quickly and they, the kids, had never experienced anything like this before.

“It’s not just a simple sandstorm.”

"You guys, protect yourselves, you must..."

Before Kuzan finished his words, he suddenly realized something and rushed directly towards Luffy and Ace. In this small ice house, Kuzan's figure instantly appeared in front of Luffy and Ace, picked them up and left the place.

And just the next second after the figures left the place, a sharp sand knife pierced directly out of the sand surface.

If Kuzan had been a little slower, Luffy and Ace would have been pierced through the chest by the sharp sand knife like candied haws on a string.

"There are enemies?!"

This sudden scene startled everyone in the ice house. Sabo let out a low cry, and the next second, he seemed to have noticed something. He immediately lowered his head and glanced at the ground, but the attack from the ground was too sudden.

Also, a sand knife appeared silently under Sabo's body, directly cutting Sabo's body in half.

"?!"

Sabo's severed upper body swayed slightly and fell quickly onto the sand.

Kuzan also noticed the movement from Sabo's side, and his pupils suddenly shrank when he saw this scene. Frost instantly spread out from under Kuzan's feet, and in a breath, the sand underneath had been frozen into a solid ice surface.

The yellow sand was churning under the ice, but there was no way to break through Kuzan's defense in a short period of time.

"Zizi-"

There were bursts of electric sounds in the ice house. Sabo, who was cut in half by the sand knife, turned into two rays of lightning. The lightning rays condensed together in mid-air. After a while, Sabo's body condensed again.

“It’s so dangerous!”

"He was just a 100 million away from death!"

Sabo patted his chest with some "fear", glanced down at the churning yellow sand under the igloo, and put on a nonchalant smile on his face.

On the contrary, Kuzan breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Sabo's elemental body re-condensed.

He was so concerned that he forgot that Sabo was a person who had eaten the Thunder Fruit when he was attacked.

Compared to Sabo's fake fear, Kuzan was truly afraid.

If Sabo was not a user of a natural devil fruit today, the attack from a group of powerful strangers would have probably taken Sabo's life.

Seeing that Sabo was safe and sound, Kuzan looked outside the house with a serious face.

The sandstorm that covered the sky and the sun came and went quickly, and within just a few seconds, the sky outside was clear again.

"rustle--"

A sound of footsteps came from outside the house. Kuzan, who heard the noise, waved his hand, removed the ice walls around him, and then looked in the direction where the footsteps came from.

Several figures appeared on the sand dunes not far away.

The leader was a scarred young man wearing a tan suit and holding a golden hook. On either side of him stood three young men: a burly man with a crew cut and his arms crossed; a strange man with weird makeup and a short skirt; and a man with glasses and a weird hairstyle.

Well.
A very distinctive group of people.

Kuzan looked from afar and recognized the young man in the lead, who was about his age and holding a golden hook - Crocodile!

"Admiral Aokiji!"

"I never thought a big shot like you would show up in Alabasta."

“It really surprised me.”

Crocodile stood on the sand dune, lowered his head and looked at Kuzan who was with three children. He greeted them politely, but a hideous smile appeared on his face.

His eyes swept over Kuzan and the others, and then his gaze stayed on Sabo for a few seconds before returning to Kuzan.

"Sand crocodile, Crocodile."

Seeing that Crocodile recognized him, Kuzan also put the three little guards behind him, put his hands in his pockets, and looked at each other calmly.

A powerful aura burst out from the two men and rushed towards each other.

In the sea of ​​sand, strong winds suddenly appeared out of nowhere and swept in all directions.

Kuzan didn't think it was a coincidence to meet Crocodile and others in such a place. He thought that he was discovered when he landed on the island.

However, if he knew that he had been discovered by the other party, then he would have to re-evaluate the other party's influence in the Alabasta Kingdom.

unless
Someone in the Navy Headquarters tipped off Crocodile!

(End of this chapter)