General Lanlin of One Piece

Chapter 325: Lao Sha who likes to mention Pluto’s battleship
On the endless desert land, a turtle holding a cigar and wearing sunglasses dragged a mushroom cart and ran wildly on the yellow sand with four hooves, bringing up a long trail of dust.

Smoke was rising in the car. A man and a woman were occupied with their own thoughts and had no intention of talking. They each looked at the endless desert outside the car window beside them and fell into deep thought.

'The best result today is to get clues about Pluto's whereabouts in Alabasta, steal this country, make Kobra his puppet king, and join forces with Moria and the others to kill the killer. Rear Admiral Rorschach of Dazbonis. '

The above is what Crocodile is thinking at the moment.

He really never thought that he could obtain the ancient weapon Hades directly in Alabasta.

This is not realistic.

The rumored Pluto is a battleship capable of destroying islands with one shot.

Where is Alabasta?
A country in the desert.

The royal capital of Albana is located in the center of the desert, on top of a towering rock wall.

No one in their right mind would think that a ship would appear here.

As he told Robin before, he wanted to get clues about where Pluto's battleship is, and then use the power of the entire country of Alabasta as a springboard to search for the real location of Pluto.

Suppressing the restless thoughts in his heart, Crocodile glanced at Robin sitting opposite him through the smoke drifting in front of his eyes.

A coldness flashed deep in his eyes.

Nico Robin, the son of the devil, the only survivor of O'Hara, is one of the few historians in the world who can understand the text of history.

Over the years, this capable woman has indeed helped him a lot.

Without Robin's coordination and management, Baroque Works would not be the size it is today.

This is a very good subordinate, better than all other members of the Baroque Working Society.

It would be a pity if such a woman died...

The speed of the turtle car was not slow. It took less than two hours to travel more than 100 miles and arrived at the back door of Albana, under the steep rock wall.

The two got off the turtle car. Crocodile held a cigar in his mouth and looked up at the towering rock wall with a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

The Neferutari royal family was really naive enough to think that they could sit back and relax by building the royal city on the desert highlands.

Crocodile ignored the battle that might have broken out at the front door. He reached out and grabbed Robin's bare white shoulders. His lower body twisted and rotated, turning into a yellow salon roll, lifting him and Robin into the sky. In an instant, he crossed over the rock walls and city walls that were tens of meters high, and flew towards the underground ruins of the royal city that had already been explored.

Flying in mid-air, Crocodile glanced at the inside of the royal city at will, and found that the huge royal city was indeed empty of people, with only three or two sparse figures left.

Apparently, they were all transferred to the front gate by that old guy Kobra to guard the city gate.

That poor guy, I wonder what kind of desperate expression he has now?
Crocodile couldn't wait to see those stupid people shouting the name of himself, the hero of the kingdom, to stand up and end Kobra's brutal rule.

After grabbing Robin to the ground, Crocodile leaned over and spread the five fingers of his right hand apart, pressing it on the entrance to the sealed underground ruins.

"Do you think sealing the entrance with thick rocks can prevent outsiders from entering? You are naive.

Dry earth! "

With the activation of the ability of the Shasha Fruit, a corrosive force that can make all things wither will quickly corrode the hard and thick ground and turn it into sand.

The hard rock ground soon turned into a large amount of fine yellow sand, which swirled and spread. A large hole with a diameter of three meters appeared in front of Crocodile.

Inside the cave, there is a stone staircase passage diagonally downwards, which looks a little dark.

Inside, there is an extremely precious historical text.

This information was obtained by Crocodile after spending a lot of time.

Although it is not one of the four red historical stone tablets leading to Ravdru, it is still precious enough.

It is said to contain clues to the whereabouts of Pluto, the king of the underworld.

When he thought of the ancient weapons and the invincible man, Crocodile's breathing became a little rapid.

There were a few clear bloodshot eyes in his eyes, and he glanced at Robin.

"Go, follow me down, and translate to me the content recorded in the historical text, word for word."

After saying that, he ignored the silent Robin and took the lead, striding along the stone steps towards the passage of the ruins.

The dark passage snaked downwards and extended for hundreds of meters. At the feet of the impatient Crocodile, it only took more than ten seconds for his vision to suddenly become clear.

At the end of the passage, a huge underground space, supported by dozens of thick ancient stone pillars, appeared in front of Crocodile and Robin.

There was a hint of excitement in Crocodile's eyes, and he first saw the giant cube stone tablet with a side length of ten meters in the center of the underground space.

He was about to ask Robin, who was following behind him, to go over and decipher the words on the stone tablet.

But the next moment, the excitement on Crocodile's face froze.

Robin, who was following behind, suddenly had his pupils dilated, and he raised his head in confusion, looking at the top of the huge stone monument.

Crocodile stared blankly at the top of the historical stone tablet. Covered by thick dust, a large golden object was still exposed. He stood frozen on the spot, as if he had been struck by lightning, and there was a roar in his head.

"This... this is... what?"

His lips trembled, and he left behind the equally shocked Robin. He suppressed a vague thought that made him tremble, jumped up to the top of the cube stone monument, and got closer to take a look at the object that looked like a ship.

This unknown object is covered with thick dust, and it seems that it has existed in this underground ruins for an unknown number of years.

Crocodile stretched out his slightly trembling right hand and wiped away a thick piece of dust regardless of the dirt.

The areas where the dust had been wiped away revealed golden, rough patterns.

is gold.

It is made of the same gold material as the golden hook on his left hand.

The rough texture is faintly intertwined with scales and flowers, making it look ancient and sacred.

Crocodile licked his dry lips, couldn't help but wave his hand, and rolled up a sandstorm out of thin air.

The roaring sandstorm rushed towards the object in front of him.

As large areas of the thick dust covering it were washed away by the sandstorm, the dazzling golden light illuminated the huge underground ruins space in an instant.It also illuminated Crocodile's wide eyes.

is this a ship
Crocodile was a little unsure.

Because he has never seen a ship of this shape.

There was only one thick golden pillar on the flat deck, which seemed to be a gun barrel.

There are no masts or sails as expected on ordinary ships.

The cabin also seemed extremely small, perhaps only able to accommodate one or two people.

The entire ship is made entirely of gold, with a large number of flowers and scales carved on the hull. If you look closely, you can see a winding dragon lying on the hull of the golden ship.

However, perhaps because it has been so long ago, the surface of the hull has been severely worn, and the details of the dragon carvings are somewhat blurry.

But even so, it makes the whole ship look extremely sacred, majestic and majestic.

Crocodile held his breath and jumped onto the deck of the golden battleship. He first looked at the thick and straight golden barrel for a long time, and then walked into the cabin.

The space in the cabin is very small, and there is a square hollow on the ground.

Through the hole, one can see the interior of the ship's hull, which contains a large number of golden gears that are interconnected and fitted together.

Those large and small roulette-shaped golden gears gave Crocodile an extremely huge visual impact.

He had never seen anything like it.

Those complicated gears are somewhat like the outer wheels of some icebreakers, but they are more exquisite and countless times more complicated than that.

It is simply a perfect work of art.

Suddenly, Crocodile's pupils shrank, and he saw a mottled golden stone slab held among countless golden gears that meshed together.

His eyes were immediately attracted to the stone slab.

The square hole in the cabin is a bit small, and the golden stone slab is more than two meters away from the hole.

If it were an ordinary person, he might not be able to obtain it.

But Crocodile is a natural ability user.

His right hand turned into gravel and extended into the hole. He grabbed the heavy golden stone slab and carefully took it out of the hole as if he was afraid of breaking it.

Crocodile held this mottled golden slate in his hands, as if he was holding the most precious thing in the world.

Looking at the decomposed patterns carved on it, the thought that arose in his heart became louder and louder.

Is this the ship?

Crocodile took a deep breath, his heart was pounding, and his face became flushed as if he was drunk.

The writing on this golden slate seems to be ancient writing, and Nico Robin should recognize it.

Thinking of this, Crocodile immediately turned around and walked out of the cabin.

He carefully held the slate, jumped off the golden battleship, and walked to Robin, who had been stunned for a long time.

"Nico Robin, look...look at what's written on this."

He handed the golden slate to Robin's eyes.

Robin finally came to his senses from the golden battleship standing on the top of the stone tablet and looked at the golden tablet handed to him.

The writing on the stone slab was indeed ancient writing, and Robin could understand it.

As he watched, Robin's face became dull again and his pupils trembled.

"What's written on it? What is this?" Crocodile asked excitedly, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

Robin glanced at the cube stone tablet standing behind him, and then at the golden stone slab in front of him. His lips twitched a few times, as if he was hesitating.

Snapped!
A wide slap slapped her face, sending Robin, who was silent, flying away. He fell two to three meters and fell heavily to the ground.

"Say! What's written on it!" Crocodile roared.

Robin fell to the ground, blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and looked at the golden slate held high by Crocodile in a daze.

"The design drawing. This is a design drawing of a warship that can fly into the sky. Its name is Ark."

"Ark?" Crocodile was stunned, and he murmured, "Isn't the design of the flying battleship Pluto?"

He turned around and looked at the golden battleship standing on top of the stone monument again, looking at the thick golden barrel.

"Is this the battleship Ark that can fly into the sky? But there is no mast on the ship. How do you make such a ship made of gold fly?"

He jumped onto the bow of the battleship's deck again and looked closely at the more than ten meters long golden barrel connected to the golden base.

At this moment, Crocodile's body shook violently, as if a layer of electricity passed through his body, and he felt an unimaginable terrifying energy, hidden in the golden barrel so close at hand.

The huge and violent energy reminded him of a volcano about to erupt.

His eyes suddenly widened, and the corners of his mouth could not be restrained from rising and grinning.

"Hahaha, hahahaha, ahhahaha!"

A series of hysterical laughter came from Crocodile's mouth, echoing in the huge underground space.

At this moment, Crocodile seemed to be going crazy, holding the golden slate in his hand tightly, feeling the terrifying energy fluctuations so close at hand, laughing crazily to the sky, laughing until tears flowed out.

"Hades! Pluto, the king of Hades!"

"Ancient weapons!"

"It can't be wrong! This kind of creepy energy fluctuation!"

"Ahahahaha, I finally found it! I finally found the Pluto battleship!"

(End of this chapter)