Simulation: Start with one person

Robin's tone was quite decisive: "I have no idea of ​​changing my job for the time being."

At present, her cooperative relationship with Crocodile is relatively stable. Crocodile has no tendency to kill people for the time being, so she continues to take shelter under the power of the Shichibukai to avoid the pursuit of other forces.

"Don't refuse so quickly! Think more about it..."

With that said, Fang Rui walked into the office, looked around, and roughly scanned the entire office. The furnishings were relatively simple, and it was a very conventional office decoration.

"Hey~ there is actually a hand-crank coffee grinder?!"

Fang Rui's tone was a little surprised. He took a few steps to the wooden cabinet and looked at the simple-looking hand-cranked coffee grinder. His liking for coffee was average, but he liked the hand-cranked coffee grinder very much. It is above average.

To be precise, he is very interested in many mechanical products, as well as swords, armors and other equipment.

Nicole Robin stared speechlessly at Fang Rui, who was tinkering with the hand-cranked coffee grinder: "..."

What are you here for?

After playing for a while, it seemed that his curiosity was satisfied. Fang Rui turned his eyes to Nicole Robin again, his expression turned serious, and he said quite seriously: "If you are worried about the forces that are targeting you, or you are worried about what I have in mind, Malice...I can tell you for sure that you are worrying too much. With my strength..."

With that said, Fang Rui suddenly disappeared from Robin's sight, a warm breath came from her left side, and a gentle whisper lingered in her ears.

"...It's very easy to capture you alive."

Robin was startled, as if an electric current coursed through his body, and his whole body was numb. He used the skill as if it was a conditioned reflex, and several white arms quickly grew from Fang Rui's shoulders, grabbing Fang Rui's head and pulling him back... …

At the same time, Robin dodged aside, and the sound of tables and chairs colliding echoed in the room.

however……

Fang Rui felt the hands grabbing his face. The fingers were too strong and rubbed backwards, giving him the illusion that they were trying to make fun of him.

His eyes wandered, and he could vaguely see some parts of his arms. He nodded slowly and commented: "It's quite white."

Robin's delicate face was full of surprise: "You..."

Although her abilities are not 100% effective and are often restrained by various Devil Fruit abilities, it is the first time that she can resist with her physical strength...

"How's it going? I'm pretty strong, right?"

Fang Rui raised his hand and smashed the arms holding his face into petals, then turned to look at Robin and asked her opinion: "Are you willing to leave with me?"

Robin responded with silence. The previous scene alone was not enough to convince her.

"Okay, it seems I need to show my hand."

Seeing Robin's expression and reaction, Fang Rui understood what she was thinking.

With that said, he turned and left. As soon as he went out, he disappeared from Robin's sight. Only one sentence was heard in the room.

"Let you see how powerful the world's number one combat force is..."

Hearing Fang Rui's words, Robin showed a subtle and strange expression.

World number one……

Isn't it Whitebeard?

What does it have to do with you?

While she was thinking this, Fang Rui suddenly appeared at the open door, and his voice came into the room: "May I ask, where is Crocodile?"

"Rapeseed flowers in the port city."

There was a hint of doubt in Fang Rui's eyes: "No, I just came from somewhere and I didn't see him!"

Hearing this, Robin was a little surprised. She glanced at the time and explained: "He left the rainy land three minutes ago."

So……

How many minutes ago did I arrive?

The above question came to Fang Rui's mind, and then he shook his head violently and stopped thinking about it. He turned into golden light and passed through Robin's office, then flew out of the open window and disappeared into the air in an instant.

Robin looked at the sky blankly and murmured in a low voice: "A user with natural devil fruit ability... turns into golden light and flies. Is it a devil fruit related to light?"

"But besides the Shining Fruit, are there any other natural Devil Fruits that are related to light?"

"Or is it a species of phantom beast that is rarer than the natural species?"

"But……"

Robin's muttering echoed through the room.

On the other side, Fang Rui, who possesses extreme speed, quickly arrived at the port city of Rapeseed.

At this time, the sky is filled with dust dancing over the city...

Chapter 204 The beaten sand crocodile

The sand and dust shuttled through the city, like water flowing in a river, converging towards one place, lingering around Crocodile.

And above his palm, there was a small whirlwind of sand and dust spinning at high speed, and the sound of "wuwuwu" echoed in the not-empty street...

Perhaps he had great trust in Crocodile's strength, so he did not hide, but stood upright in the dusty streets, waving flags and shouting for him.

And Crocodile is indeed very strong. It can be said that he has few opponents in the first half of the Grand Route. A bunch of ordinary pirates cannot make waves in front of him...

"Salan!"

As he shouted out the name of the move, he threw it out with a common move that he did not charge up for a while but even deliberately reduced the attack strength.

The palm-sized sand lan rapidly expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye it expanded to a large sand lan with a diameter of several meters. All nearby pirates were sucked into the sand lan.

A few seconds later, Sha Lan exploded, and a bunch of pirates fell to the ground covered in blood, all of them unconscious.

"Oh!!!"

The crowd in the street cheered.

"Crocodale!!!"

"hero!!!"

Crocodile, who was surrounded by the crowd, had a trace of satisfaction on his face.

Fang Rui stood on the top edge of an ordinary house on the side of the street, looking down at Crocodile who was enjoying the cheers, with an inexplicable smile on his lips.

"It seems... Crocodile enjoys playing the role of a hero."

As for the reason why he enjoys it, is it because playing a hero satisfies his vanity, or is it because he is the mastermind behind the chaos in the Kingdom of Alabasta, but is worshiped by the citizens of the Kingdom of Alabasta, which gives him a strange sense of satisfaction...

Fang Rui didn't care, or had no interest in understanding.

but……

"Krokdal is of some use, so let's save him some face!"

With that said, Fang Rui did not take action, but quietly watched Crocodile's performance, preparing to move away from the city before taking action...

About 2 minutes later, Crocodile turned into yellow sand and flew away, followed closely by Fang Rui. After getting away from the city, he suddenly launched an attack.

The crescent-shaped sword energy fell from a high altitude, directly splitting the yellow sand moving at high speed in the air, and then fell into the desert.

The next second, a deafening explosion resounded through the sky, and the yellow sand was suddenly lifted up to a height of tens of meters, sweeping away in all directions with full pressure.

At the same time, a few hundred meters away from the incident site, some yellow sand gathered into Crocodile. He covered his chest, his face turned pale, and he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of hot blood. His breath was very weak.

Fang Rui's ordinary blow had seriously injured Crocodile.

"Damn it! With such a powerful slash, it must be a great swordsman. Who could it be?"

"Hawkeye? Bista?"

"No, it's impossible. Even they can't seriously hurt me with one sword!"

Crocodile's tone was full of pride, which was confidence in his own strength. Perhaps it was the confidence that he had challenged Whitebeard and fought back and forth with the strongest man in the world for a while.

"No, no, no, you overestimate yourself. With your little physical strength, if you are slashed by a great swordsman, you will definitely be seriously injured."

Fang Rui would not coddle Crocodile and make the matter clear. He bluntly said that he was weak and was not the enemy of the great swordsman.

Crocodile's face darkened instantly, and he stared at Fang Rui fiercely, with murderous intent pouring out.

"who are you?"

"Did you sneak attack on me just now?!"

Hearing this, Fang Rui did not deny it and said calmly: "That's right, the person who attacked you... is me!"

"The situation just now was really suitable for a sneak attack. If I didn't do a sneak attack, I would be sorry for you..."

Crocodile was silent for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "According to what you said, you attacked me sneakily, and I still have to thank you?!"

"You're welcome. We are good people. We do good deeds without leaving our names behind. We don't need your thanks."

Fang Rui waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to be so polite.

"Thank you?! Of course I want to thank you very much! Arc-shaped sand dune!!!"

Crocodile's face was ferocious, and the crescent-shaped sand blade expanded rapidly as he flew, and in the blink of an eye it was already more than ten meters long.

"Aren't you convinced? That's good. It just so happens that I also want to beat you up."

Saying this, Fang Rui galloped away towards the crescent-shaped sand blade.

Faster and faster, faster and faster...

After just a second or two, it turned into a white line and galloped forward. The sand roared, soaring to the sky with excitement. It cut through the sand blade and knocked Crocodile into flying yellow sand...

Immediately afterwards, Fang Rui stopped suddenly, and a powerful shock wave rushed forward past him, splitting the entire sand sea into two.

With a backhand sword, he slashed behind him, and the silver sword light split the sea of ​​sand. Crocodile, who had not fully recovered his human form, was once again shattered by the sword energy...

In other words, Crocodile has elemental skills, otherwise the stamina of the sword energy alone would be enough for him to drink a pot...

When Crocodile returned to human form again, this time Fang Rui did not continue to chop him into pieces. Instead, he instantly came to Crocodile and struck him with an ordinary uppercut.

Then came the left hook, the right hook, the left hook, the right hook...

The force of each blow was enough to make Crocodile feel a little pain, but it would not cause him serious injury.

Of course, in order to prevent Crocodile from escaping, each of his blows contains a little bit of the power of both hands, which can directly attack the soul and make Crocodile dizzy.

………………

In a quarter of an hour...