Simulation: Start with one person

Casino Rain Banquet, in Nicole Robin's office.

Nicole Robin, who was disturbed by Fang Rui's words, was slowly grinding coffee beans with a hand-operated coffee grinder in order to calm down. Listening to the sound of the coffee beans breaking, Robin felt relieved. Recover slowly...

Looking towards the open window, outside the window is the blue sky and golden desert...

Suddenly, there was another person in his field of vision.

"Yo!"

Fang Rui raised his hand to say hello, and at the same time threw Crocodile in his hand on the ground. The dull collision echoed in the room, attracting Nico Robin's eyes to the floor.

'So familiar clothes...'

Robin's heart skipped a beat when she saw the clothes of the man on the ground.

Slowly move a distance and look at the person's face...

"emmm..."

Looking at the swollen face, Robin carefully identified it for a while, but could not find any similarity with Crocodile.

'Is it fake? '

"it is true."

Seeing Robin's hesitant expression, Fang Rui kicked Crocodile who was lying on the ground, and one of his legs turned into yellow sand...

Chapter 205 Dove occupying the magpie's nest

"I admit, you are really strong."

Nicole Robin said this without any falsehood in her tone.

The Shichibukai is a great pirate recognized by the world government. It has catastrophic destructive power and powerful combat power that can rival the country. It is also known as the three major forces of the Grand Line together with the Yonko and the Navy Headquarters.

Therefore, being able to defeat Sand Crocodile Crocodile, one of the Shichibukai, is indeed very powerful in Nico Robin's eyes, especially...

Crocodile's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he was seriously injured.

Fang Rui, on the other hand, was not injured at all, his hair was not messed up, and he looked clean and tidy.

In comparison, it was a decisive decision, which was enough to prove how strong Fang Rui was.

and……

"What exactly is your ability?"

When leaving, it turned into light and flew away.

When he came back, he moved instantly.

As we all know, a person can only eat one Devil Fruit, which means he can only have one ability.

So Robin was curious about it.

Hearing this, Fang Rui was stunned for a moment, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

In other worlds, most people choose to hide their own information. After all, intelligence is closely related to combat. If you have detailed information about a person, you can formulate corresponding plans.

But the sailing world is different. People here will even explain their abilities during battles, without any sense of confidentiality.

In other words... it was quite reasonable for Robin to ask him directly about his abilities.

After thinking for a while, Fang Rui made up a reason that wasn't particularly reliable: "It's a higher-level imitation fruit that can imitate the abilities of other Devil Fruits."

But to the ears of Nico Robin and Crocodile, it seemed quite reliable and reasonable.

In the nautical world, everything that is unreasonable can become reasonable when you encounter a devil fruit.

"There is such an outrageous fruit..." Robin said in surprise.

Crocodile, who was lying on the ground, silently agreed, agreeing very much with what his vice president said.

It is indeed a quite outrageous ability!

How could such a fruit exist!

Crocodile did not believe what Fang Rui said. He thought that Fang Rui was talking nonsense and did not reveal his true fruit ability.

"Actually, there are quite a few Devil Fruits with similar abilities..."

Perhaps due to the desire for expression, Fang Rui said: "For example, the Tuntun Fruit can fuse the food it eats with itself. That is, a person with the ability to swallow the fruit eats another person with the fruit ability. After the fusion, he becomes a person with the dual fruit ability. .

Another example is the Dark Fruit, which can take away the opponent's fruit ability after the person dies. As for the specific conditions, I don't know yet..."

Crocodile: "..."

There’s more than one outrageous Devil Fruit? !

What should I do if I suddenly feel that the Shasha fruit is no longer fragrant...

"I see."

Robin nodded slowly. Although she had read many books in O'Hara's library, there were not many detailed explanations of Devil Fruit abilities.

At this time, after listening to Fang Rui's explanation, I gained some knowledge.

Fang Rui did not continue talking, but returned to the original topic: "How do you think about it? Are you willing to work for me?"

Robin lowered his eyes and remained silent for a while before saying, "...Do I have the right to choose?"

Hearing this, Fang Rui cast his gaze to the ground. Seeing Crocodile with a bruised nose and swollen face, he immediately understood what Robin meant. He slowly squatted down and stared at Crocodile's swollen face...

Crocodile also tried hard to open his eyes and looked at Fang Rui...

There is no fear or other emotions in his eyes, but there is something like vigilance...

Fang Rui didn't pay attention to this, but said: "From today on, you and Nicole Robin are my subordinates. Do you have any objections?"

'Dare I have an opinion? ! '

Crocodile roared in his heart. Although the person in front of him seemed quite kind, he remembered quite clearly the time when Fang Rui helped him with "plastic surgery" with a smile not long ago.

The person in front of me is not a good person.

"If you can't speak, don't say it. What do you mean I'm not a good person? I'm a very pure and good young man."

Fang Rui looked dissatisfied.

Crocodile was startled when he heard this, raised his head in astonishment, and thought to himself: 'Do you know what I am thinking? '

"How could I possibly know what you are thinking?" Fang Rui said with a joking expression.

Crocodile: "..." You also said you can't read minds! ! !

"No." Fang Rui shook his head, "Don't talk nonsense."

Crocodile: "..." I hate superior fruits that imitate fruits.

"That's because you don't have the ability..." Fang Rui said.

Crocodile gave up thinking.

"Okay, Crocodile has agreed."

With that said, Fang Rui stood up and said to Robin: "Go and give an order to the employees of Baroque Working Company to collect some special ores and hand them over."

"Okay." Robin glanced at Crocodile lying on the ground and agreed when he saw that he had no objection.

"...How much money can be used in the working society?" Fang Rui asked again after a while.

Robin glanced at Crocodile again, and then replied: "The funds currently available are approximately 500 million Baileys."

"Is this too much or too little?"

Not knowing much about prices in the pirate world, Fang Rui wasn't sure whether more than 3 million beli was too much or too little.

"Not too much, not too little." Robin gave an ambiguous answer.

Saying is tantamount to not saying...

Fang Rui rolled his eyes, and then said: "Erase the loose ends and spend [-] million beli to purchase various metals and various special woods."

Hearing this, Crocodile trembled: "..."

My money——!

"Okay." Nicole Robin nodded gently.

"...Contact the King of the Kingdom of Alabasta as Crocodile...What's his name?"

Fang Rui got stuck mid-sentence. He couldn't remember the name of the king of Alabasta.

"Neferutari Kobra," Robin said.

"Yes, that's him." Fang Rui nodded and continued: "Invite him to a meal, on the grounds that I have something to discuss with him."

"Okay." Robin responded.

With Crocodile's status as a Shichibukai and his heroic behavior in Alabasta, if he invites King Kobra to dinner, there is a probability of more than 80.00% that Kobra will agree.

"Is there anything else?" Robin asked.

"No more, go get busy."

Upon hearing this, Robin immediately left the office and closed the door.

Fang Rui's eyes also fell on Crocodile. He pulled a chair over and sat down. He said, "Let's talk."

After a while, Crocodile spoke with difficulty and said hoarsely: "...I have nothing to talk about with you."

Chapter 206 Crocodile, you don’t want to either...

"Of course there is..."

Fang Rui sat on the chair, leaning forward slightly, with the elbows of his arms pressed on his thighs, looking down at Crocodile, and spoke clearly: "We have a lot to talk about, such as your dreams, your Ambition, and... your plans are bound to fail!"

After a moment of silence, Crocodile struggled to move his body and sat cross-legged on the ground. He seemed to be trying to open his eyes and put on a serious expression. Unfortunately, the swelling on his face did not allow it. After trying for a while and failing, he gave up. .

Just looking at Fang Rui, he said in a hoarse and vague voice: "How much do you really know?"

"How much do you know..." Fang Rui nodded a few times, "That's a good question. Simply put, you already know everything you should know, and you already know everything you shouldn't know."

"Your dream is to become the Pirate King. It is a very common but very lofty dream. The reason why you play the hero in Alabasta is for the secret guarded by the Alabasta royal family - Pluto, the most evil battleship in history.