Who made him the Pirate King?

"Sand Crocodile, you..."

Mihawk looked at Buckingham Stussy, who had completely lost his life breath, and frowned slightly.

"never mind."

What Mihawk originally wanted to say was - Buckingham Stussy was Edward Weeble's mother.

Regardless of whether this statement is true or not, at least Edward Weeble recognized Buckingham Stusy's true identity.

And Mihawk remembered very clearly that the White Dragon guy just said he wanted to recruit Edward Weibull.

White Dragon wants to recruit Edward Weibull.

The sand crocodile killed Edward Weeble's "mother".

Ah this...

Mihawk thought for a moment and felt that it was none of his business, so he simply kept silent.

"If there's nothing else, I'm leaving."

Mihawk dropped these words, and then walked towards the shore of Golden Island alone.

Even if he has just joined the so-called "Cross Guild";

Even if there is a so-called "Whitebeard III" Edward Weeble on the island;

Even if Buckingham Stusy revealed a lot of secrets about the sea in his "last words" just now...

These things basically have no appeal to Mihawk.

In comparison.

Mihawk is more concerned about another thing now, which he told Bailong before——

He came to the East China Sea to collect information about the red hair.

Which one is stronger and weaker is the "two-handed redhead" or the "one-handed redhead".

This slightly strange question is still bothering Mihawk.

He felt that there must be some special secret behind the red hair losing an arm in the weakest Donghai.

Now that he has arrived in the East China Sea, Mihawk plans to investigate on his own.

So at this moment he turned around and left without any delay.

"Hey! Hawkeye!"

Storm shouted at Mihawk's back.

“Keep in touch!

"If you are curious about Red Hair's actions in the East China Sea, you can come and ask me!"

Mihawk paused slightly, then sped up and left without looking back.

Crocodile watched the world's greatest swordsman leave, and threw away the body of Buckingham Stussy that had been reduced to a mummy.

"White Dragon, what exactly did you do to Mihawk? And those photos just now..."

The "photo" Crocodile refers to is, of course, Mihawk's "harpy photo".

If he uses his own example to deduce, then it is——

White Dragon defeated Hawkeye, and then used his abilities to transform his body...

What a joke! ?

Crocodile admitted that Bailong was indeed stronger now.

But is this bastard really stronger than the world's greatest swordsman?

The world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye Mihawk, and the red-haired Shanks of the red-haired pirates are about equal in strength.

If we only talk about personal strength level.

"The World's Greatest Swordsman" and "The New World Pirate Emperor" can be equated.

If White Dragon is stronger than Hawkeye...

Doesn't that mean that the strength of this guy Bailong is already comparable to that of the Pirate Emperor of the New World?

Red hair, beasts, Big Mom, even white beard?

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

"I didn't do anything special."

Storm looked at Crocodile innocently, spreading his hands.

"I just did to you what I did to Mihawk."

This guy...

Crocodile was shocked.

Really beat Hawkeye...

"Hahaha! Look at the expression on your face, Lao Sha."

Storm suddenly burst out laughing.

"Actually, Hawkeye is only a little bit better than you!"

While saying this, Storm stretched out his right hand and made a gap with his index finger and thumb.

The universe at your fingertips.

"snort!"

Crocodile snorted coldly. He forced himself not to consider the issue of strength and deliberately changed the topic.

"Concerning the 'Cross Guild', how do you plan to develop it?"

"You're asking me?"

"Besides me, is there a third member of the Cross Guild here?"

"Good question. Regarding the Cross Guild, my development strategy is - wait for the people who can wait for what you hope for!"

"……What?"

Crocodile was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Bailong meant.

"What did you say?"

"To put it simply -"

Storm twitched the corner of his mouth.

"No need to do anything!"

"..."

Crocodile was speechless for a moment. He took several deep breaths before he stabilized his mind.

"Then why did you actively advocate the establishment of a cross guild before? I thought you had some special plan."

"The three kings under the Shichibukai finally got together. We can't waste such a rare opportunity, so I advocated the formation of a 'small group within the Shichibukai'."

Storm shrugged his shoulders and explained calmly.

"Besides, didn't you listen to what Hawkeye said before?

“The World Government will not allow three kings, the Shichibukai, to join one organization.

"If we take action immediately and expose the existence of the Cross Guild, the World Government will be furious and directly ban our current identity.

"Then how should the other plans proceed?

"For example, how can you stay in Alabasta and pretend to be a hero?"

Crocodile's eyes widened, "What did you say?"

"Okay, it's not pretending to be a hero..."

Storm curled his lips and changed his words.

"How to plot against [Pluto]?"

His plan was revealed by Bailong, and Crocodile was not panicked, because he knew that Bailong knew his plan...

"Speaking of [Pluto]...ancient weapons."

Crocodile recalled what Buckingham Stussy had just said and asked tentatively.

"Don't you have any interest in ancient weapons?

"Seize all the ancient weapons and become...the king of the world!"

"Good question."

Storm nodded first, then shook his head.

"Old Sand, you are interested in ancient weapons-forget it, I guess you are not interested in [Uranus] and [Sea King], you only care about that broken ship.

"How much do you know about [Pluto]?"

Who said I'm not interested in [Uranus] and [Sea King]? !

And what is "that broken ship"?

Crocodile's eyelids twitched.

"The ancient weapon [Pluto] is known as the 'world's worst battleship'. The cannon of [Pluto] can destroy an island with one shot."

Crocodile slowly told the information he knew, and then pretended to be casual and tried.

"This 'World Sin Battleship' is currently hiding in a corner of the sea, and its design drawings..."

"Oh, yes."

Storm chuckled and asked.

"Who is the 'King of the World' now?"

Crocodile answered without hesitation: "Of course it's the World Government!"

"Huh? Really?"

Storm blinked and said in a strange way.

"I thought you would say it was the Four Emperors!"

"...Do you think I'm an ignorant kid, White Dragon?"

Crocodile looked unprepared.

"The navy is the most powerful force on this sea! The power of the World Government is even greater than that of the navy!"

"It seems that you also know that the current 'King of the World' is the World Government."

Storm smiled noncommittally, and then asked again.

"Then why do you think that if you get the ancient weapons, you will become the new King of the World?"

Crocodile answered directly: "Of course it is because the power of the ancient weapons is enough to destroy the world!"

"Then why did the group of people who possessed the ancient weapons fail to become the King of the World?"

Storm stared at Crocodile and asked the most core question.

"The World Government regards ancient weapons as taboos because in the past, ancient weapons once posed a major threat to the World Government.

"But hundreds of years ago, it was the current World Government that won the world.

"This means that the group of people who possessed the ancient weapons, the group of people who were regarded as enemies by the World Government, failed in the 'Great War'.

"Even if they had ancient weapons that could destroy the world, they still failed.

"So.

"When did you have the illusion that you could conquer the world with ancient weapons?"

Crocodile was speechless by Storm's words.

But Storm's questions did not stop there.

"Actually, I'm curious, why have you been tirelessly pursuing the power of [Pluto]?"

Storm's words were like a sharp sword, piercing Crocodile's heart directly.

"Is it because you have seen the power of ancient weapons? Have you seen an entire island being wiped out from the sea by ancient weapons? Have you seen that kind of devastating attack.

"So you think that as long as you find [Pluto], you can completely defeat Whitebeard and his Whitebeard Pirates!

"Have you ever considered a problem, the power of ancient weapons can indeed destroy the world.

"But Whitebeard's [Trembling Fruit] also has the power to destroy the world!

"Is Whitebeard also an 'ancient weapon'?"

"What do you know? White Dragon! "

Crocodile clenched his fists and his body trembled slightly.

"You know nothing!

"As long as I can have a powerful enough [ancient weapon], I can build a strong enough military country!

"A military country that is not threatened by any force, including the World Government!

"This is my dream utopia!"

Crocodile's dream and ambition is indeed to build such a "utopia".

Including the Baroque Studio he personally established, its establishment goal is also for such a "dream country".

"You just want to rebuild a "Valley of Gods", right?"

Storm said calmly.

"A Valley of Gods that will not be slaughtered by Celestial Dragons and will not be invaded by pirates!

"Crocodile, you, are the prince of the fallen country of the Valley of Gods?"

"Or... the princess of the fallen country?"