Pirates: Build a high wall from the East China Sea.

Chapter 52 Cooperation
The palace of the Kingdom of Alabasta - Alupana.

As a famous country with a population of tens of millions on the Grand Line, even though Alabasta's national strength has declined a lot in recent years due to civil unrest and climate reasons, the Alabasta Royal Palace is still very magnificent.

After the civil war in the Kingdom of Alabasta ended, Shatcher and his party became guests of honor in the Kingdom of Alabasta and came to the Alabasta Palace under the leadership of Princess Vivi.

In a nutshell: the work is done and it's time to get paid.

However, due to the particularity of this incident, in order to cover up Crocodile's true purpose, it was announced to the outside world that Crocodile used dancing powder to deceive everyone and intended to usurp the Kingdom of Alabasta. As for the information about Robin and the ancient weapon Pluto, it was not revealed. At the same time, it was also claimed that it was indeed a group of pirates who saved the Kingdom of Alabasta.

Therefore, this meeting was also very simple. It was just a banquet specially hosted by Nefertari Cobra, the King of Alabasta, who was also familiar with the inside story, to express his gratitude.

There are not a lot of people, and only those who are qualified to participate are King Cobra's confidants.

Before the banquet began, King Cobra and Princess Vivi, who was also dressed in gorgeous attire, walked up to Xia Che and knelt down and kowtowed without hesitation.

This caused the close associates around him to look panicked.

But Cobra stopped the people who were supporting him, still bowed his head, and said with a tone of gratitude and self-blame, "I have heard everything from Vivi. Thank you very much for saving Alabasta!"

For him, maybe all this was caused by him.

If he had not always trusted Crocodile and agreed to let Crocodile enter Alabasta, perhaps none of this would have happened.

As the King of Alabasta, he almost made a big mistake, plunging the Kingdom of Alabasta into disaster and possibly even harming his own daughter.

For this, he felt extremely regretful and self-blaming!

Cobra raised his head and looked at Shache with a serious look, "The Kingdom of Alabasta will definitely keep this secret. I promise in the name of Nefertari that I will never betray my benefactor. Please rest assured!"

Although he didn't know why the naval captain wanted to conceal this obviously good thing, he still listened to them carefully and reported the situation to the admiral according to their request.

King Cobra was very grateful to the naval captain who came from the East China Sea. If they had not appeared suddenly, he really could not imagine what Alabasta would become in the end.

only.

After solemnly expressing his gratitude once again, King Cobra bowed his head in remorse, "I am extremely sorry, but Alabasta cannot pay you right now."

Then he looked at Shatcher and said, "But don't worry, the Kingdom of Alabasta will collect the reward as soon as possible!"

Obviously, they have saved the Kingdom of Alabasta, but now the Kingdom of Alabasta cannot even afford one billion.

Especially after he told her the reward, he saw his daughter's cheeks blushing. He thought his daughter was also ashamed of this, and Cobra felt even more guilty. He hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Shache in a serious tone, "The Kingdom of Alabasta will never forget your kindness in saving the country."

Gritting his teeth, he said in a firm tone, "I have made a promise as the current king of Alabasta. If you have any other requests, as long as Vivi agrees, Alabasta will do its best to satisfy them. Please don't blame Vivi~."

however.

The emotion he expected from his daughter did not happen. Instead...Princess Vivi's face became even redder.

Cobra was confused by this scene, but he seemed to have thought of something and hesitated for a moment, "Weiwei, could it be that you have agreed to other rewards?"

At this point, he frowned and looked at Weiwei, hesitating for a moment, "Weiwei, if you have already made a promise, you must work hard to fulfill it no matter what it is, especially to our benefactor!"

As he said this, before Vivi opened her mouth to say anything, Cobra turned his head and looked at Xia Che solemnly, "I'm really sorry, Vivi didn't tell me there were other rewards, but please rest assured, no matter what the reward is, since we have already agreed to it, Alabasta will definitely do its best to complete it!"

As soon as these words fell.

Suddenly.

"..."

Weiwei blushed and looked at her father with a dark face.

Especially when she felt the meaningful look in Robin's smile, Miss Nami's meaningful and smiling eyes, and Miss Kuina's narrowed eyes staring at her, Princess Vivi couldn't help but panic in her heart, and hurriedly said, "Dad, please stop talking!"

"???"

This completely confused Cobra.

How is this going?

But as the king of Alabasta, Cobra didn't want his daughter to be seen as someone who didn't keep her word, so he asked in a serious tone, "Vivi, what is the reward?"

however.

"I, I, I..." Faced with her father's sudden questioning, Weiwei became even more panicked and was about to change the subject.

At this time.

Sudden.

"There is indeed one thing!" Xia Che on the side spoke at this time.

Suddenly. "!!!"
Everyone turned their heads and looked at Xia Che instantly.

Now...

Robin's smile with a meaningful look in her eyes, Miss Nami's meaningful and smiling eyes, and Miss Kuina's squinting eyes staring at her fell directly on Xia Che.

And then there is Cobra's puzzled and curious eyes and Vivi's flustered and complicated eyes.

Xia Che was so uncomfortable being stared at that he quickly laughed it off and explained, "Well... I just wanted to talk about the cooperation with Alabasta!"

Now that we are here and have the ability of the Big Bear, perhaps business on the Grand Line can be started.

As soon as these words fell.

"..."

The atmosphere fell silent again.

Except for Cobra who still had a puzzled look on his face, everyone else seemed to be relieved and had a wry smile on their faces.

Even Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief, but she seemed to have some unspeakable feelings in her heart.

"That's it!" Nami stuck out her tongue, "I thought you were really going to make Weiwei fulfill that promise!"

"Weiwei, what's the promise?"

Cobra looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes filled with confusion again.

however.

The words just fell.

Before the flustered Weiwei could change the subject.

At this time.

"Promise? Big Sister Weiwei's promise to Big Boss?"

A careless voice suddenly came from the door of the hall.

"Could it be that Big Sister Weiwei promised to marry me to the boss?"

Suddenly.

Cobra: ???

The rest:! ! !

Everyone turned around in confusion and looked at Moke who walked in carelessly from the hall door. Before Xia Che, who had a dark face, could say anything.

"When I heard that the boss was going to have a party, I quickly asked Big Bear to bring us here." Mok didn't seem to notice that the atmosphere was not right, and continued to say cheerfully, "And Bonnie and Clo are here too. Boss Clo said that this little girl can come out, too, so she came here too."

As he said this, he turned around and was about to call Bonnie over, but he found that Bonnie was not in the box, and was not following him. Even Big Bear, who was supposed to be holding Bonnie and walking with him, was not there. Instead, he was... standing several steps behind him.

"???" Mok was stunned and asked in confusion, "Why are you guys at the back, walking so slowly? Come on, the party is about to start~"

only.

Faced with Mok's doubts, Bonnie and the other two did not answer immediately. Instead, they stared at him expressionlessly, leaving Mok completely confused.

In the end, the honest and simple Big Bear couldn't bear it, hesitated for a moment and pointed forward.

then.

"In front?" Mok finally turned his head and looked at the people who were also staring at him. He scratched his head in confusion and looked at the boss again, "Boss, what's going on? Is there another mission?"

"No, I just want to say thank you!" After Xia Che expressed his gratitude to Mok in a bad mood, he turned his head to look at Cobra who was looking at him expressionlessly, laughed, and said, "By the way, where were we just now? Oh, about the cooperation, Alabasta has a very good geographical location, and it is also quite unique on the Grand Line. We will each pay half of the cost. Don't worry, King Cobra, we will never let you suffer any loss. This is a win-win cooperation."

He even revealed some big news, ready to change the previous topic.

"By the way, I heard that Alabasta's mother river, the Saint Dora River, was invaded by seawater? This is probably the work of Crocodile. I'll arrange for someone to see if it can be repaired. Considering our cooperative relationship, I'll charge you a little labor fee, and you can pay it together with the 1 billion yuan."

however.

Facing Xia Che's sudden enthusiasm, King Cobra, who was originally full of gratitude, looked at him expressionlessly, "Thank you very much!"

Then he looked at Xia Che with a grin, "Let's talk about this later. Now I want to talk to you about my daughter and you!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)