How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 208 Drawing fire from the bottom of the cauldron
"Mr. Gawain, I..."

Weiwei was so excited that she was incoherent, and Ikalem beside her also showed gratitude.

Even though Gawain had no obvious wounds on his body, the current state of Rapeseed Harbor was enough to illustrate the brutality of last night's battle.

Regardless of success or failure, both of them are grateful for being able to lend a helping hand to Alabasta after such a battle.

"Thank you."

"You thanked me too early."

Gao Wen had a faint smile on his face:

"Think about how to pay me."

"The appearance fee of the Shichibukai is not low."

Weiwei was stunned, and instantly revealed an expression as if she had lost her parents. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Gawain's voice again.

"never mind."

"What kind of wealth can be squeezed out of a poor and remote place like Alabasta?!"

Gao Wen waved his hand, looking somewhat bored for a moment.

Ignoring Weiwei who was puffing up her face in anger, he turned around and walked back to the cabin.

Crocodile attacked Gawain twice, and although he easily resolved the situation both times, even a clay man would get angry, let alone a pirate who has a hot temper and acts as he pleases?

After this incident, Baroque Workshop can still open for business, so I lose!
After returning to the Captain.

Gawain immediately took out the Den Den Mushi and briefly recounted the events to Akin and Clo, then issued an order:
"Since Crocodile is seeking death, let him do it!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

……

Whiskey Peak.

In the port.

Ajin hung up the phone and looked up at the base of Baroque Works in the distance, with only cold murderous intent in his eyes.

Even though Gawain only mentioned the events at the Rapeseed Port tonight in a few words, the mere appearance of the two names was enough to make people feel the danger involved.

"Lucci, Zoro, get ready!"

Lu Qi glanced at A Jin and said:

"Did Crocodile attack the captain?"

Ah Jin nodded, ignored the two of them and stood up, saying coldly:
"The captain had a fight with that guy, but was disrupted by the Golden Lion in the middle, and it took a lot of effort to get away."

"Golden Lion?!"

Lucci could no longer maintain his composure, and his pupils kept shrinking:

"Is it the golden lion I know?"

"No, the only one who can suppress the captain should be that guy, but..."

"How fast is the Captain getting stronger?"

"Two months ago in the Drum Kingdom, the battle with Flame Disaster Jin ended in a draw, but now we are able to fight against such a person?"

There was a shock in his words that was difficult to hide.

Compared with this record, the power displayed during the previous test of Taoism was like a joke.

Recalling his experiences on board, Lucci realized that he had never seen Gawain practicing.

He originally thought that as he and his companions competed with each other, the distance between him and Gawain should be closer.

But now it seems that this view is not only wrong, but also extremely wrong.

Zoro was obviously used to or numb to Gawain's sudden burst of fighting power. He raised his hand and patted Lucci's shoulder, saying lightly:

"You'll understand later."

"Captain Gawain is a monster that cannot be measured by common sense."

Ah Jin spoke up, interrupting the conversation between the two:

"Stop talking nonsense and get down to business first!"

As the words came out, a layer of bone armor gradually appeared on Ajin's body and intertwined on his shoulders to form two bone cannons.

At this moment, the bone armor all over Ajin's body exuded a jade-like color, but under the moonlight, it looked particularly cold.

"Leave no one behind!"

"hiss--!"

boom!
Two bone bullets shot out from Ajin's shoulders and instantly destroyed a club in the distant port.

The entire port was in chaos for a while.

Countless assassins from the Baroque Works rushed out with weapons in hand, angrily trying to capture the person who had made the move.

Then two figures were seen rushing towards them under the moonlight, with sharp claws and long swords, easily tearing the bodies of the people into pieces!

That night, Whiskey Peak, Baroque Works... were completely destroyed!
……

at the same time.

The same thing happened again at the casino rain banquet where the top executives of Baroque Works gathered.

With Clo's incredible speed and Van Oka's ultra-long-range sniping ability, the battle was still one-sided even when facing the chief commander of the Baroque Works.

No.

This is simply a massacre!

From the time Cloe made his move to the time Van Oka shot MR-5's skull in pieces, it took no more than three minutes.

By the time Clo was covered in blood and burned the casino to the ground, Sanji's cigarette was still burning.

"Why is my mission to protect the crew?"

There was some reluctance in Sanji's tone.

Fighting can make people grow faster, and with the current level of involution on the ship, this accumulation may very likely become an unbridgeable gap.

Clo raised his hand to wipe off the blood on the claw knife and said lightly:

"Everyone has their own strengths. I'm smarter, Jin is more motivated, Lucci is decisive and ruthless, and you..."

"According to the captain, you are a natural born bootlicker. You can't even do it to a woman."

"Just be a security guard."

Sanji's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but turn his head away:
"Please find me a man next time."

The air suddenly became quiet.

Fan Oka's drooping eyelids brightened up at this moment, and he said jokingly:

"I originally thought that you respected women so much because you admired them, but now you tell me that you want a man?"

"Hahahaha-!"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and even the hostility in Clo's eyes disappeared a lot, and a smile gradually disappeared from the corners of his mouth.

Sanji's face turned red, and he couldn't help but argue, but he was no match for four people and was soon drowned out by the laughter of the crowd.

Seeing this, he could only smile helplessly, cursing the boy as childish in his heart, and did not take such a small matter to heart.

When the Yuyan Casino burned down in the fire, there was no one around.

After Cloe and his crew solved the problem here, they followed Gawain's orders and headed towards the capital of Alabasta.

That was the meeting place agreed by the three groups.

……

……

……

In Alabasta.

In the yellow sand all over the sky.

Crocodile and Dazbonis sat in the carriage towed by the land and water transport Turtle Binky and headed towards Alabasta.

This desert tortoise is strong, has great endurance, and moves very fast, which is in stark contrast to other groups of the same species.

It is precisely based on this point that when the Baroque Works was first established, it was chosen as the exclusive transport vehicle for the chief commander.

Inside the carriage, Crocodile's arm, which was cut off by Gawain, has been treated to stop the bleeding and is no longer in danger of death.

Without the golden hook in his hand, Crocodile’s hostility dissipated a lot.

He sat silently at one side of the carriage, burning one cigar after another.

The two battles last night and Golden Lion’s final verdict on him are still lingering in his mind.

half an hour.

Crocodile murmured:

"Even a knight as strong as Gawain would seem powerless in the face of those monsters standing at the top, wouldn't he?"

last night.

Witness Gawain's exaggerated fighting power, and how he repeatedly attacked the Golden Lion in desperate situations, but was also worried about being defeated by the Golden Lion.

He was also touched, and wanted to rely on his own strength like Gawain and challenge Whitebeard again.

But all this ended when Gawain escaped after the Golden Lion's final sword strike.

Like twenty years ago, two similar people made the same choice in the same battle facing a legend.

"You are no different from me after all."

"If you want to fight a monster like that, you can only rely on Hades!"

That's right!

And Pluto!

Crocodile took a deep breath, the cigarette in his mouth lit up with a red flame, and his eyes lit up again.

After putting aside the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Crocodile focused all his attention on Pluto of Alabasta.

"Not only Knight Gawain, but even the Golden Lion is probably heading for Alabasta. If nothing goes as expected, their target should also be Pluto."

"But this proves that the historical text hidden in Alabasta, even if it is not Pluto, is probably something extraordinary."

"We must find the original text of Alabasta's history before they do, and then hand it over to that woman to interpret."

At this moment, Pluto has become almost the only hope in Crocodile's heart.

To achieve this goal, the power of Baroque Workshop is indispensable.

Think of this.

Crocodile took out the phone from his pocket and called MR-4 and MR-5 who were staying in the rain.

"Bulu-Bulu——!"

"Bulu-Bulu——!"

"Bulu-Bulu——!"

……

In the carriage.

The standby ring of the Den Den Mushi continued to ring for more than a minute, but no one answered it.

"No one is here?"

Crocodile frowned slightly, feeling inexplicably uneasy.

He then dialed the Den Den Mushi of Whiskey Peak, but no one answered either.

"MR-1, when you left, was there any problem in the rainy area?"

Dazbonis shook his head:
"No."

"The area around there is already empty, and those inside are the elite members of the Works Company. There shouldn't be anyone in Alabasta who has the strength to do anything to them."

Crocodile nodded when he heard this, but the uneasiness in his heart was like a shadow that could not be shaken off.

He always felt that he had overlooked something, and suddenly a pirate ship appeared in front of Crocodile.

It was a small pirate sailing ship, flying Gawain's flag, and it was so dilapidated that it couldn't even withstand the wind and waves of the Grand Line.

"It's a ship!"

"According to the information we received from Whiskey Peak, the ship driven by Knight Gawain should be a pirate ship converted from a warship of the Navy Headquarters!"

"The length of the hull alone is over a hundred meters!"

"But what they have anchored at Rapeseed Harbor is just a small sailboat, this..."

Dazbonis reacted instantly:

"Boss, are you saying they split up?"

"even……"

Dazbonis did not say the following speculation, but both his trembling pupils and his puffed lips proved it.

Even someone as calm as him couldn't sit still at this moment.

Because if that conjecture comes true, it means that the Baroque Works, which Crocodile has run for nearly twenty years, has lost most of its combat power tonight.

"Fight again!"

"Until you get through!"

Crocodile roared, and even when the wound on his arm burst and blood oozed out, he didn't say a word.

In the carriage.

The Den Den Mushi rang over and over again, but no one answered. As time passed, the two people's faces became more and more ugly.

soon.

A red sun rose in the distant sky. The dazzling sunlight shone through the car window onto Crocodile, but still could not conceal his pale face.

Finally, the Den Den Mushi was connected, but the message it received made Dazbonis shudder.

"BO, BO, Boss, the Gawain Pirates raided Whiskey Peak last night, and all our men left there... were killed."

"We can't get in touch with Yudi either, could it be possible that——!"

Crocodile hung up the phone rudely, the veins on his forehead throbbing wildly at this moment:
"No need to fight. The one in the rainy land should also be the work of Knight Gawain."

"It's really a terrible life."

"Divide your troops into three groups. On the one hand, use the battle at Rapeseed Harbor to distract me. On the other hand, launch a blitzkrieg to instantly destroy our two core strongholds at Whiskey Peak and Rainland."

"After this battle, Baroque Works lost most of its main combat power, and even its reputation in Paradise will be hit. It is even more unknown how long it will take to recover."

"That is to say, up to now, except for the unexpected factor of the golden lion that suddenly appeared, all my decisions were within his expectations."

"Not only does he have strong combat power, he also has such an outstanding strategic vision..."

"monster!"

Crocodile sat down dejectedly. Even though he was extremely unwilling, he had to admit that the gap between him and Knight Gawain was no longer just in combat power.

"What should we do now?"

"Boss?"

Dazbonis' forehead was covered with sweat.

He knew that this was definitely just Gawain's first wave of attack, and a more powerful attack would arrive soon.

The Baroque Works was almost destroyed by Gawain's attack.

The only personnel that could be mobilized were the agents stationed in the various towns and ports of Alabasta, as well as Sara, Robin and others in the royal capital of Alvara.

Crocodile closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down.

He understood that facing an opponent who was as powerful as thunder even when he was still, the more panicked and anxious he was, the more likely he would make mistakes.

Given the current situation, any mistake in decision-making will be a fatal blow to him.

The carriage fell silent for a moment, with only the sound of the turtle's footsteps moving forward.

a long time.

Crocodile opened his eyes again, regaining his usual calm demeanor, and said firmly:
"After Knight Gawain conquers Whiskey Peak and Rainland, he will most likely head to Arubana next, but our combat power is far inferior to his."

"The only chance we have now is to create a time difference, get the things, and then retreat quickly!"

"There is no time to work step by step to control this country."

"Let Sara and Nico Robin take action and directly control Cobra!"

(End of this chapter)