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

Chapter 224: People are sitting at home, and pots come from the sky

The cool breeze blows from afar, soaking my heart.

The three of them stood side by side, looking at the starry sky, and their hearts calmed down at this moment.

"It's so beautiful~"

The owl took a deep breath and closed his eyes, enjoying the tranquility of the moment.

"Ah~"

Jabra responded indifferently, but what appeared before his eyes were the scenes he had experienced in Alabasta in the past few days.

The civilians’ words of gratitude may be false, but their excited eyes and trembling hands cannot be faked.

Gabe slowly sat up, lowered his eyes to look at his hands, and murmured:
"Besides killing people, can our hands do something else..."

Weiqu was stunned for a moment, then slowly opened his eyes. All he saw were countless morning stars. He slowly spoke:

"That should be possible, right?!"

"After all, didn't Rocky find the path he wanted to pursue and the man he wanted to follow?!"

"I think so too, so go ahead~"

The owl didn't even blink, but he held a deformed candy wrapper in his hand tightly.

"We have always regarded the will of the World Government as the reason for our pursuit. Anything that goes against the will of the World Government is a sin..."

"But is it really so?!"

"Is what we are doing now also a kind of... justice?!"

A smile appeared on Gabra's lips:
"Who knows?!"

"But."

"Is justice or not really that important?!"

"Lucci is willing to throw himself into darkness just to get what he wants. Why should we cling to the so-called justice?!"

The sound fell to the ground.

All three of them fell silent.

The only sound was the wind whistling in his ears, which gradually became louder and colder, so much so that Gabra subconsciously tightened his clothes.

But the words he just said subconsciously could not be erased from his mind.

a long time.

Gabra looked up at the town in the distance. The lights were bright and the sound of laughter coming from the wind made him feel particularly at ease.

"I want to stay here. I have what I want here."

The moment the voice fell, a rapid telephone bug rang.

"Bulu-Bulu——!"

"Bulu-Bulu——!"

"Bulu-Bulu——!"

……

The expression on Jabura's face froze for a moment, but he still instinctively took out the Den Den Mushi from his arms. After the call was connected, an arrogant voice came out from the receiver.

"Gabra?!"

"How is the mission in Alabasta going?"

“Yeah hahahaha~”

"I'm back again!"

The familiar voice made Gabra slightly stunned:
"Spandam? Haven't you been detained?!"

“So that’s right.”

Spandam's voice became louder and louder, as if he wanted to vent all the resentment that had been accumulating in his heart for the past few days in one breath.

"Speaking of which, this matter is thanks to you, no, it's thanks to that old man."

"If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have let you lurk in Alabasta, let alone find out the plan behind Baroque Works and the whereabouts of Golden Lion."

"According to our investigation, the old guy has already boarded the Golden Lion's ship."

"Qi——!"

between words.

Spandam spat, his contempt undisguised, and then he continued:
"Gismunda, who was acting as the Minister of CP9, is missing. In other words... I have been reinstated!"

"This is...unbelievable luck."

Gabra grumbled.

But to be honest, compared to Gismonda, who was deep-minded and had too many ideas, he was more accustomed to working under Spandam.

Although the latter has a despicable character, he is really stupid.

"Hey hey hey~"

"How can you talk to your superior like that?!"

On the other end of the phone.

Spandam put his hand to his forehead, but he couldn't control the relief and excitement in his eyes.

The three Gabras who accidentally stayed in Alabasta originally just wanted to find something to hold against Spandine, but they didn't expect that they would actually help him escape from a desperate situation.

If it wasn't for his luck this time, he might have been secretly dealt with by the CP organization, without leaving any trace in the world.

"But forget it, this kind of thing is not important. I have a new task for you."

"Our informant in the navy sent back information that Nico Robin appeared in Alabasta and should be in the royal capital of Arubana."

"Whereabouts unknown."

Spandam's voice suddenly turned cold:
"That woman is one of the few in the world who has the ability to interpret the historical text. We'll prioritize capturing her alive. If that doesn't work, we'll kill her on the spot."

"Anyway, it must not fall into the hands of others!"

There was a long silence on the other end of the receiver, and then Gabra's cold voice came out:
"Yes, sir!"

“Yeahahahahahahaha——!”

"Once you complete this mission, you will be my adjutant." "Yes!"

"By the way, I heard that you were on Knight Gawain's ship before. Is that guy Lucci still there?!"

On the other end of the phone.

Gabra's pupils shrank and he said:

"Still on a mission. We were able to escape from the Gawain Pirates this time thanks to his concealment."

Halfway through.

The owl beside him quietly pulled Gabra's clothes, and he came back to his senses and pretended to be angry:
"You can't let that bastard surpass me, the position of adjutant is mine!"

“Yeahhahahahaha——!”

"If you can get rid of Nico Robin, you can get away. Lucci's boss is just laying this out. We don't know when the real action will be launched."

"This position can only be yours."

"That's pretty much it."

hang up the phone.

Gabra's expression instantly turned cold, and Owl and Weidou beside him also looked at the bustling town in the distance with complicated expressions.

For a moment, the three of them were speechless. Only the wind blowing past them was getting colder and colder, even causing pain on their faces.

a long time.

Gabra sighed:
"Let's go."

"This is not our home. We can only get rid of this CP9 skin when we die."

"It's time to enforce... justice!"

……

The other end.

Judiciary Island.

Spandam put down the Den Den Mushi and the smile on his face instantly disappeared.

He couldn't help but raise his hand and rub his eyebrows, and his sleeves slipped down, revealing an arm covered with scars.

The mask on Spandam's face had long been removed, and what was exposed to the air at this moment was a face distorted like that of a ghost.

The period of time when I was detained by the CP organization.

He had been tortured day and night, and there was no intact piece of skin or flesh left on his body.

It stands to reason that after such torture, a normal person's spirit would have collapsed due to being unable to bear it.

However, Spandam's eyes revealed an unusual gloom and calmness, because in the almost endless darkness, he understood one thing:
People must rely on themselves!
The more he looked back on his past experiences, the more Spandam realized how stupid he had been.

"From subordinates to superiors, I'm afraid no one looks at me with respect."

"Ha~"

After a self-deprecating laugh, Spandam turned his attention back to the problem at hand.

"Gabra's reaction was fine."

Spandam never believed from the beginning to the end that Lucci had betrayed the CP organization and leaked the Marine Rokushiki.

After years of getting along, in his heart, Lu Qi has long been a perfect tool who only knows how to execute justice, regardless of right or wrong, or why.

When hundreds of prisoners were placed in front of Lucci, he acted without hesitation, and the reason for his action still makes Spandam feel horrified:
Justice is absolute. If you kill all the hostages, you won't be threatened.

How could such a person be shaken by a pirate?
But this actually makes the whole thing more complicated.

"With Lucci's combat power, he would not be able to survive against the CP0 elite led by Gismonda. This means that there is a third party involved in this matter."

Spandam picked up the pen and wrote down three names on the draft paper:

Knight Gawain, Crocodile, and Golden Lion Shiki.

"The only important people who appeared there recently and had the ability to prevent Gismonda from even sending out a distress signal are these three."

Spandam's eyes fell on Gawain.

I fell into deep thought for a moment.

"Knight Gawain does have a motive, and it is very sufficient."

"After all, Lucci had infiltrated the Gawain Pirates as a traitor to CP9. Facing CP0's pursuit of Lucci, it was only natural for him to protect his ship."

"But if that's the case, the information about Gismonda's death should have been passed back to the CP organization through Lucci long ago."

"If he betrays the World Government, there is absolutely no possibility that Gabra and others will escape alive. In this case, there is only one most reasonable explanation..."

"Gismunda was killed before he could execute Lucci."

Spandam raised his hand and crossed out Gawain's name.

After hesitating for a moment, he crossed out Crocodile's name:

"Crocodile is already entrenched in Alabasta, and is even secretly preparing to steal the country. Attacking the CP organization will only increase the possibility of him being exposed. The possibility of him taking the initiative to attack is not high."

"Then it can only be you..."

"Golden Lion Shiki!"

The more Spandam thought about it, the more he felt that his judgment was extremely accurate. After all, he had eliminated two wrong answers, so any remaining one, no matter how ridiculous, had to be the correct answer.

"As soon as the old man escaped, he boarded the Golden Lion's ship. How could it be such a coincidence?!"

"I'm afraid that he had already been secretly cooperating with Golden Lion before his affairs were exposed. Otherwise, with the CP organization's intelligence capabilities all over the world, Golden Lion would not have been able to hide for so long."

"Besides, during this period of time, there have been more than one or two traitors found within the CP organization."

When talking about the recent events in the CP organization, Spandam couldn't help but reveal a bit of sarcasm:
"The World Government's top spy organization, whose rank is even on par with the Navy, has actually been infiltrated like a sieve?!"

"Among them is even the former head of CP9, the current second-in-command of CP0, and the powerful figure who formulated the Seven Water City lurking plan?"

"It's ridiculous."

After complaining a few words, Spandam turned his attention back to the matter at hand:
"The most urgent thing is to get in touch with Lucci first. This is going to be a hassle."

"Before, he had been communicating with me one-way. After Gismonda was killed, the encrypted Den Den Mushi also disappeared without a trace."

"Qi!"

(End of this chapter)