Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"I don't want to die! Weiwei~~~ Where are you? Come save us!"

Beneath the secret base of Baroque Works in Alba, Luffy and Usopp are bickering.

"Oh no, oh no~~ I feel completely weak!"

"No! No! Hold on! Vivi said that, didn't she?! Luffy!"

The others completely ignored Luffy and Usopp's antics.

"Hey Chopper... could you please stop covering my eyes?" Zoro said, somewhat exasperated, to Chopper who was perched on his head.

"No, no... I'll drown if I fall!" The shrunken Chopper shook his head vigorously and replied.

"Ah~ I really am..." Zoro was speechless for a moment.

"Weiwei must be in so much pain right now! Time is so precious, yet we have to waste it on her... I'm so sorry!" Nami thought to herself as she gripped the cage and looked outside.

"Please refrain from making noise while eating!"

"Anti-etiquette - Consecutive kicks!"

Just then, a familiar voice rang out. Sanji, wearing cool sunglasses, kicked a banana crocodile flying.

"Sanji!!!"

Everyone who saw Sanji immediately shouted.

"Hey everyone... I'm sorry to have kept you waiting! The prince has arrived!" Sanji tapped his cigarette, letting the ash fall on the immobilized banana crocodile, and said with a smile.

"Oh~~ Prince!!!" Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper shouted in unison.

"Don't just stand there like an idiot, go find the key! Crocodile could be back at any moment!" Zoro looked like he'd swallowed a fly, extremely annoyed.

"Miss Nami... have you already fallen in love with me a little bit~~~" However, Sanji ignored Zoro and instead transformed into a strange mollusk, wriggling in front of Nami.

"Yes, yes, yes... I've already fallen in love with you, hurry up and open the door!" Nami said perfunctorily.

"That idiot perverted cook!" Zoro, standing to the side, was utterly speechless.

"Gurgle gurgle... gurgle gurgle... Roar~~~"

At this moment, banana crocodiles crawled out one by one from the broken glass. The huge banana crocodiles looked like wild beasts.

"Sanji, go! Take them all down!" Usopp, trapped in the cage, suddenly felt that staying inside wasn't so bad; at least the crocodiles couldn't hurt him.

"It's this one! The third one that just came in, take it down!" Smoker suddenly said.

"???" Luffy and the others turned around, completely bewildered, and looked at Smoker: "Do you know which crocodile ate the key?"

"Are your ears just for show? This one's cry is exactly the same as the one that ate the key!" Smoker replied, annoyed.

Upon hearing this, Sanji immediately found the crocodile and kicked it.

"Roar~~"

The crocodile was kicked in the stomach by Sanji and vomited up something that looked like an egg.

"Finally...finally out! Water...water...hahaha I'm back to life!" A man with a braid shaped like the number "3" on his head emerged from the white "egg" and laughed wildly.

"3~~3~~~3! It's 3!" Luffy was so surprised when he saw the other party that he couldn't even speak clearly.

This person is none other than Mr. 3, a member of Baroque Works and the user of the Wax-Wax Fruit, Gal Dino.

After hearing Luffy and his crew's noisy commotion, Mr. 3 finally noticed their presence and saw the key stuck to the candle "egg" he had made.

"The key...the key..." Luffy and the others became even more excited upon seeing this.

"Hehehehe..." Mr. 3 looked at the key in his hand and Luffy and the others in the cage, let out a strange laugh, and threw the key away.

But before he could even feel smug, Sanji behind him gave him a good beating.

"Sanji... wait... this guy's ability... can directly create keys!" Usopp suddenly had a flash of inspiration and shouted loudly.

Meanwhile, Crocodile realized that he had fallen for a diversionary tactic, but he was not flustered at all because the real key was still on him. So he did not return to the secret room, but instead launched an attack on the lake water around the casino, destroying the walls of the secret room, which would accelerate the flooding of the lake water.

"Will this even work? If they get the key, they can easily escape!" Robin asked, somewhat puzzled.

“No, they can’t possibly get the key… because the real key is with me!” Crocodile said with a sneer.

Robin shrugged and said, "So, shall we head straight to the palace now? The rebels are almost at Albana!"

"Let's go. Hopefully, those top agents won't disappoint me!" Crocodile said with a light laugh.

"Hehe... I hope your plan will be useful. I don't think those people will die easily!" Robin said with a slight smile.

"Let's go, we don't need to worry about this anymore!" Crocodile glanced at the collapsed lake and turned to leave.

Robin glanced in another direction in the city, where Ace and Aokiji were fighting.

"It's no use, Fire Fist Ace... Once Smoker finds Nico Robin, he'll end her life, and you can't stop him!" Aokiji extinguished Ace's flames again and said softly.

"Hehehe... So you want to start a world war? You should know Mr. Reina's character. If you really do this... he won't let it go so easily!" Ace said, panting heavily.

He wouldn't have brought up Reina if he hadn't been completely helpless against Aokiji, but judging from their fight just now, Reina's strength was far superior to his.

"Zehahaha...Found you...Fire Fist Ace!" Just then, Blackbeard and his crew finally made their appearance.

"Wait...you are...Blackbeard...Marshall D. Teach?" Ace was taken aback when he saw him, and then said in surprise.

"Hahaha... I never expected you to know my name!" Teach said with a chuckle. "Oh? This one... isn't he Admiral Aokiji?"

"And who are you?" Aokiji had no recollection of Teach.

“Who I am is not important, but this Fire Fist Ace is my target!” Teach said, looking at Ace.

"Your target?" Aokiji frowned slightly. Fire Fist Ace was the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates. Ordinary pirates wouldn't dare to mess with Ace.

“That’s right, so we hope Lord Aokiji can do us a favor! Everyone… let’s get to work!” With a command from Teach, the Blackbeard Pirates crew members behind him immediately surrounded Ace.

"Hahahaha... Well then, I'll go first!" Wearing a wrestler's mask, with a full head of purple hair and even a purple beard, Zizas Bazars picked up a small cart next to him and threw it at Ace.

Although Aokiji was somewhat annoyed, it was clear that pirates were fighting each other, and he could simply watch from the sidelines. He didn't care who would win in the end; he had already made up his mind to capture everyone here.

He was already planning to kill Nico Robin, so he had no intention of letting Fire Fist Ace go.

"Teach... I heard you used to be a member of the Second Division! You're really tarnishing the reputation of the Second Division!" Ace completely ignored the cart that Zizas Bazars threw at him, his body instantly becoming elemental, and flames ignited the cart.

“Hahaha… It’s alright, you won’t think that way when I defeat you!” Teach replied with a loud laugh.

"You? I..."

Before Ace could finish speaking, a longsword suddenly appeared in front of him.

Ace was shocked because he could see the Armament Haki covering the longsword.

"And who are you?" Ace asked, dodging the attack.

"Blackbeard Pirates, Devil Hunter Ydal!" Ydal pulled off the hood of his cloak, revealing a pair of bloodthirsty eyes as he looked at Ace and said softly.

"You're the demon hunter Ydal?" Ace was surprised. The other party was once a famous pirate in the New World, but he had disappeared after failing to seize the Sky Island from the Whitebeard Pirates. He didn't expect that the other party had joined the Blackbeard Pirates.

"Oh!"

Before Ace could finish speaking, a gunshot rang out, and a bullet hole appeared on Ace's forehead. The one who fired was a sniper from the Blackbeard Pirates.

"Idiot, don't make a move!" Blackbeard shouted immediately upon seeing this.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ace made a gun gesture with both hands and shouted, "Musketeer!"

The flames flew in bullet shape directly towards the Blackbeard Pirates.

"Teach, it's not convenient to fight here. If you've got the guts, come with me outside the city!" Ace shouted as he ran out.

His original target was Teach, and when he encountered him here, he naturally wanted to take him down. However, this was the city, and if he took action, it would cause great harm to the civilians. So he took advantage of the opportunity to break out and run towards the outside of the city.

"Hahaha... Fire Fist Ace... You really are a naive guy!" Teach smiled slightly and immediately led his members to chase after them.

However, just as Aokiji was about to go over, he suddenly noticed Smoker walking over, completely soaked.

"Huh? What's wrong with you?" Aokiji asked in surprise.

“I’ve found Nico Robin! She’s with Crocodile and seems to be planning to overthrow the country, but I don’t know the specifics of their actions. I suspect they have a bigger conspiracy! You should be aware of how dangerous Nico Robin is, right?” Smoker lit his cigar again and said softly.

"Where did you meet them?" Sure enough, Aokiji immediately asked upon hearing this.

Smoker shook his head and said, "They seem to have gone in the direction of the palace! Because I heard Crocodile say that he was going to see the king of this country!"

Aokiji glanced at Ace and the Blackbeard Pirates running out of the city, then looked in the direction of the royal palace, and told Smoker what had just happened.

"The Blackbeard Pirates? Never heard of them before. Are they new here?" Smoker asked, surprised.

“If I’m not mistaken, that Blackbeard… should be the guy who defected from Whitebeard’s ship back then! Because he was afraid of the Whitebeard Pirates, he’s been operating in the shadows for all these years, so it’s normal that you don’t know!” Aokiji shook his head and said.

"So... it's an internal power struggle within the Whitebeard Pirates?" Smoker said, frowning.

“Regardless of whether it’s an internal conflict or not, since we’re planning to take action against Nico Robin, we’ll have to clash with the Whitebeard Pirates sooner or later! So I hope you’ll take your men there now and wipe them out once they’ve decided who’s the victor!” Aokiji said directly.

Seeing Smoker's surprised expression, Aokiji directly told Smoker Robin's true identity.

"What?!" Smoker dropped the cigar he had just lit, asking incredulously, "Nicole Robin's father is Benedict D. Reina, the vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates?"

Chapter 293 Operation Begins

"Huh~ what's that...?" Bell, who was in the air, suddenly noticed that there seemed to be several figures on the top of a small hill in the city of Albana.

"King!!" As Bell descended, he immediately spotted King Cobra, who was bound and gagged.

"Bell, don't come any closer! Go and inform..."

"boom!"

Before King Cobra could finish speaking, he was knocked unconscious by Miss MerryChristmas, who was guarding him.

"Damn it, who are you people? How dare you kidnap the King!" Upon seeing this, Bell roared and swooped down towards Mr. 4 and his partner Miss.MerryChristmas.

"Three-wheeled blooming..."

Suddenly Crocodile and Robin appeared from the side, and Robin immediately knocked Bell down.

"We can't let you bother us right now!" Robin said softly.

“Alright, Mr. 4, you and Miss. Merry Christmas go to the city gate! Remember, you must stop Princess Vivi and absolutely cannot let her meet the rebels!” Crocodile said to Mr. 4 and Miss. Merry Christmas who were standing to the side.

“Okay, President! Don’t worry, we won’t make any mistakes!” Miss.MerryChristmas said with a smile.

Crocodile nodded and said to the injured Cobra, "How are you? King Cobra, are you alright? Guhahaha..."