Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"boom!"

The two men's fists met, and they both froze in place.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, Reina and Karp were both sent flying, crashing through several buildings before slowly coming to a stop.

Chapter 300 The Commander's Meeting

Albana Royal Palace.

Jakka, who had attacked Crocodile in anger, was now lying on the ground.

He was covered in blood when Luffy snatched him back.

“Straw Hat Kid… I told you, you'd better not meddle in other people’s business, otherwise…”

"Oh!"

Before Crocodile could finish speaking, Luffy smashed half of his head apart.

"You bastard... I've wanted to beat you to a pulp for ages!" Luffy ignored whatever Crocodile was trying to say and kept attacking him.

"It's useless... Straw Hat Boy... Your attacks have no effect on me at all..."

"Oh!"

Crocodile, who had just regained his human form, was shattered by Luffy and turned into sand before he could finish speaking.

"Damn it...damn it...damn it...it's been smashed? Damn Crocodile!" Luffy stomped on the sand and roared angrily.

"It's no use telling you!" Crocodile said softly as he transformed back into human form.

"You bastard..." Luffy turned around and saw his opponent preparing to attack again.

"Someone like you, no matter how hard you try, will definitely win..."

"Rubber rubber... pistol!"

"Oh!"

Crocodile's words were interrupted again, and as he reformed into human form, a "well" shape appeared on his forehead.

"Win? What exactly are you trying to say?" Luffy looked at Crocodile with some surprise, not understanding what the other party wanted to say.

Robin, watching the fight between the two, couldn't help but laugh. That guy named Luffy was just too funny.

Crocodile, on the other hand, was somewhat angry. His opponent was completely unpredictable and didn't even give him a chance to speak, which was infuriating.

"Damn it! Desert Blade!" Crocodile, having reverted to human form, didn't bother with words and launched an attack.

Seeing the ground being cut open, Luffy was startled. He thought the opponent could only rely on their abilities to dodge, but he didn't expect the attack power to be so great.

"Straw Hat Boy, I don't have time to play with you anymore!" Crocodile said softly, looking at Luffy.

He was ready to take down the other party.

"This is really frustrating... I can't hit him no matter what I do, he just keeps turning into a pile of sand..." Luffy said helplessly. Although this was not the first time he had encountered a Logia-type opponent, he still couldn't do anything about him.

"You and I... are pirates of different levels, there's no comparison between us! Desert Sunflower!" Crocodile said, launching an attack immediately.

Soon, due to his lack of understanding of Logia-type Devil Fruits, Luffy was defeated by Crocodile.

"Tsk tsk tsk... How pathetic! Straw Hat, is this what you call defeating me?" Crocodile asked, his poison hook piercing Luffy's stomach and leaving him suspended in the air.

"Luffy!!" Princess Vivi shouted as she saw Luffy defeated and killed, and immediately tried to rush over, but was stopped by Aokiji.

“Going there now will only be a pointless death for you!” Aokiji shook his head and said.

"It's none of your business! Don't you navy people pride yourselves on justice? This kind of villain is right in front of us, and you just turn a blind eye. What kind of justice is that?" Princess Vivi shook off Aokiji's hand and shouted angrily at him.

Faced with Princess Vivi's questioning, Aokiji remained silent. Having already learned the situation from Smoker, he had no way to explain anything to the Alabasta princess.

"Straw Hat Boy... There are countless young pirates like you who only talk big in the Grand Line!" Crocodile said, intending to throw Luffy's "corpse" away, but Luffy grabbed Crocodile's hand.

"Water..." Crocodile pierced the small bucket that Luffy was wearing on his chest, and the water inside flowed out and wet his arm.

This is water that Uncle Doto dug up in Yubaba after digging all night, and Luffy usually cherishes it very much.

"There's no need to be grateful for such a small amount of water..." Crocodile thought Luffy was grateful for the water bucket, but Luffy, who was holding his hand, suddenly tightened his grip on Crocodile's arm.

"Huh?" Crocodile was startled. His opponent had grabbed his physical form, but fortunately the battle was over, so it didn't matter.

"Luffy!" Seeing Luffy being thrown away by Crocodile, Princess Vivi quickly stepped forward and hugged him.

"Meat..." Luffy looked at Vivi and opened his mouth to say.

"You still want to eat meat at a time like this?" Crocodile, seeing that Luffy was still alive, came over and kicked Luffy, sending both Luffy and Princess Vivi flying.

"Farewell, Straw Hat Boy!" Crocodile grabbed Luffy and threw him off the palace walls.

"Luffy~~~!!" Vivi could only watch from the wall as Crocodile threw Luffy off.

But just then, she saw a large bird flying towards them in the distance; it was Belle in her transformed state.

“Luffy…” Weiwei’s eyes lit up, and she pointed at Luffy and shouted loudly to Bell.

Bell heard Vivi's shout and saw Luffy descending. He immediately understood Princess Vivi's meaning, so he changed direction and flew directly towards Luffy, rescuing him before he hit the ground.

Seeing that Luffy had been successfully rescued by Pell, Vivi finally felt a little relieved.

"What happened here... Is there something wrong with my eyes?" At that moment, a person suddenly appeared in the palace and said in an incredulous tone.

"Kousha!" Princess Weiwei's expression brightened upon seeing him, but it quickly turned bitter.

Kou Sha's arrival at this time will only lead to another death and will not help the situation at all.

"It's Kou Sha! Did you come from the shortcut you left behind?" The king asked with a wry smile when he saw Kou Sha.

"What on earth is going on? Why are you about to be killed by the country's hero, Your Majesty? I came here... to ask you to surrender!" Kosa asked, looking completely bewildered by the current situation.

"Hahaha... This is so interesting!" Crocodile laughed loudly upon seeing Koza. "The rebellion is at its worst right now, and I never expected to meet you all at this time. This is truly fascinating!"

“Weiwei… what… is going on?” Even if he were an idiot, Kou Sha knew that things might not be as he imagined. Besides, he wasn’t really a fool; he was just a passionate young man who loved his country but whose eyes were blinded by impulse.

Aokiji watched all this silently from the side. He didn't know what would happen to this country next, but even just looking at the scene in front of him, he had an urge to kill Crocodile immediately.

Princess Weiwei sighed and told Kou Sha everything she knew.

"Guhahaha... That's right, Koza! I did all of this. You thought it was the king's doing, but it was all me! How about that? Don't you think it's better not to know these things? It's much better to fight for your ideals and die without knowing anything than to do what you're doing now, right? Guhahaha..." Crocodile said triumphantly.

Crocodile, who had spent two years finally achieving this, thoroughly enjoyed the moment of showing off, especially seeing Koza's regretful, confused, and self-reproachful expression, which made him even happier.

"Don't listen to him! Kosha!" At this moment, Kobra, still pinned to the wall, shouted, "Don't think about what has already happened! What you should be thinking about now is what you can do! Get out of here, don't make pointless sacrifices!"

"Guhahaha... Escape? Where can you escape to? Right now, the square in front of the palace where the royal army is gathered will be bombarded by powerful shells at 4:30 PM, which is 30... no, it should be 25 minutes from now! Those are specially made bombs with a destructive force reaching five kilometers, capable of leaving nothing but barren land around them! At that time... the scene will be particularly beautiful! Guhahaha..."

Seeing Koza's hesitation, Crocodile chuckled and said.

"What did you say...? How could you do this?" Princess Weiwei shouted angrily upon hearing this.

"What's wrong? Miss Wednesday! Didn't you want to stop the rebellion? According to my calculations, the rebels should have about fifteen minutes left to attack... When that happens... boom... we'll wipe them all out, right? I've done you a big favor, haven't I? Hahahaha..." Crocodile said with a loud laugh.

"You... how could you... how could you do such a thing! What did the people of this country... do to offend you?" Weiwei shed angry tears and roared at Crocodile.

“My purpose… I think I’ve already told you, haven’t I? So, Mr. Cobra… can you grant my wish?” Crocodile glanced at Aokiji to the side and asked King Cobra.

"Kousha! Stop the rebellion! Go now!" At this moment, Jaka, who was lying on the ground, slowly got up and shouted at Kousha.

"Jaka..." Kosa was truly shocked to see Jaka covered in wounds.

When they were children, all their fighting skills were taught by Jaka. He knew just how strong Jaka was, but now such a strong man was lying there covered in blood.

"I understand! Jaka! King! I will definitely stop them!" Kosa gritted his teeth, turned and ran.

"No!" At this moment, Princess Vivi suddenly grabbed Kosa and bit her lip to stop him.

"Weiwei?" Kou Sha was taken aback, then tried to push Weiwei away, saying, "Weiwei, what are you doing? The square is about to become a battlefield. What if it really explodes..."

"I won't let him become a battlefield!" Weiwei interrupted Kosha loudly, saying, "Haven't you pulled yourself together yet, Chief! If the Royal Army knows the square is about to explode... there will be absolute chaos! Then... we'll be truly finished!"

"Chief! The decision has already been made, hasn't it? It's to stop this planned war. Only in this way can everyone be saved! And the only one who can do this is you!" Princess Vivi looked at Kosha and said seriously.

"Oh? What an impressive princess! Your judgment is spot on! But... you don't think I'll just sit here and watch you like this, do you?" Crocodile appeared behind Princess Vivi and said softly.

"Weiwei... watch out!" Seeing this, Koza prepared to draw his weapon to block Crocodile, but a familiar figure blocked Crocodile first.

"Jaka!" The heavily injured Jaka blocked Crocodile once again.

"I... am the guardian of Alabasta... Jackal Jakka!" Covered in wounds, Jakka stared at Crocodile and said firmly, "My purpose in life is to destroy the enemies of the royal family! As long as I have a breath left, I will continue to fight!"

"A guy like you... is a complete idiot!" Crocodile said with some disdain.

“Fools? Heh... Kosha, Princess Vivi! As you think, I can hold him off for a few more minutes... The rest is up to you!” Jaka said without turning his head.

Chapter 301 The Truth

The capital of Alabasta, west of Albana.

Ace and Smoker watched Garp and Reina fight, but there was absolutely no way for them to intervene.

The two standing there exchanged a glance and suddenly felt a little awkward just staring at each other. However, they also felt that there was no point in fighting, so they could only stare at each other.

"I'm telling you... what are you Navy thinking? Why do you have to target the first mate's daughter?" Perhaps out of boredom, Ace asked.

"Don't you know who that person is?" Smoker asked, a cigar dangling from his lips.

"Who is she? Isn't she just the first mate's daughter? Who else could she be?" Ace asked, puzzled.

"Ohara...do you know it?"

“Ohara? I think I’ve heard of that name, but I don’t know anything about it!” Ace shook his head and replied.

“Ohara! The world’s largest gathering place of historians. More than twenty years ago, the World Government launched a Buster Call on it, citing threats to the world. Everyone in Ohara except Nico Robin died!” Smoker said softly.

Ace was startled and looked at Smoker in disbelief, asking, "A threat to the world? A gathering place for historians? How...how are they a threat to the world?"

“I don’t know the details of this matter, but I do know that the research of those scholars seems to have awakened some kind of terrifying existence, which is why the World Government took action! And now… the only one who still possesses this ability… is Nico Robin! If she joins forces with your Whitebeard Pirates… do you think our Navy would allow such a thing to happen?” Smoker said seriously.

"Hahaha... What a joke! If we wanted to do something, we wouldn't need to rely on that kind of thing at all, would we? We, the Whitebeard Pirates, are not the kind of people who borrow external forces! Besides, if we wanted to do something, we would have done it already... wouldn't we?" Ace laughed loudly after hearing Smoker's words.

Faced with Ace's answer, Smoker remained silent. As Ace said, the Navy and the World Government still did not want to take any risks. Only the dead Nico Robin was the most reassuring.

Seeing that Smoker remained silent, Ace turned around and said, "I'm going to the palace now. If you want to stop me... then go ahead and do it!"