One Piece: Start Collecting Nicolo

"I see…"

Crocodile laughed lowly: "Want money? Sure, let me go."

"No, no, no, I'm not trading your life for your intentions towards my woman. You must die, but the difference is how you die."

Caesar shook his head, took out a photo from his arms and handed it to Crocodile with an innocent look on his face.

Crocodile sneered. After so many years in the world, would he be afraid of death?

joke!

However, when he saw the content of the photo, the disdainful smile on his face suddenly froze!

"brute!!!"

Seeing himself in the seductive and alluring pose in the photo, Crocodile suddenly became furious!

"Oh, calm down."

Caesar patted him on the shoulder and said, "We are all prominent figures. As long as you cooperate, I will not send the photos to Morgans."

"Everyone is born into this world and will die sooner or later, but as I just said, the difference lies in how one dies."

"Just like how the Pirate King Gol D. Roger used his own death to usher in the Age of Discovery, if you're a little more resilient, you too can leave a lasting mark in history!"

"You bastard…"

Crocodile's eyes widened in anger: "Do you have any dignity as a strong man?!"

"Of course I have some grace, but your strength and status are clearly not enough for me to treat you with the courtesy of a strong man. At most, you can only satisfy my bad taste and treat it as a pastime after dinner."

Caesar shook his head regretfully, his tone sighing, "But this isn't bad, is it? You've been running the park for so many years, the ocean has probably long forgotten your name. Compared to dying quietly, leaving in such a grand manner is also a legend..."

Who the hell wants this kind of legend?!

Crocodile's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Okay, now tell me."

Caesar sat next to Crocodile. Looking at his posture, someone who didn't know would think that the two were old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.

"Where's all your money? Let me tell you something, if the number you give me doesn't meet my expectations, then... not only will I put you on the front page of the news, I'll also cut that thing off and auction it off!"

Hearing this, Crocodile's face twitched violently.

The Navy's bounty title is still too hasty. Compared to Barrett, this guy is the real heir of the devil!

"Why should I trust you?"

"You can do such shameless things. Even if I give you the money, how can I guarantee that you will keep your promise? And not spread this thing?"

Crocodile looked gloomy.

To be honest, if Caesar tortured him, he wouldn't even frown.

But this trick is really terrible!

Not to mention him, even if the Four Emperors came, they would have to admit defeat!

"You don't have a choice, do you?"

Caesar snorted coldly: "The only thing you can do now is to hand over all your money and help me gather all those people with special abilities under you."

There was a long silence.

After a long pause, Crocodile snorted coldly, "I see... My total assets are approximately 22 billion, of which 8 billion is real estate, and the rest is treasure."

"As for the treasure's burial location, it's beneath the desert of Alabasta, and no one has ever taken it out except me."

Caesar raised an eyebrow. "So, in order to obtain your treasure, I must possess the power of the Sand-Sand Fruit?"

"That's right, but the desert is my home. If I want to leave, even you won't be able to stop me. If you have confidence..."

"What are you afraid of? If you dare to run, I don't mind helping you become famous! Let's not talk about this anymore. Just give me the contact information of your capable people."

Caesar waved his hand and interrupted Crocodile.

Crocodile didn't play any tricks and decisively handed over the Den Den Mushi number of his subordinate.

Are you kidding? How can the lives of his subordinates be as important as his life?

The only question he is struggling with now is - is life more important or face more important?

If he ran away, he would probably become a complete laughing stock from now on.

If you don't run, you will probably be killed by Caesar.

However, it turned out that he was overthinking it.

Caesar had no intention of giving him a chance to escape!

After learning the specific location where the treasure was buried, Caesar took out a pile of fruit and placed it in front of him.

Looking at the pile of fruits in front of him, Crocodile's eyelids twitched, and he felt a little nervous for some reason.

"What are you doing?"

Everyone noticed Caesar's actions and thought he was going to feed Crocodile fruit.

"Let me show you something fun!"

Caesar drew his sword and held it across Crocodile's neck.

"you…"

Crocodile's heart sank, and then he couldn't help but sneer: "You're not planning to kill me and let the devil fruit be reborn in this pile of fruit, are you? How naive! The rebirth of fruits is uncontrollable. Even if there are fruits suitable for the rebirth of the Sand-Sand Fruit, it doesn't necessarily guarantee the fruit's rebirth!"

"How will you know if you don't try?"

Caesar chuckled, and a ray of darkness silently climbed onto his shoulder.

Then the darkness expanded rapidly and turned into a black sphere, enveloping him and Crocodile.

Everyone outside was confused.

Although Caesar had previously said that if he could obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit, the process of conquering the world could be accelerated a lot.

But no one expected that this fruit would be used in this way!

Soon, the darkness dissipated.

Crocodile, who had just looked so proud, has turned into a cold corpse. Caesar is standing beside Crocodile's body, holding in his hand a brown-yellow fruit with hairy thorns that looks like a cactus. On the surface of the fruit, the spiral arabesque pattern is clearly visible in the firelight!

"Success?!"

Nami exclaimed.

"How...is this possible? You can actually take away the power of the fruit?"

Luo looked at Caesar in shock. When Caesar said he was not interested in his anti-aging surgery, he thought this guy was pretending.

Now it seems that Caesar is really not interested!

Otherwise, he could just kill himself and have a loyal subordinate eat his surgical fruit instead. Why would he bother to win him over?

Caesar smirked and said, "How's that? Interesting, right?"

"Is this the ability of the vampire fruit? Can it absorb the power of the fruit?"

Luo was a little conflicted. It was not a good idea to ask about other people's abilities. It seemed a bit presumptuous to him, but he was really curious.

"This is the ability of the Dark-Dark Fruit. I am a dual-fruit ability user."

Caesar did not hide the fact that he had an experiment that needed Luo's help.

"I remember that a person can only eat one devil fruit in their lifetime, right?"

Dr. Wolf looked at Caesar in surprise, as if he had seen some rare species. "You can actually eat two?"

"I'm quite special. I ate two fruits because these are the only two fruits I like. In fact, I can eat another one, but there is no suitable fruit at the moment."

Caesar said, looking at Dongli and Brockie who were listening curiously on the side: "Please keep it a secret for me!"

"Ka-pa-pa-pa! Don't worry!"

Broki bared his teeth and grinned, "By the honor of Elbaf!"

Dong Li also nodded repeatedly: "We will never reveal our friends' secrets!"

"There's no need to be so serious."

Caesar smiled and said, "This kind of news will eventually become untraceable. I just want to recover some of the more powerful fruits before anyone finds out."

"So, you have a target for your third fruit?" Robin asked curiously.

"There are a few..."

Caesar nodded. "I've already eaten a Zootopia and a Dark-Dark Fruit. I plan to save the remaining one for the Parahuman type."

Looking at Crocodile's body at his feet, Caesar sighed for a moment.

This guy was a well-known figure in the original novel, but he was killed by himself.

Of course, Caesar would not regret this. It didn't matter if they were planning to attack him, but it was definitely not okay to plan to attack his people, let alone his woman! He was very protective of his people!

In addition, Crocodile knew that Robin was his man, but he still dared to target Robin, which showed that he obviously did not take him seriously.

To use a more popular saying nowadays - there is already a way to die!

"This guy... just died like that?"

Nami looked at Crocodile's body with a complicated expression.

It’s not that I think Caesar did something wrong. After all, he was a pirate, and a pirate who was targeting Robin. There’s nothing wrong with him being killed.

But seeing someone die in front of her, even if it was an enemy, still made her clearly feel the cruelty of the sea.

"This is the ocean. There is never a shortage of ambitious people."

Noticing Nami's expression, Caesar smiled slightly and raised his hand to pat her little head.

"It's the law of the jungle, a life-or-death struggle. Those without strength are destined to become stepping stones for others. This is the iron law of survival that applies to all living things. Even if I truly unify the ocean in the future, I won't be able to change it."

"But what if I don't like killing people?"

Little Bonnie looked at Caesar pitifully.

"Former Navy Admiral Zephyr, because he insisted on the principle of not killing, his wife and children were slaughtered by pirates who had a grudge against him."

"I'm not asking you to kill anyone, but you must be able to protect the people around you. If you're not sure, then listen to me and kill them to eliminate the trouble forever!"

Caesar taught the little girl that she was in the growth stage and must not develop the bad habit of being too soft-hearted.

"Although you may not agree with me, once I wield my butcher knife, I will definitely wipe out the enemy completely. I will not let any of the enemy's relatives or families go!"

"Why?"

Bonnie's face turned pale, and Nami frowned repeatedly, obviously disagreeing with this idea.

"Because I can live with guilt for my entire life, but I can never live in fear for my entire life. With my strength, I certainly don't have to worry about retaliation from the remnants of my enemies, but what about you?"

"If someone were to stab you in the back while you're walking down the street, you'd be dead!"

Caesar sighed slightly: "If the Celestial Dragons had been more cautious eight hundred years ago and completely wiped out the D clan, there would be no so-called Pirate King!"

"Among those on board, Ace and Law are both descendants of the D Clan, both of whom have the potential to become Four Emperors. Robin, as a survivor of Ohara, is the one with the greatest potential to influence the rule of the World Government. Kuma is a descendant of the Bakanni tribe, and now he is following me to overthrow the Celestial Dragons."

"Regardless of whether they are good or evil, the Celestial Dragons didn't kill them all in the past. It wasn't necessarily out of kindness, it could have been due to arrogance, or perhaps some oversight. But no matter the reason, those of you who have been harmed by the Celestial Dragons are now truly standing against them!"

"We are destined to have many enemies in the future. Your momentary pity may very well lead to the same thing happening to us, or even to our descendants!"

It was difficult for Caesar to explain to these guys that wildfires cannot be extinguished and will spring up again with the spring breeze.

But he hoped that this group of people could at least understand what he meant and be more cautious in everything they did.

"The D clan..."

Luo was a little surprised: "You seem to know something about this clan? Do you know the meaning of D?"

"do not know."

Caesar shook his head. "All I know is that this tribe is known as the natural enemy of God, and is an existence that those Celestial Dragons cannot tolerate."

"Is this so..."

Luo looked thoughtful.

Seeing that everyone looked embarrassed but had no way to refute, Caesar couldn't help but sigh.