Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

Moreover, the other side captured the princess of Alabasta, silently pinning a blame on them.

"Are they our enemies, or the royal family's enemies, or perhaps... the World Government!"

Sakura stroked her chin, gazing at the gradually emerging city silhouette in the distance.

In either case, they need to meet with the current king of Alabasta and gather as much intelligence as possible.

The rapidly moving crabs smashed through the city gates of Arubana, their massive bodies squeezing directly into the streets of the capital.

The surrounding residents stared wide-eyed at the three uninvited guests, their eyes bulging out of their sockets.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

A girl riding a crab rampages through the road, shouting loudly, and the residents of the capital city scatter and flee.

They crossed the palace square without any obstacles and successfully entered the inner palace of Alabasta.

"Damn pirates!"

The royal guards tried to raise their weapons in resistance, but they would lose consciousness and collapse to the ground as soon as they got close to the crab.

Having breached the kingdom's gates, Sakura and Tiger finally managed to enter the throne room.

"you...."

Cobra frowned as he looked at the pirate who walked up to him, and reached for the pistol at his waist.

"Enough with the nonsense, two of our companions have also been arrested."

Sakura disarmed him and threw the weapons onto the throne. "Give me the information on the pirates who have recently entered and exited your kingdom!"

"You... sigh!"

Cobra sighed. "After discovering that Vivi had been kidnapped, I ordered the army to seal off all the sea outlets. According to the intelligence reports from various departments, you are the only wanted criminals who have recently entered Alabasta by sea!"

"Not an enemy at sea..."

Fisher Tiger pondered for a moment, then spoke at the same time as Cobra and Sakura.

"From the sky!!!" *3

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At this moment, an island floats nearly 10,000 meters above Alabasta.

In the center of this miraculous floating island stands a magnificent palace.

In the garden, sheltered from the wind and snow by a greenhouse, a powerful melody rang out.

Accompanied by music, an old man with long blond hair, a gorilla in a pink suit, and a clown in a white coat danced together.

The old man's feet struck the ground with a soft thud, like a sword striking earth and stone, while the clown in the white coat made a soft, thumping sound with his footsteps.

"Stop, stop, stop! Dr. Indigo, your footwork is seriously disrupting the rhythm!"

The old man, a cigar in his mouth, waved his hand and turned off the music player. "Can't you find a way to get rid of your annoying footsteps?"

A man in a white coat with clown makeup walked up to the man and the gorilla, his mouth opening and closing repeatedly but no sound came out, though he was still trying his best to gesticulate wildly.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

The blond-haired old man raised his hand, wanting to scratch the back of his head, but when he touched the ship's rudder, his expression darkened, and he lowered his hand.

"Oh right, I just remembered there's something I haven't told you!" The guy, who had been acting like a mute just moments before, suddenly shouted.

The blond old man's eyes and tongue suddenly bulged out and trembled in mid-air, startling him so much that he stumbled backward. "You can actually talk?"

"Ho ho ho ho ho!"

The gorilla in the pink suit kept clapping and laughing, genuinely amused by the two guys.

"Old...Old Mother?"

The blond old man suddenly turned his head blankly and stared straight at the gorilla.

Are you a gorilla too?

Indigo, dressed as a clown, raised his hand and patted the old man on the head.

After a few people made a ruckus in the greenhouse garden, the blond old man, exhaling a smoke ring, remembered his business. "By the way, Dr. Indigo, you said you had something to report?"

"Ah, I almost forgot about something important!"

Indigo raised his hands and slapped them hard on his face. "What you caught in Alabasta wasn't a rare beast, it was a Devil Fruit user, you idiot Shiki!"

"Devil Fruit users?" Shiki raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Two guys with the ability to fly, aren't they a perfect match for my pirate crew?"

"But you captured them directly."

Indigo covered her mouth, chuckling as she offered a subtle reminder.

"Indeed, that would make me a kidnapper!"

Shiki spat. As someone who had once been a member of the Western Sea Extremist Path, he was most disgusted by acts of kidnapping.

After all, in the extreme world divided into different levels, those who engage in that kind of business are at the very bottom and are despised by everyone.

"Let's go, Dr. Indigo, take me to meet them. I'm sure I can win them over with my charm, hehehehehe!"

Shiki spread his arms wide and let out a hearty laugh.

The gorilla and Indigo opened the glass door of the greenhouse for him, and the three of them walked out together and disappeared into the wind and snow.

Chapter 206 The King in the Sky

"Hey, you, a great maritime power, don't even have a means to confirm the position of the crown prince?"

Inside the Alabasta royal palace, Sakura stood on the throne, grabbed Cobra by the collar, and shook him.

"Sakura, be gentle..."

Fisher Tiger tried to stop her, lest she kill the King of Alabasta.

"Let...let me go, I'll help you!"

Stumbling and stammering, Kobra managed to squeeze out a sentence.

In fact, from the moment Sakura and her companion stormed the palace, he already believed that Vivi was not someone they had kidnapped.

As Sakura said, Cobra learned from Vivi's previous kidnapping by the bandits and specially commissioned someone to make Vivi's Vivre Card in the New World.

After contacting Sakura and Tiger, he confirmed that the Vivre Cards did not show any obvious abnormalities, indicating that the culprit was not the two of them.

"I have Vivi's life card in my pocket. Tear one off and go find her!"

As soon as Cobra finished speaking, Sakura released him and threw him to the ground.

He took out a piece of his Vivre Card from his pocket, and tiny scraps of paper floated in Sakura's hand, faintly pointing towards the sky.

"Okay, let's go!"

Sakura and Tiger exchanged a glance and nodded.

Just as the two were about to leave the palace, Cobra shouted, "Wait, Your Excellency! Could you please rescue my daughter while you're at it? I'll grant you any request!"

"Anything? Then I want to see the historical texts inside your royal tombs!"

Sakura's figure flickered, she grabbed Cobra's hand, her eyes shining.

"Sakura, Kuina, and Leviathan..."

Fisher Tiger, standing to the side, covered his head and sighed.

"Oh no, I almost forgot about the important matter!"

Sakura slapped her forehead, grabbed Tiger, and ran outside, shouting, "Cobra, remember the promise you made to me!"

The two ran out of the palace, and Sakura unleashed the power of her Heat-Heat Fruit.

A large amount of steam was gathered, carrying her and Tiger as they began to fly towards the sky indicated by the Life Card.

It charged straight through the clouds and arrived at an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters.

Sakura finally saw the artificial floating island composed of five islands hovering above.

"Well then, let's say hello first, so we don't get criticized for not 'respecting' our seniors!"

Sakura took a deep breath and smiled.

Amidst the crisp sound of shattering, a burst of power erupted.

High in the sky, where the stars flickered and shone, a dark bolt of lightning rose straight up, piercing the clouds and storms, and looked down contemptuously at the five islands of miracles in the dark and inky heavens.

"Get out here, Shiki—!!!"

Accompanied by thunderous tremors, the impact of Conqueror's Haki descended upon the Sky Island.

Stepping through the wind and snow, the blond man with a cigar in his mouth suddenly looked up at the center of the raging thunder.

"Hey, you two, get out of here! Looks like someone's come to visit me!"

Shiki raised his hand and clenched it in the air. The rubble beneath Indigo and the gorilla's feet formed a platform, carrying the two of them swiftly towards the palace.

He himself was lifted into the air by his ability and flew towards the center of the raging, roaring dark lightning in the distance.

"coming!"

Sakura's eyes narrowed, and she gripped Tiger's arm with a slight tightening: "Tiger, I'll hold him off here, you go to the island and find them!"

"it is good!"

The tall fish-man nodded, and was then flung by Sakura towards the Sky Island.

A golden shadow brushed past him, but it did nothing to stop him.

After all, on this vast ocean, it's a rule that pirates tacitly abide by: generals versus generals, kings versus kings.

"Hahaha! This kind of spirit, he's quite a character!"

Her golden hair danced wildly in the wind, and her smile was unrestrained and bold.

Shiki floated higher in the air, looking down at Sakura's face.

Suddenly, memories of the Battle of Advocaat flooded back, recalling the young girl who dared to punch him.

Their faces gradually overlapped, leaving Shiki momentarily dazed. "So it's you! The brat from Roger's ship!"

After ten years of disappearing from the public eye, the comfortable life made Shiki somewhat forget the days when he once roamed the seas.

As the old guys retire one by one, a new generation of pirates begins to emerge in this sea. Are they even powerful enough to come up to him and challenge him?

However... he, Shiki, isn't so old that he can't fight anymore!

Thinking of this, the Golden Lion flicked the ash from his cigar and sneered, "So, what do you want from me? Are you planning to join my ranks and rule the world with me?"

“I’m not interested in domination, Shiki.”

Sakura drew her Cloud Reaper, her Armament Haki swirling around it. "And give me back my comrades!"

"That answer, just like that bastard Roger's, is really unpleasant!"

"But this is really—wonderful!"

Golden Lion clicked his tongue, a cruel smile spreading across his lips. "You know the rules of pirates, right? If you want something, come and take it yourself, hehehehehe!"

With a somersault in mid-air, Shiki's famous swords slashed through the air, unleashing a magnificent wave of sword energy.

—Slice the waves!

Even if he used his feet, this swordsmanship, honed through life and death, would surpass the vast majority of swordsmen on the high seas.

A massive, golden slash came hurtling towards her, its sharp aura causing Sakura a slight stinging sensation.

"Old lion, just you wait!"

Sakura raised her sword, and dark lightning flowed as her Armament Haki surged.

The sword flashed, slicing through the air and unleashing a massive black slash.

—Wild Soul!

boom!

The powerful slashes collided, and a gale arose. Except for the island, which was still under Shiki's control, the surrounding clouds and storms were blown away by this gale.