I, a Celestial Dragon!

But unfortunately, Crocodile did not awaken any special abilities that could reverse the situation in the face of Mr. Bai's air shock and sea shock.

First, he did not learn to predict the future, second, he did not learn Ryuo, and third, he did not learn to dominate.

Poor Crocodile, he never met any good teachers worth mentioning in the first half of his life...

At the same time, the fruit he ate was just a simple rustling fruit.

Even though half of his head was smashed by Whitebeard, he only managed to survive with the help of the Demon King.

He also failed to awaken his Nature-type Sand-Sand Fruit into the Animal-type Human-Human Fruit Mythical Beast-type Desert Emperor form...

In short, after that, Crocodile's dream in the first half of his life was completely shattered!

He was unable to awaken any special abilities, after witnessing the strength of monstrous beings like Whitebeard.

He finally understood why strong people of that level were called monsters!

His three colors of domineering aura are flawless. No matter what ability they have, they cannot cause any harm to them before his physical strength is exhausted!

Even relying on his excellent observation Haki, Crocodile found it difficult to hit a body as huge as Whitebeard's.

Each of these monster-level warriors is comparable to a real war machine. They are all magical beasts that may not get tired even after fighting for days and nights.

And before they lost their strength, each of their attacks was far more powerful than the ultimate moves of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!

When he had no power to fight back and was almost killed instantly, he lost to Whitebeard more than a dozen times in a row, and Whitebeard even said that he wanted to adopt him as his son... which was an humiliating statement to him.

Crocodile couldn't help feeling depressed.

In this way, he changed from a little kid who had just obtained the Sand-Sand Fruit and thought he was invincible, to a frustrated middle-aged man with scars all over his body, missing a hand, and also losing his original dream.

After that, Crocodile really didn't know how to continue to improve himself. He knew a little bit of Haki and a little bit of Observation Haki, but he was far from reaching the level of being able to learn without a teacher!

At the same time, his proud character did not allow him to humbly ask for advice from others.

In this way, after being defeated by Whitebeard, Crocodile was in a state of frustration for several years.

Until he found clues about Pluto!

Just as he was wandering confusedly in the Kingdom of Alabasta with his remnant troops spared by Whitebeard.

He learned a legend inside Alabasta.

It is said that there is a historical text hidden beneath the palace of Alabasta!

Many people know about the main text of history. After all, it is so big and is placed in many conspicuous places.

Furthermore, no one in the world can read the original text of history. At least after the destruction of O'Hara, there are almost no scholars in the world who understand the original text of history.

Therefore, many historical texts are circulated around the world in the form of legends.

If it were ordinary people, after hearing the legends in the historical text, they would probably just laugh and ignore it.

The attitude of people in the pirate world towards historical texts is probably similar to the attitude of people in the world before Gawain traveled through time towards Sanxingdui cultural relics.

There is a rumor that this artifact looks like an astronaut and that artifact looks like an angry bird.

But as it was passed around, no one took it as true, people just listened to it for fun.

Most people in the pirate world just read the historical texts for fun.

It’s not that they are ignorant, but all the information they have access to tells them that the main text of history is just fun.

Anything that says the historical text makes sense is just a boring conspiracy theory.

So if ordinary people heard the legend of Alabasta, they would not take it to heart at all.

But Crocodile at that time happened to be in a desperate state and tried every possible means!

Especially when Crocodile heard that the historical text inside Alabasta was the historical text guarded by Nefertari, the descendant of the twenty kings, and was related to the ancient weapon Pluto.

Crocodile immediately set his sights on the main text of history!

Because in Crocodile's opinion, training alone can no longer make up for the gap in strength between him and Whitebeard.

In his opinion, people are born unequal, and the talents at birth almost determine the upper limit of each person's strength.

Just like even a strong man like him who had eaten the nature-type fruit could not understand why Whitebeard could be so unreasonably strong.

So, Crocodile set his sights on Pluto, the god of the underworld, and at the same time, he also focused on wisdom and strategy!

Since you are not as strong as others, then be smarter than them and use your brain to make up for the gap in strength!

Just like that, fourteen years ago, Crocodile resolutely disbanded his pirate group, which was left with only remnants!

Even though his remaining crew members missed him terribly, he, whose dream of becoming a pirate was shattered by Whitebeard, only felt that his weak subordinates were a burden!

Just like that, the Desert King Pirates, once famous in the West Sea and the Grand Line, completely disappeared into history.

After disbanding the Desert King Pirates, Crocodile thought about it and finally found what he was most satisfied with...

A way that could allow him to obtain Pluto, the god of the underworld, or even take over the entire Alabasta kingdom!

He named his method the Utopia Plan!

So starting fourteen years ago, Crocodile, alone, settled completely in Alabasta!

At the beginning, the people of Alabasta were still very afraid of Crocodile because he was a pirate, but as the contact time became longer, the image of Crocodile as a kind-hearted man was almost collectively welcomed by the civilians of Albania.

At the same time, Crocodile single-handedly resolved the thief disaster in Alabasta caused by the Great Pirate Era!

Suddenly, the news that Crocodile, the reclusive pirate, had brought peace to Alabasta spread throughout the sea of ​​the past and even reached the World Conference eleven years ago.

It was during that World Conference that King Cobra expressed his admiration for Crocodile, a prodigal pirate!

At the same time, King Cobra also raised an issue at the World Conference that year. He called on all countries to recruit as many good pirates as possible with good personalities and a style close to that of adventurers.

Cobra believes that this action can help more pirates like Crocodile who accidentally embark on the path of piracy to turn back from their wrong path and become shields for the member countries.

Seventy percent of the kings from the fifty countries participating in the World Conference expressed their approval of Cobra's proposal.

It's not that they really have a good impression of pirates, they just think that if their country can be more stable, they can apply less for aid from the World Government and pay less gold!

So, when this news reached the ears of the Five Elder Stars, they acted promptly!

The World Conference over there hasn't even ended yet, but the Seven Warlords of the Sea policy has already been officially announced!

Eleven years before Gawain arrived, Crocodile became the world's first of the Seven Warlords of the Sea with his role model image!

Many people may think that the Seven Warlords of the Sea are a helpless act of the World Government due to its lack of manpower to suppress pirates.

Or maybe, the Seven Warlords of the Sea is a major decision made by the World Government to divide the pirates and let them consume each other.

But in fact, the Seven Warlords of the Sea is a policy that prevents pirates from returning to a stable life through the channels of allied countries!

After the Seven Warlords of the Sea policy was introduced, old pirates living in seclusion in various countries around the world also received a wave of assassinations.

The Five Elder Stars want to tell the pirates of the entire ocean that even if you want to retire, you have to go through the channels of the World Government, obtain the position of Shichibukai, or live in seclusion under the surveillance of the World Government!

The allied countries cannot become the support of the reclusive pirates!

Just like Rayleigh will live in the Sabaody Archipelago under the nose of the World Government...

The Five Elders will not give the member states any chance to grow stronger, and even their chance to win over pirates has been taken away by the Five Elders.

When the regulations of the Seven Warlords of the Sea were first promulgated, the Five Elders did not give the Seven Warlords of the Sea as much power as they do now. At that time, the Seven Warlords of the Sea were actually only equivalent to a golden medal of immunity from death and a golden certificate of honor.

Crocodile, the world's first Shichibukai, has thus become a good guy among pirates and a red flower winner in kindergarten.

He even became... the national hero of Alabasta!!!

Even before Cobra left Alabasta and went to Gaya Island to meet Gawain, the king had a special meeting with Crocodile.

As a national hero, Crocodile, who has guarded Alabasta for fourteen years and defeated more than eight hundred pirate groups, has long been recognized by King Cobra and civilians across the country.

So, after Cobra left, it was Crocodile who managed Alabasta...

How funny!

But although he said it funny, Crocodile actually did a really good job.

He rushed to Yuba as soon as possible and resolved the first civil unrest in Alabasta under the watchful eyes of all civilians.

Accompanied by the cheers of the national hero, Crocodile returned to his residence.

Sitting on the sofa, listening to the sounds around him, he smiled with satisfaction.

This is his plan. He wants to use his identity as a hero to take over Cobra's position and take charge of the future of Alabasta!

As long as he continues to let the drought continue and continues to discredit Cobra!

Then one day, he will go from helping Cobra suppress the rebellion today to leading the rebel army to capture Albana and end the Nefertari family's rule over Alabasta!

As long as he gets more people's recognition, he will definitely succeed!

This is Crocodile's Utopia plan!

Chapter 222 Ace and Crocodile

At this moment, Crocodile was quietly thinking about the Utopia plan.

He must constantly fine-tune and change his plan according to changes in the situation in order to implement it perfectly.

Just like the reason why King Cobra left, Crocodile cared very much!

When Crocodile was entrusted with the national security work by Cobra, he already knew Cobra's intention to leave. He did not choose to flee because he was afraid of the rebellion in Juba City.

He directly set his sights on help from farther away and asked for help directly from the Celestial Dragon who was not too far away from Alabasta!

If Crocodile didn't know the reason why Cobra left, he would never have worked so hard to suppress the rebellion in Juba City.

If he hadn't been worried about that special celestial dragon and his group of terrifying subordinates, he would probably have directly promoted Cobra as a useless king who abandoned his country and fled.

When he learned of Cobra's intention to leave, Crocodile carefully investigated all the information about Gawain.

Although Gawain's specific personality and purpose are still unclear, Crocodile is very clear that Gawain is a big man who is keen to participate in big events and maintain a positive image in big events.

Whether it is Fishman Island, Whitebeard or Gaya Island.

The image that Gao Wensheng created in the newspapers was that of a good man.

Therefore, with just a simple judgment, Crocodile knew that Alabasta would definitely receive assistance from Gawain.

Therefore, he worked extremely hard to suppress the rebellion in Juba. He didn't want his plan to be discovered by Gawain and his group of special guys!

As for Gawain's brief help to Alabasta, Crocodile did not take it to heart.

The plan he implemented in Alabasta was not a simple conspiracy, but pure manipulation of natural disasters!

Although his fruit ability has not yet awakened, he can still block and absorb moisture from the sea while attacking domestic pirates, so that the coastal part of Alabasta remains dry at all times.

At the same time, they use dancing powder, something that has been buried by the World Government for countless years and is almost unknown to anyone, to concentrate the water vapor inside Alabasta in the capital, Albana.

These two things cannot be traced no matter how much investigation is conducted.

Even if any clues were found, investigators would only focus on the Baroque Workshop, which was still extremely secretive at the time!

More than a decade ago, Crocodile abandoned his former pirate crew in the process of becoming a hero.

Then, he searched all over the world for some people who had nothing to do with his past but had great strength and potential, and formed an organization that apparently had nothing to do with him.

This organization is the Baroque Works!

Over the years, whether it was helping Krokodil become famous, or secretly collecting dancing fans, and even the previous rebellion in Juba City, it was all done secretly by the Baroque Works hidden behind the scenes.

But even among the members of Baroque Works, less than three knew that Crocodile was their leader.

The other ordinary members only know that their boss is a mysterious man named Mr. 0.

Thinking of Baroque Works, Crocodile couldn't help but frown. He was worried that Baroque Works would be exposed in front of the upcoming Gawain group.

Although Crocodile was confident that with his ability to control people, he could make those who knew his identity keep silent about his plans.

Even if the Baroque Works disappeared, he would not be exposed.

But Crocodile is still very concerned about the existence of the work club, because a very important person has just joined this work club!

Just one year ago, Crocodile finally found the devil's son who was hiding and fleeing everywhere, Nico Robin!

The reason why Crocodile had been lurking in Alabasta for more than ten years and had not carried out his plan was because he had not found Nico Robin at that time.

His target is the country of Alabasta and the historical texts guarded within the country, in order to obtain and master the legendary Pluto.

But even if he succeeds in getting everything, without someone who can read the text, all he gets is just a mirage.