Arceus' Pirate Journey

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The flint of the lighter emitted sparks and the lit cigar emitted puffs of smoke.

In the cool room, Crocodile opened the curtains and looked outside. The barren desert was full of dead silence. Such an environment was a natural home for him.

"The desert country of Alabasta. Even though this town in the desert has a history of thousands of years, it still cannot cover up the dead silence of the desert. This country was shrouded in death when it was born."

Crocodile lamented this deadly desert. Even the locals who lived here all year round would probably get lost in the desert, but they could only sigh.

Now he is the mastermind behind the Alabasta incident. The deaths in the desert and the dried-up oasis are all related to him.

"Is everything that needs to be done almost done?"

"Probably, but the latest news is that all the ships of the Billion Elders sent to Narohara were destroyed by unknown people."

"There are plenty of replacements for that kind of person. It won't affect my plan at all. But Nico Robin, you've been doing more privately lately."

The Billionaire Elder sounds impressive, but he is just a small-time soldier in Baroque Works.

Street thugs, bounty hunters, ordinary pirates, these people can all become substitutes. With Crocodile's own abilities, there are as many of these people as he needs in the first half of the Grand Line, and he doesn't care at all.

Compared to this, he was more concerned about some of Robin's special actions. She was always collecting things that seemed meaningless to him.

"I do not know what you're talking about."

"Oh, it doesn't matter. As long as you can complete what I asked you to do, I don't care what you did. But I have to remind you that I am completely different from those idiots you knew before."

"Ala Ala, I understand. I will take care of what you arranged."

Robin admitted that Crocodile was much stronger than the guys from previous organizations, but that was all. Yamato sent her a message the day before yesterday, saying that they had arrived in Alabasta. It seemed that Crocodile’s good days were numbered.

Crocodile has his plan, Robin has her plan, Vivi and others also have their own plans, and even Yamato has arranged special plans for the action. When these plans eventually conflict, everything has to return to the primitive stage of fist fighting.

There is no doubt that Yamato's fist is the biggest one at this moment.

......

But at this moment, the group with the biggest fist was traveling in the desert at a leisurely pace.

"Damn it, it's still too hot, Yamato, please get some more ice, this igloo is almost melting."

Most people rely on camels to travel in the desert of Alabasta, but Yama is different. At this time, two giant lizards are serving as a means of transportation.

The desert of Alabasta also breeds a large number of unique species, and the Santa Dora Lizard is one of them.

This giant lizard usually hunts in pairs. Due to its huge size, fangs and sharp claws, it has always been at the top of the food chain in the Alabasta Desert. It is also one of the most feared creatures by local residents in the desert. But at this moment, they have been forced to become mounts.

The two big bumps on their heads said it all. Yamato used an extremely friendly way to persuade the two lizards to obediently send them to the direction of the royal capital.

In order to escape the heat, Yamato also used his ability to build two igloos on the lizard's back, which greatly alleviated the heat of the desert.

But under the scorching sun, the ice created by Yamato had a limited lifespan and soon melted into ice water, which made the lizards a lot more comfortable.

Ulti in the dragon-man state was lying on the back of the lizard. The reason she entered the dragon-man state was simply to fight the sun. She didn't want to be sunburned or tanned, and she didn't like the desert clothes of Alabasta, so she simply used dinosaur skin to fight the hot sun.

"Oh, okay, wait a minute, let me finish editing this post."

"Remember to block the people you should block, but I don't think it will make any difference. Kaido will definitely not let you go."

"Don't mention it! I just had a hard time forgetting about it!"

It's not just Nami and Usopp who are not burdened by debts, but also Yamato. She knows very well that before she can defeat her father head-on, some things cannot be avoided.

In order not to affect her mood for traveling, she chose to temporarily seal certain memories.

As for Page One, he was trying to reduce his presence. Before these two lizards came to his door, Ultic had been trying to trick him into serving as a means of transportation.

The huge Land Shark can fly, run, and burrow underground. Except for its inability to swim, it can be called an all-terrain means of transportation.

Only Peggy Wan really hoped that these two lizards could be stronger, otherwise if no other suitable creatures were found, it would really be his turn.

......

On the other hand, compared to the special way of advancing of Yamato, Ulti and others, the Straw Hat Pirates were much more normal, but they also encountered a tough opponent - Kung Fu Manatee.

It looks like a manatee, but has a special structure like a turtle shell. It is an amphibious creature that lives in the desert rivers of Alabasta and the surrounding oceans.

"If you want to get ashore, try to defeat me. If you don't dare, go back to the other side. That's what it said."

Chopper acted as the deer-shaped translator, conveying the words of Kung Fu Manatee to Luffy and the others.

And the first challenger Usopp has lost to Kung Fu Manatee.

Although Luffy defeated these manatees, he saw a whole new set of moves.

“Wow, is the saliva of these manatees so strong?”

The weathered Merry suffered new damage as a powerful water arrow pierced through the hull, leaving a hole that allowed light to pass through.

Even Luffy's pants were cut.

"Master Lizard told them that as long as they can practice to the point where they can use water to bore holes through rocks, he will come back to teach them more. Now Master Lizard has not come back, it must be that they are not strong enough.

If we go to the other side, can we ask the lizard master if they have passed the test? That’s what they said.”

Chopper learned a new term from the Kung Fu Manatee - Master Lizard.

In order to find a reason to get rid of them, the little lizard used a water gun to deceive these Kung Fu manatees.

Since then, these Kung Fu manatees have been repeating this action, and after years of training, they have really developed their own water guns.

They cannot store water like the Chameleon, but they can hold river or sea water in their mouths and then spit it out like a bullet.

Chapter 915: Kingdom War, the difference between father and daughter's ideas

"Master Lizard... why does this word sound so familiar to me..."

After leaving the area where the Kung Fu Manatees gathered, Weiwei felt that this word was more and more familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it.

"What's wrong, Weiwei? Speaking of which, the capital is on the other side of the river, right? Weiwei, have you seen the Lizard Master they are talking about?"

“Those Kung Fu Manatees said that Master Lizard was a weirdo who dressed like a human cowboy and could cut rocks with water just by waving his fingers.

According to Chopper's description, the figure of Master Lizard gradually overlapped with the little lizard following Robin, and she found that she was increasingly unable to understand this former teacher.

But this did not delay their journey. In order to stop Crocodile's actions, they advanced in the vast sea of ​​sand day and night.

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After some time, Yamato and his companions arrived at the royal city of Albana.

According to Robin, they only needed to wait in the royal city for a few days, and she would be there soon after she finished dealing with some things.

As the royal city of Alabasta, even though other areas suffered from drought due to Crocodile's actions, it still maintained a certain prosperity.

But even in the prosperous royal city, such big-money customers are rarely welcomed. They booked the most luxurious hotel here at a very low price. In fact, even if the whole place is not booked, few people come in.

The rebels in Alabasta are on the move, and the country's economy has been in a slight recession in recent years, so there are very few tourists in the royal capital. The generous donation of Yamato, the eldest daughter of a wealthy family, has saved this hotel that was on the verge of bankruptcy and injected some working capital into it.

"Everyone, I heard recently that there are rebels active, but the royal city is still safe. But just in case, I suggest you don't go out at night."

Looking at the three people and some strange animals, the waiter of the tavern left the courtyard where Yamato and others were.

In Alabasta, the people here are extremely receptive to all kinds of strange creatures.

The fastest creature in the Kingdom of Alabasta is the Galloping Duck, a large duck that looks like a chocobo. There is also a special Galloping Duck unit in the country.

There are the highly symbolic sea cats, the equally fast amphibious turtles, the kung fu manatees, the banana crocodiles, the cheating birds and a host of other creatures with different personalities.

Although Tutu and Chance Egg look different, they look very friendly. It is very common for rich ladies to keep some special pets.

.......

At this time, Page One was studying the updated video game on Rotom's mobile phone in the house, while Yamato was "basking in the moonlight" with Ulti.

"It's so cold... This country is really not suitable for me to live in."

As night falls, the heat of the day dissipates, replaced by chills.

The air in Alabasta is very dry, with little precipitation and few clouds, which cannot absorb the sun's heat radiation.

During the day, when light and heat from the sun hits the desert, the sand particles in the top layer of the desert absorb the heat and release it back into the air, superheating the air and causing the temperature to soar.

At night, much of the heat in the sand quickly dissipates, making the sand and its surroundings cooler.

It is common in Alabasta for the temperature to be around 30 or 40 degrees during the day and below zero at night.

The dry environment is also one of the reasons why Crocodile chose this place. His abilities would be greatly weakened on rainy days. Compared to this, the huge temperature difference is nothing.

But Ulti doesn't like this kind of climate. The cold or heat doesn't bother her, but compared to the comfortable environment in the past, the climate here is simply terrible.

People miss winter in the summer and express the feeling that they would rather freeze to death than die of heat, but when the cold winter really comes, the feeling will be reversed and they will again express the feeling that they would rather die of heat than freeze to death.

Ulti was in this state at the moment. The only thing she liked about this country was the various fruits.

"How on earth did Robin stay here for years?"

"Hmm... I remember she didn't stay here the whole time. She was exploring around in the first half. According to her, spending other people's money to do her own business is a reasonable way to slack off? No, what's the word... I can't remember it."

It was right on the tip of his tongue, but Yamato just couldn't figure out how to pronounce the word, so in the end he let it go.

"Speaking of which, this country is really depressed. It seems that I have seen a lot of ruins along the way."

"It doesn't matter. There are so many countries in this world. You've seen worse countries in the new world. Can you control them?"

"I can't manage it now, but I'm not sure about that later."

"Why didn't I realize before that you wanted to take care of so many things?"

"It's not that I want to intervene, I just feel uncomfortable seeing it like this. I wish everything would be like Wano Country. As for the past... maybe all I could think about was fighting with that bastard dad?"

"Be more confident. You think so now. I'll go see what Xiao Pei is doing. You can do whatever you want."

As he said that, he jumped directly into the second floor of the courtyard. Going through windows instead of doors is almost a skill passed down from generation to generation among the beasts. Except for Jack who is huge in size and not flexible enough, everyone else has flexible means of climbing through windows, and all this is thanks to Kaido.

After Ulti jumped back into the room from the window, a loud noise was heard. Yamato looked at Tutu who was painting on the wall. He started a video for Chansey and the Chanseys on Onigashima, and continued to study the stars in the sky.

......

After dawn the next day, Yamato wanted to appreciate the scenery of the royal capital, but his thoughts were interrupted by a burst of explosions.

What the hotel waiter said was not true. Under Crocodile's instigation, a large number of rebels have surrounded the royal capital.

Originally they were in a state of confrontation, but the people from Baroque Works had already infiltrated the Kingdom Army. With a deliberate slide of his hand, the city defense artillery roared, marking the beginning of a great war.

The relationship between the two sides had long been like a powder keg, and this shot directly caused the battlefield to explode.

Countless camel cavalrymen raised up a lot of dust and began to attack the capital under the artillery fire of the kingdom army.

"This is war. Did your father grow up in this kind of environment?"

Whether it is the battle between pirates or the fight between pirates and the navy, it cannot be considered a formal war in terms of scale. But this time is different. As a big country, Alabasta has great advantages in terms of land and population.

The number of people affected by this war was far beyond Yamato's previous understanding.

“I really don’t like this kind of environment…”

Looking at the war that Kaido loves most, Yamato doesn't understand why Kaido is so obsessed with war. It was at this time that Robin sent her a new message.

Chapter 916 This is the mercenary service of Baishou. Please choose the appropriate price.

In the royal palace of Alabasta, Vivi originally wanted to send a signal to the outside world by blowing up the palace, so as to inform everyone of the truth, but when the fuse of the explosives was about to burn out, Crocodile appeared in the palace.

At this point, he had already regarded Alabasta as his own territory, and of course he would not sit idly by and watch Weiwei blow it up.

Cobra, the king, has now fallen into Crocodile's hands. Although there are many guards in the kingdom, Crocodile does not take them seriously. Seeing that he is about to succeed, his ambition has also expanded.

"If the kingdom is destroyed, it is normal for the royal family to die as well. You and your daughter should be prepared to die here."

Cigar smoke and yellow sand rose around Crocodile, and with a smile, Crocodile came in front of Cobra.

"I have no intention of letting you go, but you should understand one thing: there are many ways to die. If you don't want to die in extreme pain and let your daughter experience the same pain, you'd better answer my question honestly.

Cobra, Pluto, where is it?"

The death threat did not change Cobra's expression, but Pluto's name made Cobra's expression change drastically.

"Why do you know this name?"

"It seems that you know the existence of this thing, Pluto, the god of the underworld. According to legend, a single shot can make an island disappear into thin air. It is the most evil ancient weapon named after God. According to the information I have found out, it should be somewhere in this country.

This is my original purpose. As long as I have it, I can build the strongest military country here, recruit people, strengthen my power, and one day I can become a force that is superior to the world government! "

As an ambitious man, Crocodile is extremely ambitious. Compared to the so-called Pirate King, his goal is closer to becoming the King of the World.