Chapter 127

At the same time, in the Alabasta Royal Palace.

On that high throne, King Cobra should have been sitting.

But sitting there now is a man with a golden hook on his left hand, smoking a cigar, with a look of contempt.

And King Cobra is actually kneeling at his feet.

On both sides of the palace stand the high-ranking officers of Baroque Works.

Including Miss All Sunday, the Child of the Devil, Nico Robin;

Mr. 1, the user of the Dice-Dice Fruit, Daz Bonez;

Mr. 2, the user of the Clone-Clone Fruit, Bon Clay;

Mr. 3, the user of the Wax-Wax Fruit, Galdino, and other powerful officers.

The reason they are gathered here is naturally because of the summons from their president, Crocodile.

Since Crocodile successfully obtained and ate a Monster Cell during the last Monster Cell battle, his strength has greatly increased, and his ambition has expanded accordingly.

Coupled with the increasingly tense situation in the New World, the growing fame of the Beasts Pirates, and even the Whitebeard Pirates, who once defeated him miserably, are making moves!

And Doflamingo, who was a Warlord of the Sea like him, is actually dead!

All signs indicate that the world is about to erupt, and a great era is coming!

In the tide of this era, the Sand Crocodile, Crocodile, is certainly not willing to remain silent.

He wants to be a trendsetter of the era, he wants to defeat Whitebeard, and he wants to become the ultimate king, the Pirate King!

And if he wants to realize this ambition, he must obtain the legendary Ancient Weapon, Pluton.

This is the reason he has been lurking in Alabasta for many years.

But this matter has had no progress, and to this day, Crocodile hasn't even seen a shadow of the Poneglyph.

He has completely lost patience, directly using force to control the palace, tying up King Cobra, and forcing him to reveal the whereabouts of Pluton.

The Sand Crocodile, Crocodile, says in a contemptuous voice:

"Cobra, hurry up and tell me the whereabouts of the Poneglyph and Pluton. You should know my methods."

Cobra is already covered in bruises, clearly having suffered inhuman torture long ago, but he remains unyielding.

He looks up at Crocodile, gritting his teeth and saying:

"Dream on! I will never let a demon like you obtain the Ancient Weapon! Even if I die, you won't get a single clue about Pluton from me!"

"Hahahaha..."

Crocodile laughs disdainfully.

"Cobra, you are truly too naive. I won't kill you."

"Your Royal Army and the Alabasta Rebel Army are about to fight; isn't such a good show even more interesting?"

"By the way, your daughter Vivi is trying to stop both sides; she must be very helpless right now, hahaha!"

"But even more helplessness is yet to come, because I will not only toy with the people of Alabasta, but in the end, I will also kill her!"

"Cobra, tell me, isn't this more cruel than death?"

With every word Crocodile says, Cobra’s face turns paler.

In the end, there is not a drop of blood left in his face.

Cobra’s eyes are bloodshot, and he lets out a shrill roar:

"Crocodile, you demon! You bastard! If you have a problem, come at me, don't hurt the people of Alabasta! Don't hurt my daughter!"

Crocodile laughs even more disdainfully and contemptuously, like a cat playing with a mouse.

This ferocious crocodile loves nothing more than to toy with his opponents with a smile.

You used Dance Powder to deliberately ensure that other areas of Alabasta, besides the capital, had no rain for three years.

This led to countless people in those areas dying of drought.

The Rebel Army was born as a result.

They didn't know this was all Crocodile’s conspiracy, so they placed all their hatred on King Cobra, thus wanting to attack the capital.

The Royal Army loyal to Cobra naturally had to resist, and the civil war began just like that.

To expose Crocodile’s true face, Cobra’s daughter, Nefertari Vivi, infiltrated Baroque Works as an undercover agent.

Crocodile had known about this for a long time.

He just didn't expose Vivi because he was in the mood to play a game.

Now that the Royal Army and the Rebel Army are about to fight, Crocodile deliberately let Vivi go to stop them, wanting to enjoy the look of despair on her face.

He even more wanted to use this to threaten Cobra into revealing the whereabouts of Pluton.

This method was very effective; sure enough, he saw the look of struggle and pain on Cobra’s face.

He believed it wouldn't be long before he couldn't hold on anymore.

Crocodile thought triumphantly.

But just at this moment.

A small fry from Baroque Works suddenly ran in in a panic, shouting:

"It’s bad, President! Pirates have entered Alabasta and are heading toward the palace!"

"They seem to be... they seem to be the Blackbeard Pirates who killed Thatch, the Fourth Division Commander of Whitebeard’s ship!!"

120. Robin’s Intentions, the Arrogant Blackbeard, Luo Xing the Mantis Stalking the Cicada

Crocodile on the throne frowns, but immediately returns to his usual contempt and disdain.

Crocodile sneers while smoking his cigar:

"That guy Teach, calling himself Blackbeard, was just an insignificant brat when I went to challenge Whitebeard back then, and now he dares to trespass on my territory!"

Crocodile had once challenged Whitebeard and had seen Blackbeard.

At that time, Blackbeard was still a member of the Second Division, looking honest and simple, and had no fame.

Compared to Crocodile, who had become famous after fighting Douglas Bullet on Roger’s ship at the age of twenty, he was simply insignificant.

Therefore,

Crocodile didn't take Blackbeard seriously at all.

He scans his subordinates, the officers of Baroque Works, and says:

"Which one of you will go and bring me the heads of the Blackbeard Pirates?"

Crocodile doesn't even intend to meet Blackbeard, just letting his subordinates handle it, thinking that would be enough.

Mr. 3, Galdino, steps forward:

"President, leave such a small matter to me!"

After saying that, he walks out of the palace door.

Nico Robin watches Galdino’s departing back, a strange light flashing in her blue-black pupils.

Unlike the arrogant Crocodile, Robin, who is well-read and has a vast range of knowledge, had once seen secret rumors about Blackbeard.

Those rumors said that Blackbeard had eaten the most vicious Devil Fruit of the Logia type, the Dark-Dark Fruit, and mastered the power of darkness!

And it seems that even before eating the Devil Fruit, he had used his claws to scar the current Four Emperor, Shanks.

And this person had lurked on Whitebeard’s pirate ship for decades; his scheming, ambition, and methods were not to be underestimated!

Nico Robin doesn't think Blackbeard is someone Mr. 3 can deal with alone.

But she doesn't remind Crocodile.

Although she is Miss All Sunday, second only to President Crocodile in Baroque Works, that is just a cover, a false title.

Nico Robin is just using Crocodile’s name as a Warlord of the Sea to hide from the pursuit of the World Government and the Navy.

At the same time.

Crocodile is just using her ability to read Poneglyphs to find the Ancient Weapon, Pluton.

The two sides are in a relationship of mutual exploitation.

And Nico Robin, whose strength is far inferior to Crocodile’s, is in a position of being absolutely dominated and controlled in this relationship of exploitation.

Naturally, she won't be very loyal to Crocodile.

So she remains silent, intending only to watch the struggle between Blackbeard and Crocodile from the sidelines.

Crocodile has no idea of Nico Robin’s many thoughts; he continues to interrogate Cobra.

At the same time.

Luo Xing, who has entered the Alabasta desert, senses a strange and extremely uncomfortable aura.

"This dark feeling is like a pest hiding in the shadows, making one feel nauseated."

Luo Xing’s gaze turns toward the direction of the aura that makes him extremely uncomfortable.