Chapter 140

"You are tired too. Go down, take a bath, and get a good night's sleep. Tomorrow, you will see a reborn Alabasta."

"Mm!"

Vivi nodded heavily, then bid farewell to her father, Cobra.

She was indeed too tired; even walking was difficult.

But she was strong and let no one help her.

That night, Vivi washed thoroughly and slept as soundly as never before.

Inside the palace.

After Vivi left, King Cobra fell silent for a moment, then said:

"My Lord Fifth Emperor, I am very grateful that you saved my country and my daughter. But poor Alabasta has nothing of value to repay you."

Obviously.

Even though Luo Xing had brought heavy rain to Alabasta and even accepted his daughter as a sister, Cobra still did not fully trust Luo Xing.

At the very least, he had no intention whatsoever of telling Luo Xing the news about the Pluton.

Luo Xing had expected this long ago.

After all, Cobra was not as simple as Vivi; the treachery of human hearts cannot be seen merely on the surface.

Luo Xing was not angry either; he smiled and said:

"When a good person does good deeds, what reward is needed?"

Cobra was stunned.

Had he misjudged the Fifth Emperor's intentions?

Did this man not want the Ancient Weapon Pluton?

"I do not need any reward," Luo Xing continued in a leisurely tone, "I will only shatter a patch of ground not far from here in a moment; I hope you do not mind."

Cobra's body shook violently, his eyes filled with disbelief, and he cried out:

"Impossible, how could you know..."

The true Poneglyphs are hidden underground in Alabasta!

But Cobra had never told anyone; how did Luo Xing know?

Was this man truly an omnipotent, omniscient god?

Luo Xing smiled without speaking..........

The intelligent Nico Luo Bin, seeing Cobra's expression, immediately guessed the truth.

She was extremely excited.

"So the Poneglyphs are hidden underground; no wonder Crocodile and I searched for so long and found nothing!"

At the same time, she was just as confused as Cobra: how exactly did Luo Xing know this?

Only after a long while did Cobra recover from his shock; he gave a bitter smile and said:

"Since you already know, there is no point in me hiding it any longer. Come with me."

Cobra resigned himself; after all, he could no longer hide it, and besides, Luo Xing was Alabasta's great benefactor, so he might as well hand over the Poneglyphs.

Cobra triggered a mechanism, and soon a large hole appeared in the ground.

Cobra led the way in front.

Luo Xing followed closely behind, with the excited Luo Bin third.

Jack and Foxy came last.

Luo Xing and Luo Bin walked almost side by side, very close; Luo Xing could even smell the fragrance on Luo Bin.

Luo Xing said softly:

"It may not be what you want; the true history is not so easily unveiled."

Luo Bin, who was already excited about seeing the Poneglyphs, suddenly heard these words and looked up sharply at Luo Xing.

Their gazes met.

Luo Bin's beautiful eyes shimmered with a certain astonishment and incredulity.

She discovered that this man was not as terrifying as she had imagined before, and was unlike any superior she had ever experienced.

Moreover, it seemed there was nothing this man did not know.

This mysterious feeling made Luo Bin feel somewhat fearful.

Luo Bin forced a smile:

"Thank you for your concern, My Lord Luo Xing."

Under Cobra's lead, the group soon arrived before a huge stone tablet.

On the stone tablet were carved many complex and unfamiliar 2.4 symbols.

In this Grand Line, only Luo Bin could decipher these symbols.

Luo Bin's body trembled slightly; history was her faith, the lifelong dream of the sacrificed scholars of Ohara; how could she not be excited?

Luo Bin walked up to the huge stone tablet and touched those symbols with her hands.

As she read symbol by symbol, Luo Bin's excitement gradually vanished, turning into unparalleled disappointment.

Fortunately, because of Luo Xing's words just now, her disappointment had not yet turned into despair.

In the original story,

Luo Bin, who had not yet seen the true history at this moment, was already dead inside and did not want to live.

Without the rough rescue of Straw Hat Luffy, she might have truly died.

But this time, there was no Straw Hat Luffy, yet there was Luo Xing giving her new hope.

Luo Xing paced to her side and said in a faint voice:

"There are many Poneglyphs. Only by piecing them together can the truth of the blank century be known."

"If you want to know, I can take you to find them."

"But the prerequisite is that you board my ship of your own free will."

127. The whereabouts of Pluton, the scheming Luo Bin, and three Poneglyphs

Seeing Luo Bin looking at him with a strange gaze, Luo Xing told the others to step out.

Jack and Fossa Fu had no objections.

Since Cobra had already brought Luo Xing here, there was nothing more to worry about or hide.

The greatest secret of Alabasta was this very Poneglyph that recorded the whereabouts of Pluton.

He had indeed not planned to tell Luo Xing before, since Luo Xing was, after all, a pirate.

But Luo Xing had already known the hidden location of the Poneglyphs, so Cobra could do nothing about it.

Fortunately,

Cobra still had a good eye for people.

He could tell that Luo Xing might not be some purely good person, but he was absolutely nothing like Crocodile, a villain who toyed with people's hearts.

Moreover, Alabasta, which had suffered drought for many years, had now received timely rain from the heavens.

In the future, under the protection of the Beasts Pirates, no pirate would dare to harm the people of Alabasta, and the lives of the people would only get better and better.

Because of this, even if the ancient weapon Pluton were truly controlled by the Fifth Emperor Luo Xing and the Beasts Pirates, Cobra could actually accept it in his heart.

In the end,

as one of the twenty kingdoms that had created the World Government eight hundred years ago, the Nefeltari family had long lost all trust in the world ruled by the Celestial Dragons today.

After Cobra and the other two left.

Only then did Luo Bin speak with a strange expression on her face:

"Do I have any choice?"

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She seemed to want to laugh but didn't dare to.

"What's the difference between so-called boarding your ship willingly and being forced to board?"

Luo Xing answered very seriously:

"You indeed have no choice, but there's still a big difference between willing and being forced."

"If you're willing, you'll live a little happier. Being forced inevitably makes one feel sad."

Pfft—

Luo Bin really couldn't help covering her lips and laughing, and the gaze she fixed on Luo Xing grew even stranger.

"The mysterious Fifth Emperor, an inventor greater than Vegapunk—I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. It makes one feel... mmm, a little cute?"