Chapter 433

After buying some newspapers, Nami began to read them. A moment later, her eyes suddenly widened, and she exclaimed loudly, "Nani?! Luffy... Luffy, something big has happened!"

The others on the ship were startled, thinking the pursuers had returned. They all jumped up instantly, scanning their surroundings with vigilance, but they found nothing.

This left them confused, and they all turned their gazes toward Nami, who was standing by the orange trees.

"Hey, Nami, did you find something?" Zoro couldn't help but ask.

As it turned out, they saw Nami still staring at the newspaper in her hands while waving at them repeatedly, saying, "You guys, come over here and look!"

Everyone walked over curiously, and soon they saw what had caused Nami's exclamation.

"Nani, the Revolutionary Army is actually moving to Marineford? Isn't that place the Marine Headquarters?" Sanji said in surprise.

"It's the former Marine Headquarters; it's now the territory of the Ninja Guild!" Nami corrected him.

"Eh, the Ninja Guild is going to hold a World Assembly? Didn't the World Government just say they were going to hold a World Assembly not long ago?" Usopp noticed another piece of news.

"What is a World Assembly? Is it edible?" Luffy asked curiously.

"Luffy, don't talk!" Nami slammed her fist hard onto Luffy's head.

Seeing their rowdy behavior, Vivi, who was a guest on their ship, couldn't help but laugh.

She always felt that being with this group of people was so much fun, as if there were no troubles that couldn't be overcome.

Afterward, she looked at the newspaper on the table and suddenly fell into deep thought: "The Ninja Guild holding a World Assembly is clearly aimed at the World Government!"

Regarding the Ninja Guild—an existence that dared to oppose even the World Government and won battle after battle—her feelings were actually quite complex.

Originally, as a descendant of one of the twenty kings who founded the World Government eight hundred years ago, she should have supported the World Government and resisted the Ninja Guild. However, the World Government had disappointed her so much over the years that she had almost no sense of belonging to it anymore.

Of course, this did not mean she approved of Lin Xuan and his group's actions; after all, their challenge to the authority of the World Government had indeed brought turmoil to the world. However, she still admired their behavior in directly intimidating the whole world and quelling the chaos afterward.

In the end, Vivi just thought to herself: Perhaps, with the existence of the Ninja Guild, the World Government might also wake up a bit and become more perfect!

However, after thinking this, she suddenly remembered that the problems in her own home hadn't been solved yet, and here she was worrying about the World Government—it was truly somewhat ridiculous.

Thus, Vivi shook her head gently and stopped thinking about these matters.

Her gaze quickly returned to the path ahead of their voyage, and she saw Alabasta already visible in the distance.

This time, no matter what, she had to quell the domestic turmoil!

However, to Vivi's surprise, when she quietly entered Alabasta with the Straw Hat Pirates, still wondering how to return to the capital without alerting Crocodile, she actually found the rebel leader Koza and the captain of the Royal Guard, Igaram, waiting at the port to welcome her!

What was going on?

Vivi was somewhat stunned, then became pleasantly surprised: "Could it be that the domestic rebellion has been quelled? Have everyone's misunderstandings been cleared up?"

Afterward, after carefully questioning Koza and the others, she learned that the situation was even more bizarre than she had imagined.

Igaram said, "Before, after Crocodile returned from the Summit War, I don't know what triggered him, but he started to reveal his true face, which he had hidden for many years, and we finally discovered the truth."

Vivi asked nervously, "And then? Did you fight them afterward and drive them away?"

However, thinking of Crocodile's powerful strength, she felt her thought was very naive.

Sure enough, Koza soon shook his head with a bitter smile, saying, "Crocodile and his subordinates are all too powerful; we were simply no match for them."

"Then what is the situation now?" Vivi immediately asked again.

Koza said, "Later, Crocodile ran away on his own!"

"Nani?"

Not only Vivi, but Luffy and the others were also somewhat stunned when they heard this.

Nami said in disbelief, "You mean Crocodile, who had the upper hand, suddenly ran away on his own? Did he suddenly have a change of heart?"

Igaram said, "At first, we didn't know what was going on, but later we found out that it was because a few special travelers happened to come to our Alabasta that day!"

"Special travelers?" Vivi asked, puzzled.

"Yes, they were a few people from the Ninja Guild!" Koza said.

"The Ninja Guild?!" At this, everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates exclaimed.

"Is it that Ninja Guild on the Sabaody Archipelago?" Chopper asked with excitement.

"That's right, it's them!" Koza nodded and said.

"Wait, could the guests you're talking about be those uncles from the Ninja Guild who are very good at playing with sand?" Luffy suddenly exclaimed.

Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to Luffy.

Then, they heard Luffy say, "I saw it at Marineford; there are a few uncles in the Ninja Guild who are very good at playing with sand, called something like Kazekage, and that Sand Crocodile ran away when he met them!"

Igaram said even more excitedly, "That's right, those few people call themselves Kazekage! It was their appearance that scared Crocodile away!"

Upon hearing this, everyone finally understood completely!

However, they still felt it was somewhat incredible. They hadn't expected the Ninja Guild to be powerful to such a degree; their people didn't even need to make a move—just by showing up, they scared a powerful guy like Crocodile into fleeing!

Vivi felt somewhat dazed at this moment.

The problem that she had run around for, almost losing her life, had been solved by those Kazekage from the Ninja Guild without them even making a move?

She was now doubting if she was dreaming!

However, she immediately asked, "Where are those distinguished guests from the Ninja Guild now?"

Speaking of this, the expressions of Koza and Igaram became somewhat strange.

Koza said, "They suddenly disappeared, leaving only a few trees behind. Later, we investigated, and it seems they all returned to the Ninja Guild; this is a special way for their Ninja Guild to leave."

"Is that so?" Vivi was immediately somewhat disappointed. "I was planning to thank them!"

"His Majesty also said he wanted to apologize to them in person; we'll find another opportunity later!" Igaram said.

Vivi, however, seemed to have suddenly thought of something; her eyes lit up, and she said, "There is a good opportunity right now! Perhaps we can go and attend the World Assembly held by the Ninja Guild!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around was shocked.

Because they all knew what it would mean if Vivi, the princess of Alabasta, did such a thing!

Only Luffy, upon hearing this, said with excitement, "Great, great, let's go together! It must be very interesting!"

Everyone ignored him.

Igaram immediately tried to persuade her, saying, "Princess Vivi, don't make a rash decision. If you really do that, it will be equivalent to becoming enemies with the World Government!"

Vivi, however, said dismissively, "So what? Where was the so-called World Government when our country was almost destroyed? They never cared whether we lived or died! On the contrary, it was the Ninja Guild that saved our country. Shouldn't we support our benefactors?"

Koza and Igaram were left speechless.

However, this matter is of great importance and not something Vivi can decide on her own, so she intends to return to the palace immediately to discuss this matter thoroughly with her father.

Meanwhile, similar events were happening all over the world.

What Lin Xuan had once only intended for his guild members to go out and show off to earn him reputation points was now bringing them unexpected benefits!

The World Government originally thought the Ninja Guild's so-called World Assembly was just a joke, not knowing that the Ninja Guild's influence on the world was far greater than they had imagined! ===== CHAPTER 435 =====