Chapter 360: Group Beatdown of the Sand Crocodile

Outside the city of Rapeseed Flower Port, Alabasta.

Crocodile fled in a frenzy, while Saint Saint Saiwen and his group chased behind, shouting.

"Little thief, where do you think you're running?"

With Saint Saint Saiwen's strength, he could have subdued the opponent instantly, but considering the many eyes and ears within the city, he deliberately drove Crocodile out of the city.

After all, they had not yet completely torn up their relationship with the World Government; kidnapping a Warlord of the Sea in broad daylight was somewhat inappropriate.

It would be better to kidnap him outside the city.

Saint Saint Saiwen and his group had stayed in Alabasta for over a month; it was time to set sail and return.

That was why they had come to Rapeseed Flower Port via the location transmitted by Moria, preparing to take away the Sand Crocodile, this unstable factor.

However, Saint Saint Saiwen never expected.

That it would be so coincidental; the moment they arrived at Rapeseed Flower Port, they ran into the Sand Crocodile robbing houses.

A dignified Warlord of the Sea, yet engaging in the trade of a little thief; he was undoubtedly a lowly pirate.

"You few."

Saint Saint Saiwen looked at the accompanying interns: "Whoever captures the little thief alive shall receive a heavy reward from this captain."

Upon hearing these words, the four interns, Rosinante, Foxy, Luffy, and Jack, were as if injected with chicken blood.

They roared and charged forward.

Even though they were merely interns, they knew the captain possessed many good things, such as flying capes and green beans that could restore full health regardless of injury severity...

Previously, with the officers present, they had no chance to earn merit; they had a full body of drive but nowhere to apply it.

Now, simply capturing a little thief alive could earn a reward; how could they miss such a heaven-sent opportunity?

"Brothers, I'm going first."

Jack roared, transformed into a giant pink dragon form, stepped on clouds, and instantly created distance from Luffy and the other two.

Being able to fly is a huge advantage.

Seeing this, Foxy quickly switched to his saber-toothed tiger form, ran on four legs, and chased forward.

Having more legs is a huge advantage.

Luffy's small eyes rolled, his whole body covered in dark black Armament Haki, he hugged his head with both hands, and unleashed the ultimate technique personally taught by the captain—the Invincible Wind Fire Wheel.

Leaving only Rosinante, watching as the three brothers got closer to the little thief and the reward got farther from him.

At the very front, Crocodile was bitter.

The reason he fled was precisely to hide his identity, so that no one would discover that a dignified Warlord of the Sea was actually engaging in the trade of a little thief.

Therefore, Crocodile never used his Devil Fruit ability, fleeing instead by relying on his legs.

But when he was stopped by the giant pink dragon, he was forced to use his Sand-Sand Fruit ability; although he successfully blasted the pink dragon Jack away, this also exposed his identity.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Saint Saint Saiwen's teasing voice rang out: "Sand Crocodile, a dignified Warlord of the Sea, yet you even have a hobby of robbing houses?"

Having spoken, Saint Saint Saiwen took out a Den Den Mushi camera.

"Sand Crocodile, you wouldn't want to appear on the front page of the news, with the world knowing that the dignified King of the Desert likes to be a little thief who robs houses, would you?"

Accompanied by the clicking sound of the shutter, Crocodile's face grew so gloomy it seemed water could be squeezed out of it.

"Barzab!!!"

Saint Saint Saiwen was seen shaking the Den Den Mushi in his hand.

"I will keep this secret of yours for a lifetime."

Crocodile trembled as he took a cigar from his chest and lit it; it seemed only this could calm the anger and unwillingness in his heart.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Saint Saint Saiwen put away the Den Den Mushi: "I originally intended to invite you aboard, but the Donghai Dihuang cannot accommodate a lowly pirate like you who robs houses."

Crocodile bit down on his cigar.

You are the lowly pirate, your whole family are lowly pirates.

I... was tricked by the Three Glutton Brothers.

If I hadn't invited the Three Glutton Brothers here, how would my years of savings have been squandered in one month, forcing me to resort to this desperate measure and borrow some liquor money from rich merchants?

Crocodile felt he had been set up.

Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental that the moment he finished receiving the liquor money, Barzab caught him red-handed?

The Three Glutton Brothers must have a problem!

"I am originally a pirate," Crocodile chose to break the jar and smash it: "What's wrong with a pirate robbing money?"

"You are a lowly pirate!"

Saint Saint Saiwen continued: "Morgans will definitely be interested in this news."

If eyes could kill, Saint Saint Saiwen would have been killed ten thousand times by Crocodile.

"Ha... ha... ha..."

"A dignified Saint Saint Saint Saiwen, and you are blackmailing people?"

Saint Saint Saiwen did not fall into the trap of self-justification.

"How about this? My few little brothers have served as interns on the ship for a few years and are just about to become official crew members; you shall be their trial opponent."

"If you win, they continue as interns."

"If you lose, come aboard my ship."

"And regardless of win or loss, we will keep today's matter secret for you; how about that?"

Crocodile laughed in extreme anger.

To think that a dignified Warlord of the Sea, who even became famous before Barzab set sail, would be so humiliated by the opponent using four interns.

"Prepare to collect their corpses."

"I take it you agree." Saint Saint Saiwen signaled to Luffy, Raki, and the others: "Whether you become full members depends entirely on your performance from now on."

"Rest assured, Captain," Jack grinned, his dragon mouth wide.

"Brothers, let's go."

Perhaps due to years of Saint Saint Saiwen's direct teaching within the Morning Star Group, Jack, though reckless, did not intend to challenge the Sand Crocodile alone.

A group beatdown is far more satisfying than a duel.

The reaction of the four interns made Crocodile even more furious.

Being looked down upon by Barzab was one thing; after all, the other's bounty was 5.2 billion, over sixty times his own.

But four mere interns daring to look down on him so blatantly had already sealed their fate.

"Desert Blade."

Crocodile's arm transformed into a massive sand blade, slashing horizontally toward Raki and the others, clearly intending to kill the four interns in one strike.

However, the next second.

Four sounds of metal clashing against metal exploded; Raki and the others raised their pitch-black arms to block the strike.

Pink Dragon Jack muttered in dissatisfaction.

"Put some force into it."

Immediately, a crimson heat breath erupted from Pink Dragon Jack's mouth, surging toward Crocodile.

As a Logia-type Sand-Sand Fruit user, Crocodile could turn his body into sand, making conventional flame attacks ineffective at causing substantial damage.

But this heat breath clearly did not belong to conventional flames.

Moreover, the four interns coordinated perfectly; after the heat breath, Jack switched to his Human-Beast Form, acting as a meat shield to pin down Crocodile.

The other three relied on agile movement to swarm and attack.

The more Crocodile fought, the more alarmed he became; he never expected the four interns of the Morning Star Group to be so formidable.

Not only did they all master Haki of both colors, but their body techniques and coordination were also remarkably exquisite.

Even within a Yonko pirate crew, these four would fully qualify as officers...

The Morning Star Group truly has a wealth of talent.

Is the New World really that good at forging people?

Crocodile did not realize at all that since leaving the New World for Alabasta, he had never settled his mindset.

He had always viewed the first half of the Grand Line from a superior's perspective, looking down upon it.

With such a mindset, and being busy laying out plans to seize a kingdom, where would he have time to cultivate properly?

Meanwhile, the four interns of the Morning Star Group were beaten by Saint Saint Saiwen every day, beaten by Barrett, and received constant Haki instruction from Lei Li.

With this shift in balance, Crocodile, who had once challenged Whitebeard and lost, now faintly showed signs of defeat.

"No wonder he was defeated by Little Luffy."