Chapter 49

After sending away Mr. 2 and Von Clay from Baroque Works, the Straw Hat Adventurers continued to move towards the Kingdom of Alabasta.

In order to repay the Straw Hat Adventurers for saving his life, Von Clay not only performed an imitation show of the Imitation Fruit to them, but also revealed all the arrangements of Baroque Works that he knew, so that the Straw Hat Adventurers could better guard against Crocodile's tricks.

According to Mr. 2's information, Baroque Works has 12 agents and an animal. The higher the numerical ranking, the stronger the strength. However, these 12 people can no longer pose a threat to the Straw Hats. The total strength of Baroque Works is about 2,000 people, which are just chickens and dogs for the current Straw Hat Adventurers.

It is worth mentioning that although Crocodile is a coward who will do small tricks behind the scenes and pins his hopes on external things for strength, he can also be regarded as a local hero. He sailed on the Grand Line for a long time, but later he encountered an unprecedented defeat in challenging Whitebeard, which shattered his momentum and made him less powerful than before.

The defeat in the challenge to Whitebeard made Crocodile not only suffer a disastrous defeat, but also made him deeply doubt himself. In the end, he did not stop and set the goal of stealing the country, but the ultimate goal was probably the ancient weapon - Pluto.

If you want to make Crocodile fail completely, you can just kill his current Straw Hat Pirates, but if you want to make the people deeply aware of their ignorance, you have to completely shatter his fantasy of Pluto in front of Crocodile, and finally invite Vivi to board the ship, so that it can be regarded as a real and complete victory.

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Alabasta, the headquarters of Baroque Works.

"Mr. AllSunday, has Mr. 2 made contact and returned?" Crocodile's deep voice came.

"Yes, Mr. 0, according to the information he provided, I'm afraid Mr. 3, Mr. 5, and Mr. Valentine have all met with accidents." Nico Robin replied in a steady voice.

"Is that so? There are too many unexpected situations. The Straw Hat Adventure Group is about to arrive in Alabasta, and Smoker of the Navy has also arrived in Alabasta. In addition, Ace, the captain of the second division of the Whitebeard Pirates, is staying in Alabasta, and even the figure of General Sabo, who is suspected to be the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army, has appeared. It seems that Alabasta has become chaotic recently." Crocodile smiled gloomily.

"However, the more chaotic this country is, the more I can profit from it. Mr. AllSunday, you notify all departments to stay put, gather defenses, just in case, and be ready to launch the final plan at any time. Let this country go, when I get Pluto, no matter how chaotic it is, what can threaten me?" Crocodile said while smoking a cigar.

"Yes." Nico Robin agreed and withdrew.

Robin stopped talking and turned away calmly, but the words that the straw hat boy said that day appeared in his mind:

"But she is not terrible, nor is she a vicious person."

"How about it? If you can't stay in Baroque Works, do you want to come to our team?"

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Robin thought: Invite me? What a bold kid. But even Mr. 2, the shemale, was turned against by them, incredible. I am really looking forward to the next development, but you are also facing a Shichibukai, let me see, can you succeed? Will this be another opportunity?

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"Vivi, in order to facilitate our next action, we must first agree on a code for action. Going straight over will easily alert the enemy and fail to achieve the desired effect. You must first go to the palace to meet up with your father the king and explain the pros and cons to him.

Now, after eating the [Snow Snow Fruit], you at least have the power to protect yourself. If you can't beat the people from Baroque Works, you can still run away, but don't show up easily before we meet up. At that time, we will raise our arms and show the cross-shaped symbol drawn with a black fountain pen as a signal. Only those who show this mark are companions. Do you understand?" Luffy stood on the deck and said solemnly to Vivi.

"Okay! I understand, Captain Luffy!" Vivi agreed, and then camouflaged herself on the ship, ready to split into two groups with everyone.

Arrived ahead, Alabasta Kingdom, port "Rapeseed"!