Chapter 488 Crocodile x Digging

This is also a matter of course.

If it is not curbed, it will definitely disturb the people's moral integrity.

No matter when or where, people are not troubled by scarcity but by inequality.

If the people's psychology is unbalanced, chaos will inevitably occur.

Whether in the open or in secret, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has made many enemies.

The [Kingdom of the Netherlands] relies on the [World Economic News Agency] to compete with the [World Government] for the public opinion position.

However, the [World Government] has accumulated power for a long time and it is not so easy to overthrow it.

While the [Kingdom of the Netherlands] was in full swing of construction and development, the [New World] became lively.

[Red Hair Pirates] became famous and defeated five or six second-rate pirate groups and two first-rate pirate groups in succession.

Admiral Akainu is in charge of the [New World] and will certainly not ignore his actions.

However, Admiral Akainu fought with Red-Haired Shanks several times, but they were evenly matched and it was difficult to determine the winner.

Akainu wanted to mobilize more fleets to kill the Red Hair Pirates, but was stopped by the World Government.

This made Akainu even more dissatisfied.

[Paradise] After a long sweep by the navy, order was restored.

Fighting is the main theme of the pirate world.

In this world, battles occur almost every moment.

But for the next period of time, the world entered a rare period of relative peace.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the year 1515 of the Haiyuan calendar.

As soon as the new year began, news came from the [New World].

[S. Crocodile challenges Whitebeard and is defeated! ]

Crocodile was quite famous, and his failure invisibly further highlighted the reputation of the Three Emperors.

Especially when people saw Crocodile lost his left hand, they realized more clearly the horror of Whitebeard.

For a long time, Crocodile disappeared.

By the time he reappeared, more than two months had passed.

When we heard about Crocodile again, he had already accepted the invitation of the World Government and joined the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

"The general trend cannot be changed! The wheel of history rolls on, and Crocodile's fate is not affected by himself." Xia Jieren said with emotion.

Then he asked, "Kerrigan, have you found out where Crocodile got the news about Pluto?"

"No! Fiery Eyes doesn't have any information at all!" Kerrigan shook her head and explained.

"It could be a coincidence, or a conspiracy of the World Government!" Xia Jieren guessed.

"The possibility of it happening by chance is relatively small. On the contrary, the possibility of the World Government acting secretly is relatively high." Kerrigan is more inclined to the second possibility.

"In that case, let's remind the [Alabasta Kingdom]! We have a pleasant cooperation with Cobra, and it would be bad if anything unexpected happened." Xia Jieren ordered.

"Okay! I'll arrange for Fan Li to go!" Kerrigan replied.

"No problem!" Xia Jieren generally does not object to Kerrigan's decisions.

Xia Jieren's lips curled up: "The [Alabasta Kingdom] is not the weak country in the original work."

"I wonder if Crocodile will be surprised when he learns of the strength of the Kingdom of Alabasta."

Since the [Kingdom of Alabasta] established relations with the [Kingdom of the Netherlands], its development momentum has been very rapid.

If they need money, they have money; if they need people, they have people; if they need weapons, the White Tiger Chamber of Commerce provides them with a large number of advanced weapons and equipment.

Most pirate groups don't dare to act recklessly in the [Alabasta Kingdom], except for those rookie pirates who have just entered the [Grand Line] not long ago.

In addition, with the help of the [Kingdom of the Netherlands], the [Kingdom of Alabasta] gained several more oasis cities, greatly enhancing its ability to resist risks.

With the seawater desalination device provided by the [Netherlands Kingdom], even if Crocodile uses the side effects of the banned "dancing powder" to cause the [Alabasta Kingdom] to suffer from drought for three years, the [Alabasta Kingdom] can survive.

Moreover, Nefertari Cobra's reputation is now at its peak, and it is not so easy to throw dirty water on him.

Thinking of this, Xia Jieren smiled sinisterly and said, "I wonder how Crocodile will become the national hero of the Kingdom of Alabasta this time."

As if he had thought of something, Xia Jieren's eyes lit up.

He quickly found Robin and asked her to modify the [historical text] guarded by the [Alabasta Kingdom] and point the spearhead at the [Wano Country].

After listening to Xia Jieren's story, Robin looked at him speechlessly: "Wano Country has offended you! You are cheating it like this."

"How could I cheat it? Pluto is already in Wano Country, okay?" Xia Jieren said innocently.

Robin rolled his eyes at him, bent down, and wrote a [historical text] according to Xia Jieren's ideas.

"Hehe~, I wonder if Crocodile will fight against the [Beast Pirates]!" Xia Jieren's eyes were full of anticipation.

The feeling of hiding behind others and playing with them is a bit intoxicating.

......

three days later.

Fan Li entered the [Alabasta Kingdom] in a low-key manner and entered the [Royal Palace] with ease.

After learning about Fan Li's purpose, Cobra attached great importance to it.

Fan Li told the known information and his speculations based on this information.

Cobra listened quietly, his expression becoming more solemn.

When he heard that Crocodile's target was the ancient weapon [Pluto], he jumped up from his seat in surprise.

Cobra looked around for a while as if he were a thief.

Seeing that no one was peeping or eavesdropping, he felt relieved.

Realizing his own gaffe, Cobra smiled apologetically.

Afterwards, Fan Li repeated Xia Jieren's dog-eat-dog plan.

Cobra was very interested and expressed his willingness to cooperate actively.

So Fan Li handed the revised [historical text] to Cobra.

Cobra nodded in understanding.

Finally, Fan Li reminded Cobra to be careful of the [World Government].

As for whether he listened or not, that was none of Xia Jieren’s business.

He could only help the [Alabasta Kingdom] so far.

After Fan Li left, Cobra looked solemn, with worry in his eyes.

"【World Government】...【Celestial Dragons】..." Cobra looked up at the sky and muttered.

Then, as if he had made up his mind, he said to himself, "When Weiwei comes of age, I will tell her the mission of the Nefertari family!"

"In addition, we need to continue to deepen cooperation with the [Kingdom of the Netherlands] so that the [Kingdom of Alabasta] can be more at ease in the future torrent."

After thinking it through, Cobra called Ikalem, Bell, and Jaka and asked them to be on high alert in secret.

He also instructed Ikalem to personally supervise the engraving of the [historical text] according to the ancient characters provided by Fan Li.

Everything is ready, waiting for the big fish to take the bait.

Just as Xia Jieren expected, after becoming one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Crocodile couldn't wait to go to the Kingdom of Alabasta.