Oliver came out of the house after defeating Miss Valentine, but he had a hat on his head.
'I hope it doesn't affect me like this,' Oliver thought.
"You defeated two official agents of Baroque Works!" Vivi said, shocked.
"It's easy to beat them if they don't know how to fight. Now let's go with your guard," Oliver said.
"Guard? Are you talking about Igaram?!" Vivi asked him.
"That's the one. He must be with my Nakamas so let's go before these guys get up," Oliver told her.
Both of them went along with Karoo to the rest of the Straw Hats and when they arrived they saw Luffy and Zoro on the ground with Nami in the middle of them.
"And this level of violence? What happened here?" Oliver said.
"These two stupid guys started fighting," Nami said.
"We better explain what's happening here before you keep hitting them," Oliver said, seeing how they were already starting to fight again.
The situation about the whole city was explained to Luffy, besides the fact that they would take Vivi to Alabasta for 1 million berries, so that they would finally stop fighting.
"Hahaha! You should have told me earlier! I thought you had killed them because they didn't like the food!" Luffy started laughing.
"No, that's what you would do!!" Zoro shouted angrily.
"Hahaha! Hey, don't worry," Luffy said, laughing again.
"You guys can't just be fighting over something like this. Think or ask before acting so you don't try to gouge each other's eyes out again," Oliver said.
"I can't accept it! But thank you for saving my life," Vivi said in front of Nami.
"Why? Aren't you a princess?! Come on, it's only 1 million," Nami told her.
"Do you know the Country of Alabasta?" Vivi asked.
"No. I've never heard of it," Nami said, while the rest were simply silent.
"It's one of the oldest Kingdoms in the Grand Line. It was a peaceful kingdom a long time ago," Vivi said, remembering her country.
"A long time ago?" Nami asked curiously.
"2 or 3 years ago, a civil war started. The citizens started creating riots and small battles. Until one day I heard the name of an organization called: Baroque Works," Vivi said in a serious tone.
"I found out that they were the ones agitating the people. Aside from that, I found no more information about them and then I asked Igaram, who has been taking care of me since I was a little girl," Vivi continued saying.
"I asked him if he could confirm any of the rumors. If I could infiltrate Baroque Works then... I could know who the leader is that is doing this to our country."
Vivi finished explaining, which left the 3 quite surprised to see how a princess infiltrated a criminal organization.
"You have a lot of courage to do something like that," Oliver told her.
"But Baroque Works's goal is to create an ideal nation, right?" Nami asked.
"Yes, and they plan to take over the Kingdom of Alabasta. If I don't return to my country to tell the people the truth and stop the rebellion, Baroque Works will be able to do whatever they want," Vivi said, worried about her country.
"I understand. So that's what's happening. Now everything makes sense. You're in a civil war, that's why you don't have money," Nami said, resigned to the possibility of getting money.
"Well, who is the Boss?" Luffy asked her.
"The boss?! Don't ask me!! Please! I can't tell you or they will come after you too!!" Vivi shouted, trying not to say anything.
"Haha... We're sorry. If they are going to conquer an entire country, they must be very dangerous," Nami said, laughing a little.
"Yes. They might be strong, but they can't do anything against Crocodile, one of the Shichibukai," Vivi said.
The instant she said it, Vivi covered her mouth, realizing that she had said the name of the Boss of Baroque Works, which scared Nami and excited Luffy.
At that moment, they looked at a house where they saw a vulture and an otter who were watching them, and then they left the place.
"What the hell was that?!! What were that bird and that otter doing?!" Nami shouted, angrily asking Vivi.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Vivi started to apologize. "I-I'm really sorry! It slipped out!"
"Do you think you can fix it with just an 'I'm sorry'?! Why did you have to do that?!" Nami let her go and started crying. "I can't believe a Shichibukai wants to kill me just when we just entered the Grand Line!"
"It's going to be hard to catch them," Oliver said, grabbing a rock to throw at them, which they were able to dodge. "Shit"
Luffy and Zoro were happy that they could run into a Shichibukai, unlike Nami.
Nami tried to leave, but the vulture and the otter were there with drawings of everyone, to leave the place.
"Now we can't go anywhere!" Nami shouted crying.
"I-I'm sorry," Vivi apologized.
"Well, there's no use regretting it. What's done is done," Oliver said, leaning against a house. 'I feel tired. What the hell is going on?'
Right then, Igaram arrived wearing a strange disguise of Vivi.
"Don't worry!! I have a plan!" Igaram said.
"Igaram! Why are you wearing those clothes?!" Vivi asked, surprised.
"Wow! You almost fooled me, old man!" Luffy laughed at Igaram.
"Listen to me. Knowing Baroque Works's network, they will come after you soon," Igaram said.
"Knowing Baroque Works's network, more people will come after you soon. With the destruction of Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, it is inevitable," Igaram explained to them. "Because he is a Shichibukai he doesn't have a bounty on his head, but when he had one, the price of the boss of Baroque Works, the Pirate Crocodile, was 80 million Berries. By the way, regarding taking the princess..."
"Huh? What?" Luffy asked.
"We have to take her to her home," Zoro explained.
"Oh, we were going to do that? Alright," Luffy agreed.
"80 million?! That's 4 times more than Arlong! We'll die if we fight him!!" Nami shouted because of Crocodile's danger level.
"Now, Princess, give me the Eternal Pose to Alabasta," Igaram asked Vivi.
"Huh? What is an Eternal Pose?" Nami asked, recovering a little.
"You don't know it? It's a fixed version of the Log Pose. Instead of calibrating on each island like a Log Pose, this one never forgets the magnetic location of the desired place and this one points towards Alabasta," Igaram explained to Nami.
"Do you understand, Princess Vivi? While disguised as you, I have these dolls to represent you and I will depart straight to Alabasta while the Baroque Works agents pursue me, ignoring you," Igaram said. "I have never done it, but I believe you must follow the Log Pose two or three times until you reach Alabasta. Travel carefully, we will meet in Alabasta."
They went to the shore where Igaram got ready on a ship with the decoys of Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Oliver.
'I could stop him and the plan would fail, but that could mean his real death' Oliver thought.
Igaram said goodbye to Vivi hoping she would be fine and that she would accomplish her goal.
As the ship sailed away from the island, a huge explosion occurred coming from the ship where Igaram was, which shocked everyone, especially Vivi, who just stared fixedly at the explosion.
"Nami! The Log Pose!" Zoro shouted, asking her about it.
"O-Okay, it's ready now," Nami said, seeing that the Log Pose was pointing to the next island.
"Then let's go now!" Zoro shouted.
"Vivi! We must hurry! If we get caught, the journey will have been for nothing, right?!" Nami told her, but she saw how she was holding back the urge to cry by biting her lip.
'She's strong' Nami thought while hugging Vivi. "It's alright! We're going to take you to Alabasta."
"We must not waste Igaram's sacrifice. You guys go to the Merry, Luffy and I will go get the two sleeping beauties," Oliver said.
"Alright, let's go!" Luffy shouted.
Luffy and Oliver went to look for Sanji and Usopp, while Nami, Vivi, and Zoro went to the Going Merry with time against them.
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