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[A few days later, Rain Land, Rain Bazaar~~~]
["What!!!!"]
[Crocodile rushed to the edge of the window, looking at the pouring rain outside with an expression full of disbelief!!!]
[The entire Alabasta Kingdom was under his control, but apart from the capital, other places had been without rain for almost two years...]
[In such a situation, the people's resentment in the country directly pointed to the capital, Alubarna!!!]
[When this popular resentment accumulated to a certain degree, Crocodile was ready to start his plan...]
[But now, it was actually raining outside...]
["Those bastards on the rain-summoning ship are so incompetent!! This is truly infuriating!"]
[Crocodile's eyes flashed with cruelty. He said coldly, "Tell the Unluckies pair to go to the rain-summoning ship. Inform those bastards to immediately launch the Dance Powder! After they intercept all the water vapor, immediately kill all those bastards!!"]
["I'm afraid it won't be as you wish~~~"]
[In the spacious reception hall, a cold voice suddenly resounded.]
["Hmm!!!?"]
[Crocodile turned his head to look at Nico Robin: "Are you looking for death??"]
[Nico Robin seemed to not care about Crocodile's anger at all. She said calmly, "You shouldn't have forgotten, the Unluckies pair received the order to activate the artificial rain a day ago. They haven't returned yet... and now it's actually raining here. I'm afraid things aren't coincidental, are they?"]
[Listening to Nico Robin's analysis, Crocodile's eyebrows slightly furrowed~~~]
[He had just been startled by the sudden rain, making his mind go blank.]
[Now that he calmed down and thought about it briefly...! Indeed, something was wrong.]
[Crocodile sat back down on his boss chair, lit up a cigar, and took a deep drag. He pondered for a moment~~~]
[Then, he took out a pen and paper and began to write an order...]
["Set the rain-summoning ship's coordinates to Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine. Tell them to go there and clarify the situation!!"]
[After writing the order, Crocodile handed it over without much hesitation...]
["Alright, boss~~~"]
[Robin saw this, smiled faintly, and then went to make arrangements~~~]
[On the other side...]
[At a certain wild port on St. Domingo Island~~~]
[The Merry and the rain-summoning ship are both docked here.]
["This place isn't far from Oilana City, but it's very remote, so it's almost impossible for civilians to come here~~~"]
[In the nearby mountains and forests, Luffy and his group are training...]
[According to Luffy's idea, they only need to wait for the mastermind to come to their door!]
["Train in the mountains during the day, and have people take turns on duty at night~~~"]
[On the gravel-strewn seaside path, two figures slowly approached...]
[One was walking on the ground, and one was floating in the air~~~]
[Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, it had been five hours since they received the order. They were originally in Oilana City, so they quickly arrived here.]
["Look!!! The rain-summoning ship is over there...!!"]
[Miss Valentine, floating in the air under her umbrella, suddenly discovered the rain-summoning ship docked at the wild port.]
["It was actually dragged here. Could it be... a trap....?"]
[Mr. 5 wore sunglasses, looking like a cool grandpa!!!]
[He rubbed his nose and said, "You go over and investigate first. See if there's anyone lurking on the deck of those two ships?"]
["Okay!"]
[Miss Valentine didn't say another word. She immediately flew over with her aura~~~]
[Arriving above the two ships, Miss Valentine instantly saw the familiar figures on the deck...]
[Just now, Luffy's Observation Haki detected someone coming. Everyone immediately returned to the beautiful deck, waiting for the people to arrive~~~]
[But they never expected... the people came from above!!!]
[The suddenly appearing figures instantly made everyone look up.]
["Zoro's eyes suddenly narrowed: "Ah? It's blue....."]
[Usopp was also greatly shocked: "Wow!! This is truly amazing!!!"]
[Sanji immediately performed a nosebleed fountain, directly fainting from blood loss~~~]
[Luffy was startled at first, then only then understood: "Huh? Is she like that? Didn't we all see her internal organs...?]
["Don't look, idiot!!!" Nami instantly moved behind Luffy, covering Luffy's eyes with her two small hands.]
["It must be you bunch of unruly fellows who abducted our company's rain-summoning ship, right!!! Hahahaha, I found you!!!"]
[Although there were quite a few people on the deck below, Miss Valentine had absolute confidence in herself!]
[She directly closed her umbrella and, under the astonished gazes of the crowd below, descended~~~]
["Ten thousand kilograms of heavy pressure!!â"]
[As a user of the Supa Supa no Mi, Miss Valentine could easily adjust her body weight!]
[At this height, if she descended with this weight, no one could withstand it.]
[Of course... this only applied to ordinary people.]
[Seeing Luffy and Nami's intimate actions, Miss Valentine's attack target was directly chosen as Luffy...]
[Although Luffy's eyes were covered by Nami, his Observation Haki easily locked onto Miss Valentine's movements!]
[Sensing that Miss Valentine was coming for him, Luffy directly unleashed a single-target attack in the form of Conqueror's Haki onto Miss Valentine's body!]
[Click!!!]
[Miss Valentine, in mid-air, instantly rolled her eyes, twitched, and directly fainted...]
[Buggy's one hand flew up, lifting Miss Valentine from mid-air!]
[But just then, thud!!!]
[A booger flew out!!!]
[Swoosh!!!]
[Zoro slashed out with his sword~~~]
["Bang!!!"]
[It exploded!!!]
[Zoro shrieked in horror: "What!! His booger can actually explode!?"]
["I'm a bomb user who ate the Bomb-Bomb Fruit, hey! You bastards, you've provoked the wrong person!!" Mr. 5 walked over, digging his booger.]
[However, his next step had just moved out, and he instantly collapsed to the ground, frothing at the mouth...]
["You're the one who provoked the wrong person, idiot..." Luffy said, digging his booger.]
[Then, he looked at Zoro and Usopp: "Quick, get two wooden buckets that hold seawater and make them into wooden cuffs for them. These two are worth money!!!"]
["Alright!!"]
[Zoro and Usopp immediately got busy~~~]
["Everyone had considered the problem of Devil Fruit users before, and finally, with Buggy's suggestion, they modified some wooden buckets into wooden cuffs. As long as they're filled with seawater, it's simply impossible for Devil Fruit users to escape!!!"]
["One is 10 million Berries, and the other is 7.5 million Berries. Looks like it's not bad~~~"]
[Nami flipped open the homework she had done a few days ago and found the bounty amounts for these two.]
["Don't rush," Luffy yawned, then stretched. "Alabasta Kingdom hasn't had rain for one or two years. Now it's raining everywhere. The mastermind probably won't be able to stay still~~~"]
["Perhaps there will be a stronger wave of cannon fodder, but it won't affect me. Ultimately, their mastermind must come!!!"]
[A flicker of time~~~]
[Half a month passed...]
[During this period, three waves of people came!!!]
[Two of them were pure cannon fodder, the Millions agents.]
[The third wave was the advanced agent quartet consisting of Mr. 3, Mr. 4, Mr. 5, Miss Goldenweek, and Miss Valentine...]
[The result was the same. They were instantly killed upon arrival. There was no chance for them to send any message back at all!!!]
[Even though these guys had already formed vanguard and hidden units, they couldn't escape Luffy's Observation Haki...]
[Thus, Crocodile's side was still completely in the dark about everything!!!]
[Rain Land]
[Rain Bazaar...]
[In the vast meeting room, only Crocodile and Nico Robin were present~~~]
["The people sent out are still gone, no return..."]
[Robin reported the situation to Crocodile~~~]
[Crocodile's face was ashen at this moment!!!]
[He slammed his hand heavily on the table. "Damn it...!!! What kind of people are these! Are the Alabasta Kingdom's royal family employing some formidable individuals???"]
[In his mind, images of Luffy and Nami flashed by~~~]
["Could it be them???"]
["No...!!! It can't be~~~"]
[Crocodile remembered Luffy saying they would stay here for ten days, and now, over twenty days had passed. They should have left long ago!!!]
["Do I need to go???"]
[Seeing that Crocodile was still intent on sending someone, Robin simply took the initiative.]
["No!"]
[Crocodile shook his head abruptly.]
[Nico Robin, as one of the few who could read and interpret historical Poneglyphs in the world, Crocodile definitely couldn't take this risk!!!]
[Of course... part of the reason was that Crocodile worried Robin would betray him!]
[In his eyes... if Robin felt that the other party was more suitable to be her boss, this woman would certainly betray him without hesitation!!!]
[After all, Robin's reputation for betrayal was world-renowned~~~]
[Hearing this, Robin asked again, "Then... are you planning to go yourself, risking exposure?"]
[Losing six senior agents consecutively, his power was clearly not enough!!!]
[In this situation, if he still foolishly sent out Mr. 2 and Mr. 1, it would be extremely unwise!]
[With Robin's understanding of Crocodile, she knew Crocodile wouldn't make such a low-level mistake...]
[Crocodile pondered for a moment. His eyes hardened, and he said in a deep voice: "You come with me!"]
[Robin's face...]
[A few days later, Rain Land, Rain Bazaar~~~]
["What!!!!"]
[Crocodile rushed to the edge of the window, looking at the pouring rain outside with an expression full of disbelief!!!]
[The entire Alabasta Kingdom was under his control, but apart from the capital, other places had been without rain for almost two years...]
[In such a situation, the people's resentment in the country directly pointed to the capital, Alubarna!!!]
[When this popular resentment accumulated to a certain degree, Crocodile was ready to start his plan...]
[But now, it was actually raining outside...]
["Those bastards on the rain-summoning ship are so incompetent!! This is truly infuriating!"]
[Crocodile's eyes flashed with cruelty. He said coldly, "Tell the Unluckies pair to go to the rain-summoning ship. Inform those bastards to immediately launch the Dance Powder! After they intercept all the water vapor, immediately kill all those bastards!!"]
["I'm afraid it won't be as you wish~~~"]
[In the spacious reception hall, a cold voice suddenly resounded.]
["Hmm!!!?"]
[Crocodile turned his head to look at Nico Robin: "Are you looking for death??"]
[Nico Robin seemed to not care about Crocodile's anger at all. She said calmly, "You shouldn't have forgotten, the Unluckies pair received the order to activate the artificial rain a day ago. They haven't returned yet... and now it's actually raining here. I'm afraid things aren't coincidental, are they?"]
[Listening to Nico Robin's analysis, Crocodile's eyebrows slightly furrowed~~~]
[He had just been startled by the sudden rain, making his mind go blank.]
[Now that he calmed down and thought about it briefly...! Indeed, something was wrong.]
[Crocodile sat back down on his boss chair, lit up a cigar, and took a deep drag. He pondered for a moment~~~]
[Then, he took out a pen and paper and began to write an order...]
["Set the rain-summoning ship's coordinates to Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine. Tell them to go there and clarify the situation!!"]
[After writing the order, Crocodile handed it over without much hesitation...]
["Alright, boss~~~"]
[Robin saw this, smiled faintly, and then went to make arrangements~~~]
[On the other side...]
[At a certain wild port on St. Domingo Island~~~]
[The Merry and the rain-summoning ship are both docked here.]
["This place isn't far from Oilana City, but it's very remote, so it's almost impossible for civilians to come here~~~"]
[In the nearby mountains and forests, Luffy and his group are training...]
[According to Luffy's idea, they only need to wait for the mastermind to come to their door!]
["Train in the mountains during the day, and have people take turns on duty at night~~~"]
[On the gravel-strewn seaside path, two figures slowly approached...]
[One was walking on the ground, and one was floating in the air~~~]
[Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, it had been five hours since they received the order. They were originally in Oilana City, so they quickly arrived here.]
["Look!!! The rain-summoning ship is over there...!!"]
[Miss Valentine, floating in the air under her umbrella, suddenly discovered the rain-summoning ship docked at the wild port.]
["It was actually dragged here. Could it be... a trap....?"]
[Mr. 5 wore sunglasses, looking like a cool grandpa!!!]
[He rubbed his nose and said, "You go over and investigate first. See if there's anyone lurking on the deck of those two ships?"]
["Okay!"]
[Miss Valentine didn't say another word. She immediately flew over with her aura~~~]
[Arriving above the two ships, Miss Valentine instantly saw the familiar figures on the deck...]
[Just now, Luffy's Observation Haki detected someone coming. Everyone immediately returned to the beautiful deck, waiting for the people to arrive~~~]
[But they never expected... the people came from above!!!]
[The suddenly appearing figures instantly made everyone look up.]
["Zoro's eyes suddenly narrowed: "Ah? It's blue....."]
[Usopp was also greatly shocked: "Wow!! This is truly amazing!!!"]
[Sanji immediately performed a nosebleed fountain, directly fainting from blood loss~~~]
[Luffy was startled at first, then only then understood: "Huh? Is she like that? Didn't we all see her internal organs...?]
["Don't look, idiot!!!" Nami instantly moved behind Luffy, covering Luffy's eyes with her two small hands.]
["It must be you bunch of unruly fellows who abducted our company's rain-summoning ship, right!!! Hahahaha, I found you!!!"]
[Although there were quite a few people on the deck below, Miss Valentine had absolute confidence in herself!]
[She directly closed her umbrella and, under the astonished gazes of the crowd below, descended~~~]
["Ten thousand kilograms of heavy pressure!!â"]
[As a user of the Supa Supa no Mi, Miss Valentine could easily adjust her body weight!]
[At this height, if she descended with this weight, no one could withstand it.]
[Of course... this only applied to ordinary people.]
[Seeing Luffy and Nami's intimate actions, Miss Valentine's attack target was directly chosen as Luffy...]
[Luffy, although his eyes were covered by Nami, his Observation Haki easily locked onto Miss Valentine's movements!]
[Sensing that Miss Valentine was coming for him, Luffy directly unleashed a single-target attack in the form of Conqueror's Haki onto Miss Valentine's body!]
[Click!!!]
[Miss Valentine, in mid-air, instantly rolled her eyes, twitched, and directly fainted...]
[Buggy's one hand flew up, lifting Miss Valentine from mid-air!]
[But just then, thud!!!]
[A booger flew out!!!]
[Swoosh!!!]
[Zoro slashed out with his sword~~~]
["Bang!!!"]
[It exploded!!!]
[Zoro shrieked in horror: "What!! His booger can actually explode!?"]
["I'm a bomb user who ate the Bomb-Bomb Fruit, hey! You bastards, you've provoked the wrong person!!" Mr. 5 walked over, digging his booger.]
[However, his next step had just moved out, and he instantly collapsed to the ground, frothing at the mouth...]
["You're the one who provoked the wrong person, idiot..." Luffy said, digging his booger.]
[Then, he looked at Zoro and Usopp: "Quick, get two wooden buckets that hold seawater and make them into wooden cuffs for them. These two are worth money!!!"]
["Alright!!"]
[Zoro and Usopp immediately got busy~~~]
["Everyone had considered the problem of Devil Fruit users before, and finally, with Buggy's suggestion, they modified some wooden buckets into wooden cuffs. As long as they're filled with seawater, it's simply impossible for Devil Fruit users to escape!!!"]
["One is 10 million Berries, and the other is 7.5 million Berries. Looks like it's not bad~~~"]
[Nami flipped open the homework she had done a few days ago and found the bounty amounts for these two.]
["Don't rush," Luffy yawned, then stretched. "Alabasta Kingdom hasn't had rain for one or two years. Now it's raining everywhere. The mastermind probably won't be able to stay still~~~"]
["Perhaps there will be a stronger wave of cannon fodder, but it won't affect me. Ultimately, their mastermind must come!!!"]
[A flicker of time~~~]
[Half a month passed...]
[During this period, three waves of people came!!!]
[Two of them were pure cannon fodder, the Millions agents.]
[The third wave was the advanced agent quartet consisting of Mr. 3, Mr. 4, Mr. 5, Miss Goldenweek, and Miss Valentine...]
[The result was the same. They were instantly killed upon arrival. There was no chance for them to send any message back at all!!!]
[Even though these guys had already formed vanguard and hidden units, they couldn't escape Luffy's Observation Haki...]
[Thus, Crocodile's side was still completely in the dark about everything!!!]
[Rain Land]
[Rain Bazaar...]
[In the vast meeting room, only Crocodile and Nico Robin were present~~~]
["The people sent out are still gone, no return..."]
[Robin reported the situation to Crocodile~~~]
[Crocodile's face was ashen at this moment!!!]
[He slammed his hand heavily on the table. "Damn it...!!! What kind of people are these! Are the Alabasta Kingdom's royal family employing some formidable individuals???"]
[In his mind, images of Luffy and Nami flashed by~~~]
["Could it be them???"]
["No...!!! It can't be~~~"]
[Crocodile remembered Luffy saying they would stay here for ten days, and now, over twenty days had passed. They should have left long ago!!!]
["Do I need to go???"]
[Seeing that Crocodile was still intent on sending someone, Robin simply took the initiative.]
["No!"]
[Crocodile shook his head abruptly.]
[Nico Robin, as one of the few who could read and interpret historical Poneglyphs in the world, Crocodile definitely couldn't take this risk!!!]
[Of course... part of the reason was that Crocodile worried Robin would betray him!]
[In his eyes... if Robin felt that the other party was more suitable to be her boss, this woman would certainly betray him without hesitation!!!]
[After all, Robin's reputation for betrayal was world-renowned~~~]
[Hearing this, Robin asked again, "Then... are you planning to go yourself, risking exposure?"]
[Losing six senior agents consecutively, his power was clearly not enough!!!]
[In this situation, if he still foolishly sent out Mr. 2 and Mr. 1, it would be extremely unwise!]
[With Robin's understanding of Crocodile, she knew Crocodile wouldn't make such a low-level mistake...]
[Crocodile pondered for a while. His eyes hardened, and he said in a deep voice: "You come with me!"]
[Robin's face...]
[...a hint of an "indifferent" expression floated up, and she said with a smile: "Alright then~~~"]
[---]
[On the Merry's side~~~]
[Usopp leaned against the railing, holding a fish spear with a grilled fish on it: "It's been days, and there's been no movement at all. That mastermind, seeing how strong we are, won't he dare to come anymore?"]
[Luffy sat by the grill, stuffing his mouth with meat: "Don't rush. Just wait patiently. Within a week, that person will definitely come!!!"]
[Nami wiped the grease from the corner of her mouth, and asked suspiciously: "Luffy, why are you so sure he'll come?"]
[Buggy also felt bewildered: "If he really dared to come, he wouldn't have sent wave after wave of people to test us. I guess after these three tests, that mastermind is really scared!"]
[Luffy swallowed the fish he had stuffed into his mouth. His stomach immediately swelled into a ball. He rubbed his belly and said with a smile: "A plan that a single person meticulously prepared for almost two years, suddenly destroyed by an unknown force. If it were you, would you be willing to give up???"]
[As soon as these words were out... everyone on the Merry was startled!!!]
[Slightly putting themselves in that person's situation, they all immediately got the answer...]
[Unwilling!!!]
["I believe you all have the answer now!" Luffy laughed heartily. "A plan prepared for two years, if you don't even try it, you'd just watch it fail. Almost no one in this world could do that!!!"]
[On the fleet advancing towards the city~~~]
["Hmph... Sigh...
..."]
[Crocodile took a deep breath, looking at Red-Haired Luffy on the screen. He felt deep anger!!!]
[He had to admit, Red-Haired Luffy had completely seen through his psychological playbook!!!]
[Originally~~~]
[He had always resented losing to Luffy~~~]
[But now, seeing the situation on the Red-Haired Luffy's video side, Crocodile was instead somewhat relieved...]
[Fortunately, the Luffy on his side was White-Haired Luffy. Otherwise... he probably would be even more miserable!!!]
[He somewhat didn't dare to imagine what fate awaited his other self~~~]
Trafalgar Law: "That Sand Crocodile's thoughts have been completely seen through by the Red-Haired Straw Hat's current owner..."
Jewelry Bonney: "That's right, that poor Sand Crocodile is completely toyed with by Red-Haired Luffy~~~"
Bartholomew Kuma: "It's too much.... His fortune-telling isn't even as accurate as his!!!
Urouge: "Hahahaha!!"
[After Luffy and his group had eaten and drunk their fill, they gathered the leftover food and let a relatively obedient Millions agent eat it with them~~~]
["Hmm? It's him...!!!"]
[At this moment, Luffy's eyebrows instantly twitched. He muttered, "It seems what that Princess Vivi said is true~~~"]
[Luffy stood up, looking at a small boat gradually approaching not far away. On the boat were two people: one was a tall, glamorous woman wearing a white Western cowboy hat, and the other was... Crocodile!!!]
["Indeed...!!"]
[Nami also saw Crocodile standing on the opposite deck.]
[Chopper's mouth opened wide: "He's clearly a great hero in the hearts of the people of Alabasta Kingdom. Why would he do such a thing?"]
[Usopp pouted: "Idiot Chopper, haven't you understood yet? That's just the image he created for himself!!! The real him is now...."}
[When Crocodile saw Luffy and his group, his heart instantly surged with an inexplicable fury!!!!]
["Damn it...!!! It really is them!!!!!"]
["Hello... Guardian Deity of the Alabasta Kingdom~~~"]
[As the two ships approached, Luffy, just like last time, greeted Crocodile with a smile~~~]
[However... compared to his sincere tone last time, this time Luffy's tone was filled with undisguised mockery~~~]
[Ding!]
[Entering the bonus question round!]
Just then, a question appeared on the big screen.
[Question: How many moves did Red-Haired Luffy use to defeat Crocodile in total?]
[A: Zero moves!]
[B: One move!]
[C: Two moves!]
[D: Three moves!]
[E: Four moves!]