Chapter 74
“If that’s the case…”
Xia Chen felt that Cobra had met with an accident.
Crocodile was a tyrant. In order to achieve his goal, he did not hesitate to stay here for more than ten years, just to avoid the attention and suspicion of the World Government and the Navy.
After all, even if Xia Chen didn’t know where Crocodile got the news about Pluto, he should have obtained the information that Vivi’s family was one of the founders of the 20 World Governments.
He was afraid that they had a secret channel to contact the World Government, so he slowly plotted.
But when the time came, he also had enough decisiveness.
After that, Vivi made some arrangements for the royal guards, and then went to the rainy land with Xia Chen and others.
Sure enough, they did not find Cobra in Crocodile’s old nest, Rain Feast. Fortunately, Chopper has found a relatively gentle way to wake up Crocodile and keep him awake.
“Here is…” Crocodile has never felt so weak and powerless.
There was no water restraining his body, and there were no seastone handcuffs on his hands, but he was powerless and his abilities did not respond.
He remembered that Xia Chen said he wanted to seal his abilities.
Is this possible?
It is indeed possible. The abilities of devil fruits are varied, and there are many bug-level ones.
“Old Sand, it’s time to tell us what you did, and where is Weiwei’s father now?” Xia Chen asked.
“Failed again!” Crocodile sighed, but this time he was more calm than before, “Long nose over there, bring me a cigar.”
He had recognized that this was the underground floor of the Rain Feast.
Weiwei couldn’t help asking Crocodile about his father’s situation, but Crocodile didn’t cooperate at all.
Even if Iklem threatened him, he was still the same. Even if he couldn’t lift a bit of strength, he looked at everyone except Xia Chen with indifference.
He admitted that he failed, but he only lost to Xia Chen.
Usopp subconsciously took action and went over to light the cigar for the other party.
Crocodile’s current physique was too weak, and even after just taking a puff, he was choked and coughed repeatedly.
“So who are you? Is Pluto in Alabasta?” Crocodile asked Xia Chen directly without hiding from everyone.
“Don’t you know? The villain Xia Chen, the navy offers a reward of 300 million berries, as for Pluto… you should understand first, now I am asking you, don’t delay time, your men are from Baroque Studio, and they have been wiped out.”
“Is Pluto really not in Alabasta?” Crocodile got the answer he wanted from Xia Chen’s words, which was really unacceptable!
Thinking of the various arrangements he had made in the past ten years, it was really ridiculous the more he thought about it!
“Hahahahaha!” The whole person laughed suddenly as if he had a nerve, and the horizontal scar on his face became more hideous at this moment.
“Laugh at your mother!” Xia Chen hated people who pretended to be deep.
He formed a huge hand of water and threw it on Crocodile’s face. The latter was already very weak, and he couldn’t stand Xia Chen’s hand at all. He rolled on the ground for several rounds, and half of his teeth were broken.
Crocodile looked at Xia Chen angrily, then lay on the ground and continued to play badly.
If there was a choice, Crocodile might choose to commit suicide, but unfortunately he didn’t have much strength now. His body had reached the weakest time in his history. Even when he was a child in his memory, his body was not so weak and powerless… and painful.
Especially the soul, it seemed to be torn apart by someone, the pain was indescribable.
He understood now that Xia Chen’s words about sealing his ability were true, because according to common sense, after using the devil fruit, the body and soul will be transformed simultaneously.
What a terrible ability!
I think this sea will become more and more exciting in the future, but it’s a pity that I probably won’t have the chance to see it.
Although everyone was very curious about what Pluto was that Crocodile mentioned, and it sounded very extraordinary, since Xia Chen didn’t say anything, they would not ask further. They were all partners on the same ship, and they believed in Xia Chen.
As for Vivi and Ikalem, they were even less qualified.
Or in other words: they didn’t dare.
Crocodile couldn’t break through here, so they could only focus on those senior agents.
After Chopper’s emergency treatment, their conditions were stabilized, and then Xia Chen asked them one by one, but those who knew refused to say, and those who didn’t know were useless.
When asking, Xia ChenI tried some tricks, but the collection technique did not give any feedback, nor did I judge that I had defeated them.
Xia Chen guessed that these people were in a state of captivity or defeat, so they could not be judged again. He felt that this mechanism was becoming more and more unreasonable.
I had no choice but to keep them for now, and wait until their injuries healed, and then see the results of the subsequent experiments.
However, as a man who has read the original work, Xia Chen has already understood the general context.
First of all, the most difficult doubt for them to cover up is Bell of the Falcon and the Jackal Fruit ability user, Carl.
They did not appear here at this time, and it was obvious that they were forcibly controlled and locked up somewhere.
And these senior agents are here, so who is the guy who controls these two people?
Nico Robin!
She has such strength.
After all, she is also a person who has survived in the dark world for more than 20 years. Moreover, Crocodile must have helped her before she acted.
After that, Xia Chen and his party went directly to Albana, the capital of Alabasta.
There were no accidents on the way, and because the time was far from the original, they naturally did not meet Ace. Since they flew from the air, they arrived just after noon.
The whole of Albana was under martial law, and there were patrolling guards everywhere, but the overall environment was relatively stable.
After seeing Xia Chen and others appear from the air, the guards of the whole city were immediately mobilized. They thought that pirates had invaded. After all, according to what “Cobra” said before, the strength of the pirates coming this time was extraordinary. Even a large number of guards in the capital were transferred to various ports for defense.
But it was useless. Xia Chen directly controlled the cloud group and landed in the palace.
After that, Weiwei couldn’t wait to run to the bedroom behind, and as for Ikalem, he went to find his wife who looked almost exactly like him. They really looked like a couple.
He will tell the facts and stop the patrolling guards outside.
“You are finally here, Xia Chen!” An elegant female voice suddenly came from the hall.
Xia Chen’s eyelids jumped, and everyone looked at him, thinking that their vice-captain had met an acquaintance.
Then they saw an elegant woman with a dark complexion, wearing a cowboy hat and dressed very capablely, walking out of the hall. Without any cover, she showed her face to everyone.
She was ready to be exposed by everyone, and then Nico Robin would proceed with the next plan.
But after waiting for a long time, they just shook their heads back and forth between themselves and Xia Chen, with unclear expressions on their faces.
Only Luffy couldn’t help asking, “Who are you? What did you do to Vivi’s father?”
“You don’t know me.”
“Should I know you?”
“Should I?” Hearing this, Robin’s heart hit, with her vicious eyes, she could naturally see that Luffy really didn’t know her.
And the others all had gossipy eyes, except for the orange-haired girl, and Xia Chen, who was looking at her unscrupulously with a strange look, was the only one left.
That’s right, it’s weird, not the kind of disgusting obscenity.
But for some reason, the more it’s like this, the more unbearable it is. She just turned sideways and said, “Come with me!”
Luffy raised his foot to follow, but was pulled down by Sanji and Zoro. Be careful of the trap. Then everyone looked at Xia Chen. Xia Chen didn’t explain, but turned on his observation and observed. Sure enough, everyone was inside.
“No problem!”
Then they entered the hall. On the throne platform in the center, Cobra was sitting there honestly, handling various affairs of the royal capital, but Xia Chen felt a little unhappy. We worked so hard to save your kingdom, but you didn’t even want to go out to greet us.
Are all royal families so arrogant?
But others didn’t think there was anything wrong. After all, they are royal families!
In this world, most kingdoms are monarchical dictatorships, so everyone has a strong ability to accept, even Zoro and Nami.
“You must be Vivi’s father, right? Vivi is worried about you.” Luffy said in a hoarse voice, “Also, I’m hungry.”
Cobra was nervous when he saw Robin bringing a large group of people with him. It was not until Luffy called out Vivi’s name that he stood up excitedly, “Vivi, is my daughter back? Where is she?”
He was already jogging down.
“Uh…” This reaction was really unexpected by everyone, and then Xia Chen instinctively looked at Robin who was standing beside him with a smile.
The latter felt Xia Chen’s gaze and nodded with a smile. The panic on his face had disappeared.
It happened that before and afterVivi, who did not find Cobra in the bedroom, came over. When she saw Cobra, she was so excited that she could not control herself. She ran over and threw herself into Cobra’s arms, crying softly.
After all, she was just a little girl who had just grown up.
It took Cobra a while to coax Vivi. Then he confirmed that Xia Chen’s people were invited by Vivi to save him. His back became stiff, and he immediately asked Xia Chen and others to release the two guardians of Arabstan.
They were locked up in the side hall, tied with iron chains and seastone handcuffs, but of course they could not stop Xia Chen.
As soon as they were released, one of them immediately came to Cobra, and the other was also Bell of the Falcon. He turned into a half-beast and used his eagle claws to grab Robin’s head.
It seemed that he wanted to kill her.
But when he was about to touch the other party, he was blocked by a water shield.
This ability belonged to Xia Chen, and he had seen it before.
But he was very rational and did not question Xia Chen why, but just flashed back to Cobra.
Everyone was also confused as to why Xia Chen took action, but she looked directly at Robin who was smiling the whole time, “Sure enough, do you want to die?”
Robin’s smile froze immediately, and soon returned to normal, saying: “I don’t have a choice whether I want to or not, it’s just a matter of success or failure. Since you have arrived here, it means that the real Baroque Studio is gone, and Crocodile must have been defeated by you, so as the second-in-command, there is really no reason for me to continue living.”
“It’s a pity that you can’t get what you want.”
“By the way, I don’t know your name yet.”
“Son of the Devil, Nico Robin, bounty 79 million Baileys.” She said.
Everyone: So I don’t know her… What a pity!
Nami suddenly thought of something, flipped through her bag, and found a wanted poster with 8-year-old Nico Robin on it. She compared it carefully and found that her eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar, “Is this you?”
“Yes, I was only 8 years old when I was wanted.”
The people who didn’t know the old relationship took a breath of cold air. A bounty of 79 million Baileys was offered before he was 8 years old?
He really deserves to be the son of the devil!
You should know that when Xia Chen was wanted for the first time, it was only 50 million. As for why the other party’s bounty has not changed for so many years, although everyone is curious, they also know that this is not the time to ask.
However, they are quietly waiting for Xia Chen’s decision, even Luffy.
“Nico Robin, no wonder this name is familiar. So can I invite you to join the Straw Hat Pirates now?” Xia Chen stretched out his hand.
Robin’s calmness on her face finally couldn’t be maintained, “What are you talking about?” She couldn’t believe that there was a pirate group that would accept someone like her.
Either this pirate group is ignorant and is a pure newcomer, or they are really not afraid of the World Government.
You must know that in recent years, all the organizations that I have joined have undoubtedly ended up being destroyed.
In the dark world, she, the son of the devil, is already a real cursed child.
“Captain Luffy, what do you think? I like her very much.”
“Well, since you said so. Of course, there is also Sanji, I’m hungry.” Luffy pretended to be in deep thought, he believed in Xia Chen’s judgment.
Robin was full of doubts and confusion, looking at the two, what Luffy said was true.
But there was still doubt and vigilance on the faces of others. It didn’t seem like they were really welcoming me, but why?
Why didn’t anyone stand up and refuse!
This time, I almost replaced this lost country with Japan, although he knew in his heart that Japan just wanted me to be able to read ancient characters.
When he obtained Pluto, it would be his death.
Moreover, he had indeed seen the fans of that lake not long ago, but it was still not the historical essay he expected, not the blank history of 100 years.
Very disappointed, disappointed again and again, plus the experience of these people, he was exhausted physically and mentally, and didn’t want to continue.
No, there was also everyone’s hope, which made him breathless. He thought that if he died, he wouldn’t have to do this, right?
He decided so hastily when he joined the Straw Hat Pirates, and then Cobra held a banquet in the hall to express his gratitude.
He also asked Cobra to issue a declaration in the name of the kingdom.
The rebellion in the country had been resolved by Shakrakdar, one of the kings and seamen, and he accidentally entered. The Straw Hat Pirates of Alabasta were also killed and expelled.