Mr. 1 stared at Sager who had gotten off the crocodile's back and said calmly, "He is indeed a big shot. Rumor has it that you have robbed many kings. Is your cooperation with the boss also because you have set your sights on the king here?"
"Of course, that's why I came here."
Sager curled his lips and glanced at these agents. Some of them looked familiar, but he couldn't remember clearly.
"There are so many people here. Has it started yet?"
There was a red dot in the middle of his pupil. He subconsciously looked up at the stairs. After using his observation Haki, he could feel the atmosphere of fighting in that huge city.
"Yes, the war has begun."
Mr. 1 said: "We have received news that Princess Vivi will bring people to stop the rebellion. Just in case, we are waiting here."
Rainlan and Alabasta are located in the west and east respectively. If you want to come from rainland, it is best to wait here at the west gate. No matter where you appear, they will be able to see you.
"Then keep doing it. And keep an eye on these crocodiles for me. I need them for transportation. Don't let anything go wrong with them."
Sager said something, and without paying any attention to the agents, he went up the stairs with his men.
There are vertical cliffs on both sides of the huge steps. If the steps are destroyed, the people here will not even be able to come down and will be trapped to death.
In that huge city, whether in the streets or in the alleys, there were sounds of gunfire and clashing swords.
Just at the city gate, Sager could smell the thick smoke and blood.
But in terms of the number of people, after a quick look, I found that there are not that many.
It will take time for the rebels to arrive. They will not all gather together but will arrive in batches.
The city is still relatively empty. Every street in the city is very long, and you can hardly see the end at a glance. The buildings in the distance are almost outlines, looking very far away.
At the northernmost point, you can see a huge building dome.
That should be where the palace is.
"I didn't see any ordinary people."
Renetia looked around and asked, "Have they evacuated yet?"
"Cobra is a pretty good guy."
Sager said: "Knowing that war was coming, we should have let the people evacuate long ago. After all, war means death, and those civilians are of no use. It's a good thing, because if they are robbed, there will be less resistance."
Whether he was a good king or not had nothing to do with Sag. Even if the king was as holy as a Buddha, he would still scrape off a layer of gold paint.
When it comes to robbery, who cares whether it is good or bad?
In a royal city, it can't be that only the king is rich, right?
He took out a gold pocket watch from his cloak, opened it, glanced at it, and said:
"It's ten o'clock in the morning now. The city will explode at four-thirty in the afternoon. We have to finish it before three-thirty, leaving an hour for evacuation. First, the palace. If there is still time after looting, we can go to other rich people's places."
To maintain a country, you need nobles, and those guys must be rich.
But due to limited transportation, Sager only brought a small number of people with him, so he could only choose one place first.
Including Sager himself, a total of fifty-seven people stepped into the spacious street. As they got closer, the smell of gunpowder became thicker and thicker. Before they had gone far, two teams of people rushed out from the alley on the side.
One team was wearing scale armor and cloaks, while the other team was in ordinary attire. Each of them was injured and they roared as they attacked each other.
And then
plop.
They didn't even have time to take a step before their eyes rolled up and they fell to the ground with their mouths wide open.
"Don't block my way, you bastards. I won't take a detour just for you."
Sager glanced at them, stepped over their bodies, and walked straight forward.
The Observation Haki can sense the number of people and roughly sense their strength. If Sager wants to avoid them, he can reach the palace without being discovered.
But why was it necessary?
He was not someone who would give way to others. Going straight was the fastest distance.
No matter whether it was the army fighting in the front or the people rushing out from the side, as long as they appeared in front of Sage, their bodies would go limp and they would faint on the ground.
All the way to the palace, at the foot of the equally huge steps, thousands of soldiers were standing on full alert, exuding a murderous atmosphere.
They are the soldiers guarding the palace. As the last line of defense, they will not let the rebels get close to them.
"Someone is coming!"
A soldier standing straight in the front row noticed something was wrong and looked towards one of the streets. Following the sound, many soldiers looked over and saw a group of figures appearing in the long street.
As the wind and sand passed by, the first thing that was seen was a head of white hair. The hair was neither long nor short, with two bangs separated from the center of the forehead, swaying as the person walked. Also swaying was the black fur cloak with red tips that the person was wearing.
Rebels?
Are there such people?
"Be on guard!!"
A soldier commander shouted loudly, and the soldiers in the front row pointed their crescent-shaped shovel-like weapons forward, showing nervous expressions.
They didn't know why they were so nervous, as it seemed that there were only a few dozen people on the other side.
There was no way they could be a match for these thousands of people!
The next moment, thousands of people's eyes rolled back, their mouths opened unconsciously, and they fell to the ground one after another.
A soldier knelt on the ground, seemingly struggling to hold on to something, trying not to fall. He stared at the white-haired man approaching, trying to hold his weapon tightly, but it was too difficult for him to do so. As the weapon fell to the ground with a clang, his whole body collapsed.
"Ah, you can still hold on? You're a man with great willpower."
Marika stroked her face and exclaimed in surprise.
"There are always some people with good will."
Sager stepped over the bodies and said to the kneeling soldier, "But at this time, it would be better to faint."
After saying this, the soldier could no longer hold on and fell down.
A group of people went up the stairs. Renetia took out a mechanical hammer, which extended under the power and turned into a long-handled ram horn hammer. With a sound of breaking through the air, it smashed towards the gate of the palace.
Bang!!
The huge door was hammered to the ground under the impact of the force.
Sager laughed grimly: "My fellow boys, search carefully for me!"
"Yes, Captain!"
About fifty people rushed into the palace.
And outside, at the steps of the west gate.
"Here, yeah."
Mr. 4, who was standing on the stone and watching, put down the telescope and spoke slowly.
"Is it a princess? Is it a princess? She really comes. It's so strange. Aren't you afraid of death?" Miis·Merry Christmas said quickly and anxiously.
Mr. 2 turned around and looked into the cloud of dust ahead. He was suddenly stunned. "Something is not right! There are too many people!"
"A lot of people? Straw Hat Boy Luffy has already been dealt with in the rain. No matter how many there are, there are only a few of them. Not too many."
Miss Shuangzhi picked up the telescope while speaking. Her pupils widened as she looked at it. She exclaimed in surprise, "Navy?!"
There was no Vivi in the smoke, but a group of troops running fast on camels. They were wearing standard naval uniforms.
The leader was a silver-haired man riding a motorcycle, speeding across the sand.
Sitting on the motorcycle was a woman with long pink hair, wearing a rose-red business suit and a navy cape.
"Is that the 'White Hunter' Smoker? And the 'Black Cage' Hina!"
Miss double Fingers was surprised and said, "What's going on? Why are the navy here?!"
How could the navy enter Alabasta? Their boss's identity has not been exposed. As Shichibukai, the navy has no right to deal with
"natural disasters!"
Miss merry Christmas thought of something and frowned, "Is it because of a natural disaster? It's really a big deal. What should we do?"
Mr. 1's eyes narrowed, he lowered his arms, and said in a serious tone: "Natural Disaster is also cooperating with the boss. We can't let these navy destroy our mission."
He walked to the front, facing the large number of attacking navy, his arms burst out with blades, "Even if it's the navy, we have to stop them!"
"Those are the agents of the criminal organization Baroque Studio. It's true. Using dancing powder to cause civil unrest in a country, and then taking the opportunity to seize the country, it's really extraordinary, Crocodile."
Smoker bit his cigar and looked at a few people lying in the sand and rocks not far below the stairs. The smoke he exhaled was quickly blown away by the wind.
"Watch your words, Smoker."
Hina said: "We have not received any orders from the government. Crocodile is still an ally of the Shichibukai. Baroque Works has no overt relationship with him. Hina is only here to catch the natural disaster. He killed three cruise ships some time ago."
"Whatever you say."
Smoker twisted the handle and sped up, "Deal with those agents first!"
At the foot of the steps at the southwest gate, a group of big ducks were running fast.
This is the fastest "Runner" in Alabasta, carrying Vivi and the Straw Hat Pirates, and quickly approaching the huge steps.
But next to this group of fast-running ducks, there was a man riding on something that looked like a sand sled. Flames were erupting from the tail of the sand sled, and his speed was no slower than that of the fast-running ducks.
"Is it okay?"
Nami looked over and said, "Will it affect your search for someone if you delay here?"
"Oh, it's okay. After all, you saved me, so I should do you a favor."
Ace stood on the sand sled, looking at the huge steps that were gradually approaching, and adjusted his hat. "I believe Luffy can deal with Crocodile, but Sager is not that easy to deal with."
…
"Male."
"Male!"
"It's a male one!!"
Inside the palace, Sager walked in this empty palace. With each time he broke into a room, his expression became worse and worse. Veins bulged on his forehead, and there were more and more black lines in his eyes. He even spoke with Ajin's accent.
"Sager, do you want to say empty?" Renetia tilted her head.
"Shut up!"
Sager glared at her fiercely, then kicked open another door with a gloomy face. Inside was the layout of a bedroom, but there was no treasure.
After wandering around the palace for an hour, Sag was initially quite excited, but the more he walked around, the more he felt something was not right.
It's not that the treasure room was not found, the key is that the treasure room was also empty.
He knew Cobra was a good king, but no matter how good a king
was, he was still a king .
Sager punched a hole in the door and said angrily, "How can you be so poor? You are even poorer than a pirate like me. I am a thief!"
"Lord Sager, it's not like they don't have money."
Palu took out a stack of Baileys with a flattering look on his face and said,
"We also found 500,000 Baileys."
"Lily." Sager said.
Bang!
The next moment, Lily kicked Palu away and hit him against the opposite wall.
"You even rob girls of their private money? Do you have any manners? Besides, what can you do with such a small amount of money? This is a royal palace!" Sager roared angrily.
To say there was no gain, that's not the case.
They found the room with Vivi's photo, and found 500,000 Baileys there. For a normal person, this amount of money is certainly not a small amount.
But for Sager, who had 500 million and a large amount of gold and silver treasures, and had invested another 500 million in Crocodile, this amount of money was completely insignificant to him!
After all the trouble and running all night to get to Alabasta, he got 500,000 Baileys?
What can he do with that?
Buy ten rotten knives?
He could have gotten that much just by robbing a passerby in the rain!
"Put the money back and search carefully. I want treasures! Gold! Jewels!"
Sager glanced at Palu who was lying on the ground and twitching, gritted his teeth, and walked out of the corridor.
Outside the corridor was a huge hall. At the front, there was a large throne, but
it was made of stone!
Sager sat down on the throne, took out a cigar from inside his cloak, lit it, took a deep breath, let the smoke swirl in his mouth, and exhaled again.
Unlike cigarettes, this stuff basically doesn't pass through the lungs.
"I heard that the royal palace of Alabasta has a history of about four thousand years. Perhaps this throne..." Lily hesitated to speak.
"You can find an island and grab a handful of rocks. They are at least 10,000 years old."
Sager rolled his eyes and said, "Who cares about history? I am not interested in history or stories. I only focus on the present."
He is illiterate and can't read a single word!
What does he need history for?
Even if he wants to collect something, he can't collect a broken stone!
The throne is also made of stone!
"Damn Cobra, at least put some gems on the stone, it doesn't look like a king at all. The Kingdom of Nadia is better, that old glass at least has a good throne."
"It's Natia!" Lily corrected, "We've all left the East China Sea, Sager, don't think about it."
"Captain Sager."
At this time, Ajin and his men walked out from the passage on the other side and stood under the throne.
"We didn't find the treasure."
"Then hurry out and grab it!"
Sager gritted his teeth and said, "Go outside the palace and look at the houses of those rich people. Find them all, quickly!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Ajin immediately ran out of the palace with his men.
"Lily, you guys go too. One more person means more gain." Sager said to Lily and the others.
"Got it, Sager."
Lily nodded and walked out of the palace with the other two.
"What the hell! Are you so poor?" Sager sighed, and suddenly looked to the side, "Is Crocodile here?"
On the platform inside the west gate of the palace, Vivi was ordering some soldiers to grab a long fuse.
"Detonate it!"
Vivi said firmly: "Only by detonating the palace and attracting the attention of the rebels can I have a good talk with them, tell them the truth about the civil strife, and reveal Crocodile's true face. Only in this way can the war be quelled as quickly as possible!"
The soldiers in front of him were sweating profusely, holding torches and about to light the fuse, but at this moment, a strong gust of sand suddenly flew up, extinguishing the torches and blowing towards the soldiers, causing them to fall to the ground.
The sand quickly condensed on the top of the building and turned into the shape of Crocodile.
"Crocodile! Father!" Vivi screamed.
Crocodile also held Cobra under his arms.
"You really do some dangerous things, Miss Wednesday."
He looked down at Vivi, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he laughed: "Ha, ha, ha, ha! It's better not to destroy it. After all, this will be my home in the future."
"Then your family is really poor!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice was heard from inside the palace.
Bang!
The door inside the palace made a loud bang, and Sager walked out. He came to the platform and glanced up at the man in Crocodile's hand. "Hey, are you Cobra? As a king, you are so poor that it makes people laugh!"
"Oh? Not a good harvest, Sager." Crocodile said with a smile.
"Don't look down at me, Crocodile, I'm not in a very good mood." Sager said coldly.
Crocodile laughed softly, turned into wind and sand again, condensed on the platform, and threw Cobra against the wall.
"That matter doesn't matter, Sager. Our cooperation is still valid. Money is something you can get as much as you want in the future."
He looked at Cobra and said in a deep voice: "As long as I take over this country, my plan will be successfully completed."
Cobra stumbled to his feet, stared at him, and said, "The World Government won't allow it, Crocodile!"
"That's why I need that thing! As long as I have enough military power, the World Government won't be able to do anything to me!"
Crocodile stretched out his hand and shook it vigorously, "Tell me, where is Pluto?!"
Cobra's expression froze, and he asked in shock: "How do you know?"
"Pluto?"
Sager was stunned for a moment, thinking: "That's the name, is it here? It doesn't seem to be in Alabasta."
Nicole Robin on the side was also stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked towards Sager.
This man
"Crocodile!"
Suddenly, a strong voice was heard from below, and two hands grabbed the wall of the palace. They quickly retracted and a familiar figure jumped out.
"I'm going to defeat you!!"
He waved his fist, stretched it forward, and punched Crocodile straight at him.
"Are you still alive? Straw Hat Boy, how is it possible that with just a punch like that..."
Bang!
Before Crocodile could finish his words, the fist hit him hard in the face, knocking him out and plowing a distance on the ground.
"Oh!"
Sager sneered, "You are so lazy that you can't even tell it's wet."
He didn't care that his thoughts were interrupted.
In comparison, it is more important for Crocodile not to fail.
Sager stretched his arms and legs, looked at Luffy who appeared above the palace with a bucket on his back, and said:
"Let me do it. Don't worry. For your grandfather's sake, I won't let you die. But don't interfere with my plan. That crocodile is related to my plan to make a fortune."
"Grandpa!" Luffy was stunned, "Do you know my grandpa?!"
"Get out of the way, Sager."
In the back, Crocodile stood up, his eyes full of bloodshot, "I will kill him myself!"
"You caught him in the rain, and you let him show up here. Stop saying such bullshit."
Sager said in a deep voice: "I don't care what your plan is, my plan cannot fail!"
"Then let's defeat you together!" Luffy clenched his fists and shouted.
"Hehehe"
Sager chuckled disdainfully, shook his head, and was about to take action.
BANG!!
Suddenly, not far below the palace, a cloud of smoke was inexplicably blown away and flew upwards.
smoke?
Sager looked over subconsciously, a red dot flashed in his eyes, and his face darkened as his Observation Haki was activated.
"Gumo gumo no pistol!"
Luffy stretched out his fist and hit Sager.
Boom!
There was a sound of air being stepped on, causing the fist to miss the target. Sager's figure bounced high in the air, ignoring Luffy. As his feet created a circle of air waves, he shot straight down like a cannonball.
"Eh? Has he left? What is he doing here?"
Luffy tilted his head and had a few question marks in his mind, but he quickly came to his senses and shouted to the front: "Crocodile! Let's have a showdown!!"
…
"Power surge!"
At the entrance of a street in front of the palace, Renetia held a mechanical hammer in her hand. A burst of force burst out from the hammer head, blowing away the large amount of smoke that was attacking.
Under the smoke, there were several men lying on the ground.
She stared at the cloud of smoke and shouted, "Why are the navy here? What's going on? Hey, I remember you. You were the crippled smoke when you were defeated by Sager in Narohara. What are you doing here?"
Smoker slowly emerged from the smoke, his lower body hidden in the smoke, his upper body condensed in the sky, and he said, "Twenty-three million Baileys, Renetia? I'm not interested in a little pirate like you. Tell me, where is the Scourge?"
Renetia raised the mechanical hammer forward, "Sager is in a bad mood and definitely doesn't want to see you. This old lady is enough!"
Smoker shook his head, "Then we have no choice but to capture you and let Scourge out!"
He stretched his hands into the smoke, causing a large amount of smoke to solidify and directly surround Renidia.
"White Snake, strangle!"
A large amount of white fog did not give Renetia any chance to fight back. Even if she relied on the power of the mechanical hammer to hit the air cannon, it was not enough. It only blew away some of the smoke in the front and was quickly covered by the remaining smoke.
"Cough cough cough!"
The thick smoke made it impossible for her to breathe. She choked and coughed continuously. The smoke solidified and now surrounded her arms and body, binding them tightly and about to be strangled.
BANG!!
The smoke was suddenly knocked away, and the solidified smoke broke at this moment. The rolling air waves blew away the thick smoke.
"Smoker!"
In the dispersed smoke, Sager's figure appeared in front of Smoker in the sky, with his hands filled with domineering power, ready to point at his body.
"Beidou."
"Fire Fist!"
A pillar of fire came from the side and engulfed Sage in flames.
Smoker was stunned for a moment, and looked to the side, only to see a man on the rooftop of a building, stretching out his flaming hands and smiling at him.
"Portgas D. Ace"
He said in a deep voice: "Why are you here?"
Ace jumped down from the roof, looked ahead, and smiled, "It's the same as your goal."
The flames from the sky caused an object surrounded by flames to fall and hit heavily next to Renetia, causing a cloud of smoke and dust to fly under the flying gravel.
"Sager?" Renetia asked subconsciously.
"Stay away, Letty."
Sager's calm voice was heard amid the smoke and dust.
As the smoke and dust cleared, his burned body was revealed.
But at this moment, the burned areas were healing rapidly and turning into normal skin.
"A navy and a pirate, have they joined forces? The sea is truly magical." Sager looked at them coldly.
"I won't team up with pirates."
Smoker also gathered down and turned into a normal size. He took out his ten hands and pointed at Sager and said, "It's just that arresting you is a priority. After arresting you, I will arrest 'Fire Fist' Ace."
"There's no winner between smoke and fire. It's not that easy to catch me."
Ace stood next to him, taking a fighting stance, and smiled, "But right now, I won't let you interfere with Luffy's fight."
"You guys are really so domineering."
Sager closed his eyes slightly, then suddenly opened them again, grinning with a ferocious look on his face,
"You're looking for death!"
(End of this chapter)