Pirates of the Holy Light Sword

Chapter 245 Alabasta Offensive and Defensive Battle
Great Route, Kingdom of Alabasta.

"Your Majesty, the national precipitation data for the last year is out!"

The captain of the guard, Icarem, came to King Cobra with a serious expression on his face.

"How's it going?"

Cobra turned around, saw Icarem's expression, and felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Your Majesty, in the past year across the country, the rainfall in inland cities has dropped by more than half compared to previous years!"

As soon as Cobra's face changed, Ikalem continued: "But...the rainfall in Arubana has almost increased by [-]%!"

"Combined with the data of previous years, the rainfall in inland cities has almost declined all the way, while that in Aruba has risen all the way!"

"If things go on like this, it is very likely that by next year, the inland cities will have no rain at all, and the rainfall in Aruba may even double!"

Icarem broke out in a cold sweat: "This is simply..."

"It's exactly the same assumption that Lieutenant General Wright once said..." Cobra murmured.

Before the last world meeting, what Wright said, if Sha Krokdal, the "Seven Warriors of the King" plots something wrong, there will be three symptoms, the first one!
"What is the domestic water situation of residents in inland cities?"

Although Cobra has followed Wright's prompt and called on the residents to store water in advance, he still feels heavy.

"There is no serious problem at present. Your Majesty called for water storage earlier, which also made the residents vigilant, and it is not completely raining yet."

"But if this situation continues, there will still be problems in the end!"

Icarem thought of the second call Wright had said before, and couldn't help but took out his handkerchief to wipe away his growing sweat.

"Your Majesty, Crocodile's 'heroic deeds' have even been published in the World Economic News for several years, and now his domestic reputation has even faintly equaled that of the royal family!"

"The folks even called him a 'Hero to Protect the Nation'! This..."

"Did you hit the second one too..." Cobra clenched his fists, "So what's the situation of Baroque Works?"

Icarem took out a small notebook: "Your Majesty, according to Bell's news, it is indeed found that many suspicious figures who are suspected of being agents of the Baroque Work Agency have appeared in the rain!"

"But they act secretly, and there are still traces of the 'billion elders' and 'million elders' under their command, but the senior agents with special code names can only identify a few of them!"

"It can only be confirmed that they use numbers as code names. The smaller the number, the stronger the strength. As for the senior agents before 5, no one knows their identities!"

Cobra was silent for a moment: "This is the result of the targeted investigation we got the news in advance. I can't imagine what kind of damage this terrible criminal group will cause if we still don't know anything about it!"

"Your Majesty, besides this, the investigation team led by Jaca also discovered something unusual among the people!"

"Could it be..." Cobra was startled: "The third..."

"That's right!" Icarem said harshly, "The third sign is that there is an undercurrent among the people, and Baroque Workers appear frequently!"

"The rumors about the royal family's control of rainfall are spreading among the people. Although the scope is not large, most people are skeptical, but if things go on like this, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Cobra slammed his fist on the pillar next to him: "They all hit! Damn... that Crocodile guy, he really dared!"

"Your Majesty... how should we respond? Now the other party is in the dark. Although we know the key points of all this,... we have no evidence!"

Icarem couldn't help but said: "Qiwuhai, after all, is directly under the world ZF!"

With his hands behind his back, Cobra walked back and forth a few times, his expression gradually firm.

"Without evidence, even if Lieutenant General Wright is invited directly, we have nothing to do with Crocodile!"

"I will never allow my people to be harmed by Crocodile's plan!"

"It will be too late if his plan is allowed to finish!"

"We have to respond...to force Crocodile to launch the plan ahead of schedule!"

"This way we can take advantage of it and catch him!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

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A month has passed.

Rainland, below the casino "Rain Banquet", Crocodile's secret underwater base.

A figure in a plush trench coat and a wide-brimmed top hat entered the office.

"Miss. All Sunday, what's new?"

Crocodile, who was sitting on a large seat, was smoking a cigar and puffing out smoke: "How is the plan going?"

"Mr.0, this time... is bad news."

Nicole Robin sat across from Crocodile with an unpredictable smile.

"Cobra should have noticed something... Otherwise, our plan wouldn't be implemented so slowly."

"Cobra previously called on the residents of inland cities to actively store water, in the name of developing a new oasis..."

"Also, the royal family's expenditure was reduced to protect the lives of the people. Now it seems that His Majesty was alerted at that time."

"Hmph... Is it true that it is the Neferutari royal family that has been passed down for 800 years?"

Crocodile looked at the crocodile swimming outside the window:
"This old guy hasn't shown anything unusual to me, a national hero, in recent years, and he doesn't even have a special attitude towards the title 'King of the Desert'!"

"It's hard to say whether he noticed something about the water storage, but it doesn't matter..."

"From next year, the inland cities of Alabasta will not have a drop of rain! Even if the water is stored, they will last a little longer at most, and they will eventually explode!"

"But... the Royal Army has made some moves recently."

Nicole Robin pursed her lips and chuckled:

"Jacka, the vice-captain of the Royal Guards, is leading a part of the Royal Army to appease the people, and is actively coordinating with the surrounding cities to transport water and protect the oasis."

"It seems that the royal family has been monitoring the rainfall across the country—this is our intelligence blind spot."

Crocodile tilted his head slightly: "Oh? I've never heard of the royal family monitoring rainfall before!"

"Alabasta has never experienced drought and little rain for hundreds of years. Why would the old guy Cobra think of this?"

"Now another deputy captain of the royal guard, Bell of the Falcon, seems to be investigating our situation recently."

Nicole Robin took out a list: "The millions of elders and billions of elders on the list were all arrested by the guards for different reasons, and they are even tracking down the identity of senior agents."

"It is impossible to judge whether the royal family took action because they knew our details, or simply feared the organization Baroque Works."

"Have you reached this point..."

Crocodile snorted coldly: "Originally, I thought at least let the people's emotions develop spontaneously."

"Now it seems that they need to exert some external force."

"Cobra's attitude towards Baroque Works, no matter what the situation is, means that we need to move faster!"

Crocodile turned around, his eyes calm and sharp:
"One month later, call all the senior agents and execute the prelude to the 'Utopia' plan in advance!"

"And within this month, there will be no rain in the interior of Alabasta!"

(End of this chapter)