Arkham in the pirate world

Mihawk came down from the desert island and got on the boat. Koushiro asked with a smile, "How about my daughter's strength? She's just too young."

Mihawk's mouth twitched slightly, and he always felt that Koushiro was snarling.

Not knowing how to reply, Mihawk turned his eyes to the young man standing next to Koushiro.

"Hello, Mr. Qolacol," Liszt nodded slightly.

"Arkham Lister" Mihawk asked.

"Well, it turns out that Mr. Qolacol has also heard of my name," Liszt said with a smile.

"I have a subscription to Shadow Newspapers," Mihawk said.

"Oh, really? Thank you very much, Mr. Qiao Lacol, for your support."

"The food column above is good. I wrote a letter to the newspaper and suggested that you publish a food magazine. Maybe your editor was too busy and didn't reply to my letter." Mihawk said seriously.

Liszt was stunned, laughed, and said, "Really?"

"Yes"

"Okay, I will make suggestions to the people at the newspaper. Maybe Mr. Joe Lacker will be able to see a gourmet magazine soon," Lister said.

"I suggest you ask the sous chef of Barati Restaurant to be the editor-in-chief. I have read an interview with him. His cooking is very thoughtful," Mihawk said.

Liszt shrugged slightly and said, "What a coincidence, the sous chef at Barati Restaurant went to sea to become a pirate."

"Really? I seem to have heard that it was Barati Restaurant that withheld wages." Mihawk asked doubtfully.

"A chef like him has a better future than being a pirate."

"I'm not sure, maybe young people are more yearning for the sea," Liszt said.

"In this case, I hope to meet him at sea," Mihawk said.

"They just entered the Grand Line and made a big fuss in Alabasta. Didn't you meet them?"

"Really? I haven't met you yet."

This was all the conversation between Liszt and Mihawk after they met. Neither party talked about deeper topics.

Mihawk left that day.

Although Koushiro also wanted Mihawk to give more guidance to Kuina, Mihawk refused, saying bluntly that if Kuina can't break through herself, then even if she fights a hundred more times, it will be useless. A battle like this is not about More depends on essence. Now that you have found your own flaws and flaws, any battle is meaningless until you make up for them.

Koushiro should also know this.

Mihawk left in such a hurry because he wanted to catch up with the sous chef of the Barati restaurant, hoping to taste the food cooked by him in person.

The all-out swordsmanship battle between Kuina and Mihawk was not spread because few people knew about it.

After the battle, Kuina, who realized the problem, decided to leave and practice alone, temporarily leaving the fleet to Nanque to manage.

Liszt didn't stop him, everyone had their own way to go.

He just wished that Guina could break her own imprisonment and awaken her new self during this journey.

But a person's biggest enemy is actually himself. Awakening a new self and throwing it away will result in a body, which is easier said than done.

Maybe this will be a long process, or maybe it will only be a very short time.

"This is the path of a swordsman"

Koushiro was so emotional.

"A path that constantly uses the sword to split the thorns and split the past self. From ancient times to the present, countless talented swordsmen have fallen at this juncture. Some people may spend their entire lives without breaking through. "

For a swordsman, after his skills are close to the Tao, he should pay more attention to inner cultivation and tap his inner potential. This level is probably the same as the awakening of the devil fruit. After crossing it, he will be a brand new self.

Before Kuina left, she handed Lillian, who had been protected by them during this period, to Liszt.

After failing to capture Lillian, CP0 did not give up and was still looking for her. Therefore, for her own safety, Lillian took the initiative to ask to see Liszt.

The restaurant on the ship on the return voyage.

"In fact, you are safer on the ship than you are now." Liszt tasted the dishes of the restaurant chef.

A plate of salmon sashimi, the fish is just caught from the sea, it is the freshest.

"What I originally wanted to do with you was to get rid of you after getting your life card. After all, dead people can't speak. However, Miss Penguin asked me for a favor and let you stay on her ship. She will take a good look at you. Do you understand? You are leaving the ship, which obviously poses a dilemma for me. Should I kill you or let you live?"

Liszt glanced at Lillian.

Lillian was sitting across from her with a complicated expression after hearing this. After a moment, she said, "You won't kill me, at least not now. If you want to kill me, there will be no chance of this meeting."

"You should pretend to be stupid. Smart people tend to be self-righteous. Why don't I want to kill you? You know too much, madam," Lister said.

He picked up the revolver on the table and pointed it at Lillian.

"Wait, Mr. Arkham, I can work for you" Lillian said hurriedly.

砰

A shot went off.

Liszt put down the revolver, while Lillian opposite her turned pale, with a few strands of hair falling, and death passed her by.

"The reason why I don't use guns very often is because I'm always inaccurate. You said you want to work for me, how should I trust you?"

"Now that I have been targeted by the World Government, and if I fall into their hands, I will only live a worse life than death. So, do I have any other choice?" Lillian said.

"That's true. Then, you are welcome to join me, Ms. Lillian. I have a task for you," Liszt said.

"Please give me your instructions." Lillian changed roles quickly and said immediately and obediently.

"I want you to join the revolutionary army," Lister said.

Lillian was startled and said "Revolutionary Army"

"What, is there a problem?" Liszt glanced at her.

"no"

"I will arrange for you to contact people from the Revolutionary Army. Whether you do so in your own capacity or in another capacity is up to you."

Isn't he just an undercover agent?

Old business

Lillian immediately agreed and said, "I think I'd better change my identity so as not to attract CP0. Their noses are very good."

"whatever"

"Then, my specific task is"

"wait"

"I know" Lillian was no stranger to this word.

"Waiting" means that she will be hidden for a long time, maybe five years, ten years, or even a lifetime without being activated, but as long as she is activated, she will definitely face an extremely severe situation.

Generally speaking, to do this kind of work, one is either a very peripheral person, just a casual chess move, or a dead soldier, who is in a very critical position.

Although she had doubts, Lillian didn't ask. It would be good if she could survive. As for other things, is it important?

Alabasta, rainy land.

Since Crocodile left, there has been no one to rule here, and it has become a land of no one, falling into a state of chaos and disorder.

In just five or six days, Yudi changed from a rich, prosperous, and beautiful city to a dark city, falling from heaven to hell in an instant.

The streets are divided up by guys from different gangs, fighting each other for a little profit and territory, and the number of bloody incidents in street fights is increasing day by day.

On the second floor of the house, from the window, Crocodile opened a corner of the curtain and watched with interest the two groups of people fighting and fighting below. They did not stop until one side retreated, and four or five more people appeared on the street. corpse.

The evil of human nature is vividly reflected here.

At this time, the people of Rainland began to miss the period of Crocodile's rule. Although other parts of Alabasta suffered disasters, Rainland, under the rule of Crocodile, has always been a dream city where they can live and work in peace and contentment.

"The people of this country are so ignorant and ridiculous," Crocodile lowered the curtains and turned back to the people in the room.

"So, it's dead," said the doctor in the white coat.

In any organization, doctors are a key position.

Naturally, there is also a doctor on the Crocodile ship, but this doctor rarely shows up.

Chased into the sea of ​​sand by the crazed Lieutenant General Stoloberg, Crocodile was almost forced into a desperate situation.

Fortunately, Crocodile took advantage of the favorable location and used the cover of the desert to finally escape.

At that time, he was stabbed several times by Lieutenant General Stoloberg and was seriously injured. In this case, even if he left Alabasta, he would not be able to escape far.

Crocodile simply returned to the rainy place and knocked on the doctor's door.

After recuperating for the past few days, Crocodile's injuries are getting better and his ambitions are rekindled. He can't wait to dig out "Pluto" now. However, he still needs helpers. This is not difficult to do. Although the senior staff of Baroque Works Agents have been caught, escaped, and disappeared, but there are still a group of mid-level agents, as well as minions like billions of elders and billions of elders, waiting to be called. Little do they know that their boss is Kroc. Dahl.

Crocodile has left this matter to the doctor.

At this time, in the desert heading to the rainy land, a tall figure was riding a tall bicycle.

"Ah ah ah, it's so hot."

After taking a look at a shady spot, Kuzan put aside his bicycle, which had been slightly modified to be more suitable for desert riding, and sat down to make ice cubes for himself. The surrounding area suddenly became cooler.

"Sakaski should be allowed to come to a place like this."

Kuzan complained.

"Forget it, just think of it as a vacation."

Kuzan took off his luggage from his bicycle.

After a while, he put up a parasol and put a blanket underneath. He lay down, yawned, leaned against the cool stones, and fell asleep quickly.

Lieutenant General Stoloberg has worked very hard in Alabasta, but he cannot hide the fact that he failed to capture Crocodile and the Straw Hats.

There is a price to pay for failure.

Vice Admiral Stoloberg was transferred back to the headquarters hospital by the Navy Headquarters for recuperation. As for how long he will be recuperating, it depends on when the anger of the World Government subsides. Of course, it is impossible to really give up. Otherwise, he would be a lieutenant general, and at most he would be transferred from the front line to the logistics department.

In addition, he will be replaced by Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan to capture the Straw Hats, and General Kuzan will capture the former Shichibukai Crocodile.

After receiving the order, Kuzan was "inspecting" the G1 base in the New World. Although he was unhappy that he had to clean up the mess for Sakaski, he knew whether to capture Crocodile or come back from the New World.

Crocodile's behavior is undoubtedly a slap in the face of the World Government, because it was they who proposed this institution, and both Kuzan and Sakaski strongly opposed this matter, but this matter was finally passed .

Capturing Crocodile and putting him on trial will give you a bad breath.

After arriving in Alabasta and analyzing the places Crocodile could go, Kuzan set his sights on the Rain Land.

In the afternoon, when the sun turned west, Kuzan woke up and continued on his way, finally arriving at the rainy land before dark.

As soon as he entered the city, Kuzan witnessed a street fight and a group of gangsters who wanted to rob him. He was frozen in the street, frightening the people around him.

After a while, the news spread, and everyone in the city knew that there was a guy who could freeze people, which saved Kuzan from too much trouble.

Whether the rain is big or small, it is really not easy to find someone who has deliberately hidden himself in a city like this. What's more, Kuzan is not sure whether Crocodile is here. .

However, Kuzan acted based on his intuition. He believed that Crocodile was here. He didn't catch anyone to ask. He just walked around casually on the street. It seemed that he was really here for a vacation. Same.

In the house, Crocodile is thinking about a new plan. For the time being, the group of men he has summoned are enough. They just have to wait for them to be dug out. At that time, all problems will no longer be a problem. The big deal is, just fire a gun.

The door was pushed open, and the doctor came in from the outside and said, "You should leave quickly, there is a troublesome guy in the city."

"Um"

"A man who can freeze people has the symbol of the Navy on his body." The doctor said.

"Blue Pheasant, Kuzan" Crocodile said immediately.

"Hahaha, the world government really thinks highly of me."

At the corner of the street, Kuzan turned around and looked at the house across the street, scratched his head, then walked slowly across the street and went up the stairs. He seemed to know that Crocodile was in that room, extremely accurately. , opened the door of that room.

Kuzan walked into the room and smelled the smell of alcohol mixed with herbs. He glanced at the slightly messy tables and chairs.

"It's really troublesome to leave early."

Kuzan's eyes narrowed slightly, and an invisible domineering aura emitted from his body in an instant, spreading out like a wave of air, covering the entire city.

The essence of seeing and hearing color haqi is to perceive the breath of life, which extends to special mental skills such as mind reading, precognition, and prejudgment.

Covered by domineering energy, those powerful beings appeared in Kuzan's perception like fireflies in the sudden dark night.

The more powerful the flame, the stronger the breath of life, so the person with the strongest flame is undoubtedly Crocodile who escaped.

To the east of the rainy land, just as Kuzan's hegemony of knowledge and knowledge expanded and passed by, Crocodile's body trembled instinctively. This was the human body's stress response to danger. The hegemony of knowledge and knowledge that ordinary people could not perceive, Crocodile. But you can feel it.

"What a troublesome guy"

Crocodile couldn't help but have a headache, and said to the doctor who was following him, "Let's go separately."

The doctor didn't ask any questions and immediately separated from Crocodile.

Crocodile immediately fled outside the city. As long as he reached the desert, he would be considered a general.

Suddenly, when Crocodile arrived at the city gate, his running figure froze, and he saw a tall figure, extending a slender shadow under the moonlight, giving Crocodile an icy chill.

"Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, Aoki Kuzan" Crocodile stopped and spoke while thinking about countermeasures.

"Krokdal, you are under arrest," Kuzan said slowly.

"Really? That's not necessarily a desert sword."

Crocodile raised his hand and struck Kuzan with a "Sand Sword". He did this not to attack Kuzan, but to delay his pursuit. After waving the "Sand Sword", Crocodile immediately struck at Kuzan. Escape sideways.

Kuzan's body tilted, as if the wind was passing by, and he stopped Crocodile in an instant.

"what"

Crocodile's eyes shrank. Kuzan's strength was far more terrifying than he thought, and he felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. This powerlessness reminded him of what happened when he challenged Whitebeard.

But now is not the time to reminisce.

"Corrosion Reincarnation" Crocodile only hesitated slightly before attacking Kuzan.

"Erosion Reincarnation" is Crocodile's ultimate move. It can absorb the moisture of the creatures or objects it comes into contact with and gradually spread it to the surroundings. When activated, it has the terrifying power of pulverizing even rocks into sand. After use, the surrounding buildings will gradually The sand melted and sunk, and the ground seemed to be dead, turning into a dry and cracked wasteland.

But this time, Crocodile used his ultimate move on people.

Even rocks can turn into sand, but what about people?

It will be drained instantly, turned into a mummy, and then weathered

"The secret of Shasha Fruit is to dry up. Your fruit ability is just restrained by me," Crocodile said.

"iceti"

Kuzan looked calm, and an icy cold air radiated from his body and spread towards Crocodile.

Sand and ice, the confrontation between two natural devil fruits

"Unfortunately, your fruit seems to be more restrained by me."

Kuzan, who gradually returned to his human form from his frozen form, still feeling cold, spoke so calmly.

Behind him was Crocodile, who had turned into an ice sculpture.

Crocodile vs Kuzan

Killed instantly

Kuzan raised his head and looked at the city gate, where a figure shrank back.

Kuzan ignored it. Anyway, the order from the headquarters was for him to capture Crocodile. As for the rest, it was not under his control.

Kuzan pulled out his phone bug.

"Blu Blu Bleu"

"Hello, this is the Black Threshold Fleet"

"I am Kuzan. I remember that your commander is Tina. Let her come to Rainland," Kuzan said.

"Ku" The messenger on the other side of the phone was obviously stunned for a moment before he reacted and immediately said nervously, "Yes, Your Excellency, General"

Because of the tense situation in Alabasta, the Black Throne Fleet, which was in charge of the surrounding waters, docked at Nahana, the gateway port of the country.

Therefore, after Tina got the news, she immediately went up the Santo River and arrived at Yudi that night.

"General Kuzan"

When Tina saw Kuzan, she was not as nervous as other colonels or generals, because she and Kuzan were relatively familiar with each other.

Tina is a naval elite at the same time as Smoker, but it is different from Smoker who was directly thrown into Rogge Town.

After Tina passed the training, she first stayed in the headquarters for a while and became familiar with various generals. She was only released in the past two years and was responsible for a certain sea area.

After accumulating experience in this way, the headquarters will consider their abilities and merits, and either transfer them back to the headquarters or take up important positions in a certain base.

And this is also the normal promotion path for the generals of the headquarters. If there is no accident, Tina will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. As for the general, not only must he have qualifications and background, but as the navy's signature, he must also have sufficient combat power.

Kuzan nodded slightly to Tina. He still valued this junior very much and said, "Tina, please send us back to the headquarters this time."

"He is, Crocodile." Tina looked at the ice sculpture and was surprised.

"It turns out he escaped back to the rainy land."

"Krokdal was captured and Admiral Kuzan personally took action"

Liszt, who returned to his territory, frowned when he received the news from Yudi.

He knew that Kuzan was going to catch Crocodile, but what he didn't expect was that Kuzan moved so quickly.

Once Crocodile is captured, it means that a link in his layout in Alabasta has been broken, and the free labor force is gone.

Hearing that Kuzan killed Crocodile with one move, Liszt raised his eyebrows. He could compete with Stoloberg. Now Crocodile is definitely not a "weak chicken", but in front of Kuzan, he is still as good as " "Weak chicken" makes no difference.

"You can't underestimate the admiral."

Liszt stroked the stubble on his chin and said to the other end of the phone, "It doesn't matter if Crocodile goes in, just stick to the original plan. Have you got Crocodile's method of controlling Baroque Works? Well, we still work with Baroque." Act in the name of the company and pay attention to confidentiality.”

By the next day, the World Economic News newspaper was filled with news about Crocodile's arrest.

Finally feeling proud and proud, of course the navy had to publicize it well, and Kuzan, who had captured Crocodile, also received approval from the Five Old Stars.

This made the Akainu faction feel uncomfortable, especially Stoloberg, who was lying in the hospital bed. He felt even more sad. Seeing the battle for marshals, at the critical moment, the Akainu faction lost the full support of the five old stars. .

Alas, it’s all my fault.

But Stoloberg couldn't figure out how he could become a scapegoat if he did his job well.

The "explosion" in the East China Sea had nothing to do with him. He was just a spectator overseas.

At most, he had some selfish motives when he captured the Straw Hats.

Who would have thought that a black pot would cover it up?

After that, I started to have bad luck, and everything went wrong.

"Sakaski, it's all my fault," Stoloberg couldn't help but said to Sakaski who came to visit him.

Stoloberg was not only a supporter of Sakaski, but also a comrade and good friend who had fought together.

"What's your fault?"

"that is"

Looking at the embarrassed Stoloberg, Sakaski suddenly understood and said, "This is not your fault. I gave the order. We just lacked a little luck. If the Straw Hats had been caught at that time, everything would have been different." Don't think too much, just take good care of yourself."

"That"

"The dispute between marshals has no impact. Both I and Kuzan know that we are fighting over ideas. Do you understand?"

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