Pirates: Beginning with the Patrolman

Alabasta is the most powerful country in the first half of the Grand Line.

The population exceeds 60 million, the capital is located in Aruba, and there are standing troops

The royal family of Nefert is the family that was passed down from Nefert D. Lily, one of the twenty kings who established the current world government.

In other words, Weiwei, her father, and her ancestors before her can theoretically be considered Celestial Dragons.

But unfortunately, after the twenty kings jointly established the current world government 800 years ago, Vivi's ancestor Lily did not stay in Marijoa to become a Celestial Dragon like other kings, but returned to her homeland to continue the name of Nefert.

Interestingly, however, the name Lily cannot be found in any historical documents after the “blank hundred years”.

Therefore, Vivi's father Cobra believed that this ancestor never returned to Alabasta, and Lily's brother was the later ruler of Alabasta.

Of course, this is a bit far away. What was the specific situation? 800 years have passed. It is normal that people today cannot figure out the situation at that time. Let’s get back to Alabasta.

The design prototype of Alabasta should be Egypt. There is a Santa River in the center of the country, which almost runs through the north and south ends of the country, dividing the country into two.

Crocodile's base camp is in a city called Rainland, which is known as the "City of Dreams" of Alabasta and is the only capital city that has not been affected by drought and civil unrest. The kingdom's largest casino, "Rain Banquet", is here.

According to Remos' original idea, he hoped to go directly north along the Santa Dora River and head straight to the rainy land, but this proposal was rejected by Vivi.

"Crocodile must have deployed many spies on the road from Rainy Land to the Saint Dora River. If we go there like this, he will definitely find us soon. Moreover, Crocodile already knows your identity. If we go up the river, the Liberty will probably be recognized immediately.

By then, Crocodile will definitely know that we have returned, and will prepare in advance and set various traps."

Remos thought about it and felt that what Weiwei said made sense, so he nodded.

"So what do you think?"

Remos knew very little about Alabasta. When he watched the anime before, he just glanced over it and never explored more information beyond the plot. Moreover, it had been many years since he last watched the Alabasta arc. It was already very good that he could roughly remember the people from Baroque Works.

"Why not land at Eluma, then head north, pass Yoba and head north, and we'll soon reach the Rainy Land. There's desert everywhere along the way, and the land is vast and sparsely populated. Crocodile can't possibly have spies here. We can raid right up to him without him noticing."

Vivi took out a map, spread it out in front of Remos and Nami, pointed at the information on the map, and explained to them.

Remos and Nami came forward to take a look. Hmm, how should I put it? The map was a bit simple, with only a very crude topographic map of the country, and then a few rivers were drawn and several important cities in the country were marked out, and that was it.

It's so simple it's almost ridiculous.

However, it is barely sufficient to determine the route of action.

The only problem now is...

"What about the supplies along the way? Also, Crocodile has the Sand-Sand Fruit. This large desert is Crocodile's main battlefield."

In fact, it is mainly a problem of supplies. There is really no way to deal with it in the desert environment. The environment in Alabasta is like this and no one can do anything about it.

"Don't worry, I have already prepared the supplies."

Weiwei smiled confidently and took out a Den Den Mushi from her arms.

When Remos saw the Den Den Mushi, he understood.

As a princess of a country, wouldn't it be easy for Weiwei to call the ministers at home and ask them to arrange some supplies? Although the Nefertite royal family seemed very embarrassed and passive in the face of Crocodile's conspiracy, we should never underestimate the power of a superpower.

Well, if Alabasta is placed in the first half of the Grand Line, it can indeed be considered a superpower.

With the help of the kingdom's officials, the supply issue can naturally be skipped.

As for whether doing so would attract Crocodile's attention?

Remos said that possibility is low.

Because most of Alabasta is desert, even if they are taking the route they have planned, the surrounding area is almost uninhabited.

How many people are there in Baroque Workshop? No more than 2,000 at most.

More than half of them are still imprisoned in Whiskey Hill.

Even if all the remaining members of the work club were sent to the desert, it would be difficult to see a second living person within one square kilometer.

What's more, Crocodile would never do such a stupid thing.

So as long as you are not extremely unlucky, you basically don’t have to worry about being discovered by Crocodile. If you are really discovered... then just consider yourself unlucky.

If that's the case, then no matter which way we go, we're likely to be discovered, so should we give up on the safer option? That doesn't make sense.

The Liberty continued sailing, and three days later, the coastline appeared in their sight in the distance.

At this moment, the Den Den Mushi in Remos' arms suddenly chirped.

He picked it up and saw that it was Smoker.

"Hey?"

"Where are you guys?"

Smoker still looked old-fashioned.

"We're almost to Alabasta, what's going on?"

"Nothing. I have two things to tell you. First, Tina has received the information about the people you captured. She doesn't have your contact information, so I'll talk to you on her behalf. Also, you can pick up the relevant bounties at any nearby naval base."

"Okay, I understand. What about the second thing?"

Remus nodded.

There is another advantage to destroying Baroque Studio, that is, many of these people have bounties on them, but because they are subordinates of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the bounties are temporarily sealed, and the navy will not take the initiative to attack them.

But if one of them is defeated by other bounty hunters and sent to the naval base, the navy will not be stingy with the bounty.

The bounty for Gardino and Jem alone is as high as 3400 million. Two people are equivalent to the entire Arlong Pirates. It can be seen how valuable this group of people is.

"The second thing... I say, do you really want to deal with Crocodile? Don't forget, he is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea."

Smoker did not answer immediately, but once again tested Remus's resolve.