One Piece: Transform into the Eight Great Demons!

On this sea, countless "lives" were born, and countless "wills" were derived from them.

These "wills" drive "life" to act, thus achieving the so-called "destiny".

Always.

always like this.

…

"What determines our destiny is our own will, not our 'position'."

Lindsay's pupils were deep, she looked at Tiger quietly, and said with a slight smile:

"Why do we always have to pick a side?"

"..."

Tiger fell into silence.

Maybe he was thinking about Lindsay's words, or maybe he was examining his own will to explore his future destiny.

After a long time, Tiger raised his head, took a long breath, and murmured in a low voice:

"Sure enough, I can't bear it anymore..."

The future [Murloc Hero] recognized his own will and finally said these words.

In the original future, these words were actually addressed to Princess Otohime.

Later, Tiger climbed up to the Red Continent alone, triggering the "Marie Joa Attack" that shocked the world.

Tiger's will led him to this destined fate!

What can Lindsay say about this?

He stood up, took a bottle of wine from the kitchen in the cabin, and poured a glass for Tiger, Crocodile, and himself.

Let’s raise a toast to celebrate.

Congratulations to Fisher Tiger for regaining his freedom, and congratulations to everyone for their smooth escape.

Crocodile: "?"

Even after drinking the glass of strong wine, Crocodile still looked a little confused.

What does it have to do with me?

But having said that, Crocodile is still very good at seizing opportunities.

It was a rare opportunity to get involved with the "fish-men", and Crocodile would certainly not refuse.

Before leaving, Tiger told the two of them all about the surrounding sea conditions.

Lindsay drank half a bottle of liquor, put her arm on Tiger's shoulder, and said with a grin: "One more thing -"

"Destiny" depends on "will", but it is not "destined".

Fisher Tiger formed the Sun Pirates after causing the Mariejoia attack.

Soon after, there was a little slave girl on his ship, who later became the revolutionary army cadre "Kerra".

However, after sending Kerra back to her hometown, Tiger's whereabouts were leaked by other humans, and he was eventually ambushed by the navy and was seriously injured.

Tiger was so angry that he refused to use human blood to save his life, and eventually died.

So Lindsay has one more thing to say to Tiger:

"I have seen more despicable humans, and I have also seen nobler fish-men."

"What will you see?"

"..."

Tiger paused, thoughtfully.

Then, he patted Lindsay's shoulder hard with his big hand, jumped into the sea, and disappeared.

Lindsay held on to the railing along the side of the boat and silently drank the liquor in the bottle.

Crocodile walked up with a cigar in his mouth, intending to discuss the next trip with Lindsay.

But at this moment, Crocodile noticed Lindsay's expression.

With a smile on his face, his eyes narrowed into a thin line, and his mouth gently curved upward, he looked very...

No, it seems too kind!

"Um?"

Crocodile was stunned for a moment, "Are you drunk?"

"of course not."

Lindsay touched her face and smiled: "After drinking, my expression management will be a little out of control."

"..."

Crocodile's eyes twitched.

Judging by her conversation and behavior, Lindsay was indeed not drunk, not even tipsy.

But this kind of loss of expression control after drinking is also rare.

It must be some kind of mysterious physique of primitive people...

Crocodile looked at Alvin Lindsay with a kind smile on his face. He felt awkward, and even made himself more angry than the previous arrogant and unrestrained feeling!

Helpless, he had no choice but to wave his hands and said, "Let's wait until you take a break. I really can't take that expression seriously..."

…

The spare sail was replaced and the voyage continued.

This journey can be regarded as Lindsay's first real "voyage".

…

the next day.

After the alcohol in Lindsay's body completely dissipated and his expression management returned to normal, Crocodile explained to him the plan for the voyage.

Without making any stops, go straight to the desert country - Alabasta!

Lindsay: "..."

Speechless.

But his expression was twisted together, with disappointment visible to the naked eye, and even a little disgust.

It feels like saying: "You are so boring!"

Crocodile felt dizzy and even regretted why he didn't say anything yesterday.

Fortunately, at this moment, a newspaper gull flew from afar and delivered today's latest newspaper to the ship.

"Hmph, it's just the right time."

Crocodile took the newspaper and gave the newspaper gull a few coins.

He leaned back against the mast, slowly lit a cigar, glanced at the newspaper a few times, and then threw the newspaper to Lindsay.

Lindsay took a look at the newspaper and found a line of big words printed on the front page——

Riots in the Shampoo Islands.

Undoubtedly, through newspaper publicity, what happened in the Chambord Islands yesterday has evolved into a world-class event!

But soon, Lindsay discovered something was wrong, because the newspaper clearly wrote this paragraph:

"A big criminal named Alvin Lindsay attacked the Celestial Dragons in the Chambord Islands, and at the same time planned indiscriminate bombardments across the entire island, causing many casualties."

"..."

Lindsay silently watched the relevant reports, only finding them interesting and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Seeing this, Crocodile on the side couldn't help but smile gloomily: "This is a common trick of the World Government. It's interesting, isn't it?"

Lindsay nodded.

This report concealed a lot of information and falsified a lot.

It seemed that the death of a Celestial Dragon was concealed, and the slaves' riot was downplayed. At the same time, the blame for the indiscriminate bombardment was placed on Lindsay's head.

"Be happy, at least your 'notoriety' has resounded throughout the Grand Line."

Crocodile savored the aftertaste of the cigar and said:

"A major event of this level has just been triggered, so it's better not to be too ostentatious for the time being, otherwise your every move will be watched by the World Government, and then you won't even want to go to Alabasta."

It takes more than half a month to go straight from the Shampoo Islands to Alabasta, which just provides a relaxing gap and allows the heat of this major event to decrease slightly.

Lindsay also nodded and agreed to Crocodile's plan.

After all, Alabasta is a member of the World Government. Once the whereabouts of Alvin Lindsay are known in advance, there is a high probability that the matter will be reported to the World Government just in case.

By that time, the World Government will inevitably take action, and it will be difficult for Lindsay to move freely within Alabasta.

"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing."

Crocodile pointed to the middle of the newspaper and gestured: "Welcome to the 'wanted' ranks."

"..."

Lindsay was not surprised.

As the mastermind of the riots in the Shampoo Islands, it was natural for him to be offered a reward.

After flipping through a few pages of the newspaper, sure enough, there was a brand new wanted notice inside.

【Devil】Evan Lindsay;

Bounty: 650 million Beli!

"..."

"Hehehehe..."

Crocodile saw clearly the amount of Lindsay's reward, and smiled gloomily: "As a world-class criminal who killed the Celestial Dragon, this amount is a little low."

Apparently, in order to prevent the fact of the Draco's death from leaking out, the World Government deliberately lowered Lindsay's bounty.

But even so, for a person who is being rewarded for the first time, 650 million Berry is definitely a rare and sky-high price, which is enough to show that the world government attaches great importance to Alvin Lindsay!

——This is true, but Crocodile just doesn’t want to say that.

After all, with Alvin Lindsay's unscrupulous character, if he knew that his initial bounty was extremely high, he would probably be troubled all the way.

Luckily, Lindsay really didn't show too much excitement;

Unfortunately, Lindsay knew far more information than Crocodile imagined;

What's even more unfortunate is that Lindsay is particularly excited about "this" thing.

…

"You have a point, little crocodile."

Lindsay looked at his wanted poster, then looked up at Crocodile with an expression of humbly asking for advice.

"So, as one of the seven martial arts under the king, and having been at sea for so many years, your bounty must be very high, right?"

Crocodile: "..."

As we all know, the moment you become the King of the Shichibukai, the amount of your wanted order will stop rising.

Therefore, the current bounty of the dignified [Sand Crocodile] Crocodile was set when he just went to sea.

Slightly lower.

Lindsay turned around, grinned, and asked, "How much is it?"

Crocodile held the cigar in his mouth and went to the helm without looking back.

At the same time, he murmured in the lowest and lowest voice:

"Eighty-one million berries..."

"..."

"puff--"

"Hahahahahaha!"

After a brief silence, Alvin Lindsay's unbridled laughter came.

He even started to hold his stomach and burst into tears from laughter.

Crocodile could tell that there was no mockery, contempt, disdain, or even arrogance in this laughter.

The only thing that exists is that Alvin Lindsay finds it "very interesting".

This was also a "pure" one, not offensive at all, so Crocodile couldn't get angry at all.

but--

Crocodile still couldn't help it, his eyes twitched.

It’s really unpleasant!

…