One Piece: Transform into the Eight Great Demons!

There is a saying among sailors:

A butterfly flapping its wings may cause a storm thousands of miles away.

Metaphorically, it often only takes a few small changes to affect the direction of a major event!

…

Lindsay feels this deeply now.

If everything went as normal, Crocodile wouldn't have left Alabasta at all.

He will always be lurking here, operating his superficial identity as the country's "national hero", while secretly setting up a Baroque studio to plan the historical text.

Many years later, Crocodile, who was just about to complete the act of "stealing the country", was stopped by the Straw Hats and eventually defeated.

But when "Caesar salvaged the ancient stone tablet" happened, everything began to change.

Crocodile learned the news about the ancient stone tablet. After tracking the ancient weapons for a long time, he chose to leave Alabasta temporarily and go to the new world to search for clues.

Later, he witnessed the resurrection of Alvin Lindsay and experienced the riots in the Shampoo Islands.

Now, when he returned to Alabasta with Alvin Lindsay, the two of them learned an extremely shocking news.

There are actually neighboring countries that want to go to war with Alabasta? !

…

Something is wrong.

There is something wrong with 12 out of 10 points!

Crocodile held his cigar in his mouth and silently looked at the grandfather and grandson in front of him.

Big eyes stare at small eyes.

I have only been away from Alabasta for more than a month, why is there suddenly a war?

Because he had skipped the surrounding islands, Crocodile didn't even know about the "sea ban."

What is going on?

Crocodile tried to ask further, but the answers from the grandfather and grandson were mixed.

The two men in front of them were indeed citizens of Alabasta, but no matter how you looked at them, they were definitely not "King's Army" capable of holding patrol positions.

Not only does he have no fighting qualities, he is even a little neurotic!

"Tsk, amateur..."

Crocodile shook his head helplessly, and then let the two men sort out their thoughts while he took the helm.

At the same time, Lindsay also tied their small fishing boat to the big boat, and then waited silently for the boat to dock.

He couldn't help but wonder, what happened in Alabasta?

This is a famous superpower on the Great Line, with an area of ​​more than 10 million square kilometers and a standing army of 600,000.

Even the world government would not dare to easily suppress a country of this level, and which blind "neighbor" would dare to provoke it?

Moreover, the current king of Alabasta, Kobra, is known to love his people like a son and would never let civilians set foot on the battlefield, so why would these two grandfathers and grandsons take the initiative to patrol?

All of a sudden, too many questions came to mind.

…

After the sailboat docked, Lindsay finally officially set foot in Alabasta.

This is a port city rich in perfume - rapeseed flowers!

As soon as they landed, even Lindsay could feel that something was obviously wrong with Alabasta at this moment.

As far as the city of Rape Flower is concerned, it was originally a prosperous and lively port city, but now there is not a single vendor on the street, and there is no atmosphere of life at all.

Scattered soldiers of the King's Army were stationed at the intersection, while most residents stayed in their houses, and a few militiamen were patrolling.

It feels like a battle is coming!

On the other side, the grandfather and grandson finally took their breath away.

After receiving Crocodile's casual forgiveness, they finally felt relieved and began to greet the surrounding residents.

"Hey everyone, Mr. Sand Crocodile is back!"

"..."

As soon as this statement came out, every household began to commotion.

Not long after, dozens of people gathered around, discussing and some even started cheering.

"Mr. Sand Crocodile, you are finally back!"

"Are you okay? Do you want to take a rest first?"

"Great, with you here, the king will definitely be able to lead us to defeat the enemy!"

"..."

The buzzing discussions made Crocodile frown slightly.

He actually looks down on this group of ordinary people who are easily provoked. However, his character in Alabasta is that of a "national hero" who fights against pirates, so he can only deal with it reluctantly.

Seeing that he couldn't figure out the reason, Crocodile found an excuse to say goodbye to everyone, and then pulled several king's soldiers to a side alley.

Shunzui also introduced Alvin Lindsay.

"This is my...'friend'."

The last two words were emphasized particularly hard, and they were said very reluctantly.

Alabasta is the country he's targeting, so Crocodile must figure out who's behind it!

"So, what happened while I was gone?"

"..."

Hearing this, several of the king's soldiers looked at each other.

After thinking for a moment, one of the captains stepped forward and replied: "In fact, even we are not very clear..."

"Huh?" Crocodile raised his eyebrows.

But what the captain said next caused Crocodile to fall into deep doubts.

"Not long after you left Alabasta, the same leaflet suddenly appeared all over the country."

"The content above is the Magnetic Drum Kingdom's declaration of war against Alabasta."

With that said, the captain took out the "leaflet" from his arms, handed it to Crocodile, and then continued:

"King Wapol of the Drum Kingdom claimed that a rebellion broke out in their country. The leader is now hiding in Alabasta and even colluded with the royal family. He insists that we hand over the criminals, otherwise we will pay the price. .”

"But all the citizens believe that His Majesty Kobra would not be able to do such a thing."

"His Majesty Cobra also tried to communicate with the Drum Kingdom, but there was no response from the other party and there was no news."

"And in the past month or so, many Alabasta caravans and fishing boats have been attacked by the Drum Kingdom, and their provocations against us have not stopped."

"Everyone was so excited that many people even volunteered to become militiamen, which is how it is now."

"..."

After some introduction, Crocodile finally understood roughly what happened recently.

But precisely because of this, his doubts only increased.

He had already investigated the surrounding countries, so of course he knew about the Drum Kingdom and its then king, Wapol.

The former is a small country, while the latter is a complete idiot.

Incompetent, stupid, and cruel idiot!

Regardless of "country" or "individual", they are all scum that you don't need to care about. Why is it like this?

"Although there was no large-scale war, there were too many sporadic attacks, as if they were deliberately provocative and difficult to guard against."

The captain said helplessly: "So His Majesty Kobra sent us here more to stabilize people's hearts."

"..."

"I see."

Crocodile nodded.

The group of king's troops in front of them didn't seem to know very well what happened. For specific information, they still had to ask King Kobra himself.

…

The journey to the capital "Arupana" begins here.

On the way, you have to cross a huge desert.

Of course ordinary people need to be fully prepared, but for the two Devil Fruit users, this journey just takes time.

The scenery in the desert was indeed beautiful, so Lindsay simply walked and watched.

On the other hand, Crocodile was a little busier.

After sorting out his thoughts for a while, he took out the phone bug and contacted Kobra in the royal capital of Arupana in advance.

Bulu Bulu Bulu...

Click!

The phone was connected, and Crocodile exchanged a few words with Kobra before getting straight to the point.

"This time I went to sea and investigated some useful information."

Crocodile smiled darkly, but his tone seemed extremely sincere.

"I suspect that the unusual movements in the Drum Kingdom are related to something in your royal mausoleum."

Kobra on the other end of the phone was obviously confused and asked: "Royal mausoleum? What is there?"

Crocodile paused, as if he was quickly conceiving a plan in his mind, and then slowly uttered four words:

"The text of history."

…

"..."

Bang bang!

Lindsay on the side looked at this scene and couldn't help but clapped her hands.

It has to be said that the little crocodile has a knack for making things up.