Pirate: Role-Playing System

Chapter 149: Landing in Alabasta! (First update, seeking automatic translation)

Alabasta is one of the superpowers located in the Grand Line, with its capital being Alubarna. It has a standing army of 600,000 soldiers, and despite being entirely covered in desert, it possesses strong national power.

The Nefertari royal family, like the Celestial Dragons, is one of the twenty royal families that were instrumental in the creation of the World Government. However, unlike the Celestial Dragons, they did not hand over their country to others but instead entered the Holy Land. They can be considered a rare exception among the royal families.

They treat the common people with kindness, and although the country suffers from perennial drought, the citizens' lives are still decent.

"Is the historical text here?" Robin squinted her eyes and looked at the distant desert from the ship.

Instead of entering a regular port, they chose to dock in a place near the coastline.

Although the Revolutionary Army has already signed a peace treaty with the World Government, everyone knows that it's just a useless piece of paper, only useful for wiping one's bottom. In reality, neither the Revolutionary Army nor the World Government has any intention of being restrained by a mere treaty.

Dragon spreads the revolutionary beliefs with greater enthusiasm in various places, while the World Government...

Their spies are constantly searching for the Revolutionary Army's stronghold!

Of course, since they have publicly signed the treaty, they won't recklessly expose their intentions until both sides are fully prepared.

But only publicly...

Robin glanced at Zhao Xu. If the people from the World Government knew that this "Uchiha Madara's brother" was here, they might directly mobilize the three Admirals to attack.

"Well, the historical text is here," Zhao Xu nodded and then leaped forward.

Snap!

He stepped on the water's surface and said, "Let's go."

Robin blinked her beautiful eyes and asked, "Go?"

"Yes," Zhao Xu said seriously, "If the ship docks, it will leave traces. It's best for us to go on our own."

Robin narrowed her eyes and smiled, "But this is the sea, and I am a Devil Fruit user..."

Devil Fruit users cannot swim!

"Oh, I forgot about that!" Zhao Xu pretended to be surprised. "And I forgot to bring a small boat on the ship!"

They absolutely cannot dock the large ship casually; the reefs near the shore are enough to wreck their ship and cause casualties.

"What should we do then?" Robin looked at Zhao Xu on the sea's surface, adjusting the corners of her mouth.

"Well..." Zhao Xu pretended to ponder for a moment, then opened his arms. "I'll carry you over."

"Is that the only solution?" Robin looked at him with a smile in her beautiful eyes.

"I can only think of this solution. Do you have any better ideas?" Zhao Xu replied without hesitation, smiling shamelessly.

"Yes, that seems to be the only solution," Robin agreed.

"Well, that's the only solution. But those who accomplish great things don't worry about trivial matters. Robin, don't be too polite," Zhao Xu said.

Robin snorted lightly and glanced at him.

Then, she leaped into Zhao Xu's arms.

She wasn't some naive and innocent little girl. Although she hasn't had any intimate contact with any man so far, her days of wandering have made her understand many things.

Although her face still had a blush, her expression remained calm.

"Let's go."

"Yes," Zhao Xu nodded and walked forward slowly.

It really is a slow pace, about the same speed as an old man and old lady taking a walk.

Feeling the beauty in my arms, along with that faint fragrance mixed with the smell of the sea breeze, who would want to walk fast like a fool?

Feeling as if there are two hands on my body itching to move, Robin narrowed her eyes and said, "Zhao Xu, can't we walk faster?"

Zhao Xu calmly replied, "No, the sea is rough, and I'm afraid that if we go too fast, we might capsize."

Robin glanced at the calm sea.

"Capsize...?"

"Yes, capsize."

The place where Zhao Xu and the others landed was near a city called Almera.

Almera is known as the City of Green, one of the cities with the most plants in Alabasta.

And their destination is Yuba, the oasis of Alabasta.

However, a few years later, these two places, which were once rainy and prosperous, became dry and desolate.

The reason is...

"Zhao Xu, is Crocodile, one of the Shichibukai, here in Alabasta?" Robin walked on the dry desert and calmly asked...

"Yes," Zhao Xu nodded, "he is here."

"I heard that he seems to have become a hero of this country..." Robin glanced at Almera, which she had just passed, squinting her eyes.

The title of hero was heard from the residents of Almera.

"Do you think the Shichibukai can become a hero?" Zhao Xu smiled ambiguously.

"Of course not!" Robin narrowed her eyes, "that person is a notorious pirate known for his cruelty."

"But he did eliminate pirates, and there were too many pirates encountered here in Alabasta."

Not cruel enough, not powerful enough, why should he become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?

But Alabasta is a country near the entrance of the Grand Line, in other words, pirates who enter the Grand Line often appear here.

Although these pirates are not as fierce as those in the New World, since they are pirates, they certainly won't be well-behaved.

And their numbers far exceed the number of pirates in the New World!

From this perspective, Crocodile does indeed need to... turn over a new leaf?

"I advise you to be careful," Zhao Xu yawned, "his goal is similar to ours."

"Similar?" Robin squinted her eyes.

"Our goal is 2.8, which seems to be the true history."

"Yes," Zhao Xu nodded.

"So why does he want the true history..." Robin hadn't finished speaking when her eyes suddenly narrowed.

Excluding the historical markers, there are roughly two types of true history that Robin pursues.

One is the true history that records information about the Ancient Weapons.

The other is the blank history that records the hundred years of missing history!

And obviously, Crocodile is not someone who loves history and is a true archaeologist!

But...

"If Crocodile also wants to pursue the true history, that means..." Robin squinted her eyes and glanced at Zhao Xu beside her.

"Is there really true history here?!"