Pirate’s Holy Light Swordsman

Great Route, Kingdom of Alabasta.

"Your Majesty, the national precipitation data for the last year is out!"

The captain of the guard, Ikalem, came to King Cobra with a serious face.

"How's it going?"

Cobra turned around and saw Ikalem's face, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart.

"Your Majesty, in the last year across the country, the rainfall in inland cities has dropped by more than half than in previous years!"

Cobra's expression changed, and Ikalem continued: "But... the rainfall in Arubana has increased by almost 60%!"

"Combining the data from previous years, the rainfall in inland cities is almost all the way down, and Arubana is all the way up!"

"At this rate, it is very likely that by next year there will be no rain at all in inland cities, and Arubana may even get double the amount of rain!"

Ikalem broke out in cold sweat: "This is just..."

"It's exactly the same assumption that Lieutenant General Wright once said..." Cobra muttered.

Before the last World Conference, Wright said, "The King's Seven Wuhai" Sha Crocodile will show three signs if he plans to do something wrong, the first one!

"How about the living water situation of inland city residents?"

Although Cobra had followed Wright's prompt and called on the residents to store water in advance, he was still in a heavy heart.

"There is no serious problem at present. Your Majesty's call for water storage has also made the residents vigilant, and it is not raining at all."

"But if things continue like this, things will eventually go wrong!"

Thinking of the second call-up that Wright said before, Ikalem couldn't help but took out his handkerchief and wiped off more and more sweat.

"Your Majesty, Crocodile's "heroic deeds" have even been published in the World Economic News for several years, and now his reputation in the country has even been faintly equal to the royal family!"

"People even call him a 'national protection hero'! This..."

"Is the second rule also hit..." Cobra clenched his fists: "So how is the Baroque work club?"

Ikalem took out a small notebook: "Your Majesty, Bell's news, indeed found a number of suspicious people who are suspected to be Baroque agents, appearing in the rain!"

"But they are secretive, and there are traces of the 'hundreds of millions of elders' and 'millions of elders' under their command, but the senior agents with special codes can only identify a few people!"

"It can only be determined that they use numbers as their code names. The smaller the number, the stronger the strength. But for the senior agents before 5, no one knows their identities!"

Cobra was silent for a moment: "This is the result of the targeted investigation we got the news in advance. I can't imagine what kind of damage this terrible criminal group will cause if we still don't know anything!"

"Your Majesty, in addition to this, the investigation team led by Gaka also discovered something unusual among the people!"

"Could it be..." Cobra was surprised: "The third..."

"That's right!" Ikalem said abruptly: "The third sign, the undercurrent of the people is surging, and the figure of the Baroque work club appears frequently!"

"The rumors about the royal family's control of rainfall are spreading among the people, although the scope is not large, and most of the people are skeptical, but if things go on like this, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Cobra slammed a punch on the pillar beside him: "It's all hit! Damn it... that Crocodile guy, he really dares!"

"Your Majesty... how do we deal with it? Now that the other party is in the dark, although we know the key points of all this, but... we have no evidence!"

Ikalem couldn't help but said: "Seven Wuhai, after all, is directly under the World ZF!"

Cobra walked back and forth a few times with his hands behind his back, his face gradually firmed.

"There is no evidence, even if we directly invite Lieutenant General Wright to come, we will have nothing to do with Crocodile!"

"I will never allow my people to be harmed by Crocodile's plans!"

"It will be too late if his plan is left to be carried out!"

"We have to react...forcing Crocodile to launch the plan ahead of time when he is not ready!"

"In this way, we have a chance to seize his handle!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

...

A month has passed.

Rain, below the casino "Rain Banquet", Crocodile's secret underwater base.

A figure wearing a long plush trench coat and a broad-brimmed top hat walked into the office.

"Miss. All Sunday, what's new?"

Crocodile, who was sitting on the wide seat, drank a cigar and exhaled a puff of smoke: "How is the plan going?"

"Mr.0, this time... is bad news."

Nicole Robin, with an unpredictable smile, sat across from Crocodile.

"Cobra must have sensed something...otherwise, our plan would not have been carried out so slowly."

"Cobra previously called on inland city residents to actively store water, in the name of new oasis development..."

"And, before cutting down the royal family's expenses to protect the lives of the people, it now seems that His Majesty was alert at that time."

"Hmph... Is it worthy of being the Neferutari royal family that has been passed down for eight hundred years?"

Crocodile looked at the crocodile swimming outside the window:

"This old guy hasn't behaved strangely towards my national hero in recent years, and he doesn't even have a special attitude towards the title of 'King of the Desert'!"

"It's hard to say if he noticed something about the water storage, but it doesn't matter..."

"Starting next year, there will be no rain in the inland cities of Alabasta! Even if the water is stored, they will last a little longer at most, and eventually it will explode!"

"But... the Royal Army has been moving recently."

Nicole Robin pursed her lips and chuckled:

"Jaka, the deputy captain of the Royal Guards, is leading a part of the Kingdom's army to soothe the emotions of the people in various places, and is actively coordinating the surrounding cities to transport water sources and protect the oasis."

"It seems that the royal family has been monitoring the rainfall across the country - this is our intelligence blind spot."

Crocodile tilted his head slightly: "Oh? I've never heard of the royal family monitoring rainfall before!"

"Alabasta has never experienced drought and little rainfall for hundreds of years. Why did this old Cobra think about this?"

"Now another deputy captain of the Royal Guard, Bell of the Falcon, seems to be investigating our situation recently."

Nicole Robin took out a list: "The million and billions of elders on the list were all arrested by the guards for different reasons, and they were even tracing the identities of senior agents."

"It's impossible to tell whether the royal family took action because they knew our details, or whether they were simply apprehensive about the organization of the Baroque Work Society."

"Have you done this already..."

Crocodile snorted coldly: "Originally, I wanted to at least let the people's emotions develop spontaneously."

"It now looks like they need to be given some force."

"Cobra's attitude towards the Baroque Society, no matter what the situation, means that we need to move faster!"

Crocodile turned around, his eyes were quiet and sharp:

"One month later, call all the senior agents and execute the prelude to the 'Ideal Township' plan in advance!"

"And within this month, there will be no rain in the interior of Alabasta!"