Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

Let's go back in time to...

Well, about four days ago.

At that time, not long after the Kingdom of Germa approached the Kingdom of Aden, the "messenger" was still on his way to the Kingdom of Aden by boat.

And on the great route, a ship is passing through the fixed route of the Universal Alliance, sailing towards the dreamy island standing at an altitude of 10,000 meters—Sky Island!

They are the members of the Universal Alliance who have just defeated the flying pirates and returned smoothly.

Luo Wen's body is also in it.

...

At this moment, Luo Wen was drinking wine silently at the bow, admiring the magnificent beauty of the bird above the clouds by the way.

Murloc Tom, [Son of Devil] Nicole Robin, [Ranger] Hoka, and [Sand Crocodile] Crocodile are all on this ship.

As for the members of the Sun Pirates, they have already rushed to the Murloc Village to make corrections.

They are not interested in what Rowan will do next, and Rowan is kind to them, so they will not let their benefactor get entangled.

No matter how generous Rowan is, there are some things related to the secrets of the Universal Alliance that they don't want outsiders to know.

But... an outsider?

To be honest, even Tiger, who has been taking risks at sea all the time, had to admit that when he was the first one to come to Murloc Village, he would definitely choose to come to Murloc Village if he was just an ordinary Murloc without a younger brother to follow him. settle down.

In fact, there are not many places in this sea that do not discriminate against murlocs. Murloc's hometown, Murloc Island, counts as one, and Alabasta's Murloc Village counts as the second.

...

His gaze returned to the ships of the Universal Alliance.

Why are everyone in the Sun Pirates not interested in what Rowan will do next?

The answer is actually very simple, because Rowan has already told them what he is going to do next——

archeology.

...

Nicole Robin leaned back against the mast, silently looking at Rowan who was sitting cross-legged on the deck not far away.

To be honest, she was surprised.

Even if his so-called "O'Hara's only survivor" title is really resounding, it has attracted the coveted eyes of countless forces.

But it was really hard for Nicole Robin to imagine that there would be a leader of a big force who would reveal so many secrets to her when they first met!

What did Rowan reveal to her?

All of Sky Island.

Including the magnificent ruins of Shandora;

It also includes "that channel" hidden in the complex ruins.

The passage hidden in the ruins of Shandora is made of extremely high-purity Hailou Stone!

Walls, ceilings, stairs, everything!

The channel made of sea tower stones leads directly to the bottom, like a dead end for devil fruit users!

Once such a channel officially appears on the sea, it will definitely attract the attention of all forces.

Among them, there must be some ambitious people who directly launched an attack on the empty island, trying to seize the ownership of that passage, right?

So Robin was very curious, why that Ryan Rowan would tell this important information to himself who hadn't known him for a few days.

Isn't he afraid of turning around and selling this information to others?

Or in other words, the man in front of him has the confidence to control himself, and it is absolutely impossible for him to easily disclose the confidential information of the Universal Alliance?

Robin's eyes moved slightly, lost in thought.

For a long time, Nicole Robin's way of survival was to dodge among the various forces on the sea, use those powerful forces as a cover, and continue her archaeological research.

She didn't want to be chained to one power all the time.

Otherwise, once this force is wiped out by the world government, I will have no way out!

So now Nicole Robin has been observing Rowan, she is eager to know where the man's confidence or hole cards come from!

As if sensing Robin's gaze, Rowan drank a small glass of spirits and turned to raise his glass to Robin.

Robin nodded with a smile, then turned around and missed Rowan's gaze.

But her sight was covered by a black shadow.

Looking up, she saw the man in the black fur coat.

[Sand Crocodile] Crocodile!

As one of the former candidate targets, Nicole Robin also knew a lot about Crocodile.

All in all, this is definitely a very troublesome man, choosing to cooperate with him is definitely as dangerous as the golden lion, or even worse!

The reason is that this man's "ambition" is too obscure.

If the Golden Lion is a lion roaring wantonly towards the sea, then Crocodile is a "crocodile" lurking in the mud.

He used the identity of Shichibukai as the king as a cover to work with the world government, but he never shifted his eyes from staring at the prey.

If you are not careful, you will drag it directly into the water and eat it up!

If possible, Nicole Robin really doesn't want to deal with Crocodile and Ryan Rowan who can't figure out what's really going on at the same time.

But thinking of this, Robin turned his body sideways, intending to avoid Crocodile.

But Crocodile didn't seem to want to get out of the way.

More precisely, he was looking for Nicole Robin.

"call……"

Crocodile took a puff of his cigar, raised his eyebrows, and said with a sullen smile: "Hehehehehe, archaeologist...Aren't you excited to go to archaeology? Nicole Robin."

After a pause, a familiar smile appeared on Robin's face.

"Well, Mr. Crocodile, to be honest, I was a little surprised that Mr. Rowan revealed these things to me when we first met."

"You are indeed surprised."

Crocodile nodded, "Let me guess, you are thinking 'Why did that Ryan Rowan tell me such secret information? Isn't he afraid that I will sell this information to others?'——So, yes Bar?"

At that moment, Nicole Robin's face changed.

It never occurred to her that Crocodile in front of her had already seen through her thoughts!

But after only a few days of getting along, the two of them haven't even spoken a few words, so why can they see through their own thoughts?

Robin couldn't understand it at all!

...

In fact, Nicole Robin "underestimated" Crocodile in a way.

If everything develops normally and Nicole Robin joins Crocodile's baroque work club, then she will get a taste of Crocodile's real face in front of the historical text of Alabasta.

For Crocodile, everything around him is within his vigilance.

The same is true for "enemies", and so is the so-called "partners"!

It is naturally impossible for such a man not to see Nicole Robin's little thoughts.

...

"Hehehehe, seeing how nervous you are, don't worry, I don't plan to tell that old man."

Crocodile's words calmed Robin a little, but he changed the topic again and said with a dark smile: "Anyway, he already knew?"

"But he doesn't care."

After Crocodile's words, Robin's face changed several times, and this situation seemed to make him very satisfied.

Looking at Robin with a surprised face, Crocodile explained:

"That old guy is actually too lazy to take the initiative to hide something."

"When he first discovered that passage, he planned to hide the information there, so he frowned many times."

"Now, since he is going to organize people to investigate with great fanfare, it proves one thing—"

Crocodile said slowly:

"Now he has the ability to deal with those who want to be tempted by this channel."

...

not far away.

The empty island is approaching.