The Most Wasteful Fruit Among Pirates

"Warship No. 346 has arrived, please instruct!"

"Have them dock at Navy Headquarters Pier 6—"

As the warship turned slowly, it headed towards the largest naval military base named Marlin Vanduo.

On the deck, the young man with a big back, a long horizontal scar on his face, an earring on his right ear, a cigar in his mouth, and a broken left wrist, replaced by a gold hook, frowned.

He was wearing a dark green fur coat, an orange plaid long-sleeved shirt, and black trousers. It looks quite like an underground world, mafia patriarch.

"Didn't you go to the Holy Land 'Marie Joa'?"

"Do you look down on me—"

Facing the young man's cold question, the naval officer next to him answered with a face of cold sweat.

"This is an order from Marshal Sora, in order to let everyone 'Shichibukai' familiarize themselves with the environment in advance..."

Humph,

The young man let out a cold snort with his nasal cavity. Although he had just become the "Qiwuhai" for only half a year, he knew very well after doing enough homework: the one who summoned the "Qiwuhai" was the world government, so he should go to the holy land Mariejoa!

But right now, the warship is sailing directly to Marlin Vandor at the Navy Headquarters...

In an instant, countless thoughts turned in this young man's mind! From the emptiness of the navy... to taking the opportunity to eradicate Shichibukai, all kinds of conspiracies and tricks made his face more gloomy, and the naval officer next to him was already sweating profusely.

Facing the ferocious big pirate who can suck himself dry with just a wave of his hand, any normal navy would feel nervous.

"Lieutenant Colonel En Luo, leave this to me."

"Yes, Major General Kuzan."

Hearing the voice behind him, the naval officer, who was originally stubborn, gave a military salute to others, and quickly moved away from the terrifying young man with a murderous look and a golden hook on his left hand.

"Sha Crocodile,"

A young man wearing a blue hat with a navy logo behind his curly hair, wearing blue sunglasses, and a blue coat with a navy logo on it walked beside Crocodile.

"Restrain your breath, there are no enemies here."

"Guhaha, don't worry, I've changed my mind, and I'm a 'hero' on the side of the navy—"

A year ago, the high-spirited Crocodile challenged the legendary pirate "Whitebeard". After losing his left hand, he accepted the "olive branch" extended by the world government without much consideration.

Then, Crocodile settled in the Kingdom of 'Alabasta' and buried countless pirates on that route. Dubbed a 'hero' by the newspapers, ordinary civilians and even the Navy believed he had 'repented of evil'.

In the eyes of the pirates, Crocodile, who had been beaten down by 'Whitebeard', has become a running dog of the navy!

It is also easy to understand that it is entrenched in Alabasta. The Kingdom of Alabasta has a vast desert environment. Crocodile is a natural strongman who eats the "sand fruit", can freely control the sand, and can turn his body into sand.

This further proves that he has lost the courage to enter the new world!

However, in fact, the ambition of Crocodile, who lost a hand, has not been extinguished, but has set his sights on the legendary three major weapons 'Pluto'.

He plans to obtain the whereabouts of 'Pluto' from the royal family of Alabasta.

Prepare to rely on that legendary weapon to challenge the new world and Whitebeard again!

And to do all this, one must approach the target cautiously, cautiously, and calmly: the title of a hero is the best disguise.

"However, this time the meeting place of the 'Qiwuhai' has become Marine Vandor, the headquarters of the Navy, which makes people a little bit concerned..."

Facing Crocodile's meaningful words, Rear Admiral Kuzan frowned, and decided to reveal some 'insider' information for the sake of the other party helping the Navy relieve a lot of burden.

"Among the Qiwuhai convened this time, some people didn't like the environment of the 'Holy Land', so they changed the meeting place to the Navy Headquarters. ——and most of the battlefields are in the Navy Headquarters. I don't know when the enemy will show up..."

"Understood,"

Crocodile nodded, and at the same time, various thoughts quickly turned in his mind.

Shichibukai... Three of the members have existed for more than five years, so naturally they won't be disgusted with the "Holy Land" now; there are two members added recently: apart from myself, the rest are:

Don Quixote Doflamingo!

Hehe, that rookie and his brother killed the "former Shichibukai" Carmenio a year ago, and recently hijacked Tianshangjin boldly and forced the world government to grant the title of "Shichibukai". It seems that he is also an ambitious guy ···

In Crocodile's mind, he has already sketched an extremely evil person who is arrogant, evil, and daring!

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Naval Headquarters,

It's an island called Marin Fand.

The entire island is a huge fortress, surrounded by steel barriers several meters thick, and densely packed with forts on the island. The triple-mounted cannons point obliquely at the sky, deterring all incoming enemies!

In the island cities, there are a large number of naval families living.

But now the people have been evacuated, leaving only an 'empty city'.

Normally, this place is naturally the second safest place in the world, but in the face of possible raids by strong men, even a headquarters with marshals and generals in charge is not safe.

Once the top powerhouses fight, it will be easy for the mountains to fall and the ground to crack! The aftermath is enough to instantly kill ordinary people dozens of times. Admirals and admirals are indeed strong, but their relatives cannot be equally strong.

The wife and children of Admiral "Black Wrist" Zefa were killed by pirates a few years ago, so they became disheartened and turned their energy to cultivating a new generation of navy.

By the way, the first safe place?

San Marie Gioia, of course!

"Come on, Torrebol."

While Crocodile was looking at the giant steel fortress and thinking, the warship under his feet slowly entered the port full of forts, and a figure on the pier attracted his attention.

It was a man about the height of Crocodile himself, wearing a black feather coat. He was chatting casually with several marines.

Behind him was a scruffy, obese young man who looked like a prisoner, although he was over three meters tall.

?

At this moment, the other party seemed to notice Crocodile's gaze and turned his head.

It's him--

How could Crocodile, who is a 'conspirator', not recognize this face:

Don Quixote Rossindi!

The new Shichibukai, brother of Doflamingo.

The handsome young man glanced back at Crocodile, nodded and said goodbye to the navy next to him, and then walked towards the navy headquarters with a man wearing a bowler hat and holding a cane who looked very listless behind him.

With such performance, Crocodile narrowed his eyes, took off the cigar in his mouth and shook it.

Rumors of the man's close relationship with the Navy don't seem to be groundless.

You must know that this is the headquarters of the Navy. Facing the crushing level of combat power, even Crocodile, who is the "Shichibukai", is not as calm as he looks.

That 'Rosinindi' looked relaxed returning home, which made the 'Sand Crocodile' elusive.

Is it a person with a high degree of art and boldness?

Or is there some invisible deal with the Navy?

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If Rossi knew Crocodile's inner activities, he would definitely say "you think too much".

Maybe others will have an instinctive fear of the Navy Headquarters, but Rossi, who is familiar with the character of the high-level Navy, is not panic at all!

What's more, unlike other "Qiwuhai", although Rossi doesn't care about his status as a "Dragon Man", the navy will not ignore it. Anyway, it's a talisman.

Unless the five old stars can accept the price of Dover revealing 'that' secret, it is impossible to be unfavorable to Rossi.

"This way please, Monsieur Rosinetti."

Under the leadership of the naval officer, Rossi led the listless Torrepol into the tall building with the word "Navy" and came to a hall.

"Mr. Torrebol, this is the meeting room for the 'Shichibukai' adults. Please rest here..."

"Torre,"

Rossi turned his head and gave a look, Torrepol nodded to express his understanding, and then left with the naval officer next to him.

"This is the conference room of 'Qiwuhai',"

When Rossi raised his legs and buried himself in the hall, a cold voice sounded from inside:

"Why let an unrelated brat step in, the navy has fallen to such a degree?"

In the hall, two people were already sitting.

The one who spoke was a man leaning on the seat, with a normal height. Long gray hair, handsome and three-dimensional facial features, bright red eyes and pale skin, wearing a black aristocratic costume, with white gloves on both hands.

From the outside, he looks more like a deep-minded nobleman than a pirate!

"Mr. 'The Impaler' Akado,"

Rossi, who is the "consultant" of the Don Quixote family, naturally recognizes this veteran "Qiwuhai": besides those "familiar" faces in the previous life, there are many powerful people in the sea.

For example, this one in front of you:

Zoology · Batfruit · Phantom Beast · Vampire Form

That's right, it is the devil fruit that the unwilling old Red Earl ate more than twenty years later.

"I'm sorry, but my brother Dover is unable to come due to something. I will replace him in the 'Qiwuhai' meeting. You—"

Step by step forward, Rossi raised his chin to the pale black nobleman.

"Any comments?"

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"Oh, young man—"

I don't see any movement of this man named Akado, the moment Rossi's footsteps fell, the dark red carpet under his feet suddenly came alive!

The ground near the door of the entire hall surged up suddenly, and the carpet turned into crimson spiral spikes! The huge pillar with a dull metallic color drowned Rossi's figure.

Puff, puff, puff! ! !

The huge dark red spiked column instantly filled the entrance of the hall, and the ceiling, the gate... were pierced into ruins by a large number of giant spikes that suddenly attacked.

"'Mr. Impaler', although I don't mind fighting with you, considering the feelings of the owner here..."

Rossi who flashed to the side at some point spread out her hands,

"stop!"

A serious voice sounded outside the door, followed by a crackling sound, and the pink spiral spikes, which were far harder than steel, exploded one after another.

A very strong old man with a broad chest, tawny skin, and white hair and beard in the shape of a "mountain" strode in.

In front of this old man, the 'blood thorns' that had made countless people fearful were as fragile as paper, and they didn't need any 'attack' at all, just passing by would smash through the giant pillar of blood blocking the door.

"You are here for a meeting, not a fight!"

Wearing a dark gray admiral's coat and a sleeveless black shirt decorated with medals, the old man showed his thick arms and a pale yellow scarf around his neck. His domineering gaze was like mountains rolling over him.

"Since you are so energetic, when the enemy comes, if I see someone standing by, let him get close to Garp!"

···hiss,

Actually let Karp go,

You admiral don't talk about martial arts!

"Marshal Kong, what happened here has nothing to do with me."

In the hall, there was another naked upper body, more than five meters tall, like a muscular golem, and a man with messy hair spoke slowly.

"Of course, if Garp is willing to be a guest on my ship, I welcome it."

The man's attire was too shabby even by the standards of a 'pirate': a leather skirt, straw sandals, and a golden belt on his forehead. He looked like a barbarian who had escaped from some primitive tribe.

Taran 'Hound of Elbaf'

He is a half-giant, half-giant and human.

I don't know where his father got the courage to marry a 20-meter giant "beauty". In short, Talan's childhood can be said... very unsatisfactory.

After all, he gets along with those giant children whose 'normal' height starts at 4 or 5 meters, but Talan, who is 'merely' less than 2 meters, will naturally be bullied by the 'children'.

Even as an adult, Taran was only 5 meters tall.

And giants are generally 20 meters tall when they grow up!

In the eyes of the giants, this is no longer a dwarf, it is simply not a 'giant'.

But Talan was not depressed by this. With his mother's encouragement, he trained and fought day after day. Soon: the strength of the giants and the skills of humans were developed on him at the same time, and countless giant warriors were defeated by his axe.

Unsatisfied, Taran left the giant's hometown of "Erbaf" and began to roam the sea.

According to the customs of giants, it is only natural for the weak to sacrifice everything to the strong! So his behavior of 'taking' food at random along the way soon soared along with his bounty.

After finally being defeated by someone's iron fist, he accepted the invitation to become the "Qiwuhai".

With the contact with other people in the sea, this half-giant is no longer a reckless man who would draw an ax at a disagreement.

"Guhahaha, it's really lively."

Just when the atmosphere was tense, an arrogant laugh sounded.

Immediately afterwards, Crocodile, wearing a dark green fur coat, smoking a cigar, and looking like a "big guy" walked in through the hole made by Marshal Kong.

"This tense atmosphere, did I go to the wrong place?"

···

"Okay, everyone is here."

Marshal Kong, who was muscular and showed no signs of aging at all, walked to the round table in the center of the hall, pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Let's start the meeting!"

"There should be another..."

"That guy was unlucky and met the 'Red Earl'."

Hearing Marshal Kong's answer, he sneered, and Crocodile, who was noncommittal, found a seat at random, pulled out a chair and sat down.

Although it has the title of "Qiwuhai", but in this chaotic era, a large number of legendary pirates are still active, and the position of Qiwuhai has never been full.

The people present are the "Qiwuhai" of this era, and they are:

'The Impaler' Akado

Taran 'Hound of Elbaf'

Crocodile 'Sand Crocodile'

And the one who came to attend the meeting instead of Dover: "Black Crow" Rossindi.

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