The Paper Fruit Among the Pirates

"This way, Mr. Roman."

In the royal tomb to the west of the palace, Vivi's father, the middle-aged king Naferutali Cobra, is waiting here solemnly.

"King Cobra, please don't call me 'Sir', just call me by my first name."

Facing Roman's words, the middle-aged man on the opposite side nodded gently, and instantly changed from a majestic king to a friendly uncle next door.

"Then Roman, you have to call me 'Cobra' or 'Uncle Cobra', too——it's always the king's king, doesn't it seem strange?"

"·····Right,"

"Then, Uncle Cobra." Roman said kindly, "About what I proposed..."

"Well, your information is 'accurate'."

Even too accurate!

The only ones who can clearly know that Naferutali is keeping the instruction booklet of 'Pluto', and even know that it is in the mausoleum, are the only ones besides the royal family of Naferutali...

"It's here."

As the middle-aged king stroked an unremarkable statue decoration in the tomb, a passage leading to the ground opened in the otherwise empty floor.

"That'historical stele' is inside."

"Very good," facing the legendary battleship "Pluto" that destroyed an island with one shot, Roman remained unmoved, but turned his head to look at the stone pillar of the mausoleum next to him.

"Nicole Robin."

"As you can see, I kept my promise."

Tread Tread,

A tall figure in a white trench coat and a white cowboy hat turned out from behind the stone pillar. It was the highest cadre of the Baroque studio: Miss. All Sunday.

"Here is..."

"Yes, that's your target: the historical monument."

Roman moved out of the way, and made a gesture of 'please' to the passage below.

And the intellectual woman named Nicole Robin took a deep look at Roman, then walked down the passage. ——No matter what is waiting for her inside, at least this is the closest she gets to the 'text of history'! So never give up.

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"Aren't you going down to have a look?"

As Nicole Robin entered the catacombs, King Cobra, who was guarding outside, chatted casually with Roman.

"What are you looking at? A big rock you don't know?"

Roman leaned against the stone pillar next to him indifferently, "I know what you're worried about, Uncle Cobra."

"It's nothing more than 'Pluto' falling into the hands of ambitious people, and then what~~~"

"Speaking of which, I'm quite surprised that you didn't ambush three hundred knives around."

Although Weiwei's father, the king of Alabasta, is famously wise in the original work of the previous life, but——

In the face of events that may lead to chaos in the world, the wiser the king, the more decisive he is! Judging from the fact that the other party blows up the tomb without hesitation in the original book, the other party is by no means a naive and stupid person...

"Hehehe, Roman you bastard."

"You are full of tricks and calculations at a young age, why can't you be more frank like everyone else?"

Facing the teasing of the middle-aged man next to him, Roman rubbed his forehead.

"Sorry, I have to take care of the naive guys on this ship...especially our captain, so he has to think about all the issues that should be considered by them."

"However, you can rest assured."

"I'm not interested in Pluto," Roman pointed his thumb to the tunnel next to him. "The woman inside also has no interest in Pluto. You may not believe it: she's just a simple archaeologist."

Therefore, there is no need to kill people to silence them.

——Although there is no 'master' in Alabasta who can kill Roman or Nicole Robin.

Tread Tread.

Soon, Nicole Robin came out of the secret passage, seeing her disappointed expression and:

"What a surprise, I thought there were already three hundred elites waiting for me outside."

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"I really want to take you down,"

Roman rolled his eyes, but he didn't expect there to be someone who thought exactly like him.

"I am enough alone!"

"Then..." Nicole Robin spread her hands, "Do you want to do it?"

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"Let's go, I've fulfilled my promise."

After King Cobra next to him turned the mechanism to close the tomb, Roman and the middle-aged king turned around decisively and left, leaving Nicole Robin with a surprised face.

———————

"Of course I believe you, Roman."

"But that woman named 'Nicole Robin'..."

After the two came out of the royal tomb, they walked all the way to the north of the palace. Compared with the uninhabited West, these people are like five steps per person, ten steps per sentry! There are even soldiers lying on the ground to listen to the underground to prevent those with the ability to penetrate the ground. Although in front of real masters, such defense is just a waste of effort, but——

"Your Majesty, please show me the password."

"newborn."

"Please pass, Your Majesty."

Well, in front of the serious soldiers, Roman naturally wouldn't say something like 'you're just doing useless work'.

"Do not worry,"

Roman took over the topic of King Cobra just now.

"I know Nicole Robin quite well. As I said before, she is not a careerist, but a simple archaeologist. What's more——"

Thinking of my hint, given that woman's obsession with the "historical text", most likely she will still choose to board Luffy's ship...

"It won't be long before Uncle will see the news of her joining the Straw Hats in the newspaper."

? ? ?

"Ok, I trust you."

Although it is not the behavior of a king to be so emotional, but—Naferutali Cobra is a great monarch who loves the people like his own son and is dedicated to his people.

"Your Majesty the King,"

"Mr Roman,"

As Cobra and Roman entered the heavily guarded building, Ikalem, the captain of the palace guard with golden curly hair, greeted him. Well, he is Mr. 8, the baroque studio executive I met at Whiskey Hill. On the surface, he was blown into the sea by Robin, but in fact the other party let him survive.

This room is filled with all kinds of experimental equipment, huge water tanks, and various pipes!

"It was once said that 'technology is the primary productive force',"

Roman came to a container that had been built according to his requirements. With a wave of his hand, sheets of special white paper fell into it, dividing the container into two sides.

"Even in this... world."

Roman nodded to the old people next to him...not scientists, but at most 'artisans'. As they pulled the valve, a huge amount of water poured into the container, then seeped to the other side of the container, and finally flowed out of the faucet—

"Clear water!!"

"Is this really drinking water??"

"My God, it's a miracle! It's a gift from God—"

In an instant, several old people laughed and danced as if possessed, and even Icarem, who had always been calm, trembled in his hands and feet. He stepped forward to take a glass of water, took a sip himself, and then brought it to King Cobra.

"Your Majesty, really—"

grunt!

He snatched the water glass and drank the liquid in it!

After the middle-aged king closed his eyes and felt silently for a while, he suddenly opened his eyes! Turning to Roman—

Boom,

Kneel down.

"Mr. Roman, on behalf of thousands of people in Alabasta—"

"Thank you! Thank you...Thank you very much!!"

The only thing that can make the king of a country so excited is:

Seawater desalination technology.

"Hey, hey, get up quickly," Roman pulled the corner of his mouth as he forcibly helped him up, "If Weiwei sees this, she will beat me up!"

Of course, it was just a joke.

"Technology is the primary productive force." Facing the 'reverse osmosis' seawater desalination device in front of him, Roman snapped his fingers, "Technology is not enough, let's get it together."

clatter~~

Sheets of white paper flew out of Roman's body, and were folded into neat squares in the room. Make other people around look at these white papers as if they are looking at gold!

Paper Dance - Clean Water (Chapter 17)

In fact, devil fruit is not only used for fighting, but also for people's livelihood is a bug! Originally, it was just a method used by Roman to purify seawater on the Golden Merry. If it is used on a large scale in Alabasta...

"However, it is impossible for me to stay in Alabasta for a long time."

"So, you still need to experiment with suitable filter materials yourself. ——Before that, you can use the paper I made to top it."

Roman pointed to another 'disc solar still' next to it, "The solar method, with your Alabasta's vast coastline and sufficient sunlight, is actually the simplest and most convenient method of desalination."

"Although I don't want to question your traditions, just waiting for it to rain is not a human being's tolerance."

With these, even if there are any sand crocodiles playing tricks, it will not cause the current situation.

Man can conquer nature!

This is the secret of human standing on top of all things.