The Pirate Garen

A low-pressure cyclone visible to the naked eye hovered in the room, and yellow sand danced restlessly in the air, dyeing the bright sunlight coming in through the window into a hazy yellow with extremely low visibility.

Like Crocodile's extremely ugly gloomy scarred face, this extremely depressing atmosphere has lasted for a whole day since the negotiation that broke up unhappy.

Seeing this diffuse yellow sand mist, few people dare to disturb the solitary time of Lord Shichibukai.

However, someone still knocked on the office door without interest:

"Lord Crocodile!"

"A pirate ship appeared on the pier again!"

In the rainy land, pirates are already scarce animals.

Because as long as those unlucky pirates accidentally break into the territory where Crocodile sits, they will definitely be used by Crocodile as a tool to show off in front of the people of the Rainland.

Their dishonorable lives will eventually only serve as an embellishment for Crocodile's false title of "Hero of Alabasta".

So over time, fewer and fewer pirates dared to come to the rainy land, so that Crocodile often suffered from the lack of show materials, so he had to specially arrange for his men to keep an eye on the pier all the time.

Once the traces of pirates are found, Crocodile will take the trouble to rush to the public and perform a good show of "eliminating harm for the people and protecting the environment and the people".

However, that was before.

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Crocodile didn't even think about getting up, but with a wave of his hand, he unscrewed the locked office door with a long whip made of sand.

As soon as the door was opened, the subordinates who came to report saw Crocodile's gloomy face, and heard him sternly scolding:

"In the future, you don't have to report this kind of thing to me again!"

Now Crocodile doesn't have much thought about playing the hero.

As long as Galen still holds that shocking secret, he will never be the legitimate king of Alabasta, and it doesn't make much sense to pretend to be a good person.

"yes!"

The subordinate lowered his head tremblingly under the devouring eyes of his boss.

But after a while, he continued tremblingly:

"But."

"The Galen you asked us to stare at is also rushing to the dock."

"What was he doing there?"

Upon hearing this horrible name, Crocodile's mood became a little unstable.

The subordinate naturally had no way to answer this question, so he had to lower his head a little deeper.

"Asshole!"

Crocodile cursed secretly, but in the end he still couldn't help the resentment and guard against Galen in his heart, and stood up from the sofa angrily.

His body suddenly turned into a ball of flying yellow sand, and he smashed open the window and flew out.

The ability to fly has brought Crocodile a strong maneuverability, and it didn't take long for him to fly from the Casino Rain Banquet where he was sitting to the Rain Land Wharf.

The yellow sand cloud appeared on the pier, and there were bustling onlookers below, but Crocodile did not enjoy the cheers and admiration of the citizens of the rainland like before.

Because the eyes of these citizens are attracted by a hero with a better appearance:

That sharp and resolute face paired with a gorgeous armored sword is the most standard template of a justice knight.

And the lingering pale golden light curtain on the armor and the golden red flame burning on the great sword added a strong visual impact to Galen's shape.

There is no need for unique action design, and with such special effects, even without martial arts guidance, you can play gorgeous and dazzling battle scenes.

Those unlucky pirates were not sucked dry by the yellow sand of the heroes of Alabasta, but fell under the holy flames of the knights of justice.

The battle with perfect sound and light effects soon came to an end, and the citizens of Rainland, who were fascinated by the sight, immediately gave the warmest cheers and applause to Galen, the new hero.

However, Crocodile, the hero who fell to the ground at some point and condensed into a solid body, was regarded by most of the rainland citizens as air without a sense of existence, and was suddenly reduced to a passerby engulfed by fanatical fans.

But his height of 2.5 meters is still very eye-catching, and people soon discovered this Alabasta hero who was also admired by them.

"Hahaha!"

Galen was ahead of the crowd of rainland citizens, and with a bright smile on his face, he greeted the ugly Crocodile:

"Old Sha!"

As soon as he uttered it, it was a nickname that made Crocodile's scalp tingle, and he even approached him familiarly:

"I see that you, a great hero, may not be in a good mood recently, so I will help you deal with these violating pirates on your own initiative!"

"you!"

Crocodile was so angry that he wanted to give Galen a golden hook.

"Hey, don't thank me!"

Instead, Galen's voice became a little louder, sending his slogan clearly to the ears of every citizen present:

"Eliminate violence and protect the good, act chivalrously and fight for righteousness, that's what I should do!"

The citizens of the rainy land suddenly realized:

This overly handsome and enthusiastic knight of justice is indeed a true hero who is not inferior to Crocodile!

They immediately gave even more enthusiastic applause to the two heroes who stood together.

Compared with Crocodile, who has a scar on his face, a big cigar in his mouth, and a golden hook with broken gloves, Galen's image is more in line with the setting of a perfect hero.

Coupled with the heat from the two Shichibukai, Hawkeye and Sand Crocodile, Galen immediately became a hero admired by the citizens of the Rainland, and his popularity surpassed him at a frightening speed. Crocodile on.

"What the hell are you trying to do?"

Amidst the loud cheers of the citizens, Crocodile gritted his teeth and whispered in front of Galen.

Galen also lost the enthusiasm he showed just now, and just replied in a cold voice:

"Isn't that obvious enough?"

"Your position as the hero of Alabasta will not last long."

Although Crocodile knew that his plan to steal the country had little hope, the deep unwillingness in his heart was hard to let go after all.

Now seeing Galen blatantly poaching his own corner and competing with himself for fame, Crocodile felt even more furious.

His scarred face, which was already ferocious, immediately became more distorted under such strong negative emotions, to the point where it affected the city's appearance and could cure children from crying at night.

With Crocodile's face present, the enthusiastic atmosphere created by the onlookers immediately extinguished as if cold water had been poured on the top.

The impression points of the sand crocodile in the minds of the citizens once again quietly dropped under the stark contrast with Galen.

Galen, on the other hand, added fuel to the fire with a smile and said:

"Crocodile, just watch carefully!"

"Let me teach you how to be a hero."

A few more days passed.

It was the same office, the same Crocodile, but the lingering sandstorm in the room became much more violent.

However, this time he was accompanied by his secretary, Miss Robin.

"This 'Knight of Justice' is really..."

Robin looked helplessly at the several newspapers spread out on the table, with a strange expression on his face.

After deliberating for a long time, she finally found a more appropriate adjective: "Interesting."

"What fun!"

Crocodile patted the table heavily, and mercilessly scolded the most sincere thoughts in his heart:

"I've never seen such a brazen person!"

Robin couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Because of Galen's performance, Robin is once again on the same side as her terrible boss.

Crocodile laughed angrily, and picked up the newspaper on the table:

"It's only been a few days? The newspaper office has already opened to Alabasta!"

What made Crocodile even more angry was that what these newspapers reported were not earth-shattering events, but rather trivial matters related to Galen.

Condolences to the orphans and widowed elderly with Princess Weiwei, volunteering in the welfare home, leading a team to clean up urban garbage, maintaining order while queuing, and helping the grandmother cross the road

Crocodile, who only knows how to gain reputation by killing pirates, can't understand Galen's operation at all.

But somehow, this kind of innocence news is extremely effective.

The overwhelming reports made the people of Alabasta quickly forget the original Alabasta hero Sand Crocodile, and only remember this ostentatious knight of justice.

Crocodile could only look at Galen's conspicuous name on the newspaper with a gloomy expression, and gritted his teeth to read the new words in the article that he had never heard before:

"Galen does good deeds without leaving a name?"

"Start from small things, start from bits and pieces. Come from the masses, go to the masses?"

"The blue silk scarf on the chest is more colorful?"