Rainbase is a very prosperous city, and in the center of the city stands a building that resembles a pyramid, and a huge crocodile statue is lying on it.
That is the casino run by Qiwuhai Crocodile, Rain Dinner.
At the same time, this place is also one of the main sources of income for Crocodile. Every day, a large number of rich people come here to 'give away' the money in their pockets.
It is also for this reason that Crocodile has almost mastered the economic lifeline of the entire Alabasta.
When the dancing powder is fully effective, the whole country will be completely deserted, and only the Rainbase City will be left, and he will become the real 'king' of Alabasta!
But Crocodile never thought about the kingdom, his goal was just the ancient weapon Pluto from beginning to end!
"We're finally here~"
Led by Hephaestus, Yami and others fell straight down from the sky and just appeared at the door of the Rain Dinner. Their high-profile appearance undoubtedly surprised other people around, especially the person in charge. One of the men guarding the gate hurried in, presumably to inform Crocodile.
And the remaining one didn't dare to stop them at all.
Possessing the ability to fly is obviously not something he, a small guard, can handle, and then he can only stabilize these people first, and wait until his boss arrives.
"There are so many people here!"
Walking into the Rain Dinner unimpeded all the way, Kuina was immediately shocked by its magnificent decoration, it was the first time for her to see such a grand building.
Just like arriving in Alabasta, when she grew up in her Village, she had never seen such a luxury before.
"It's really luxurious, but it's just too noisy. I don't like this kind of place, but a guy like Loki might be very interested in it."
The noisy environment made Hephaestus frown slightly, with a slight displeasure flashing across her face.
"Then clear the place for now."
Hearing the words of his own goddess, Yami understood in his heart. He took a step forward, his expression cold, and a terrifying domineering arrogance burst out instantly, covering the entire casino.
It was obviously an extremely noisy venue before, but in an instant, everyone seemed to be pinched by something.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of figures fell down one after another, like cutting wheat, some lying on the gambling table, and some fell directly on the ground.
The huge casino became empty in an instant.
"Um?!"
However, not everyone was overwhelmed by the impact of Yami's conqueror aura.
At a certain corner, a muscular man in a purple linen coat was still sitting there, as if he hadn't been affected in any way.
"I didn't expect that there would be unexpected surprises when I came to Alabasta, which is incredible."
With the corners of his mouth slightly raised, Yami walked forward while muttering to himself.
Crocodile, who is hiding inside, should already know what happened in the casino, and then just wait for that guy to show up on his own initiative. During this time, he has to look at the only man who has not been affected.
When he came straight to the gaming table, the man's face instantly came into view.
With a resolute face, his eyes are closed tightly, and there is an 'X'-shaped scar on his forehead, piercing his two eyes.
Coupled with the cane clenched in both hands, Yami instantly recognized the man's true identity.
His expression suddenly became very strange. To be honest, he was caught off guard by meeting the future admiral Fujitora here.
Today's Fujitora is much younger than his future self.
Although there is still an astonishing power over his body, ordinary people can't detect it at all, they just think that he is an ordinary blind man.
"Sir, are you here to gamble too?"
"No, I didn't come here to gamble, I just came to look for Crocodile. I just didn't expect that I would meet you, Sir Issho, here. This is what I didn't expect."
"Little brother, do you know me?"
Being directly revealed his identity, a slightly surprised expression appeared on his smiling face.
However, perhaps because of his confidence in his own strength, or perhaps because of his nature, Issho was not too nervous, and he still sat on the spot and asked.
"I have admired your name for a long time, but I have never seen you before. After all, a man as powerful as you, Sir Issho who cuts out his eyes because he doesn't want to see the darkness in the world, is really admirable."
"I didn't expect this little brother to know me so well, but it's a bit too serious to be true. After all, it's a blessing for me to ignore things. There are too many dirty things and dirty people in the world that I can't bear to look at. "
Even if he was praised, Issho's face was still full of a plain smile.
"Originally, I heard that Alabasta's casinos are very famous, so I wanted to gamble, but now it seems that I don't have this opportunity today. Your opponent seems to be coming soon."
Their observation Haki caught Crocodile's arrival, and the corners of Yami's mouth curled up slightly, "It's just a Shichibukai, it's not any trouble, I want to talk to Sir Issho about some things, so can you wait there for a while? I'll finish this quickly."
"Is that so? It's really nerve-wracking, so why not take a gamble!"
After hesitating for a moment, Issho took out a dice cup out of nowhere, with three dice in it. Just by looking at his appearance, he could tell he was an old gambler.
Seeing that Yami didn't reply, he was still talking to himself.
"If it's higher, then I'll sit here and wait for you for a while. If it's lower, then it proves that we have no fate, and we can only see each other next time. Now..."
As he spoke, he smiled and began to shake the dice cup in his hand.
There was a crisp impact sound, and the dice were beating rapidly in the dice cup, interspersed with the sound of footsteps not far away, the sound was a little unreal.
Sensing the figure coming out from the side, Yami turned around directly.
Before leaving, he left a sentence, "Sir Issho, wait a moment, it will end soon."
Almost at the moment when his voice fell, the dice cup in Issho's hand also stopped suddenly, and he slowly opened it. Although he couldn't see the specific result, because of years of blindness, he could 'see' it with his observation haki power. The function of the shape of the object can naturally recognize the state of the dice at this time.
six six six!!!
"This is really... really bad luck, so I can only accept the bet and admit defeat."
Yami, who didn't care about the final result at all, had already come straight in front of Crocodile, looking at this fierce man with a calm face.
He had a goddess on his luck.
In fact, luck does play a role all the time along the way.
Whether it is meeting the Black Cat Pirates and Colonel Mouse in the East Blue Sea, or getting the log pose pointing to Whiskey Peaks from the Arlong Pirates, or even getting the eternal pose pointing to Alabasta from the pirate hunters, Everything looks so random.
Yami didn't realize what it was until he encountered Issho in the Rain Dinner.
One thing may be a coincidence, but if several things are added together, then it cannot be a coincidence.
His luck has really started to improve. It has to be said that the talent drawn from the simulation system is super obvious, changing a person's fortune silently.
Of course, there may also be the reason for Hephaestus.
But no matter what, the victory of this bet is inevitable!
"Did all of you do this?"
"It was indeed me who did it, but don't worry, everyone is still alive, my purpose is just for you to show up, and I won't hurt the innocent, from the beginning to the end, all I want is for you to show up. "
Yami couldn't help but chuckle slightly as he looked at the man that was more than half a meter taller than him.
Humans in the world of One Piece are too perverted, the average per capita is two meters, right?
"Guhahaha, you guys are pirates? Do you want to gain fame by defeating me? It's been a long time since I've seen such ignorant guys like you."
Hearing Yami's words, Crocodile showed a disdainful smile.
Since becoming a Shichibukai, many pirates have challenged him, trying to defeat him, and then take away his position as a Shichibukai.
But without exception, these guys all became mummies and were buried in yellow sand.
Unexpectedly, after such a long time, there is still such a guy appearing, since this is the case, he can only kill them reluctantly.
As he spoke, Crocodile jumped up, his arms turned into sand, and slashed towards Yami.
"Arc Lunate dunes!"
The huge crescent-shaped sand blade struck, and it arrived in front of Yami in an instant.
He didn't react at all. This scene fell into Crocodile's eyes, and the latter's expression became even more dismissive. He thought he had some ability, but was the result limited to this?
Obviously, Crocodile didn't feel the conqueror Haki before.
If he had known in advance, perhaps he would not be so contemptuous, or even use a more powerful move, but now, it is obviously too late!
"Die!!!"
The arc dune hit Yami's chest and passed through his body.
However, at this moment, Crocodile's expression froze in an instant, and the attack did not feel like hitting a solid body. Looking closely, the body where the sand blade was in contact with the opponent had completely disappeared.
Instead, there were two white bolts of lightning, constantly flashing.
"This is... thunder and lightning? And it can also be turned into elements. Are you a person with the ability of the thunder and thunder fruit? You are so lucky that you have found the most powerful natural fruit, but you think you can use the thunder fruit to defeat me? That would be too whimsical, I am also a nature-type fruit ability user!"
"I've never said such a thing, and the nature department is not invincible."
After his voice fell, the long spear behind him was pulled out instantly, and stabbed forward at a speed that could not be caught by the eyes.
Ever since he lost to Whitebeard, Crocodile has degenerated, and even his armament Haki and observation haki that he had learned, have completely degenerated at this time, he couldn't see Yami's movements clearly at all.
When he came back to his senses, his chest had already been pierced, and red blood flowed down the spear head.
"You...you can actually use armament haki..."
"Idiot. Who told you that I can't use haki? Crocodile, after becoming a Shichibukai, you have completely degraded, you can't even use the Two hakis, leaving only your devil fruit. Although it's disappointing, you can go on the road with peace of mind."
The spear in his hand was drawn out, and the spikes at the head of the spear acted again, enlarging the wound again.
Crocodile took two steps back in an instant, feeling pain in his heart, and a lot of blood began to flow out of his mouth. He wanted to say something, but his vital parts were damaged, and this kind of damage could no longer be save.
Boom!
One of the Seven Shichibukai Sand Crocodile came to an end in such a dismal way.
It's not that Crocodile is too weak, the World Government is not a fool, the purpose of forming Shichibukai system is to increase combat effectiveness, and at the same time make these Shichibukai members a target to attract the attention of other pirates and is used to achieve the purpose of internal friction among pirates.
Therefore, the selected candidates must be strong.
Crocodile used to be able to challenge Barrett's existence, but after the disastrous defeat from Whitebeard, he completely lost his ambition, and even his observation haki and armament haki became a thing of a past.
There is another Shichibukai who exists similarly, that is, Moonlight Moria.
Both of them used to be the strong ones among the pirates, and they have the ability to enter the new world. How could they not know how to use Hakis?
After being defeated by Kaido, seeing the unevenness of the world, he lost his mind for a while and lost his strength.
After all, the use of haki not only depends on the body, but also the mind.
If you can't stand your own, then you can't use this power.
Of course, all of this is just Yami's guesswork. As for the specific situation, no one knows.
Crocodile just died in front of his eyes. At any rate, he could be called a hero, but he still died tragically. This makes people have to lament the fragility of life.
"It's done, it's much easier than imagined."
Pulling a spear, and throwing out all the blood on the spear head, Yami put the spear back behind his back. At first, he was a little unaccustomed to it, but as time went by, even if he walked with this thing on his back, it would no longer hinder his actions.
However, it is still necessary to obtain a space system ability.
He can only blame his system, the gifted system backpack can't store anything other than system rewards, which makes it really inconvenient for him to carry weapons with him now.
"Sir Issho, I didn't make you wait too long, did I?"
"Of course. I didn't expect you to be so powerful, little brother, it really makes me feel ashamed."
Issho, who has been paying attention to the battle, sighed from the bottom of his heart. Yami's actions just now, even he felt full of pressure.
When this kind of person finds him, he doesn't know if it's a blessing or a curse!
"Hephaestus-sama, can I talk to this gentleman first?"
"Go, I have some ideas that need to be verified. I am very curious about the devil fruit in this world. I happen to have a ready-made candidate in front of me so I plan to try it."
"Um?!"
The words of Hephaestus made Yami a little confused.
The red-haired goddess found an apple from nowhere, went straight to Crocodile and squatted down, holding the apple in her right hand, and put her left hand on the other party's head.
The next moment, the apple in her hand began to change instantly.
The originally bright red apple has now turned into a pale yellow devil fruit with strange patterns. It is the sand-sand fruit that Crocodile once ate!
"My god, this is too unreasonable."
Realizing what Hephaestus was doing, Yami exclaimed subconsciously.
Hearing this, Hephaestus was not angry, but stood up straight with the devil fruit in her hand, with a faint smile on her face and said; "That's right, that's how the gods are."
"To be reasonable, the devil fruit in this world is really magical enough. If I hadn't moved fast enough, I'm afraid the power in his body would have been completely lost."
"Hey, put it away for me first, the side effects have been completely eliminated by me."
Hephaestus threw the devil fruit in her hand to Yami casually, as if the thing in her hand was not a precious treasure, but a weed on the side of the road.
Looking at the devil fruit in his arms, Yami's mood can be described as quite complicated.
Sure enough, the power of the gods is more miraculous than he imagined, and it is incredible that she can even extract the power from other people's bodies.
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