Crocodile's shout made the excited Burgess suddenly widen his eyes. Could it be that the Sand Fruit ability that was almost in his mouth was about to fly away?
"Hey, hey, damn Crocodile! You don't want to surrender now, do you? I advise you not to act like a weakling!"
"Captain, a careerist as prideful as him will definitely not surrender to you sincerely. So it's better for us to kill him quickly now!"
Burgess immediately shouted anxiously, because if Sand Crocodile surrendered, Captain Basire would probably accept him joining the crew.
If that's the case, wouldn't his Sand Fruit ability be lost?
Although it is not his ideal Devil Fruit ability, as the saying goes, a bird in the hand is better than a hundred birds in the forest.
So he would rather get the ability of the Sand Fruit right away than wait for the Flare Fruit.
If Fire Fist Ace is secretly executed by the Marines, his devil fruit will be gone.
"Quiet! Let's see what he says first. Anyway, you won't be missing your Devil Fruit ability."
Basire gently waved his hand to calm Burgess down, and then looked at Crocodile who spoke urgently.
Seeing the crew members of the Big Daddy Pirates looking at him, Crocodile also clenched his fists. It wasn't that he was afraid of death, but he was really unwilling to die like this.
"I heard you're going to take down Whitebeard in half a year, add me!"
When Crocodile thought of taking revenge on Whitebeard for his lost hand and the Pluton design blueprints in Basire's hand. He didn't want to die quietly being deprived of his Devil Fruit's abilities.
"What does this mean? Do you surrender? Are you going to join?"
Basire sneered. This stubborn man still couldn't see his current situation clearly. Does he lack Crocodile's combat power now?
If he gives the Sand Fruit to Burgess, even if he is a bit worse than Crocodile, how many times worse can he be?
He needs loyal subordinates, not guys who make him look bad all day long and refuse to obey orders.
No matter how strong he is, he doesn't need this kind of subordinate.
"I will join the Big Daddy Pirates, but I need the power to act independently. However, I will obey your orders!"
Crocodile's eyes looked at Basire, how could he be so humble to this young man unless he had no choice.
"You are overestimating your value!!"
Basire grabbed Crocodile's neck and lifted him up, looking at him with cold eyes.
Apart from being a little bit better at developing the Sand Fruit, this guy has no use value for him.
In terms of strategy, intelligence, and strength, he was confident that he could suppress this so-called king of the desert.
Even if Crocodile resumes the practice of Haki and becomes stronger, Basire really doesn't need such an overly arrogant guy!
After being a Shichibukai for more than twenty years, this guy is indeed not suitable to be a subordinate.
Crocodile's eyes were full of horror when he saw Basire's murderous intent rising sharply.
He has already promised to abide by Basire's orders, what else does he want from him?!
"You missed your chance to live! A waste who lives forever in his own way but cannot awaken Conqueror's Haki doesn't have the qualifications or courage to become a king, but he still dreams of becoming a king!"
The strength in Basire's hand surged, squeezing Crocodile's neck hard and the dark power on his body began to surge and swirl around him.
Burgess immediately moved the box of fruit over excitedly. There was even a prickly pear in it, because the Sand Fruit looked like a cactus.
Crocodile's eyes bulged, his mouth and nose were bleeding, and his whole head began to become congested and red. He could feel his death approaching.
Even if he still wanted to speak, his throat was squeezed too tightly and he had no chance of speaking at all.
The eyes he looked at Basire with were full of desire to live.
Boom~!!
Crocodile was hit hard by Basire and hit the seastone cage railing.
"You have one more chance to reorganize your language!"
Basire said coldly, and then the darkness whirlpool in his hand surged, sucking Blueno directly, and stabbed the CP9 spy's heart with his hand, and blood instantly splashed on the faces of Crocodile and Capone Bege.
As Blueno vomited blood, a dark space enveloped him and Basire.
Why did he just take action without even saying a word to persuade him to surrender? Don't spies have any human rights?
Capone Bege was so frightened that he turned extremely pale. At this moment, he finally knew that the more important and special the Devil Fruit's ability, the lower the chance of survival.
"Ah!! Why did the Captain let this Crocodile bastard go?!"
Burgess was already itching from waiting so much. He felt like his Sand Fruit ability was really going to fly away.
This made him a little entangled as to whether he should persuade the Captain again, but he still held back.
Everything still depends on what Captain Basire wants. He knows that the Captain will not treat him badly as a loyal veteran cadre!
Maybe he will compensate for it with a better devil fruit ability later.
As the darkness cleared, Basire appeared holding a devil fruit and tossed Blueno aside.
"Paramecia Door Fruit, would you like it Burgess? I need a door guard now!"
Basire held the Door Fruit as he talked, this space-type Devil Fruit is very useful at critical moments.
"Just give it to someone else, I prefer a devil fruit ability for frontal fighting!"
Burgess immediately refused. A Devil Fruit ability that opened doors did not fit his image.
"How about the Twinkle Fruit ability of the Whitebeard Pirates' 3rd Division Commander? It lets him turn into a diamond man. It has a very strong defense and it can make you a real tank!"
Basire thought of Diamond Jozu's devil fruit ability, which was also suitable for a brute like Burgess.
"Weeehahaha! I don't mind eating it if we can get it!"
Burgess' eyes lit up. He had also heard of Diamond Jozu's name. This ability was not much worse than a Logia Devil Fruit in his eyes.
"Gin, I'll give you this door fruit. From now on, you and Foxy will make a team!"
Basire scanned around and could only hand over the Devil Fruit to Gin who was fairly talented. The most important thing was that he, just like Burgess, was very loyal.
"Yes, Captain!"
Gin didn't have any objection and immediately ate the door fruit and started to become familiar with his devil fruit ability.
When Capone Bege saw the look in Basire's eyes, he was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat and became weak all over.
"Captain Basire, I swear that I will surrender to you for the rest of my life and I will never have any thoughts of betrayal!"
Capone Bege shouted quickly. After being targeted by Basire, the hairs all over his body stood up, filling him with the fear of death.
"This ability is a bit important, and I don't want to leave it to you."
Basire expressionlessly used the Dark Fruit to suction the frightened Capone Bege into his hand, and the two famous swords of Shiki drank the blood of the West Blue godfather.
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