"Still, congratulation on your success," Sanji asked as he congratulated him while picking up Robin and the others, and putting them on the bed.
"So, are you healed now?" Ussop tilted his head and asked.
"Of course not! Just because I have gained two-thirds of Crocodile's vitality doesn't mean I am completely healed. It will take a while to properly heal but probably two or three days only." Zack shook his head and answered.
Then, he extended his hand to Zoro who looked at him with confusion.
"Give me the seastone chains for a moment."
Zoro nodded his head and took out one of the seastone chains that were given by Zack previously. Zack took the chains wearing a gloves to resist the affects of sea stone and walked back to Crocodile. This startled Zoro as he saw Zack chaining Crocodile.
Although he had already said that he will kill and capture some people, he didn't expect to see it so soon. And, the most pitiful thing was that Crocodile didn't even knew that he is captured by them.
At most, he was defeated by Luffy. But unfortunately, not only he got captured by them but also lost his ability.
"I revealed some information to him. Although he didn't believe it completely, there are chances for him to reveal it to others."
As he said, a card appeared in front of Zack. The next moment, this card glowed purple and Zack raised his hand.
A large amount of sand emerged from the ground and rose toward the ceiling.
Seeing this, everyone was stunned for a moment as Zack continued.
"Besides, I have stolen his Devil Fruit ability without killing him. If the World Government finds this out, it will be a hassle for us."
"Wow! Zack, you can use that gator's ability now." Luffy didn't hear him or rather ignored him completely. He was just focused on the card in front of Luffy.
"Well, there is something that I want to tell you about this. Since the ability is stored inside the card, I can only use it through the card. But if someone wants this ability, I can transfer it to others."
"Of course, if a person like Luffy wants this ability, he will die. So, I can only give it to people without Devil Fruit Ability." Zack explained.
Hearing his words, Zoro , sanji and Ussop were shocked while Luffy simply lowered his head in sadness.
He also wanted to try Sand power.
Unfortunately, he was a rubber man so he couldn't use it.
While Zoro was just shocked, Sanji on the other hand found it horrifying.
"Zack, do you know what kind of miracle did you just do? If World Government gets the hold of your information, you have no idea what they will do."
Hearing his words, Zack simply snorted.
"Humph! So what if they know? Luffy is going to become Pirate King. I am the Vice Captain of the future Pirate King. Zoro is going to become the World's Greatest Swordsman and as someone who is equal to Zoro, you would become the Word Strongest Hunter."
"If we want to escape, we have the best navigator. If we are injured, we have the best doctor. We have the best sniper and the only archaeologist in the world. Why would we need to be afraid of World Government?"
Hearing his words, Luffy, Zoro, ussop and Sanji raised their eyes and the next moment, they burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! That's right! We are the crew of the future Pirate King. How can we be afraid of World Government?"
Zack smiled brightly and took back his card. Finally, he looked at Sanji and said.
"But before that, I need both sanji and Ussop to hold off Crocodile for minute."
Following the orders ,both held of Crocodile while Zack walk back upto him and transferred the sand sand fruit powers back to him . In addition, he took out a card which in contact to Crocodile 's body soon dissolved. Seeing this all present startled and questionly look back at Zack. Unable to keep himself in check , Ussop asked
"Heyy!!!!! Why did you returned him his devil fruit. He will come after us if he somehow escapes."
"Don't worry Ussop, its isn't out of generosity that I return him his power. May be not currently but we were to take away his devil fruit openly without killing him, we may attract some unwanted attention from world government which we are not ready to face. Also a alive Crocodile can come much more handy than a dead one. To make sure doesn't reveal any information about pluton or Luffy using haki, I had use a memory altering card which super rare item alter his memory so narrative works in our favour."
" Memory altering card ??? I had never heard of them." Questioned Sanji
"Well it's a super rare item. So much that it was by luck , I was even able to acquire one in blackmarkets back in lougetown."
"Now go Wake up Vivi and bring her back. After everyone wakes up, we will leave. If Vivi wants to leave with us, she will follow us if not, then we will directly leave."
Hearing his words, Sanji nodded and left the room. As he walked outside, he found the unconscious body of others.
"Tch! Conqueror Haki is truly amazing. You can simply stun everyone with weak Willpower at once. No wonder Zack didn't care about inviting more members."
Luffy simply didn't invite just anyone to their group. But, even Zack was resistant to it. Previously, he only heard Zack saying things about Conqueror Haki and its benefits but right now, he finally understood just how amazing Conqueror Haki is.
Meanwhile, Zack asked ussop and Zoro to gather Mr 1, Mr 6 and miss mother's day at one place while he summoned Mr 5 , put a bet on their devil fruit along with their vitality and after obtaining the desire results finished them off.
Sanji soon found Vivi on the ground and quickly rushed near her.
"Vivi-San! Vivi-San!" He shook her body and tried to wake her up. Unfortunately, she didn't immediately wake. It took him a few minutes to wake her up.
"Sanji-san?" Vivi opened her eyes in confusion as she looked at Sanji's face. Then, her eyes drifted around and when she saw the unconscious body of the people, her eyes opened wide.
"Wh"
Just when she was trying to scream, Sanji blocked her mouth and signaled her to remain silent.
"They just passed out like you. Don't worry, there is no problem."
Only then Vivi calmed down. She stood up and followed Sanji into a room. She saw Luffy and others waking up Nami, Chopper, Mikita, and Robin.
At the same time, her eyes shifted at Crocodile and few of agents, when she saw Crocodile tied in chains and blood on the agents chest, her eyes widened.
"What happened?" She didn't understand what happened in just a few minutes. She looked at others with confusion.
Zack walked toward her and said.
"Vivi, do you want to come with us on this adventure?"
His sudden invitation surprised everyone except Sanji, Zoro, and Luffy.
"Yes, yes, Vivi, join us. We are already friends." Luffy excitedly nodded his head.
"Zack, Luffy..." Vivi looked at the Vice-Captain and Captain who invited her personally. Her expression turned sour as if she was going to cry. She truly wanted to join them.
But, she was also the princess of this kingdom. She didn't want to bring disaster to her kingdom. More importantly, if she becomes a pirate, she can't get her princess title back especially when she gets a bounty.
She had been struggling to make a decision. Seeing this, nobody said anything. But, Zack wasn't going to stay silent.
The reason was simple.
After two years, World Government will kidnap Cobra . Cobra will demand the truth of empty throne and secret of disappearance of Queen Lily from the five elder. After knowing the truth will be killed by Imu. World Government will also try to kill Vivi, and blame Sabo for it. Sabo will invade Imu 's palace to find the truth and successfully escape too. Sabo will try to reply to Dragon when Lulasia will be eliminated. Although he didn't know the complete reason behind it, he didn't want Vivi to fall into such a situation.
And, if Cobra does die, Vivi can go back to the kingdom with their flag. After all, they will become Four Emperors by then.
No... Zack didn't want that to happen.
Now, Luffy had already touched the Armament Haki. It won't be long before they learn Observation Haki as well. Even if they need some time to solidify their Haki, it won't be two years.
At most, it will be a year, and if everything goes better, then six months.
In other words, by the time the next World Summit happens, they will become an Emperor and can bring the Alabasta under their flag.
Zack stared at her conflicted expression and said.
"Vivi, you should join us."
Hearing his confident tone, Vivi was surprised for a moment. She looked at him and he continued.
"Although I can't say where I get this information from, your family is one of twenty families who established the World Government. But because your family didn't want to become Celestial Dragon, they were the first ones to leave the Marijao. There are criteria to become a celestial dragon and consequences of rejecting the title."
"Because of what Crocodile did to your country, your father will definitely try his best to convince other kingdoms to vote for the removal of the Shichibukai System."
"Of course, this is not the main point. Although it sounds surprising or even unbelievable, I got the news that you specifically have a certain relationship with Ancient Weapon Pluton."
When he said that, Vivi's eyes widened.
"Impossible! It is not even in Alabasta. How could she have a relationship with that thing?" Robin instantly denied it.
"Miss Archaeologist , although I might be wrong, it is still not proven to be wrong. Generation ago , during the void century it was under the ownership of Nefertari and D family. Possibly due to her bloodline, she may have this connection. Although Pluton is not here, it is possibly said to be a ship. And, a ship requires a person to drive it."
"I have no idea what kind of ship that is, but I understand its relationship with Alabasta. Maybe I am just too cautious or maybe it is simply my guess. We can only decipher by the help of other poneglyphs through Alabasta.But…"
Zack stared at Vivi and said.
"If you are truly related to Pluton, during the next World Summit, they will try to assassinate you and your father."
Vivi's eyes opened wide and her knees almost gave up. She fell down with disbelief on her face. Nami quickly rushed and supported her.
"Is this really a truth?" Vivi asked with a low voice.
"Maybe, maybe not. But, I have no reasons to deceive you. Vivi, you are our friend. I don't want anything to happen to you. You have already seen the situation of World Government."
"They don't care if anything happens to your kingdom. To them it is just make things more easier for them to commit atrocities and hide them. But we are different. Although we have just started our journey, believe me, in less than two years, we will reach the status of Emperor of the Sea."
"Then, you can use our flag to protect your kingdom."