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SANDY ISLAND (ALABASTA KINGDOM)-PORT TOWN, "NANOHANA"
"SIR CROCODILE!"
"IT'S SIR CROCODILE!"
"HM?"
"HUH!?"
"AHHH, CROCODILE! YOU CAME!"
"Crocodile! One of the Warlord's...?" remarked a fat pirate holding a women hostage.
"SILENCE! I'VE ONLY COME TO TAKE THE HEADS OF THESE PIRATE SCUM!" stated Crocodile, while standing at the edge of the building. "Our hero...." "That's what you say but you always rescue us too!" "Long live Crocodile!" "The protector of Alabasta!" "King of the Desert! Crocodile!" citizens started to praise and chant Crocodile's name like he is some kind of 'God'.
Listening to people's words, an amused smirk appeared on Crocodile's lips, "KUHAHAHA....well.... you can call me whatever you wish...In any case," he looked at the pirates, "Cease your violent rampage at once, pirates..." The fat pirate captain just scoffed at that, "Don't you think you're underestimating us a little too much!? Or do you really want to take on my entire crew alone!? What's a 'Government's Dog' who sold his soul for authority like you doing playing hero!?"
But the Warlord just ignored his words, "To those who do not wish to die, duck for cover at once!" saying that, he jumped off the building towards the pirates. "Ha! Look at this idiot jumping down, asking to be killed!" the pirate captain sneered and looked at his men, "Kill'em! we're taking this town for all it's got! Ain't no one gonna stop us!" "AYE-AYE, CAP'N!"
Just when Crocodile landed between the pirates, they immediately stabbed him with their weapons, "GUAAHAHAHA! SO THIS IS THE STRENGHT OF ONE OF THE WARLORD'S!?" the fat captain mocked, thinking he got the Warlord, but to his and everyone's surprise, Crocodile just looked at him with bored expression, "We may be both pirates, but we're cut from different cloths, swine." with that, he raised his golden hooked hand and suddenly all the around the pirates, sand started to rise and creating a small sand storm. By the time the sand settled down, the entire pirate crew was buried under the sand and looked like dried husk.
Seeing the pirates defeated, the citizens started to cheer for Crocodile as he walked off the Port town with a satisfied smirk. Meanwhile, in Alubarna Palace, King Cobra was sitting on his throne with a strained expression on his face. "He beat us to the attack again? By the time we arrived at Nanohana, the pirate attack was already...." Cobra stopped his guard, "I see....as long as the citizens are okay, I suppose it's fine.... This country, is indebted to his service...."
Back at Going Merry, "Hero? Crocodile is Alabasta's hero?" Nami asked with puzzled look on her face. Everyone was in the dining room, listening to Vivi's whole experience, "To be a 'Warlord' means that you're a pirate employed by the World-Government itself. So, whether it's a Warlord who gets rid of the raiding pirates, or the Marines who do it for justice, the end result is the same. The people are thankful to whoever kept them safe."
"Well, I guess that's to be expected.... but to think the so-called hero of Alabasta, would be secretly planning on taking over the country.... I don't think anybody would've imagined that even in their dreams." remarked Sanji, "Either way, all I have to do, is kick that guy's ass, right Vivi~chan~~!!?" "Yes...If we can put a stop to the civil unrest first, and chase away Baroque Works, then Alabasta will be saved...." stated Vivi. "Yeah, we understand that, but what's with the 'Mr.' and 'Miss' business?" asked Ussop, sitting next to Chopper who is drinking juice and listening to the conversation.
"It's quite simple, really. At the top, you have Crocodile, who goes by the codename Mr.0....then you have the 12 people and 1 animal who are his 'Agents' that receive their orders directly from Mr.0. These 13 agents are all named Mr. followed by a number signifying their rank and each of these agents is paired with a female agent who's similar to them in terms of strength. Mr.13 and his partner Miss Friday are a special case since they serve as the executioners that punish those who fail their missions.
And among the agents, those who are either rank 5 or above are collectively called 'Officer Agents'. Most of these officer agents are Devil fruit users, and they only carry out the most important missions. Below them in rank are the frontier agents. They act as the leaders of the unranked followers called 'Millions', to collect reward money for hunting down pirates at the entrance of the Grandline. This is the basic rundown of the Baroque Works organization."
Vivi explained everything and even written down the names the 'Officer Agents' on the paper....
Mr.0(Crocodile), Partner-Ms. All Sunday
Mr.1, Partner-Ms. Double Finger
Mr.2(Bon Clay), No partner due to being both a he/she
Mr.3, Partner-Ms. Golden Week
Mr.4, Partner-Ms. Merry Christmas
Mr.5, Partner-Ms. Valentine
"So assuming that, taking over Alabasta is B.W's final objective....then these 'Officer Agents' should all....." guessed Nami to which Vivi just nodded, "Yes.....They all are gathering in one place."
After discussing everything, the crew decided to relax for bit. Moreover, Chopper asked Luffy to send him into Training Chamber, so that he too become strong to support his new friends. Remembering that the Canon Chopper is more of a brawler with the help of his rumble balls, so Luffy decided to chose Rob Lucci from Egghead arc as the training teacher. He really hopes that with Lucci's help, Chopper can develop his devil fruit and as well as learn Marine Six-styles and even Haki.
With that set, he asked system to teleport Chopper into Training Chamber, "See you in two years or now two days for us!!" Chopper nodded but he was sad that he is going away from his new friends for two whole years, "Don't worry Luffy, I promise I'll become strong…." The little reindeer declared by puffing his chest. "SHISHISHISHI…. of course, we all believe in you…" with that, Chopper was gone into the Training Chamber.
It was next day, and the Going Merry was sailing onwards to Alabasta, albeit with some slight troubles. "You really have to eat everything in one go!??" questioned Ussop sitting next to Luffy, both of them are fishing because apparently Luffy ate all the remaining food stocks and now they all are out of food. "Luffy, Ussop! Have you caught anything y---" Vivi stopped in mid-sentence as her eyes widen in terror, "CARUEEE!" she yelled seeing her duck is being used as fish bait by both Luffy and Ussop. "Think we can catch a shark with this?" "Gonna catch me a sea king." "QUACKKKKKK!!" "WHAT'RE YOU TWO DOING TO CARUE!?"
She then stopped and looked at something, "Huh!! What's that?" Luffy and Ussop looked at the direction Vivi is looking, "Smoke!!?" "The heck?" Vivi immediately ran towards girl's quarter and opened the door, "Nami, come quick! There's something ahead!" Nami walked outside and looked at the sea, "Oh, don't worry. It's nothing but steam." "Steam? From the ocean!?" "Yes, there's a hot spot here." "What's a hot spot?" Ussop asked.
"It's what we call a place that spews magma. Underneath here is an underwater volcano." Nami explained, "Matter of fact, there are more volcanoes underwater than there are on land." "Ooooohhhhh…." "Who cares, it's not like we can eat it." Remarked Luffy. "In some thousands or ten thousands of years from now, the underwater volcano here will give birth to new island." "Oh Nami~~swan~~you're sooo intelligent!" Sanji zipped around her, "This is an amazing place, isn't it…" "Yes, it is."
"In some ten thousands of years, huh…. Wonder if I'll be alive then?" commented Luffy while still fishing, "Not a chance. That is if you're human." Ussop replied off handedly while also fishing. Then both of them sensed something looked down at Carue with deadpanned expression, there hanging onto the duck was a person with weird makeup and dress. "Oh look Ussop, we caught an Okama!!"