Early in the morning, outside the capital of Alabasta.
After a night of starvation, countless pirate bounty hunters woke up from their sleep with embarrassed faces.
"Ah-choo!!!"
"Damn it, we waited all night..."
"Isn't that vampire Gnar really afraid to come?"
"How about we go back and rest first? It's really too cold in the desert at night..."
"Idiot, now it's not a question of whether we want to go back, but whether we can go back. Look behind you..."
When many pirate bounty hunters looked back, they saw that the city wall behind them was full of Alabasta troops with live ammunition. The city gates were also sealed, preventing them from entering or exiting at all.
Although these pirate bounty hunters are usually arrogant, they still dare not cause trouble in front of hundreds of thousands of troops. They could only vent their anger and dissatisfaction on their own people.
"Asshole, that guy said that the vampire Gnar and the Devil's Child would arrive yesterday. Now the whole night has passed, ah... I'm so sleepy..."
It's not that they didn't want to go into the desert to intercept Vampire Gnar, but the desert was too dangerous and vast for them. Instead of looking for traces of Vampire Gnar in the boundless desert, it was better to wait here and lie in wait.
Like this group of pirate bounty hunters, there were also Kobra, who had climbed onto the city wall early in the morning, and Ain and his team, who were hiding among the crowd.
As the captain of the kingdom's guard, Ikramu had been guarding the wall all night. He was a little tired at this time, but looking at the approaching king, he still asked with high spirits.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now? There are already some pirate bounty hunters at each entrance asking to enter the city."
"Any information?"
"Bell has checked from the sky, but he has not seen any trace of the two wanted criminals. Could it be that the wanted criminals have really escaped?"
Wearing a green coat, Zoan, Dog Fruit, and Jackal-type ability user, known as one of Alabasta's dual patron saints, deputy captain Huka, looked at the densely packed pirate bounty hunters in front of him and nodded.
"Escape is the right choice. After all, with so many pirate bounty hunters, even we in Alabasta would have a headache, let alone one pirate."
But Cobra felt inexplicably uneasy.
What is it?
He couldn't understand it, but as a king, he still believed in his intuition.
"Continue to be on guard and don't let those pirate bounty hunters enter the city, otherwise they will cause riots."
"I see!"
In the suburbs outside the city, Ain and his party, hidden in a house not far away, were also waiting in boredom.
Being left alone all night made these Marines' originally tense mood relax somewhat due to exhaustion.
Only Ain was hiding energetically in the corner with a phone in his hand, and Zephyr's deep voice came from the other end.
"Ain, what's going on now?"
"Teacher Zephyr, I...I don't know.
We have been guarding all night, but there is no trace of Vampire Gnar.
The personnel at the port did not report the departure of Vampire Gnar.
His pirate ship is still in the port.
We originally wanted to seize the ship, but we did not do so because we were worried about being exposed."
"Ain, you did a good job, so Vampire Gnar is still in Alabasta."
"It should be like this, teacher.
However, there is one thing that we are very concerned about: the pirate ship he stayed on at Nahana Port is not the one recorded in the intelligence.
Therefore, it is very likely that he changed his ship on an island.
I have asked intelligence personnel to secretly take photos and send them to you through the phone bug."
"I see. No wonder we didn't find any trace of him. You're doing a good job. Keep holding on there. I'm already speeding up the warship. We'll probably reach Alabasta in the evening."
The surrounding Marines breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Teacher Zephyr would arrive at night.
As long as Teacher Zephyr is here, they will have nothing to fear no matter what situation they face.
In the eyes of these Marines, Zephyr Admiral is as invincible as a god.
At this moment, a burst of sound suddenly came from the sky.
Ain was not too surprised because she knew that this was Alabasta's animalistic Demon Fruit power.
But at this moment, she discovered something was wrong.
The figure of the giant peregrine falcon in the sky was quickly heading towards the Alabasta Royal City.
"???"
This surprised everyone, but then they cheered up after realizing what it meant.
Ain was no exception. She picked up the telescope and looked towards the horizon of the distant desert, where the sun was rising.
However, wherever she looked, Ain found no trace of the vampire Gnar.
At this moment, within her field of vision, Ain suddenly noticed something odd.
"That is?"
A puff of smoke suddenly rose above the desert.
No, that's not smoke; that's a ship traveling in the desert.
And on the bow of the ship was a figure that had made everyone wait all night...
"Vampire Gnar!!!"
Everyone got excited and shouted.
"Hey, that's right, who is it..."
"Great, 100 million Baileys is ours..."
The thundering shouts resounded throughout the entire Alabasta capital, awakening most of the people of Alabasta who were still dreaming, and also alerting the father and daughter of Balu Balusa and Lasha, who had escorted Gnar here in the distant desert.
"What's going on? Why are there so many people at the outer gate of the capital? Is someone attacking the capital?"
Balu Balusa shouted with confusion and surprise.
Gnar naturally knew all about this situation. Looking at the dense black spots in the distance, he smiled and said.
"They may be here to find me. I'm really sorry. There is one thing I forgot to tell you. I am a pirate with a bounty of 45 million beli from the World Government and Marine. They should be here for my head."
"Eh!!!"
"Pirate!!!"
The father and daughter were stunned for a moment. They had never connected the sunny boy in front of them with those hateful pirates on the sea.
However, after just thinking for a while and looking at Gnar's calm smile, Balu Balusa said decisively.
"Don't worry, Mr. Gnar. For me, Balu Balusa, you will always be the benefactor who saved my daughter's life!"
Rasha also came to her senses and nodded.
Then she saw something, grabbed Gnar's thigh with a frightened look, and said.
"Brother Gnar, should we leave here first..."
In the distance, some pirate bounty hunters could be seen rushing over impatiently on horseback.
"Yes...yes...let's get out of here first..."
Balu Balusa was also anxious and prepared to adjust the sails and leave.
But at that moment, the movements of the father and daughter were restrained by a pair of strong hands.
"Don't worry, I'll go play with them first..."
After the words fell, under the stunned eyes of the father and daughter, Gnar jumped off the boat.
Ain and a group of Marines in the distance were also extremely surprised when they saw this scene.
"That pirate doesn't want to fight so many pirate bounty hunters alone..."
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