"Cifer must have met Vivi before... right?"
The Straw Hat Pirates seemed to sense that something was amiss, Nami looked at Cifer with a muttered to herself.
But she found that Cifer did not answer her at all. In the sunlight, the dark green tear stains and pupils looked particularly cold.
"Look over there!"
At this moment, Usopp, with his Long Nose, put on his goggles and pointed behind Cifer and the others at the fleet floating on the sea!
"That's the symbol of Baroque Works!"
"They are the Billions and the Million Elders, the lowest-ranking members of the Baroque Works, who are now all converging on Alabasta, totaling 2,000 people!"
Vivi's face turned ashen. The fact that the other party's ships happened to be with the Baroque Works fleet was just too much of a coincidence!
Crocodile alone has already turned her country upside down; if we add another one, especially a super madman like the one in front of us...
Alabasta, with its thousand-year history, could truly be destroyed.
"2,2000 people!"
Usopp was so frightened that his mouth twitched, even though he was "the captain of a ship with 8,000 men".
"As expected of Shichibukai!"
Sanji calmly lit a cigarette for himself, though his hand trembled slightly as he lit it, because of the person in front of him.
"I came here to find that Sand Crocodile."
Cifer didn't seem to answer their questions, but they heard the answer in their ears, and everyone's faces darkened.
"What?! You're an enemy too?!"
Luffy, who's a bit dim-witted, has already rolled up his sleeves and assumed a fighting stance.
"Luffy, wait!"
Zoro recalled what Cifer had once said: They couldn't defeat any of the Shichibukai!
Although the target of this trip is also Shichibukai, Crocodile's Bounty before he was recruited by the World Government was only 81 million Belly.
He's not even in the same league as this man! The risk of a conflict with him here would be enormous!
"What's wrong, Zoro! Are you scared? We're here to help Vivi save her country!"
Luffy pulled some unidentified object out of his nostril and flicked it at Zoro.
"You idiot, do you want to take on two Shichibukai at once?!"
In most cases, Zoro wouldn't oppose Luffy's decision, but this time, it concerns the life and death of the entire pirate crew.
"So what! Whoever dares to bully my friends, I'll beat them all to a pulp!"
Ignorant and fearless... and foolish!
"Yo~ It's a challenger!"
Chopper's eyes lit up as he watched the captain and Enel utterly defeat the others.
"Luffy!!!"
The Straw Hat Pirates members were all finding it difficult to remain calm.
"We didn't come here to fight other people. Have you forgotten that we came here to defeat Crocodile and save Alabasta!"
Nami did not want to be enemies with Cifer, nor did she believe that they currently had the strength to fight against two Shichibukai at the same time.
She grabbed Luffy's ear and yelled at him.
"Like a frog at the bottom of a well, thinking that what you see is the whole world, if you continue to be so reckless, one day you will kill your crew."
"If I wanted to, I could utterly crush you right here, just like this..."
Cifer gently raised his right hand, extending only one finger, and a burst of dark green Cero light erupted from it.
The Baroque Works' massive fleet was blasted into pieces by this single attack!
"They actually betrayed their own comrade..."
Vivi was trembling all over. Although she knew the Baroque Works' style, she had never heard of someone killing all his subordinates without a word.
The level of danger that Cifer posed to her rose another notch. At the very least, Crocodile wouldn't openly kill his subordinates who hadn't done anything wrong.
"This must be a joke! Such destructive power!"
Sanji shuddered, unaware that the cigarette he was holding had fallen onto the deck.
"If the Going Merry takes this hit head-on, it will definitely break apart!"
Zoro had already drawn his sword, and even though he knew it was hopeless, he couldn't just stand by and watch his opponent make a move.
"Can this guy... really be defeated?!"
Nami and Vivi are not combatants, but they can tell how strong the others are from the serious expressions on everyone's faces.
Luffy remained silent, but his eyes revealed an unwavering determination; he would not back down simply because his opponent was strong.
"Let's go ashore! Let me show you how far we are from the world."
Cifer pointed his thumb toward the coastline not far behind him.
"Good!"
Luffy pulled down his hat, wanting to know how big the gap was between himself and the world-famous man Zoro had described.
The two boats, one large and one small, soon docked at a shoreline.
"Oh my god, it's all sand here!"
Chopper held a lollipop in his hand and carried a small backpack filled with snacks and clothes. This was the first time he had ever seen a desert.
Nolan tactfully picked him up from behind, keeping him away from Captain Cifer and Enel.
"Come on, Cifer, I'm going to defeat you, and then I'll go and defeat Crocodile!"
Luffy kept cracking his knuckles, doing various pre-battle warm-ups.
"But I'm so hungry~"
The next moment, he deflated, rubbing his stomach and staring blankly at Chopper eating not far away.
There must be lots of meat in that backpack...
"No one will let you eat your fill before you fight on the battlefield. Besides, your opponent is not me."
Cifer carried a beach chair down from the deck, found a spot with a good view, put on his sunglasses, and lay down.
There's no need for me to take action against this newcomer. Besides, Enel has disliked him for a long time.
"Let the God teach you a lesson, you arrogant brat! Oh, and you can all come at me together!"
Enel slung the Golden Tonfa over his shoulder, walked up to Luffy with a mocking expression, and beckoned to them with his finger.
"Isn't this incredibly disrespectful?"
Sanji and Usopp both showed extreme dissatisfaction with Enel and Cifer at this time, having thought they would be friends when they were in the East Blue.
Only Zoro was unaffected by his words, placing both hands on the hilts of his sword at his waist, ready to support Luffy at any moment.
Looking at Cifer's leisurely appearance, anyone with a brain could guess that Enel would be a very troublesome guy.
"Rubber~ Rubber~ Rocket Launcher!"
Luffy made the first move, but the outstretched arms quickly retracted, and he rushed straight towards Enel.
He immediately unleashed his strongest attack.
"It's no use, how could God be..."
Enel, as always, underestimated his opponent. He didn't sense the Armament Haki wrapping around Luffy's fist and stood there waiting for his attack.
"Ah?"
With a solid punch to his stomach, Enel flew backward in shock and crashed into the sand.
"This... we won?"
Nami and the others were overjoyed. They had thought it would be a fierce battle, but they didn't expect their opponents to be so careless. No one could survive Luffy's attack unscathed!
"Huh? Enel, he..."
Chopper was shocked. In his mind, Enel was a very powerful man. How could he be defeated so easily?!
"Chopper, don't worry, Enel isn't that fragile."
Nolan often saw Enel being trained by Captain Cifer, and that level of training alone is far from enough.
"How strange, this kind of attack can actually hit God..."
Enel climbed out of the sand pile, gently brushing the sand off his body. Apart from the reddish spots where he had been hit, he seemed almost unaffected.
"Foolish people, prepare to face the wrath of the gods!"