"It's Crocodile!"
The moment he stepped into the square, almost everyone recognized him; in this country, his fame now even surpasses that of the king.
Hehehehe~
Crocodile slowly took out a cigar from his pocket, lit it, and then took a deep drag.
"I've come to end this war!"
Princess Vivi had the strongest reaction. She knew everything and hated the hypocrite who had plunged the country into misery the most!
"Crocodile! You're the one who orchestrated all of this!"
Vivi wanted nothing more than to rush forward and fight him to the death, but she was acutely aware of the gap between them.
"Wait a minute—where's Luffy? What did you do to Luffy?!"
Vivi suddenly remembered that Luffy should have blocked Crocodile's path, but now the other party appeared in front of her!
"Hehehe~ That guy was a rare newcomer, but unfortunately he's already dead."
"You actually..."
Crocodile ignored her and stretched out his large hand to grab her, but he grasped nothing.
"Crocodile, what exactly do you want?!"
It was Koza who pulled her away at the last minute and questioned her on the spot.
"Didn't I say it? End this war."
"Take down those foolish members of the royal family, and this war will be your victory!"
Although the expected standoff between the Royal Army and the Rebel Army did not materialize, getting Pluton was the priority, and everything else was secondary.
"Everything is still not fully understood, so please allow us to resolve it ourselves!"
Koza believes Vivi and now knows that the king has been framed, but they have no evidence to prove that Crocodile is the mastermind.
"Are you favoring the royal family? Are you going to drag the people of Alabasta back into the abyss?!"
Occupying the moral high ground, Crocodile struck again, but this time he was firmly held back by another large hand.
"Don't cause trouble in the city where the God reside!"
Looking at Enel, who was about the same height as him but had astonishing strength, the veins on his forehead bulged.
"You bastard... your captain took money!"
At this point, he completely dropped the pretense; it was clear that the other party wouldn't let him take the royal family member away so easily.
With about half an hour until the explosion in the square, he didn't have time to play mind games here.
"Unfortunately, the God didn't interfere in your Operation Utopia; God just... happened to dislike you!"
Enel smiled, not taking his opponent seriously.
"Nicole Robin, what are you waiting for?!"
As he the Roar, Robin, who had been hiding in the alley, gracefully stepped out and whistled.
In an instant, hundreds or even thousands of people began to pour into the square, and commotion broke out among the Rebel Army.
"You want to die, don't you?!"
Enel was furious that someone dared to pull such a trick right under his nose.
"Desert Spada!"
Crocodile attempted to grab him when he was off guard, but Enel quickly transformed into lightning to dodge.
"Sand Crocodile ~ I'm going to send you flying!"
Luffy finally arrived at the battlefield, carrying a wooden bucket with a water pipe attached to his body.
"Luffy!"
Seeing Luffy so lively and energetic, Vivi couldn't help but shed tears.
"You bastard! You're still alive?!"
Crocodile's face turned ashen; he hadn't expected this brat to be so tenacious.
Moreover, judging from the bucket, he had clearly discovered the weakness of his fruit.
"Nicole Robin, go and take Cobra away. I'll follow you."
The thought of having to face two bastards at the same time made his head spin.
To his surprise, Robin did not obey his orders at all.
"Don't you understand yet, Crocodile!"
"This brat alone is enough to give you a hard time, not to mention Ulquiorra's companions. You're no longer able to fulfill the agreement!"
At this moment, in the square, the Rebel Army were engaged in a fierce battle with the lower-ranking members of the Baroque Works, with traitors occasionally defecting.
Robin turned around, intending to leave this place of trouble.
"What a heartless woman!"
Crocodile turned into dust and appeared behind her in the blink of an eye.
"If you get splashed with water, even I could hit you, right!"
Robin had anticipated this, and pulled a bottle of water from his coat pocket and threw it at him, but he instantly dodged it by transforming into his elemental form.
"Go to hell!"
The Scorpion Poison Hook pierced straight into her abdomen, but this time it was caught by a large, pale hand.
"Why are you still playing with such a dangerous toy? If it's broken, you shouldn't replace it with a new one!"
Crocodile's eyes were bloodshot. When he looked up, he saw Cifer's expressionless face.
"You bastard! Don't you know what credibility is?!"
Crocodile gritted his teeth, regretting that he hadn't killed the guy during the Rain Dinners.
"No, no, no! I'm very trustworthy."
"I only promised that I wouldn't interfere. What my companions want to do or will do is not within my consideration."
The Cifer approach was quite reasonable.
"So what are you doing now?!"
Crocodile pointed to the Scorpion Poison Hook he was holding in his hand.
"Nicole Robin, it's time to give me an answer."
Cifer didn't answer him, but instead turned his gaze to Robin was standing to the side.
"In this situation, it's truly impossible to refuse, Captain Ulquiorra!"
She had just escaped a life-threatening crisis, yet she still smiled calmly.
"Then, can attacking my companion be considered a challenge to me?"
At this point, Cifer turned the tables and threw the question back at them.
"You bastard..."
"Crocodile bastard!"
Before Crocodile could finish grumbling, Luffy's water-soaked foot had already kicked him.
The next moment, Cifer looked down, and all he had left in his hand was a hook.
"Mr. Cifer!"
At that moment, Tashigi arrived at the scene with all of Smoker's marines.
"Go and assist Enel and the Rebel Army to end this war!"
"Learn!"
Everything went as Cifer had expected. Within about half an hour, all the lower-level members of the Baroque Works were either dead or arrested.
Crocodile didn't reveal the bomb hidden in the clock tower, but Cifer knew and sent Enel to take care of it.
The only casualties were among a small number of the Rebel Army, which was unavoidable.
War is inevitable without sacrifice.
"Koza... should we continue...?"
Although Baroque Works solved the problem, the fact that Alabasta had never seen rain for years remained unchanged.
They didn't hate the king, but they felt things shouldn't have ended so hastily; the outcome they wanted didn't seem to have been achieved.
"Boom! Boom!"
With a violent tremor and a loud noise, a tall building suddenly collapsed, and a figure flew out from it.
"It's Mr. Crocodile!"
He was covered in blood and lay unconscious on the ground.
"That Straw Hat Kid actually did it!"
Although Robin knew Crocodile's defeat was inevitable, Robin didn't expect it to happen so quickly, especially against a newcomer with a Bounty of only 30 million.
"Don't underestimate the D.!"
Cifer turned around and walked step by step up the stairs toward the palace.
"D? What does that mean?"
The riddle teller piqued the girl's curiosity, and she followed him closely.
"This is..."
A drop of liquid landed on Koza's face. He looked up at the sky, which had been clear and cloudless just moments before, was now covered with dark clouds.
"Put down your weapons! There's no reason to fight anymore!"
The sky seemed to finally respond to Alabasta's cries, and in the blink of an eye, a torrential downpour arrived as hoped.
Everyone laid down their weapons and savored the long-awaited feast.
"From now on, the rain will fall as before..."
"The war... is over!"