Not long after, Xiaoya returned from the North Blue and brought Yun Ye some news.
Xiaoya said excitedly, "Brother Yun Ye, on my way back, I passed through Alabasta and met a really interesting pirate!"
"Oh? What kind of pirate?" Yun Ye asked with interest, smiling.
Whenever Xiaoya returned from a trip, she would tell him about all sorts of interesting things she had experienced. She had quite a talent for storytelling, making everything sound vivid and engaging.
Xiaoya recounted everything that had happened since she returned to the North Blue.
After returning to the North Blue, the people in her hometown had been overjoyed. Xiaoya did not go back often. Since following Yun Ye and becoming a Marine, she had only returned two or three times, and every visit had made the villagers incredibly happy.
After spending some time with the people in her village, she returned to the Grand Line. Her route happened to pass through Alabasta, so out of boredom, she went over to take a look.
There, she encountered an interesting pirate wearing a straw hat.
Unlike other pirates, when Alabasta came under attack, this pirate had stepped in to save it.
The reason was that news had spread that the Ancient Weapon Pluton might be located somewhere in Alabasta.
Countless pirates had headed for Alabasta, hoping to conquer it and learn information about the Ancient Weapon from there.
In this world, information regarding Ancient Weapons was extremely valuable. Even the slightest clue could earn a reward in the Dark World.
The Dark World might be the Quincy's territory, but the Dark World did not consist of only Quincy. There were still people offering bounties for Ancient Weapon intelligence through underground channels, and the prices were not low!
That was precisely why Alabasta had drawn the