Alabasta, a powerful country located in the first half of Grand Line, can even be said to be one of the very few big countries in the world.
Not only does it have a huge land area, but it also has a large population, highly developed trade and agriculture, and can even afford a standing army of up to 600,000 people.
Compared with those small island countries that may not have a population of 100,000 in the whole country, it is simply an out-and-out super giant.
In addition, Nefertari Family was originally one of the twenty families that created World Government eight hundred years ago. Although it later refused to move into Holy Land and became Celestial Dragons, its influence cannot be underestimated.
Because of this, Alabasta has always had sufficient power to safeguard its own interests. Even in the turbulent Great Pirate Era, it can still maintain a miracle of peace and prosperity for the country and the people.
But with the arrival of Sand Crocodile Crocodile, the originally beautiful life was broken.
Under his conspiracy, a three-year drought broke out in the entire country, and he secretly spread rumors to put the blame on Cobra's head, thus forcibly creating conflicts between the royal family and the common people.
As droughts became more severe and conflicts intensified, large-scale uprisings even broke out in inland areas.
At the same time, Lao Sha took the opportunity to establish a heroic persona for himself, constantly destroying One Piece who took advantage of the Alabasta coastline to make the people worship and even rely on him.
If all his actions were put together, it would appear that he was trying to usurp this country.
But what is interesting is that Crocodile does not want the country Alabasta, but only Poneglyph buried deep under the palace, and Ancient Weapon - Dark King recorded in Poneglyph.
Raindinners, the largest and most luxurious casino in the Kingdom, is also the home of Sand Crocodile.
At this moment, the man who owned Logia - Sand-Sand Fruit was sitting alone in his office smoking a cigar, staring directly at the huge crocodile on the ground.
As for the cool and charming Child of the Devil next to her - Nicole Robin, she was completely ignored.
Because in this world, all men with dreams and ambitions often implement a concept, that is, women will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword.
After a full minute, Lao Sha blew out two streaks of white smoke from his nostrils and asked without looking back, "There haven't been any problems at Baroque Works recently, right?"
"All plans are going very smoothly. If nothing else happens, we will be able to start in another half a year." Robin replied with a smile.
Of course, her smile is just a disguise, a way to protect herself.
After all, she was offered a bounty of nearly 80 million Beli when she was young. If she had no brains, she would have been sold long ago and would not be alive now.
"Very good! Keep following up! I want to get what I want before the middle of next year." Crocodile gave the deadline straightforwardly.
When he thinks of the powerful power of the legendary Ancient Weapon Pluton that destroys the world, a flame called ambition will burn in his heart.
Robin nodded slightly. "Understood! I will urge Mr. 2 to complete the task as soon as possible."
The words are just right!
A casino manager suddenly pushed Opening Gate in from the outside with a bang and shouted breathlessly, "Old... boss! It's not good! There is a guy from outside who has won more than 200 million Beli in our casino."
"What?!" When Lao Sha heard this, he stood up from his chair instantly.
You must know that although two hundred million Beli can only be regarded as pocket money in New World, it is already a large amount of money in the first half of Grand Line.
In particular, he has to spend huge sums of money to support a large number of Baroque Works's men.
"Who is this person?" Robin asked with interest, touching his chin.
"I don't know! It was probably his first time to come to our casino, and when he played the roulette wheel, he hit it thirty times in one breath. From a probability perspective, this is absolutely impossible. The other party must have used some kind of cheating method that we couldn't detect." The manager carefully explained while stroking the sweat on his face and forehead.
It is not difficult to see from his fearful eyes that he is very afraid that his boss will directly use Devil Fruit's ability to turn him into a mummy.
"Let's go! Let's go see who is so brave and dares to cause trouble on my territory."
Lao Sha walked out of the office with a gloomy face and walked along the corridor to the lobby of the casino.
As soon as he pushed Opening Gate, he saw that one of the carousel tables was densely surrounded by gamblers.
Obviously, these guys weren't just watching, they were betting along with them.
Every time he won, everyone present would shout "God of Gamblers" crazily, and the atmosphere was extremely enthusiastic.
As for the female casino staff member responsible for spinning the roulette wheel, she looked as if she had been fished out of the water. All her clothes were soaked with sweat, and even her underwear was clearly visible.
Her eyes were so empty, her hands were shaking violently uncontrollably, and her spirit and will had obviously collapsed.
At the same time, Allen, who had just won the title of "God of Gamblers", also noticed the appearance of Sand Crocodile. He pursed his lips and directly pushed all the chips of more than 500 million Beli on hand to the grid with the highest odds, and then made an invitation gesture. "Let's start!"
Boom!!!!!!
All the punters who were placing bets at the scene burst out in disbelief.
Because if this bet wins, then this casino will probably lose all of it, which is simply a slap in Seven Warlords Crocodile's face.
Although they very much wanted to follow the bet, they ultimately chose to retreat due to fear and fear.
Although money is good, you have to have life to spend it.
"Wait! Go away and let me do it."
Lao Sha seemed to have noticed something, so he pushed the female employee away and stood in front of the turntable.
However, he did not rush to spin the roulette wheel, but stared into Allen's eyes and asked, "Who are you?"
"Me? I'm just a Travelers, passing by here so I walked in to play. What, are you too scared to spin the roulette wheel?" Allen asked with a half-smile, while looking at Robin from the corner of his eye.
Robin, who has always loved reading, reading newspapers, and collecting news, instantly recognized the iconic face of Allen, and his heart began to beat uncontrollably.
But for some reason, she didn't remind her current boss, she just lowered her head and stood there and remained quiet.
In contrast, Lao Sha grinned and laughed wildly with an extremely arrogant attitude, "Hahahaha! Me? Dare not? Boy! Who do you think I am! I am Seven Warlords Crocodile! Since you like gambling, let's add another chip, how about gambling with your life?"
"Okay! What are you waiting for? Start quickly." Allen urged impatiently.