Across the boundless sea,
the newly joined Chopper stared curiously at the ocean while King Luffy fished beside him.
"I'm so hungry..."
"We're out of ingredients too..."
After fishing for half the day, he had caught absolutely nothing.
Vivi, Nami, and the others stood by the edge of the deck, gazing toward Alabasta in the direction indicated by the Log Pose.
"..."
"What's wrong, Vivi? You don't look so well."
Though Nami could be quite violent at times, she still had plenty of sympathy for girls, especially someone like Vivi, whose country had suffered such turmoil.
Seeing Vivi standing alone by the railing, staring worriedly out at the sea, Nami couldn't help asking with concern.
"I just feel that with my strength, even if I returned to Alabasta, there'd be no way I could defeat Baroque Works."
Unlike the petty theft and covert usurpation in the Original Work, the [Shichibukai] had become a truly powerful organization.
So Crocodile hadn't concealed her ambitions. Across these seas, aside from the ignorant common folk,
most prominent figures knew exactly what Crocodile was plotting.
If Crocodile hadn't feared that an armed coup would provoke widespread civilian resistance, the Alabasta royal family would have been unable to hold out long ago.
"It's okay. You've seen the people in our pirate crew, right~"
Nami was quite proud. After all, she had witnessed the fighting strength of Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and the others.
"We'll definitely help you take Alabasta back."
Perhaps having heard Nami's words, Sanji, wanting to show off in front of Vivi, immediately flashed a confident smile and flicked aside the long hair before his eyes.
"Vivi-swan, you can trust us."
Zoro said nothing. He merely gripped the hilt of his sword, his gaze razor-sharp.
His meaning was clearly the same as Sanji's.
Even King