Senga held a green, pineapple-shaped fruit in her hand, covered with leaf patterns. Just looking at it made one feel a sense of vitality; this was Aramaki's Woods-Woods Fruit.
Senga can now extract items remotely, unlike before when physical contact was required.
After tossing the Woods-Woods Fruit into the Door-Door Space, Senga turned to look at Aramaki's group of subordinates.
When Senga's gaze swept over them, the group of people fell silent, not daring to even breathe loudly.
Senga asked calmly,
Where is Rocks now?
The group looked at each other, none of them wanting to be the first to speak.
Golden rays shot from Senga's eyes once more, sweeping across the crowd like wheat being harvested, instantly dismembering half of the people.
The remaining people were so frightened that they stood frozen in place; some even wet their pants.
The stench of blood mixed with the smell of urine made Senga frown. His eyes flashed with golden light again. Seeing this, someone finally couldn't hold back any longer. A henchman with a mohawk shouted...
"Rocks Pirates is going to Wano Country to find Kaido!"
As soon as he spoke, the others immediately echoed him. Senga nodded, then turned and walked directly towards Crocodile.
Seeing Senga leave, the remaining group breathed a sigh of relief, but the next second...
Bang bang bang!
A series of explosions rang out, and the bodies of these people suddenly exploded like fireworks. The resulting blood mist was then swept away by a hurricane that appeared out of nowhere, including the corpses that had already been split in two.
It was as if nothing had ever happened.
The members of the Baroque Works all swallowed hard, their eyes filled with awe as they stared at Senga's retreating figure.
Crocodile's face still bore Aramaki's shoe prints. He raised his hand to wipe them away, then bowed to Senga. This scene was once again astonishing; was this still the unruly Crocodile?
The reason he acted so humbly was not only because of Senga's terrifying power, but more importantly because Senga had once saved his life.
That's right, it was the time when Otsutsuki Zero used Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Senga smiled as she looked at Crocodile was bending over in front of her, and said,
"You did a great job this time, this is a reward for you."
As she spoke, Senga extended a finger and touched Crocodile's forehead, and a stream of golden energy flowed into Crocodile's body.
As the energy entered his body, Crocodile's eyes widened suddenly. His body uncontrollably turned into sand, and several tornado-like sandstorms rose up around him.
He did his best to restore his physical form and then stopped the sandstorm from spreading. If he had been any later, Alabasta would have been doomed, and he would have truly been protecting nothing in the end.
Of course, with Senga around, this kind of thing definitely won't happen.
Crocodile has realized what has happened to him; his Sand-Sand Devil Fruit Awakening!
A look of wild joy appeared on his face. Awakening Logia was much more difficult than other types. He had worked hard for it for a long time, but he still hadn't even touched the threshold. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been suppressed into this state by Aramaki, who was also a Logia.
However, the Awakening he had longed for day and night was easily Awakening today simply by Senga touching his forehead; he felt as if he were dreaming.
Seeing Crocodile standing there speechless for Senga time, Chiga reminded him,
"What? Haven't you gotten used to it yet?"
Crocodile then came to his senses and stared intently at Senga, his gaze so intense that one might mistake him for Senga in love with her.
Senga couldn't take it anymore. He took a half step back and said,
"You should take some time to adjust to your newfound power. I'm going to check out the royal city..."
"Thank you so much, Your Majesty!"
Before Senga finish speaking, Crocodile bowed deeply, his head almost touching his thigh. It has to be said that his flexibility is truly remarkable.
Senga waved his hand and said,
"This is what you deserve. By the way, you're free now. You can go wherever you want from now on."
After saying that, Senga vanished from the spot in a flash. He only slowly straightened up when the Baroque Works members walked up to Crocodile.
Turles hesitated for a moment, then slowly began to speak.
"Boss, are we leaving here?"
Prolonged comfort can really erode one's fighting spirit. During this time in Alabasta, this group of people enjoyed what could be described as VIP treatment, with the royal family providing them with the best food and drink.
Furthermore, they were stationed in Alabasta as guardians, and the people loved and respected them greatly, which gave them an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.
So if we ask them to leave now, they're actually a little reluctant.
In particular, Ms. Doublefinger and Ms. Golden Week, one of them runs a bar and is having a great time, while the other has become a famous painter in Alabasta. The other members have also developed their own careers, and they have all integrated perfectly.
Crocodile himself, now the commander of the Royal Guard in Alabasta, initially looked down on the position, but as time went on, he lost himself in the constant respectful address of "Commander"...
He pulled a cigar from his pocket, lit it, and, amidst the swirling smoke, looked at his men and asked,
Do you still want to go out to sea?
Everyone looked at each other, unaware that their leader had become a lifeless, unambitious bum. Finally, it was Ms. Golden Week, who looked like a little girl, who mustered up the courage to speak.
"Boss, I don't want to leave. I like it here more than the sea!"
Crocodile glanced up at her, while Goldenweek shrank back, not daring to meet his boss's gaze.
Her partner, Mr. 3, known as Third Brother, stepped forward upon seeing this and echoed,
"Boss, I want to stay here with Marianne!"
Like Golden Week, he's now considered an artist, after all, who can make a better wax figure than him?
The others also expressed their opinions; with the exception of Mr. 1, everyone else said they did not want to leave.
After they finished expressing their stance, they all looked at Crocodile nervously, afraid that he would get angry.
In fact, even if Crocodile insisted on taking them away, they would still choose to listen to their leader.
But to their surprise, Crocodile suddenly laughed.
This startled Golden Week and the others. They had been with Crocodile for quite some time, but he had only smiled a handful of times.
Just when they thought Crocodile had lost his mind from anger, he exhaled a smoke ring and said calmly,
"Since none of you are leaving, then I'm not leaving either!"