Crocodile's Otherworld Excursion!

"Hey, look, what's that!"

On the city wall, dozens of meters high, a soldier with a gun standing guard next to the Defense Cannon suddenly heard a loud reminder from his comrade nearby and immediately sprang to his senses to look outside.

Sure enough, a figure could be seen slowly walking along the tracks.

This is really strange. How could someone hike all the way from the wilderness when it's all Kabane outside?

"What should we do? Should we Gate of Opening?" a soldier asked hesitantly.

This city gate is both a city gate and a drawbridge. It is usually lowered in advance only when 'Hayajiro' comes, but now the other party is just one person.

"Let's ask Lord Shinshi; my opinion doesn't count."

"Too."

Soon, Shinishi Takuya, the Samurai who was to guard the city gate that night, also received the news. After listening to it, he looked at the soldier who came to report with a suspicious expression.

"Are you sure it wasn't just a Kabane who wandered over here?"

"Uh, Lord Xinshi, he doesn't have any red aura, and his walking movements seem very steady."

"This"

Shinishi Takuya hesitated, but finally decided to go up and check it out first. Just then, a commotion broke out outside, causing him to frown. He alertly moved his right hand to his scabbard, then strode over and shouted, "What's going on!"

"Grown ups!"

"That, that person, that person who came on foot from the wilderness, he, he's already up here," the soldier who ran over said, trembling.

"Um?"

Shinishi Takuya was stunned for a moment, then roared angrily, "How dare you Gate of Opening for him without permission?!"

No, no.

Meanwhile, atop the city wall, about twenty armed soldiers stared in terror at the ridiculously tall Titans before them, mouths agape, completely forgetting that they held guns.

The man had slicked-back, black hair that was clearly slicked back, gold earrings, a black shirt, brown trousers, and leather shoes, and an extremely large fur coat draped over his shoulders.

He was called a Titans because his height was estimated to be over two meters, probably around two and a half meters!

This made those of them, who averaged 1.7 meters tall or even less, feel quite embarrassed, considering they had hardly ever seen anyone who was 1.8 meters tall in their lives.

But what shocked them most, even terrified them, was that this person had just jumped directly up from outside the city's moat!

"Hey, where is this place?"

Suddenly, the Titans spoke first. The soldiers surrounding him looked at each other, puzzled. Although his accent Wano Language sounded strange, they could understand him.

"This, sir, this is the Yatsushiro Station," a braver soldier replied.

Oh~~~

Crocodile looked over in surprise. He really hadn't expected these people to understand what he was saying; he had only asked a question as a test.

"Okay, so where do you sell food here?"

"Uh, it should be the shopping street to the north. It's a night market there now, with lots of vendors selling food."

Having gotten the answer he wanted, Crocodile casually tossed out a Koban Gold, which he had picked up from the Living Dead on his way here.

Because it is clearly the currency of this world, as a One Piece, I am particularly sensitive to this kind of thing. On the contrary, the CP9 members do not specifically search the bodies of every Living Dead.

"Ah, thank you, thank you, sir!"

The soldier who answered the question was overjoyed to see there was a reward to be won, which made the other soldiers envious and regretful.

At the same time, Crocodile looked north into the city and saw a brightly lit area. Then, under the astonished gazes of the soldiers along the way, he casually walked down the steps from the city wall.

Who are you?!

But just as he was about to set off for the so-called night market, a Samurai with a scabbard and a dozen armed soldiers stopped him.

"This, this, this..."

However, when Shinishi Takuya noticed Crocodile's height and build, he instinctively stopped in his tracks, but he had already successfully attracted Crocodile's attention.

"Samurai?"

Crocodile glanced down at him, but that one glance instantly sent the latter flying backward in terror, as if he had seen something horrible. He even stumbled and knocked over several soldiers behind him.

Although the former lacks Conqueror's Haki, the power of Haki itself is related to a person's spirit, killing intent, and other mental strength. This makes the originally Void aura manifest as an almost real deterrent force in the Sea Star powerhouse.

"So weak."

Seeing how pathetic the Samurai- dressed man was, Crocodile shook his head disdainfully and left.

He was hungry.

"Who is he? Did he even get a review?!" As soon as Crocodile's figure disappeared in front of the city gate, Shinishi Takuya stood up in embarrassment and anger, shouting angrily.

At the same time, he Wrath questioned himself: So what if I'm big? Can I really handle so many gun barrels? What am I afraid of?

A shame!

The inspection, or inspection, was a full-body check that was conducted on people from outside the city when they entered the city. They had to line up, take off their clothes, and be carefully observed by several people to check for wounds.

"Uh, no, but..." At that moment, a soldier with a gun leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Sir, but he jumped from below the city walls to the top!"

"???"

Shinishi Takuya looked at him with a puzzled expression, as if to say, "Do you think I'm stupid?" But the latter helplessly pointed to the other soldiers and said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask them. Many people saw it just now. This person ran all the way from outside, then crossed the moat and jumped onto the city wall!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Yes, yes, yes, we all saw it!"

"You absolutely mustn't mess with him. We just shone a searchlight in the direction he came from, and the path was swarming with Kabane corpses!"

Shinishi Takuya fell silent, his worldview was being severely challenged, and he even felt dizzy and breathless. It took him a long time to calm down.

"You keep an eye on him, but only from a distance. Don't make any rash moves. I'm going to see the Chief Steward right away!"

"Yes!"

Night markets are probably the brightest and liveliest places in a city after dark, filled with the faint aroma of smoke, the tempting fragrance of food, and the lively, melodious laughter of young girls.

The noise from the stalls and vendors was deafening, and men, women, and children dressed in various colored bathrobes or coarse cloth clothes came and went with a look of momentary joy on their faces.

But a tall figure suddenly barged in, causing gasps of surprise along the way, and the bustling crowds automatically parted wherever he went.

It's like a crocodile darting into a school of fish, causing the startled fish to scatter in all directions.

Crocodile didn't care about any of that. He followed the smell of food to a stall selling grilled chicken skewers, first examining the color of the chicken, and then ordering from the bewildered owner.

"Ten skewers of chicken, a glass of wine (any kind will do), and a plate of ketchup. By the way, do you know what ketchup is? If you don't have any, just give me a tomato and a bowl, I'll make it myself."

There's a third chapter coming, just wait a minute, 3rd Company in a row today!!!