Chen Fan saw Crocodile and smiled faintly. "Crocodile, you've become even more impressive now. Five Vice Admirals are clearing the way for you. If you die like this, do you think it'll have been worth it?"
"Chen Fan, you'd better not let me leave here alive today. Otherwise, I'll definitely take revenge on you, on this country. I'll plunge this country into ruin again and leave not a blade of grass growing!" Crocodile shouted at Chen Fan.
"Oh my...! Then it seems I really can't let you go back. I hate trouble most of all. You were lucky I didn't kill you last time, but if I let you escape again this time, then you really do have a protagonist's fate, surviving every crisis and all that." As Chen Fan spoke, he drew the two blades he carried with him. They had been chosen from the royal treasury—apparently the Twin Blades Mandarin Ducks, the only paired blades among the Twelve Supreme Great Treasures. They were extremely sharp and likewise had no guards, with the blades and hilts forged as one, symbolizing mutual protection. They had been preserved by Alabasta through generations, and no one but the king had known of them. Treasure blades were given to heroes, or so the saying went. In truth, Chen Fan had simply swept them away, leaving King Cobra heartbroken for quite a while.
"Everyone else, stand back! Leave him to me!" the five Vice Admirals from Navy Headquarters shouted. Chen Fan was one of their objectives this time as well. Capturing this pirate who had only recently become active on the Grand Line would greatly boost Navy morale and better intimidate the pirates.
"So, the famous rookie pirate of late also uses dual blades. No wonder you managed to leave two wounds on Crocodile.