The New World, an island in some stretch of sea.
A cloud of fine sand gathered into a body. With a cigar clenched between his teeth, Crocodile wore his hair slicked back and a black fur coat. A swastika-shaped sand symbol revolved behind him as he looked down at the two men before him with utter disdain.
"Brainwashing Representative of the Richest Group, Tsar Crocodile, with a bounty of 560 million."
"This island's business belongs to the Chongchong Pirates. I'll give you one chance to leave. Otherwise, you're staying here!"
A lanky man in fitted clothes, a bandanna tied around his forehead, held a long sword in one hand and stared coolly at Crocodile.
The Chongchong Pirates' second-in-command was Dandy Rickmame, with a bounty of 490 million. He was a top-tier swordsman.
Beside him stood a giant centipede carrying more than twenty long swords, axes, and pistols. He was none other than the Chongchong Pirates' third-in-command, Centipede King Namelte.
He was a Zoan-type Centipede Fruit user.
His bounty was 420 million.
The Chongchong Pirates had landed on Sabaody Archipelago during the incident there.
Their captain was the Great Pirate Impact King Temeklin, with a bounty of 731 million. He was a Paramecia-type Impact Fruit user, and had made a name for himself in the New World.
Besides their second-in-command, Dandy Rickmame, and their third-in-command, Centipede King Namelte, they also had a first-in-command with a bounty of 506 million: Giant Pig Elkaka.
In the New World, the Chongchong Pirates ranked somewhere in the middle.
"Hoo~"
Crocodile drifted down to the ground, holding his cigar between two fingers as he blew smoke rings. His expression was contemptuous; he didn't take the two men seriously at all.
This was the fourth island he'd cleared out.
He had already taken out some of Charming