As the Goa Fleet entered Alabasta's territorial waters.
Nico Robin, the vice president of Baroque Works, has summoned all nine Officer Agent and fourteen Frontier Agent on Crocodile's orders.
A meeting was held at the headquarters of Baroque Works, the Spider's Cafe.
Crocodile, the hidden Mr. 0, still has no intention of revealing himself.
He issued orders through Nico Robin, inciting and guiding the Rebel Army to attack the three warships of the Goa Empire.
They shouldn't even spare the naval warship that was protecting the Wang Shi.
He only wanted his subordinates from Baroque Works to cause some trouble for the Goa Fleet.
It's not that simple for the Wang Shi to want to see Cobra.
Crocodile wanted to see if the Wang Shi would take action against these pitiful Rebel Army who were accused of "always rebelling against the King".
Will Emperor Wang Shi, the Goa Emperor, have the blood of the common people of Alabasta?
The Sand Crocodile grinned smugly.
He knew that these rebels were attacking the capital Alubarna.
But King Cobra still believed that his people were merely being deceived and did not intend to exterminate them; he even considered persuading the prideful Rebel Army.
This benevolent king still regarded these Rebel Army as his own people.
If Wang Shi had annihilated even a small portion of the Rebel Army, even just tens of thousands, I wonder if the benevolent King Cobra would have felt that Wang Shi had massacred his people.
Will Cobra meet with Wang Shi again and reach some kind of cooperation?
Crocodile enjoys manipulating human nature in this way.
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With the nine [Officer Agent] and fourteen [Frontier Agent] receiving orders from the deputy director, they mobilized their entire force.
Under the promotion of the Baroque Works with 200 [Billions] and 1800 [Millions].
Rumors circulated that King Cobra intended to ally with the Overlord of the East Blue to crush the rebel army.
It spread rapidly among the hundreds of thousands, even millions, of the Rebel Army.
Soon, guided by Baroque Works spies, a Rebel Army of over 100,000 men broke away from the main Rebel Army to destroy the Goa Fleet, which was trying to help the tyrant Cobra.
They would not allow outsiders to help Cobra, the cruel [Rain-Stealing King].
It was Cobra who robbed the rains from other cities of the capital, Alubarna, causing other cities in Alabasta to become arid and desolate.
Wang Shi, this Goa Emperor, who is incapable of distinguishing right from wrong, even wants to help the tyrant Cobra. They must be driven out, or even killed.
All of this was proceeding according to Crocodile's plan.
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Alabasta's Dream City - Rainbase
A bustling city that never lacks rain.
In this city ruled by the kingdom's hero and Shichibukai, Crocodile.
A lavishly decorated casino called [Rain Diners] is located in the heart of the city.
As other cities in Alabasta become increasingly arid, countless nobles and wealthy people have either moved to the capital Alubarna or to Rainbase.
This makes the prosperity of Rainbase rival that of Alubarna, the ancient capital with a history of thousands of years.
This city not only has abundant rainfall and is incredibly prosperous, but it also enjoys the protection of Crocodile, making it even more suitable for the extravagant lifestyle of the wealthy.
Apart from the capital Alubarna, this Rainbase, established about twenty years ago, is the most prosperous city in Alabasta.
In the luxurious penthouse office of the [Rain Diners].
Crocodile, cigar in mouth, looked in a certain direction and gave a disdainful smile.
"The Overlord of the East Blue, the Emperor of Exile, thinks he can interfere with the war I've been planning for over a decade with just a few ships?"
"Let's deal with these hundreds of thousands of the Rebel Army first."
This treacherous and ruthless Sand Crocodile didn't consider these 'rebels' to be human at all.
Everyone is just a pawn in his game.
This includes their so-called subordinates, such as the Baroque Works.
If even tens of thousands of the Rebel Army can't stop Wang Shi, then we should mobilize hundreds of thousands more Rebel Army to deal with Wang Shi.
Crocodile didn't believe that the Wang Shi could wipe out all the hundreds of thousands of the Rebel Army.
He didn't know much about Wang Shi's personality, but he knew about Cobra's.
He could guarantee that as long as Wang Shi eliminated this Rebel Army, even if there were tens of thousands of casualties, let alone hundreds of thousands, this benevolent king would probably not want to see Wang Shi again.
With Alubarna's 600,000 well-equipped Royal Army, if Cobra refuses to allow the Wang Shi to enter the capital for a meeting.
Could it be that the Wang Shi can still invade the capital?
After Wang Shi Crocodile slunk away from Alabasta, Crocodile will slowly kill Cobra, this 'benevolent king'.
Crocodile acknowledged that the Goa Empire's One Emperor and Two Marquises were indeed very powerful, capable of overpowering the Overlord of the North Blue and the Twin Heroes of the West Blue.
But sometimes, intelligence is more useful than ability.
Whether it was the hundreds of thousands of the Rebel Army driving away the Goa Fleet, or Wang Shi leading the strong to defeat these Rebel Army.
Crocodile's goals can all be achieved.
In any case, he wouldn't even need to lift a finger; Wang Shi would still return empty-handed and slink away from this desert kingdom.
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Crocodile didn't expect that Wang Shi wouldn't go to Alubarna to find King Cobra immediately, but instead planned to go directly to his stronghold, the Rain Diners, to make money.
He never expected that Wang Shi's warship would float and fly.
These Rebel Army were neither able to reach nor stop Wang Shi and his men.
As the Goa Fleet approached the coast of Alabasta, preparing to enter the port...
Wang Shi, Yi Xiao, and Aramaki's Observation Haki had already detected the densely packed Rebel Army.
"I didn't realize the rebellion in Alabasta had gotten so serious; they've even taken over the port."
Issho's Observation Haki was the strongest, and he discovered that these Rebel Army numbered in the hundreds of thousands, and most of them were weak civilians.
This made him quite reluctant.
"It seems our Sand Crocodile made a move."
Wang Shi stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the ragged 'rebels' in the port city, and felt quite surprised.
Why are these Rebel Army blocking the port instead of besieging the capital, Alubarna?
However, it wasn't long before Wang Shi realized that this was probably Crocodile's doing.
"Your Majesty, shall we charge straight in?"
Aramaki didn't take these Rebel Army seriously. Even if they had hundreds of thousands of soldiers, let alone Wang Shi's Conqueror's Haki, which could knock out most of the weak soldiers.
Even if Wang Shi doesn't make a move, given some time, Aramaki can easily devour these Rebel Army.
Or let Yixiao unleash a few Meteor, instantly wiping out the enemy.
However, judging from Yixiao's kind-hearted appearance, this guy probably won't release Meteor at civilians.
"If we charge in, we'll just be playing a game designed by Sand Crocodile."
Wang Shi chuckled lightly. In this world full of muscle-bound geniuses, Crocodile's intelligence was already among the top tier.
But in Wang Shi's eyes, it was nothing special.
"He wanted to play chess with me, but I refused. I just smashed the chessboard on him."
With two powerful Admiral, Aramaki and Itshou, at the helm of the Wang Shi, there was no time to play games with Crocodile.
He wanted to tell Sand Crocodile that in the face of absolute power, all schemes and tricks are nothing but bubbles.
"Smile, and take off!"
"Tashigi, you're going this time too. I'll help you get some credit. Even if you don't get promoted to Rear Admiral this time, you can still get promoted to Commodore."