Deployment

After lunch, Buggy summoned Crocodile.

"I can agree to cooperate with you, but I don't believe you came to this conclusion based solely on subjective speculation without any ulterior motive..."

Buggy leaned forward slightly, watching Crocodile. "And what can you bring me?"

"Are you underestimating the power of the Sand-Sand Fruit?" Crocodile revealed a sinister smile. "Or do you think I'd simply stand by and do nothing in this partnership?"

"Your strength, or the power of the Sand-Sand Fruit, neither is enough to convince me. Let's talk about something practical."

Buggy leaned back with a slight shake of his head. "As far as I know, you don't even have a territory in the New World. What you possess now is merely part of the capital you had left over from your days as a Shichibukai. That said, without anyone holding you back, you can come and go freely in the New World. But unlike you, I'm on terrible terms with Big Mom's Four Emperors crew and could enter a state of war with them at any time, so my movements are severely restricted."

Crocodile responded noncommittally, "What are you trying to say?"

"We can work together to attack Blackbeard, but that alone won't be enough... How about this? I'll write a letter, and you can deliver it to the Whitebeard Pirates. It'll contain my Den Den Mushi number. I'll convince them to join forces with us and increase our odds of victory."

"You want me to be a messenger..." Crocodile wore an arrogant expression. "I'm not familiar with those people from the Whitebeard Pirates, and I won't do such a trivial task that anyone could accomplish. It's boring and a waste of time."

"Is this your sincerity, Crocodile?" Buggy's face instantly turned cold. "The obligations of cooperation fall on both