When they fell from Skypiea, they had no idea where the wind had blown them, but it did not matter. The Eternal Pose faithfully pointed them in the right direction. After an unknown amount of time, Gato set foot in Alabasta once again.
"Whoa! Looks like they did a pretty good job."
Gato knew full well that this land had always been shrouded in bleak clouds of despair. Yet now, when he looked again, smiles had actually begun to appear on the faces of Alabasta's citizens.
"Our Princess Vivi is truly amazing!"
"Yeah, she really is Alabasta's savior."
Such heartfelt praise could be heard everywhere. After asking around, Gato quickly learned what Vivi had done.
With Crocodile deliberately letting information slip, Vivi soon found evidence that Mr. 0 was Crocodile. She returned to Alabasta and began persuading the rebel army.
News of Crocodile's betrayal of the World Government happened to spread at that time. The rebel leader quickly believed her, and the rebels joined forces with the royal army to fight Baroque Works.
Baroque Works remained powerful even without Crocodile and Daz Bones, but they had all received a strange order: they were not allowed to cause casualties on the other side. With their hands tied like that, how could they possibly defeat the combined army? They were soon wiped out.
Almost everything had developed as Gato had expected. The only unpleasant part was that Rainbase had also been destroyed by the enraged populace.
He had not expected Vivi to be so efficient. She had already uprooted Baroque Works so quickly. He had originally wanted to keep the casino around for fun, but that idea had gone up in smoke.
Crocodile's face was so gloomy it looked ready to drip water. It was not because Rainbase had been destroyed; that