Alabasta Kingdom, outskirts of Yuba.
Across the boundless yellow sea of sand appeared a group of people riding camels, kicking up billowing clouds of dust.
At the front of the camel caravan, Mr. 2 Bon Clay, dressed in a luxurious blue robe and riding a camel, turned to several underlings beside him wearing King's Army uniforms and said:
"Are the bombs and gasoline ready?
And the spies in the city—have the orders explaining what they need to do been delivered?"
"Sir, rest assured! Everything has been arranged.
This time, we'll definitely plunge the Alabasta Kingdom into turmoil and war..."
"Good. Then let's make a complete mess of things!"
As he spoke, Bon Clay raised his right hand and wiped it across his face, activating the Imitation Fruit. His face instantly turned into that of King Cobra...
No! It would be more accurate to say that he had completely become Cobra. Whether it was his build, appearance, or even voice, no one—not even those close to Cobra—could tell from those details that he was an impostor.
It was precisely because Crocodile possessed Bon Clay as his trump card that he could so smoothly stir up trouble, using Cobra's appearance to commit all sorts of evil deeds and intensify the conflict between the commoners and the royal family.
Before long, Bon Clay's camel caravan reached the outskirts of Yuba City. They dismounted and openly walked into the city.
Seeing this, a Revolutionary Army soldier standing guard on the city's outskirts with a rifle hurriedly picked up a Den Den Mushi and dialed a number when he saw that the man leading the group was King Cobra.
"Chief Koza, King Cobra's forces have appeared!"
Not long afterward, a young man wearing a reddish-brown long coat, with short tousled dark tea-green hair and a