Robin, Become My Masseuse

What medicine was Ye Zhuo hiding in his gourd?

Cobra and the other two could not understand.

Not until they caught up with Ye Zhuo's camel caravan.

Yet he continued resolutely toward Rainbase, showing no intention of explaining himself to them.

Vivi was protected between Cobra and Igaram.

Her gaze fixed on Ye Zhuo as she caught up to the camels.

"Are you putting us under house arrest?"

"You came out on your own, didn't you? How am I putting you under house arrest?"

Ye Zhuo felt that Vivi was being unreasonable and illogical.

"I...!"

Vivi blushed and pressed on, "Then where are you going? Is taking Alabasta from us part of your scheme?"

"A scheme? Didn't I rob it openly and honestly?

How did that become a scheme?

You're insulting my profession. I'm not a strategist—I'm a pirate!"

Ye Zhuo handed the map to the Empress.

"Full speed ahead. Rainbase!"

The Empress glared at the slowly plodding camel with her beautiful eyes.

The camel immediately broke into a swift run.

"Rainbase? What are you going there for?"

"What are you to me? My ship's doctor?"

Ye Zhuo glanced at Vivi.

"We have no relationship whatsoever."

"Then you have no right to know what I'm doing."

Those words left Vivi stunned.

Watching Ye Zhuo and the others hurry onward, she could only follow.

Today, she had to find out what Ye Zhuo was plotting.

The camels ran far faster than usual, and they reached Rainbase in less than half a day.

"This place is pretty nice. It's just too hot. It would be better if there were a natural lake."

Ye Zhuo immediately felt that Water Demon Aura was a good thing.

Someday, he would have to build a water park in Alabasta.

Rainbase.

Alabasta had already been suffering through a severe drought for several years.

When Ye Zhuo arrived, he truly had not expected a water park to have already been built here.

Life here was actually not too bad.

"Didn't you say Alabasta had been in drought for many years? Why are there traces of rainfall here?"

Ye Zhuo remembered that, apart from the capital, Alabasta had not seen rain for three years.

Crocodile had driven out the pirates in the guise of a hero.

He had also spread word that only the capital received rain because King Cobra had used Dance Powder.

"Most places haven't had rain. Rainbase is rather special."

Vivi spoke calmly.

"Hiss..."

Ye Zhuo paused.

He sorted out the timeline. There were still four years until Sea Circle Calendar 1520.

In other words, the three-year drought had not yet begun.

Alabasta was simply prone to droughts to begin with.

Before Crocodile had fully put his plans in place, the drought had not yet truly spread across the entire kingdom.

"I came too early. Sand Crocodile is still a hero in name."

Crocodile had returned to the Grand Line a year ago and become Alabasta's hero.

Only a few months ago had he become a Shichibukai.

Once Ye Zhuo sorted out the entire timeline, he felt helpless.

The point in time he had arrived at was truly awkward.

"Whatever. I'm a Demon King anyway."

Ye Zhuo waved his hand, and all the crew members moved, defeating every one of Crocodile's subordinates.

Crocodile was Alabasta's hero.

Yet Baroque Works had no idea who their boss really was.

Other than Robin, Sand Crocodile had always concealed his identity.

"Crocodile!"

Ye Zhuo shouted his name.

In that instant, he threw all of Crocodile's plans into disarray.

From the moment he landed in Alabasta and occupied the capital to his arrival at Rainbase.

Crocodile, who had been hiding here, had long since flown into a rage.

His plan had only just begun!

He had become a hero and a Shichibukai.

Next, he would use Dance Powder to seize Alabasta, then have Robin locate the royal family's secret place and find Pluton!

Every part of the plan had been perfect.

Yet Ye Zhuo had appeared out of nowhere and directly occupied Alabasta.

How was he supposed to continue with the rest of his plan now?

Sand gathered into solid form.

Crocodile, looking utterly dead inside, stared at Ye Zhuo as though looking at a corpse.

"Why do you know I'm here?"

"I have Observation Haki."

Ye Zhuo lied without even blushing.

"Your Observation Haki could sense me from the moment you stepped onto the harbor, all the way here to Rainbase, where I'm hidden in an underground secret room?"

Sand Crocodile cursed furiously.

"Sorry, but Alabasta is mine."

Ye Zhuo also felt that Sand Crocodile was pitiful.

But pirates had always preyed on one another.

"You reckless fool, you don't know how to use your brain at all! Occupying Alabasta means becoming an enemy of the World Government!"

Crocodile wanted nothing more than to slaughter Ye Zhuo.

"I'm already their enemy."

Ye Zhuo answered honestly.

As he spoke, he used the Rooster Talisman to seize control of all the water in Rainbase.

At the sight, Crocodile could endure no longer.

"I heard your Devil Fruit can copy the abilities of all kinds of fruits?"

"No, I haven't eaten a Devil Fruit."

Ye Zhuo told the truth. He did not want to hurt Crocodile any further.

"Bullshit!"

Crocodile's arm turned into flying sand. He had had enough of Ye Zhuo's blatant lies.

"Desert Spada!"

"Desert Water Blade!"

Ye Zhuo could not be bothered to come up with names. He was truly bad at it.

With all of Rainbase's water under his control, he casually flung it out, coating it in Armament Haki as it slashed forward.

"You copied my move!"

Crocodile was so furious that his head spun.

"Oh, then I can do another one."

Ye Zhuo copied Kizaru's stance and stood suspended in the air.

All the water gathered around him and spun at high speed.

The water blades coated in Armament Haki were incomparably sharp.

"Yasakani Sacred Water!"

"I'll kill you!"

Crocodile could no longer endure it. This was Kizaru's famous ultimate move.

Ye Zhuo had copied it completely and only changed one word.

Bang!

Ye Zhuo threw a punch directly into Crocodile's abdomen.

Two-Color Haki wrapped around it, its power terrifying beyond measure.

Cough!

Crocodile spat out a mouthful of black blood.

Had he become this weak?

He could not even withstand a single punch.

Not only was there Haki, but flames also wrapped around Ye Zhuo's fist, forming the head of a flaming dog.

"Hell Hound!"

The moment Ye Zhuo uttered the final word.

A pillar of fire suddenly erupted from Crocodile's back.

He gave a dry cough, then collapsed powerlessly onto the ground with his limbs spread wide.

"You really are a copy created by the Copy-Copy Fruit!"

"Sand Crocodile, you sure talk a lot."

Ye Zhuo walked past him.

Crocodile transformed on the spot into an alligator with rolled-back eyes!

The Monkey Talisman never failed.

Splash!

Without Ye Zhuo's control, the water fell from the sky.

Cobra could not help but feel heartache at the sight.

Ye Zhuo strode forward through the rain.

At first, pale jade-like hands tried to sprout from his body, but they failed because his Haki was too strong.

Then numerous hands grew from beneath his feet, attempting to stop him.

Robin, the Devil Child, stepped out from a dark alley. She could no longer remain hidden.

The moment Ye Zhuo dealt with Crocodile, he had immediately locked onto her.

"I can cooperate with you and tell you secrets that any pirate would want to know."

Robin spoke. She absolutely could not die here.

"I have one condition."

Ye Zhuo looked at her, making Robin feel uneasy.

"Go ahead."

Over the years, she had constantly fled from place to place. She was long accustomed to it.

"Robin, become my masseuse!"