After the news of Cross Guild's establishment caused a huge uproar in the outside world, Crocodile and the others, the ones responsible for it all, were leisurely lying on the beach and enjoying the sun.
Crocodile, Hawkeye, Dazhen, and the others lay in a row.
Meanwhile, Buggy stood before them, gesturing grandly at the world.
"Ahahaha! My great name has completely resounded throughout the entire world!" Buggy laughed wildly.
Yet neither Dazhen, Hawkeye, nor Crocodile paid him any attention.
Ten days earlier...
When Akainu and Aokiji attacked, Buggy had still been underground in the palace, counting treasure. He had barely contributed anything at all.
The Marines and CP0 had also been driven off by them.
Whenever Crocodile recalled that battle, he still felt lingering fear.
Hawkeye had faced Akainu while he fought Aokiji. With the advantage of the terrain, they had at least managed to fight them evenly.
Meanwhile, Pofitas, Dazhen, and Mr. 1 had faced five CP0 agents.
The remaining Marines had been left to the underlings of his Baroque Pirates.
Though they had barely managed to hold on, as time passed, they gradually fell behind. Mr. 1 was still too inexperienced, and the scales of victory had begun to tip from his side.
After Mr. 1 was defeated, no matter how formidable Pofitas and Dazhen were, they could not stand against five CP0 agents. They had originally lost.
But the arrival of one man changed everything.
On the third day of the battle.
A pirate ship arrived at Shark Island.
Red-Haired Shanks descended from the sky with his officers and brought the battle to an end.
Crocodile still remembered the overwhelmingly domineering scene of Shanks' entrance.
"Give me some face." After blocking Akainu's attack, Shanks calmly said those words.
After Aokiji and CP0 tried to dissuade him, and