(PS: By the time you see this, this book is probably done for. The stockpiled chapters will run out tomorrow. Also, Alice wants to say something here.
-Which fucking idiot said there weren't many classes in college?! Never mind Alice having 8 a.m. classes every day, there are evening classes too, and the breaks are only five minutes, not even enough time to take a shit. That old bastard shuts the door as soon as class starts. Alice might as well go die...)
After he finished speaking, he held his breath, his heart pounding as he awaited the final verdict.
Would he live? Would he die? Would he become an asset to the Demon King, or end up as a decoration on the ship's rail like Enel?
Yet Kirishima Bupai merely watched him in silence for a full ten-odd seconds.
The pressure of that silence nearly suffocated Crocodile. Then Kirishima slowly spoke, his voice as level as ever. "Lead the way."
Deep beneath the Royal Palace of Alabasta
There were none of the fierce battles or arduous obstacles they had expected.
With Crocodile leading the way, Kirishima's party, Crocodile, and Enel, who had been pried out of the ship's rail by Mr. 5 and Mr. 4 and was now limping, proceeded as though no one stood in their way.
Crocodile canceled every order to intercept the Straw Hat Crew and even secretly deactivated some of the traps.
Without him, the chief mastermind, and the full force of Baroque Works blocking their way, Straw Hat Luffy and the others still faced assaults from the Rebel Army and resistance from individual officers.
But their progress accelerated considerably, and Koza's realization and the Royal Army's effective counterattack also came sooner.
Though chaos still gripped the royal capital of Alubarna, its spread had been