At Alabasta's port.
The royal guards had once again surrounded it so tightly that nothing could get through.
The young King Cobra had personally come to oversee them.
"Do not be afraid!"
"If these pirates want to destroy our home, then we must take up arms!"
"With your king and the royal family here, we will never let anything happen to the people of Alabasta."
Young and hot-blooded, Cobra had surrounded the port and was waiting for the Shane Pirates to return.
Before this.
He had already requested support from the Marine Branch, but had received no reply.
Then he heard that the Shane Pirates had destroyed a tavern before vanishing without a trace.
Cobra searched for several days, only to find nothing.
The tavern staff had also mysteriously disappeared, as though someone had done something behind the scenes.
After investigating, Cobra discovered that the real tavern staff had already been paid a large sum and sent away by someone mysterious a week earlier.
Cobra realized that these people were definitely not real tavern workers, but a group of agents.
There were serious problems in Alabasta now, but he did not even know how many enemies were lurking in the open and in the shadows.
Who could have imagined that those dogs of the Celestial Dragons had already infiltrated every corner?
What Cobra could do openly was guard the port and protect as many civilians as possible.
Whoosh!
A gust of wind shot past before their eyes.
Moria slammed straight onto the ship. He stood up and looked toward the port, where the Royal Army stood ready with weapons in hand.
"Pirates, you're surrounded! We are the royal guards, responsible for protecting all of Alabasta!"
The guards were tall and well-equipped. Compared with ordinary people, they offered an overwhelming sense