Robin was defeated.
It's perfectly normal. Trying to defeat Crocodile with just a pipe of water is simply wishful thinking.
She initially only wanted to be free, and after a few symbolic acts of resistance, she gave in to Crocodile's wishes.
Instead, I felt a sense of relief, finally able to end my arduous life.
She fell beneath the golden hook.
Crocodile's expression remained indifferent; he had reverted to his former self, and it didn't matter to him. In the first place, he hadn't trusted anyone.
He was thinking.
The royal palace's burial chamber began to tremble.
What's going on? The bombs in the square shouldn't have exploded on time. Crocodile looked at the king lying there. "Did you tamper with it? How boring. Even if this place collapses, I won't die."
Don't underestimate the power of the Sand-Sand Fruit!
Cobra his lips, said nothing, and simply waited quietly for the tomb to collapse completely.
Tap tap tap, stones kept falling.
Luffy dodged the falling rocks as he walked forward, his face full of confusion. "Wow! What's going on here? Why do we keep sinking?"
After a while, Luffy entered the room.
Crocodile heard the noise, turned around, and froze, "You bastard..."
"I finally caught up with you, you stinky Renekton."
Luffy stared at him, his face full of fighting spirit.
Crocodile's composure crumbled, and he roared, "How many times do I have to kill you before you finally fall?"
Why do you keep appearing in front of me?!
This country has absolutely nothing to do with you!
Luffy said with a determined look, "Because you haven't returned what you stole."
Crocodile spread his arms wide and retorted, "What did I steal? Money? Fame? Trust? Life? Or rain? Hahaha, what do you want me to repay? I've stolen so much stuff I can't even count it all!!"
"It's the country," Luffy answered firmly.
Crocodile laughed, "A country? Are you kidding me? I don't have this country yet, but it won't be long. This place will soon be mine."
Luffy said in a deep voice, "When we first arrived on this island, her country already ceased to exist."
He wasn't simply an idiot; on the contrary, boldness and meticulousness were his traits. Recalling Vivi's condition along the way, she was in so much pain, even though she was in her own country.
"If this were still her country, she would be smiling even more."
Luffy roared angrily, then raised his Riot Games and ran towards Crocodile, shouting as he ran, " Renekton, I'll surpass you!"
Shouting and yelling, he punched Crocodile with his bloodied Riot Games.
This attack completely stunned Crocodile. He couldn't understand why this guy, who didn't Haki, could attack his main body when there was clearly no water here.
After a moment's thought, Crocodile looked at the blood dripping from his Riot Games and instantly understood.
It turned out to be blood; they actually used blood to coagulate sand.
What a reckless fellow!
"Hoo, ha, hahaha, fine. From the Rainbase to the Royal Palace and now to this underground sanctuary, you've challenged me time and time again. Well then, I'll make you give up completely."
Luffy rushed forward and kicked Crocodile again.
But this time Crocodile dodged it.
"Let me show you what a real pirate is like," Crocodile said coldly, removing the front part of the golden hook from his left hand with his intact right hand, revealing a small, hollow iron hook inside. "Now, let me show you the fighting style of a pirate."
Luffy tilted his head and asked, "What's that?"
"It's a poisoned needle!"
Crocodile wasn't kindly reminding Luffy; it was a form of intimidation.
As long as the opponent's attention is focused on this highly poisonous hook, it will invisibly tie their hands and feet, making the enemy hesitant and timid.
"Yeah?"
Luffy simply replied calmly, showing neither fear nor apprehension, just as Crocodile was merely putting on a monkey show.
"Very well, I'll temporarily admit you're a pirate. There's no turning back in a duel between pirates."
The word "fear" doesn't exist in our vocabulary. If the square explodes, this place will collapse instantly. This is the final battle.
As he charged forward, the black fur coat behind him unfurled like ominous wings. The poisoned hook in his left hand was the key to victory or defeat. Since his opponent was fearless, all the better.
This is because it's a deadly poison capable of killing Sea Kings; just a tiny scratch will be fatal.
Luffy is brave as he is, but not brave enough to withstand the poison needles head-on. It's just that the enemy's attacks are specifically aimed at him, and despite dodging several times, he is still pierced by the poison needles.
"Hahaha, I'm the winner!"
Despite being kicked in the neck by Luffy in retaliation, Crocodile still laughed wildly, instantly regaining his confidence. "Soon, the poison will spread throughout your body, and the battle will be over."
Snap!
The flying Riot Games slammed into Crocodile's face, fracturing his nose.
Crocodile, in pain and furious, roared, "Why? Why haven't you fallen yet?"
"Your goal isn't in this country, is it?!"
"Would you risk your life for someone you've only known for a short time? Are you an idiot?"
Crocodile didn't understand, and couldn't comprehend at all, what was going on in the mind of the boy before him.
"Don't you understand? That's Vivi."
Luffy braced himself on his knees, feeling the poison corroding his body, yet he stubbornly raised his head, "While saying others shouldn't die, I'm risking my life to help them."
"If I don't take care of her, she'll definitely be killed by all of you."
"So, all we need to do is let go of this burden we've only known for a short time."
Crocodile tried to demoralize him with words, arguing that giving up was easier than persisting, and that reasons for giving up were easy to find.
Luffy straightened up and roared to the sky, "Because she's my comrade, I will never let her die!"
"Fine, then you shall die alongside this temple!"
Crocodile was enraged by these words. What comrades, what friendship, it's all bullshit!
In his right hand, the swirling yellow sand condensed into a sandstorm once more, which he then swung out violently.
A storm began to reverberate throughout the tomb.
" Gum-Gum!!" Luffy unleashed his final attack.
" Desert Spada!!"
Crocodile roared, deciding not to wait for the poison to take effect any longer; he would use absolute power to crush this reckless Straw Hat.
With a wave of his hand, even more Desert Girasole than before materialized in mid-air and slashed down with terrifying force.
However, Luffy completely ignored Crocodile's attack and directly took the hit Riot Games.
Even though his Riot Games were slashed countless times by the giant sword formed from sand, he didn't care at all.
The Desert Girasole was flattened, shattered, and scattered by Luffy's Riot Games. Before the scattered sand could fly away, Luffy 'Luffy Riot Games pushed the sand back and smashed it back onto its owner.
"Fireworks!"
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!!!!"
"Ooooooooo!!! Ahhhhhh!!!"
Countless Riot Games pounded on Crocodile's body. Luffy roared with all his might, smashing Crocodile through the walls of the underground temple and bringing him outside.
Even high in the sky, they didn't stop until Luffy ran out of strength to continue attacking.
Crocodile, under Luffy's relentless attack, coughed up blood and could no longer withstand the damage. He rose like a meteor and crashed to the ground, creating a deep crater.
The whitening of his eyes and his motionless body already indicated the outcome of the battle.
Sand Crocodile, Crocodile, has been defeated.
It started raining throughout the kingdom.
As Crocodile fell, rain covered the entire Alabasta, as if to make up for three years of drought.
it's all over.
However, before the king appeared, Igaram, who had been rescued by Robin, appeared carrying the little boy who had been kicked down by Bon Clay Cobra actually Feng disguised as a man) in the Nanohana. He planned to join forces with Kohza and explain the situation to the 700,000 rebels outside.
This brings a complete end to this conspiracy-driven war of national usurpation.
Vivi began searching for her friends in the rain.
"Hey!! Can't you just walk properly?" Zoro said to Usopp, speechless.
"Oh, listen to me, I have a disease that will kill me if I keep walking."
Usopp lay on the ground, weakly raising one arm in response, as if trying to get someone to carry him.
"Then you can stay here!" Zoro was truly exhausted and couldn't carry anyone anymore.
"Hey! No!" Usopp shouted urgently.
In the end, Zoro didn't abandon him and chose to drag Usopp along.
In the rain, they saw Cobra Luffy on his back. "Who are you?"
Sanji pointed and said, "Who we are isn't important. What's important is that the guy on your back is our captain."
"Are you the pirates who brought Vivi back to the country?"
Cobra looked at the group, his face filled with gratitude.
"Everyone," Vivi ran over, and seeing her father there, she exclaimed in surprise, "Dad?!"
Sanji stared at Cobra in astonishment and exclaimed, "Dad... Dad, you're Vivi's father?"
"Are you the king?" Zoro asked.
"I was prepared to die, but this boy saved me," Cobra, looking at Luffy. "He fought Crocodile and was covered in wounds, yet he still managed to bring us back to the surface. It's unbelievable power."
Zoro sat down against the wall and said, " Vivi, you go first!"
"Ah?"
"Go back to the square quickly!"
Usopp then crossed his arms and said seriously, "Now that we've finally stopped the rebellion, the king and princess should say a few words."
"Well, then you all come too..." Vivi wanted to introduce them to the people, to let them know that the Straw Hat Pirates were the true heroes of this country, and that they had always helped her protect it.
" Vivi, you know about this too, right?!" Sanji took a drag of his cigarette, then said with a smile, "We're notorious people, you know, we don't want to get involved in national affairs."
"I'm so hungry," Chopper said, sticking out his little tongue.
"We'll go to the palace ourselves. I'm dying," Nami said.
"According to intelligence, the Navy has just captured an artificial rainmaking ship and found a large amount of Dance Powder stockpiled by Baroque Studio on board. The general manager of the secret crime group Baroque Studio is Seven Warlords of the Sea under the Crown Crocodile, a pirate and one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea."
In the name of the World Government's Marine Headquarters, I hereby strip you of all the enemy ship capture licenses issued to you, as well as the titles and rights granted to you by the government!
Tashigi stood in front of Crocodile and shouted at him, Crocodile was lying unconscious on the ground.
The Navy also began arresting employees of Baroque Studio.
Therefore, this is how the government wrote in the newspapers it distributed worldwide.
As 700,000 rebel troops approached the kingdom's capital Alubarna, Rear Admiral Smoker of the Marine Headquarters noticed something unusual about the rebellion.
He led a large number of naval officers and soldiers, headed by Lieutenant Tashigi, and bravely pressed forward despite the dangers, finally succeeding in stopping the rebellion, saving millions of Alabasta people from suffering, winning the praise of the Alabasta people, and promoting the righteous spirit of the navy.
During this time, with the help of the Alabasta royal family and some adventurers, Rear Admiral Smoker exposed the horrifying plot of former Seven Warlords of the Sea Crocodile to seize the country, once again proving to the world the Navy's firm stance of justice.
"What kind of bullshit reports are these?" Smoker's face darkened when he saw the reports; he hadn't done a single thing about them.
At most, they'll try to pick up the scraps afterward.
Moreover, they hadn't even managed to find anything of value yet. According to the Marines' report, they had located the Straw Hat Luffy crew, and all of them were incapacitated and lying on the ground. What was originally a great achievement had turned out to be a complete success.
But a man and a woman appeared and took the Straw Hat Pirates away.
No matter the situation, the Straw Hats seem to have exceptionally good luck, always managing to escape danger in critical moments; this time, they even defeated the Sand Crocodile.
Smoker racked his brains but couldn't figure out how the Straw Hat had defeated Crocodile.
However, one frustrating thing after another happened to him, and the World Government even wanted to pin the credit on Smoker.
Smoker could actually foresee the government's reaction. He couldn't very well ask the government to admit that the Seven Warlords of the Sea they had appointed not only plotted to steal the country but were also defeated by a group of rookie pirates who had just entered the Grand Line.
What's even more shameful is that the navy played the role of being misled and beaten in this whole affair.
If such facts were reported, wouldn't World Government lose face?
But Smoker was also a man of pride, so his response to his superiors was, "Then let those high-ups go eat shit!"
Smoker angrily hung up the phone.
Royal Palace.
Chopper is discussing medical matters with Retsu Unohana.
Sanji and Usopp went out to buy supplies.
Nami was looking at all sorts of books in the royal library.
Meanwhile, Zoro went to train outside the Alubarna Palace.
Zoro felt that his strength was still insufficient, but in the most critical moment, he reached the level of cutting through iron for a fleeting instant.
He now needs to make that power readily available.
So he was asking someone for advice, "Mr. Shiraishi, how should I train?"