"You mean Shah Crocodile? Is he in Alabasta?"
Rebecca asked in surprise, "Alabasta is one of the first islands in the first half of the Grand Line. Crocodile shouldn't be there with his strength."
"He naturally has his own purpose there. This person is good at planning behind the scenes and will never act unless absolutely necessary. Although the bounty is only 80 million, he still has considerable strength."
Vic knew that Crocodile was a man of great patience and would never do anything himself if he could delegate it to someone else, which was why his bounty was very low.
With his strength, he could have easily wiped out the Alabasta royal family before going after Pluton, but because Alabasta is World Government Member States and is protected by the Navy, he did not take action.
Killing the king of Affiliated Nation is no small matter; the kings of the other Affiliated Nation will put pressure on the World Government to relentlessly pursue him.
If the king of Affiliated Nation can be murdered and still go unpunished, that sets a bad precedent. Will other pirates follow suit? If so, all the kings of the Affiliated Nation will be in danger of losing their lives. Wouldn't all the Heavenly Tribute have been handed over for nothing?
In this respect, the interests of all the kings of the Affiliated Nation are aligned, so Crocodile can only plot in secret. Even after he became Shichibukai, he dared not easily touch the royal family.
They only dared to steal the country of Alabasta after they had completely destroyed the royal family's reputation and image of benevolence through scheming and trickery!
Just like Doflamingo, he didn't dare to kill the king and become king in Dressrosa before becoming Shichibukai. He also used a conspiracy to oust the king after becoming a Shichibukai.
Does Doflamingo lack the strength to eliminate the royal family and their guards? Of course he does. The logic is the same, but he wouldn't dare to do it openly. If he did, his title as Shichibukai would be immediately stripped by the other kings at the Reverie, and the Navy would continue to hunt him down, even if he was a former Celestial Dragons.
Crocodile is a more cautious pirate Doflamingo. He only knows that there are clues about Pluton in Alabasta, but he has no idea what it is or where it is.
He didn't have any ambition to seize the throne until he became Shichibukai and Nico Robin arrived. Only then did he learn that Pluton's information was in the royal family, and that's when he devised a plan to steal the throne.
He hasn't even established that Baroque Works yet, he's all alone, but somehow he heard about Pluton in Alabasta and has already come to Alabasta to secretly search for him.
Having determined their destination, the others stopped bothering Vic. Vic then called Garp to inquire if anything significant had happened recently.
It's almost the end of the year, Fisher Tiger still hasn't climbed the Red Line? Could it be that my arrival caused a butterfly effect, Fisher Tiger has given up on climbing?
Vic suspected that the World Government was keeping the news under wraps. After all, this incident had a significant impact on the Celestial Dragons ' sacred authority, so it was quite normal for the World Government to conceal it from them.
But he's a high-ranking admiral in the navy now, so why should he be kept in the dark about something so important? So he decided to ask Sengoku's good friend Garp to see what was going on.
Garp was currently vacationing on an island in the New World. He was much more relaxed without Vic and his group, but he hadn't received any information from his good buddy, so he couldn't tell Vic anything.
When Garp asked Vic what mission he was currently on, Vic told him everything. There was nothing he couldn't tell Garp.
After listening to Vic's words, Garp on the other end of the Den Den Mushi fell silent. He couldn't help but think of his son, Dragon, that equally talented boy who, after witnessing the darkness of the World Government and the Navy's complicity with evil, resolutely left the Navy to form the Freedom Fighters to pursue the justice in his heart!
Both men were so fiercely opposed to evil, and he was somewhat worried about Vic's future. After giving Vic a few perfunctory words and hanging up the phone, Garp ordered the warship to set sail. He wanted to return to Marine Headquarters to demand an explanation; this was simply too much.
Vic stared thoughtfully at the malfunctioning Den Den Den Mushi. The old man's emotional change was too obvious. He had been suspicious before, and now he was even more suspicious. He always felt that these old guys were hiding something from him, either implying something in their words or telling him to be patient. Now even the old man's emotions had changed because of this mission. There was definitely something going on here!
Vic hadn't been in the Navy long enough to understand the intricacies of the situation, but Garp, having served in the Navy for decades, was perfectly clear about the hidden objectives behind the missions.
However, he couldn't explain the stakes to Vic, so he had to personally return to headquarters to advocate for Vic. He also couldn't let Vic know the truth, because Vic was already involved, and if he knew the truth, given Vic's personality, he would definitely overturn the game!
So, during the rest of the voyage, Vic would make time to read the newspapers every day. Although the World Government might block the news, such a big event could still be gleaned from the newspapers. This is what it means to have a ripple effect; the newspapers might not report on this major event, but they would definitely mention the other things it triggered. This is called following the clues.
Half a month passed, and Vic finally saw the relevant report in the newspaper. It was a headline, reporting that Fisher Tiger had injured Celestial Dragons and released many slaves in the Sabaody Archipelago, and that the Navy was now in full pursuit! Morgans, that bastard, still didn't dare to tell the truth and make Big News Morgans!
Vic knew this news was definitely fake, just to save face for the Celestial Dragons. Compared to the Holy Land Mary Geoise, changing the attack location to the Sabaody Archipelago would make Fisher Tiger's guilt just as severe, and it would also promote the idea that the Celestial Dragons Celestial Dragons were not to be trifled with, deepening the world's fear of them.
The World Government couldn't let the culprit, Fisher Tiger, get away with it; they wished Fisher Tiger were dead immediately. So they changed the location to the Sabaody Archipelago to save face.
Even so, this is still earth-shattering news. You have to know that it takes the Marine Admiral to be deployed to harm Celestial Dragons. That is the Navy's highest combat power!
An incident involving the Celestial Dragons in Sabaody is already extremely serious; they will be hunted down to the ends of the earth, so no one has dared to harm Celestial Dragons for a long time.
This incident naturally shocked the world, and Fisher Tiger's name became known throughout the world. His Fish-Man identity and appearance also became known to the world.
Fisher Tiger and the slaves who escaped during the escape are all being hunted down, while the three Hancock sisters return to Amazon Lily with the help of Shakky and Rayleigh.
The future Gild Tesoro has infiltrated the lawless zone of Sabaody. Koala, still a child, is hiding in a cabin on the shore of the Sabaody Archipelago, her fate unknown.
Fisher Tiger can no longer return to Fish-Man Island. He doesn't want to bring trouble back to Fish-Man Island, so he can only lead a group of rescued Fish-Man to evade the Navy's pursuit at sea.
Vic was somewhat surprised and suspicious. Such a major incident had occurred in Mary Geoise, yet the Navy hadn't contacted him to return and provide support?
Did they know his warships had sailed far away, or had the main force returned and no longer needed him? Or perhaps there were still hidden powerful figures in Mary Geoise?
Vic knows too little information right now. It's hard to imagine what kind of blood and fire Mary Geoise went through, and under what circumstances Fisher Tiger and his group escaped alive. How many slaves were captured and killed during their escape!