Ignoring the unconscious Crocodile, Vic knelt down in front of Rebecca to check on her. Rebecca's eyes were still rolling around in their sockets, showing no signs of recovery.
The main problem was that the time was too short. From Rebecca being caught in the sandstorm to Vic's timely appearance, and then to him punching Crocodile away, the two of them spent less than a minute talking, and almost no time for anything else.
Vic waited by Rebecca's side for almost five minutes before she slowly came to her senses. Seeing Vic beside her, she became a little embarrassed.
Five minutes was enough time for her to die a hundred times over. Rebecca knew she had been too impulsive; she had exhausted her Armament Haki but still insisted on fighting Crocodile to the death, almost causing a disaster!
Seeing Vic here, she knew Vic must have arrived long ago, always there to protect her until her life was in danger, giving her a great sense of security!
"Don't get too carried away next time. No matter who gives you the task, you must do it while ensuring your own safety. If you die, you lose everything!"
Your death might mean the end of everything, but how much suffering must the living endure? You should think more about the living!
If you truly have a reason to do something, then make yourself stronger, so strong that no one can harm you.
You never know when you'll have something you absolutely have to do, so you need to work harder to become stronger in your daily life so you won't be caught off guard when it happens!
Vic didn't scold Rebecca. Rebecca had performed very well this time, and if she wanted to, she could have been completely invincible.
Vic hoped Rebecca would cherish her life. He couldn't always arrive in time. If they encountered stronger enemies in the New World and even he couldn't escape, no one would be able to save Rebecca. She would have to rely on herself then.
"Oh!"
Rebecca said somewhat reluctantly. Although she agreed with Vic's statement, she felt that Vic's words were not convincing because Vic was always the one at the forefront when facing strong enemies.
Everyone says you have to protect your own life, but when it comes to him, it's like he selectively forgets. That time he encountered Kaido of the Beasts, he risked his life to fight him and almost got killed.
It's understandable that you were confident you could defeat Golden Lion and Bullet, as they were already quite strong back then. But with Kaido, the gap between the two was just too vast. Yet, Vic still risked his life to stand in front of everyone.
So Rebecca also wants to protect her friends and companions like Vic does, even at the cost of her own life!
So even though Rebecca didn't agree with what Vic said earlier, she still listened to his earnest advice to become stronger in case of emergency. Why sacrifice yourself when you can overwhelm someone with strength?
"Let's go check out this 50/50 player."
Seeing that Rebecca had mostly recovered, Vic greeted her. Vic had already decided to give one of the Shichibukai spots to Crocodile.
It's impossible that we can't even identify one of the Shichibukai on this mission; that would be a waste of time. Having a few will give us an explanation to the World Government.
Crocodile's relatively low bounty indicates that he hasn't committed many bad deeds, and he's also a pirate who likes to stay out of trouble. As long as he doesn't try to take over Alabasta in the future, being Shichibukai wouldn't be bad.
Rebecca didn't say anything, she just followed behind, looking not fully awake and still a little uncoordinated.
Vic arrived at the sandy area where Crocodile was. Crocodile was lying sprawled in a sandpit, with sand marks left from collisions in front of him. Vic slapped Crocodile's face several times but couldn't wake him up. Vic had overestimated Crocodile's physical abilities and had used too much force.
"It looks like he won't wake up for at least a day or two. Let's take him back to the palace first, so Ain and the others won't worry. Release a couple of your flying swords; I want to experience what it's like to fly on a sword."
Vic reached out and grabbed Crocodile by the front of his shirt, lifting him up in his hands. He then spoke to Rebecca, Rebecca rarely used the Float-Float Fruit's power in previous battles. Now, flying on a sword was no problem for her, and even two more people wouldn't be a problem. Rebecca had been eating the fruit for a while now.
Rebecca was very obedient. The sword box on her back opened and two flying swords flew out and landed at their feet. Only after seeing Vic step onto the flying swords did Rebecca follow.
After Vic pointed out the direction, the flying sword accelerated and flew diagonally upwards. Vic, who did not have the Float-Float Fruit, was not thrown down by the strong wind generated by the acceleration.
Because of the strong wind generated by the flying sword, it automatically parted to the sides after approaching Vic's body, and then reunited behind Vic.
Once the flying swords reached a certain altitude, they began to fly horizontally, reaching the maximum speed Rebecca could control. The sky flashed like two white lights, and the three of them disappeared into the sky above the Rainbase.
Before long, Vic brought Rebecca and landed directly on the open ground where they had been training, without disturbing the commoners of Alubarna or the people in the royal palace.
Rebecca's speed when using the Float-Float Fruit's full power to fly on her sword is quite fast, almost invisible to the naked eye. Initially, she was only visible to civilians because she was searching for someone, and her speed wasn't very fast.
Rebecca is back!
"It's good that you're back!"
" Vic's back too, and he even brought Crocodile back with him!"
"Is this the pirate you were talking about who's lurking in Alabasta?"
"You look kind of familiar!"
"Didn't you hear them say that this is Crocodile? I heard he was pretty strong, but now he's like a dead dog. I wonder what he's up to lurking in Alabasta?"
Wow! They can fly too! Just like Pell!
The arrival of Vic and Rebecca sparked discussion and exclamations among adults and children. Vic hadn't been gone for long, only three or four hours in total, so Barnett and the others were still cultivating in the open space. Chaka and Pell hadn't left either, so they saw the three sword-wielding figures immediately.
After landing Vic left Crocodile aside, then found a place to sit cross-legged. Wendy and Ain brought Vivi to Rebecca's side and asked about the events of the past month.
Rebecca's emotions, which had calmed down, surged again, clearly because she had recalled some unpleasant memories. However, she still managed to say some less boring things, which made the adult and the two children laugh heartily.
Ain, Ain introduced Weiwei to Rebecca, as well as Chaka and Pell. Although Rebecca had met Pell before, she didn't have time to pay attention to him then. This time, it was a formal introduction!