Pirates: The first companion is Tom Cat

Early the next morning, Zhang Da also saw a piece of news from Alabasta.

It means that King Shichibukai Crocodile defeated dozens of pirates alone and protected the safety of residents near the port.

There is a photo attached to it. Crocodile has a slicked back hair, a cigar in his mouth, a big gold hook on his hand, and is wearing a coat or a fur collar. Dressed like this in the desert, he is indeed a ruthless man.

Crocodile's deeds are greatly exaggerated in the news. After all, the more actively he suppresses pirates, the more it proves the correctness of the World Government's Shichibukai policy.

"This guy is still acting like a hero. I feel like he is smiling happily." Compared with him, Zhang Da was not so happy.

Because after sending Kemi away yesterday, Zhang Da also counted the harvest, and then he remembered that he forgot to ask Mr. 3 how they got here. Thinking about the possibility of missing out on the income from selling the boat, he felt a loss.

Calculating his previous income, Zhang Daye now has more than 90 million beli, enough to buy a Crocodile and still have some leftover.

At this time, Crocodile, who was worth 81 million Baileys, was hiding in his office, thinking about his plan.

Crocodile had been frustrated for a while after his disastrous defeat in challenging Whitebeard. The man known as the strongest man in the world gave him no hope of defeating him with his own ability.

But Crocodile's dream has not changed, he still wants to become the Pirate King.

Since personal strength alone cannot do it, then pursue military strength. As long as you have the ancient weapon Pluto that can sink an island with one shot, you will be able to easily defeat any pirate group!

So Crocodile settled in Alabasta. He secretly learned that there were clues about Pluto hidden here, and choosing to settle in this country where most of the country is desert would not arouse anyone's suspicion. After all, his ability is natural. Department of rustling fruit.

Everything is going well so far. His apparent identity as Shichibukai Crocodile is known as a hero in Alabasta, and his reputation is getting higher and higher.

The Baroque Working Society established by the secret identity Mr. 0 is also growing day by day. However, it is no surprise that the "historical text" recording the information about Pluto will be, and he needs someone to help interpret it.

Crocodile took out a reward notice for a little black-haired girl: "Nicole Robin, where are you?"

"Porru, porphy, porphy..." The voice of the phone bug interrupted Crocodile's contemplation. It was the phone bug dedicated to Mr. 0.

"Boss, here is Miss. Two fingers."

Miss.Double Finger should actually be translated as New Year's Day according to the code name rules of Baroque Works. Because January 1st looks like two fingers, it is called two fingers or two fingers.

"What's the matter?" Crocodile said calmly.

"Since morning, there have been many people hiding around the Spider Cafe, suspected to be soldiers of the King's Army."

Crocodile lightly bit the cigar in his mouth: "Are you exposed?"

"No, my current identity is still Paula, the proprietress of the Spider Cafe. Maybe someone among the senior agents leaked the true purpose of this shop." Only Mr. 0 and Mr. 1 know the true identity of Miss.'s two fingers.

She has been running the coffee shop under the pseudonym Pola as a gathering place for senior agents. In a sense, it can be regarded as the headquarters of the Baroque Working Society.

Her disguise has not been revealed for a long time, even though she only wears black-rimmed glasses and a colorful headscarf.

In the anime, it was not until the final action that she took the initiative to reveal her identity, and other senior agents did not know that the proprietress was also a companion of them.

Crocodile ordered: "It can't be used there. If the identity is not exposed, it can be bankrupt or transferred after a period of time."

"Yes." Miss. understood what he meant with both hands. If her identity was not exposed, she would go bankrupt over time. If her identity was exposed, she would probably be disposed of.

Crocodile leaned back on his chair and puffed away. He knew that the only people in that coffee shop were people with the code name before 5 and their partners, and the people who are most likely to have problems now...are the people who went to Shampoo? ?

"Porru, porridge, porridge..." The voice sounded again, which gave Crocodile a bad premonition.

"Boss, this is Mr.1."

"What's up?"

"Several million elders were arrested in Albana, the capital of Alabasta. I have dealt with them, but they were people who managed to sneak into the king's army. They did not perform any tasks when they were arrested. Things are a bit strange. ." It is rare for Mr.1 to say so many words at once.

The combat effectiveness of the Million Elders in the Baroque Working Society is generally at the level of miscellaneous soldiers, but their ultimate mission is very important, such as deliberately firing the first shot to intensify the conflict during the confrontation between the king's army and the rebel army.

People like this usually just need to lurk peacefully and don't have any special tasks.

"I understand. Inform other senior agents to keep their identities hidden during this period. All kinds of tasks in Alabasta are suspended." This is no longer strange. This must be someone's rebellion. Crocodile needs to investigate what happened. thing.

Until there was a report from the ominous duo on his desk - several pieces of paper torn from a sketchbook:

The painting of Mr.3's defeat, the portraits of the people in the tavern who defeated them, and the portrait of Biznis who issued the mission.

"Did the Navy learn about Baroque Works through Mr. 3 and then contact Alabasta?" Crocodile guessed.

"A small tavern can easily defeat three senior agents, can you try to win?" When Crocodile looked at the people in the tavern, he did not rush to curse them, but first thought of winning over them.

Baroque needs talents like them. When he finds the battleship Pluto in the future, it will also need manpower to control it. It is of course a good thing to have a few more powerful subordinates.

"As for this Biznis..." Crocodile dialed Mr. 1's number again, "Go and deal with a person. The information will be sent by the unlucky duo."

"Yes, Boss." Mr.1 was a cold killer and answered neatly.

This is what Crocodile admires most about him. Unlike Mr. 3, who is always complacent about his own strategies, it ends up causing him so much trouble.

…

Grand Line, Food City.

Biznis has been not feeling well lately. Ever since he contacted Baroque Works, he has always felt like someone is staring at him, which makes him often feel restless.

Even in the famous food city, there is not much appetite.

In the past two days, he occasionally regretted that he should not have taken such a big risk to provoke a large criminal organization, and even once had the idea of ​​​​leaving the Grand Line and fleeing to the world.

Although he felt that he had not exposed any flaws and should not be noticed by others.

"Could it be that I have recently stolen business from some of my peers, making them want to target me?"

What he didn't expect was that the first person to find him was not a colleague or a criminal organization, but a few men in black suits.