The Pirate Garen

Kingdom of Alabasta, Rainland.

The Kingdom of Alabasta covers a very vast area, but most of its areas are inaccessible deserts, and 80% of its population is concentrated in the oases on both sides of the San Dora River.

Sufficient water sources, dense population, and convenient water transportation have made the cities along the Sandora River extremely prosperous, and they are the economic center of the Kingdom of Alabasta.

The Rainland, known as the "Dream City", is a jewel in the Santa Lola River Basin and the hub of the kingdom's economic artery.

Regardless of political and historical factors, Yudi is more qualified to be the capital of a country than Albana, where the royal family lives, no matter from which point of view.

But the ridiculous thing is:

Rainland, such an extremely important economic center city, was occupied and operated by the majestic land of Sand Crocodile Crocodile as a base camp, and became a de facto independent kingdom that was not under the jurisdiction of the royal family.

As the king, Cobra not only did nothing about it, but followed public opinion and regarded Crocodile as a hero protecting Alabasta, which further contributed to Crocodile's arrogance.

Under Crocodile's careful management, the people of Rainland no longer know that there is the King of Alabasta on their heads, but only know that the king who has been "protecting" them is Shichibukai.

However, Crocodile, the lord of the rainland at this moment, was not very happy.

According to Galen and Weiwei's plan, they should rush to Albana, the capital of the kingdom, as soon as they arrive in Alabasta, and then tell King Cobra, who is still kept in the dark, the truth about the sand crocodile stealing the country.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. The sand crocodile that fell from the sky brought the two opposing sides directly into a face-to-face state, and because of the existence of Hawkeye and Galen's performance, they fell into a delicate stalemate.

For Crocodile, the situation is much more embarrassing.

It was neither fighting nor running, so they had no choice but to stand in a stalemate with Galen in a daze.

With his unruly nature, he would not admit that he came to sneak attack Galen, but he stopped from his heart.

Crocodile would only put on a pretentious appearance, stare at Galen with cold and stern eyes, and then avoid talking about his reason for coming.

In order to break the embarrassing situation, and to get in touch with this opponent who was far beyond his expectations, Crocodile simply invited Galen as the host after some consideration, and let the Eastern Sea Knight come to his base camp. Take a break in the rain.

Then, something that upset Crocodile happened.

In the past, when he walked alone on the streets of Yudi, he always received the admiration and longing eyes of countless Yudi citizens.

Although Crocodile doesn't really care what those foolish people think of him, the reputation of being a hero of the kingdom is the basis of his plan to steal the country, and it is a perfect personality that he has to carefully maintain.

But today, there was a nasty guy who took away the reputation he had earned through painstaking efforts.

When the dreadnought Saber landed at the port of Rainland, its huge size first attracted the attention of many citizens of Rainland.

After the people above walked down, the citizens became more excited——

I saw three people walking in front of the large-scale team with their heads held high:

First of all, Crocodile, the kingdom hero worshiped by the people of the Rainlands;

Secondly, there is an eagle-eyed swordsman holding a black knife.

As the most well-known man in Qiwuhai, anyone with a little insight can recognize this famous world's number one swordsman.

The two kings Shichibukai walked side by side, attracting attention wherever they went.

And the man who is qualified to walk with these two strong men naturally received countless curious or awe-inspiring gazes.

"Who is that man?"

"I don't know, but the armor on him is so handsome!"

"Being able to walk with Master Crocodile must also be a hero with good strength!"

The populace whispered, constantly discussing Galen's identity.

And there will always be some insiders among these people:

After all, Galen is also a well-known overlord of the great sea, and his external appearance is very unique and conspicuous, and his name was once listed in the newspaper of the Great Channel along with the comrade clown who abandoned the dark and turned to the bright.

Galen, who was not well-known on the Great Waterway, became the focus of attention of the citizens of the Rainland by relying on the reputation of the sand crocodile in the rainland and the reputation of the eagle eye in the world. It took only ten minutes to establish his reputation .

Crocodile expressed shamelessness towards Galen's behavior of rubbing heat.

And what made him feel that the other party was shameless was:

Behind Galen, there are several accompanying reporters holding precious video bugs, faithfully recording the scene of Eastern Sea Knight Galen and the two kings Shichibukai walking side by side, talking and laughing happily.

After the reporter took a suitable image, he even sent the information to the newspaper office hosted by Donghai Wallace on the spot through a special remote communication peripheral.

Crocodile immediately figured out why the East China Sea newspaper sent by the intelligence personnel was full of praises that made one's scalp tingle as soon as Galen was mentioned. It turned out that this guy was simply a hype of a newspaper with his own reporter. expert.

"Amazing!"

Crocodile sighed silently in his heart.

Compared with Galen's brazen propaganda methods, his method of catching a few pirates and executing them publicly in front of the citizens is really too rough and inefficient.

He has worked so hard for so long, but he can barely control the public opinion of a country, but Galen spread his good reputation to the entire East China Sea in just three months.

It only takes less than 30 minutes to walk slowly from the rainy port to the hotel arranged by Crocodile for Galen.

But in just half an hour, Galen became a news figure passed on by word of mouth among the citizens of Rainland, leaving behind a "friend of the great hero Crocodile, a strong man who is equal to Shichibu". deep impression.

So when the group walked to the magnificent hotel, Crocodile's face was already gloomy.

"You stay here first!"

With a face that wanted to eat people, Crocodile stared at Galen with fierce eyes and said:

"Tomorrow, I have something I want to talk to you face to face."

After finishing speaking, Crocodile immediately left Galen and his party and turned to leave. He didn't know where he ran to vent his embarrassment and depression all the way from the boarding attack.

"Still the style of a big city!"

Galen didn't realize that he was being targeted by a Shichibukai. Instead, the old god admired the place where he was staying.

Different from the historical and pure and noble traditional buildings in King Goa, this hotel combines the cultural style of the desert kingdom and the enthusiasm for money in the rainy land of the casino. The design and decoration are extremely luxurious and commercial. breath.

Such a hotel with two rows of fiery desert girls as welcome guests and almost pasting money on the wall for decoration is undoubtedly the best place for the rich and wealthy to spend their money and spend their time.

Galen has experienced the arrogance of the nouveau riche in Klick, and the elegance of the old nobles of the Goa Kingdom, but he has not yet accepted the corruption of capitalism.

So he pushed open the door of the hotel with great interest, ready to enjoy this sugar-coated cannonball arranged by his arch-rival Sand Crocodile without any scruples.

Princess Weiwei, who shoulders the important responsibilities of her family and country, can't be as heartless as Galen. She has been tense since the sand crocodile boarded the ship, and she has never relaxed her vigilance from the beginning to the end.

Weiwei grabbed Galen who walked into the hotel, and whispered in his ear:

"Galen?"

"This is Crocodile's base camp! Are we really going to stay in the rain?"

"no problem."

Galen's expression remained relaxed and indifferent:

"If he dared to do it, he would have done it on the boat before."

As he said that, Galen also subconsciously cast his gaze on Hawkeye Mihawk who was carrying a black knife.

With this top powerhouse by his side, how could he be afraid of Crocodile, who is just the last of the seven martial arts?

Before Galen agreed to Crocodile's invitation, in addition to being confident that he could save his life in front of this half-baked Shichibukai, a large part of the reason was Mihawk's sentence "With me, you can't kill him".

With such a domineering declaration and such a strong protection, Galen was so moved that he wanted to turn his head on Mihawk and called him big brother.

At this time, Hawkeye Mihawk also felt Galen's gaze.

He lightly inspected the magnificent hotel lobby in front of him, slightly frowned his sword-like brows, and then said to Galen:

"I go first."

Galen froze.