Leijiu jumped off the Upside Down Mountain and planned to give her brother a surprise. Let's not talk about it for now, just talk about Asuka and Kuzan who had already left by bike.

At this time, the two of them had already left Twin Capes and were riding slowly on the vast sea.

This time the two of them did not pass by Whiskey Town, because Aokiji had Alabasta's Eternal Pointer, and he planned to take Asuka directly to Alabasta.

"Mr. Kuzan, do you still carry the Alabasta mission with you this time?"

"Ah, that's not the case. I went to Alabasta just for some personal matters. In the past few years, I have been investigating information about certain criminal organizations in Alabasta. I have made a decision regarding the intelligence collection work of the intelligence department of our headquarters.

It has made a great contribution.”

Hearing this, Asuka immediately understood that this guy must have gone to observe Robin. While observing Robin, he also investigated the background of Robin's undercover criminal organization. I wonder how well Kuzan investigated Baroque Works.

Okay, what progress has it made?

After remembering that there were reports about the Baroque in the headquarters, most of which were provided by Kuzan, Asuka let go of the handlebars, crossed his arms and asked.

"General Kuzan, what do you think of Crocodile?"

Upon hearing this, Kuzan said directly without thinking.

"Ah, when I was young, I knew Crocodile before. He was always a pirate with a smart mind, and he was not someone who would obey the government's orders at all.

It's always been like this.

Although he has now joined the Shichibukai and is stationed in Alabasta, he is still trying his best on the surface. Those newcomers who have just begun to enter the Grand Line, as long as they are encountered by him, really have no chance of survival.

But...pirates will always be pirates no matter what...Look at the remaining Shichibukai, none of them obey the government and fight against pirates like Crocodile."

After hearing what he said, Feiniao stroked his chin, looked at Kuzan who was distracted with a thoughtful look on his face, and said.

"So... Mr. Kuzan thinks?"

Kuzan turned to look at Feiniao and said seriously.

"So, I think that Crocodile guy wants to clear his name and go ashore. He may have had enough of the life of a pirate, and now he wants to live the life of a king.

If you look at the prestige he has gained among the common people of Alabasta and the declining prestige of the current royal family, this is not to say very similar to the original Dressrosa, but it is not much different.

After the civil war in the Kingdom of Alabasta ended, he stood in the palace of Albana and ended the civil strife with his own hands.

He might have to imitate that bastard Doflamingo."

Having said this, Kuzan raised his head and glanced at the sky before continuing.

"However, what happened in Dressrosa will not happen again. I heard that the World Government has already made preparations for this."

Aokiji shrugged and looked towards Alabasta.

Robin...may have to change the organization again...I hope the next organization will not be from the New World, otherwise it will be too troublesome to go there.

...

Asuka looked at the distracted Aokiji and blinked innocently. Crocodile didn't seem to want to be the king. He wanted to find Pluto, but Pluto is said to be in the country of Wano...

There is nothing but sand and hair here in Alabasta... At least there is a blueprint for Pluto in the Water City...

"Tsk tsk!"

After shaking his head, Asuka also looked towards Alabasta.

Their destination this time was Alabasta, but after going there, Aokiji separated from him. He went to Alabasta and headed to the Water Capital.

...

"Ah, Brother Asuka is actually so familiar with Morgans?"

Qing Zhi looked at the newspaper that News Bird had forced into him, and couldn't help turning his head to look at Asuka. With the word "bird" in his name, doesn't it mean he doesn't have to spend money to buy the newspaper?

"That's not true. Morgans owes me a lot of royalties. He used the newspaper as a mortgage. It is estimated that in the next ten years, I will not have to spend money to read the newspaper."

As he spoke, Feiniao shook his hands and shook the newspaper away completely.

[The general confronts the four emperors, and the navy confronts the Pirate King!]

Looking at the headlines on the front page of the newspaper, Feiniao couldn't help but smack his mouth. Sure enough, it was something happening at Twin Points.

There are only two pictures in total. One is Aokiji facing the entire red-haired pirate group, still breathing cold air with a calm expression, and the other is a picture of himself knocking Jabba away with his fists.

"Brother Asuka, if you return to the headquarters this time, the Warring States Marshal will definitely mention your title."

As he said that, Kuzan pointed to the picture in the newspaper of Asuka fighting the old Roger Pirates, and sighed for a while. The photo that guy Morgans chose for Asuka looked like it was carefully selected, and the expression matched it.

This strength completely concealed the danger of the aging Roger Pirates.

At the very least, the three deeply visible scars on Asuka's chest were not shown in the photo.

If Kuzan hadn't been the party involved, and he knew the terrifying strength of those old guys, he would have really believed Morgans's lies.

From what he read in the newspaper, Kuzan felt that half of it might have been forcibly added by the world government.

The purpose is to show that the Roger Pirates are old and can no longer keep the secret treasure.

Judging from this meaning, he planned to continue to implement the "dog eat dog" strategy originally decided by the Warring States Marshal.

...

As time passed, the two had been riding on the sea for three days.

When he arrived at the seaside of Rapeseed Port, Feiniao looked at the desert city in front of him and said softly.

"The largest port city in Alabasta, the Kingdom of Sand, is the town built on this desert. Even after thousands of years of history, the place is still filled with the smell of death.

Nowadays, this atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger.”

Kuzan looked at Feiniao who suddenly fell into emotion, scratched his messy hair and said with a somewhat uncertain tone.

"Brother Feiniao, with your suggestive tone, are you planning on the G-3 base?

That base belongs to Sister He and the others..."

After hearing what Kuzan said, Feiniao looked at the sky speechlessly. He felt that this guy seemed to have misunderstood him.

But having said that, Granny Tsuru and the others seem to have no successors other than Gion...

Such a great base...

Thinking of this, Feiniao put his left leg on the ice, stabilized the bicycle, and said.

"General Kuzan, I'll take my leave first!"

"Um!"

Plop!

As soon as Kuzan waved to Asuka, he saw the guy jump into the sea and then swim towards the Grand Line.

"By the way, does this guy have the eternal pointer of the Seven Waters City with him?"

Watching the flying bird leave, Kuzan sat on the car seat and regained his composure.

...

When Kuzan recovered from his distraction again, he discovered that a large ship suddenly came behind him, and it was also a pirate ship.

Looking at the skull that looked like the sun and was surrounded by nine snakes, Kuzan rubbed his throbbing temples.

Kuja Pirates, why did they come to the territory of another king, the Shichibukai?

...

ps: I wrote 9.7k words today, which is 300 words short of 1w.

My arms are a little sore. The incident last night caused sequelae.

Dear readers, see you tomorrow.
Chapter completed!