I'm a crew member of the Rocks Pirates

"Krokdal, I don't know how powerful you were 20 years ago, but it was definitely a wrong choice for you to dare to challenge Dad at that time. Even if you challenged Shanks, who ascended the throne six years ago, you would not be defeated. ” Marco yelled, facing him.

Crocodile, who was about to leave, stopped after hearing these words.

Crocodile took down the cigar in his mouth and smiled arrogantly, "Who do you think I am? I am Crocodile. Since I want to challenge, I will challenge the strongest at that time!"

"The Shanks at that time, he is not worthy to be compared with me!"

Marco listened quietly in the cage.

In the younger generation, only Barrett could fight Crocodile.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Crocodile chose Kaido back then, and he has not been decadent, perhaps five emperors will appear in the new world.

It's a pity that Crocodile challenged Dad, who was in good physical condition and at the peak of his strength, and he didn't have much right to speak on the pirate ship at that time, nor was he the current captain of the first team.

At that time, the eldest sister was Whitey Bay, and he was the little follower behind.

"And you were still an intern on the Whitebeard ship. I didn't expect that after more than 20 years, you would be able to sit on an equal footing with me." When Crocodile said this, the unruliness in his eyes dissipated a lot.

He was defeated, and more than 20 years have passed, and even he himself can realize that his strength is not advancing but retreating compared to 20 years ago.

The Qiwuhai back then was indeed one of the three major powers, sitting on an equal footing with the Navy Headquarters and the Three Emperors, and it was only six short years since 'Red Hair' sat on the throne of the Four Emperors.

More than 20 years ago, the Roger Pirates disbanded, and the future Shanks was still roaming the seas. The famous "Phoenix" Marco was just an intern on the Whitebeard Pirates ship.

And he was at his peak when he debuted. He drew with Barrett at the age of 20, and that year he was offered a reward of 100 million to become Shichibukai. Soon after, he challenged the most famous white beard in the sea.

At that time, the only characters on the ceiling of the Four Emperors were Shiji the Golden Lion and Newgate the White Beard.

As for the Golden Lion Shiji, he fought alone at the Navy Headquarters, and the navy's corpses piled up. In the end, it was Sengoku and Karp who joined forces to take down the Golden Lion Shiji.

At that time, the golden lion Shiji's strength was no longer at its peak. If Karp the mad dog was replaced by another general, Shiji could at least save the life of Warring States or another general.

Crocodile did not make a choice because only Whitebeard was left in the sea, and went directly to challenge.

It was a deadly battle like yesterday.

He almost died in the hands of Whitebeard, and he was almost devastated, leaving a wound in his heart that never healed.

A few years after he was defeated, he heard about the battle between Shanks and Mihawk, who had not yet become famous. It was also more than ten years ago. back.

That battle was spread throughout the sea, and in the future, it was evaluated by Whitebeard as a wonderful battle like yesterday.

But Crocodile sniffed and dismissed it, the two budding newcomers were nothing more than that.

He must be able to get Hades.

Redhead lost an arm in Donghai ten years ago.

Six years ago, 'red-haired' Shanks became the Yonko, and not long after, Hawkeye Mihawk also became the world's greatest swordsman.

He Crocodile can only shrink back in Alabasta to plan his own plan, hoping to get Pluto.

"Are you willing? 'Eagle Eye' Mihawk has become the world's number one swordsman, and 'Red Hair' Shanks is the fourth emperor on an equal footing with Dad. Even I can be on an equal footing with you." Marko half-opened his eyes and said with a smile: "You can't even keep the glory of the past, and you are still trying to find something unrealistic like Pluto."

"How do you know my purpose?" Crocodile roared angrily as he elementally came to the cage in an instant.

This is his only sustenance, once the plan becomes Pao Mu.

Crocodile either fell into the abyss and never recovered, or dived into the sea to restore his glory.

"I'm sorry for you. If I had been stronger then, maybe I would have been qualified to contact you..." Chief Marko sighed, and told what happened back then, "You know what Dad said after he defeated you what?"

Crocodile was stunned, his tone became stammered, and he asked tremblingly: "That guy must be laughing at my overreaching in front of you, right?"

He was nervous about answering.

20 years ago.

He had fought bloody battles with Whitebeard for a long time, leaving wounds that could not heal both psychologically and physically.

"No, dad didn't. He praised you as a rare strong man, so he couldn't hold back, and he didn't dare to hold back at that time. Instead, he severely injured you..."

Marco recalled the state of White Beard at that time, "Dad wanted to keep you, but you were too strong and rebellious, and the red eyes of Dad left you too seriously injured, so I don't know how to keep you, and after I became stronger, I didn't take what my father said at that time seriously."

"To be honest, I really didn't think you were very good before, but after the fierce battle with you, Dad didn't laugh for a whole day, so at that time, Dad didn't keep you, but healed you and sent you away." Marco regretted that he was too weak and had no right to speak, otherwise he would have suggested to his father to keep Crocodile.

"Father still mentions your name from time to time. I used to wonder, you are just a Shichibukai, why are you worthy of my father's concern?" Marco sighed and said, "I understand now, if you stayed in the On the ship, maybe you can become the deputy captain of the old man's ship."

It's okay for Ace to assassinate Whitebeard so many times. At that time, Whitebeard didn't know that Ace was Roger's blood, and he didn't care about Ace's identity.

In the final analysis, Ace was too weak to let him stay on the white beard ship, and there was a bowl of soup and intimate communication from Marco, which made Ace completely integrated into the white beard pirates.

"Father said that it was a wonderful battle like yesterday, and it was the most enjoyable battle he had after Roger and Skeydu disappeared."

As soon as Marco finished speaking, Crocodile's eyes changed several times. In an instant, his aura was chaotic, and his own spirit collapsed, as if his body had no strength anymore.

"That old man... is he okay?" Crocodile asked after a long time.

"Daddy's condition is not very good, much worse than 20 years ago." Marko said honestly.

"Is he old too?" Crocodile's eyes were complicated.

"I'm not here this time for Pluto, our pirates don't need that, I've already told you the purpose of my coming." Marko said anxiously: "Do you know Ace? Blackbeard Tiki wants to take Ace Grab it and send it to the Navy Headquarters, Ace came out of the Pirates faster than me to capture Blackbeard, Blackbeard's purpose is to cause a big battle between the Navy Headquarters and the Whitebeard Pirates!"

Marco, who was so gentle to the extreme, saw the pain in Crocodile's heart, and chose to believe in Crocodile in front of him.

"You are such a lunatic, tell me this...wouldn't you be afraid that I will send you to the Navy headquarters?" Crocodile yelled.

"You are different from Blackbeard, you are the strong man that father once recognized." Marko looked at Crocodile and said.

"Made!"

Crocodile said, "Why did I hear these words...I will release you after my plan is over. Blackbeard is here with me now. The brat you mentioned will be fine. You should go ahead and let him go." Worry about yourself."

"I was almost killed by (Peak) Whitebeard back then!"

Crocodile turned into wind and sand and left the basement.

Marco breathed a sigh of relief, and was ready to wait for his uncle to come to save him. If the uncle knew that his crew had become like this, he would be very sad.

Back then, when Crocodile challenged his father, it must be because of his uncle's death. After the father seriously injured Crocodile, he must have regretted it very much, otherwise he would not have mentioned Crocodile from time to time.

But why didn't Dad help Uncle?

Did Oden die in Wano too?

How much did he not know about what happened to the older generation?

Marco decided to bury these secrets in his heart, and some things should not be mentioned in front of his father. If it wasn't for the purpose of solving Crocodile, Marco would not have said so much.

Marco himself is a calm and gentle person. He takes care of the newcomers, crew and family members, and maintains an ordinary attitude towards everyone else.

"Let's eat first." Marco was about to eat but found that the lunch box in front of him was gone.

Crocodile is at it again.

"Eat this."

Before Marco could react, he was the only one left in the basement.

The normal four dishes and one soup turned into a super luxurious set meal, full of meat.

After eating and drinking, Marco took out the key from the lunch box and smiled.

…………

"Captain, why are we being so polite to Crocodile?" Lafitte asked puzzled.

"Thief~hahaha~ When he was majestic back then, he was really majestic. If it wasn't too inflated, there might be an extra emperor in the new world."

That lunatic challenged Whitebeard at his peak back then, and Blackbeard was a little afraid of the aftermath of that battle.

After all, there will be a war on the top in the future, and he has almost never fought a white beard with only a trace of blood left in his old age, so he has to call his father to survive.

Before he got the second fruit, he really didn't dare to get too rough with Crocodile.

Blackbeard Titch heard about Marco from his subordinates, so he temporarily changed his mind and came to Alabasta. Unexpectedly, God was on his side again.

In the fierce battle between Marko and Crocodile, let him take the opportunity to take down Marko.

He really is the protagonist of this era.

"Is he that good? Didn't I hear he was defeated by Whitebeard?" Van Oka asked.

"That was Whitebeard 20 years ago. Even the current Four Emperor Kaido and Charlotte Lingling would fail miserably. He is challenging the most terrifying monster."

Blackbeard Titch thought of Whitebeard in his prime, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

If the father is still at the peak, he will not dare to defect if he is killed.

"I really can't imagine that a Shichibukai who hid in Alabasta and was huddled on the great route, and dared not even enter the new world, has such a glorious past. It's a pity that he was eliminated. This era can no longer accommodate... ..."

Before Van Oka finished speaking, a gust of wind and sand swept the audience.

boom! boom! boom!

Sharpshooter Van Oka's three-shot shot failed.

Sure enough, even Qiwuhai, who failed to challenge Whitebeard, is not an existence he can defeat.

Van Kao was severely grabbed by the neck by Crocodile, and his opponent would lose his head if he exerted a little force.

"Tichi, if you want to ignore your dog, how about I help you?"

Crocodile's domineering and unruly words spread throughout the audience.

"Thief~ hahaha~ he is not sensible, but I know your strength, cooperate with me, Crocodile." Blackbeard Titch said ambitiously: "Give Marco to me, and you will be my deputy." Captain, let us conquer the world together."

Blackbeard has already noticed that Crocodile is planning a terrible thing. If he can bring this monster who once challenged his father into the pirate group, he will get the Phantom Beast and Phoenix Fruit.

The strength of his pirate group will grow further.

"What are you? You deserve to talk about cooperation with me?"

Blackbeard Titch's pupils shrank.

Just hear a click.

Crocodile broke Van Oka's neck in front of Blackbeard Teach.

Immediately, the black-bearded Tiki's partner fell to the ground without breath.

"If you don't eat a toast, you will be fined. If this is the case, I will kill you and take the phoenix fruit and the natural rustle fruit at the same time."

"You deserve it?" Crocodile smiled arrogantly, as if he had returned to the time when he was in high spirits.

This familiar feeling almost made Blackbeard Titch think that he saw the Crocodile back then, and his heart sank and he felt a sense of fear.

What he was most afraid of was White Beard, and the second was the lunatic who dared to challenge White Beard.

"Lafitte!"

Blackbeard roared, and a large amount of fresh water that had been arranged in advance was sprinkled on Crocodile.

"Thief~ hahaha~ it's too late, you can't escape! Crocodile! Your layout and this country are mine!" Blackbeard exuded a lot of darkness, and the darkness swallowed everything around him.

Crocodile, who was soaked by a large amount of fresh water and unable to elementalize, looked at Blackbeard Tiki and smiled instead.

"Gu~hahaha~ You don't think you can beat me like this, do you?"

"Thief~hahaha~ You can't escape, and the plan you have painstakingly planned for many years is also mine."

"Who do you think I am!!?" Crocodile roared, and in an instant, he came to Blackbeard's side, and hit Blackbeard heavily with a flying kick.

With such great force, Blackbeard Tiqi was thrown out and fell to the ground.

"It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"

Blackbeard Titch yelled and rolled on the ground without caring about his image at all.

Just when Crocodile was about to expand his results and attack again, an accident happened.

"Thief~hahaha~ I've caught you, go to hell." Blackbeard Tiqi laughed wretchedly, while punching Crocodile heavily, punch after punch, one after another, not at all. Don't dare to relax.

Not only can't use elementalization, even the fruit ability can't be used at all, and my body has become limp and weak.

Crocodile knew that he was careless, and also knew that he had really become weaker.

He was eventually kicked out by Blackbeard.

Blackbeard Tiki can even fight with the redhead when he was young, and he can also leave a painful scar on the redhead's face. He even killed the captain of the fourth division of the Whitebeard Pirates and defected. Strength.

This series of tricks also caused considerable damage to Crocodile.

Even if Crocodile is not as thin as Ace's blood, he can't withstand so many punches from the high-strength Blackbeard.

"Lafitte! Bashas! We must keep him! We will occupy Alabasta! Take all his achievements!" Blackbeard activated the ability of the dark fruit, and the overwhelming darkness enveloped everything, trying to catch the fruit he wanted. Crocodile out of here.

"Can't be elementalized?" Crocodile didn't plan to escape when he knew that he had no way to escape.

Is this retribution?

He has spent years of decadent physical skills, concentrating on playing tricks and tricks to capture Alabasta, but in the end he still failed to capture Pluto, and would die in the hands of this guy he simply looked down upon.

"Gu~hahaha~"

Crocodile looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, lit a cigar for himself with scarlet eyes, and took a deep breath in front of Blackbeard.

Facing Blackbeard who was close at hand, Crocodile spit all the smoke from his mouth onto Blackbeard's face.

"Want to kill me? Then you must have the determination to die!!"

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"Ah~ Lele~ Lieutenant General Garp, is this Alabasta?" Aokiji lay on the armchair, and when he heard the sound of a warship docking, he took off his blindfold and looked forward.

Admiral Aokiji purposely found a reason to board Karp's warship this time, and also came to Alabasta.

His main purpose was for the O'Hara incident that year. He came here with Lieutenant General Garp's ride after receiving the news from Robin.

Aokiji mainly came to see if Robin was doing well, and why did she send herself a message?

"Where is this place?" Looking at the already changed Alabasta in front of him, the elderly Garp touched his head and said with a puzzled expression.

Alternate general 'Momotu' Qiyuan looked at the chart in his hand, and said with certainty: "This is Alabasta, our task this time is not easy, here are not only traces of Shichibukai Crocodile, but also the The famous 'Blood Sword' Bai Yu, even 'Eagle Eye' Mihawk was seriously injured here."

"According to reliable sources, Marco of the Whitebeard Pirates also came here, and his whereabouts are unknown, and the Straw Hats seem to have arrived here too..."