Daily life as a writer in the world of pirates

Watching the two figures gradually disappearing into the quicksand, Crocodile lazily blew out a smoke ring: "The fate of human beings is actually similar to that of the sand. It seems that they have tried hard to resist, but in fact they are still carried away by the wind. Move forward."

"This is completely unlike what a pirate who has been planning for many years to capture Alabasta would say." Ace chuckled.

Crocodile raised his hands and looked crazy: "No, it is precisely because I know the limits of my personal ability that I want to master stronger power. You have no idea what is hidden in Alabasta. I am here to let the legend Rebirth, hahaha!”

Ace looked serious: "What exactly do you want to do?"

"Before you die, maybe I will tell you the truth." Crocodile's right hand gradually turned into flying sand, and his eyes became sharp. "Although killing you may cause that guy to retaliate, I also It doesn’t matter to me that I can’t stand that guy.”

Ace's left hand turned into a raging burning flame, and his face was full of rebelliousness: "I no longer yearn for adventure in the sea, but a pirate living in paradise. Let me show you the power of the new world!"

"Armed Color—Fire Fist!"

"Desert Sword!"

Ace's right hand, from the palm to the forearm, turned completely black with a metallic luster. The arm was wrapped with red to white flames, which hit the scimitar made of sand in Crocodile's right hand hard.

The moment the dark arm came into contact with the sand, it did not penetrate the sand, but made a dull sound as if it hit the flesh/body. Crocodile took a few steps back suddenly, and his arm had been burned by the high-temperature flames.

"You can actually be domineering?" Crocodile couldn't help being shocked.

Ace raised his right arm in front of him: "You tell me this, my father taught me, it's not difficult, I can do it in a day."

"This face is really abominable!" Crocodile lowered his head and cursed. I have been groping for so many years, and I still don’t know any kind of domineering, but this kid can actually do it.

As the most magical power in the world, Devil Fruit is not without its weaknesses. There are mainly three types.

The first type: restrained by superior fruits. For example, even though they are fruits that can control gravity, a Devil Fruit that can control the gravity of everything is more powerful than a Devil Fruit that can only control its own gravity.

The second type: attribute restraint. For example, Ace's fire and Smoker's smoke, Thunder and Luffy's rubber, these can only be tied, but there is no winner.

The third type: Armed color domineering. If a person can use Armament Haki, regardless of whether he is an ordinary person or an esper, he can harm the entity of the devil fruit esper.

Crocodile saw that he was about to be unable to defeat Ace, and he had some thoughts of retreating. There is no benefit at all in fighting Ace. If you win, you will attract the attention of the old guy who protects his shortcomings. If you lose... you lose.

Crocodile saw the opportunity and quietly changed his position, gradually getting closer to Nico Robin.

"Sha Lan—"

A familiar sandstorm appeared from Crocodile's hand and quickly threw it in Ace's direction.

Even if Ace was armed, he couldn't hit Crocodile without direct contact. The sandstorm quickly grew in size in the desert, and Ace had to duck to one side. Crocodile took this opportunity to pull up Nicolo. Bin ran away.

The target is - Albana, the royal capital of Alabasta.

With unexpected combat power disrupting the situation, it seems that the plan will start ahead of schedule, and Crocodile's eyes burned with a light called ambition.

"Armed Haki - Dragon's Claw!" Another unfamiliar voice suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

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Go back in time a little bit.

The quicksand buried her faster than Wanzi imagined, and the sudden lack of oxygen made her consciousness gradually blur.

"Ah - am I not in the desert? Why is there a river in front of me? The flower field opposite is so beautiful, are they sunflowers?"

"No, this must be a hallucination. I actually fell into a hallucination. Who is it? Madara O-san?"

"No, no, Madara Osamu won't show me the flower field. He will only silently complain to me about his worries, and he insists on me telling him who is right and who is wrong. Don't you know that Libras have difficulty making choices?"

"It's so painful. I feel like I can't breathe. Where am I? What am I doing?"

Wanzi forced her closed eyes to open a crack, and a guy who looked like a mummy appeared in front of her. Her and the mummy's mouths were still together.

"Fuck, who is this guy? So I still have this hobby?"

After opening his eyes, Wanzi's mind finally began to spin slowly: "Ah - it turns out that I am already in another world. I almost forgot that I came to save this guy."

For some reason, the previously depleted chakra became full and even more powerful than ever before. Maruko didn't think much about it. The top priority was to leave here quickly. If she stayed any longer, she really couldn't mess with him!

"Ninja Technique Earth Release—Earth Yuhang!"

Fortunately, the two hands were not far away when they fell, and they could still form seals. As soon as this ninjutsu was used, the quicksand that originally weighed more than a thousand kilograms for Wanzi now flowed with Wanzi's mind like the sea. Wanzi pulled Luffy and tried to swim upwards. The first time he swam out of the ground, he took a big breath of fresh air.

"Hey-Luffy, wake up."

Maruko slapped Luffy on the face, but Luffy didn't move at all.

"Pah, pah, pah, pah -" Continuous slaps fell like raindrops, "Hey, hey, hey - wake up, wake up, wake up!"

"Wow, it didn't work?" Wanzi touched his chin and pondered. Did he need artificial respiration because he had been deprived of oxygen for too long?

"We are all partners, come on, Wanzi, you can do it! Imagine this is rubber, you are playing a game of blowing up balloons, Wanzi!" Wanzi encouraged himself in his heart, and then quietly lowered his head and approached the "mummy" (crossed out ) is Luffy.

"Oh, cough, cough, cough -"

Before Wanzi really lowered his head, the boy suddenly coughed violently and sat up suddenly: "Ahem - what happened? I actually dreamed that I was suppressed by a huge monster, and I couldn't do anything despite struggling. , that monster even blocked my mouth!!"

"Boom -" The white and tender fist fell on Luffy's head, knocking Luffy's body down again after he had just sat up.

Luffy: "Maruko, what are you doing!"

Wanzi: "Ah - there's something dirty on your head, I'll knock it off."

Luffy: "Oh, what is it?"

Wanzi: "I don't know, it seems to be called conscience."

Luffy: "Huh? What are you talking about?"

"Luffy!" Wanzi suddenly covered his chest with a look of pain on his face, "You and Crocodile were defeated halfway through the fight. It was me who worked hard and went through ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships to save you. Your brother I’m still using my life to help you resist Crocodile, why are you still here fooling around!”

Maruko said, pointing to the other side of the desert, and turned to look over with Luffy.

However, there is still an endless desert in front of him, and a sandstorm bigger than before is raging crazily. The brother in Wanzi's mouth who used his life to resist the enemy is running and crying in front of the sandstorm, and his tears reflect the crystal colors in the sunset.

But the person actually standing in front of Crocodile was a completely strange boy.

The boy's blond curly hair is more magnificent than the desert. The blue dress that is easy to move makes him more tenacious and upright, like an unyielding poplar in the desert. His eyebrows are warm and his temperament is friendly. However, the huge burn scar on his right eye makes his There is a hint of wildness in her gentleness, like a incomplete work of art, which attracts others' attention unconsciously.

Wanzi felt that this face was indescribably familiar: "He is -"

"Saab, it's Sabo!" Luffy's exclamation explained everything directly.

At this time, Crocodile no longer existed in Luffy's eyes. Luffy even felt that his running speed was not enough. He immediately stretched out his hands and arms, grabbed the young man's shoulders, and pounced on him while the young man's eyes were full of astonishment. Hug each other.

Luffy's voice was choked with sobs: "It's great, Sabo, you're still alive, it's great, oooooooo-"

Ace in the distance also ran here with Sandstorm: "Hey - Mariko, help me solve this Sandstorm, please, please!"

Sabo looked at the young man crying in his arms with tears and runny nose, and then looked at the young man who could not conceal his excitement and anticipation even though he was being chased by a sandstorm. He didn't know why, but he always felt that there was something similar to them, with a... A feeling of sourness and happiness rose from the bottom of his heart, but what exactly it was, he couldn't tell now.

Sabo gently took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to Luffy: "Would you like to wipe it first?"

Luffy hung his legs around Sabo's waist and reached out to take the handkerchief, but instead of wiping his nose, he raised his hand and pulled the brim of his hat, embarrassingly covering his appearance.

After finally controlling his emotions, Luffy wiped his tears and snot on Sabo's clothes without noticing anything. He raised his head with a bright smile and said, "Saab, where did you go after you went to sea?"

There was obvious confusion on Sabo's face: "You are?"

After hearing this, Luffy's mouth subconsciously curled up again, and he couldn't shed tears, with a look of grievance on his face.

Wanzi and Ace, who had solved the sandstorm, also ran over from a distance. When they heard this, they were both obviously surprised.

Ace couldn't hide his shock and pointed at himself: "Don't you know us?"

Wanzi: "Amnesia story? I haven't written this part in my novel yet, right?"

Sabo had a friendly smile on his face, but his eyes were completely unfamiliar: "Sorry, I seem to have been seriously injured when I was a child, so I can't remember much about my previous memories."

Wanzi frowned and thought deeply: "I heard about a simple method. If you lose your memory, you just need to hit him harder or tell him about the past."

Luffy clenched his fists and was about to move: "Really? Let's try the first one first!"

Ace nodded and suddenly showed a sinister smile: "Okay, we have remembered this guy for so many years, but he has forgotten us. It seems a little unfair, don't you think so, Luffy?"

Luffy's eyes were bright and he grinned: "Yes, Sabonissan is so bad!"

"Hey - I think this matter should be taken slowly." Sabo's gentle face was broken, showing a little panic, "We have something to discuss, I remember you, your name is Luffy, right, you are Ace, hello ——Don’t come over!!”