The Worst Fruit Among Pirates

"Warship No. 346 has arrived, please give instructions!"

"Let them dock at 'Navy Headquarters' Pier 6——"

As the warship slowly turned, it headed towards the navy's largest military base called Marinefando.

On the deck, the young man with a slicked back hair, a long horizontal scar on his face, an earring in his right ear, a cigar in his mouth, his left hand broken at the wrist and replaced with a gold hook, frowned.

He was wearing a dark green fur coat, an orange plaid long-sleeved shirt, and black trousers.He seems to have the air of an underworld, mafia patriarch.

"Not going to the Holy Land 'Marie Gioia'?"

"Do you look down on me——"

Facing the young man's cold question, the naval officer next to him answered with a cold sweat on his face.

"This is an order from Marshal Kong. It is to allow all the 'Shichibukai' to familiarize themselves with the environment in advance..."

Humph,

The young man snorted in displeasure. Although he had only become a 'Shichibukai' for only half a year, he had done enough homework and knew very well: it was the World Government that convened the 'Shichibukai', so he should go to the Holy Land Marie Joa!

But now, the warship is sailing directly to Marinefando at the Navy Headquarters...

In an instant, countless thoughts passed through this young man's mind!From the lack of naval forces... to taking the opportunity to eradicate the Shichibukai, all kinds of conspiracies and tricks made his face become more and more gloomy, while the naval commander next to him was already sweating profusely.

Any normal navy would feel nervous facing a ferocious pirate who could suck him into a human with just a wave of his hand.

"Lieutenant Colonel Enro, leave this to me."

"Yes, Major General Kuzan."

Hearing the voice behind him, the naval officer who was originally holding on hard gave a military salute to the visitor and quickly moved away from the terrifying young man next to him who was full of murderous intent and had a golden hook on his left hand.

"Shah Crocodile,"

A young man wearing a blue hat with a navy logo tied his curly hair back, wearing blue sunglasses, and a blue coat with a navy logo also painted on it walked next to Crocodile.

"Contain your breath, there are no enemies here for you."

"Guhaha, don't worry, I have changed my mind and am a 'hero' on the side of the navy——"

A year ago, the high-spirited Crocodile challenged the legendary pirate "Whitebeard". After losing his left hand, he faced the "olive branch" extended by the World Government and agreed without much thought.

Crocodile then settled in the Kingdom of 'Alabasta' and buried countless pirates on that route.Dubbed a 'hero' by the newspapers, ordinary civilians and even the navy believed that he had 'returned his evil ways'.

In the eyes of the pirates, Crocodile, who had been beaten down by Whitebeard, had become a lackey of the navy!

It is easy to understand that he is entrenched in Alabasta. The Kingdom of Alabasta has a vast desert environment. Crocodile is a natural powerhouse who can freely control sand and transform his body into sand by eating the 'Sand Fruit'.

This further proves that he has lost the courage to enter the new world!

However, in fact, Crocodile's ambition has not been extinguished after losing one hand, but he has set his sights on the legendary three weapons 'Pluto'.

He plans to obtain the whereabouts of 'Pluto' from the royal family of Alabasta.

Prepare to rely on that legendary weapon to challenge Whitebeard to the new world again!

And if you want to do all this, you must approach the target cautiously, carefully, and quietly: a hero's title is the best disguise.

"However, this time, the meeting place of the 'Shichibukai' has become Marine Headquarters Marinefando, which makes people a little bit concerned..."

Faced with Crocodile's meaningful words, Rear Admiral Kuzan frowned, and decided to reveal some 'inside' information for the sake of the other party's relief of a lot of burden on the Navy.

"Some of the Shichibukai gathered this time did not like the environment of the 'Holy Land', so they changed the meeting place to the Navy Headquarters. - And the battlefield is probably at the Navy Headquarters. I don't know when the enemy will show up..."

"Understood,"

Crocodile nodded, while all kinds of thoughts quickly went through his mind.

Shichibukai... three of its members have been around for more than five years, so naturally they won't be disgusted with the 'Holy Land' just now; there are two recently added members: except for himself, the rest are:

Don Quixote Doflamingo!

Haha, that newcomer and his brother killed the 'former Shichibukai' Gamenio a year ago, and recently they boldly hijacked the Sky Gold and forced the World Government to grant the title of 'Shichibukai'. It seems that he is also an ambitious guy. ···

In Crocodile's mind, he has already sketched out an extremely evil person with an arrogant, evil smile and audacious audacity!

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naval headquarters,

It's an island called Marinefando.

The entire island is a giant fortress, surrounded by steel barriers several meters thick, and the forts on the island are densely packed.The triple cannon pointed at the sky to intimidate all invading enemies!

In the cities on the islands, there are a large number of naval families living.

But now the people have been evacuated, leaving only an 'empty city'.

Normally, this place is naturally the second safest place in the world, but in the face of possible raids by strong men, even the headquarters with marshals and generals sitting there is not safe.

Once the top powerhouses fight, the landslide and the earth will break apart easily!The aftermath is enough to kill an ordinary person dozens of times. Although the admirals are powerful, their relatives cannot be equally powerful.

General Zefa's wife and children were killed by pirates a few years ago. He was disheartened and turned his attention to cultivating a new generation of navy.

By the way, the first safe place?

Of course, Holy Land Marie Gioia!

"Let's go, Torrebol."

Just as Crocodile was looking at this giant steel fortress and thinking, the warship at his feet slowly entered the port full of forts, and a figure on the dock attracted his attention.

It was a man about the same height as Crocodile himself, wearing a black feather coat.He was chatting casually with several marines.

Behind him followed a sloppy, fat young man who was as listless as a prisoner although he was over three meters tall.

?

At this moment, the other party seemed to notice Crocodile's gaze and turned his head.

It's him--

How could Crocodile, as a 'conspirator', not recognize this face:

Don Quixote Rossinande!

The new Shichibukai, Doflamingo's brother.

The handsome young man glanced back at Crocodile, nodded goodbye to the navy next to him, and then walked toward the naval headquarters with the man behind him who was wearing a bowler hat and holding a cane, and who looked very lethargic.

Such an expression made Crocodile narrow his eyes, take out the cigar from his mouth and shake it.

The rumors about this man's close relationship with the Navy don't seem to be groundless.

You must know that this is the naval headquarters. Facing the level-crushing combat power, even Crocodile, as the 'Shichibukai', is not as calm as he looks on the inside.

That 'Rosinandi' looked relaxed as if he was going home, which even the 'Sand Crocodile' couldn't figure out.

Is it a person with a high degree of art and boldness?

Or is there some hidden deal with the Navy?

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If Rossi knew Crocodile's inner workings, he would definitely complain, 'You're overthinking'.

Others may be instinctively afraid of the Navy Headquarters, but Rossi, who is familiar with the character of the Navy's top brass, is not at all panicked!

What's more, unlike other 'Shichibukai', although Rossi doesn't care about his identity as a 'Celestial Dragon', the navy will not ignore it.No matter what, this is a talisman.

Unless the Five Old Stars can accept the price of Dover revealing 'that' secret, it is impossible to be disadvantageous to Rossi.

"This way, Mr. Rosinandee."

Under the leadership of the naval officer, Rossi took the listless Torebol into a tall building with the word "Navy" and came to a hall.

"Mr. Torebol, this is the meeting room for the 'Shichibukai' adults. Please come here to rest..."

"Tore,"

Rossi turned his head and gave a look. Torebol nodded to express his understanding and then followed the naval officer next to him to leave.

"This is the meeting room of the 'Shichibukai',"

When Rossi lifted his legs and buried himself in the hall, a cold voice sounded inside:

"Why would you let an irrelevant brat step in? Has the Navy fallen to such an extent?"

There were already two people sitting in the hall.

The person who spoke was a man of normal height leaning on the seat.He has long gray hair, handsome and three-dimensional facial features, bright red eyes and pale skin. He is dressed in black aristocratic clothing and has white gloves on his hands.

From the outside, he looks more like a nobleman with a deep mind than a pirate!

"Mr. 'The Impaler' Accardo,"

For this veteran 'Shichibukai', Rossi, as the 'consultant' of the Don Quixote family, naturally knew that in addition to the 'familiar' faces from previous lives, there were many strong people on the sea.

For example, the person in front of me:

Animal type·Bat fruit·Phantom species·Vampire form

That's right, it's the Devil Fruit that the unwilling old Red Earl eats more than 20 years in the future.

"I'm sorry, my brother Dover has something to do and I can't come. I will attend the 'Shichibukai' meeting on his behalf. You -"

Step by step forward, Rossi raised his chin towards the pale-faced dark noble.

"Any comments?"

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"Oh, young man——"

The man named Accardo didn't see any movement. The moment Rossi's footsteps fell, the dark red carpet under his feet suddenly came to life!

The ground near the door of the entire hall suddenly surged up, and the carpet turned into crimson spiral spikes!The giant pillar with a dull metallic color submerged Rossi's figure.

Puff, puff, puff! ! !

Huge dark red spiked pillars instantly filled the entrance to the hall, and the ceiling and door... were penetrated into ruins by a large number of giant spikes that suddenly struck.

"'Mr. Impaler,' although I don't mind fighting with you, but considering the feelings of the master here..."

At some point, Rossi jumped to the side and spread his hands.

"stop!"

A serious voice sounded outside the door, followed by a crackling sound, and pink spiral spikes that were far harder than steel exploded one after another.

A very strong old man with a broad chest, tawny skin, and white hair and beard shaped like a "mountain" strode in.

The 'Brambles of Blood' on the sea that frightened countless people were as fragile as paper in front of this old man. They didn't need any 'attack' at all. He just walked past and smashed through the giant pillar of blood blocking the door.

"You are here for a meeting, not a fight!"

The old man, who was wearing a dark gray marshal's coat and a sleeveless black shirt decorated with medals, exposing the thick muscles of his arms and a light yellow scarf around his neck, looked around, his domineering gaze like a mountain crushing.

"Since you are so energetic, when the enemy comes, if I see anyone standing idly by, I will let him get close to Garp!"

···hiss,

He actually let Garp go.

You, a naval marshal, don’t have martial ethics!

"Marshal Kong, what happens here has nothing to do with me."

In the hall, there was another man with a naked upper body, more than five meters tall, like a muscular golem, and a man with messy hair who slowly spoke.

"Of course, if Garp is willing to be a guest on my ship, I welcome him."

This man's attire is too shabby even by the standards of a 'pirate': leather skirt, straw sandals, and a golden belt on his forehead. He looks like a barbarian who escaped from some primitive tribe.

'The Hound of Elbaf' Taran

He is a half-giant, a hybrid of giant and human.

I don't know where his father got the courage to marry a 20-meter giant 'beauty'. In short, Talan's childhood can be said to be very unsatisfactory.

After all, he gets along with those giant children whose 'normal' height starts at 4 or 5 meters, but Taran, who is less than 2 meters tall, will naturally be bullied by the 'children'.

Even as an adult, Taran is only 5 meters tall.

The average height of giants as adults is 20 meters!

From the perspective of the giants, this is no longer a dwarf, but simply not a 'giant'.

But Taran was not discouraged. With his mother's encouragement, he trained and fought day after day.Soon: the strength of the giants and the skills of humans were developed in him at the same time, and countless giant warriors fell under his axe.

Unsatisfied, Taran left the giant's hometown 'Elbaf' and began to wander the sea.

According to the custom of giants, it is only natural that the weak offer everything to the strong!So his behavior of randomly 'taking' food along the way soon led to his bounty soaring.

After finally being defeated by a certain guy's iron fist, he accepted the invitation to become the 'Shichibukai'.

As he came into contact with other people on the sea, this half-giant was no longer a reckless man who would attack him whenever he disagreed.

"Guhahahaha, it's really lively."

Just when the atmosphere was tense, an arrogant laughter sounded.

Immediately afterwards, Crocodile, wearing a dark green fur coat, holding a cigar, and a 'big boss' attitude walked in through the hole made by Marshal Kong.

"With this tense atmosphere, am I in the wrong place?"

···

"Okay, everyone is here."

Marshal Kong, who was full of muscles and showed no trace of his age, walked to the round table in the center of the hall, pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Let's start the meeting!"

"There should be one more..."

"That guy had bad luck and met the 'Red Earl'."

Hearing Marshal Kong's answer, he sneered. Crocodile, who was noncommittal, found a seat at random, pulled out a chair and sat down.

Although it has the name of 'Shichibukai', in this chaotic era, a large number of legendary pirates are still active, and the position of the Shichibukai has never been filled.

The people present are the 'Shichibukai' of this era, they are:

'The Impaler' Accardo

'The Hound of Elbaf' Taran

'Sand Crocodile' Crocodile

And coming to the meeting in place of Dover: 'Black Crow' Rosinandy.

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