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Time goes back to earlier, in Albana Palace.

King Cobra of Alabasta is listening to the report from the guards. Ian has no longer hidden his identity since entering Albana, so the news of his appearance in Alabasta has naturally been reported. here.

Logically speaking, if a member of the Shichibukai appears in a country that is a member of the World Government, anyone who knows a little etiquette should come to the palace to pay a visit. However, the purpose of Ian's trip is not at all to the Neferutari family, so He didn't come to the palace to see Kobra at all.

However, Cobra was not bothered. He no longer cared about this etiquette issue. What he was thinking about now was what Ian, a newly promoted member of the Shichibukai, wanted to do in Alabasta.

Cobra is not young. He has been working on state affairs for a long time, and his face shows his age. And Alabasta is really troubled now. Not to mention the long-term drought, even the rebels have been established. This allows Cobra to say It is frowning.

Such a turbulent country often attracts the covetousness of pirates. During this period of time, more and more pirates have been causing trouble in Alabasta. If Crocodile hadn't helped suppress it, Alabasta's guards would have been alone. Power is really powerless.

Although Crocodile would take away the stolen property as trophies every time he killed pirates, no one questioned this. Crocodile had a very high reputation in Alabasta. Even Cobb La, even without knowing the truth, was very grateful to Crocodile for taking action.

Therefore, when the news of Ian's appearance in Albana came, Cobra immediately thought of Crocodile. He did not understand Ian's true intention, so he was worried that Ian was here to find Crocodile. Troublesome.

"Jaka!" Cobra turned his head and asked Jaka, the adjutant of the Alabasta Guards standing next to him: "Do you know anything about this young man named Ian?"

The black-haired Gaga is a Devil Fruit user in the form of an Inu Fruit Jackal. He is the same as another guard adjutant, Hayabusa Bell. The two of them happen to possess the animal-type fruit that Alabasta has regarded as a patron saint. Therefore, the entire royal family relied on these two people, and similarly, they were also quite loyal to Kobra.

"I have some understanding!" Jaka nodded and said: "I think this new Shichibukai is a very dangerous person."

"What should I say?" Kobra asked, stroking his beard.

Jaka said: "From the very beginning, he set fire to the holy land of Mariejoia, took the lead in resisting the world's nobles, the Tianlong people, and then fought against the navy admiral twice. Especially since I just got the news recently that Valpo, the king of the Drum Island, , was killed by a pirate..."

"Valpo!?" Kobra looked at Jaka in surprise: "He...he was killed!?"

"Yes!" Jaka nodded seriously and said: "Although I disliked the king very much because of Princess Weiwei's injustice, the news is true. It is said that a very powerful pirate killed her. Valbo's, and the Kingdom of Drum Island is on the same route as our Alabasta..."

Cobra said thoughtfully: "You mean, the person who killed Valpo is probably the new Shichibukai?"

"This is just a guess!" Jaka said: "After all, he suddenly appeared in Alabasta. He couldn't have flown here..."

After Jaka explained it like this, Cobra also felt that Ian was the biggest suspect.

"Killing the king of a country..." Cobra's face couldn't help but darken: "Then, what does he want to do in Alabasta?"

"Unpredictable!" Jaka shook his head and said, "So during this period, Bell and I will be with you at all times!"

This is the reason why Jaka said that Ian is a dangerous person. Since he is suspected of killing Valpo, no one can predict whether Ian will do this again in Alabasta.

However, I don’t know why, but Kobra’s view of Ian is somewhat different from Gaka. If you study Ian’s past carefully, you will find that the targets he attacks are all people with evil deeds. The Celestial Dragons do not need to He said that although they were world nobles, even Cobra couldn't stand their behavior. The same was true for Valpo. Although he was the king of a country, Cobra couldn't see any king in him. look like.

Kobra was noncommittal about Jaka's words to protect him personally. He felt that Jaka's worries might be unnecessary. Of course, he couldn't refuse Jaka's kindness.

He suddenly asked Jaka: "This child Weiwei, has she received any news recently?"

Ever since the drought began in the Kingdom of Alabasta, this abnormal climate has aroused doubts among some people in the royal family. But at this time, the royal princess Weiwei of the Neferitali family found out that Alabasta Baroque Studio, a mysterious organization that emerged in Alabasta, intuitively told her that this organization might be carrying out some ulterior activities in Alabasta, so she volunteered to join the organization and act as an undercover agent.

Kobra can't stop her at all

, they could only send Alabasta's guard captain Ikarem to join Baroque Studio with her, and protect her by the way.

And now, Princess Weiwei has been undercover in this organization for a year...

Hearing Kobra's question, Jaka shook his head and said: "Princess Weiwei sent back information that this Baroque studio is likely to be related to this drought, but there may be a very powerful person behind this organization. , she still can’t determine who it is..."

Cobra nodded and was about to say something, but at this moment, a member of the escort suddenly ran into the hall and said with some horror: "Your Majesty, Mr. Crocodile and that fellow Shichibukai Ian , we fought in the city of Albana!"

"What!?" Kobra was shocked and stood up immediately.

"There was also a huge sandstorm in the city!" the guard member continued to report.

Cobra and Jaka quickly ran out of the hall, stood on the edge of the palace city, and looked towards the city of Albana. Sure enough, under the distant sky, a tornado suddenly appeared in the city, wrapped in the wind. A large amount of sand is undoubtedly a sandstorm.

But the strange thing is that this sandstorm did not move, but was spinning rapidly in place.

Not only Cobra and the others, but almost the entire people of Albana saw the eye of this sandstorm.

"Quick! Evacuate the nearby people immediately!" Cobra was anxious and immediately ordered the guards.

Alabasta's guards were dispatched urgently and rushed towards the center of the sandstorm, while Kobra and Jaka could only look at the sandstorm on the other side with anxiety.

At this time, Cobra didn't know why, but suddenly thought of the fact that Alabasta has been frequently hit by sandstorms in the past two years, so a thought suddenly popped up in Cobra's mind: "This sandstorm, Is it related to Crocodile!?"

Crocodile is a sand fruit user. Kobra knew this, but Crocodile had never shown the power to control sandstorms in front of anyone before. If he hadn't done it with Ian this time, It was impossible for Kobra and the others to witness a sudden sandstorm in their capital.

Suddenly there was a clear sound in the sky. Cobra looked up and saw that another escort adjutant, Falcon Bell, fell from the sky. When he landed in front of Cobra, he had changed back to his original appearance. Bell After landing, he said to Kobra: "Your Majesty, do you want me to go and see the situation at the scene?"

"No, don't go!" Cobra immediately stopped Bell's plan and said, "This is a battle between two Shichibukai, we can't interfere!"

Jaka and Bell were stunned, wondering why Kobra made such a decision, but they still nodded in obedience.

Cobra turned back and looked at the sandstorm in the distance. At this time, Ian's black dragon wave had already shot into the sky. Two black flame dragons were intertwined. The huge high temperature melted the gravel, and the sandstorm was quickly eliminated. Intangible, this made Cobra couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw this scene.

"Sure enough, it's him..." Now the black dragon wave has become Ian's signature. When Cobra saw the black fire dragon, he immediately confirmed Ian's identity, but Cobra was even more confused. .

Combined with the powerful behind-the-scenes figure mentioned in the news sent back by Weiwei, and the sudden appearance of the sandstorm in the center of the city, Cobra became increasingly suspicious of Crocodile.

Ian didn't know that this confrontation between him and Crocodile turned out to be an opportunity for Weiwei to investigate that the boss behind Baroque Studio was Crocodile. After all, as a low-level employee of Weiwei, how could he be in the organization? Find out the identity of your boss? So this battle can be said to have set a general direction for their investigation...

Because of his suspicion, Kobra made the decision not to help the two sides, but ordered the guards to try their best to evacuate the residents of the city.

Ian didn't know that these things were happening. He was stunned at this moment because he never thought that Robin would ignore himself and instead take action to rescue Ian from the bottom of the quicksand pit.

"Hey! What are you doing!?" Ian was pushed over the edge of the pit by the hands that kept popping up from Robin's Blossom Fruit. This rolling feeling was really not good, so Ian couldn't help but said: "Stop! You're going to be drowned in quicksand!"

However, Robin ignored Ian's shouts. Her body sank a little bit, but she kept pushing Ian up.

At this moment, Crocodile suddenly turned into wind and sand and appeared in the pit, grabbed Robin's neck, and said coldly to Robin: "How dare you help him!? Do you want me to kill him first?" Did you?"

However, although Robin looked pained, he smiled and said: "You won't kill me, because I am still useful to you!"

"..." Veins popped up on Crocodile's forehead, but he couldn't help but say that Robin, a woman, was really smart. She pinpointed Crocodile's Achilles' heel in one go.