Pirate: I'm making a clone behind the scenes

The first half of the great voyage, the Kingdom of Alabasta.

rain.

Inside Hatake Sakumo's temporary headquarters.

"Boss, what's the matter?"

After receiving instructions from Hatake Sakumo, Nico Robin quickly appeared in his office.

"I am preparing to leave for the new world. During my absence, everyone must hide themselves and wait until I come back to talk about anything."

"You too, be careful to hide your identity."

After a pause, Hatake Sakumo glanced at the expressionless Nico Robin again and gave instructions.

"Yes, boss."

Hearing Hatake Sakumo's words, Nico Robin did not make too many changes in her expression, and just nodded calmly.

Obviously, she had just experienced betrayal and it was not so easy for her to get over it.

Maybe it's because, unlike Luffy, a sunny boy with super infectious energy and an ice cube man who always shows a serious expression, Hatake Sakumo doesn't have that strong affinity.

Seeing Nico Robin's movements, Hatake Sakumo didn't say much.

As a new assassin and part-time leader of an intelligence organization, he has many things to do every day and doesn't have much time to appease the people around him.

But with the shadow ninja around, at least there would be no chance of being betrayed without knowing it.

"But before that, I'm going to meet our new neighbors for a while."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hatake Sakumo's figure disappeared in front of Nico Robin.

"Be safe, boss..."

Looking at Hatake Sakumo who disappeared, a flash of worry flashed in Nico Robin's eyes.

It was obvious that she was not as calm as she let on.

That's right, Nicole Robin, who started running away when she was only 8 years old, has long been accustomed to the warmth and coldness of people.

Although, Hatake Sakumo is different from Lawson, the godfather of the Saikai Mafia who adopted her for three years.

Hatake Sakumo didn't have that many smiles, he looked serious every day, and occasionally expressed his concern very bluntly, but Nico Robin felt at ease.

That feeling of not being ignored, but not being forced to breathe, she felt inexplicably not bad.

Although, so far, the historical text has not been found, she has been waiting for ten years, and she has not lost her composure in just a few months.

As for the new neighbor mentioned by Hatake Sakumo, it was none other than Sand Crocodile who came here after attending the Shichibukai Conference with his subordinate Baroque Studio.

Some time ago, at Rapeseed Port, Shah Crocodile defeated several pirate groups. Coupled with the news that the world government had whitewashed the Shichibukai, he suddenly became Alabasta's new hero!

A dignified sea pirate was turned upside down and became a great hero protecting the country!

What a shame!

On the surface, Baroque Studio has nothing to do with Crocodile. However, Hatake Sakumo, who has already set eyes on the entire Alabasta, is very aware of every move of the entire studio.

You know, with the help of the dark ninja hiding in the shadows, there are basically no secrets for him in the entire Alabasta!

Even King Nefertali Kobra knows exactly what color underwear he wears every day, and what kind of food the kingdom's princess Nefertali Vivi eats every day, Hatake Sakumo clearly knows!

It is precisely because of such a terrifying intelligence network, coupled with the fastest and most accurate intelligence supply, that the underground organization established by Hatake Sakumo quickly became famous.

Even the newly settled Baroque Studio is quite afraid of this.

They are also afraid that someone around them may be the other person's spy.

Originally, when Hatake Sakumo was here, he would not care about Baroque Studio.

After all, the business scope of both parties is not the same.

What Hatake Sakumo does is accept bounties, carry out assassinations, and buy and sell information.

Crocodile, on the surface, is a studio established by a group of pirate hunters, but secretly controls some underground businesses such as gambling, as well as the core plan to steal the country.

For Hatake Sakumo, this was no conflict.

However, he recently learned that Crocodile had the idea of ​​​​looking for the legendary power, the Pluto battleship.

Although I don't know why he suddenly had this idea, the most important thing to find clues about Pluto is the historical text that contains his information.

However, the person in today's world who has the ability to decipher historical texts and is known to everyone is undoubtedly his 'son of the devil' - Nico Robin.

Crocodile is currently sending people to look for Nico Robin, although he doesn't know whether Crocodile knows the specific clues about Nico Robin.

However, in order to prevent his home from being stolen while he was away, he decided to strike first and give Crocodile some warnings.

By the way, let’s also try the so-called true strength of the Shichibukai!

After all, since his birth, Hatake Sakumo has never faced off against other clones or the world's top experts.

Now that Crocodile has taken the position of Shichibukai, who is said to be on equal footing with the navy and pirates, his strength must be among the top ranks!

In order to prevent the boat from capsizing in the gutter, Hatake Sakumo started his old business again.

Start to hide your figure, and use the special skills brought by the ghost mask to sneak into Crocodile's shadow and give him a thunderous blow!

It's also a good way to gain an advantage for the subsequent battle.

...

Rainland, baroque studio, underground headquarters.

An office full of crocodile bathtubs.

A man with a straight back and a straight scar on his face sat on the boss's chair and smoked a cigar, feeling very uncomfortable.

"Damn Gildarts, damn Whitebeard, and that damn Erza, when I find the legendary Hades, I will make you all go to hell!"

Touching the fist mark on his chest, Crocodile cursed in a low voice.

This mark is a trace left by Kildarth's slight use of crushing magic and his extremely powerful two-color domineering force. With Crocodile's physique, it is terrifying that he will not be able to recover in the next few years.

This is also the reason why Crocodile puts Gildarts in the most hated position.

Once he took off his shirt, the sandbag-sized fist marks were exposed to others like a shame.

This is something Crocodile, who is arrogant and has extremely high self-esteem, cannot accept!

Even the scars from his battle with Whitebeard didn't make him so angry.

After all, the scar is a man's merit, but the fist mark is an insult to the enemy!

Putting down the information in his hand, Crocodile tapped the table with his index finger and began to think about how to find talents to decipher the historical text.

If it were ten years ago, even if such people were rare, there would still be a place to find them.

However, since the destruction of O'Hara, the Tree of Omniscient, the real scholars have either died or gone into hiding, leaving them with nowhere to start.