【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Luffy hurriedly twisted his body to avoid the attack, but he felt that the sand attack changed direction. Luffy quickly used his hands to support the ground and barely changed direction, but his right hand could not completely avoid it.

"Ah! My hand!" Luffy raised his cut arm and shouted in horror, "My hand has turned into a mummy!!"

"Because it's sand, it sucked all the moisture out of your hands." Crocodile mocked, which made him regain the confidence that had been hit by this kid before, so he grinned at Luffy and suggested very considerately, "Why don't you just let your body be sucked dry and become a dried human body? This is a good way to die... It's very interesting in the desert..."

"Huh... what a joke!" Luffy shouted angrily, then he thought of the water that the dry uncle gave him, and hurriedly took it up and took a sip. His mummified right hand instantly returned to its original state "Recovered!!"

"It's useless." Crocodile said speechlessly.

"Who said it's useless? Yuba's oasis will never lose to the sand!!" Luffy said as he opened his mouth wide and rushed towards Crocodile "Eraser Eraser"

"What do you want to do now?" Crocodile looked at the little devil who was rushing towards him with his mouth wide open, and couldn't help but feel that he was a little stupid for agreeing to fight him.

"Swallow it in big mouthfuls!" Luffy opened his mouth wide and bit off the upper body of the man who was speaking in one bite, then waved his arms in the air twice.

"Stop using these boring moves!!!" Crocodile shouted angrily from Luffy's mouth, "Go to hell together, you and that stubborn Yuba land!"

"Ah, sand tastes so bad." Luffy stuck out his tongue.

Crocodile became even more angry after hearing this. He accelerated the sandstorm formed in his hand, waved his hand casually, and threw it to the south. "Straw Hat Luffy, listen carefully. This sandstorm I created will ride on this wind blowing from north to south and continue to grow into a giant sandstorm. Where do you think it will eventually hit?"

"South?"

Crocodile had a sinister smile on his face. "It's Yuba."

"What!? Damn it... Stop it now!!" Luffy grabbed Crocodile's collar and shouted, "This has nothing to do with the dry old man!!"

"Stop, you bastard!" Luffy chased after the flying sandstorm, but was soon blown back. Damn it, that dry old man was so sure...

"Kuhahaha, the wind force of that sandstorm will eventually increase to a level that even I can't stop." Crocodile said proudly, "Yuba is finished."

"Don't joke like that!" Luffy rushed over angrily and grabbed Crocodile's collar and yelled, "Stop right now!"

"Bang!!" Crocodile, who was grabbed by Luffy's collar, suddenly flew backwards.

"Hey, hey, this is a legitimate duel, it's not right to launch a sneak attack!" Qi said with a frown as he looked at Crocodile who was kicked away by him.

Qi looked at Luffy who was still standing there with an angry expression and asked in confusion, "Are you okay, Luffy?" Then he looked at Luffy's torn clothes and the few drops of blood that flowed out, and asked in confusion, "Is his hook poisonous?"

"I'm going to beat him up!" Luffy angrily glared at Crocodile who was lying on the ground not far away. "How dare that guy treat Vivi and that skinny old man like fools!!"

"How annoying!!" Crocodile said angrily, "You actually ruined my plan." Then he looked at the angry Straw Hat Luffy and said, "I think I've had enough of your games. The time is up. I don't have time to play with you!!"

"I won't let you take Alabasta!!" Luffy stretched out his fist and attacked Crocodile.

"Come and stop me if you can!" Crocodile roared, his body quickly turned into sand and flew away.

"Don't run, damn it!" Luffy shouted angrily.

"Hey...you...huh...are you the pirates who are helping Princess Vivi?" A man dressed in white, using a sword as a cane and breathing heavily, walked slowly towards them.

They turned and looked at the pale man with purple streaks on his face. He was holding his chest in pain and seemed to be seriously injured.

"Who are you?" Qi asked.

"I am...Bell." Bell replied.

"So you are the strongest warrior in Alabasta." Qi breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that they had a faster way to get it from Aruba. "Can you take us to Aruba to get it?"

"It seems that you have recovered well!"

"What did you do to Princess Vivi?" Bell asked the woman who appeared in front of him again.

"Nicole Robin?" Qi said, looking at the lady in the white coat. What did this woman want to do by appearing in front of them, her enemies, at this time?

"Oh, it seems that the Straw Hat Pirates are not only powerful in the form of their captain." Robin's expression did not change. "Princess Vivi has been safely taken to Aruba."

"What is your purpose?" Qi asked directly, "What do you want to gain by joining forces with Crocodile?"

"Where is Crocodile?!" Luffy shouted angrily, but his anger was not directed at the woman in front of him. He could feel that this woman was not a bad person.

"These don't seem to be your business. It's not good to know too many things, Deputy Captain." Robin chuckled.

"You saw the fight between Luffy and Crocodile, right? You should know that continuing to follow Crocodile will only lead to failure." Qi looked at the calm woman in front of him and continued, "Your goal is something that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Kingdom of Alabasta."

Robin looked serious, then smiled, "Are you really just the vice-captain of the Straw Hat Pirates?"

"How about we make a deal?" Qi's mouth curled up. He guessed correctly, "You help us destroy Crocodile's plan, and we help you get what you want."

"You can't help me with what I want," said Robin.

"We are pirates, and we have never failed in getting what Luffy wants, even as the Pirate King." Qi grinned.

"That's right!" Although Luffy didn't know what Qi wanted to do, he believed him, "I am the man who will become the Pirate King!!"

"Haha, so cute." Robin smiled. Perhaps it was the persistence in their eyes towards their dreams that made her suddenly want to speak out the dream hidden deep in her heart. This was her last hope. If it wasn't what she wanted, she didn't plan to go on. "Take me into the tomb of Alabasta."

"What!? A huge war is about to break out and you just want to enter the tomb of Alabasta?!" Bell shouted in disbelief "What on earth were you thinking!?"