【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Robin ignored Bell's yelling and looked at Qi as he continued, "As long as you take me to the Alabasta Royal Tomb before then, I will tell you where Crocodile buried the bomb."

"What!? A bomb!!" Luffy and Bell shouted in shock.

Bell asked in horror "Where's the bomb!?"

Although Qi was also shocked by the news, he was also glad that they knew about the bomb in advance, so there was still a chance. "We will take you there, but we hope that Weiwei's father will be safe."

"The deal is done. You will go to Arubana with me." Robin summoned a banana crocodile, which was the second fastest long-distance runner. "We will arrive in Arubana in 4 hours."

"Gululu!"

The sudden loud noise instantly broke the tense atmosphere.

"I'm hungry!" Luffy put his hand on his stomach. Although he wanted to beat Crocodile directly, there was something more important stopping him from doing so. Luffy turned his head and looked at Qi with a grin, "I want meat!"

Qi smiled helplessly, "Okay, let's go find some food for Luffy first, otherwise this guy won't have the energy to fight Crocodile."

Robin chuckled "In that case, we will be in Arubana in 5 hours."

There are still six hours until the decisive battle between the rebels and the King's Guards begins.

……

Night falls

On the other side, the Straw Hat Pirates sitting on crabs successfully crossed the river with the help of Kung Fu Manatee. Just when they were discussing how to get to Aruba as quickly as possible, Run Fast arrived with the Super Run Fast troops. At this time, there were still 3 hours before the decisive battle between the rebels and the King's Guards.

After Weiwei's introduction, they learned that Arubana has a total of five gates: the west gate, the south gate, the southwest gate, the east gate, and the southeast gate. The fastest way for them to reach Arubana from the direction of the rainy land is the west side, so they will have three gates to enter.

Sanji exhaled a puff of smoke and thought, "The commanders of Baroque Studio should be lying in ambush at the west entrance."

"We must find a way to lure them away and let Vivi in." Zoro said.

"That's right, the situation is urgent and we can't let Baroque Studio waste time." Nami agreed.

"We'll work in groups of two, separately to attract them and make them leave the gate, and then Vivi will enter from the south gate to stop the rebels," Sanji suggested.

"We must wrap ourselves in cloaks so that they won't recognize us. Also, remember that the symbol on our left hands is a sign that represents that we are our own people," Nami added.

"If you find that someone coming to find you seems strange, be sure to ask him to show us our logo." Zoro warned, "Especially Vivi, they are very likely to disguise themselves as us to approach you."

"I see."

……

One hour before the decisive battle, the crew of Baroque Studio, who had been lying in ambush at the west gate, saw six people riding desert ducks and wearing cloaks rushing towards them at the entrance of the west gate.

"Asshole, you can't even tell which one is the princess!" Mr. 2 shouted angrily.

"We have to track them separately and not let the princess in!" said Mr.1.

Then the Baroque Studio crew members chased their opponents out of the gate, and Vivi ran into the city from the south gate after everyone from Baroque Studio left.

At the same time, Luffy, Odd, Robin and Bell also arrived at Alupana. Under the leadership of Robin, they soon saw the tied king on the cliff of the east gate, and there were no members of Baroque guarding him.

Bell quickly stepped forward and untied the tied king. The untied king looked at Nico Robin with a wary look on his face.

Qi noticed the king's distrustful look and hurriedly introduced himself, "Hello, King. I am Qi, and the man next to me is Luffy, the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates."

"Your Majesty, they are the pirates who escorted Princess Vivi back to Alabasta." Bell added in time.

"Your Majesty, we have household matters that require your help, but let us leave here together first!" Qi helped the king stand up.

"Uncle, we are going to the mausoleum!" Luffy said directly.

"What?" King Cobra was a little surprised. "Why are you going there?"

"Sorry, we need to hurry. Crocodile is almost here. This is our agreement with Nico Robin. Crocodile has buried a bomb in the palace. She will tell us the exact location of the bomb, but the requirement is to watch the historical text buried in the kingdom's tomb." Qi said quickly, "And Vivi is protected by our partners. They should have arrived safely in Aruba now."

"You don't have to worry about Nico Robin revealing anything to Crocodile." Qi saw the hesitation on the king's face, so he added, "She has already told us Crocodile's true purpose. He is after Pluto. Nico Robin said that she only wants to read the history in the historical text. She will not reveal any information about Pluto to Crocodile."

"You believe her?" Cobra asked in surprise. "I don't know what's on it, but once Crocodile knows the secret of Alabasta..."

"I believe she is a good person!!" Luffy said firmly, "Uncle, please take us there as soon as possible. I must beat Flying Crocodile!"

"In any case, the people must be more important to you than the historical text that has been hidden all along, right? Since it is engraved on the hard stone, it proves that it wants to be discovered." Qi said, "And I don't think the bomb planted by Crocodile is just a small bomb."

Robin's expression changed when he heard this, but he regained his composure in an instant.

"Okay, I'll take you there." The king said. Although he was still shocked by everything he heard, he didn't know why they knew so much about Alabasta, but he believed in Vivi's companions. "I believe you!"

Seeing that the king agreed, Robin kept his promise and revealed that "the bomb is in the clock tower of the square and will explode in the square at 4:30 pm."

"Bell, you stay here." Cobra said seriously, "Arrange people to search for the bomb, and make sure to stop the King's Army from fighting the rebels. The rebels are also the people of Alabasta, we must not kill each other!!"

"Yes!"

"Luffy, you go with Robin and the king." Qi looked at Luffy and said, "There should be no sand under the mausoleum, and Crocodile's fruit ability should be affected."

Luffy interrupted, "I will defeat Crocodile no matter what!"

Qi nodded, then left with Bell.