Luffy Died When He Set Sail, And At The Beginning, I Become The Sun God?

After catching its prey, a cat usually plays around with it, treating the prey as a toy.

Crocodile was extremely angry. He knew that he was now being treated as a toy on the spot.

This kid had the power to defeat him in the first move.

With advanced Armament Haki, once he used a technique that caused internal damage, it would be enough to crush his internal organs.

"Don't be too arrogant, lowly pirate!"

Crocodile staggered to his feet, raising his hand to wipe away the blood from the corner of his mouth, his face gloomy.

"You, in your current state, dare to call others lowly pirates?"

Luffy was not only not angry, but he even wanted to laugh.

The only place this guy could show off was his mouth.

"Do you know, Crocodile, there is a very interesting behavior in psychology." Luffy remained calm and approached the other person slowly. "The words that are unconsciously spoken when someone's defenses are broken are often the ones that hurt themselves the most.

The person who insults others naively believes that the words that hurt them the most can also hurt others equally.

In the online flame wars of the past, whenever someone's defenses were broken, this kind of spectacle could often be seen.

"It's you who is arrogant, Crocodile. Deep down, you believe that you are a lowly pirate, no, you are afraid of being called a lowly pirate by others."

With this analysis, Luffy suddenly discovered a blind spot and asked with great interest,

"Who insulted you before? Who hurt you?"

Lies don't hurt, the truth does!

Crocodile's temples throbbed.

The pain he felt from being hit just now was only physical, but these few words felt like a sharp blade piercing his heart.

"It seems like you really want to die!"

His voice was cold. He pressed his right hand against the ground and launched his ultimate move without hesitation.

"Erosion Reincarnation!"

Having established an underground tomb for at least eight hundred years, at this moment, the power of the sandstorm began to spread from the ground his palm touched.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The earth shook and the mountains trembled.

The power to turn heavy walls and pillars into sand, even pulverizing rocks, turned everything around into a world of sand.

Sand, that was his reign!

"Desert King's Treasure Sword!"

In the next moment, Crocodile swung his right arm forcefully.

The desert-like ground suddenly began to flow, as if there was something beneath the sand. In an instant, it shot out and transformed into a huge sand blade, approaching Luffy.

Not only did it possess the power to cut through steel, but it could also instantly turn any object it touched into sand.

Nothing is invincible!

However, Luffy simply extended his hand and easily blocked the sand blade.

"Attacks like this can be easily suppressed with just one hand. Is there anything new?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Luffy's five fingers suddenly clenched.

With a loud bang, he crushed the sand blade in his hand.

Desert Great Sword!"

Crocodile's body suddenly disintegrated into sand, merging with the surrounding sand.

Immediately, the sand under Luffy's feet bound his ankles tightly, like a black hole.

At the same time, the flowing sand in the surrounding area turned into four sharp blades, converging from the front, back, left, and right directions to attack Luffy in the center.

The move that cut Akainu in half from the top?

The attack speed was very fast, but that was all.

With a slight movement, Luffy easily broke free from the restraints. The four desert great swords converged together, but they had already lost their target.

Underground tomb.

Above.

The ground suddenly turned into sand, quickly condensing into the form of Crocodile.

The cigar in his mouth had already been knocked away by Luffy, and his face was covered in blood as he covered his wounds and tried to escape.

"Damn brat... You're really tough! That move just now probably won't work, at most it can only hold him back for a few seconds!"

Fight? Can't win.

In the moment Luffy displayed his advanced armament haki, Crocodile understood.

With his current strength, he couldn't possibly win.

Unless he went back 20 years ago, when he was still a spirited newcomer, maybe then he could have a showdown.

But over the years, Haki's neglect has caused his strength to decline.

Bullying those who don't possess Busoshoku Haki is one thing, but going up against Straw Hat Luffy, who has mastered advanced Busoshoku Haki, he wouldn't stand a chance even after a hundred fights.

Alabasta is no longer a place to stay.

"Pluton... Could it really be in Wano Country?"

That place is Four Emperors Kaido's territory. It seems necessary to infiltrate and investigate.

Contemplating his next move, Crocodile gasped for breath and quickly fled the tomb.

However, just as the exit was within sight, a figure flashed before him, and Straw Hat Luffy appeared.

"Do you really think you can escape?"

Luffy's mouth curled into a mocking smile.

Playing cat and mouse, it would be a joke if the mouse managed to escape.

Crocodile paused, his face turning ugly.

Just then, a sound came from not far away.

"Even if I bet my Marine uniform, I won't let you get away, Fire Fist Ace!"

It was a female voice.

Luffy glanced sideways.

Ace was quickly running towards them, shouting as he ran,

"Luffy, there you are! I found you!"

Then, he saw Crocodile and grinned.

"It seems I'm not late. Step aside, Luffy. I'll take care of this guy! Consider it a welcome gift for my sister-in-law!"

Sister-in-law?

Luffy was momentarily stunned. Was he talking about Vivi?

"Fire Fist!"

Ace leaped into the air and landed a powerful punch with his right fist, creating a massive flaming fist that descended upon Crocodile.

Boom!!

In an instant, the flames that fell from the sky engulfed the surroundings in a blaze.

"Ace, this is someone's grave. Are you going to disturb Vivi's family tomb?" Luffy looked helpless.

Lightly falling in front of him, Ace raised his head and adjusted the smiley face and crying face hat on his head. He grinned and said, "Let's switch opponents, I'll leave that Marine to you! Don't worry, I'll leave him alive!"

Even in his prime state, Crocodile probably wouldn't be a match for Ace, let alone now that he's heavily injured. After all, Ace has Conqueror's Haki.

Of course, like Crocodile, Ace also has a flaw of relying too much on his Devil Fruit power and not focusing enough on Haki.

Shaking his head, Luffy turned around and faced the Marines.

The two brothers stood back to back, each dealing with their own opponents.

"Straw Hat Luffy!"

Hina quickly ran over and when she saw Luffy, her expression wasn't very good.

As the grandson of Vice Admiral Garp, she was only allowed to capture him.

She didn't want to get entangled with someone like him, she just wanted to arrest Ace.

"Shave!"

Her figure flashed and suddenly accelerated, trying to pass Luffy.

However, Luffy was faster than her.

In the midst of his movement, he intercepted her with the same high-speed movement.

"Don't get in the way, Marine."

Luffy swept his leg.

Hina's expression changed, she crossed her hands in front of her chest, and then she felt a tremendous force in her arms, and was instantly kicked back.

Flying backwards, she hadn't landed yet.

With a swoosh, Luffy had already caught up, grabbed her wrist forcefully, and then suddenly twisted it, changing her posture from facing the ground to facing the sky.

The next moment.

Bang!

The two landed, Luffy held onto her wrist, and at the same time, he sat on her back.

"Black Cage Hina?"

Luffy recognized this female colonel, a contemporary of Smoker, a top student.

"Sengoku sent you?"

Hina's hands were bound, her body was pinned down, and she couldn't move at all.

"What is your purpose with Fire Fist Ace?"

"Just sending a Colonel over, you guys really underestimate Crocodile."

Luffy was too weak to retort.

Even if it's for investigating evidence, they should at least send a Vice Admiral.

He doesn't consider Crocodile as a person because he can beat him easily.

A mere Colonel like you would probably be taken out by Crocodile in an instant.

Compared to the real monsters on the sea, being one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he's not that impressive, but compared to these Marine Colonels, he's invincible.

Deep down, he immediately sensed Hina's desire to resist, so he twisted her wrist, causing her to cry out in pain.

"Don't move, I know your ability, you can turn any part of your body into iron bars."

Luffy spoke casually.

As he spoke, he stood up and pulled Hina up from the ground.

It hurts!

Hina gritted her teeth in pain.

"You have seastone handcuffs, right?"

Saying that, Luffy felt around her, but didn't find any.

It makes sense.

This woman is a Devil Fruit user herself, so it's unlikely she would carry seastone with her.

"What do you want to do?" Hina asked through gritted teeth, feeling humiliated.

"Take me to get them!"

Ignoring the battle between Ace and Crocodile for now, Luffy led Hina out of the palace.

As a Marine Colonel, of course, he couldn't go without a soldier.

At the temporary Marine base outside the palace, Luffy successfully obtained two pairs of seastone handcuffs from Hina's subordinates.

These things are specifically used to deal with Devil Fruit users and are controlled items of the World Government. They are not easy to obtain in places other than the Marines.

Seastone, this kind of thing, is only produced in the waters near Wano Country.

The majority of Marine's seastone is obtained from the World Government, and the government, in turn, trades with Kaido.

Amazing, isn't it?

The Four Emperors and the World Government are trading.

Even though they are in a hostile position, this world is just that real.

Having obtained what he wanted, Luffy released Hina, not interested in getting too involved with her, and immediately returned to the palace.

"Colonel Hina!" Her subordinates immediately surrounded her.

Hina moved her sore wrists and stared at Luffy as he walked away.

"Do you want to take action, Colonel?" one of her subordinates angrily suggested.

"Are you an idiot?"

Hina glanced at him and took out a cigarette, lighting it.

She calmly started thinking.

This guy took the seastone handcuffs, probably to deal with Crocodile.

If Crocodile is taken care of by these two pirates, what about her mission?

Her mission is to investigate the criminal evidence against Crocodile, preferably directly from Princess Vivi.

If Crocodile is taken care of, it seems like her actions would be meaningless.

"Bring me the Den Den Mushi."

With this in mind, Hina immediately dialed the contact number for the Naval Headquarters.

Admiral? It's me, Hina.

The battle that erupted in the palace didn't last long.

Crocodile, who was heavily injured, was no match for Ace and was easily defeated.

Luffy used the newly acquired seastone handcuffs to handcuff the unconscious Crocodile.

Of course, there was also another ability user, Mr. 2 Bentham.

The old Yamato brothers were going to be in perfect order.

They also took the opportunity to clear out the Baroque Works spies lurking in the palace.

On the other side...

Robin, who didn't die, also gave up on the idea of dying.

Together with Vivi, they rescued King Cobra from the underground tomb.

After drinking the water given by Robin, Cobra began to recover from his mummified state, but his injuries would take some time to heal.

At this time, it was a little after 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

In the banquet hall of the royal palace.

Cobra prepared a sumptuous feast to entertain Luffy and the others.

Luffy, who hadn't eaten anything all day, naturally didn't hold back.

"Luffy, Captain, here's your hat." Robin, also at the table, returned the straw hat to Luffy.

She still found it a bit unbelievable that she, who was clearly the vice president of Baroque Works and the capable subordinate of the mastermind behind the plot to take over the country, was now being treated as an honored guest by the king.

As for that mastermind, Crocodile, he was currently locked up in a cell with Mr. 2.

"Monkey D. Luffy, Portgas D. Ace..."

Cobra solemnly thanked the two of them, "Thank you for your great help. If it weren't for you, I don't know what would have happened to this country."

Pausing for a moment, he added, "And thank you for protecting my daughter all the way, Mr. Luffy."

He had already learned everything from Vivi.

"Verbal thanks are worthless. Vivi ate two of my Devil Fruits, remember to pay up."

"Hahaha, of course." Cobra nodded with a smile. "I will definitely prepare enough compensation and gratitude."

"One billion for each Devil Fruit, and for resolving the crisis of the country's destruction, let's say ten billion, a total of twelve billion per day."

Cobra's smile froze.

Twelve billion berries!?

In the past, this amount of money would have been nothing.

But now, because of what Crocodile had done, the people in the country were suffering, and rebellions were breaking out everywhere.

He hadn't even paid the military expenses of the royal army for half a year.

"Hahaha."

Ace couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Truly worthy of Luffy, asking his father-in-law for money without any hesitation.

"What are you laughing at, Ace?"

"No... nothing."

Ace grinned, his smile unchanged. Suddenly, he remembered something and took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket, handing it to Luffy, saying,

"Here, this is for you."

"A Life Card?"

"You know about it, that makes it easier. Luffy, this Life Card will guide us to meet again."

Having eaten his fill, Ace stood up and said, "The matters here are resolved. Next, I'm going to find a traitor. The person who killed our comrades on the ship, I must bring him back."

Upon hearing this, Luffy's chewing motion paused slightly.

He's going to go hand over someone's head to Blackbeard.

Well, it's not entirely accurate to say that.

With Ace's strength, even if he can't defeat Blackbeard, he should be able to escape if he wants to.

However, in the original story, Ace heard about Blackbeard's intention to capture Luffy, so he insisted on confronting him for the safety of his younger brother.

And now, Blackbeard has a bounty of 71 million berries, specifically for capturing him alive.

It's highly likely that Blackbeard has set his sights on Ace.

The outcome probably won't be any different.

"Don't go, you can't beat him," Luffy casually tried to stop him.

"Hmm?"

Ace raised an eyebrow, "What are you saying, Luffy?"

"The person you want to pursue is called Blackbeard, right? I heard Shanks mention him before. This guy was already formidable back then, leaving three scars on Shanks' face."

"Luffy, you have your own adventures, and I have mine. But this person, no matter what, I must bring him back. Don't stop me!"

Ace's tone was unusually serious.

Since he put it that way, Luffy couldn't do anything about it.

Should he break his legs or something?

In the banquet hall, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

The others fell silent.

Cobra, Vivi, Robin, one by one, they dared not speak.

Could they end up fighting?

Vivi nervously wondered...