The pineapple head who just put away the permanent pointer is a man with a dagger on his waist and a tattoo on his chest. His name is Marco, nicknamed "Phoenix".
He is also somewhat famous in the New World, and is the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' First Division.
Standing behind him was a dark-skinned, burly man, wearing armor and with an angry look on his face.
"Diamond" Jozi, captain of the third division of the Whitebeard Pirates.
"Marco, I still don't believe that Crocodile would tell us such important information. He is my father's enemy and there is no way he would be so kind." Joz said to Marco.
"The redhead just came to visit dad, and something happened to Ace right away. I think there must be a conspiracy."
"His behavior does arouse suspicion, but..."
Marco opened his palm, which was a piece of life paper that was nearly half burned.
"Ace is indeed being held here."
Marco observed the life paper carefully, "Although Ace was injured, it was not particularly serious. With his physique, he can become more active again with a simple treatment."
"But Crocodile is my father's enemy after all, and he is still the Shichibukai. You must pay more attention when you see him later."
"Pulu Pulu Polo..."
Marco took out the phone bug from his arms, and the phone bug instantly turned into an image with a horizontal scar on his face.
"Hey, are you here?"
"We've arrived, Crocodile." Marco said to the phone bug, "Where are you keeping Ace?"
"You mean Ace, I don't know now."
"What? Are you kidding us?" Joz yelled at the phone bug.
"I don't mean to make fun of you, but there is a rebellion in the Kingdom of Alabasta, and I have nothing to do. Ha, ha, ha, ha." The phone bug said with a smile.
"You guy..."
"Of course, I still have some clues. Come to Albana and find a navy man named Annan. He should know where Ace is."
………………
In the palace, Crocodile put away the phone bug.
"In order to deal with us, you actually brought the Japanese... and the Whitebeard Pirates here?"
Annan looked gloomy and stared at Crocodile.
"It's really... cunning."
"I would rather call it thoughtful than cunning."
Crocodile chewed his cigar and slowly wiped the hook on his left hand.
"When I first met you, I thought you would be the most difficult enemy, so I specially designed your own opponent."
"Looks like you're in trouble."
Esdeath jumped down and walked to Annan's side.
"Do you need me to help you solve it?"
Annan stared at Crocodile several times and curled his lips.
"We still don't know who from the Whitebeard Pirates are here. I'd better go there by myself. If I can't deal with it, it's not too late for you to go over."
"Okay." Esdeath nodded, "Collude with the pirates, I can catch them all now."
"There's no rush." Annan's eyes flashed red, "The most important thing now is to stop the war. I'll go outside the city first. You can see if you can get them to stop the war, and then you can do whatever you want."
After that, Annan walked away.
During the conversation in the palace, in order to prevent the war, Weiwei had asked the royal army outside to raise the white flag. Under the order of the leader of the rebel army, Kosha, the rebel army also stopped attacking.
The armies of both sides were facing each other inexplicably, and the war seemed to have stopped.
At this moment, several cold shots hit Kosha in the chest.
The white flag then fell to the ground.
"Mr. Kosha!!!"
"Why did you attack Mr. Kosha!"
"There is an ambush, the damn King's Army!!"
Seeing the leader being attacked, the rebels immediately became confused. The members of the Baroque Working Group lurking inside both sides sneered a few times, lowered their smoking muzzles, and retreated to hide in the crowd.
"Innocent Princess Weiwei, the war... will not stop so easily."
Crocodile looked at Weiwei who was shouting loudly on the high platform with disdain in his eyes, gathered a small sandstorm in his hand, and threw it upward.
"Shalan!"
A sandstorm formed over the palace, getting bigger and bigger, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a huge sandstorm that enveloped the entire city.
"Damn it, why did a sandstorm suddenly blow up?!"
"What's going on with this sandstorm?"
"I can't see in front of me!"
Both sides were shrouded in sand and dust, and each other was unaware of the situation on the other side.
At the same time, gunfire continued from both sides, and every time someone was shot, someone fell to the ground.
"What surrender? Is this the style of the King's Army? Damn it...attack the King's Army!!!"
"No! Please, stop, don't fight anymore!"
Weiwei looked at the king's army and the rebel army who were fighting each other again below. Although she was shouting at the top of her lungs, she still did not affect the chaos below.
"What did you do, Crocodile!" Weiwei turned around and asked.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Crocodile smiled ferociously and disappeared in an instant. The next moment he appeared in front of Weiwei, grabbed Weiwei's neck with one hand and lifted her up.
"Ugh..." Weiwei grabbed Crocodile's arm with both hands and struggled desperately.
"Wake up, Princess, your ideal of saving the country is too unrealistic."
Crocodile said calmly.
"Ah... Huh... Huh... It doesn't matter if it's unrealistic... I will never give up my ideal!" Weiwei already felt difficulty breathing.
"Oh, you stupid girl, in this ocean, only those with strength can talk about 'ideals'!!"
Crocodile bit his cigar and said disdainfully.
"There are still fifteen minutes left before the bombardment of the square, and reinforcements from the rebel army are still coming in a steady stream. They don't know that they are here to die. They are all gathered together and blown up to death... It is really pitiful.
"
"If you had just told them that a bomb was about to explode here, hundreds of thousands of lives would have escaped no matter how chaotic it was...and now, they are all going to die in the explosion. Who is to blame? Of course it is you."
Crocodile grinned.
"The idea of saving everyone is a bit too naive! As I speak, do you know how many people will die? Dozens? Hundreds? Or tens of thousands?"
"Whether it's about stopping the rebellion or saving the country, for your boring ideal, it will only lead to more unnecessary victims."
"The so-called ideal is a reality that can only be discussed by those who have the strength at the same time! But you are not worthy of talking about ideals at all."
"No matter what you do, the final result is that your favorite country will perish, and your favorite citizens will also be destroyed!"
"Everyone in this country has been ridiculously stupid throughout."
"You alone can't save this country! Princess Weiwei."
Crocodile said with a cruel smile.
"Woohoo..." Weiwei bit her lip, tears falling from the corners of her eyes.
"Hey, after you finish your big talk, put that little girl down. Look, you scared her to tears."