"So the Marine is actually this kind of face? I knew long ago that there was nothing good in the Marine."
"If it wasn't for the Shichibukai Lord Crocodile to save us, I'm afraid we would have been dead for sure."
"Despicable Marine, we will definitely complain about you!"
Maledictions rang out from the crowd one after another.
Bastille's expression couldn't help but change. He had originally planned to expose Crocodile's true face of self-directing and acting as a hero in public.
He never expected that he would be turned against at this critical moment.
Watching the scene in front of him, Crocodile secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Everyone, please be calm. Since the Marine Headquarters has this kind of person, as a Shichibukai, I also have the right to supervise. I will call the Marine Headquarters later to let them thoroughly investigate this matter."
"However, Bastille, I still plan to advise you now to leave Alabasta immediately. This is not a place you can set foot in."
Speaking of this, Crocodile looked at Bastille coldly.
If it wasn't for the fact that he didn't know if there were any Marine's eyes and ears nearby, and watching the pitch-black Armament Haki on Bastille's body, Crocodile didn't have much confidence that he could take him down in one encounter.
After all, when he was invited to become a Shichibukai, Bastille had followed Zephyr.
Crocodile still knew a little about his face and the strength of his strength.
"What a trick of calling a deer a horse!" Bastille met Crocodile's gaze and said, "I didn't expect you to plan to encroach on Alabasta, just like the teacher guessed."
"However, don't think that this plan is foolproof. These people may be bewitched by you, but soon the teacher will tear off your mask. At that time, I will personally arrest you and send you to the Judiciary Island for trial."
After leaving these words, Bastille didn't stay any longer and directly turned around and left.
Under Kai, the first thing he learned wasn't Haki or any martial arts.
Instead, it was to judge the difference in strength between the enemy and himself.
In the original work, the Shichibukai Crocodile seemed a little weak.
However, if it wasn't for Luffy's protagonist halo, he would have been killed by the plot.
The people who would have died would probably have been the Straw Hat crew.
Faced with Crocodile, who was a Shichibukai and had the power of the Logia-type Suna Suna no Mi, Bastille clearly knew that he couldn't defeat him with his own strength.
What's more, the task that Kai had given him was only to collect evidence of Crocodile's encroachment on Alabasta.
The battle was still left to Kai.
Watching Bastille, who had turned around and left cleanly, Crocodile couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
In his memory, Bastille was like the former Marine Admiral, Black Arm Zephyr. He belonged to the stubborn type.
He also liked to hang justice on his lips all day long.
He never expected that he would leave after a round of verbal attacks.
This result subverted Crocodile's cognition.
However, thinking that that old undead Zephyr might appear in Alabasta, Crocodile's eyebrows couldn't help but furrow.
After taking another look at Bastille, he suddenly turned into sky-filled yellow sand and disappeared in place.
He now urgently wanted to go back and find Nico Robin to find out if she had grasped any traces of other Marines setting foot in Alabasta.
Bang! The door of the huge conference room was directly crashed open by Crocodile. The documents that should have been placed on the table were also blown away by the sand.
Watching the deathly silence, the conference room that didn't even have half a person in it, Crocodile's face suddenly turned gloomy.
In his memory, Nico Robin, as his tool for manipulating Baroque Works, rarely left here.
If there was really something that couldn't be solved, she would only ask Mr. 1 to take action to solve it.
Now that she had suddenly disappeared, it made Crocodile smell a trace of something unusual.
He quickly turned his hand and took out the Den Den Mushi that was used to contact Mr. 1.
However, before Crocodile could dial, a Den Den Mushi prompt suddenly rang out.
"Crocodile. Lord. Please escape. Quickly."
The familiar words were transmitted intermittently in the Den Den Mushi.
They echoed in the deathly silent conference room and couldn't be dispelled for a long time.
Faced with this sudden scene, Crocodile's expression couldn't help but be stunned. He stared at the Den Den Mushi with a face full of disbelief.
It could be said that in his eyes, in the huge Baroque Works, apart from Nico Robin, the woman who could interpret the world's Poneglyphs, the most important was Mr. 1.
As for the others, in Crocodile's eyes, it was just that they had died.
Now, the person he valued the most was suddenly telling him to escape quickly.
He was the dignified Shichibukai Crocodile. When had he ever heard of this kind of ridiculous joke?
"Moshi Moshi, I'm Sengoku!" The voice of the Den Den Mushi suddenly rang out.
Watching the Den Den Mushi that was placed on the table, which was originally in charge of the Marine Shichibukai Summoning, Crocodile's expression sank. He still decided to answer it once.
"I'm Crocodile. Long time no see, Fleet Admiral Sengoku."
As the voice dissipated, there was a brief silence on the other end of the Den Den Mushi. It was probably obvious that they hadn't expected Crocodile to appear.
"Crocodile, I'm very happy to be able to hear your voice, instead of someone else to perfunctorily answer me." Sengoku cleared his throat and said, "You should know about the Shichibukai Summoning Order!"
"As a member of the Shichibukai, you should have not helped the World Government and the Marine Headquarters complete a mission for three years, so I hope that you will come to assist this time and encircle the World Destroyer Byrnndi World!"
As the Fleet Admiral of the Marine Headquarters, Sengoku's confidence was not comparable to ordinary people.
He directly went straight to the point as soon as he opened his mouth.
Crocodile had been holding back a belly full of anger. His expression sank and he snorted coldly, "Sengoku, are you mistaken about something?"
"Is it because I refused to carry out the Summoning Order last time that you specially let that retired old man Zephyr run to Alabasta to pester me?"
"Don't forget that once this matter spreads out, what will the other Shichibukai think? At that time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to end this."
The awe-inspiring words had a compelling taste.
Faced with the brief silence on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Crocodile was planning to prepare for the next wave of verbal attacks.
The reply that came next, however, made him dumbfounded in place.
"Crocodile, what nonsense are you talking about? How would that old guy Zephyr have the time to serve you?"
"Don't take yourself too seriously in front of Zephyr. I can't even invite him, let alone you."
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