Then, grabbing the frog's ear, he said:
"Hey, you should know the way to town, right? Don't try anything funny, or I'll hand you over to that stinky cook!"
The green frog, on the verge of tears, nodded helplessly.
Zoro climbed straight on, wanting to invite Usopp to join him.
Usopp refused directly.
Seeing this, Zoro patted the frog's head, and the frog darted off far away.
Usopp couldn't keep up, so to avoid getting lost, Usopp finally had to give in.
He climbed on as well, heading towards the town center with Zoro.
…
On the other side, in the town, Raynor and the others searched for a long time.
But they still didn't see any sign of them. With no other choice, Sanji discussed it with Raynor, and they decided it would be better to go back and get more people.
Searching like this aimlessly might not yield any results even by tomorrow.
Raynor and the others headed straight towards the Going Merry.
But when they got back to the Merry, they only saw Nami standing at the bow, waving at them.
Sanji said with a guilty look:
"Nami, I'm really sorry. That Zoro guy, I don't know where he ran off to. I came back to ask everyone to come with me to find him."
Hearing this, a look of confusion appeared on Nami's face.
Then she pointed to Zoro, who was leaning against the mast, snoring loudly, and said:
"But Zoro already came back a long time ago. It's you guys, where did you go?"
Hearing this, the four of them were thunderstruck, and they moved their necks with difficulty to look at Zoro's position.
Next to him stood a green frog.
As if also sensing Raynor and the others returning, Zoro tilted his head to look at them, his expression serious, and said:
"Hey, did you guys get lost? We've been waiting for you for ages."
As soon as these words came out, the four of them were petrified on the spot.
Then they all said in unison:
"You have no right to say that!"
Saying that, the group got on the ship, fuming.
Sanji then looked at the standing frog and said:
"Hey, Zoro, is this the food you caught?"
Hearing this, Zoro opened one eye, then closed it again and said:
"This frog seemed lost, so I kindly brought him back."
As soon as these words came out, Sanji's face stretched out long.
"You stinky swordsman, get up and say that again!"
Hearing this, Zoro stood up directly, head to head with Sanji.
"What, is it wrong to say someone is lost?"
The two of them were burning with anger, neither willing to give in.
Seeing this, Raynor couldn't help but shake his head; these two guys were really childish.
Then, Raynor turned to look at Luffy.
At this time, Luffy aimed the cat robot at Raynor.
Then the cat robot transformed into Raynor's appearance.
Then Luffy punched it away, clenching his fists and roaring to the sky.
"The strongest on this ship is me!"
Seeing this, Raynor couldn't bear it anymore, punched Luffy to the ground, and then picked up the transforming robot.
Luffy weakly stretched out a hand from behind.
"Sorry…"
Soon, it was noon, and Sanji made a lavish lunch for everyone.
Including Zoro, who he had just had a conflict with.
During the meal, Nami said directly:
"Now that we've bought almost enough supplies, next, we must consider how to advance into Alabasta, otherwise, we won't be able to help Vivi at all."
Hearing this, everyone fell into thought. Luffy let out a breath of air, then punched his palm and said:
"Take me to Crocodile, I'm going to knock him away!"
Hearing this, everyone was silent, looking at Vivi, because now, the one with the most say was Vivi.
Seeing everyone looking at her, Vivi was silent for a moment, then said:
"According to the latest news, the rebel army has already reached the oasis area."
"And if we go around the border, and go another twenty miles, we can intercept them in the middle!"
Speaking to here, Vivi lowered her head, then looked at Raynor. Here, only Raynor had the most say.
Because also only Raynor can be taken as the main fighting force, to fight with Crocodile, and they are only there to watch.
Vivi looked at Raynor, and said straight to him:
"I wonder, Mr. Raynor, do you have any better methods?"
Hearing this, Raynor pointed to the clearly marked grid map.
Then he pointed to the Alabasta palace and said:
"We should go straight to the Alabasta palace, and there, defeat Crocodile, and reveal Crocodile's crimes."
"The rebel army's whereabouts are uncertain, and even if we catch up with them, we might not be able to persuade them."
"Instead of trying so hard for nothing, it's better to go straight to the Alabasta palace, directly defeat Crocodile, and save Alabasta from the fire and water!"
Even though making the truth public could complete the mission and get a reward, he couldn't go against his conscience and say such an upside-down thing.
Even if they arrived at the Alabasta palace in the end, they could still make the truth public.
He could still get the reward then, he wasn't in a hurry for that moment.
But Vivi's face now looked ugly, she bit her lower lip tightly, and tears were welling up in her eyes.
"But, the rebel army will soon be fighting with the royal army. If we don't stop the rebel army, it will definitely cause a lot of casualties."
"I don't want them to make such innocent sacrifices."
Hearing this, Luffy's face darkened.
He didn't say anything, just feeling that something was a little off.
Raynor pressed down on the brim of his hat and said directly:
"War, it's impossible for no one to die."
Hearing this, a look of pain appeared in Vivi's eyes.
"But this war could have been avoided in the first place, why does there need to be bloodshed?"
"The people of Alabasta used to love the king so much, but now they have to fight with the royal army, isn't that very cruel?!"
As soon as the words fell, before Raynor could speak, Luffy slammed his hand on the deck.
"You're so annoying, Vivi. Raynor is right, war has to have dead people. Since people have to die anyway, why not go straight for the main target from the start?"
"Only by knocking away Crocodile can we fundamentally solve this war, right?!"
Hearing this, Nami clenched her fist, looked at Luffy, and scolded:
"Hey, Luffy, you're going too far. How can you talk to Vivi like that!"
Nami had just said this when Sanji reached out a hand to stop Nami.
"Nami, this time Luffy is right. What caused this scene in the Alabasta kingdom wasn't any rebel army, but the real culprit, Crocodile!"
"War, people are going to die, after all, this isn't a game."
Hearing this, Vivi knelt helplessly on the ground, tears streaming from her eyes.
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