Luo Chen looked at Vivi, having already guessed what the kingdom's princess wanted to say.
Vivi's next words were just as he expected.
She hoped he could go to Alabasta again to deal with Crocodile.
Luo Chen remembered something.
He still had over two billion Beri hidden in Alabasta.
Although it had already been 'topped up', the money could still be spent.
And, he had promised Robin he would settle the score with Crocodile.
Some time ago, several Marine Vice Admirals had landed in Alabasta searching for him, which led to Baroque Works being exposed.
To clear his name, Crocodile had framed Robin for all the crimes of the Baroque Works organization.
By doing this, he barely managed to hold onto his Warlord title, avoiding being imprisoned in Impel Down like in the original story.
'Speaking of which, I have to make a trip to Alabasta,' Luo Chen said to himself.
He wondered if he should consider subjugating Crocodile.
'This man is not weak. In his youth, he fought Douglas Bullet to a draw. Two years later in the original story, Crocodile's bounty was as high as nearly 2 billion Beri. His strength is probably about the same as Kid, who was one-shot by Shanks.'
'Since I'm going, I'll just pack Crocodile up and take him with me. If he doesn't submit, I'll just kill him and control him with Impure World Reincarnation.'
Luo Chen made his decision and directly agreed to Princess Vivi's request.
Vivi's large eyes immediately reddened, and she thanked him gratefully.
She had been worried all this time that Crocodile would return to Alabasta.
The long-standing anxiety had put a lot of pressure on Vivi.
After witnessing Luo Chen's god-like power at Marineford, and now that he had promised to help her, the great stone in Vivi's heart finally fell.
She believed that with Luo Chen's strength, he would definitely, definitely be able to resolve the Crocodile issue.
With the matter settled, Luo Chen created a wood dragon.
He, Hancock, Nami, Robin, and Vivi all stood on it.
At the same time, the giant wood colossus floating on the sea reached out and grabbed the dragon's tail.
The wood dragon slowly ascended, leading everyone toward the Ark Maxim in the sky.
Luffy and the others on the Going Merry waved goodbye.
Sanji had just woken up from Chopper pressing his pressure point.
He opened his eyes only to see that peerlessly beautiful woman, Hancock, clinging shyly to Luo Chen's side.
Along with Nami, Robin, and Vivi, several beauties, she flew into the sky with Luo Chen.
Dealt this blow, Sanji's eyes rolled back again, and he passed out.
Chopper could only pinch his pressure point once more.
Zoro saw this and sneered mockingly.
Carina suddenly remembered something and quickly shouted, "Luo Chen, wait, there are two people we don't know how to handle!"
She said a few words to Luffy.
Luffy slapped his forehead, remembering something, and ran into the cabin.
A moment later, he ran out, grabbing a man and a woman.
Luffy's arm stretched, tossing the man and woman toward the wood dragon.
Luo Chen focused his gaze and was inevitably stunned.
It was actually Kalifa and Kaku.
'These two are still on the Straw Hats' ship?'
Robin explained from behind him:
"After they were captured at Water 7, they saw your clone."
"We were worried they would ruin your prison break plan, so we never dared to release them."
Luo Chen understood. He controlled the trees to catch Kalifa and Kaku.
The two looked ruddy and healthy, they were just bound by chains and had gags in their mouths.
Luo Chen didn't deal with them for the time being, piloting the wood dragon to land on the deck of the Ark Maxim.
After the wood colossus set down the cage imprisoning Aokiji and Kizaru, its body turned into ordinary trees and automatically fell into the sea.
Enel, Douglas Bullet, Shiryu, Byrnndi World, and the others looked at Luo Chen.
Douglas Bullet, in particular, had eyes full of fanatical fighting spirit.
"Don't be impatient. We'll fight after we get settled in the New World," Luo Chen placated him.
'Although I can win now, it won't be a crushing victory. That won't be enough to make Bullet submit. I need to wait until I've raised my strength again, then I'll fulfill my promise to fight him.'
Luo Chen scanned the crowd and smiled, "Our pirate crew is more or less assembled. Let's brainstorm and help me think of a name."
"For now, we'll use the Ark Maxim as the main ship."
"We can go to Water 7 later to modify it, make it more functional and more habitable."
The Ark Maxim was the giant ship Enel had spent a fortune on in Skypiea.
It could use lightning as an energy source to fly.
Luo Chen liked this point very much.
Therefore, he felt that modifying the Ark Maxim directly would be fine.
He absolutely had to keep its ability to fly.
'At the same time, I need to make its energy source not limited to lightning. I wonder if Iceburg can do that.'
'When it comes to understanding technology, Franky is definitely superior to his senior, Iceburg. But, Franky has already boarded the Straw Hat crew's ship.'
When Luo Chen left, Franky was repairing the second-floor cabin of the Going Merry and didn't even have time to talk to him.
'I'll send a clone with Enel and the others to Water 7 to check it out. If that doesn't work, I'll find Vegapunk or other scientists in the future to modify it.'
Luo Chen thought about his plan.
Enel said, "The Ark Maxim is the result of my many years of work. I have no objection to modifying it, but the pirate crew's name must have the word 'God' in it, like the 'Thunder God Pirates'."
'Why not just call it the Enel Pirates?'
Luo Chen complained in his heart, saying irritably:
"We'll talk about that later. Before you go to Water 7, you first lead the way back to Skypiea and load up all the unsold gold."
Enel had brought his four Priests for the Summit War.
The business of selling Skypiea's gold was thus put on hold.
The remaining gold was estimated to be around seventy billion.
Luo Chen planned to take it to the New World to continue selling.
With a thought, he created a Wood Style clone to stay on the Ark Maxim and manage the situation.
Enel, Bullet, Shiryu of the Rain—these were all lawless madmen.
If he didn't leave a clone to restrain them, there was no telling what trouble they might cause.
Moreover, Aokiji and Kizaru would be temporarily held on the Ark Maxim.
If he didn't leave a clone, he was worried about accidents.
Luo Chen's main body, along with Hancock, Nami, and the other women, once again boarded the wood dragon and flew into the distance.
Shiryu gazed into the distance, a teasing smile on his face: "The Captain's luck with women is quite good."
Enel pouted. "Ordering this god around while he goes off to enjoy himself."
However, seeing Luo Chen's clone look over, he still released lightning from his hands, piloting the Ark Maxim to fly toward Skypiea.
...
On the wood dragon's back, Luo Chen tore off the chains on Kalifa and Kaku and pulled the gags from their mouths.
"I'll find a random island to drop you off, and then you can go."
"Do you need travel money?" He took some of the 'topped up' Beri from his Kamui dimension.
Kaku and Kalifa stared at the Beri, a bit stunned.
While imprisoned on the Going Merry, they had witnessed Luo Chen's performance during the war.
It was hard to imagine that this terrifying man, who had broken out of Impel Down and summoned meteors to sink Marine Headquarters, would actually be kind enough to give them travel money.
Kaku looked at Luo Chen warily and silently accepted the Beri.
Kalifa suddenly said, "Mr. Luo Chen, I've been missing for so long, I've definitely been fired by Mayor Iceburg. Can you let me stay and work by your side?"
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