In addition to being a Shichibukai, Crocodile earned the title of Hero of Alabasta by protecting the country from many pirates.
If Crocodile is the leader of Baroque Works who is behind the country's problems, few civilians in the country would believe it.
"We have to notify the Navy," Viví said.
The Shichibukai were appointed by the world government, so the marines could help, Viví thought.
"It won't do any good," Kozue said, shaking her head.
"The world government doesn't care what the Shichibukai do as long as they follow its orders."
"Even if they start investigating, they won't do anything without proof because they have to show their faces to the other Shichibukai."
"Crocodile just needs to deny everything and the world government will do nothing."
Vivi opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but Kozue's words were reasonable and she remembered her father's words about world government, so she believed that would happen.
"But Crocodile has my father!"
"Don't worry, princess, that's why I said I'll go face Crocodile."
"I'll bring your father in a moment," Kozue said.
Vivi nodded and smiled gratefully, but quickly showed her concern.
"Won't you get into trouble with the world government?"
Kozue shook her head and said.
"I won't do it"
"The world government will just choose another pirate to fill the missing spot."
"Even if they aim at me, I don't care," Kozue finished.
Just as Vivi was about to say something, the door was opened by a servant who ran in bearing bad news.
"Princess, bad news!"
"A rebel group has emerged and is fighting the army!"
At the servant's words, Kozue and Vivi looked at each other and knew that this was Crocodile's work.
Alarmed, they left the place and moments later met Igaram, who told them what had happened.
After it was revealed that the king was replaced by your imposter, the army was ordered to disregard previous orders and return to their previous posts.
But something bad happened.
Throughout the army, some soldiers acted on their own volition and murdered many people.
It was a great coincidence that these people had friends or relatives who belonged to the rebel group.
Right now, all over the country, the army was fighting the rebels and dozens of people were dying every minute.
"I'll go find Crocodile," Kozue said because that's the only thing she could do now.
It would take a lot of time to travel to every city in the kingdom and stop the war, plus it was useless if they didn't stop Crocodile.
Viví could only watch the young man leave and hope that he would get his father back.
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CROCODILE
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"
Crocodile's scream was heard throughout the base when Mr. 1 told him about Mr. 2's capture through a snail.
Mr. 1 was the only one other than Nico Robin who knew his identity, so after Nico Robin's capture, Mr. 1 was now the one who passed on the organization's messages to him.
Speaking of Nico Robin, the spies he sent to Kozue Ishihara's mall managed to take pictures of the woman strolling around without a care in the world, so Crocodile was at ease for now knowing that his poneglyph reading tool was alive.
After dealing with Kozue Ishihara he would take her back.
As he was a Shichibukai, he couldn't act without others paying attention, so it was easy for the world government to find out about Nico Robin if he was going to get her back.
Pere Pere Pere Pere Pere
That's why he thought of another solution and that solution I call it now.
I hung up on Mr. 1 and the snail that was ringing answered.
Captcha
"It's ready, but it came out differently than what you asked for," said the voice through the snail.
"What happened?" asked Crocodile.
"You asked me to send a team or a tool that can deal with this space-type Devil Fruit user, but the fleet admiral… decided to send Admiral Kizaru."
"Whaaaaat?!"
"I told you to label him as just a thief with a space-type Devil Fruit ability, so he doesn't attract more attention!" Crocodile shouted.
Not knowing how to capture Kozue Ishihara, Crocodile came up with the idea of asking the navy for help.
After all, the navy has spent hundreds of years capturing pirates with various skills, and they should have a way to catch someone like Kozue.
Having spent many years in Alabasta, he already had his hands on the various marines in charge of the nearest branches of the navy.
But to avoid attracting too much attention from the Navy, he ordered one of them to accuse Ishihara Kozue of theft.
That way, the Navy won't interfere too much.
But it seems he was wrong.
The Navy decided to send a damn admiral.
Crocodile broke out in a cold sweat because he knew he was no match for an admiral, so he had to keep a low profile.
For now, their manipulations to cause a war are over, and now all that remains is to wait for the war to end.
It was lucky he ordered this before Mr. 2 was discovered.
If Cobra's replacement was widely known, the rebels might doubt the murders of their comrades and family members.
After the admiral takes or kills Kozue Ishihara, he will recover Nico Robin, go out to quell the rebellion and take control of the country.
"...It seems that this guy's ability caught the attention of the world government, so they ordered his immediate capture."
"That's why the Fleet Admiral sent Admiral Kizaru," the marine in charge of the nearest branch finished, and shortly after he said goodbye.
Crocodile sighed and put the snail away.
Cloak Cloak Cloak Cloak
Suddenly, he heard the rain start to fall and clicked his teeth.
In addition to his weakness for the sea or sea stone, due to his devil fruit ability he did not like rain or large concentrations of water.
It seems that for now he will hide here while the rain passes and wait for the admiral's arrival.
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Outside the city of Alubarna, Kozue was floating high above the ground, looking at the base where Crocodile was hiding.
From Lord 2's mind, Kozue learned of Crocodile's current whereabouts, who was hiding while trying to obtain the information of the poneglyph's location from Cobra's mouth.
Knowing that Cobra was unlikely to tell him the truth, Crocodile waited until he had the princess in his hands and could threaten Cobra.
Although his Observation Haki was still at level 1, he had developed it to reach an area of 1000 meters radius, so it was easy to know what Crocodile was doing.
Hearing that a damn Admiral was on the way, Kozue knew she had to speed things up.
Raising her hands, Kozue's magic acted and quickly gathered the clouds into a single point.
In no time, these clouds loaded up and it started to rain.
After that, Kozue descended and placed his hands on the ground.
CRUSSSSH
Suddenly, the floor beneath Crocodile rose up and slammed him into the ceiling.
But it didn't end there.
The floor continued to rise and carried him out of the building until he came into contact with the rain.
'It's not good'
With things happening suddenly and being wet, Crocodile knew it was a trap and confirmed it when a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
But it was too late.
BAAAAM
Kozue's fist connected with his chin and sent him flying into the desert.
Crocodile's mind shut down for a second before he opened his eyes again and stood up.
He saw Kozue's figure approaching and tried to dodge the next attack.
Instinctively he wanted to transform his body, but quickly realized that he was wet and wanted to move his body, but he took too long and Kozue's next blow hit him again.
BAM
COF
This time it was a kick to the stomach that knocked the wind out of him and made him vomit blood and saliva.
BOOM
His body hit the wet sand again and this time he remained lying on the sand.
Kozue slowly approached and saw Crocodile raise his head and look into his eyes.
But instead of a look of anger, Crocodile showed a mocking smile with his teeth shattered and full of blood.
"¡Kuahahahahaha!"
"I didn't think my ambition would end like this, in the hands of an unknown young man."
"But don't think you won, boy!"
"The world government will catch you for hiding Nico Robin, the demon girl!" The fallen Shichibukai shouted before Kozue arrived at his side and stepped on his face to stop him from saying anything else.
But it was too late.
His voice had been heard by a large number of people who had come closer due to the noises of the battle.