About a day ago.
Soon after the Sun Pirates landed at the Fish-Man Island dock, Rowan learned by phone that Fisher Tiger and his companions had arrived in Alabasta, and he also learned the general purpose of their trip.
After roughly sorting out the current information, Rowan sat down in the waiting room in advance.
He seemed to be in a daze, but in reality, the tiny sandbox in his pupils was changing and calculating at an extremely fast speed.
This calculation process lasted a very long time, so long that Rowan sat from morning until evening.
During this time, Rowan occasionally became distracted.
This escaped consciousness unintentionally affected reality.
The Sand-Sand Fruit ability activated, and countless tiny grains of sand extended from Rowan's fingertips, outlining the shape of a "butterfly" in the air.
The sand butterfly fluttered up and down, circling around Rowan.
Butterfly...
That's right, he was indeed thinking about "butterflies."
These magical little animals can indeed well describe the current situation.
...
The connection within the fish-man race is much tighter than that of humans, so it's not surprising that Tiger and Tom know each other.
If everything develops normally, what would happen?
Tiger would probably try his best to rescue Tom.
Unfortunately, even the swimming speed of the fish-man race is far slower than the speed of the sea train.
The "dream" that Tom realized with his whole life was simply too perfect.
Therefore, Tiger and others would probably return empty-handed, and even the World Government would not have noticed that a group of fish-men was trying to rescue Tom.
But the current situation is different.
The first fish-man to become a Warlord of the Sea should have been "Knight of the Sea" Jinbe.
That happened after Fisher Tiger was betrayed by humans and died, and the Sun Pirates fell apart.
But now, Hocka, backed by the Four Seas Alliance, has become a Warlord of the Sea before Jinbe.
In other words, Hocka is now one of the most well-known fish-men on the sea.
Such a reputation naturally attracted Tiger's attention.
With a tentative idea, Tiger found Hocka before the operation started, wanting to ask if the other party had any solutions.
As a result, the Sun Pirates came to Alabasta.
"This is the butterfly..."
Rowan stared at the sand spirit in his hand, murmuring.
When the butterfly in the North Sea flaps its wings, it may cause a hurricane on a small island in the South Sea!
But then again, although the appearance of this "butterfly" did surprise Rowan a bit, the upcoming "hurricane" had already appeared on the sandbox in Rowan's eyes.
"Fish-man Tom..."
Tsuru's prediction was rarely wrong this time.
Rowan's next chess piece fell on the former world's number one shipyard - Water 7!
...
Time returns to the present.
"Present the facts... reason things out?"
Tiger and Hocka didn't quite understand what Rowan was saying.
In their opinion, the power that is least likely to listen to reason in this world is probably the World Government!
After thinking it over, Tiger hesitated and said, "Although it's a bit of a trouble for you, could you please explain what you just said?"
Hocka was also very puzzled, "Mr. Rowan, does the World Government listen to what the Warlords of the Sea say?"
Rowan shook his head.
"The World Government established the Warlords of the Sea to make you listen to them, not to listen to you."
But Rowan changed the subject and slowly said, "However, the World Government should listen to what the Four Seas Alliance says."
Before Tiger and Hocka could continue to ask, a few strands of sand appeared around the two of them.
Rowan's voice came over.
"I ask you, what does the World Government use to 'kill' Tom?"
"Huh?"
The two were stunned when they heard this question.
Hocka scratched his head and asked doubtfully, "For the death penalty... is it a gun?"
Rowan: "..."
Tiger was also a little confused by the meaning.
Seeing this, Crocodile, who had been eavesdropping on the side, finally couldn't help it.
He walked out of the shadows of the waiting room, smoking a cigar, and explained, "The World Government is going to use 'law' to kill that fish-man!"
Hocka and Tiger were very surprised that there was an extra person in the waiting room, but Rowan naturally took over Crocodile's words.
"More precisely, the World Government used their 'rules'."
"If you want to solve this problem in a fair and square way, you must act according to their 'rules'."
Crocodile was quite disdainful of this, "Why think so much? Just rob that judicial ship, and say it was done by pirates afterwards, and that's it?"
In a sense, Crocodile's suggestion did fit Rowan's idea.
Pirates break into prison - reasonable;
Pirates break into prison and let the prisoners escape at the same time - even more reasonable.
But Rowan shook his head, denying Crocodile's idea.
Because he forgot to consider "Tom" himself.
Just like Tom's catchphrase, this fish-man shipwright is indeed a "top-notch" man.
He wouldn't do something like sneaking away in the chaos.
Seeing this, Crocodile frowned and said, "You think Tom himself won't agree to come with us? Then knock him out and take him away, save him first."
"Or, we have other ways."
Rowan picked up a glass of iced liquor on the table.
"The World Government's charge against Tom is that he controlled a mechanical ship to attack a judicial ship. This is illegal in itself and punishable by death."
"In that case, we'll just make the act of 'attacking a judicial ship' 'legal', right?"
As soon as these words came out, the three people present were a little confused.
Become legal?
The judicial ship represents the law of the World Government, how can attacking the judicial ship become legal?
Rowan simply grinned and smiled:
"'Fish-man Tom discovered that there were traitors on the judicial ship who were secretly hiding virus weapons. In order to save the lives of others on the judicial ship, he had no choice but to open fire and attack the judicial ship' - is this 'fact' reasonable?"
Hocka: "?"
Tiger: "?"
Crocodile: "?"
Finally, Crocodile reacted and said in a deep voice: "Who would believe such a ridiculous statement! What secret weapons and viruses, where can you find..."
Speaking of this, Crocodile suddenly froze.
Because he watched Rowan drink the liquor in the glass in one gulp, leaving only the cooling ice cubes.
Rowan took the ice cubes out of the glass.
"This 'special virus' has a very short storage time, but it is very lethal and can even transmit the terminal illness 'platinum lead disease'."
"Thanks to Tom, everyone on the judicial ship was able to be safe and sound."
After Rowan finished speaking, he gently crushed the ice cubes in his hand and sighed:
"Reasonable, right?"
...
The butterfly's wings are still fluttering.
In the distant sky, there is a group of islands very similar to the sky islands, but there is no support from the clouds, all of which are land.
At the highest point, there is also a ship floating in the air.
The "lion" with swords under his feet is among them.
In front of him is the "archaeologist" who recently joined their group.
"Can you really read ancient texts?"
"Yes, I can."
"Teh ha ha ha ha!"
The lion laughed loudly, opened his arms, and shouted loudly to his crew:
"Everyone, let's go, to Water 7!"
"We're going to break into prison!"
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