Golden Week's outburst at Crocodile made Vivi and Mikita, who were nearby, unable to resist giving her praise.
It was like drinking a bottle of cold water on a freezing winter day, bringing joy to body and mind.
How satisfying!
Even Reno looked at Golden Week with a new appreciation.
Is this what they mean by a small body, but immense power?!
Crocodile was speechless, scolded by Mikita.
In fact, given his status, he naturally wouldn't lose his composure over a few insults from his subordinates.
In his eyes, this was merely the impotent rage of a loser.
It was just their betrayal that annoyed him a little.
"Reno, it seems you've given them a misconception they shouldn't have," a low voice echoed again after a moment of silence.
Reno, with his legs crossed, stared at the den den mushi and slowly said, "Crocodile, don't think I don't know the dirty things you've been doing behind my back. If you get out of Alabasta now, maybe I'll let you off the hook."
"Otherwise, you'll just have to wait to become one with the desert." With that, Reno hung up the den den mushi.
Three pairs of beautiful eyes sparkled with various emotions.
Rainbase Casino.
Inside the office.
"Reno!!"
Looking at the den den mushi with its head drooping, Crocodile's forehead was furrowed into a 'river' shape.
Anger was rapidly rising in his eyes.
This was the first time anyone had dared to hang up on him.
It seemed that after Reno defeated two senior agents, it gave him the illusion that he could also defeat Crocodile.
In fact, within the entire Baroque Works, aside from Robin, who was somewhat special.
There was only one person he cared about, and that was the assassin Mr.1.
Besides him, everyone else was expendable.
"Do you think you can make it in the New World just by being a tyrant in a remote sea?" Crocodile shook his head disdainfully.
He had been sailing the seas for decades, seen all sorts of people; there were many more arrogant than Reno, but how many of them survived?!
In the end, didn't they all lose their lives because of their arrogance?
The last person who dared to act so presumptuously in front of him now had grave grass over three meters high.
Just then, Robin, dressed in professional attire and with a graceful figure, walked in.
"Boss, do you have any orders?!"
Crocodile rubbed his forehead, somewhat annoyed, and said, "I originally wanted you to meet up with Mr.3, but I didn't expect his mission to fail."
"Go notify Mr.2, and have him intercept and kill Reno and Vivi on the next island."
"If they come directly to Alabasta, have Mr.1 make a move and let these native pirates clearly understand the terror of the Grand Line."
Crocodile issued a series of commands.
He refused to believe that if he sent out Baroque Works' number one and number two assassins, Reno and the others could still walk up to him alive.
His plan was now in its final stages.
He would soon know the location of Pluton, and at this moment, absolutely no accidents could occur.
All uncertain factors must be eliminated!!
"Understood, I'll go notify them immediately," Robin replied calmly on the surface, but her heart was already stirred.
She could tell that Crocodile was truly anxious.
This situation was rare.
At the same time.
Reno, Vivi, Mikita, and Golden Week walked out of the candle house.
Vivi and Mikita had already skillfully linked arms with Reno, while Golden Week was somewhat reserved.
She followed the three step by step.
One moment they were mortal enemies, the next they were partners, and on top of that, she had been angered by Crocodile.
She felt her head spinning, unable to process it.
"Let's go, we'll go see Brogy and Dorry, it seems they're fighting again."
In the distance, clanging sounds could be heard.
Clearly, with the volcanic eruption, Brogy and Dorry had begun a new round of battle.
On the other side.
Tashigi and Nami fought their way deep into the forest, defeating groups of beasts.
With a loud bang, a Sabertooth Tiger over ten meters tall crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Its huge body trembled continuously, and faint black smoke still emerged.
"Done!!" Nami withdrew her Thunder Power, looking at her masterpiece with satisfaction.
"That's really good, Nami, your Devil Fruit Ability is getting more and more powerful," Tashigi, who had also dealt with the beast horde, walked over from the other side.
Her small face was flushed, covered in sweat.
"Tashigi, we should leave..."
Before Nami could finish her sentence, a deafening sound suddenly came from not far away.
A powerful energy shockwave swept over like a passing storm.
Nami and Tashigi's hair flew in the wind.
"Nami, it seems that sound started appearing after the volcano erupted."
Tashigi used her Observation Haki to sense, but because the distance was too far, she could only vaguely feel that someone seemed to be fighting.
"Let's go take a look." Nami, bursting with curiosity, immediately rushed off with Tashigi.
After traversing a large jungle, two giants, over twenty meters tall, appeared in the two women's field of vision.
"It's actually two of the Giant?!" Tashigi's expression was startled.
It was rare to see Giant warriors in such a remote place.
But why were they fighting?!
Bang!!!
The sounds of axe and shield, and blade and shield, clashed simultaneously.
The explosive shockwaves, centered on the two giants, swept madly in all directions.
Brogy and Dorry blocked each other's attacks with their shields, while simultaneously swinging their longswords and giant axes, fiercely hacking at each other.
The two wrestled with each other, but the monotonous moves meant neither could gain an advantage over the other.
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