Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Stop Pretending, Show Your Cards, And Kneel Down
In the office.
"Master, can I take off my mask now?"
Faced with Crocodile's question, Vivi took a breath and asked Li Yan beside her.
Before, it was to avoid alerting the enemy, but now that the real master has arrived, there is no need to hide anymore.
She has a lot to say to Crocodile next.
"Of course."
Li Yan knew his thoughts and had no objection to this.
"Thank you, Master."
After thanking him, Vivi took off her mask and said to Crocodile: "Crocodile, you should know me, right?"
"...Princess Vivi, it's you!"
Crocodile made a lot of preparations to seize Alabasta, so he naturally knew Vivi.
He frowned and his face was extremely gloomy. He didn't expect that the troublemaker was Vivi.
It seems that his plan may have been leaked and attracted the attention of the royal family.
"Crocodile, if you just want to read the historical text, it doesn't matter."
"But for your own selfishness, you took away the rain from all over the place, causing the people of Alabasta to suffer. It is really unforgivable."
"You who harmed the people actually pretended to be a national hero who punished pirates. It is really shameless!"
"For the people who suffered because of you, even if you are a Shichibukai recognized by the World Government, I must make you pay the price!"
Vivi stared at the tall and oppressive Crocodile tightly, and scolded with hatred.
She didn't care about the historical text at all. What she wanted to investigate was the sin of Crocodile harming and fooling the people.
"..."
Crocodile remained silent, took a deep puff of the cigar, and then bit it off.
"Haha...
I didn't expect that the plan would be exposed so much.
Even I want the historical text to know."
He suddenly narrowed his eyes and showed a cruel smile, sneering: "But Princess Vivi, you are so naive.
They are just some ants.
It is their honor to sacrifice for my cause."
The smile on his face became more and more wanton, revealing a brutal killing intent. "I originally wanted to seize Alabasta as a hero, but now that the plan has been discovered by you, let me show you what it means to be a pirate recognized by the World Government!"
After knowing that the plan was exposed, he only thought about it for a while, and decided not to pretend and show his cards.
He wanted to use force to govern the entire Alabasta, so that everyone would know that he relied on personal force that could rival a country! As long as he could seize Alabasta and find Pluto, he was not afraid of the World Government's pursuit, and could even dominate the world.
Thinking of this, he looked at Li Yan, who had been quietly staying beside Vivi before, looking calm and indifferent. "Is this the helper you're looking for?"
"It looks like he's not that strong. My strength is not comparable to those small fish under my command."
"If you don't have other helpers, be prepared to face my wrath."
Weiwei's strength is weak, so he naturally doesn't take it seriously. Obviously, he only relies on Li Yan beside him.
However, Li Yan's aura doesn't look strong in his eyes. Although he can defeat Nico Robin and others, he has some strength.
But Nico Robin and others are like heaven and earth compared to him, and they are not at the same level at all.
He touched the golden claw on his left hand and took a step forward casually, intending to ravage the prey in front of him.
"Huh?"
Just after taking a step, Crocodile's unbridled smile on his face suddenly changed, revealing a look of astonishment.
He only felt a sense of powerlessness coming from all over his body, making him feel extremely empty, and then his tall body suddenly knelt on the ground.
"What's going on?!"
Kneeling on the ground, Crocodile's face was full of doubt and disbelief.
He was not unfamiliar with this feeling of powerlessness, because this was the feeling he had when he accidentally touched the sea water.
But this also made him feel absurd. Where did the sea water come from?
"It seems that your observation Haki is indeed very weak, and you can't detect the seastone components in the air around you."
"But it's also normal. After all, you have a good natural devil fruit, which makes you neglect to exercise."
When he was in doubt, Li Yan slowly walked in front of him, looked down at him calmly, and told him the secret.
He had already controlled the seastone particles to spread in the air, making it like sea water, which is the nemesis of the devil fruit ability user.
If the observation Haki is strong enough, it can detect that something is wrong.
It's a pity that Crocodile is more focused on developing the devil fruit, and his Haki is not strong.
(Note: The original book did not say that he would be domineering, but I thought about it and decided that he would be. After all, the bounty was so high later, it would be unreasonable if he was not domineering.)
In addition, after he lost to Whitebeard, one of the Four Emperors, he gave up the pursuit of the peak of personal strength and turned to pursue the ancient weapon Pluto, and his strength continued to decline.
That's why Li Yan easily subdued him by targeting his weakness, which was a kind of first sight kill.
This is also the reason why Li Yan constantly pursues the perfect hexagon. He doesn't want to be killed by someone for a shortcoming one day.
"Is it solved?"
Vivi was stunned when she saw Crocodile, who had a brutal and arrogant face before, suddenly kneeled on the ground, and she didn't react.
"The strength of the real lord... is really amazing!"
But after hearing what Li Yan said, she immediately came back to her senses, looking at Li Yan's back, with respect in her eyes.
Although she knew from the performance and words of the group members and Li Yan that he had the strength to solve Crocodile.
But she never thought that it would be solved so easily, and she didn't even have a combat performance.
The powerful enemy that made her helpless was solved just like an absurd story.
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Nico Robin on the side also had a dull look on her face, feeling a trance.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would have almost thought she was dreaming.
She was waiting for Li Yan and Crocodile to decide the winner after a battle, but she didn't expect it to end before it even started.
Crocodile had no power to resist at all, and knelt in front of Li Yan like the ants he mocked.
The arrogance and arrogance before now seemed like a big joke.
"He can really control seastone!"
Soon, she came to her senses and looked at Li Yan's figure, thinking about his words, with more fear and curiosity in her eyes.
What kind of fruit ability is it? It's unheard of!
How can I get away from being taken in by such a person?
"Can you actually control seastone? How could it be? This is impossible!"
"How can there be such a terrible ability? This is simply the nemesis of all ability users! Who are you?"
Kneeling on the ground, Crocodile raised his head with difficulty and looked at Li Yan who was looking down at him. His face was extremely ferocious and looked very embarrassed.
How could such an absurd ability exist in this world?
He didn't dare and didn't want to believe it, but the powerlessness and emptiness of his body told him that the facts were in front of him.
Not only did this absurd ability exist, but the owner also became his enemy. His own plans and ambitions were completely shattered in front of it.