Pirate: I am a logistics person, what the hell is the emperor

Chapter 60 The Mysterious Land of Sand
In the vast desert, the bright moon hangs high in the dark sky, casting a silver light.

The brown falcon spread its wings and cut through the night sky at an extremely fast speed.

Reiner sat cross-legged on the falcon, his golden hair was blown wildly and his blue shirt rustled.

He was heading to the Rainland, in the dream city known as Alabasta, the only city not affected by drought and war.

Crocodile's Casino Rain Banquet is also one of the biggest features of this city.

"Have we reached the Santo River?" Reiner looked ahead at the endless river.

The moonlight shines on the water, creating ripples, and the reflected moon in the water sways slightly.

The Santo River flows into the sea. It starts from the west of the port city of Canola and spreads across half of Santo Island.

The entire Alabasta Kingdom was divided into two, and many cities were built along the Santo River, with canals dug to connect to the cities for water.

However, Crocodile secretly sent people from the Baroque Studio to blow up all the major canals.

The dream city of Rainland and the royal capital of Alabasta are across the river from each other, but almost no one would travel between the two cities by crossing the upper reaches of the Santo River.

Because this is a river with a maximum width of 50 kilometers and is filled with all kinds of huge ferocious beasts, Reiner was shocked when he heard Vivi's introduction.

It would take several islands as big as small gardens, lined up together, to barely fill up the river.

Reiner looked at the deep darkness ahead and directly controlled the falcon to fly straight across the river.

Not long after entering the sky above the river, a black shadow gradually emerged from the water.

Wow——!
The surface of the river suddenly broke open, and a worm-shaped sea monster with a diameter of more than ten meters emerged from the water and soared straight up.

The bloody mouth opened, revealing circles of spirally arranged sharp teeth, and it was ready to swallow Reiner and the falcon in the sky in one gulp.

However, when it straightened its body, it saw two cracks appearing out of nowhere in the sky.

A spear stretched out from it, looking pale and eerie, emitting a majestic aura.

call out!call out!
The next moment, it was as if two bolts of lightning broke through the space and came in the blink of an eye. With a puff, they flashed into the mouth of the sea beast, and then pierced through flesh and blood.

The huge inertia brought by this tremendous force caused the sea beast, which was originally rushing upwards, to fall back suddenly and hit the river surface heavily, causing a large splash of water.

Reiner just took a quick glance, but still controlled the giant falcon to fly upwards, raising the altitude a lot.

There's something wrong with this river.

Reiner frowned slightly. After entering the river area, he felt a faint sense of ominous aura.

He originally thought it was just an illusion and didn't take it too seriously, but now...
Reiner looked down and saw the corpse of the worm-shaped sea monster he had killed floating on the river.

Right next to the corpse, a huge figure stood upright like a human, with half of its body exposed above the water.

Looking him in the eye?!
It has a yellow oval body with layers of fish scales arranged in an orderly manner, but there is a strange cat head on its head.

Reiner had never seen this creature, but he knew this creature.

The sea cat, an animal considered sacred by Alabasta, also appeared in the famous scene between Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji in the original work.

It appears in murals and statues on both sides of the historical text of the underground palace.

However, what was strange was that it actually looked at Reiner with a stiff smile on its face. This scene made his hair stand on end.

After looking at it for a while, he found that the sea cat had a golden earring on its left ear. Was it raised by someone? Reiner thought it was unlikely.

This sea is far from being as simple as he imagined. Even the devil fruits are products of idealism. Any weird and strange things are possible.

He looked down again and saw the sea cat on the river slowly disappear into the water after seeing him fly high into the air. A black shadow gradually became smaller and sank to the bottom of the river.

"Now that I think about it, a 50-kilometer river is really a bit ridiculously wide."

I originally thought that the Grand Line was full of wonders, but now it seems...
Reiner still felt a lingering fear when he recalled the anthropomorphic and sinister smile of the sea cat.

The Kingdom of Sand, with its thousands of years of history, seemed even more mysterious than he had imagined.

The breath of death? There seems to be something terrifying hidden at the bottom of the river. I will come back to visit again if I have the chance.

Not long after, Reiner had completely crossed the Santo River. It must be said that the flying speed of the falcon was really exaggerated.

It took less than half a quarter of an hour to cross the 50-kilometer distance of the Santo River.

After flying for about another half an hour across the desert, Reiner finally saw the brightly lit city in the distance.

This city that never sleeps seems somewhat out of place in this barren land. The Rainland is worthy of being called the dream city of Alabasta.

The city generously lights up the whole night, just like a young man who is not afraid of the passing of time.

Reiner flew straight through the busy streets and headed straight for the Casino Rain Banquet.

After arriving above the casino, he collected the Falcon Undead and jumped down from the sky onto an empty space with no one around.

Why is it so desolate?
At this time, the entrance of the casino was in a mess, with all kinds of broken debris scattered all over the ground.

Although the surrounding area was still bustling, this special casino, which used to be crowded with people and gamblers, was the only one that was deserted.

Reiner looked at the empty casino with a strange expression. Although Crocodile was knocked down, not many people knew his identity as the owner of Baroque Studio.

Logically speaking, the casino should continue to operate. Even if the boss behind the scenes disappeared, it would not go bankrupt in just one afternoon.

He took out a cigarette from the chest of his blue shirt, took one out and put it in his mouth to light it.

Reiner walked in with doubt, and the interior of the casino was even more messy.

Various gambling tables were even smashed to pieces, and there were even a lot of bloodstains on the ground and walls. The air was filled with a faint smell of blood, and it was obvious that a battle had just taken place not long ago.

At this time, a sneaky brown-haired man, carrying two suitcases, walked out timidly from the back of the casino hall.

As soon as he stuck his head out, his eyes met Reiner's.

Seeing this scene, Reiner reacted instantly.

"Damn Smoker!"

Reiner gritted his teeth and cursed angrily. It was obvious that the navy had already raided this place in advance. He bit the cigarette butt in the corner of his mouth and walked straight towards the brown-haired man.

"Who are you? Don't come over here!" The man put down a suitcase, took out a pistol from his arms and pointed it at Reiner tremblingly.

He was originally the manager of this casino, and the evening was the time when the casino's customer flow began to increase.

He went out to the hall to receive some high-ranking guests, but suddenly a large group of navy rushed in.

He catches anyone he sees and smashes anything he sees, just like a gangster!

What serious naval commander could lead such soldiers? !

It was no use even if he brought up his boss's title as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately rushed to the backstage, took some money and hid in the dark room. He didn't dare to come out until there was no movement outside.

It was not until now that he came out of the dark room and prepared to escape. Unfortunately, there was still someone there!
The gunman's hands were shaking slightly, and he obviously hadn't recovered from the thrilling experience in the evening.

Watching the expressionless blond man slowly approaching in front of him, the man's face became more and more panicked, and he couldn't help but pull the trigger.

"Don't come over!!!"

boom--!
A gunshot rang out, and a streak of blood spurted out from the brown-haired man's shoulder and splattered on the ground.

"Ah!!!" the man wailed and collapsed to the ground, covering his shoulder.

Reiner put away the pistol and put it on his waist. It was a flintlock rifle that Reiner used before.

Although it is an outline, it is still very useful for ambushing people at short and medium distances.

Although his physical fitness has surpassed Luffy in all aspects now that his fruit has awakened, he is still more accustomed to Usopp's style of fighting.

(End of this chapter)