I'm in One Piece, and I'm Luffy's childhood friend.

"What?!" Everyone was shocked.

Usopp couldn't help but complain, "Then what are we here for?!"

What the old man was really paying attention to was Vivi's name, which Luffy had mentioned.

"Weiwei, you just called her Weiwei!"

"It really is you! Princess Vivi! You're alive!!"

"You don't remember me? Well, I've lost weight."

The old man grabbed Weiwei's arms, but upon closer inspection, the face in front of her began to merge with the face in her memory, and she also recognized the voice.

"You are... Uncle Doto!!"

........

It turns out that the man digging sand in Yoba was Doto, who was sent by the king to develop the city of Yoba.

His son, Kosha, and Vivi were childhood sweethearts, but Kosha went with Doto to develop Yoba.

Now, Kouza has become the leader of the rebels and has left the city where he grew up.

Weiwei and her friends came up empty-handed; what a cruel twist of fate.

"It's just that it hasn't rained for three years... How could His Majesty possibly agree? I believe most of the people feel the same way I do."

“I persuaded the rebels time and time again.”

"But they didn't stop no matter what, and their experience reached its limit."

"They decided to fight it out in the next attack because they were also desperate and had no choice but to fight with all their might."

"Please, Vivi, please stop those idiots."

Doto couldn't hold back his tears as he spoke.

Vivi herself was already disappointed, feeling that fate was playing tricks on her, but seeing Doto like this, and knowing that there were still people who believed so deeply in his father and in this country, how could she, as a princess, be disappointed, how could she give up?

"Uncle Doto, don't worry, I will definitely stop the rebels."

Vivi was already very tired, but she still tried her best to put on a smile.

.........

sigh~

After changing locations, Zoro and his crew arrived at the house and immediately rested, waiting for the next day to arrive.

The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is huge, so crossing the desert at night is practically suicide.

With Usopp and Chopper's antics, the atmosphere in the room finally became a bit more relaxed.

When Luffy saw that Doto was still digging in the sand, he couldn't help but jump down to help him. However, he ended up filling the hole that Doto had dug with the sand he had dug. But he admitted his mistake and corrected it.

But after digging for a long time, they still couldn't find water, so Luffy just fell asleep at the bottom of the pit. Doto smiled helplessly, the kind of smile a grandfather gives to his grandson, and carried Luffy back to his room before continuing to dig in the sand.

The Straw Hat Pirates, who had traversed the desert during the day, can finally rest.

As for Bai Yun...

I opened a room amidst the rapeseed flowers.

Looking at the moon through the window, he managed to suppress the urge to go and fight Crocodile again.

"Good night."

"Everyone."

"Good night."

"moon."

Tomorrow is destined to be an eventful day.

.........

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, while the moon rises in the west and sets in the west.

All natural laws arise from this.

The next day arrived peacefully.

The chief directors of Baroque Studios gather in the dreamlike Rain City casino.

They met their boss of all these years, Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

While surprised, I was also curious: why would the Seven Warlords of the Sea, pirates "legalized" by the government, want to plunder a country?

Crocodile stated that his power wasn't money or status, but rather "military power."

They informed the chief commanders that Hades, one of the legendary three ancient weapons, was located in Alabasta!

That's why he wants to take over the entire Alabasta.

He gave the plan to the commanders, and after reading it, he stylishly burned it on the candlestick in front of him.

But then, Mr. 3, who was still alive, appeared.

"I hope this 'ideal land' project can be postponed!"

Mr. 3 told Vivi that none of the pirates who were protecting her had died.

They were taking Vivi back to Alabasta, which angered Crocodile so much that he drained her dry and threw her into the crocodile pool. However, Mr. 3 was, after all, the future first mate of the Emperor, and he wasn't going to die so easily.

"Zero, explain yourself clearly! I don't understand what happened!"

Xiao Feng, who was chasing Mr. 3, was completely bewildered to find that Mr. 3 was still alive.

Until Crocodile brought out the portraits of Luffy and his crew.

Xiao Feng understood.

"I encountered them..."

Then, he randomly changed Luffy's and the others' faces to show Crocodile and the others.

"Including Vivi, we can ignore the pet. That makes six people in total. Why didn't you imitate his face, you long-haired brat!"

He's dead!

Bai Yun: You're the one who's dead!

Xiao Feng shook his head. "No, he's still alive, but I couldn't touch his face."

Crocodile nodded with a gloomy face. Mr. 3 was indeed useless; he hadn't taken care of a single person.

He also understood what Vivi wanted to do.

"Listen carefully, look closely at these six people."

"Their goal is to quell the rebellion. Ignore them, and they will appear on their own. Kill anyone you see."

"However, even if Vivi is a princess, can she persuade the rebels with just her words? There are 700,000 rebels."

Xiao Feng asked, "Only he dares to call Crocodile 'Zai' (0-boy), and Crocodile even agreed to this nickname."

This raises the question of Crocodile's gender mystery.

"The trouble is that I heard Princess Vivi and the rebel leader Kosa are childhood sweethearts."

"Even if we can't persuade the rebels, we can at least shake their morale."

Crocodile said, slamming his cigar down on the table.

"I have already sent several messengers to infiltrate the rebels, but I have not yet received any news, which proves that the rebels have not yet begun to act."

"In short, we absolutely cannot let Vivi and Kosa meet before we take action."

"Ms. All Sunday, you will use the Den Den Mushi to notify those billions of messengers that if they see this group, they should kill them without mercy."

Miss Robin reappeared, and in response to Crocodile's words, nodded and smiled, replying, "Okay."

"I'll say it again, Jedi must not let Vivi and the others enter [Caterleya]."

"We absolutely cannot let Princess Vivi meet with the rebel leader Kosa."

"I don't want any more accidents to happen."

"Remember not to be late for the banquet; our ideal world is right before our eyes."

All the commanders: "Yes, boss."

Crocodile picked up another cigar, took a bite, and smiled, "Have a good time."

.........

"Uh~"

Bai Yun had just gotten up, stretched, and looked at the clock.

"It shouldn't have started yet, right?"

After talking to himself, Bai Yun got up to wash up and then went downstairs to have breakfast.

Then he bowed slightly to the owner and said, "Thank you for your hospitality."

The boss politely replied, but before he could finish saying "Don't be so polite, just pay up," he said it back.

Bai Yun disappeared as soon as I looked up.

He was immediately stunned. "Dine and dash? Stay in a room without paying?"

........

On Luffy's side, although they had spent a whole day traveling across the desert to reach Yoba, it was all for naught.

Carrying a small wooden bucket and a cup of water that Uncle Toby had dug all night and then distilled, they set off on their journey to the rebels' new headquarters, Katariya.

But soon after walking out, Luffy sat down under a dead tree and said, "I quit."

"You're saying you're quitting?"

"What do you mean, Luffy?"

"Don't throw a tantrum, get up now."

“We have to stop the rebels, otherwise if a million people start fighting, the situation will definitely get out of control.”