Simulation: Starting from Under One Person

Robin's tone was quite decisive: "I have no plans to change jobs for the time being."

Currently, her cooperative relationship with Crocodile is relatively stable, and Crocodile shows no sign of abandoning her after she has served her purpose. Therefore, she continues to rely on the power of the Seven Warlords of the Sea to evade pursuit by other forces.

"Don't reject me so quickly! Think about it some more..."

As he spoke, Fang Rui walked into the office, looked around, and glanced at the entire office. The furnishings were quite simple, and it was a very conventional office decoration.

"Huh? They actually have a hand-cranked coffee grinder?!"

Fang Rui sounded somewhat surprised. He walked over to the wooden cabinet and examined the antique-looking hand-cranked coffee grinder. He was only moderately fond of coffee, but he was much more than moderately fond of hand-cranked coffee grinders.

To be precise, he was interested in many mechanical products, as well as equipment such as swords, armor, and so on.

Nicole Robin stared speechlessly at Fang Rui, who was fiddling with the hand-cranked coffee grinder: "…………"

What exactly are you here for?

After playing for a while, seemingly satisfied with his curiosity, Fang Rui turned his gaze back to Nicole Robin, his expression turning serious as he said quite solemnly, "If you're worried about those forces targeting you, or if you're worried that I have malicious intentions... I can tell you with certainty that you're overthinking it. With my strength..."

As he spoke, Fang Rui suddenly disappeared from Robin's sight. A warm breath came from her left side, and a gentle whisper lingered in her ear.

"...Capturing you alive would be an extremely easy task."

Robin was startled, as if an electric current had surged through his body, leaving him feeling numb and tingling. He reflexively used his skill, and several fair arms rapidly grew from Fang Rui's shoulders, grabbing Fang Rui's head and twisting it backward...

At the same time, Robin dodged to the side, and the sound of tables and chairs colliding echoed in the room.

however……

Fang Rui felt several hands gripping his face tightly. The excessive force of the fingers and the rubbing motion gave him the illusion that his face was being pulled.

His gaze swept over the area, and he could vaguely see the arm. He nodded slowly and commented, "Quite fair."

Robin's exquisite face was filled with surprise: "You..."

Although her abilities aren't always effective and are often countered by various Devil Fruit powers, this is the first time I've encountered someone who can withstand them with their physical strength...

"How about that? I'm pretty strong, aren't I!"

Fang Rui raised his hand and slapped the arms that were grabbing his face into petals, then turned to look at Robin and asked for her opinion: "Are you willing to leave with me?"

Robin remained silent; the previous scene alone was not enough to convince her.

"Alright, looks like I need to show off my skills."

Seeing Robin's expression and reaction, Fang Rui understood what she was thinking.

With that, he turned and left, disappearing from Robin's sight in a flash, leaving only one sentence that echoed into the room.

"Let me show you just how powerful the world's number one fighter really is..."

Upon hearing Fang Rui's words, Robin revealed a subtle and strange expression.

Number one in the world...

Isn't he Whitebeard?

What does it have to do with you?

As she was thinking this, Fang Rui suddenly appeared at the open door, and his voice immediately came into the room: "Excuse me, where is Crocodile?"

"Rapeseed flowers in a port city."

A hint of doubt flickered in Fang Rui's eyes: "No way, I just came from there and didn't see him!"

Upon hearing this, Robin was somewhat surprised. She glanced at the time and explained, "He left Rainfield three minutes ago."

So……

How many minutes ago did I arrive?

The above question popped into Fang Rui's mind. He then shook his head violently, stopped thinking about it, and transformed into a golden light, passing through Robin's office. He then flew out of the open window and disappeared into the air in an instant.

Robin stared blankly at the sky, muttering to herself, "A Logia-type Devil Fruit user... flying in golden light, is it a Devil Fruit related to light?"

"But besides the Glint-Glint Fruit, what other Logia-type Devil Fruits are related to light?"

"Or rather, a mythical beast species that is even rarer than the nature-type?"

"But……"

Robin's mutterings echoed in the room.

On the other side, Fang Rui, who possessed the ability to travel at high speed, quickly arrived at the port city of Youcaihua.

At this moment, sand and dust filled the sky above the city...

Chapter 204 The Sand Crocodile Gets Beaten Up

The dust swirled through the city like water flowing in a river, converging towards one place and lingering near Crocodile.

Above his palm, a small sandstorm spun rapidly, its whooshing sound echoing through the not-so-empty street...

Perhaps because they had great faith in Crocodile's strength, they did not hide, but stood upright in the dusty street, cheering for him.

Crocodile's strength is indeed formidable; he was virtually unmatched in the first half of the Grand Line, and a bunch of ordinary pirates would have no chance against him...

"Shalan!"

As he shouted out the name of the move, he threw out a common attack that he had been posing for a while without charging up the power and even deliberately reduced the attack strength.

The palm-sized sandstorm expanded rapidly at a visible speed, growing into a large sandstorm several meters in diameter in the blink of an eye, and all the nearby pirates were swept into the sandstorm.

A few seconds later, the sandstorm exploded, and a group of pirates fell to the ground covered in blood, all of them unconscious.

"oh!!!"

The crowd in the street cheered.

"Crocodale!!!"

"hero!!!"

Surrounded by the crowd, Crocodile had a hint of satisfaction on his face.

On the rooftop of an ordinary house on the side of the street, Fang Rui stood on the edge of the roof, looking down at Crocodile who was enjoying the cheers, a strange smile playing on his lips.

"It seems... Crocodile really enjoys playing the hero."

As for why he enjoys it, is it because playing a hero satisfies his vanity, or is it the strange sense of satisfaction that comes from being worshipped by the people of Alabasta as the mastermind behind the chaos in the kingdom...?

Fang Rui didn't care, or rather, he had no interest in finding out.

but……

"Crocodile is somewhat useful, so let's give him some face!"

Having said that, Fang Rui did not make a move, but quietly watched Crocodile's performance, preparing to act only after leaving the city...

About two minutes later, Crocodile turned into yellow sand and flew away. Fang Rui followed closely behind and launched a sudden attack after leaving the city.

The crescent-shaped sword energy fell from the sky, cleaving the rapidly moving yellow sand in mid-air before landing in the desert.

The next second, a deafening explosion resounded through the sky, and the yellow sand was instantly lifted dozens of meters high, sweeping in all directions with immense pressure.

Meanwhile, several hundred meters away from the scene of the incident, some yellow sand gathered into Crocodile. He clutched his chest, his face pale, and suddenly opened his mouth, spitting out a mouthful of hot blood. His breath was very weak.

Fang Rui's ordinary attack had already severely injured Crocodile.

"Damn it! That powerful slash must have come from a great swordsman. Who could it be?"

"Hawkeye? Vista?"

"No, impossible! Even if it were them, they couldn't possibly seriously injure me with a single sword strike!"

Crocodile's tone was full of arrogance, a confidence in his own strength, perhaps stemming from his past challenge to Whitebeard and his brief but intense battle with the world's strongest man.

"No, no, no, you overestimate yourself. With your physical strength, you'd be seriously injured if a great swordsman slashed you."

Fang Rui wouldn't tolerate Crocodile's behavior and directly stated that Crocodile was weak and no match for a great swordsman.

Crocodile's face instantly darkened, and he glared fiercely at Fang Rui, his killing intent surging forth.

"who are you?"

"You ambushed me just now?!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Rui did not deny it, and said frankly, "That's right, the person who ambushed you... was me!"

"That situation just now was perfect for a sneak attack. It would have been a disservice not to do it..."

Crocodile was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "So, according to you, I should thank you for ambushing me?!"

"No need to thank me, I'm a good person, I do good deeds anonymously, I don't need your thanks."

Fang Rui waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be so polite.

"Thank you?! Of course I want to thank you properly! Crescent-shaped dune!!!"

Crocodile's face was contorted in a ferocious expression, and his crescent-shaped sand blade rapidly expanded as he sped along, growing to over ten meters in length in the blink of an eye.

"You're not happy? Fine, I just happen to want to beat you up too."

With that, Fang Rui sped off towards the crescent-shaped sand blade.

The speed is getting faster and faster...

A second or two later, it transformed into a white streak and hurtled forward, the sand swirling and soaring into the sky, slicing straight through the sand blades and smashing Crocodile into a shower of yellow sand...

Immediately afterwards, Fang Rui came to an abrupt stop, and a powerful shockwave rushed past him, splitting the entire desert in two.

With a backhand slash, he struck behind him, the silvery sword light cleaving through the sand sea, and Crocodile, who had not yet fully regained his human form, was once again shredded by the sword energy...

It's only because Crocodile possesses the ability to transform into an element; otherwise, the lingering force of the sword energy alone would have been enough to give him a hard time...

When Crocodile returned to human form, Fang Rui did not continue to shatter him. Instead, he instantly appeared in front of Crocodile and threw a simple uppercut.

Then came the left hook, the right hook, the left hook, the right hook...

Each strike was powerful enough to cause Crocodile a slight pain, but not enough to inflict serious injury.

Of course, to prevent Crocodile from escaping, each of his attacks contained a bit of the power of the Dual Hands, capable of directly attacking the soul and causing Crocodile to become dizzy.

………………

A quarter of an hour later...