Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

"Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will become the Pirate King... Are you ready?"

Luffy clenched his fist.

Chapter 111 Transformation? I can do that too, Nika!

Crocodile's eyes revealed a look of utter disbelief, a look Luffy saw—the look of someone staring at a monster that defied all reason.

Common sense?

Common sense is meant to be broken!

"To be honest, you really disappoint me, Crocodile."

Luffy seemed a little bored. "I don't have much time left for you. Three minutes, I can't stand any longer."

He returned the same words to Crocodile, but there was indeed a reason behind them.

Nami can change this plan after scolding him a few times, but he finally encountered a Shichibukai, can't you let him focus on fighting?

While thinking about nautical knowledge, does he feel that with his current strength, he can actually multitask against the Seven Warlords of the Sea?

Thinking about it this way, it seems to make sense.

Regardless, the ultimate goal of the plan is to make him the Pirate King, possessing everything the Pirate King needs.

As things stand at the moment.

Defeating Crocodile wasn't even as useful as nautical knowledge, right?

Crocodile bit off the cigar in one bite.

But he was a ruthless and cunning man who could adapt to any situation; he even kept the half he had bitten off in his mouth.

Crocodile distrusts no one and is quite self-centered. He even refused Doflamingo's repeated offers to cooperate with another Shichibukai.

But this time.....

"I acknowledge your abilities."

Crocodile breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's talk about terms. What do you want?"

In his view, Luffy is a pirate. What are pirates? They're all the same: crazy people who set sail on this high seas for various purposes, such as wealth, status, fame, or the so-called One Piece.

Aside from the One Piece, Crocodile has everything: fame, status, wealth... If Luffy wanted, he could even give up his title as a Shichibukai.

The strength Luffy just displayed made him wary; this was definitely not a small-time pirate.

But all he wanted was that one thing; he didn't care about anything else.

"I have everything."

“I’m not interested in what you’re talking about. I promised Vivi I’d beat you to a pulp. If there’s anything I want, it’s this.”

"So there's no room for negotiation?"

"What do you say?"

The next second, Luffy's fists, wrapped in Armament Haki, slammed into Crocodile's hastily assembled sand shield.

The sand shield shattered instantly, sending yellow sand flying everywhere. The powerful impact sent Crocodile sliding backward for more than ten meters, carving two deep furrows in the dry ground.

That's fast.

"But I'll show you!"

Crocodile's figure suddenly changed, the flow of sand visibly increased, and more and more sand began to gather on him.

The desert is his home turf, and everything here can be used to his advantage. Crocodile hasn't used this kind of stance in a long time, but he becomes stronger when faced with a stronger opponent. Provoked by a young man, the veins on his forehead look like they're about to burst.

"If you still have a chance to live, when you are wasting your time in some old tavern many years later, you should think back and see if the condition I just proposed was the only chance you had in your life."

Crocodile grew increasingly confident, "Three minutes, just three minutes!"

Do you think you're the only one who can change?

laugh!

A puff of white breath shot out from Luffy's nostrils, followed by a white cloud of flames that began to swirl around him, appearing and disappearing intermittently. His hair also shifted between black and white. "Although I haven't reached my full potential, this should be enough to deal with you."

"What's this?!"

Crocodile was slightly surprised, clearly not expecting Luffy to also change his form.

Moreover, this white cloud of flame looks very familiar!

But there's no time for him to think about it now.

"Desert Funeral!"

The sky was filled with sand and dust, obscuring the sun, like waves of ocean sweeping in one after another, their power visibly increasing.

But Luffy.

"Rubber Giant!"

Luffy visibly grew larger, pressed his hands down, covered them with Haki, and then stirred the sand as if catching a loach, pulling Crocodile out.

"Got you?"

Luffy looked at Crocodile, whose face was contorted in a ferocious expression, and a battle-crazed smile of excitement appeared on his face.

Once caught, there's no escape.

......

Meanwhile, as Luffy and Crocodile's battle enters a new phase, battles are also unfolding in other corners of the battlefield.

Many of the Baroque Works agents who had been stunned into unconsciousness by Conqueror's Haki had already staggered to their feet, but they were immediately knocked unconscious with clubs.

"These guys are really tough."

Nami was playing whack-a-mole with her Clima-Tact.

The girl in his arms was Nika, who was a little dizzy from being hit by Luffy's Haki.

Nika: "Ni didn't faint."

"I said you were dizzy, and you were dizzy."

Nami, I don't need your opinion, I only need my opinion.

In this situation, only holding Nika gives me a slight sense of security.

Although the clearing operation was impressive, those who remained were all tough opponents.

Her gaze quickly locked onto a figure walking towards her—a woman with thick, dark blue hair.

Her figure swayed gracefully, a slender pipe tucked between her fingers, and she walked with a swaying, affected gait, like a runway model, exuding a deliberate allure.

"Hey, little sister, are you also a pirate from the Straw Hat crew?"

Miss. exhaled a smoke ring with two fingers, her voice languidly hoarse, but her gaze swept over Nami like a knife:

How does it feel to be hit on the head with a club?

Nami's heart skipped a beat, but she immediately put on an innocent smile and waved her hands repeatedly:

You've misjudged.

"Although I'm part of the Straw Hat crew, I'm not a combatant. If you want to fight, go find that green-haired swordsman over there, or that curly-eyebrowed cook. I'm just an ordinary navigator!"

"An ordinary navigator? Well, that'll have to do."

Miss lightly tapped the empty battlefield around her with her smoking pipe, "Now it seems like the only opponent I can choose from here is you."

Nami's smile froze on her face, and she cursed inwardly.

How did I end up with such a troublesome guy?

Fight this Thorn-Thorn Fruit user that Robin mentioned has a bounty of 3500 million Berries?

What a joke!

No Devil Fruit user is easy to deal with.

"What a coward."

Miss. exhaled a puff of smoke from her fingers and turned her gaze to Luffy, who was fighting Crocodile in the distance. Her tone was tinged with regret and confusion: "That straw hat boy seems to have unlimited potential. He can actually fight our boss to a standstill."

"It's hard to imagine how he could choose someone like you... well, a seemingly useless partner?"

"What did you say?"

Nami instinctively tightened her grip on Nika's arm, her short orange hair almost standing on end.

She couldn't pretend she hadn't heard that.

Just like some people deny that Luffy can become the Pirate King.

Chapter 112 The War Between Women

"Ugh... Ni, Ni is going to die."

Nika, who was being choked and struggling to breathe, vaguely wanted to protest, but when she looked up and saw Nami's fiery gaze and the unpleasant look from the woman opposite her, she wisely swallowed her words.

It simply patted Nami's arm with its little paw.

After catching his breath, he didn't dare to cause trouble for Nami, so he bared his teeth at Miss.

The two women's gazes met in mid-air, as if sparks were flying.

"It seems we can't reach an agreement."

Miss shook her head regretfully with both fingers, her eyes suddenly turning cold.

She tossed the pipe aside and leaned forward slightly.