One Piece: Get Stronger by Watching Battles

Zhou Ze saw a small boat slowly leaving the harbor. His eyes turned cold. He drew his sword and was about to strike when he saw a man standing at the bow of the small boat. It was Kou Sha.

"What exactly do you want?!" Kou Sha roared at Zhou Ze in shock and anger.

Zhou Ze slowly lowered the blade, revealing a smile. "It's nothing. I just wanted to fish and don't like being disturbed."

"You!" Kou Sha pointed at Zhou Ze, "You..."

Zhou Ze curled his lip and brandished his knife. "Enough with the nonsense. If you're unwilling to talk, then we'll settle things with our knives!"

Kou Sha's face darkened for a moment. "Even if we have no weapons, but only harpoons and clubs, we will continue to fight...!"

"You dare!" Zhou Ze roared, causing the seawater around him to surge and explode with a "bang." "If you dare to send those unarmed civilians to the battlefield, I will kill you right now."

Kosa chuckled sarcastically, "If you're so capable, why threaten me? Wouldn't it be better to just take care of Baroque Works?"

"That way, no one will have to die!"

Zhou Ze was speechless.

"If it's not going to work, then don't stop us!"

Kosa concluded.

Zhou Ze remained silent for a long time, then sheathed his sword and sighed, "If you agree to my conditions, then I will take action against Crocodile."

Kou Sha was surprised that Zhou Ze would agree and didn't react for a moment before Zhou Ze spoke again.

"My condition is that from now on, you must stop receiving weapons."

As soon as Zhou Ze finished speaking, a soldier behind Kou Sha said, "Chief, we can't agree to his request!"

"If we agree to his request, our only weapon will be..."

Kou Sha waved his hand to stop the soldier from continuing, "I promise you."

"leader"

Kou Sha raised his hand, interrupting the soldiers. He turned around and said, "Don't spread this news yet. Tomorrow, march on the capital as planned."

Then he looked at Zhou Ze and said, "I hope you keep your word."

Zhou Ze nodded heavily. "I will do what I say I will do."

Meanwhile, among the onlookers on the shore, a few people were huddled together, and one of them whispered something to his companion.

"Quickly report the situation to the vice president!"

Then the man quickly pushed through the crowd and ran into the town.

Upon receiving the news, Nico Robin rushed to the shore. Koza's small boat had already returned to port. She looked at the figure still standing proudly on the sea, her eyes sparkling.

"Vice President, should we inform the President about this matter...?"

A henchman asked Robin in a low voice what he meant, while handing him a Den Den Mushi (a type of electric scooter).

Robin ignored him, still staring at Zhou Ze's figure. "Didn't you know that Den Den Mushi are prohibited from being used before the president explicitly ordered it?"

"I will rush back to Yudi immediately to report this matter in person. You all follow the plan and do not act on your own, understand?"

"Yes"

…………

Off the coast of Alabasta.

"Tina, my troops will be landing here. What's your opinion?"

Smoker, with a cigar in his mouth, tapped his large hand on the map. "Tina, can you hear me?"

“Hmm,” Tina replied lazily, “I’m just cooperating in the pursuit of your Straw Hat crew. You can land wherever you want.”

Smoker frowned. "This is your territory. What's wrong with you? It's been like this ever since!"

“None of your business,” Tina replied casually, gazing at the Alabasta coastline through the captain’s cabin window. “I wonder where Zhou Ze has gone. Tina is worried.”

Smoker's eyes narrowed, and he felt inexplicably irritated. He snorted, "Didn't you say that his strength is indeed as strong as the rumors say? Then what are you worried about?"

Tina glared at Smoker, snorted, and pushed open the door to leave.

“Tch, that woman…” Smoker muttered. “Send the order: the fleet prepares to land.”

Tashigi gave a military salute. "Yes, sir."

……

"Chief Kou Sha, our men report that the man is still on the sea and doesn't seem to be leaving."

Kou Sha did not speak upon hearing this, but waved his hand, dismissing the soldiers.

……

Spider Cafe, somewhere in western Alabasta.

A female shop manager was sitting quietly in a rocking chair reading a book when suddenly the shop door was pushed open.

A burly figure walked in. He had dark skin and a large "yi" tattoo on his bare chest.

"Hmm, Bora, I'm here," the man said calmly. "Why the rush? This isn't what we planned."

The female store manager put down her book and stood up. "Mr. 1, you've come at the perfect time."

She clapped her hands. There were already several people waiting in the store. A man with strange clothes and appearance, as well as a couple with bloated figures, turned their heads to look.

"The spies who were supposed to come have all arrived, and a document has been delivered to Spider Cafe. We need to head to the dream city 'Rainy Land' now."

"The man we call Boss is waiting for us there."

Chapter 29 I Know a Lot (Please vote!)

rain.

Inside the secret hall of the "Rainy Banquet" casino, Robin, who had rushed back from Cateria, stood at the head of the conference table.

The senior agents of Baroque Works, who had rushed back from Spider Café, sat on either side of the conference table.

The head chair spun around, and a voice rang out, "It's time, Operation Ideal Land..."

"Crocodile?!"

The agents gasped in shock. Crocodile, a smile playing on his lips, waved the paper in his hand. "This is our Baroque Works' final operational plan..."

Crocodile laid out his plan to his top agents, concluding, "The time has finally come for Alabasta to disappear."

“Overnight, this country will become our 'utopia'.”

Just then, the conference room door was pushed open, and a person walked in. He was wearing glasses, a blue and white striped shirt, and his hair was braided into the shape of the number "3" with flames burning at the ends.

"Boss, nice to meet you. Although I failed the mission, I would still like to ask you to give me another chance!"

"Huh? What did you say?" Crocodile's eyes turned cold.

Mr. 3 hurriedly explained, "It was on Little Garden Island that I failed to resolve the issue between the Straw Hat crew and Princess Vivi!"

"Because the intelligence was wrong, there were actually four people in that group, including a guy with a long nose..."

Crocodile glanced at Mr. 3, interrupting him. "Not four, five. I met a young man before..."

"I originally thought that young man was sent by the king, but now it seems he's also one of the Straw Hat crew. He's the one who was talking to me using your Den Den Mushi!"

Crocodile said coldly.

When Mr. 3 drew the four Straw Hat crew members he had seen, the senior agent, a man with a strange appearance and clothing, exclaimed, "I... I've seen them before."

Then he touched his face with his right hand, and he transformed into Luffy, then Nami, Zoro, Usopp, and even Chopper.

"So they were our enemies after all."

This man's codename in Baroque Works is Mr. 2, Bon Clay. His ability is to transform into anyone he has ever touched, including their appearance and physique.

Crocodile's mind raced for a while before he said with a grim expression, "None of the people you've transformed into are the guy I'm talking about."

He paused for a moment, then said, "The Straw Hat crew does indeed have a fifth member, the guy I met."

"That's right, he knew my true identity, which is why he reacted that way."

“If we let them run rampant, it will hinder my plans.”

Crocodile concluded by saying, "Not counting the pet, including Princess Vivi, there are a total of 6 people. They should all have entered Alabasta by now."

"Boss, this time I will definitely take care of it myself..." Mr. 3 said tremblingly, but Crocodile suddenly stood up and grabbed him by the neck.

"Shut up, you good-for-nothing, Mr. 3. In terms of combat strength, you're not even as good as Mr. 4. What I valued about you was your determination to complete the mission by any means necessary, but you've disappointed me too much."

As Crocodile spoke, he gradually increased the pressure on his hands. Mr. 3 screamed in terror, but his struggles became weaker and weaker. Soon, his whole body seemed to be drained of moisture, and he withered up.

Crocodile released him, tossing him to the floor. He then pressed a button on the chair, causing the floor to split open and revealing a deep tunnel. Mr. 3 fell straight in.

Crocodile's methods intimidated all the high-ranking agents. Only Robin, who was used to the dangers of the world, remained calm. She sensed something was wrong from Crocodile's words.

Because when Robin met Zhou Ze, the agents had not yet returned to Alabasta, meaning that Zhou Ze had no chance to contact Mr. 3's Den Den Mushi.

Moreover, Robin knows that Zhou Ze is a Marine, so the fifth member of the Straw Hat crew could never be Zhou Ze.

However, Robin doesn't intend to tell Crocodile about this. She works for Baroque Works for the "Poneglyphs" that exist in Alabasta.

What's wrong with making a deal with the most heinous demon for this?

But in the end, she thought of Zhou Ze's figure standing on the sea, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on her lips. "You want to organize this war, don't you? I'll give you a chance to see just how far you can go!"

……

As darkness fell, the only sounds were the creaking of the sea against the wreckage of ships.

Zhou Ze was already very weak. He had not eaten or drunk anything, and had been exposed to the scorching sun all day without any shade. He was exhausted both physically and mentally, but he still held the knife firmly and stood resolutely on the small boat.

The knife in his hand was already covered with dense cracks. Zhou Ze was certain that if he swung it again, the knife would shatter into pieces.

Sigh, Mihawk's swordsmanship is powerful, but it takes up a lot of swords!

It only struck three times.

Zhou Ze, in his current state, still had the mind to consider these things. He twitched the corner of his mouth, finding himself somewhat amusing.

Then he heard the sound of oars cutting through the seawater behind him.

Zhou Ze frowned. He couldn't understand why anyone would dare to leave port after he had already sunk three weapon ships.