From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

Crocodile's mouth curled up, with an evil smile on his face, but his eyes exuded murderous intent.

Seeing his posture, Foz F instinctively prepared for battle, his muscles tensing.

But before Crocodile could speak, Spandine said with a smile, "Don't be so nervous, Foz. Crocodile will not be dissatisfied with me..."

"Really? It seems you don't think I will kill you here?" Crocodile looked at Spandine with a gloomy look.

"Of course, because all signs show that you are a smart man. What's more, as we are all members of the World Zhengfu, why should we fight and kill each other as soon as we meet?" Spandine said with a smile.

This made Crocodile look at him differently. There was no doubt that judging from Spandine's current momentum and temperament, it was not difficult for Crocodile to see that this guy was very weak.

But it seems to have something to rely on?

"Tell me about your purpose." Crocodile restrained his dangerous aura, changed his tone, and spoke in a slightly calmer tone.

Seeing that Crocodile didn't seem to be planning on talking any more, Spandine got straight to the point. "I come here on behalf of Marijoa's will, authorized by the highest authority. I've come to Alabasta to cooperate with you, Mr. Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea."

"I don't think I have any need to cooperate with you CP." Crocodile waved his hand.

The tone was a little cold.

"That may be because you have not yet realized your own situation and circumstances." Spandine said bluntly.

Crocodile just glanced at Spandine and said nothing.

Spandine continued, "Two points. First, judging by the current situation, we have accurate intelligence that the leader of the Song Army, Monkey D. Dragon, has already led a portion of the Song Army into Alabasta. In Alabasta, you are destined to be on opposing sides. I think when facing such a formidable enemy as the Song Army, Lord Crocodile might want some powerful help."

Crocodile did not comment, but instead asked, "What about the second point?"

"Secondly, to be frank, as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, you are not qualified to reject the will of Mary Geoise!" Spandane grinned and said in a bad tone.

When facing Diarmait, this guy was timid, but when facing Crocodile, he seemed extremely tough!

Perhaps this is what Spandine meant by 'taking advantage of the situation'?

Chapter 338 Crocodile's Seven Warlords' Order!

As soon as Spandane finished speaking, Crocodile's face became even gloomier.

"Are you threatening me?" Crocodile said in a deep voice.

A stream of yellow sand overflowed from his body and floated up and down around him, as if in the next moment, if Spandine did not satisfy him, he would turn him into a mummy.

Spandine didn't react at all. He said calmly, "I'm just stating the laws and regulations of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. When necessary, the Seven Warlords of the Sea must cooperate with Marijoa's actions. I reiterate that I have the highest authorization from Marijoa. Lord Crocodile, you should understand what this means. As long as I give you a reasonable report, such as saying that you are unwilling to cooperate with Marijoa's actions, then I can immediately deprive you of your status as a Seven Warlord of the Sea!"

After a brief pause, facing Crocodile's murderous gaze, Spandine continued, "If you no longer believe you need the status and position of a Shichibukai, then you can definitely strike here. I just wonder if you have the ability to kill all of us CP-9 members in Alabasta without leaking the news to Marijoa?"

Crocodile stared at Spandine with a gloomy look for a long time, then he looked away and suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahahahahahaha, interesting guy, are all the people in your CP agency like you? If so, I doubt how powerful the Songming Army is to develop to such a level under your care?" Crocodile asked with a big laugh.

Spanda laughed too, shaking his head. "I came to Alabasta precisely because I'm better than my peers, isn't it?"

"That makes sense." Crocodile nodded in response.

Although he didn't say anything explicitly, Spandine already knew Crocodile's attitude.

This was not unexpected, because Spandine was very sure from the beginning to the end about what choice Crocodile would make.

That's why he dared to act so tough.

"Sit down." Crocodile said concisely.

Spandine also sat down on the sofa in the room without any hesitation, while Foz stood quietly behind him, like a shadow and bodyguard.

Nicole Robin also naturally poured a cup of tea for Spandine.

Then, she glanced at Crocodile and said, "Do you need me to step aside?"

Crocodile was silent for a moment, as if thinking.

Spandine also realized something through this little action. Nicole. Robin seemed to be trusted by Crocodile, but in fact, this trust was reserved.

However, it is not surprising that within the CP agency, the analysis of Crocodile's behavior and personality also showed that this guy seemed to be extremely distrustful of other people due to his previous experiences.

After just a moment, Crocodile shook his head and said, "Let's listen together."

Robin didn't say anything, just nodded, poured himself a cup of tea, and sat quietly on the other side of the sofa, ready to listen to the CP agency's plan.

"As one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, I am of course happy to serve Marijoa. I just wanted to see what kind of person this person representing Marijoa's will is. Please..." Crocodile paused.

Spandine replied naturally, "Spandine, Commander CP-9."

"Yes, Mr. Spandine, please don't mind it," Crocodile said. Spandine smiled and nodded, saying, "It's all for Marijoa, it's nothing."

Crocodile didn't say anything more when he saw this. It was rare for him to say such words.

"So, regarding Marijoa, what do those bigwigs want me to cooperate with you on? Are you planning to wipe out the Song Army in Alabasta? Excuse me, this is not easy to do..." Crocodile asked calmly.

Crocodile also felt that the people of Marijoa would not be so stupid as to force such a fantastic mission on him, right?

Sure enough, Spandane shook his head and said, "No, the Song Army is a very difficult organization, so Mary Geoise doesn't expect to wipe them out in Alabasta all at once. Of course, if there's enough opportunity in Alabasta, we wouldn't mind trying."

"So, what should we do?" Crocodile nodded and asked again.

"First, of course, it is to destroy the plans and intentions of the Song Army in Alabasta. At present, we have tentatively determined that the Song Army wants to overthrow the monarchy of Alabasta, or wants to seize control of Alabasta. I personally tend to the latter possibility. I even have reason to believe that the Nefertari clan has established a cooperative relationship with the Song Army." Spandine said.

Crocodile's expression changed, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "The Song of Life Army has been overthrowing royal power and purging nobles around the world. The Nefertari clan is the largest noble family in Alabasta. Will they cooperate with the Song of Life Army? Would Cobra make such a choice? If he really cooperates with the Song of Life Army, then his already shaky authority within the Alabasta noble class will immediately collapse!"

"Although this sounds incredible, in fact, the problems in Alabasta are far more complicated than you think. I would like to ask, Lord Crocodile, have you ever understood, or do you know the true bloodline and origin of the Nefertari family?" Spandine asked.

"I have heard that the Nefertari clan is one of the descendants of the twenty kings. I am very curious. They should have lived in Marijoa, high above the clouds. Why... is it like this? But precisely because I am concerned about their bloodline and background, some of the actions I took in Alabasta tended to be gentler." Crocodile said slowly.

If Crocodile had not heard that Marijoa seemed to be intending to make arrangements for the Nefertari clan, he might have pretended to be confused and pretended not to know.

But now, there seems to be no need to hide anything.

As expected, the CP Agency wasn't on the side of the Nefertari clan. Spandine explained, "Yes, the Nefertari clan is indeed one of the descendants of the twenty kings. If they hadn't chosen to leave the Holy Land, Marijoa, His Majesty Cobra would now be a noble Celestial Dragon, holding a certain authority in Marijoa, and wouldn't have fallen to such a tragic state."

"So what happened next?" Crocodile asked, as if he was also very interested in the story of the twenty kings.

Spandine continued, "Some unpleasant things happened later. Even I'm not authorized to know the specific reasons. In short, the Nefertari didn't settle in the Holy Land, but returned to their homeland of Alabasta. Since then, the Holy Land has viewed the Nefertari as a people who have fallen and betrayed themselves. However, thanks to the grace of the twenty kings, the Nefertari have enjoyed exceptional treatment for the past few hundred years, at least on the surface."

The simplest symbol is that the country of Alabasta, under the rule of the Nefertari clan, almost does not have to pay any substantial amount of money such as heavenly gold.

Of course, in order to save Mary Geoise's face, the Nefertari clan will still give some money.

But unlike other countries that are willing to sell everything they have to raise the money, the Nefertari family can only give 300 to 500 million Beli.

It's just a gesture, after all, in terms of bloodline, no one is nobler than anyone else.

At the same time, the participating countries of the World Conference rotate every four years, and each time the number of seats is set at approximately fifty. In other words, among the more than 170 member states, only fifty royal families can go to Mary Geoise every four years to discuss international affairs.

Among them, the Nefertari clan has occupied a seat all year round. Others have to rotate, but they don’t.

Add to that various taxes, and Alabasta can hardly collect any from Mary Geoise.

This is also one of the reasons for the prosperity of Alabasta, because this country is very favored within the world's correct system.

And its source lies in the 'noble' Celestial Dragon bloodline of the Nefertari clan, the bloodline of twenty kings.

To ordinary people, it seems that with such extraordinary treatment, Alabasta and the Nefertari clan should be maintaining a very good relationship with the Holy Land, Marijoa, and the world.

But in reality, this is not the case.

Hidden beneath the generous treatment is the increasingly deteriorating relationship between the two sides over the past few hundred years.

From the perspective of interests, Alabasta is a well-deserved superpower in the world. Whether it is population, economy, military, culture, politics, historical origins, or heritage background, they are all first-class, even top-notch.

You are such a powerful country. We, Mary Geoise, have given you so many preferential treatments, but you don’t pay taxes or give us the gold from heaven. The commander-in-chief of the entire army can hardly mobilize your huge force. Who can bear this?

So from the perspective of interests, as long as Mary Geoise wants to get more benefits from Alabasta, the ancient superpower, she will not want the Nefertari family to continue to serve as the royal family.

They were in a difficult situation because the Nefertari clan was blocking their way, and without the Nefertari clan, Alabasta would bring huge benefits to Mary Geoise.

This is the conflict of interests.

From the perspective of identity, the Nefertari clan's decision to leave Marijoa was undoubtedly a betrayal of the alliance of the twenty kings and a betrayal of Marijoa.

Without the Nefertari clan, Mary Geoise's hidden ultimate weapon, Uranus, and Uranus would be useless.

At the same time, the Nefertari clan knows too many secrets of Mary Geoise. Perhaps many of them (Wang Qianhao) are being passed down, but have been interrupted for eight hundred years. But does Mary Geoise dare to take the risk?

If Nefertari leaks any secrets, it will be very dangerous for Mary Geoise.

Therefore, from this perspective, Mary Geoise still hates the Nefertari clan to the core.

I can't wait to get rid of them.

Likewise, the Nefertari clan was aware of Mary Geoise's attitude towards them, and for centuries, they had maintained a deep sense of wariness and caution towards Mary Geoise, even towards Hades. The ancient weapon, Pluto, was in the hands of the Nefertari clan, used to guard against and intimidate Mary Geoise.

Over time, the relationship between the two sides deteriorated to a very serious level.

Look at it now, if Cobra and Marijoa had a very close relationship, would Crocodile dare to act like this in Alabasta?

Did Dragon dare to contact Cobra so casually? And even planned to cooperate with Cobra, the descendant of the twenty kings, as the leader of the Song Army?

Isn't that a joke?

Spandine roughly told Crocodile some things that he could tell Crocodile, which gave Crocodile some peace of mind.

This proves that Mary Geoise is not in league with the Nefertari clan.

"So you mean to tell me that the bigwigs in Marijoa want to take action against the Nefertari clan during this chaotic incident?" Crocodile looked at Spandine with a strange expression and asked.

Spandine smiled and said, "It is true that there is such a plan." Neighbor.

Chapter 339: Alliance and cooperation between the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the CP Agency!

In fact, Crocodile has never figured out how to get rid of Cobra and the Nefertari clan.

First of all, it was impossible for him to do it by himself. After all, he didn't know much about the relationship between the Nefertari clan and Mary Geoise.

In the original story, Crocodile chose to train a "black hand" to kill the Nefertari clan for him.

The mastermind behind this is the rebel organization in Alabasta.

According to his original plan, he didn't need to show up at all, and just wait quietly behind the scenes.

He watched these rebels kill all the members of the Nefertari clan, and then he jumped out to "restore order" and suppress the rebels. He then succeeded to the throne as a national hero.

This plan went smoothly at first until he met the Straw Hat Pirates.

He was defeated by Luffy, the cheating son of destiny. Not only did he fail to become the Desert King of Alabasta, he also had to go to Impeldown for further studies.