Sailing: His comprehension is against the sky, and he comprehends the Eight Gates at the beginning.

"See? I am now the king of this country!"

"how is it going?"

"Am I very powerful?"

Mr. 2 asked Sanji with pride and smugness as he danced ballet.

Sanji took another drag of his cigarette, a slight smile playing on his lips, and replied perfunctorily.

"Yes Yes Yes..."

...

Meanwhile, the square filled with rapeseed flowers was once again dumbfounded.

People stared in disbelief at Cobra, who was now dancing ballet on the screen, exclaiming in astonishment.

"Then...that king was an imposter?!"

"Not only their appearance, but even their voices are exactly the same!!"

"So...this is the person who destroyed the town this morning?"

"We...we misunderstood Lord Cobra!"

"How could I... how could I be so foolish as to doubt His Majesty the King? He's such a good king, I should have trusted him..."

For a moment, the crowd was filled with voices of regret and remorse.

The voices that had been shouting "Down with the King's Army! Down with the bastard King!" completely disappeared at that moment.

People, on the contrary, became suspicious when they looked at Crocodile in the first picture.

"These people are all Crocodile's men... Does that mean... all of this... was orchestrated by Crocodile?"

Someone made this guess, and the crowd was plunged into disbelief and chaos once again.

"No way?! That national hero, Mr. Crocodile, wouldn't do something like that, would he?"

"Yes! He's driven away invading pirates for us many times and protected us!"

"But... how do we explain what these people are saying?"

Zoro, Sanji, and the other three almost one after another identified Crocodile as the owner of Baroque Works through the executives of Baroque Works.

So at this moment, people have almost no doubt about this, especially after seeing Mr. 2 transform into the king.

Now, everyone's attention is focused on the first image, on Crocodile, who is smoking a cigar and looking excited.

...

And while these people were suspicious of Crocodile.

In a narrow, dark alley, the man was panting heavily, his face filled with shock and excitement.

Holding a Den Den Mushi with trembling hands, he shouted excitedly.

"President Morgans...big news!!!" (Shan)

Chapter Seventy-Six: Global Live Broadcast, Warring States Anger. (Thanks to Angel, Watching the Wind Over China, and Young Master Kai for the monthly tickets.)

"President Morgans, big news!"

Upon hearing this excited voice, an interested voice immediately came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

"Oh? What big news?"

The man was excited, breathing heavily, and shouted excitedly.

"Huff...huff..."

"That...that 'Worst Rookie' Straw Hat Pony is going to challenge...the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Crocodile!!!"

Upon hearing this news, the voice on the other end of the Den Den Mushi became noticeably excited, asking with shock.

"What?! You're telling the truth?!"

The Straw Hat Boy alone might not be enough to cause a sensation in the world, but the status of a Shichibukai is a different story.

The man continued, speaking in an excited tone.

"It's...it's true!"

"I'm currently in a city in Alabasta, and right now... there's a live stream of the Straw Hat Pirates versus the Crocodile Pirates taking place in the city square."

"It looks like... the battle is about to begin!"

Morgans became even more excited upon hearing this, and exclaimed with delight.

"What?! You said it's being broadcast live?!"

"Quick! Quickly, broadcast the footage over here!"

"I want to broadcast this battle to the whole world and let the whole world see this big news."

"The rookie Straw Hat Pirates versus the Seven Warlords of the Sea [Crocodile]'s crew..."

"Big news! This is huge news!!!"

Morgans cheered with surprise and excitement on the other end of the phone, and the man on this side immediately nodded in agreement.

"Yes, President Morgans!"

After saying that, he took out a video Den Den Mushi from his bag and ran towards the square again.

...

Before the man spoke with Morgans.

On this side of the square, everyone's attention has now shifted to the first scene: Crocodile is leading the kidnapped King Cobra in a dimly lit room.

　"247"—and before that, the initial scene was...

A large door was pushed open.

Bright light shone in, instantly illuminating the originally dim environment.

Three figures walked in through the light. As they drew closer, people recognized them as Crocodile, Cobra, and a woman whom most people did not recognize.

Crocodile spread his hands, his gaze wandering over the magnificent buildings around him, his eyes filled with excitement and exhilaration, and laughed.

"What a hidden paradise this place is!"

"Using the tombs of your royal families as a cover, how could you even think of that!"

"Guhahaha..."

Crocodile laughed heartily.

Cobra ignored Crocodile's sarcasm and said...

"The thing is inside the door in front..."

After saying that, Cobra suddenly sat down on the spot.

It seems there's no intention to go back to the past.

Crocodile, puzzled by this, stopped and turned to look at Cobra, a contemptuous smile on his lips, and asked.

"What's wrong, Cobra?"

"Why did you stop?"

Kobra lowered his head, his eyes filled with doubt, and spoke in a low voice, as if talking to himself or asking a question.

"Crocodile, there's something I've always been wondering about."

"I can understand that the dancing fan incident was something you did intentionally."

"But what I've never understood is why sandstorms keep sweeping through the towns and cities of this country?"

"The buried oasis of Airuma was completely destroyed by a sandstorm, and Yuba is now also constantly suffering from sandstorms and is on the verge of destruction."

"But... before the dancing fan incident, these two towns were the most famous oases in the country!"

"Back then, there weren't those constantly sweeping sandstorms."

"Why did this start appearing after the dancing fan incident?"

"Is it really just because this country's rainwater has been taken away? Or... is it fate?"

Cobra looked deeply puzzled; he simply couldn't understand this question.

Even before he knew who was behind the dancing fan incident, he was already thinking about the sandstorm problem.

This strange natural phenomenon that occurred suddenly is truly perplexing.

So when he learned that Crocodile was the mastermind behind it all, he wanted to ask whether this was fate or something related to Crocodile.

After Cobra finished asking his question, Crocodile suddenly burst into laughter.

"Guhahahaha..."

"God willing?!"

Crocodile stopped laughing, his expression immediately turning contemptuous as he looked down at Cobra sitting on the ground and said coldly.

"Cobra, do you know why this country has become like this?"

Cobra looked up at Crocodile with a puzzled expression.

Then he saw Crocodile with a contemptuous smile on his lips, speaking each word clearly.

"That's all because of you...because the people of this country...are too stupid!"

"Guhahahaha..."

Crocodile then threw his head back and laughed.

Meanwhile, the citizens who witnessed this scene in the rapeseed flower square stared in disbelief, their eyes filled with shock and their expressions extremely sad.

It's like being suddenly betrayed by your most trusted friend; even after hearing the truth, you still can't believe it or accept it for a while.

"Mr. Crocodile... what are you saying?"

"This can't be true, right? That national hero... how could he say something like that? No way! No way!"

"It's fake! It must be fake! This Mr. Crocodile must be a fake! The real Mr. Crocodile would never say that about us... He's our hero!"

The square was filled with voices of grief and refusal to accept the reality.

Smoker, seeing this, simply scoffed disdainfully.

"Hmph! Pirates are just pirates after all..."

"The Seven Warlords of the Sea are the same!"

In the scene, Crocodile's laughter gradually stopped, and then he looked at Cobra with an expression as if he were looking at an idiot, and said contemptuously.

"Whether it's the dancing fan incident, the sandstorms that keep sweeping the city, or this incident that triggered the rebels to launch a decisive battle."

"The people of this country are like mindless fools; they believe whatever you show them."

“They will see that it is only raining in your city of Albana, and they will believe that you have taken away the rainwater.”

"If they see you causing damage in the street, they'll believe you're a jerk."

"besides..."

As Crocodile spoke, he suddenly extended his right hand, and a small sandstorm quickly appeared in the center of his palm.

Then he continued.

"See! This is what you call destiny."

"Whether it's you or that stupid old man who spends all day digging wells in Yuba."

“You only believe what you see, treating sandstorms sweeping through cities as natural phenomena, even calling it divine intervention.”

“Cobra…”

Crocodile suddenly called out Cobra's name, then looked into Cobra's eyes and said, word by word.

"You...and the citizens of this country, are truly...utterly foolish!!!"

"Guhahahaha..."