The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

While Vivi was lost in her beautiful daydreams, a certain sand crocodile in Alabasta was in a completely different mood.

A famous city in Alabasta, known for its rain.

Inside a private office of Rain Party, the enormous casino that is also Crocodile's headquarters.

A man dressed in a tall, imposing robe, with gold earrings, a prominent horizontal scar on his face, a cigar dangling from his mouth, and a gold hook in his left hand bearing the distinctive features of a pirate captain, was sitting in a chair.

"That pirate..."

Crocodile stroked the golden hook on his left hand, staring at the Den Den Mushi in front of him whose signal had been cut off, his brows furrowing deeply.

Anger was rising in his eyes, but a hint of doubt also flashed across them.

The things the other person said infuriated him.

However, the infuriating things they said to each other, and the messages revealed in each other's words, made him realize that something was unusual.

For example~

"Whitebeard? The bounty amounts on his men? How did he know?"

He once challenged Whitebeard in the New World, only to suffer a crushing defeat, a fact widely known and which caused quite a stir on the high seas at the time. It's understandable that the other party knew about this, but it's true that none of the subordinates his company recruited had a bounty exceeding 80 million Berries. Mr. 2 and Mr. 1, one and two ranks above Mr. 3 respectively, had bounties of 32 million and 75 million Berries.

It certainly didn't exceed 80 million peles.

This made Crocodile suspicious that his Baroque Works was too loosely organized.

Despite claiming to be a secret crime company, they were almost exposed by pirates they'd never even heard of; they were practically riddled with holes.

Could it be that there are other traitors within their company?!

"A pirate I've never even heard of..."

Crocodile pondered for a moment, then made a phone call.

As a veteran pirate, he wouldn't let the insults from his enemies cloud his judgment.

Since he began to intentionally cultivate a positive and righteous image outside, pirates have been raiding Alabasta almost every day, calling him a lackey of the Navy.

He didn't care, because all the pirates who had cursed him had been sent to their graves by his sandstorm.

Not long after, Robin, dressed in a pristine white women's suit and exuding elegance, arrived at the office.

"Boss, did you need to talk to me about something?"

At this moment, she was expressionless, as if she had truly put herself into the role of the secretary of the criminal company, the main villain.

"I want to know the information about the pirates who took down the bounty hunters at Whiskey Peak."

Crocodile spoke slowly.

"When I reported this matter to you, Boss, you said that it was a trivial matter and didn't need to be taken seriously, so you just dismissed me."

Robin said calmly.

After she met with Link and the others, when she returned to report to Crocodile, the latter didn't take it seriously at all.

Robin didn't care when she saw Crocodile, and then she thought about what Link had said to her before she left.

I don't know what I was thinking, but I didn't say much, intending to reduce Crocodile's attention on their group.

In Robin's opinion, Link and his friends were still too inexperienced compared to Crocodile.

"is it?"

Crocodile glanced at Robin indifferently:

"Now you can tell me."

"Okay, boss."

Robin nodded slightly, then took out two bounty posters.

"Monkey D. Luffy, the Straw Hat Boy, and Link, the Props Maker..."

0. Requesting flowers........

Crocodile stared at the two bounty posters and the amounts on them.

"A mere tens of millions of Berries bounty? And the first mate's bounty is even higher than the captain's..."

Crocodile glanced at it a few times, offering no comment.

Although this is a very high bounty in the East Blue, almost breaking historical records, it is far too insignificant for the Grand Line.

The pirates he had encountered before were all worth at least hundreds of millions.

Crocodile looked up at Robin, as if to ask if there was any other information.

The latter understood and sent over some intelligence gathered by Baroque Works, but she secretly kept some crucial information, such as the news of Link's fight with Hawkeye at the Baratie Restaurant.

"They only defeated some pirates with a maximum value of no more than 20 million Berries in the weakest part of the East Blue..."

After reading through this trivial information, Crocodile finally let out a contemptuous smile.

"It seems they only have the strength for a bounty of forty or fifty million, which is quite in line with their bounty."

Although the bounty amount is not entirely based on the pirate's strength, it is mostly the case.

In Crocodile's view, they were a group of arrogant guys who thought their bounty was high, and then happened to defeat a few enemies weaker than themselves, which made them think they were capable.

"Mr. 5 has a bounty of 10 million Berries, and Mr. 3 has a bounty of 24 million Berries. Judging from the bounty amounts alone, they are both within their reach."

Crocodile couldn't help but sneer, "They probably saw my bounty from a long time ago and think that with the strength of their so-called captain and first mate, they can challenge me."

"However, what they don't know is that after I became a Shichibukai, I automatically got rid of my bounty status, and the amount of my bounty stopped thereafter."

"You know, the bounty amount doesn't represent everything!!"

Before Crocodile became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, his bounty in the anime was 70 million, which, when added to Luffy's 30 million, makes a total of 100 million Berries.

The bounty in the manga version is 81 million, which is 10 million more than that of Boa Hancock, the only female among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, thus surpassing her by a significant margin.

If some people overinterpret this, it might mean that the male pirates among the Seven Warlords of the Sea cannot earn less than the females.

Fortunately, there are no Chinese rural dogs in the world of One Piece, otherwise the department at Marine Headquarters that creates bounty lists might be overwhelmed.

"Let Mr. 1 go and meet them later, and let them experience the true terror of the Grand Line!!"

Crocodile waved his hand as he spoke, clearly indicating that he had completely lost interest in the matter.

but?

"boss……"

Robin stood there, his eyes gleaming for a long time.

After a slight hesitation, curiosity ultimately prevailed.

"Do you know Ivankov, the transvestite king?!"

She still couldn't forget what Link had told her before.

"Um?!!!"

After Robin uttered the name, Crocodile's voice clearly trailed off.

"Why did you suddenly bring up that name?!"

Crocodile turned around, looking directly at Robin with a blank expression, but his voice was unusually deep.

Clearly, this name really bothered him.

Or, she pays close attention to anything related to this name.

"……nothing?"

Robin casually tossed her hair. She was now almost certain that there was something unspeakable between Crocodile and Ivankov, the transvestite king.

"Could it be that……"

Beneath Robin's seemingly calm and meticulous mind lies a certain magical and extremely dangerous thought process:

"The relationship between the boss and Ivankov..."

She automatically imagined a love-hate relationship between Ivankov and Crocodile.

At the same time, I also imagined many little stories and skits that I couldn't say out loud or record, otherwise they would easily be banned.

Crocodile didn't speak, but the way he kept staring at Robin said it all.

He's very concerned about this matter, so don't think you can just let it slide.

"Okay, actually, it was this group of pirates who asked me to pass on a message to you, boss."

Robin didn't say which pirate it was, but instead applied it to the entire Straw Hat crew.

It was as if Link was deliberately hidden away, so that he wouldn't receive too much attention from Crocodile.

"What words?!"

Crocodile immediately pressed for an answer.

"They say they know your secret, boss..."

boom! !

As soon as Robin finished speaking, the atmosphere in the entire room suddenly changed.

That viscous pressure and killing intent almost materialized!

Crocodile, who hadn't reacted this way when Link said those things before, was now truly filled with murderous intent!

Robin's eyelids twitched slightly, as if she had touched Crocodile's sore spot.

"Another key word is Ivankov, the Queen of the Transgender, and her Devil Fruit ability."

The pressure inside the room suddenly became even more intense.

Robin quietly retreated to a corner, trying to minimize his presence.

However, judging from her constantly shining eyes, her curiosity had been completely piqued. What exactly was the secret between her boss and the transvestite king?!

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"very good……"

The moment those two words were uttered, the previously oppressive atmosphere in the room instantly dissipated.

"I initially thought sending Mr. 1 was a bit of an overreaction, but now it seems that it was completely insufficient."

Crocodile was talking to himself there.

Although the atmosphere had calmed down, you could tell just by looking at his cigar, which was originally a full piece, now almost burning to the corner of his mouth.

He started to feel a bit feverish.

"No need to send Mr. 1!!"

Crocodile said coldly, "Let those arrogant pirates come here. I will bury them with my own hands!!"

Are you afraid that their secrets will be exposed if they are killed by Mr. 1?

Or perhaps you want to wait until they arrive, arrest them, and interrogate them about how they found out your secret and how many other people know about it, so you can wipe them out in one fell swoop?

As clever as Robin was, she quickly figured out Crocodile's intention.

However, she saw through it but didn't say it outright; she simply agreed without hesitation.

"Also, Mr. 3 and his gang are utterly useless. Send Mr. 2 to check if Mr. 3 and his crew have been taken out. If not, send Mr. 3 on his way out of here!"

They were probably afraid of revealing something, so they planned to destroy the evidence...

Robin, with her rich imagination, nodded in agreement.

Soon, Crocodile issued the Straw Hat Pirates' orders one by one in an orderly manner.

After Robin finished writing it down, he took his leave.

Crocodile was left alone, a cigar almost completely burned out between his teeth, his eyes gradually turning gloomy.

"The Straw Hat Pirates..."

He reached out and grabbed the two wanted posters on the table, instantly turning them into a cloud of sand!

Taikoo Island, a small garden.