Anime Heroine Who Travels Through the Blackened Way

In other words, she knew from the beginning that Baroque's boss was Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords under the King, so she had full confidence in his connections and market channels.

There is also a possibility here, that is, Nami was not a government employee before making this request. However, under ordinary circumstances, who would believe that a wanted criminal of the government not only cleared his name in less than half a year, but even directly became a direct official of the World Government?

You must know that Nami's 'East China Sea Special Investigation Department' is an official of a department directly under the government, rather than a title similar to a trading product like King Shichibukai. This means that the government does not care about her history of being wanted at all.

As for a suspicious and cunning hero like Crocodile, he would never believe that Nami had such luck. He preferred to believe that Nami herself was a member of the World Government and was just ordered to do something like this in the East China Sea. Some tricks, now that the conditions are met, they have directly returned to the government's establishment.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Crocodile deduced the fact that his identity was exposed based on this.

"Oh? Do you still need to ask? Mr. Crocodile?"

Raising her head with a smile, Nami looked directly into the eyes of Crocodile opposite her, and her tone was surprisingly gentle and natural, as if she was saying something natural.

"The Baroque Cooperative is a criminal gang whose sphere of influence is in Alabasta, and you are the only real big bad guy in this area. So how much brainpower does it take to deduce this fact?"

"After all, you are a pirate."

(PS1: Yeah~~First update~~)

(PS2: Negotiating with Sand Crocodile~)

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The muscles on Crocodile's face twitched several times. As a tycoon who has been fighting for decades, he naturally has the ability to distinguish the honesty of others through their tone of voice. And from the smiling Nami in front of him, he did hear the other party's sincere answer.

But for Crocodile, this is undoubtedly an answer that is infinitely close to ridicule. Because this means that the superficial work that he has been putting in for so long and even achieved a positive title like a national hero is just a ridiculous futility for this orange-haired girl. The other party just based on his nature as a pirate, coldly denied all his positive efforts. What made Crocodile even more unable to argue was that her answer was absolutely correct.

Speechlessly, Crocodile's pretense of kindness completely dissipated, replaced by a dangerous cold light and a little anger. Although he did accept the fact that his identity was exposed, it did not mean that he could accept the reason for the exposure in such a simple way. But what made him angry and speechless was that he himself seemed to agree with this reason.

Pirates are pirates, even the Shichibukai King is also a pirate. Even though he has obtained seemingly legal status and power and can show his face in the public society, for Sand Crocodile Crocodile, he never gives up. His own ambition as a pirate.

Whether he wants to occupy Alabasta or find the ancient weapon Pluto buried here, his ultimate plan is to use this irresistible power to continuously conquer surrounding countries until he stands at the top of the world. Therefore, Nami's answer now is indeed the most intolerable but also the most irrefutable reason for him.

"His Majesty the Shichibukai, the World Government is used to control the Navy Headquarters, a deformed product born of pirates who gave up their dignity and peace with the government because of their own ambitions. Sorry, my description may be a little rude, but I think Mr. Crocodile There’s no need for me to be hypocritical in front of you, right?”

Without hesitation, she picked up the glass of champagne in front of her, and Nami also raised her glass to Crocodile very elegantly. She believed that Crocodile in front of her knew what she meant. After all, the King's Shichibukai itself was this kind of thing. .

The sea in this world is vast, and the Navy Headquarters that naturally governs the sea is also a very powerful existence. However, it is the World Government that controls this world, not the Navy Headquarters. A watchdog with too sharp claws is not a good thing, because it is difficult to know whether the dog will expand too much and swallow its owner one day.

Therefore, the World Government is ostensibly using the existence of King Shichibukai as an additional boost, euphemistically calling it 'wiping out pirates with pirates'. In fact, it was to set up an additional stumbling block between the navy and ordinary pirates, so as to forcibly achieve a balanced relationship between the three parties.

As for the daily privileges of the Shichibukai, the king can theoretically carry out the same plunder and destruction as ordinary pirates. Just like the Empress Hancock in the Shichibukai, her ships use this privilege as a tiger They openly plundered passing merchant ships to replenish their own country's supplies, and the World Government also gave it the greatest cover. The navy would not even bother to investigate these plundering incidents related to the other party.

But that's because the empress herself is the emperor of a pirate country, so her robbery mission is to support her country, so naturally there are no taboos. But people like Crocodile and Doflamingo, who want to seize the country and become kings, naturally have to spend a lot of effort to establish a positive image of themselves if they want to gain the support of the common people.

But the same thing is that while enjoying the privileges, the Shichibukai must also fulfill an obligation: once the World Government goes to war with the rest of the pirate forces, they can issue a compulsory summons order to make these powerful people serve as the world's most powerful pirates. The government's direct combat forces were engaged in the battle.

So in the final analysis, the position of King Shichibukai is just an extra thug position specially set up by the world government in order to covet the influence and combat power of these powerful pirates. It is equivalent to the mercenaries trained and hired by the rulers in addition to the regular army. In addition to being used as a combat force, its greatest purpose is to warn those regular troops under his command who may have different intentions.

And for pirates, what does this title look like?

There is no doubt that for truly ambitious pirates, this is an existence full of shame and betrayal.

Even if they meet each other on the sea, most of them will fight. However, pirates are a common group after all. If someone wants to break away from this group and become the lackey of another group, then this is undoubtedly something worthy of spurning and contempt. Human beings have a sense of companionship. As strong as the sense of betrayal, the latter is even more acute. What is ironic is that the stronger a pirate becomes, the stronger his will to pursue freedom and his desires becomes. After all, this era of great pirates was started by the Pirate King Gol D. Roger. He was a man who was truly admired by men all over the world. Whether they hated him or praised him, they could not deny this. Man is the only current pirate king.

Because of the existence of the King of Pirates, the profession of 'pirate' represents more of the aura of 'doing whatever you want' and 'free ambition'. After all, for a small-character pirate, robbing civilians is enough. But for those real big pirates, the best and most worthy treasure is always the one piece left by the Pirate King!

"So, the only way to make those arrogant big pirates bow to the government is based on their 'ambition', right? Mr. Crocodile, I originally heard that you joined the King's Shichibukai , I was still wondering what your ambitions were. Later, I heard that a criminal gang called Baroque Works had appeared in Alabasta, and I immediately understood. It seems that your goal is this country."

Shaking the champagne in the glass, Nami had no intention of saving face for Crocodile. There was no other reason. She was sure that Crocodile would not kill her. After all, this ambitious tycoon also expected to continuously obtain Xia Lan and the protagonist's armor from her, so as to increase the funds for the strength he had built. If he didn't even have this kind of self-control, he would have lived so many years in vain.

"Who...are you?!"

Almost gritting his teeth, Crocodile did his best to suppress the murderous intention. From this orange-haired girl's mouth, he felt as if he had been stared at coldly by a pair of eyes all these years. Even though he knew it was impossible, the other person's thoroughness that seemed to see through his nature still made him almost feel like sitting on pins and needles. .

"Me? I'm just a lost person who suddenly fell here from the world he was familiar with...So, Mr. Crocodile doesn't need to worry about it. After all, I have no interest in your ambitions, and there is nothing to give in to Alabasta. The reason I defend. Rather, since that king was so naive to keep a man like you in his own land, then he would only suffer for himself if his country was taken away."

After taking a sip of the champagne in the glass, Nami also felt a trace of sadness that was hard to conceal. Yes, just like what she said, overnight, and even she still hadn't figured out why, she started to change from herself. When I came here from that world, I even shouldered a heavy debt that almost took me a lifetime to repay.

"..."

Crocodile remained silent, and in fact his anger did calm down. Yes, the orange-haired girl in front of him was right. The reason why he wanted to become King Shichibukai was because he accidentally learned that the ancient weapon Pluto was buried in Alabasta, and he did give it up for his own ambition. He lost his dignity as a pirate. But no matter what, he believed that he was a pirate in his heart, otherwise he would not despise Luffy who wanted to become the Pirate King so much, because in his opinion, this was proof that Luffy was overestimating his abilities. The person who wants to become the Pirate King must be at least someone stronger than him.

Since what the other party said is correct, there is no need to be angry about it. And his current speculation about Nami couldn't help but start to develop in another direction: in his opinion, the kind of loss that Nami showed was definitely not a fake, and the other party used the word "falling from a world". Very intriguing. Coupled with her background of being able to quickly become the minister of a department directly under the World Government, Crocodile has already thought of a guess that is particularly suitable for the other party's identity.

"...Indeed...then let's get down to business."

After sorting out his thoughts, Crocodile also wisely avoided the previous topic between the two, and then Mansheng said: "Xialan's sales are extremely hot in the New World, and that guy Doflamingo has also called many times to wish him the best. It can increase the quantity of goods, so no matter how many weapons are produced in the future, we can eat them."

"Oh, this is really good news. After all, it is a new world that relies on bloodshed and piles of corpses. It is natural for weapons with high efficiency to be welcomed. Then, I also have my own requirements. According to the increase in sales, I hope your sales will The price also dropped accordingly. After all, we will need thousands of weapons in the future, so it would be a pity to always have to sell them at auctions."

He also calmly accepted the changed topic. Nami's words made Crocodile's expression change again. Originally, he thought that Nami's price reduction was only temporary, but now it seems that the other party's purpose may be quite shocking.

"Could it be...that your plan is really..."

Even Crocodile felt an indescribable feeling of shock at this moment, because if the other party was serious, then this ambition was indeed too terrifying.

"That's right, Mr. Crocodile, what you want is this country, and maybe some other incidental things. But my goal is to have the weapons I produce occupy the New World in about ten months. About 1% of total arms sales.”

Looking calmly at Crocodile in front of her, Nami's tone was still calm, but this time this calm tone clearly gave Crocodile opposite her a trembling feeling like a needle.

"In the end, with the accumulation of time, I will use the stairs paved by these weapons..."

"Take me back to heaven!"

(PS1: Well~~The negotiations are over~~Congratulations~~Monopoly and snatching of the weapons market~and then accumulate more abundant capital)

(PS2: So, B grid is very important. Your hard work is just trying to reach the sky, but for me, it is just returning to the sky with the pace of revival~)

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Crocodile undoubtedly feels very bad. As an ambitious person, the worst and most powerless thing is to find that his ambition has only become a stepping stone for another person's greater ambition. But he couldn't refute it, because he himself could see clearly that his plan to occupy the country of Alabasta and then find the ancient weapon Pluto might have been good before, but now it is more realistic and intuitive than the orange-haired girl in front of him. After the plan was made, it undoubtedly became quite illusory and ethereal.

Not to mention the necessary method for him to overthrow the royal family of Alabasta, which is to fund and incite the rebels on this land, and in order to effectively eliminate possible rebels, his plan is to probably destroy the royal army and the rebels by then. Although all the troops in the army can be concentrated and eliminated, although this can indeed win him a stable country, such a huge loss of military power will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to Alabasta's own national strength, even if it takes more than ten years. It may not be possible to recover.

As for Pluto, there is no solid evidence so far. Crocodile just got it through a piece of news. Although he had the consciousness to risk his own plan for this news, he would have no choice but to get Pluto if he couldn't get it. Things not to consider. At that time, he could only work hard to repair the dilapidated Alabasta on his own little by little, and he also needed to be wary of attacks from other countries around him.

After all, except for special circumstances, generally speaking, in order to show that it will never offend other countries' regimes, the world government will not interfere in wars between countries. Alabasta, which has been severely weakened, is still a vast territory. Although the surrounding countries are now on good terms with it, if Alabasta loses the combat effectiveness of the king's army and the rebel army at the same time, this friendly relationship will be lost. It's hard to say what the attitude is.

On the other hand, Nami's approach of selling weapons to seize market share in the new world is undoubtedly extremely low-risk and leisurely. Xia Lan's excellent killing efficiency has earned it an excellent reputation among the pirates who bite and kill each other in the new world. As long as they continue to provide weapons, they will not worry about running out of buyers. Crocodile and Doflamingo seem to have made huge profits from selling these weapons from her, but aren't they natural shields for Nami's business?

As long as no one can make a killing sword that is more effective and easier to use than Xia Lan, then in this cold weapon market, this kind of weapon specially used for killing will only occupy an increasing market share in the new world. Of course, Crocodile and Doflamingo can both make a lot of money, but they only get some of the most useful and least useful money. But what Nami got was a market share that could really affect the situation in the world.

Crocodile is of course a strong person, and even stronger than most people, but this does not mean that he does not have the reserve and brain to distinguish between high and low. Although he still looks like he is gnashing his teeth, and even the veins bursting out on his forehead are clearly visible, this emotion is no longer anger or embarrassment, but an almost unbearable unwillingness.

If the blood origins of the two parties were different, Crocodile would just disdain it. No matter how embarrassing he was, he would not become a waste who talked about blood.

If only the strength of the two sides is different, Crocodile will only take it for granted. He himself agrees with the natural selection that the weak should obey the strong.