Crocodile

On board the Baroque Gustave ship, Sir Crocodile only took Mr1 and some pirates on the boat to set sail this time.

When he heard Nico Robin's report, saying that his identity as Mr0 of Baroque Works was already known to Basire, he summoned Mr1 to his side and exposed his identity as a Shichibukai, which gave him one more subordinate he could use openly.

As for the other cadres of Baroque Works, he does not want to completely reveal the identity of Mr0 yet, so he did not use this criminal organization this time.

After all, his current superficial identity is still the guardian of Alabasta and the hero of the kingdom, so it is necessary to maintain his image.

And to deal with the Big Daddy Pirates, so many people are not needed.

Basire is just a new pirate from the weakest sea. Even if he's the strongest from there, he doesn't believe he can be strong enough to be a threat to him. He believes he can defeat him in seconds with just a few moves.

It was as simple as when Whitebeard defeated him and cut off his hand.

This time Basire robbed him, and even though he knew his identity, he dared to provoke him, the Mr0 behind Baroque Works and Shichibukai.

So this time he planned not to let Basire simply die like this.

He wanted to cripple Basire's hands, feet, eyes and ears, and then send him to Impel Down, making him live in pain for the rest of his life.

Crocodile stood on the bow of the boat with a cigar between his teeth as he looked at the sea and sneered. Maybe it was because he hadn't done anything for so long that the pirates had forgotten his terror.

This time he will use the Big Daddy Pirates' destruction to let the pirates in the Grand Line Paradise once again recall the terrifying power of the Desert King.

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After a day of both groups searching for each other.

Under the instructions of Basire, Van Augur deliberately failed to kill the intelligence agents of Baroque Works, that is, the vulture Miss Friday and the sea otter Mr13 also known as the Unluckies.

Let them successfully observe and report the movements of the Big Daddy Pirates.

Meanwhile, the Demon Sheriff Lafitte was also higher in the sky, looking for Crocodile's ship.

In this way, with intelligence exposed to each other, the Baroque Gustave and the Dreadnaught Saber finally met.

Seeing as things were about to get dangerous, Momoo dived decisively, leaving behind two murderous pirate ships.

Crocodile commanded his men with an expressionless face, and quickly approached for a follow-up battle. He wanted the pirate ship opposite to turn into decaying debris.

The Big Daddy Pirates didn't even need to receive Basire's orders. The sonic cannon fired at the opponents, followed by a large number of transparent wind blades.

However, Crocodile is not so easy to deal with. He just frowned and used a sand blade to slice through Eldoraggo's sonic laser cannon. He also used a sand tornado to easily block Eric's countless wind blades.

During the short attack and defense, two pirate ships quickly approached.

"Not bad ability, are you interested in becoming my subordinates?"

After Crocodile easily stopped these two ranged attacks, he also extended an invitation to the attackers with great interest.

But the next second, a big hole exploded in his forehead, neck, and heart, and a lot of sand splashed out.

"The sniper's speed is good, but these bullets are useless against me. It seems that you can't wait to turn into mummies?"

Crocodile chewed his cigar and said expressionlessly, his tone full of murderous intent. He really hated others interrupting him.

The three large holes in his body began to heal, and he soon returned to his original shape without any injuries.

But Van Augur, who fired the bullets, was not disappointed. Instead, he showed a strange smile that was difficult to detect.

He could feel that the Shichibukai had lowered his guard a lot, which meant that his goal had been achieved.

Facing the first attack, even Logia Devil fruit power is afraid of being attacked by seastone bullets and haki covered bullets, so they will be very alert at this time and usually elementalize in advance to avoid the first wave of attacks.

Of course, this is an experience that's normally learned in the New World. You generally won't encounter such masters in the front section of the Grand Line.

However, prudent people will not gamble on luck.

After confirming that Van Augur's bullet was not seastone and not entangled with Haki, Crocodile had already somewhat ignored the sniper.

And Van Augur also retired, silently retreating behind everyone, and then quietly replaced his bullets with seastone bullets.

Next, he has to wait for the fierce battle between this Sand Crocodile and Captain Basire. When he consumes a lot of energy and shows a flaw, he will give him a real fatal blow.

Of course, if Captain Basire could defeat the Shichibukai by himself, he would naturally not shoot easily.

"Hmph! If you can, kill us. I just want to see the strength of a Shichibukai!"

As the two ships approached, Basire looked at Crocodile's arrogant face, snorted and waved his finger at him.

A sharp sword energy was generated instantly and quickly struck Crocodile.

He didn't have much thought in chatting with this arrogant logia user. He would know if there was any need to communicate after the fight.

"East Blue kid, you don't know who you're messing with!"

The golden hook in his hand went up to block Basire's sharp attack. Unexpectedly, it actually blocked the sword energy, but he was also knocked back a big step.

This made Basire narrow his eyes slightly and look at the Shichibukai again. This was a man that could supposedly compete with Mihawk to a draw.

"Then let's see how strong your Sand-Sand Fruit is!"

A barrier blade appeared in Basire's hand, which was quickly wrapped with Armament Haki and the Seven Star Pattern. He jumped directly towards the opponent's pirate ship.

"You actually know how to use Haki?"

Facing Basire's fierce blow, Crocodile did not dare to take the attack head on. He turned into a sandstorm and at the same time struck Basire with a series of desert swords.

He didn't expect that the newcomer at the front of the Grand Line would actually awaken Armament Haki.

"Don't you know how to do it? Shichibukai."

Basire grinned, and a barrier appeared in his left hand, which directly blocked Crocodile's sharp sand blade and continued to slash forward.

At this moment, he transformed into a shipbreaking maniac. As long as he couldn't hit the elemental body of Crocodile, he would smash the deck and mast of the Baroque Gustave to pieces.

Zoro excitedly rushed towards Mr1, whose hands turned into blades, and a fierce battle broke out between the two.

The pirates on the Baroque Gustave were quickly completely eliminated by Burgess, Lafitte, Eldoraggo, and Eric.

"Sand Crocodile, you have been around for so many years and you don't even have a few capable subordinates. You are such a failure as a Shichibukai!"

"Are you fooled into thinking that you are the hero of the kingdom and the strong dog of the world government?"

When Basire saw Crocodile constantly dodging his attacks, he taunted him.

Crocodile was probably thinking how to break Basire's barrier, or looking for his weakness.

But this is not a desert country like Alabasta. Without the favorable location, the threat of Crocodile's devil fruit is greatly reduced.

And if Basire wants he can completely destroy both pirate ships, making things much more difficult for Crocodile without material he could turn into more sand to use stronger moves. Standing on the wreckage they would have to be careful not to fall, but Crocodile would be at a clear disadvantage with no one to save him.

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