Free Web NovelChapter 41: Chapter 41
Chapter 41
Two days later.
Rorschach finally arrived at St. Tin Island — the island where Alabasta was located.
After restocking supplies in the port city,
"The climate in Alabasta is really hot. Does anyone want to join me for the plan against Crocodile?" Rorschach said, looking at the scorching desert heat before turning to the girls.
"I’m going!" Vivi was the first to step forward. This concerned the survival of her country, so she had to go personally.
"I’m going too!" Nami and Karina chimed in. They weren’t about to miss the chance to loot a Warlord of the Sea’s treasures.
"I’d like to witness Captain Rorschach’s battle against a Warlord," Reiju said with a smile, raising her hand to show she wanted to join.
"Anyone else?"
Among the rest, Nojiko and Kaya weren’t interested in fighting, so they didn’t want to go.
Mikita was playing dead, shrinking her head and staying silent.
"Mikita, don’t you want to say goodbye to your former boss?" Rorschach pulled the pretending-to-be-invisible Mikita over and asked.
Over the past few days, he had trained her Devil Fruit ability quite a bit.
In his view, the Light-Heavy Fruit had huge development potential. If she could awaken it and create a domain where she could freely control gravity, it would greatly boost her combat power.
Imagine being able to change someone’s weight at will within a certain space — the effect on their movement and strength would be enormous.
Gravity is power, but could the concept of "lightness" weaken part of a person’s strength?
Plus, the Light-Heavy Fruit would pair extremely well with Paper Art from the Six Styles.
Paper Art already involved making the body as light as paper to dodge attacks by sensing airflow. With the Light-Heavy Fruit, she could make her own weight as light as paper.
It would give her a natural advantage in evasion.
Most Devil Fruits had some limitations. Rorschach’s only worked on non-living things, Mikita’s only affected herself, Karina and Robin needed specific poses to activate theirs.
Unless awakened, these fruits all had an upper limit.
Back to Mikita — being dragged out like this, she looked completely lifeless.
"N-No need... My strength won’t be any help anyway," Mikita said, her body trembling slightly as she stammered.
She really didn’t want to go to Rainbase with Rorschach. If he lost to Crocodile, as a traitor she would only have one fate — death!
Although she had grown to like the atmosphere on Rorschach’s ship during these days of sailing.
But it wasn’t enough yet for her to risk her life to protect the crew.
Unlike Luffy’s crew, who formed an unbreakable bond in under two months.
Thinking about it, Luffy’s entire journey hadn’t even lasted a full year.
It was almost unbelievable how strong their crew bonds became in just two months.
"Too bad. No matter what, he’s your former boss. How can you not go see him? I want to officially take you from him," Rorschach said righteously, giving Mikita no chance to refuse as he hoisted her onto his shoulder.
Poor Mikita felt like cargo.
"Hehe, then Sister Nojiko and I will guard the ship and wait for you all to return," Nojiko waved with a smile as Mikita watched tearfully while they left.
Rorschach wasn’t worried about Nojiko and Kaya’s safety.
They had already learned Shave and Moon Step, and their strength had increased a lot. They had also started training Haki recently.
In Paradise, no pirate below 50 million berries would be their match.
If someone above 50 million showed up, Rorschach had left them a Den Den Mushi so he could rush back immediately.
"Let’s head to Rainbase. Vivi, do you know the direction?"
"I roughly know. I think it’s south of this city," Vivi said, pointing in a direction. Looking at the endless yellow sand, it would probably take half a day to reach Rainbase on foot.
But if Rorschach used the Float-Float Fruit to fly, it would only take one or two hours.
Rorschach checked the time. The sun was already high in the sky — by the time they reached Rainbase, it would be evening.
Wanting to get things done quickly, Rorschach found a sand boat in the area. It wasn’t big, but it was enough for everyone.
He added a sunshade, and just like that, a small flying sand yacht was ready.
Rorschach lay comfortably among the beauties, sipping juice with Reiju giving him a lap pillow. It was incredibly relaxing.
Over an hour later, they finally reached Rainbase after departing from the port city.
"So this is the ’Dream City’ Rainbase? It looks really prosperous," Nami said happily as she looked at the lively streets.
"Captain Rorschach, I’ve been curious — what exactly are we doing in Rainbase? Aren’t we supposed to be looking for Crocodile? Is he hiding here?" Vivi asked curiously. She was getting impatient. She had no idea how far Crocodile’s plan had progressed.
She just wanted this to end quickly.
"Yeah, that’s right. This city is Crocodile’s headquarters. ’Rain Dinners’ is the casino he runs. Finding the boss himself would be troublesome, so we might as well wait for him here and have some fun inside," Rorschach said openly, not hiding anything from Vivi. Crocodile’s base was right here. freewebnovёl.ƈom
"A casino? Doesn’t that mean there’s a lot of money inside?" Nami and Karina’s eyes lit up. They hadn’t forgotten their real goal.
Besides helping Rorschach clean up some small fry, they were here to loot treasures.
With their target clear.
Rorschach led the group straight toward Rain Dinners.
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In Baroque Works’ intelligence network spread across Alabasta.
The moment Rorschach and the others landed in the port city of St. Tin Island, Crocodile, sitting in his headquarters at Rain Dinners, received the report from his subordinates.
Sitting in his boss chair with a gloomy face, Crocodile pondered Rorschach’s situation.
"East Blue’s super rookie bounty hunter. What is his purpose in coming here? Is it for my head?"
"And Princess Vivi of Alabasta... Has she already guessed my plan? Impossible. Baroque Works has always operated in secrecy. No one knows my identity."
"Unless..."
Crocodile glanced sideways at Nico Robin beside him, then shook his head.
Impossible. Robin wouldn’t bet on a newcomer. His ship was still more suitable for her right now.
She had no reason to betray him.
And if this bounty hunter really knew his plan and died in Rainbase, she wouldn’t benefit when the dust settled.
Even the "Devil Child" famous for betrayal wouldn’t do something so brainless.
"Pass down the order. Keep a close eye on this bounty hunter. If necessary, send Mr. 1 to take care of him," Crocodile said calmly while puffing on his cigar.
"Boss, the opponent has defeated over a dozen ten-million berry bounty hunters. I don’t think Mr. 1 is a match for this Rorschach," Robin replied with a calm face, maintaining her ever-present mysterious half-smile. Her seductive voice was relaxed.
"Are you questioning my decision, Nico Robin?"
Crocodile glanced at her, his tone leaving no room for argument.
"No. Since it’s your decision, I’ll arrange it right away."
Robin smiled mysteriously and turned toward the door.
Crocodile’s face darkened. He was starting to suspect whether Nico Robin had leaked his information.
If he confirmed it, she wouldn’t have a good time!
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