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Grand Line – Paradise
Alabasta
Ending the call and drumming his fingers on the large wooden table in front of him, Crocodile turns his gaze to Miss All Sunday, who was sitting on one of the office sofas, and says, "Miss All Sunday, send Mr. 2 to Little Garden, instruct him to sail directly on the route between Alabasta and Little Garden... intercept and capture those four incompetents, I want to deal with them personally."
"Personally? How cruel, Sir 'Mr. 0', Crocodile", Robin comments, seemingly amused by the orders she just received.
"There are more than enough agents for in the end us to end up feeling the loss of four incompetents who are easily replaceable. Are you questioning my orders?", Crocodile first comments as he rises from his seat before then asking coldly, greatly increasing the tension in the room.
"No... of course not, I would never question you sir, well, I'll be going, I'll pass on your orders right now", Robin retorts before standing and leaving, looking relaxed and at ease on the outside, though inside, she always feels tense when in the same room as Crocodile.
=Scene Break=
Meanwhile, in the middle of the sea, a Marine ship cuts through the stormy and dangerous waters of the Grand Line, with its deck boiling with activity.
"CAPTAIN SMOKER, WE INTERCEPTED A CALL THAT I'M SURE YOU SIR WLL FIND INTERESTING", a marine shouts, having been careful to record everything that the black Den Den Mushi on his wrist had managed to intercept from the interesting conversation.
"What is it!?", Smoker asks, arriving next to the marine.
"We intercepted a conversation that seems to be the Straw Hat Pirates with someone else, Captain", the marine says, repeating what he said earlier.
"Alright, play the conversation from the beginning", Smoker says before looking around, searching for Tashigi.
"Yes, Captain", the marine says, obeying Smoker's orders.
"Hey, Tashigi, come over here and listen to this", Smoker calls out as he spots her standing in another corner of the ship.
"Look at this beautiful Hitatsura, Kashu, one of the Ryo Wazamono, finding something like this right at the start of the Grand Line was quite lucky", Tashigi murmurs, so admiring of the sword in front of her that she ended up didn't even hear Smoker's call.
"ARE YOU DAYDREAMING, TASHIGI? STOP DROOLING ON THAT SWORD AND COME OVER HERE NOW!", Smoker yells, irritated for Tashigi didn't even hear his call.
"AHH, Y... Y... YES SIR, WHAT DO YOU NEED, CAPTAIN SMOKER?", Tashigi yells, startled by Smoker's sudden call.
"They intercepted an interesting conversation, I want you to listen to it too", Smoker informs her as soon she reaches his side.
"Can I play it, Captain, Sergeant-Major?", the marine asks, wanting permission to play the recording of the conversation what they managed to capture.
"Go ahead", Tashigi says after understanding what was going on.
{GRGR... it's me... GRGR... Mr. 0... GRGRGRGRGRGR... have you already... GRGR... Princess Vivi and those shit rookie pirates or... GRGR... yes, they're no longer... GRGRGR... Eternal Pose for... GRGR... Alabasta... GRGR... must leave for there immediatel... GRGR... the time has come... GRGRGRGRGRGRGRGR... Shishishishishishi! Hey guys... GRGR... oh, a Den Den Mushi, who are you talking to... GRGR... why are you guys putting your hand to your face? Is this some new kind of dance?... GRGR... they've been defeated, right? I'm not talking to Mr. 3... GRGR... Hello... GRGR... a pizzeria... GRGR... I'd like to order twenty large pizzas... GRGR... Kuhah-ah-ah-ah-ah... GRGR... who are you kid?... GRGR... just another man condemned to be free, Monkey D. Luffy at... GRGRGRGR... no pizza?... GRGRGR... you don't know what you've gotten yourself into, Straw Hat!... GRGRGRGRGRGRGRGR...}
"That's all we managed to pick up from the conversation, Captain", the marine says, explaining why the conversation is fragmented.
"It's Straw Hat's voice, right, Captain Smoker?", Tashigi asks Smoker to be sure.
"Yes, it seems that the Straw Hats defeated this Mr. 0's subordinates and then tried to deceive him, but their captain messed everything up. Now, there are also these orders", Smoker says, assembling the puzzle with this fragmented conversation.
"Princess Vivi, isn't that the missing princess from the kingdom of Alabasta?", Tashigi asks, focusing on the name of Princess Vivi mentioned in the conversation.
"Yes, it seems Mr. 0 is plotting something in Alabasta, that kingdom is in the middle a coup d'état, all of this is looking very strange to me now", Smoker says, finding all of this very suspicious.
"Do you think this Mr. 0 could be connected to this Mr. 11? That swordsman we captured on flee the other day", Tashigi raises the question, making the connection between the similar codenames.
"Possibly, it seems like a standardized codename, Mr. 0, Mr. 3, Mr. 11, they must be a criminal organization operating under this Mr. 0's orders", Smoker says, connecting the dots.
"Hahaha, Mr. 0? Mr. 3? Criminal organization? I don't know what you guys are talking about. Imagining things isn't a very smart or efficient way of gathering information, marine", Mr. 11, tied to one of the ship's masts, says, trying not to compromise the organization.
"Really? Then what orders are those from Mr. 0 in your pockets?", Smoker asks, throwing green to harvest ripe.
"Huh? That... that was just a—" Mr. 11 tries to make an excuse while thinking, 'What the hell? But I was sure I had burned the orders.'
"Oh, but what are you talking about? There was nothing in your pockets!", Smoker says with a slight smile, getting the confirmation he wanted.
"Captain, do you think the Straw Hats are involved in all of this?", Tashigi asks Smoker, thinking the Straw Hats are more deeply involved on this than just having an isolated encounter with a member of this criminal organization.
"I don't know, but my instincts tell me that too, and this is the only lead we have on their location, Tashigi, send one of the men to call headquarters and ask them to send us an Eternal Pose, we're going to make a small trip to the desert kingdom of Alabasta", Smoker says, making his decision and passing his orders.
=Scene Break=
Back on the island of giants, Little Garden. After the call ended, the Straw Hats, carrying the four unconscious Baroque Works agents with them, gather with the giants, with Kaya tending to Luffy's injuries and doing the best she can with what she had available to treat Dorry and Brogy.
"Gababababababa! So while Dorry and I were fighting your tiny Captain, you guys found and defeated the four intruders who sabotaged the rum we drank?", Brogy asks with a booming laugh, happy to have had a fight on this level with Dorry and Luffy.
"Gegyagyagyagyagya! I didn't even remember that we had bounties on our heads", Dorry says, laughing heartily upon learning about the two old wanted posters that the Straw Hats found with the four agents.
"Yes, but the real reason they came to this island is me. Because of me, you guys got hurt... OUCHHHHH", Vivi says, downcast, before suddenly having both of her cheeks pinched by Nami and Nojiko.
"Forget about it!", Nami says, not wanting to see Vivi so depressed.
"Dorry and Brogy are warriors, your silly girl! They're used to getting hurt, and besides, it's all been resolved and both of them are alive and laughing", Nojiko says, scolding Vivi for thinking she had any guilt in this.
"Yeah, Vivi, why are you so sad? Want a slice of pizza?", Luffy asks, lying on his side on the floor, eating a slice of pizza that Sanji just made, completely carefree with the world.
Meanwhile, behind Luffy, were Chouchou, Usopp, and Karoo, also eating slices of pizza, seeming very interested in the scolding Vivi was getting.
"See? No one's mad at you, so relax, it's all fine", Nami says, trying to calm Vivi down.
"Hey guys, let's have a pizza party to celebrate my battle with the two old giants! Hey Sanji, make two giant pizzas for the old mans, everyone's eating pizza today", Luffy shouts, coming up with a marvelous idea.
"Our food stock will run out this way, you idiot", Sanji says, knowing there won't be much more supplies on the ship after this feast, especially if he has to make two giant pizzas.
"We can just hunt some dinosaurs on the island and save on the other supplies", Usopp says, offering a suggestion to solve the problem.
"That could work, now, speaking of hunting, tell us who won this competition, Duck!", Sanji says, bringing up the subject of his competition with Zoro again.
"Yeah, just say that I won already, Duck!", Zoro says with a scornful grin on his face, sitting on top of the dead body of the dinosaur he hunted.
"Want to fight, rotten broccoli head? It's obvious I won this damn thing", Sanji asks angrily, refusing to lose to this idiot.
"Anytime, little hair of who wets the asshole with dick milk, I can easily solo this white ass of you down", Zoro says, confident he could easily beat Sanji.
"What competition are you guys talking about?", Dorry asks curiously, having the feeling that he's been through for something like this before.
"Me and this idiot are competing to see who hunted the biggest animal", Zoro explains, pointing at Sanji with his left thumb.
Dorry then stands silently for a few long seconds, staring into the void with the expression of someone who is recalling something before suddenly shouting, "AHHHHH, I REMEMBER NOW!"
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(AN: 1,589 Words)
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