At dusk, Dewey and his four companions returned to the sailboat on the coast.
"Welcome, Nico Robin."
Before the turmoil of the incident came, Dewey stretched out his hand to Robin and said with a smile.
"No, I should be the one thanking you for your invitation, Captain."
Robin took off her veil, and a soft smile that was almost like a mask hung on her beautiful and mature face. She held the hand of this man who was eight years younger than her but eight centimeters taller than her, and said with a little genuine gratitude in her tone: "Thank you for your gift, Captain."
"I'm glad you like it. I'll take you to read the history of the Kingdom of Alabasta in a while." Dewey nodded and told Robin directly, "I know your and Crocodile's intention to usurp the country. I have no interest in the so-called ancient weapon "Pluto" because I have the "Pluto design" here."
"Eh?!!"
After hearing Dewey's last words, Robin didn't have time to be shocked before Kalina and Nami beside him screamed.
Even Kalina, who knew Dewey very well, looked incredulous at this moment. She stared at Dewey and asked, "Boss, is this true? Do you have… the "Pluto Design" in your hand?"
"Ah…I got this from someone."
Dewey nodded and told Kalina and the other girls, "Only our own people should know about this. Don't tell anyone else, and don't even let your imagination run wild. After all, no one knows how many people besides Violet can see into other people's thoughts."
"Uh-huh..."
Kalina and Nami nodded repeatedly.
"Thank you, Captain."
At this time, Robin also expressed his gratitude again.
This time, her tone was much more sincere than before, and there was a hint of disbelief and emotion in the depths of her eyes.
Just like Zoro's beast instinct, Robin's nearly twenty years of escape, betrayal and pursuit, as well as the darkness of human nature have trained him to have a "fiery eye". He could see at a glance that Dewey's undisguised trust was not a disguise.
He truly regarded herself as a companion, and told her huge secrets that only companions could know, such as the ability to seize the fruit and the design drawings of Pluto.
This was the first time Robin encountered this kind of "companion", and even though she was experienced, she seemed a little overwhelmed at this moment.
Zoro, who had been sleeping against the wall of the ship since he got on board, opened one eye slightly, watched Robin's expression change, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled up.
It has to be said that meeting a captain like Dewey is not only a blessing for him, but also for Kalina and Nami.
And now, there is just one more lucky person.
"Bulu Bulu, Bulu Bulu…"
Just when Dewey used the "Pluto Design" to shatter the label of "ambitious" in Robin's mind, a shout suddenly came from the space on the main mast where the Den Den Mushi were stored.
"It seems that the turmoil following Crocodile's death has already arrived."
Dewey said with a smile, then walked to the main mast, opened a small door, took out the Den Den Mushi inside, and answered the call from the other end.
"Mexi mexi… I'm Zhan Guo, Dewey, what's wrong with you?"
As soon as the call was connected, a strange yet familiar voice made Robin think of something. His face turned pale and he looked at the Den Den Mushi in Dewey's hand with fear, questioning him seriously: "You are the "strongest hunter" recognized by the World Government, why did you attack Crocodile? Now the people over at "Mariejoa" need you to give an explanation. If you can't give them a satisfactory answer, you, who broke the balance of the three major forces and caused the first defeat and death since the formation of the "Seven Warlords of the Sea", will be defined as the evil side and wanted by us."
"Marshal Zhan Guo, please don't be so angry."
Dewey held the Den Den Mushi in his hand, sat on the single sofa that Nami brought over, and said with a smile: "Since I killed Crocodile in front of so many people, I must have my own reasons and the courage to do it."
"What's the reason and confidence?"
Den Den Mushi took a deep breath and waited patiently for Dewey's next words.
"The reason is simple. He offended me! No, it was the criminal group he secretly formed that offended me." Dewey said slowly, "I have evidence in my hands that Crocodile intended to usurp the country and used dancing powder to launch a revolutionary coup in the Kingdom of Alabasta… A pirate who intended to usurp the membership of the World Government. Do you think I am guilty of killing him?"
"What?!!"
Hearing this, Den Den Mushi asked in disbelief: "Dewey, is what you said true?"
"Of course, the criminal group secretly formed by Crocodile is called the 'Baroque Works Agency'. I believe that with your intelligence it will be easy to investigate their dirty laundry. And with the evidence in my hands, you can also send someone to receive it." Dewey nodded.
"Very good, if that's true, then not only are you innocent, you've also made a great contribution." Zhan Guo first shouted excitedly, then said with regret on his face: "By the way, do you really not want to join the navy? Given the importance of your Flame-Flame Fruit and Thunder Fruit, as long as you join the navy, I will immediately grant you the rank of lieutenant general, and in a few years, you'll even be a candidate for admiral."
"We appreciate your kindness, but we are used to freedom." Dewey refused again, and then changed the subject: "So, Marshal Zhan Guo, when are you going to send someone to receive the evidence?"
"Aokiji is in the first half of the Grand Line. I will ask him to go there to receive the evidence and solve the revolution in the Kingdom of Alabasta." Perhaps because he trusted Dewey's character, Sengoku said, "Remember to carry that Den Den Mushi with you. Aokiji will contact you when he arrives."
"learn."
Dewey nodded slightly, then said a few polite words to Zhan Guo before hanging up the phone.
Dewey handed the Den Den Mushi to Nami. Looking at Robin, whose face was still filled with fear, he smiled and comforted her: "Don't worry, I will send you to our secret base first and will not let the admiral find you."
"Yeah! Sorry, I'm a burden to you."
Robin nodded heavily and said apologetically.
Although she didn't know why Dewey recruited her, a wanted criminal, her identity did implicate Dewey and the other two bounty hunters.
"It's okay, we are all companions."
Kalina walked over and wanted to put her arm around Robin's shoulders, but she found that she was more than ten centimeters shorter than Robin. She could only pat Robin's shoulder and said with a smile.
"Get ready. This country has sent people over."
Dewey slowly stood up, looked at the sky filled with sunset glow, and said to Robin: "It's just right, I'll take this opportunity to take you to read the history of the Kingdom of Alabasta."
Hearing this, Robin's eyes suddenly lit up.
The fear of being frightened by the 'Marine Admiral' and 'Admiral Aokiji' was instantly dispelled by the strong anticipation.
At the same time, a birdman appeared in the distant sky and flew towards this side.
The birdman was wearing royal attire and was actually a person with special abilities, and a rare animal-type person with special abilities who could fly.
The birdman seemed to have discovered the presence of Dewey and the others long ago. He flew into the air not far from the sailboat and immediately swooped down.
"Your Excellency Dewey, our king would like to invite you to a dinner party."
The birdman landed on the deck and recovered to its original state at a speed visible to the naked eye. Bell, the strongest warrior in the kingdom, spoke respectfully to Dewey.
"Lead the way!"
Dewey did not refuse and nodded.
So, a group of five people, carrying backpacks full of devil fruits, followed Bella towards the capital "Albania".
When night fell on the world and the temperature in Alabasta went from dozens of degrees to bitterly cold, Dewey and his companions finally arrived at the royal palace of "Albania".
At the entrance of the palace, Nefertari Cobra, the 12th king of the "Alabasta Kingdom" and a descendant of the Nefertari family, one of the 20 royal families that founded the "World Government", had been waiting for a long time.
"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Dewey…"
After seeing Dewey, Cobra walked over without any dignity of a king and entertained them very warmly.
Dewey, who lay down here for the purpose of the "historical text", had a lukewarm attitude and pretended to be aloof, revealing his unsociable side in front of Cobra. Then he let Kalina take the initiative and be responsible for communicating with Cobra.
Cobra was not displeased by this. Instead, he communicated with Kalina more enthusiastically. He even felt a little regretful that he should not have entertained Dewey and his friends so early. He should have let his daughter, who was undercover, return first so that she could communicate with Kalina.
After all, female friendship is very simple, and perhaps the country can use its daughter to establish a relationship with this legendary "strongest hunter".
Kalina's maturity that does not match her age, her superb acting skills and her extremely flexible mind are talents that Nami will never be able to catch up with in her lifetime. Even the experienced Robin has spent nearly twenty years of training to be barely a little better than Kalina.
To the extent that Cobra thought that Dewey was just a powerful but taciturn "captain", and Kalina was the "deputy" who had a say in the fleet.
Little did he know that the real deputy was already feasting at the dinner.
After the dinner, Cobra invited Dewey and Zoro to take a bath in the largest bathhouse of the royal family. Then he had a frank talk with Dewey there. He found out that it was Robin who secretly leaked the information about Vivi to her, pointing to Crocodile as the leader of the "Baroque Works". He told Dewey all the information and then thanked Dewey.
"I see, is this why you're hosting us?" Dewey also showed off his acting skills at this time, and said with a playful smile: "I thought you were going to use courtesy first and then force, after all, I killed your national hero."
"Mr. Dewey, you are joking. With your strength, even if the 600,000 regular troops of Albana come together, they will definitely not be your opponent." Cobra said with a wry smile.
Dewey smiled and said nothing.
Dewey didn't communicate much with Cobra. He didn't have a good impression of these politicians. After taking a bath, he and Zoro returned to their respective rooms prepared for them by Cobra.
Not long after that, Kalina and the other two girls who came out of the women's bathhouse also came to Dewey's room.
"Kalina, Nami, take Robin to find the "historical text." Dewey turned his back to the three women, taking care of Qiu Shui, and said without any interest in the "historical text": "You take the lamp shells, Nami will be responsible for sensing the patrolling guards, Kalina will be responsible for using her ability to infiltrate the earth, and Robin will take them to the royal cemetery here. The historical text of the "Alabasta Kingdom" is in the funeral hall there."
"learn."
Kalina and the other girl immediately made an OK gesture.
Under Nami's amazingly wide surveillance, Robin easily saw the 'goal' he had been working towards for the past two years.
Then, when she found out that this was the "Pluto" that Crocodile had always wanted, and not the "real historical text" she was looking for, she returned to the palace with Karina in slight disappointment.
The next day, Dewey and his companions refused Cobra's request to stay and returned to their sailboat.
Next, as long as Dewey and his three companions hand over the evidence of Crocodile's intention to usurp the country to Aokiji, their trip to the "Alabasta Kingdom" will be a complete success.
It has to be said that this trip to the "Alabasta Kingdom" which lasted less than a week allowed Dewey and his companions to gain as much as their trip to Sky Island that year.
In addition to Robin who recruited the mobile library, Dewey and his other three obtained a total of nine devil fruits.
One of them is a natural-type devil fruit, and it is the "Sand-Sand Fruit" which ranks top among natural-type devil fruits.
In addition, there are the "Explosion Fruit", "Mimicry Fruit", and "Cutting Fruit", all of which are of very good value.
Dewey, who had just completed his 13th enhancement a few days ago, did not convert these nine devil fruits into experience points, but kept them as they might be of great use in the future.
While waiting for Aokiji to arrive, Dewey first sent Robin to an island in the sky.
When he revealed the ability of the "Float-Float Fruit", it undoubtedly shocked Robin again.
Not only is she an unprecedented dual-fruit ability user, but also because before she betrayed Crocodile, she had collected information about the second generation ability user of the "Float-Float Fruit" digging away a small island in the "Sabaody Archipelago".
Robin didn't expect that the second generation user of the "Float-Float Fruit" would be Dewey.
The user of the "Dark Dark Fruit" who can seize the power of another person with a fruit, the user of the "Thunder Fruit" which is said to be the strongest in the natural system, and the user of both the "Flame-Flame Fruit" and the "Float-Float Fruit"… What kind of monster combination is this?
Thinking of this, Robin rarely doubted his life, but at the same time, he felt a strong sense of security.
Two more days passed.
Aokiji, who did not ride a bicycle but took a warship, finally arrived at the "Alabasta Kingdom" and met Dewey and the other four.
"Ala ala…Long time no see, brother Dewey."
Aokiji looked like he had just woken up. He lazily greeted Dewey and the other three. He glanced at Zoro, who had short green hair and three famous swords hanging on his waist, two of which were "Sakura Ten" and "Deadwood", and teased with interest: "Is this guy your new member? I thought you three didn't plan to recruit anyone and just wanted to live a happy life on the sea."
"Can you please stop acting like you have a good relationship with me? Actually, our attributes are mutually restraining." Dewey said speechlessly, then took the file bag full of evidence from Kalina and handed it to Aokiji.
"Well, well…what does it matter? You're not a pirate anyway." Aokiji waved his hand, took the document bag without checking it, and said, "I'll fax the things to Marshal Sengoku. Don't worry, as long as the evidence inside is correct, you won't be wanted. On the contrary, you will most likely be in the newspapers and become the first bounty hunter to defeat the Seven Warlords of the Sea without having the news concealed, but instead announce it to the world."
"Then I'll leave it to you. We've been delayed here for a long time, and we still have to go to the Seven Waters City to build a ship."
Dewey nodded, and without much communication with Aokiji, he took Kalina and the other two onto the tattered sailboat and sailed directly towards the Seven Water Capitals.
Looking at their departing backs, Aokiji couldn't help scratching his face and muttered to himself, "Am I so annoying? Why don't you even buy me a cup of coffee?"
Little did he know that once Dewey's next plan succeeded, his position would change instantly.
After making that decision, Dewey naturally couldn't have a close relationship with Aokiji.
The evidence of Crocodile's usurpation of the country soon reached the hands of Sengoku, and then through him, the marshal, it was passed to the Five Elders of Marijoa.
After a short meeting, the Five Elders decided to remove the Seven Warlords of the Sea and announced to the world the news that the "Bounty Three" had killed Crocodile.
This is news that cannot be suppressed, because Crocodile was killed in full view of everyone. Even if the Five Elders wanted to give the credit to the Navy as they did in the original story, it would not work.
Unless they intend to force the users of the "Flame-Flame Fruit" and "Thunder Fruit" to the evil side, they would not do such a shameless thing.
But obviously, no matter what method he used, Dewey, who killed the "Golden Lion", is an existence that cannot be underestimated, especially since there is a person with the ability of "Thunder Fruit" by his side.
Not only can the World Government not conceal this news, but it must also take the initiative to raise Dewey's reputation in order to gain Dewey's favor and make them more proactive in serving as the "knife" in the hands of themselves and the navy.
When the will of "Mariejoa" and the Navy News Department was conveyed to Morgans, the birdman was holding a few newly developed photos, which showed Kalina using the dark acupoints to devour the entire casino and release the black tornado, as well as a photo of a devil fruit found in the "Devil Fruit Encyclopedia".
Morgans said excitedly, "That's right, this ability is definitely the most special one among the natural types. It is the "Natural Type Dark-Dark Fruit" that cannot be transformed into an element. The "Bounty Big Three" are all natural types… Big news, this is big news! And she is the one who really killed Crocodile. It's decided that all natural types and her will be the headlines tomorrow. I remember her name seems to be Kalina, and her title is "Phantom Thief"… No, this title needs to be changed. Since it is a combination with "Electric Shock Girl", let's call it "Dark Girl." "
Thus, a title of extremely poor taste was written on the manuscript.
The next morning, countless news birds flew to all parts of the world with the first batch of freshly baked newspapers.
In a certain sea area in the New World, the honest Marshall D. Teach, who was on night watch today, was lucky enough to get a first-hand newspaper.
But when he saw the headlines in the newspaper, the silly smile on his face like a mask froze.