Chapter 500 Hero Tiger
"You mean Crocodile? Is he in Alabasta?"
Rebecca asked in surprise. Alabasta is an island at the front half of the Grand Line. With Crocodile's strength, he shouldn't be there.
"He must have his own purpose there. He is good at planning behind the scenes and will never take action unless he can avoid it. Although the bounty is only 8000 million, he is still very capable."
Vic knew that Crocodile was a patient man who would never do things himself if he could delegate them to others, so his bounty was very low.
With his strength, he could have wiped out the Alabasta royal family and then looked for Pluto, but because Alabasta was a member of the World Government and was protected by the navy, he did not do so.
Killing the king of a member country is no small matter. The kings of other member countries will put pressure on the World Government to pursue him relentlessly.
The king of a member country was killed and still got away with it? That would be a good precedent. Would other pirates follow suit? Then the lives of all the kings of the member countries would be in danger. Wouldn't the gold paid in vain?
In this regard, the interests of all the kings of the member states are the same, so Crocodile can only plan secretly. Even after he became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he did not dare to touch the royal family easily.
Only after using conspiracy and trickery to destroy the royal family's credibility and image of tolerance did they dare to steal the country of Alabasta!
Just like Doflamingo, before he became one of the Shichibukai, he did not dare to go to Dressrosa to kill the king and become king. He also used conspiracy to drive the king out of power after he became one of the Shichibukai.
Doesn't Doflamingo have the ability to kill the royal family and the guards? Of course he does, the reason is the same, he doesn't dare to do it blatantly, then the title of Shichibukai will be immediately stripped by other kings at the World Conference and the navy will continue to hunt him down, even if he is a former Celestial Dragon.
Crocodile is a more cautious pirate than Doflamingo. He only knows that there are clues about Pluto in Alabasta, but he has no idea what it is or where it is.
At present, he had no ambition to steal the royal power. It was not until he became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and Nico Robin came that he learned that the information about Pluto was in the royal family, and then he made a plan to steal the royal family.
Now the Baroque Works Company has not been established yet, and he is all alone. But he heard from somewhere that Pluto was in Alabasta, and he has already come to Alabasta to look for him secretly.
After confirming the destination, the others stopped bothering Vic. Vic called Cap again and asked if anything big had happened recently.
It's almost the end of the year, and Fischer Tiger hasn't climbed the red clay continent yet? Could it be that my arrival has caused a butterfly effect, and Fischer Tiger has stopped climbing?
Vic suspected that the World Government had blocked the news from the outside. After all, this incident had a great impact on the sacred dignity of the Celestial Dragons, and it was normal for the World Government to conceal it.
But he is now a senior admiral of the navy, so should such an important matter be concealed from him? So he planned to ask Sengoku's good friend Garp to see what the situation was.
At this time, Garp was on vacation on an island in the New World. Without Vic and his crew, he felt much more relaxed, but he had not received any information from his good friend, so he could not tell Vic anything.
When Garp asked Vic what mission he was currently carrying out, Vic told him everything. There was nothing he couldn't tell Garp.
After hearing what Vic said, Garp on the other side of the Den Den Mushi fell silent. He couldn't help but think of his son Dragon, an equally talented boy. After witnessing the darkness of the World Government and the navy's complicity, he resolutely left the navy and established the Self-Defense Force to pursue the justice in his heart!
Both of them hated evil so much that he was a little worried about Vic's future. After saying a few perfunctory words to Vic and hanging up the phone, Garp ordered the warship to set sail. He wanted to go back to the Navy Headquarters to ask for an explanation. This was simply too much.
Vic looked at the lying Den Den Mushi thoughtfully, the old man's mood change was too obvious. He had been a little suspicious before, and now he was even more suspicious. He always felt that these old guys were hiding something from him. Either they were saying something veiled or they asked him to be patient. Now even the old man's mood changed because of this mission. There must be something wrong here!
Vic had only been in the Navy for a short time and didn't understand the twists and turns involved, but Garp had been in the Navy for decades and was able to see the purpose behind the mission clearly.
But he couldn't explain the interests involved to Vic, so he could only go back to the headquarters to fight for Vic himself. He also couldn't let Vic know the truth, because Vic had already joined the game. If he knew the truth, with Vic's character, he would definitely overturn the chessboard!
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Therefore, during the following voyage, Vic would take time to read the newspaper every day. Although the world government might block the news, clues of such a big event could still be found in the newspaper. This was what was meant by "a single move affects the entire body". This major event might not be reported in the newspaper, but other things that were triggered would definitely be mentioned. This was called following the clues.
Half a month later, Vic finally saw a report in the newspaper. It was a headline that reported that Fisher Tiger had injured the Celestial Dragons in the Sabaody Archipelago and released many slaves. Now the Navy was hunting him down! Morgans, the birdman, didn't dare to tell the truth and make big news!
Vic knew that this news must be fake, just to save the face of the Celestial Dragons. Compared to the holy land of Marijoa, after changing the attack location to the Sabaody Archipelago, Tiger's guilt was just as great. It could also promote the idea that the Celestial Dragons should not be provoked, deepening the world's fear of the Celestial Dragons.
There is no way the World Government will let the culprit Fisher Tiger go. They wish Tiger would die immediately, so they can only change the location to the Sabaody Archipelago to save face.
But even so, it is still a shocking news. You have to know that in order to harm the Celestial Dragons, the admirals of the navy have to be dispatched. They are the navy’s highest combat power!
Incidents involving the Celestial Dragons that occurred in Shampoo were already very serious, and they would be hunted down to the ends of the earth, so no one has dared to harm the Celestial Dragons for a long time.
This incident naturally shocked the whole world, and Fisher Tiger's name became known throughout the world. His identity and appearance as a fishman also became well known to the world.
Fisher Tiger and the slaves who took the opportunity to escape were all being hunted down. The three Hancock sisters returned to Nine Snake Island with the help of Xia Qi and Rayleigh.
The future Golden Emperor has infiltrated the lawless zone of Shabaodi. Kerla is still a child now. She is hiding in a cabin on the shore of the Shabaodi Archipelago and her fate is unknown.
Now Fisher Tiger can no longer return to Fish-man Island. He doesn't want to bring trouble back to Fish-man Island, so he can only lead a group of rescued fishmen on the sea to avoid the pursuit of the navy.
Vic was a little surprised. Such a big thing happened in Mary Joa, but the navy didn't contact him to go back for support?
Did they know that his warship had gone far away, or that the strong ones had returned and no longer needed him? Or was there still a hidden strong one in Marijoa?
Vic knew too little information now. It was hard to imagine what kind of blood and fire Mary Geoise had gone through, and how Fisher Tiger and his group had escaped from the situation? How many slaves were caught and killed during the escape!