Chapter 746 Partners and Bonds
The next day, Smoker gathered the men and supplies. After writing his report, he took Tashigi and left Rogue Town without caring whether his superiors agreed or not.
I'm leaving anyway, so please send someone to take over. Vic said goodbye to the two of them at the dock in Rogue Town, but no one paid attention to him as they were all blocked by his illusion.
Only when Smoker's warship could no longer be seen did Vic turn into lightning and disappear on the dock. His coming to this world changed many things, so many accidents occurred. Some things have returned to normal without continued intervention, as if the will of the world is pushing them forward!
But some things cannot be reversed once they have been changed, and Victor must maintain the general course of history, at least Luffy will not miss the battles he is supposed to have.
His growth in the original work was already very fast, and Vic couldn't think of a faster way to become stronger than this. Two years was equivalent to twenty to thirty years of hard work by the other four emperors or admirals of the navy, which shortened the time by more than ten times!
Victor knew the direction of training in advance and had a faster method of training, but it still took him many years to reach the level of the Four Emperors. It cannot be said that Victor’s talent is not good, nor can it be said that Luffy’s talent is abnormal.
Vic is several years younger than Shanks, but now Shanks can only last a few moves in Vic's hands. Of course, Vic has had a lot of opportunities, which have helped him a lot. If it really comes to talent, Vic cannot compare with Shanks, but the difference is not much either. It is definitely a gap within the same level.
Shanks' talent in the world of pirates can at least be ranked at the T0 level. No matter how strong Luffy's talent is, it is impossible for him to surpass Shanks by a large level!
I can only say that Luffy's protagonist halo is too strong. His upgrade route may be the most suitable for him, so it is best to let Luffy take the old path! Fortunately, Luffy's enemy Victor didn't do much, and he will still experience what he should experience!
Victor did not follow Luffy's pirate ship all the time. He soon came to Alabasta and asked Robin to arrange a quiet room for him to meditate and practice. He did not let Robin take care of other things and just let her do what she should do.
There will be no life-threatening danger before Luffy comes to Alabasta, so Victor doesn't need to pay special attention. The danger is precisely in Alabasta!
Although Crocodile was afraid of Wick, he did not completely protect Alabasta as he had agreed with Wick. He had been secretly looking for information about the ancient weapon Pluto.
Crocodile believed that as long as he found Pluto, he would have the capital to fight against Wick, and even the World Government. Therefore, Alabasta was almost destroyed under Crocodile's secret sabotage, and the rebels and the king's army fought fiercely, which was similar to the original work.
The agreement between Wick and Crocodile was made when he was still in the navy, but now Wick is no longer in the navy and has become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. King Cobra and Princess Vivo cannot find Wick, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea in the New World, to fulfill the previous agreement.
After all, the original agreement was made between Victor and Crocodile personally. He did not represent the World Government and the Navy. The World Government had no such requirements for the Seven Warlords of the Sea, nor did it grant such privileges. The Seven Warlords of the Sea only had to not infringe on the member countries. As for whether to protect them or not, that was up to you!
So if Cobra wants to punish Crocodile, he must either go to the New World to find Wick and ask him to kill Crocodile as agreed, or find evidence that Crocodile has violated the Shichibukai Contract.
So just like in the original novel, Weiwei and Ikalem went undercover in the Baroque Works to collect evidence of Crocodile's intention to join the country.
Then, when Weiwei and a guy who called himself a prince were hunting the whale Lab at Gemini Cape, they met the Straw Hat Pirates who had just entered the Grand Line and were resting at Gemini Cape!
Fate is so wonderful, Luffy and the princess are so attracted to each other, so after sensing the people on the Golden Merry, Victor immediately went to Alabasta.
Vic was meditating and practicing in Alabasta, while Luffy's story was similar to the original. After fighting with the whale Laboo at Cape Twin Cape, they sailed towards Whiskey Mountain with Vivi, who was hiding her identity as a princess, and a guy who called himself a prince.
This also means that Luffy and his crew chose the route that starts from Whiskey Mountain from the seven routes in the first half of the Grand Line.
Originally, the others were still hesitant about whether to take these two people of unknown origin and choose this route. After all, choosing the route is a very important matter, and one careless mistake may lead to an irreparable end.
But Luffy was still very domineering. He was not satisfied with this route, so he decided to choose a new one after going around the world. It was no big deal! The route was decided and the story returned to the right track.
At Whiskey Peak, Nami and Zoro uncovered the conspiracy of Baroque Works, and the identities of Princess Violet and Ikareem were also exposed. The Straw Hat Pirates and Princess Violet were on the kill list of Baroque Works, and senior executives are on the way!
Nami learned of Princess Weiwei's identity and, under Ikalem's advice, decided to protect Princess Weiwei and bring her back to the country. Weiwei officially boarded the Golden Merry.
Under the cover of Ikareem, the Straw Hat Pirates left Whiskey Peak. To be more precise, Nico Robin deliberately let them go and gave Luffy an Eternal Pointer that went directly to Alabasta.
But Luffy did not appreciate it. He crushed the permanent pointer with one hand. He decided on his own navigation. Then he looked at Robin hatefully and rushed to the next destination, the small garden.
Robin actually doesn't care about Luffy's decision. She is not really working for Crocodile. She just wants to use him to get the historical text that she has been longing for. She just wants to speed up the process, but the Straw Hat Boy doesn't want to follow her ideas, so she will go back to Alabasta and wait. It will just take a few more days.
In the small garden, Zoro, Nami and Weiwei were almost made into wax figures by Mr. 3, the kind with real corpses inside. In the end, it was Usopp who turned the situation around, and with Luffy as the fighting force, they finally managed to deal with Galtino and his partner.
Usopp and the captain of the Giant Pirates agreed to go to Elbaf, the Kingdom of Giants, in the future, while Sanji obtained a permanent pointer to Alabasta in the jungle.
Luffy finally decided to go directly to Alabasta to kill the most important person. Anyway, he still took the path arranged by Robin for him, but who is Luffy? He doesn't like others to arrange himself, he can only arrange himself, that's how willful he is.
However, things did not go as planned. When Luffy wanted to go directly to Alabasta, Nami was bitten by an insect carrying an ancient virus because she exposed too much skin in the small garden. She was directly infected and had a high fever!
If Weiwei hadn't insisted on finding a doctor first, Nami would really have died of illness on the ship, and then there would have been a trip to Drum Island. Because of this series of events, the Straw Hat Pirates saw the gentleness, kindness and understanding of Princess Vivi.
Weiwei also saw from the Straw Hat Pirates what friendship is, what bonds are, what will is, and what true justice is. When Chopper was kidnapped from Drum Island, the relationship between Weiwei and the Straw Hat Pirates was no longer an employment relationship based on monetary interests. They had already regarded each other as their partners!