There was a shallow smile on the corner of Shanks's mouth.

Like the scythe of death, hovering over Klockdahl's neck, about to fall.

The next second-

Click!

Before Crocodal could refute, the phone bug was hung up by Shanks.

Klockdahl: "......"

The corners of his mouth twitched wildly.

He dialed the phone several times in succession, and finally explained the matter clearly.

"Oooh!"

Shanks finally understood what was going on, and was intrigued by what was happening in Alabastan.

"[Golden Lion]? Hahahaha, what a nostalgic name! ”

"Bucky or Shiki, is it time for a big gathering of old friends lately?"

"All in all, Uta will ask you to take care of me, see you later!"

Click!

The phone bug was hung up again, and the corners of Klockdahl's eyes twitched again.

Half a ring, but still shook his head, no longer care.

Although [Redhead] had fought [Golden Lion] before, he was still a trainee crew member at that time.

In addition, after so many years, no one can say what has changed in the golden lion, so Shanks's information may not be reliable.

"I still have to see it for myself, what kind of 'strong man's conference'."

“……”

……

In a flash, it was four full days.

During this period, due to the return of Evan Lindsey and Klockdahl, two powerful "allies", the Alabastan side adjusted its strategy.

Instead of forming "guerrilla units" to fight the pirates, "rescue teams" were formed and scattered throughout Alabastan to help residents take refuge.

This strategic adjustment is undoubtedly correct.

On the side of Alabastan alone, it is difficult to deal with so many pirates.

At the same time, the greatest threat to the inhabitants of Alabastan is not the pirates, but the various ferocious animals from the floating islands.

……

Those are the experimental products of [Golden Lion] Shiji.

After escaping from Advance City, the Golden Lion travels to an island called "Vermeyo", where he discovers a plant called "IQ".

Animals that have eaten this plant tend to become extremely aggressive and have a much stronger strength.

The Golden Lion teamed up with his most trusted subordinate, Dr. Indigo, to study IQ together, intending to use it as a basis to take revenge on the World Government and the East China Sea.

Today, the study of those animals has not yet been completed.

On the Golden Lion side, most of them want to use the Strong Conference to form a pirate alliance on the one hand, and use the redundant pirates and Alabastan army on the other hand to speed up the research and development of mutant animals.

……

The above is the greatest possibility that Lindsay deduced.

Cobra's speculation is largely consistent with this.

He is a benevolent king, but he is still a "king" after all, and strategic vision is sufficient.

After making all the preparations, Kobra let out a long sigh and said with a determined gaze:

"Everything will be known soon......"

……

Day 5, early in the morning.

According to the leaflets, as well as the statements of various Transsonic Beys, today is the day of the conference of the strong.

[Golden Lion] Shiki provoked [One Piece] Roger's last words head-on.

Every word he wrote on the leaflet contained a deep resentment towards Roger.

Looking for treasure?

There's no need to travel far, because the treasure is close at hand!

Dream or idea?

On this sea, there is no need for such boring things, only the strong can survive!

"Hahahahaha!"

The wild laughter of the golden lion resounded throughout Alabastan through the sound of the Bei.

"Come on!"

The golden lion said loudly:

"Come to the central desert of Alabastan, Lao Tzu has prepared good wine here!"

"Those who pass the strong assembly are qualified to serve as Lao Tzu's allies and conquer this sea with Lao Tzu!"

"Hahahahaha!"

“……”

At this moment, all the pirates in Alabastan, one counts one, and they all started to act.

……

Port city, rape flowers.

A group of people who had been preparing for the war for a long time put on their camouflage and took on the unique transportation animal of Alabastan - the moving crab.

Start with rape blossoms and head straight to the desert in the heart of Alabastan!

"Woohoo!"

Uta stood at the front of the moving crab, feeling the wind blowing in his face, and couldn't help but raise his hands high.

This is the first real "big adventure" since she left Shanks's side, and she is naturally extremely excited.

Everything is so amazing.

For example, floating islands in the distant sky;

On the other side, for example, farther away, there was a huge "thundercloud" that covered half of the sky!

“……”

"The Golden Lion and Anilu have made some big moves!"

Klockdahl lit his cigar.

Although there were children present, he was in the downwind direction after all, and the cigar smoke could not choke on Utta, so the primitive man naturally couldn't care about it.

He looked at the thundercloud farther away and muttered:

"Anilu said before that he was 'storing electricity', which may be a special ability of the Thunder Fruit."

"Continuously accumulate thunder and lightning to improve your combat effectiveness?"

The power of the thunder itself is impressive enough.

But Anilu chose to entrench himself in Arubana and further "store electricity" for himself, which is enough to see the true strength of the golden lion.

"The so-called 'Conference of the Strong' is just an activity for the Golden Lion to screen allies of the alliance and establish its own authority, right?"

Klockdahl bowed his head in contemplation.

"I don't know exactly how to play, the knockout round seems to be too long......"

“……”

"What is that primitive man doing?"

Klockdahl turned his head to look.

I saw that Lindsay was fiddling with her hands and making all kinds of strange gestures from time to time.

"That's not right......"

"So?"

"It seems to be possible, but it's not very flexible......"

Lindsay's mouth muttered indiscriminately.

Klockdahl didn't know why, so he didn't think about it deeply.

……

Half a day later.

The floating island and the thunderclouds gradually became "clear".

And among the two, it is the venue of the Conference of the Strong - the central desert of Alabastan!

It is also known as the "Sea of Death", and the environment is so harsh that even the locals dare not set foot in it.

People who can get all the way here have a certain ability.

At this moment, many pirate groups have already arrived here, resting in place, waiting for the next step of the Golden Lion.

“……”

A short time later, some of the people in charge of the lookout came with the news.

"Someone is coming again!"

"Haha, who?"

"Just kill it!"

“……”

The crowd began to talk about it, and then they saw a strange procession.

two children, one older and one younger;

two masked eccentrics;

a clown dressed with a red nose;

There are also a dozen clown-dressed younger brothers;

This configuration is already considered a medium pirate group, but I don't know what the strength is.

“……”

"Hey!"

A pirate captain spoke tentatively and said in a loud voice: "I haven't seen you, who is your captain!" ”

“……”

Hearing this, everyone on the moving crab glanced at each other.

Later, Klockdahl plans to come forward and casually fabricate an identity to deal with.

But at this moment, the excited newcomers of the Bucky Pirates immediately shouted:

"Our captain is a member of the former Roger Pirates, a legendary pirate - Lord Bucky!"

“……”

As soon as the words fell, the surrounding pirates were stunned on the spot, and the scene was quiet for a while.

One of the quietest is Baki the Clown.

Bucky: "......"

He looked at Klockdahl, and then at Evan Lindsay.

The former had a gloomy face, the latter playing with his fingers.

Bucky: "......"

"That's not right!"

He just wanted to say something to clarify, but he couldn't say anything.

Bucky was indeed afraid, but it was impossible for him to deny that he had been a member of the Roger Pirates.

That was the past he missed the most, and death can't deny it!

So Bucky could only change his words with tears in his eyes, and said:

"Ah, right...... Yes, yes, yes! It's like this......"

(End of chapter)