Pirate: Eternal

"Forget it, it's still important to capture the Straw Hats."

Smoker was sure that he had seen this penguin in the bounty order. It was definitely not a little pirate that he, a colonel from the natural science department, could remember, but he only remembered the appearance but not the name, so it would not be a big pirate.

Seeing this navy man wearing a coat of justice flying past, Paine's attention was attracted by the lower body that turned into smoke elements.

"Does the navy have so many natural elements? It's pretty awesome!"

After sighing, Paine suddenly realized that he was now a pirate, and immediately stepped on his short legs and entered the city through the chasing team of marines.

......

"Hiss! Such a strong sun, won't it dry out the only hair I have left?"

Under the scorching sun, the bald Statham was looking for a clothing store in the noisy market. He wanted to buy a hat to cover his head first. The strong sunlight was too unfriendly to the bald head.

"Excuse me, how to get to the city gate?"

At this time, a man with thick green hair emerged from the alley next to him and asked Statham for directions.

Statham hesitated for a moment, then pointed in a direction and said, "Just turn around and keep walking."

"thank you!"

The green-haired man was stunned for a moment, then nodded, thanked him and ran in the opposite direction where Statham pointed, muttering as he ran.

"It's really disturbing, these guys actually got lost again!"

Statham, who happened to hear: "..."

Vlad, who was carrying a watermelon, turned around the street and happened to see this scene. He instantly recognized the green-haired man as Zoro, the swordsman of the Straw Hats.

"Statham, what are you doing?"

"He's helping people with directions!" Statham put his hands on his hips and raised his chin slightly, looking a little proud.

Vlad raised his eyebrows and asked doubtfully: "Is this your first time in Alabasta? Do you know the way?"

"Of course I don't know him," Statham said matter-of-factly. "But when someone asks for directions, I say that I don't know either. That would make others think that I don't want to give them directions."

"So, I have to show him the way!"

"You're such a fucking genius!" Vlad couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised.

Next, after Vlad accompanied Statham to buy a cloak and a black turban of the same style as Sauron, he took out his revolver and pointed it into the sky and pulled the trigger.

This was their agreed gathering signal.

After Vlad and his gang were assembled, they rented a batch of Alabasta's special vehicles, 'running ducks'. In addition to one for each person as a mount, there were also a few more to carry food and water.

Once everything was ready, Vlad was ready to find a local guide to lead them through the desert to the rainy land.

He came to watch the battle between Straw Hat King Luffy and Crocodile to assess Luffy's danger, but he felt there was no need to follow the Straw Hats. These guys lived a miserable life, which would indirectly affect their living standards.

Go directly to Rainland Casino 'Rain Feast' to play cards and win money, then sit back and wait for the Straw Hats to come knocking, eating watermelon and watching the battle happily.

perfect!

boom!

Just when Vlad was proud of his plan, a loud noise suddenly came from the city, and then he saw a powerful wave of flames sweeping into the sky.

"Why is he here?"

Vlad's face suddenly turned ugly.

Unless it is some special weapon, the only person who can cause this kind of fire attack is the one with the burning fruit ability, Portcas D. Ace.

Vlad was not worried about meeting Ace, but was surprised that Teach the Blackbeard did not get the Dark Fruit. He still followed the original plot and came to the first half of the Grand Line.

In the original plot, the reason why Ace chased to Alabasta was not only to read in the newspaper that Blackbeard had attacked Drum Island, but also to find out that someone had seen Blackbeard here.

However, the person who spread the news about seeing Blackbeard in Alabasta deliberately lured Ace here to challenge him, and the news was false.

The newspaper reported that Blackbeard attacked Drum Island, but it was a real fact!

"What secrets does Drum Island hide? Blackbeard is still willing to go there even if he doesn't get the Dark Fruit."

Vlad felt that he had missed some key information. He had been trying to figure out the reason why Blackbeard had the second devil fruit ability, but he still had no clue.

It was unrealistic to directly capture Blackbeard for torture. No matter whether Teach was telling the truth or lies, Vlad couldn't believe it.

For example, Blackbeard asked Vlad to install a matching heart next to the original heart, and then he could eat the second Devil Fruit directly. Will Vlad try it?

Will not!

Just when Vlad was thinking in a daze...

"Huh? Vlad!"

Two people quickly jumped out on the street, it was Ace and Luffy. After Ace glanced at Vlad, he immediately recognized him.

Vlad smiled warmly and waved, "Brother Ace, I finally found you!"

"Now is not the time to talk, run! The navy is chasing us!"

Ace quickly ran past Vlad, turned his head and warned loudly.

"Huh? Navy! Run!"

Vlad looked horrified and looked at Ozma and the others, especially Marcus. He blinked his eyes crazily to signal him to stop talking, and then he took up the running duck and followed Ace.

During the escape, Marcus hesitated several times. He was CP0, and there was a Draco Cervantes beside him. It was very dangerous to mix with the captain of Whitebeard's second division.

Ozma found an opportunity to get close to him and whispered: "Don't reveal your identity. Vlad will explain to you later."

Marcus nodded silently, but his face looked a little ugly.

Of course he will not expose his identity. After all, he is also an excellent spy trained by the World Government, but he is now a little afraid that Vlad is trying to trick him.

Vlad never told him about his acquaintance with the captain of the Second Division of the Whitebeard Pirates. The inertial thinking of intelligence officers made him subconsciously think that this was a deliberate concealment.

Outside the Rapeseed Flower Market

dune

Finally getting rid of the navy, the group repaired in the shadow of the dunes.

"Vlad, why are you here?"

Ace took off his hat, shook it, and looked at Vlad with a surprised look on his face.

Vlad showed an angry expression and said, "Teach murdered..."

Shit, what was the name of the unlucky guy who was killed by Blackbeard?

Really unable to remember, Vlad quickly changed his words: "Brother Ace, you just left the Moby-Dick. Oh Yaji was really worried, so he sent me to hunt down Teach with you."

"But I still couldn't find you, and I happened to see in the newspaper that Blackbeard Teach was nearby, so I just wanted to come and kill this guy."

Ace lowered his head lonely, clenched his fists and said, "Thank you, it was me who let Oh Yaji worry about it."

"..."

Marcus didn't listen at all to the subsequent conversation between the two. He only felt a flash of lightning flash across his mind, and he was completely confused.