Starting with helping Zhao Kai ascend the throne in the snow

"Be careful not to inhale any metallic dust in the air." Just as Kuzan stepped onto the dock, he frowned slightly and said in a cold voice, then immediately covered his entire body with Armament Haki.

"What's wrong?" Hawkeye looked at Kuzan in surprise.

"Hawkeye, he means there are imperceptible metallic powders in the air, and Tesoro, as a user of the Gold-Gold Fruit, can manipulate the metallic powders we inhale." As a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, Crocodile immediately understood Kuzan's meaning after Kuzan's reminder.

The air, which seemed empty at this moment, emitted a barely perceptible glimmer under the reflection of sunlight and seawater, indicating that it contained very rare metallic powder.

This is also why Luffy and his crew were controlled when they faced Tesoro in the original work; they were tricked by him the moment they set foot on the Golden City's territory.

Of course, this wasn't Tesoro deliberately targeting Luffy and his crew. Rather, everyone who entered the Golden Entertainment City would unconsciously inhale the ubiquitous gold dust floating in the air. And when they left without causing trouble in the entertainment city, Tesoro would naturally use his ability to suck the gold dust out of their bodies.

After all, while Tesoro could manipulate gold, he couldn't create it out of thin air. If customers kept taking it away, even if it was just a little bit each time, he simply couldn't withstand such a huge drain.

Reminded by Crocodile and Kuzan, Hawkeye immediately and without hesitation used Armament Haki to protect himself. This outstanding action immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding crowd, and some security personnel responsible for defense near the dock rushed over with weapons.

"Hawkeye, Kuzan, with the three of us, we could easily take down the entire entertainment complex head-on. So I suggest we storm in openly and honestly." Old Sha looked at the endless stream of guards with a mocking smile on his face.

“I have no objection,” Kuzan replied briefly.

"Let's do it." Hawkeye hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

They originally planned to sneak in and then ambush Tezzolo.

However, plans can't keep up with changes. They hadn't anticipated that Tesoro would fill the air within the entire Golden Entertainment City with gold dust. Unless they were willing to let the metal dust enter their bodies and leave hidden dangers, they could only use Armament Haki to protect themselves from the metal dust, but this would inevitably expose their identities.

"Hawkeye, Kuzan, neither of you are allowed to compete with me. Let me have a go first today." Seeing that his suggestion had been approved, Old Sha excitedly stroked the golden hook in his left hand with his right hand.

The next second, without waiting for their consent, Old Sha squatted down, touched the ground with his right hand, and laughed wildly, "Erosion of Reincarnation!"

With the Sand-Sand Fruit power activated, Crocodile's right hand absorbs the moisture from any living creature or object it touches and gradually spreads it outwards. Once activated, it possesses a terrifying power that can even pulverize rocks into sand. After use, surrounding buildings gradually turn into sand and sink, and the ground becomes like a dead, cracked wasteland.

"What's happening? The ground is turning into a desert..."

"Run! This is a Logia-type Sand-Sand Fruit user..."

"It's Crocodile, a former Shichibukai, calling..."

As the cycle of erosion began, the ground around Old Sand was destroyed at an alarming rate, and the damage spread rapidly in all directions. Some security personnel who rushed to the scene were instantly turned into mummies after stepping into the cycle of erosion, which caused gasps of shock from those around them.

Soon, some veteran pirates in the area recognized Crocodile's identity, causing widespread panic.

Crocodile, as one of the former Seven Warlords of the Sea, has dominated the seas for many years and is already a well-known figure.

The moment he appeared, he began to use his Devil Fruit ability, clearly indicating that he had ill intentions and wanted to attack Golden Entertainment City.

As we all know, when the strong clash, the weak must avoid it, otherwise they may become innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire.

The chaos at the dock was immediately reported to Mr. Tanaka, and through him, it reached Tesoro's ears.

"Crocodile? Didn't he just escape from Impel Down? Instead of finding a place to eke out a living, is he planning to take me down?" Tesoro frowned and pondered after receiving news of Crocodile's trouble.

Crocodile was clearly up to no good, but Tesoro quickly regained his composure. As the owner of the Golden Casino, he was no pushover.

Although he didn't know Crocodile's purpose, if the other party thought he was easy to bully, then they were just asking for death.

"Lord Tesoro, I will send men to deal with Crocodile immediately." After reporting to Tesoro, Mr. Tanaka turned to leave.

"Wait a minute, you're no match for him. I'll go and meet him myself." Tesoro stopped Mr. Tanaka, who was about to leave.

Although Tesoro was not afraid of Crocodile, he knew that Crocodile was not someone that could be dealt with by ordinary people. After all, no one who could be invited by the World Government was a simple person.

Not long after Tesoro and Mr. Tanaka stepped out of the entertainment center, they encountered Crocodile, who had been rampaging through the area.

After experiencing imprisonment in Impel Down and the sense of powerlessness during the Marineford War (after all, there were many powerful figures in the Marineford War, and Crocodile was not even ranked among them), Crocodile had accumulated a lot of frustration, which he vented all of it with the destruction he caused in the city.

"Stop!" Tesoro looked at the once bustling city, now a ruin weathered for thousands of years after being eroded and destroyed by time. His face turned ashen with rage. These things would all need to be repaired with money.

However, wanting to understand Crocodile's purpose, he forcibly suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice, "Crocodile, I don't remember having any grudges with you, so what do you want by coming here now?"

“Tezzolo, we have no grudges against each other, but since you’re the world’s richest man, you should know that I just escaped from Impel Down and my family business was destroyed. So I’d like to ask you for some money.” Old Shah made up a bunch of nonsense in response to Tezzolo’s question.

Now that he was in public, he naturally wouldn't reveal Shen Qing's purpose in wanting to arrest him.

“If you want money, you don’t have to go to all this trouble. You can just tell me directly. As long as it’s a matter of money, it’s no problem.” Tesoro’s serious expression softened considerably when he heard that Crocodile had come to him because of money.