The attitude of people in the pirate world towards historical texts is probably similar to the attitude towards the cultural relics of Sanxingdui in the world before Gawain traveled to.

On the one hand, there is a legend that this cultural relic looks like an astronaut, and that cultural relic looks like an angry bird.

But when it was passed around, no one would take it seriously, and people would just listen and have fun.

Most people in the pirate world only read historical texts for fun.

It's not that they are ignorant, it's that all the information they have access to tells them that historical texts are just fun.

Anyone who says that the historical text makes sense is just a boring conspiracy theory.

Therefore, if ordinary people hear the legend of Alabasta, they will not take it to heart at all.

But at that time, Crocodile happened to be in a state of emergency and sought medical treatment!

Especially when Crocodile heard that the internal historical text of Alabasta was guarded by Neferutali, a family descended from twenty kings, and related to the ancient weapon Pluto.

Crocodile suddenly came up with the idea of ​​​​a historical text!

Because in Crocodile's view, training alone can no longer make up for the strength gap between him and Whitebeard.

In his view, people are born unequal, and the talent they are born with almost determines the upper limit of each person's strength.

Just like even a strong man like him who had eaten the natural fruit couldn't understand why Whitebeard could be so strong that it was unreasonable.

So Crocodile set his sights on Pluto, the king of Hades, and at the same time, he also focused on wisdom and strategy!

Since your strength is not as good as others, then be smarter than others and use your brain to eliminate the gap in strength!

In this way, fourteen years ago Crocodile resolutely disbanded his pirate group with only the remaining defeated soldiers!

Even though his remaining crew missed him terribly, he, who had lost his dream of being a pirate because of Whitebeard, only felt that his weak subordinates were a burden!

In this way, the Desert King Pirates, which was famous in the Western Sea and the Grand Route, completely disappeared from history.

After disbanding the Desert King Pirates, Crocodile found his most satisfying one after thinking about it in various ways...

A way for him to obtain Pluto, Lord of the Underworld, or even simply occupy the entire Kingdom of Alabasta!

He named his method the Utopia Plan!

So starting fourteen years ago, Crocodile, who was alone, completely settled in Alabasta!

At first, the people of Alabasta were still very afraid of Crocodile as a pirate, but as the contact time became longer and longer, Crocodile's image as a good man was almost universally welcomed by the civilians of Albana.

At the same time, Crocodile also used his own efforts to completely solve the thief disaster caused by the great pirate era in Alabasta!

In an instant, Crocodile, a retired pirate, brought news of peace to Alabasta, which spread across the seas of the past, and even reached the World Conference eleven years ago.

It was at that world meeting that King Kobra expressed his appreciation for prodigal pirates like Crocodile!

At the same time, King Kobra also raised an issue at the World Conference that year. He called on all countries to try their best to recruit good pirates with better personalities and styles closer to adventurers.

Kobra believes that this kind of move can allow more pirates like Crocodile who accidentally embarked on the pirate path to recover from their lost ways and become a shield for each participating country.

Regarding Kobra's proposal, 70% of the kings from the 50 countries participating in the World Conference expressed their approval.

They don't really have a good impression of pirates, they just feel that if their country can be more stable, then they can apply less for aid from the world government and pay less money from the sky!

So, when the news reached Wulaoxing's ears, Wulaoxing made a quick decision!

The World Conference over there hasn't even ended yet, and the Shichibukai policy has been officially announced!

That is, eleven years before Gawain arrived, Crocodile became the world's number one Shichibukai with a benchmark image!

Many people may think that the Shichibukai is a helpless act because the world government lacks the force to suppress pirates.

Or maybe the Shichibukai is a major decision made by the world government to divide the pirates and make them consume each other.

But in fact, the Shichibukai is a policy that prevents pirates from returning to a stable life through the channels of the joining countries!

After the introduction of the Shichibukai policy, old pirates living in seclusion in various countries around the world also received a wave of assassinations.

The Five Old Stars want to tell the pirates in the entire sea that even if you want to wash your hands in a golden basin, you must obtain the position of the Shichibukai through the channels of the World Government, or you must live in seclusion under the surveillance of the World Government!

The participating countries cannot be the backing force for the reclusive pirates!

Just like Rayleigh also wants to live in the Shampoo Islands under the nose of the World Government...

The Five Old Stars will not give the franchised countries any chance to grow. Even their possibility of wooing pirates has been taken away by the Five Old Stars.

When the Shichibukai's order was first promulgated, the Five Old Stars did not give the Shichibukai such great rights as they do now. At that time, the Shichibukai was actually only equivalent to a gold medal for immunity from death and an iron coupon for the elixir.

And Crocodile, the world's first Shichibukai, became the good gentleman among pirates and the winner of the little red flower in kindergarten.

He even became... Alabasta's national hero!

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Even before Kobra left Alabasta and went to Gaya Island to see Gawain, he, the king, had a special meeting with Crocodile.

As a national hero, Crocodile, who had protected Alabasta for fourteen years and defeated more than 800 pirate groups, had long been recognized by King Kobra and the common people across the country.

So, after Kobra left, Crocodile was actually in charge of Alabasta...

How funny!

But he said it was funny, but in fact, Crocodile did really well.

He rushed to Juba immediately and resolved the first civil strife in Alabasta under the watchful eyes of all civilians.

Accompanied by cheers as a national hero, Crocodile returned to his residence.

Sitting on the sofa, listening to the sounds around him, he showed a proud smile.

This is his plan, he is going to use his identity as a hero to succeed Kobra and take charge of the future Alabasta!

As long as he continues to let the drought continue and continue to smear Kobra!

One day, he will go from helping Kobra suppress the rebellion today to leading the rebel army to capture Albana and end the Neferutali family's rule over Alabasta!

As long as he gets recognition from more people, he will definitely succeed!
Chapter completed!