Now we already had provisions, and the clothes to camouflage ourselves in these places, now the only thing left to move was to find idiot Luffy.
"That luffy, where do you think he could be?"
"Hey bad news, it looks like we're in serious trouble now."
-What problems?.
"The navy is here, and also a strange man."
Nami and Chopper's words surprised the others a bit.
-Then we have to find Luffy as soon as possible and get out of the city.
"Hide!"
Zoro alarmed us, so that we hid, it seems that he saw the navy in the distance.
"It's the Navy."
"It seems that there is a lot of fuss."
"Maybe they're chasing some stupid pirate, who's just hanging around the whole town."
"A stupid pirate?"
We all thought of someone in unison and by magic that someone appeared in the distance being chased by the navy.
"Ah, hey guys, here they are."
"Everyone hid there?"
"No idiot, don't come, get rid of them first."
"HERE IS THE STRAW HAT CREW, CATCH THEM!"
-We have to return quickly to the ship.
"Yeah!".
So everyone took the respective things purchased and we ran at full speed towards the ship.
"Don't let them get away!"
"Hug to the side, I'll stop them!"
"Captain!".
Shiro heard that voice and noticed that it was the same guy from the other time with level 150.
[That guy is here, tsk...].
"WHITE PUNCH!"
As we ran the guy threw a punch, but his arm went up in smoke and he advanced towards Luffy's position, but before he arrived a blaze of fire appeared to intersect him.
From the blaze of fire, a person appeared in the center of the flames.
[What the hell....another type of devil fruit].
Shiro looked at his level, it was 175, another surprise for him.
All of us were surprised to see this.
"Hey, drop it already."
The new type of fire spoke with a smile.
"A-A...Ace."
Luffy was very surprised to see the guy while speaking these words.
"Look, I know that you are smoke, but I am fire, our fight will not end, so we better leave it a draw."
On the us side, we had a lot of questions.
"That guy is a devil fruit user."
"Who is he? And why isn't he helping?"
"A-Ace."
"Ha, you haven't changed a bit, luffy."
"I'm serious, is that you? Did you also eat a devil fruit?"
"Yes that's how it is".
"Captain smoker let's take the perimeter!".
Obviously the navy was not going to stay and watch all this and do nothing.
"We won't be able to talk to them here, so go away and then I'll catch up with you, I'll take care of entertaining you."
"Quick, we have to go."
"Y-Yes."
We listened and started running."
"Hey luffy, who is that guy?"
"Is it someone you know?"
"Of course, he is my brother"-A smile and joy denoted the tone that said these words.
//1 hour later//.
We were able to escape from the marina and sail the boat to our next destination.
But now we had a guest and a very powerful one, at least compared to the others including shiro.
On the way we disembarked for a moment, since Vivi commanded Karoo to take a letter to the palace of alubarna and that the letter be delivered to her father, that is, to the king.
That letter was very important, since practically, there was all the information about the enemy, their identities and their plans, as well as the information about us, those of us who helped bring it here.
Now we are at the place.
"It's time to disembark."
"Luffy put these clothes on."
"Yes, thanks".
"Okay, all set!"
When we were about to disembark in front of us, seals dressed as turtles appeared and there were many.
-What the hell?.
These animals began to make sounds as if they were speaking to us.
"If you want to disembark, you have to defeat first, otherwise go to the other shore, cowards."
"That said."
Chopper kindly translated for us, what the turtle seal said.
"Yes, a fight!"
"Not luffy, no!"
Luffy jumped off the ship and began to fight these animals, obviously defeating them easily.
"This is bad".
"What's up vivi?".
"If these creatures lose a match, they decide to become the victor's ward."
"They are martial artists."
Now these animals saw Luffy as their God.
Since this was a problem, the solution we could do was for chopper to talk to them and convince them to stay and take care of the ship, while they gave him some meat.
Because obviously we couldn't enter the city with them.
As we entered the desert, which made Shiro look displeased, we approached a village flooded by sand, the houses, etc., were totally destroyed.
"This is the city of Yuba?".
Vivi who saw this place felt powerless.
"No, this place has long been known as the green city."
"The Green City?".
"Everything is clear seeing this, it is obvious what the baroques are causing in my country."
"And what the people of alabasta must suffer, every day".
We begin to pass through the destroyed city.
"Wow, in this city there is nothing."
"That's right, now this city is a ghost, but until not long ago, it was a prosperous place full of vegetation."
"This city?".
"Rain has always been scarce in this country."
"But this city was known for its storage capacity."
"They always have water reserves, however for 3 years, not a drop of rain has fallen."
"The country is slowly dying."
"3 years?, so long!".
"I understand, but even if it doesn't rain, there is the river that we just crossed."
Zoro speaks, referring to the river where they landed.
"It's true, they couldn't bring water from that river."
"You'll see the answer to that later."
"Until a few hundred years ago, in alabasta it was almost impossible to think that it could stop raining."
"Although in the whole kingdom, the rain was scarce, there was a place where it began to fall more than usual."
"In the city of alubarna, the city where the King's palace is."
"People called it the king's miracle."
"But one day an incident occurred."
"An incident?".
"Yes, in the middle of town some people were carrying a huge bag, which they dropped, breaking and revealing green dust all over the place."
"Civilians wondered about this powder and who was taking it away."
"The workers said that they only take the order to the king and that they did not know anything else, with that alone it raised suspicions."
"Since some people knew what that dust was, it was the dance dust."
"Dance Powder?".
"Nami, do you know what it is?"
a curious luffy asked.
"Yes, they also call it dust that produces rain."
"Although in fact I had only heard stories."
"It was created by a researcher from a country that never rained."
"It must turn into smoke, it comes into contact with the atmosphere and that's how rain is generated."
"Artificially, obviously."
"Ah, I know, that mysterious powder, I tried it recently and it tastes horrible."
"It's not food, silly, it's to make it rain."
"Hey, but something like that, it would be perfect for this country, wouldn't it?"
"You could say, the country that developed the powder was so happy that it danced with joy, that's why it's called the dancing powder."
"However there was a big setback."
"The neighboring country suffered a terrible drought".
"Since the dust of the dance, the concentration of some clouds increases more quickly."
"Clouds that would become Rain Clouds much later."
"When they are altered artificially, the water no longer falls in another city, but in the same one where the powder was used."
-I mean, it steals the rain from other countries.
"That's how it is".
-So in simple words, Crocrodile's first plan to generate distrust in the king, was to make it rain repeatedly in the place of the palace, then to show that load of dust from the dance.
-And that the civilians realized that the King was supposedly to blame for the other cities not having rain and suffering from drought, while they felt cheated, for thinking that the rain was the King's luck.
"Unfortunately yes".
"That man!!".
Vivi clenched her fists, she had a lot of hatred towards crocodile, for doing so much damage to her country.
-Hey vivi, I can ask you a question.
"Yes tell me?".
-Really what are you trying to do right now, with this trip.
"Eh I do not understand?".
-Seriously we are going to go against the head of the rebels and talk to them so that all this is solved.
"Of course, if Karoo should have already arrived at the palace and given the information to my father, if we speak to the rebel chief now, we can avoid unnecessary deaths and reveal ourselves against."
-What a stupid thing.
"....".
"What did you say?".
-You seriously think that by doing that, deaths could be avoided, what a nonsense you are saying, I lived.
"What the fuck are you telling me!"
Vivi approached and grabbed Shiro's clothes while everyone was surprised by this fact.
-Vivi, use your reasoning, now I'm getting to know the thinking of that Crocodile guy better and you seriously think that he would let something like this happen and he couldn't have a plan.
"Be quiet!".
-People are full of hate, a million people are at stake, people will not think with reason and will kill without thinking twice.
Shiro takes Vivi by the neck and lifts her up in the air, obviously without making any force to hurt her.
"Hey shiro, stop!"
"What are you doing!".
A sword was put on Shiro's neck by Zoro who was looking at him seriously, Luffy also had a serious look, Nami was surprised and worried about Vivi, Chopper didn't know what to do and Ace didn't interfere, this wasn't his crew So I wouldn't act unless it was necessary.
-You shut up.
-I'll tell you something, princess Vivi, I don't like wasting time, especially when a problem can be solved in an instant.
Vivi struggled with her arms, while now glaring at Shiro with hatred.
-Your attempt to want to save lives is mere stupidity, so even, no matter how many allies you have.
-One always dies alone.
-Right now, you can't imagine an ending where your plan doesn't work and everyone dies in the process, because that would take away all your hope.
-And looking at it that way, your very existence isn't much use, because it's probably not going to change anything right now.
-I don't understand why you think it will be like that, you think that, in the worst case, you will give your life to solve everything, if you keep thinking that your death can change things in the face of a plan of years by the enemy.
-I see it stupid.
Shiro released Vivi, while she fell on the sand and breathed heavily, Nami came to help her.
"Live, you're fine."
"So, what do you want me to do, WHAT CAN I DO!"
"I CAN'T DO ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, WHAT SHOULD I DO TELL ME!!".
Dying to win and risking your life to win are different things.
Shiro crouched down to face vivi.
-You have to attack from the Vivi Root, you know what I mean, you have to take risks.
"But what else can I risk, I don't know what to do anymore!"
-I'll give you a utility right now.
-Tell me, where is crocodile?.
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We continued on our way until we reached the other closest city, obviously with a new plan, to go against crocodile and not waste any more time, in the end everyone accepted Shiro's actions because in one way or another, they understood that it was for them to live. realized and had a bettervision of things.
Unfortunately we continued to suffer due to the immense heat of the place.
"It's really hot!!!".
"Complaining doesn't help at all, on the contrary, Luffy, you'll only get more tired."
"IT CAN'T GET THAT HOT!"
"He's not listening to me."
"I can't take it anymore, I can't stand the heat, I miss cold places."
-I think you're the only one who isn't affected by this, vivi.
"I was born and raised in this place, so I'm used to it by now."
"I don't understand, why are there so many ups and downs!"
"I thought deserts were flat."
"It is that it is a very old desert, in fact some of these dunes measure 300 meters."
Shiro looked with envy at the naturalness in which Vivi walked in this environment, to later resign herself and continue advancing.
"Hey Shiro, thanks."
-Because you said so?.
"You were able to open my mind and think more clearly, if I had followed my plan it is likely that everything would have gone wrong."
"That's why I thank you."
-Did you like it so much that I hanged you?
"What..., oh no, No-no-no."
-Relax, I know what you mean, I'm kidding.
Vivi only gave Shiro a small tap on the shoulder, as they walked together.
On the other hand, Nami, who was a bit far away, saw these two without any kind of emotion on her face, and then continued looking ahead.
After some time, we decided to camp, since it got dark, we set fire to a campfire and began to cook something to eat.
Fortunately for Shiro, when night came, the cold also arrived and he felt at home.
While we ate, some small fights caused by Luffy, and some talks with Luffy's brother, who we now know is called Ace and how he thanked us for taking care of his little brother.
The detail is that in the middle of the night, Shiro got up, walked slowly and went to hide in a rock, to later teleport to the prehistoric island and kill more animals, unfortunately, at the moment those were his only source of EXP.