One Piece: The Long Road

Vol 3 Chapter 18: Albana

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Suppressing his inner frustration, Simon found a direction and slowly walked forward step by step, putting aside the gloomy thoughts in his mind, all he can do now is to rendezvous with Smaller as soon as possible.

On the way, since the battle of the Devil Fruit Powers had ended, there were more people on the street. After walking for a while, Simon saw a group of navy standing in front of him, and in a broken wall. On the wall, sitting a white-haired man with two cigars in his mouth, and a blue-haired girl standing beside the man.

“Old Smoking Gun.” Simon looked a little sad and walked to Smog.

Hearing the familiar voice, Smog was a little stunned, raised his head and glanced at Simon, and found that there was a trace of sadness on Junyi’s face, he couldn’t help asking: “Where have you been? Also, What happened?”

Dasqi, who was on the side, also saw Simon’s gloomy face, and couldn’t help worrying. Seeing Smog’s question, he held back the thought he wanted to ask.

“Just now… I met Luffy’s group.” Simon adjusted his mood and wanted to dispel the gloomy look on his face, but the effect was not very good.

“What?” Smoker was stunned, and then, after a while, he asked, “Let them run away?”

Simon shook his head slightly and lowered his head silently. After a while, he suddenly raised his head and asked, “Who did you fight with, Old Smoking Gun?”

Seeing that Simon just shook his head and didn’t answer his question, Smog didn’t care, and replied casually: “Portkas D. Ace, if this man hadn’t stopped him, Straw Hat Luffy would have been caught long ago.”

“Really?” Simon responded nonchalantly, and then fell silent.

Da Siqi, who was on the side, finally realized that it was time for him to speak, and hurriedly asked, “Facial paralyzed man, what happened?”

Wei Wei turned her head to look at the off-line girl, Simon had no intention of answering, and stayed silent.

Seeing that Simon didn’t answer his own question, Dusky shouted angrily, “I’m asking you something!”

“I heard.” Simon’s eyes drooped slightly, and he replied plainly, and the tone made Dusqi even more angry.

“You didn’t answer my question!” Dasqi said angrily.

“Don’t ask, okay?” Simon turned his head, ignoring the angry Dasqi, and his tone suddenly dropped.

Hearing Simon’s low tone, Dusqi, who was full of anger, was suddenly stunned, and was speechless for a while.

“Okay.” At this time, Smog came out to play a rounder. Although he was also very interested in what happened just now, he saw that Simon didn’t want to say it and was not reluctant.

Smog looked at his two subordinates and threw a question that made him a little puzzled: “What do you think about Princess Weiwei and the Straw Hats?”

“Weiwei!?” Dusky exclaimed in surprise after hearing the question, “Why is she with the Straw Hats?”

“That’s exactly what I want to know.” Smog sat on the broken wall without changing his posture.

“Because, that princess needs Luffy’s help.” The silent Simon said suddenly.

Simon’s words made Smog and Dusqi stunned, and they didn’t know why.

Looking at the puzzled expressions of the two, Simon explained lightly: “If my guess is correct, then most of the turmoil in this country is inseparable from Crocodile.”

“Crocodahl.” Hearing this name, Smog’s face suddenly turned cold, and he was very displeased with this big pirate who was crazy before.

“Isn’t Crocodile on the side of the government?” Dasqi stretched out her hands in surprise and asked in confusion.

“Hmph.” Smog snorted coldly, and said in a cold tone: “How could that man obey the government obediently, Dasqi, you have to keep in mind the concept that a pirate is always a pirate.”

“Uh.” Dusky was dumbfounded.

Silently listening to Smog’s words, Simon said, “Luffy told me just now that he wants to beat up Fei Kroc Dale for Vivi, and it can be understood that this purpose is Princess Vivi’s purpose, then, what is it? What is the reason for the princess of a kingdom to have such a purpose?”

“Hmm…” Smog pondered for a while, but didn’t answer, Simon looked at Smog who was silent, and continued: “The order of the Baroque Workers is to come to the Kingdom of Alabasta to gather, although it didn’t say what to do, But in a troubled country, what this criminal organization wants to do is trivial.”

Linking the known information together, Simon expressed his guess: “Perhaps, the man behind the Baroque Works is Crocodile, and even he instigated the turmoil in this country, of course, this is just me. The only thing that is certain is that Luffy’s purpose is Crockdale,”

“Are you guessing…” Smog looked up at Simon, whose face had returned to indifference, and said, “What is the basis for this guess?”

“No basis.” Simon shook his head, then looked at Smog seriously, “But as the princess of a kingdom that is in turmoil, it’s not difficult to guess why she has such a purpose, but after all, she didn’t get it. Confirmed, so it’s just speculation.”

Smog, who was sitting on the broken wall, suddenly stood up and instructed Dasqi, who was stunned, “Bring the map here.” Then he looked at Simon lightly and said, “As you said, you can What is certain is that the purpose of the Straw Hats is Crocodile, so just wait where Crocodile is, and then maybe this guess will be confirmed.”

As Smog’s words fell, Dusqi hurriedly ran over with a map in his hand and handed it to Smog’s hand.

Smog took the map and spread it out on a piece of the ground, pointed to a place, marked the word “Rain Feast” under that place, and said, “Crocodahl is here, So our next destination is here.”

“Although I don’t know why Luffy helped Princess Weiwei, and what kind of state is this country in at this time.” Simon leaned over and glanced at the place where Smog was pointing, but did not respond. Instead, he said something inexplicably, “But the reason why guessing is guessing is because there is not enough evidence to prove it. Maybe it will be confirmed by the rain banquet, but what will happen then?”

“You know, if this is the case, Luffy is fighting for a country. At that time, will you arrest him, Old Smoking Gun?” Simon said flatly, at this time he didn’t know himself at all. How do you feel now.

“Until it has been confirmed, such an idea is superfluous.” Smoker held two cigars in his mouth, his expression unchanged, “What will happen in the future, and what will be done in the future, that will only be known after it happens, it will really get there. At that time, I will do things that do not violate my inner justice.”

Hearing Smog’s answer, Simon, who knew him, smiled slightly, and suddenly pointed his finger at Albana, the capital, and said, “The final battle can only be in this place, so, where I’m going next, It can only be here, and with such consequences, I can’t go to the rain banquet with you.”

Without giving a reason why he went to the capital Albana, Simon just expressed his willingness to go where he wanted to go.

“Really.” Smog glanced at Simon lightly and asked, “Since you don’t say why you went here, then I won’t ask, but what I want to know is that now you don’t seem to be chasing after you. What are the thoughts of the Straw Hats?”

Simon was silent, nodded lightly after a while, and said, “I can’t give any answer to this question, but now I just want to do it according to my own heart, Just like a smoker, you rely on your own inner justice.”

“Hmph.” Smog snorted angrily and said, “Since you have decided, then do it according to your own ideas.”

“How can this be possible?” Dusky heard that Simon was going to Albana, the capital, alone, and couldn’t help but panic: “You who don’t know anything about deserts, why do you go to Albana by yourself?”

“This is not a problem, just find someone who is familiar with the desert.” For this problem, Simon, who had decided where to go, had already found a solution.

“But… what if no one wants to go to the capital?” Dasqi also wanted to find a reason to stop Simon from doing so, but she couldn’t find a reason with her dull mind, so she had to say a reason to let herself also Unbelievable reasons.

Although Alabasta is in a period of turmoil, the commercial links between cities will not be broken. For a person unfamiliar with the desert, it is a matter of starting from one city to the next. Dangerous thing, but not a big problem for the locals.

“I know you’re worried.” Simon suddenly smiled at Dusky, and then said lightly: “But this is superfluous, even if no one wants to go, then I will go there by myself in the end, if I If I can’t get there, it can only mean that I am nothing more than that.”

“You…” Dusky bit her lip and didn’t continue. She knew that once Simon had decided on something, it would be very difficult for him to change his mind.

“Are you going to the capital Albana?”

A young and somewhat familiar voice suddenly came from behind Simon.