Pirates of my own way

"In my hometown, a great hero once said that the most important thing is to distinguish who is our enemy and who is our friend. In addition, he also said that we must make more of our friends. Yes, we will defeat our enemies."

"You are friends of me and the Arakaze Pirates. So, let's drink to our friendship!"

At the negotiation table, as Lu Chen concluded his summary, everyone raised their glasses and clinked them.

There is clear water in the cup, which is the most precious thing in the Kingdom of Alabasta at this moment.

Stepping out of the East China Sea for the first time, Lu Chen began to consciously weave a network of connections centered on himself.

Lu Chen has watched "One Piece". That extremely wide world, the boundless sea, the sky island [-] meters above the sky and the murloc world [-] meters underwater. With twists and turns, you can always connect with the protagonist and his group. That is It is determined by the protagonist’s aura and story perspective.

Lu Chen likes to think about it. He found that aside from the side plots and pure adventures, "One Piece" is not only a "road movie" that is always on the road. In fact, the later it gets, the more it has to separate into camps.

Everyone is connected to the protagonist group, and more importantly, they are all connected to Luffy.Although it was mostly done unconsciously, Luffy in the original work did indeed weave a delicate network of relationships.

Lu Chen is sure that the Luffy of this world will not be like "One Piece", but since he, Lu Chen, has chosen to go to sea and become a pirate, it is obvious that it is a good idea to follow the lead of the original work and weave a network of relationships.

Lu Chen is not the protagonist, nor does he have the "excellent bloodline" of the protagonist in the comics, but this does not prevent him from weaving a network of relationships. In his view, there are only two relationships between people. The first is "profit". The second is "sincerity".

It is "profit" to be beneficial to him and help him in what he plans to do in the future; maintaining the basic bottom line of behavior, having a moral standard above the passing line recognized by Lu Chen, and maintaining basic sincerity in dealing with Lu Chen, this is It is "sincerity".

Those who meet these two requirements at the same time can become Lu Chen's "friends".

In addition to the "friendship" with the people at the negotiating table, Lu Chen also gained other things from this trip to Alabasta.

The first is the benefit of scraping off the sand crocodile Crocodile.

As a senior king of the Shichibukai, a great pirate who could plunder freely on the sea, Crocodile's net worth was naturally not comparable to that of Lu Chen's previous enemies.

Two Devil Fruits - Thorn Fruit and Kilogram Fruit, nearly [-] million in treasure, and almost [-] million in funds.

This is the "oil and water" that Lu Chen scraped off Crocodile and Mr. 1.

Without these, Lu Chen might consider killing the two of them directly and try his luck to get the two powerful Devil Fruits from them.

After all, the most valuable thing about Crocodile and Mr. 1 is their identity. Even if it is just their heads, Smoker can get credit from the navy. At most, the action report will be longer and the credit will be less.

Another gain is mr.2, von Kray.

Lu Chen "pardoned" him, so that he would not have to be sent to a naval prison by Smoker, nor would he have to face trial in Vivi's Alabasta. In exchange, Mr. 2 would become a cadre of the Wild Wind Pirates.

MR.2's strength is pretty good, similar to the current Crowe. More importantly, his imitation fruit has very important practical value and tactical significance in Lu Chen's eyes.

If Mr.2 is unwilling to surrender, then there may be only a dead end waiting for him.

In Lu Chen's eyes, MR.2 was even more threatening than MR.1 or even MR.0.

Lu Chen didn't want to find that one day during a battle, the enemy he mistakenly thought was a strong enemy suddenly turned into Mr. 2.

Mr. 2's strength, strategy and ambition are not outstanding, but what if he falls into the hands of a more vicious and insidious careerist than Crocodile and is coerced into doing something?Or simply be killed by other careerists and find ways to reap the fruits of imitation?

From the moment he fell into Lu Chen's hands, mr.2 had only one way to die except surrendering to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen is still a pirate in essence, and he will never show mercy to Mr. 2, who is also a pirate and was previously a hostile party, when necessary.

Even if Lu Chen had watched "One Piece" and was deeply moved by Mr. 2's sincerity and loyalty to his friends, he would still take action.

After the battle with Crocodile, Lu Chen also gained a basic understanding of the "Qiwuhai under the King".

In terms of ratings, Lu Chen believes that the Qiwuhai under the King should basically start at the low level of mad level. As for how high the upper limit is and which one is stronger, it is still uncertain.

For example, Crocodile, Lu Chen thinks, is basically a standard low-ranking madman.

Stronger physique, faster recovery ability, medium and long-range attacks that are difficult to dodge or pass through, large-scale attacks, continuous or combined attacks that will continue if not interrupted or dodged, super high damage or even direct fatal attacks.

With the above, one's strength can at least reach the low level of madness.

Crocodile, who possesses the Shasha Fruit, has a standard low-level strength of madness, and he may not be considered weak among the seven warriors under the king, but he should not be considered the strongest either.

Faced with such an opponent, and having read the original work and understood the opponent's weaknesses, Lu Chen still had to fight hard to defeat the opponent, especially in the end, which was almost a hand-to-hand exchange of moves, even though he had severely damaged the opponent beforehand. , and even deliberately tied a water bag on his body, Lu Chen still almost overturned the car.

[You still can’t underestimate any well-known strong person].

Lu Chen thought to himself as he recalled the battle with Crocodile.

At present, Lu Chen's own strength must be at the lower level of mad level, and he should not be able to touch the edge of the middle level of mad level.

If Lu Chen had not prepared a water bag in advance, if Crocodile had been more patient and careful, or simply used the imitation fruit of mr.2 to devise some conspiracy against Lu Chen, Crocodile might not have lost the possibility of victory.

Whether it is pre-war deductions or battle summaries, Lu Chen likes to make situations worse and more extreme. What other methods the enemy may use to change the outcome of the battle, and what methods Lu Chen has to deal with them all need to be recorded and summarized. .

The subordinate cadres also belong to the Shichibukai under the King, especially the standard sense of the Shichibukai under the King.

For example, mr.1 is like this for sand crocodiles.

Although Nico Robin is nominally the so-called vice president of Baroque Works, Lu Chen, who has read the original work, knows that Mr. 1 represents the strength of the cadres under King Shichibu Kaisha Crocodile.

As the most loyal and capable cadre of Sand Crocodile, Mr.1's strength also matches the positioning and strength of Mr.0 Shichibukai.

Possessing a natural devil fruit, he defeated Crocodile in a thrilling manner. His subordinate Yamaguchi fought with Mr. 1 to no avail, and Crow fought with Mr. 2 to no avail. In addition, he gained Mr. 2. With his surrender and two Devil Fruits, Alabasta and his party, Lu Chen and the Arakaze Pirates stepped on Crocodile and the Baroque Co., Ltd. and stepped onto the threshold of the Shichibukai.

However, even so, Lu Chen still firmly demanded that Smoker take all the credit and never let even a single bounty from the navy fall on him, Lu Chen and the Wild Wind Pirates.

Although the time to enter the sights of the Navy Headquarters and those powerful pirates was getting closer, it was not the time yet.