One Piece: Transform into the Eight Great Demons.

The so-called "politics" is actually a very scary thing.

Because in many cases, your opponent is not the enemy on the battlefield, but some kind of "intangible thing" that cannot be seen or touched!

Fight to the death with the invisible things, until your mind becomes confused and your spirit collapses——

This is "politics"!

……

As one of the countries that joins the World Government, Cobra really has too many things to worry about.

People, countries, families, friends, world government…

He is a gentle person, but he does not hinder his inner determination.

No matter who the opponent is, even if it is the whole world, he must protect Alabasta!

This is your destiny as a royal family.

It was precisely because of this fate that Kobra was secretly killed by the Five Old Stars in front of Im's throne in the distant future.

……

Time goes back to the present.

The king was in his prime, so there was much more he could do.

He talked with Dalton, learned the general situation, and learned about the existence of the Don Quixote family from Crocodile.

Afterwards, Kobra began to designate a response strategy.

……

Crocodile is also thinking.

Doflamingo's behavior was very changeable and he had to guard against it.

Alabasta was the base he had finally established, and Crocodile didn't want the World Government to notice it.

Fortunately, this matter involves historical facts, and Kobra will not easily ask for help from the World Government.

In this case, we only need to deal with the "weapons dealer" from the Don Quixote family!

Crocodile was ready to take action forcefully.

This is one of the advantages of being a Shichibukai.

Just "illegal" pirates will die and will not be involved in the world government's participating countries!

The only question is, who is that mysterious "fourth party"?

"..."

"Hey, primitive man!"

Crocodile turned to Alvin Lindsay and tried to get some information from him.

"Do you have any ideas?"

"..."

Lindsay thought for a moment and suddenly blinked in confusion.

"Actually, I've always had a question."

"Ok?"

Crocodile and Kobra were both stunned, waiting for the other's next words.

Lindsay continued: "Why do you have to start a war as a premise?"

"what?"

Hearing this, both Crocodile and Kobra paused, puzzled by what he meant.

Lindsay spread his hands and explained: "Now we know that the ones behind the scenes are the 'Don Quixote Family' and the 'Fourth Party', not Wapol."

"The first two must be smart people, so if the final result must be war, they would have fought long ago."

"But the Don Quixote family chose to control the Drum Kingdom, and the 'Fourth Party' only harassed us."

Lindsay sat cross-legged on the ground, tapped the floor with her finger, and said slowly:

"So I think their purpose is not to start a war, but to use the opportunity of the dispute to prompt us to negotiate with them and then have other plans!"

"..."

"..."

After finishing speaking, both Crocodile and Kobra fell silent.

Yeah, why didn't they think of that?

As Evan Lindsay said, both of them could actually figure it out, but they didn't react at all for a while.

Probably the former cares too much about the people and the country, while the latter pays too much attention to the historical text.

Now that everything was clear, Kobra thanked him and then continued to study the follow-up strategy.

Crocodile looked at Alvin Lindsay and said in surprise: "How do you know?"

Lindsay said calmly: "The purpose of the dispute is profit, but the current 'war' has no profit, so they must have other ideas."

"..."

Crocodile was silent and even more puzzled, "Why can you see this?"

Lindsay blinked and smiled:

"You taught me, and then I learned how to do it."

"..."

"Ah."

……

Half a day later, news came from the Drum Kingdom.

Everything was just as Alvin Lindsay said, King Wapol of the Drum Kingdom sent a so-called "peace invitation" to Alabasta.

In order to highlight the formality, Wapol even used letters.

Kobra was already prepared, so he responded immediately.

The two parties agreed to conduct peace negotiations on an uninhabited island in the sea between Alabasta and Cigu Island in two days.

Although anyone with an eye could see that the other party's purpose in initiating peace talks was far from simple, Cobra still planned to keep the appointment.

the reason is simple--

"Everything has to have an end."

Cobra gently rubbed Vivi's head, dispelling the worry in the little princess's eyes.

“Don’t be afraid to move forward because we always have to face the future.”

……

Two days later.

Uninhabited island.

This is a bare island, covering an area about the size of a port city like Rapeseed Flowers.

It’s not big, but it’s suitable for peace talks between the two countries.

At this moment, warships from two countries were docked on both sides of the uninhabited island.

On one side is Alabasta's fleet, with about a dozen warships and several small boats.

Alabasta is not keen on war, but it is a superpower after all and has considerable military resource reserves.

This operation only mobilized a few garrison troops to form a huge fleet!

On the other hand, the Drum Kingdom side actually had a lineup that was almost the same size as the Alabasta side.

But it can be clearly seen that the army on the side of the Drum Kingdom is a mixed bag.

In addition to the original guards, there are actually many mercenaries from the underground world, and the specifications of the warships are not uniform.

Obviously, Wapol has no intention of hiding his "backer".

After a tedious contact process, Kobra and Wapol landed on both ends of the uninhabited island and went to the tent in the center of the island for peace talks.

The two of them each brought two guards.

On one side were Bell and Gaga, two animal devil fruit users, and on the other side were Jace and Chromamon.

……

Alabasta's standing army was extremely large, so Kobra took advantage of it.

In addition to the accompanying fleet, many speedboats were also arranged to patrol the surrounding waters to guard against the possible "fourth party".

At the same time, Alvin Lindsay and Crocodile were taking a small boat, hiding in the Alabasta fleet, and waiting to see what happened.

There was a connected phone bug hidden inside Bell's robe, and the other one was in Crocodile's hand.

Although it was against the rules, Cobra still acquiesced to the two men's eavesdropping behavior for the sake of Alabasta.

This must be the case in Wapol, and the Don Quixote family must also be listening to the content of this peace negotiation.

But the two sides are not here, but the possible "abnormality".

……

Where is the exception?

The exception is coming!

……

Rumble!

The violent explosion sounded from far to near, coming from the outside of the uninhabited island.

"Um?!"

Lindsay noticed something strange, her ears moved, and she turned her head to look at the sea level in the distance.

Crocodile did the same, and was stunned for the first time.

The red light illuminated their faces.

It is fire.

The sea is on fire!

The monstrous flames swept over and burned several patrolling ships into ashes.

The king's soldiers of Alabasta jumped into the sea to escape. Some of them took out telephone bugs and sent an alarm to the fleet near the uninhabited island.

"Dragon, it's a dragon!"

"The dragon passed over us and we were all on fire!"