"Mr. 3's position in the studio is higher than that of Mr. 5, and he knows more things. I can feel that he is still hiding something and lying, but his answer is very smart, mixing truth and falsehood together." Crowe sat on the sofa in the office and looked at Yarlin. "It should be true that the colored stone mine is the raw material for the production of dancing powder, and the purpose of subverting Alabasta should also be true."
"Dancing powder?" It was the first time that Yarlin had heard this term.
"According to Mr. 3's explanation, it is a powder that can rob the water vapor in the surrounding environment to achieve artificial rain. The current turmoil in Alabasta is inextricably linked to the dancing powder." Crowe sneered. "He knows that as long as we send someone to Alabasta to investigate this kind of thing, there is a high probability that it will be linked to the colored stone mine, so he chose to confess to us directly."
Yarlin took out a cigarette from the cigarette box and held it between his right index finger. He did not light it, but just held it between his lips. After a while, he lit the cigarette and said to Crowe, "The dancing powder is real, and the turmoil in Alabasta is real. That is to say, the purpose of the Baroque Studio is real. Heh ~ interesting."
Crowe looked at Yarlin's row of teeth behind the smoke ring, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Trying to subvert a superpower, this Baroque Studio is too involved!"
"Yeah, who would have thought that a colored stone mine could be involved in such a big conspiracy?" Yarlin put out the half-smoked cigarette directly with his fingers, and the crushed dregs fell on the table. "These two guys can be said to be the admission ticket that the Baroque Studio forced into our hands. If we don't take it, wouldn't we be letting down the other party's sincerity?"
Crowe guessed that Yarlin would have such a reaction. He thought for a moment and said, "Since the involvement is so big, once the Baroque Studio realizes that the two senior agents failed to silence them, they will definitely take more drastic follow-up measures. Longstone Trading Company will obviously be their first suspect. Lombardi, who has had several transactions with them, will be in danger."
"What are you trying to say?" Yarlin raised his eyebrows.
"The background of the Baroque Studio is unknown, and the identity of the president is unknown for the time being. However, since the other party intends to overthrow a superpower, then the strength they are hiding must be extremely terrifying. Before we figure out the depth of the other party, we should not expose ourselves too early, but hide in the dark." Crowe had a hypocritical smile on his face, but the words he said were unusually cold. "Baroque studio wants to clean up and silence, but we also need to clean up all traces of Longstone Trading Company and Rainbow Rock Island pointing to Navy Branch 153."
The enemy was out in the open while they were in the dark. This was an absolute strategic advantage. Based on the information Crowe had, Baroque's workshop didn't even realize that there was someone else behind Longstone Trading Company. They wanted to wipe out Longstone Trading Company just like they did with Tiago Trading Company, which was obviously a fatal mistake.
Since this was the case, Crowe thought that they should take the initiative to wipe out all traces of their existence before the other party reacted.
Yarlin looked deeply at Crowe, then sighed and said, "I just promised Lombardi to let him put the flag of Longstone Trading Company on Alabasta's territory. You are forcing me to break my promise."
"How can this be considered breaking your promise?" Klaus argued, "These are two completely different things. Furthermore, times have changed. A few days ago, we still didn't fully understand the situation. Theoretically, all the promises we made should have been discounted."
There were too many hidden dangers if Lombardi was alive. As an insider of too many things, especially the owner of Longstone Trading Company on the surface, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be found by Baroque's assassins. Then they would follow the clues to find Navy Branch 153 hiding behind the scenes.
After Mr. 3 and Mr. 5 were captured alive, they betrayed Baroque's workshop in order to save their lives. Crowe seriously doubted that if Lombardi fell into a similar situation, how much integrity and loyalty could he show? Crowe had already made a big mistake in this matter. Otherwise, he wouldn't be standing in front of Yarlin now.
"You once told me that you must clean up everything before you do it." Klaus tugged at the Marine rank on his shoulder: "Especially when I put on this Marine skin, I have a deeper understanding of this."
Yarlin turned his back and looked at the seagull flag above the field. He waved his hand. "Oh, when Lombardi first met me, he also said to me, 'A man with a small amount of poison is not a man with a small amount of poison is not a great man!'"
"Thinking about it, he should be more understanding of Colonel Yarlin's difficulties." Crowe stood up and walked towards the door.
Bang!
After the door was closed, Yarlin turned around and looked down at the crushed cigarette ash on the table. Suddenly, he wiped his hand and swept it all to the ground.
…
The sky above Rainbow Rock Island was always shrouded in haze, like a thick quilt pressing down on the top of the head.
At the top of the back hill, an empty grave was dug out. Lombardi threw in a few old clothes in his hand, then thought about it and took off the binoculars hanging around his neck and put them in the grave.
"Ka Ba, the scenery here is good. You can always look at the sea." Lombardi's smoke ring was red. He couldn't even collect Ka Ba's body. It was smashed into pieces and sunk to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish. He picked up the shovel next to him and filled in the grave. Then he inserted a wooden plank on top of it to act as a tombstone.
"Ka Ba, my brother, I will definitely avenge you." Lombardo clenched his fists. After a while, he turned around and looked at Stank behind him. "I know that you should be the spy that Colonel Arlen planted in Longstone Trading Company. That's why I didn't bring you with me when I went to Alabasta a few times. That's good.
Stank didn't speak. He had always faintly felt that Lombardi's attitude towards him was a little unfriendly and vigilant, but he didn't understand how the other party noticed it. However, this problem wasn't important now.
"The next time I go to Alabasta, I won't bring too many people. I'm going to take you …" Before Lombardi finished speaking, he saw Stank suddenly open his mouth in the direction of the sea, his eyes full of horror.
Lombardo froze for a moment, then suddenly turned around and looked at the sea along with Steel's line of sight. There were huge pirate ships with sails, like a row of bloodthirsty thorns piercing the coast.
The black skull flag fluttered in the sea breeze, and the empty skull eye sockets stared at the island. The waves were beating, and the malice was not like the posture of a guest on the island.
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