Chapter 284
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Crack!
A rotten skeleton was exposed in the wet black soil. It was kicked away by a heavy kick. The dense forest was filled with broken trees and corpses buried in leaves and soil.
A group of people wearing biochemical suits stepped over the corpses and continued to move forward. Soon, they appeared in a sunken and deformed valley. In the dark sand, they could vaguely see some corpses arranged in the shape of a staircase. The flesh on the decaying white bones had long been eaten by something. Strangely, the ribs of the corpses were swollen outwards, as if something was forced to fill the body.
"Swish swish swish swish swish!" The man in the lead had long purple hair and a goat horn-like ornament on his head. He looked like a demon from the legends. He half-squatted beside the body and stroked the edge of the ribs of the body. His long and narrow eyes looked at the cave in the depths of the col that had been smashed by an external force. "Someone has just been here!"
Using his palm to break the bones of the corpse, he stood up and walked into the tomb. The mechanisms inside were all damaged. He walked to the center of the tomb with a gloomy face and raised his head to look at the ceiling. Those strange stone paintings that should have existed were all destroyed. What replaced them were crisscrossing fine cracks. It was like some kind of spider web had cut into the surrounding walls. Broken stone chips fell from the top of his head onto his flat palm.
"It wasn't easy for me to find this clue. Who destroyed this tomb?" He gently caressed the stone wall as if he was caressing the skin of his lover. His five fingers pierced into the stone wall in the next instant. The corners of his mouth widened exaggeratedly to reveal a cruel smile. In the darkness, one could only see the bleeding spots at the corners of his long and narrow eyes. "Find this person for me. I need the pair of eyes that saw the complete stone painting."
"Also, tell my partner about this. Tell him that the pair of eyeballs and its owner are important materials that the laboratory needs." He turned his face, and his eyes seemed to be full of venom. "The research on the artificial Devil Fruit is not stable and perfect enough. This will become an important part of the research."
"Understood!" Even with a layer of biochemical clothing made of special materials, the subordinates still avoided the crazy eyes of the other party, nodded heavily, and quickly took out a Den Den Mushi from their arms and quickly dialed the only number.
"Gurgle gurgle …"
Alabasta.
In the dim room with the curtains drawn, a burly figure was sitting on the leather sofa with a burning cigar in the corner of his mouth. He didn't seem to care about the tragic situation reported by the Den Den Mushi.
Next to the bookcase diagonally opposite the sofa, the woman with half of her face exposed had stacks of text and images in her hand. After flipping through them for a while, she pinched her eyebrows tiredly and turned to Crocodile. "What are you going to do?"
"Destroying seven of my studio's strongholds is just a small matter. It's just showing me his muscles. He wants to get five times the benefits of Kirk. If this is what the new Marine Captain wants, then I can give it to him." Crocodile put out the cigarette and looked at the stack of documents on the corner of the table. He pulled out a piece of paper. On it was a Marine with a fierce face and strange eyes. His hands were wearing white gloves, and a python tattoo could be seen in his slightly open collar.
"I'm just afraid that Colonel Arlen's intentions aren't as simple as that." Crocodile stared at the photo for a while, then grinned and looked at Nico Robin. "You know, this Captain made a thing called the Marine Club when he was in East Blue. Almost half of East Blue's branches are involved in this club. Hehe … I just thought that the Marine Headquarters might have noticed some signs, so they transferred Kirk, who didn't do anything, to someone else. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that they are not vigilant about this Marine Club. Fortunately, they transferred Yarlin to Alabasta. They want to kill two birds with one stone, not only to eliminate the hidden dangers of East Blue, but also to put this sharp blade under my nose in Alabasta."
Nico Robin, or the woman called Miss Sunday, stroked her hair and closed the book in her hand, with a thoughtful look in her eyes.
"I'm afraid that an ambitious Marine can't be defeated with just a little money and wealth. Hey … He didn't stop after sweeping seven strongholds of the Baroque Studio in a row. I know this kind of people, they usually die from being too full." Crocodile's burly body sank into the sofa. He grinned and said, "I can let him play at the card table, but only if he understands that he has to participate in the game according to the rules I set."
"Do you think he guessed the background and purpose of the Baroque Studio?" Nico Robin frowned slightly.
"I'm a national hero of Alabasta, and this Captain Yarlin is known as the justice in East Blue against pirates!" Crocodile licked his lips. "People like us, when we accidentally break into the territory of the same kind, will always quickly smell the scent of the other party that can't be concealed."
"Even if you don't notice it at first, you will eventually smell the traces left by the same kind in the sand." Crocodile said. "My intuition tells me that he probably already knows something. Otherwise, he won't leave a living person to pass the message to me, and he won't be so crazy to sweep the strongholds of the Baroque Studio. He is showing his attitude and strength, showing it to me, or even to others."
Crocodile's expression didn't show the slightest anger. He still kept calm and rational. He stood up from the sofa. Nico Robin put down the book in her hand and picked up the coat on the hanger and put it on Crocodile's body.
"Since Kelum is dead, it's not good for another Marine Captain to die in a short time!" Sha Crocodile pushed the door open and walked out. His voice still echoed in the corridor, but his figure had strangely disappeared. Only a few floating gravel fell to the ground.
Nico Robin stared coldly at the open window across the corridor. She slowly walked over and closed the window. She turned and walked back to the room in high heels.
There was a quiet sound of turning pages in the corner of the room. After a while, the sound stopped. Nico Robin walked to the sofa and reached out to pick up the document that had been pulled out. Her blue-black eyes reflected the photo on the document.
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