Age POV - Blue Star, Grand Line, Sandy Isnd, Rainbase - 20 GAP

  I calmly watch as Crocodile theatrically appears on the chair with a swirl of sand as he says, "It's about time I'll tell you guys about the final pn of the Baroque Works... about pn "Utopia"!" making everyone jumps and shout in surprise as he reveals his identity, something that if I remember well, shouldn't have do, but it isn't like I care too much about such silly things, after all, I'm only here to hunt dowher Champions for that System Bastard and crush some pussy.

  I internally scoff at everyone's rea to the "surprising" revetion that the boss of the Baroque Works is, in fact, the feared Seven Warlords of the Seas Crocodile, and focus my gaze on the sex goddess in front of me.

  She is a tall, slender young woman with shoulder-length bck hair and blue ceruleahat have dark, wide pupils, she has a long, thin, and defined nose, and her limbs are very long, especially her legs, tributing greatly to both her fighting capabilities and overall height.

  She wears a revealing cowgirl outfit sisting of a purple cleavage-exposing corset and matg miniskirt, both with white ors hanging from them, and a white fur-lined coat paired with a white cowboy hat and white high-heeled boots.

  She is her than Nico Robin herself, one of the best waifu of this universe, and seeing her in person, I'm using every iny willpower to make sure that I don't suddenly pop a boner and erase everyone here out of existence so that I simply take her and fuck her until she breaks, but I steel my resolve and hold back that impulse while thinking, 'For sure the temptation to do that is strong, but it won't be as fun as properly sedug her aing her worship my cod ride me like the slutty cowgirl she is... After all, I see my ces at succeeding as quite good.'

  At this point, I lower my head a bit and smirk while thinking, 'Not to sound tant, but in this new life of mine, I'm unbelievably handsome, it is one of the perks of being an Asgardian God, so I just o be a little bit suave and have a good rizz and she will for sure be ready to do anything I want, especially if I show "genuine" care for her well being and guarahat I'll be able to protect her from the Wover's agents something quite simple as almost everyone in this world is ridiculosly weak pared to me, after all, even without the support of my Blessing I still am the Asgardian God of Destru.'

  Ihe loss of my Blessing didn't impact my fighting power as much as I feared, sure, my Destru Divinity is a little bit more difficult to trol and I feel that it is more difficult to prehend and improve, but I'm still able to do everything I was able to do before.

  As my mind starts to wao all kinds of sexy py I could do with Robin, Mikita, and that brue over there whose name I already fot, but whose ame is Miss Fingerbang or something like that, I hear the calm voir. Bdhead as he asks, "Are you our boss?"

  In respoo Mr. Baldhead's question, Crocodile unleashes his bloodlust as a show of force as he simply asks back, "Any pints?" which shuts everyone as clearly the prestige and strength of someone of Crocodile's caliber 't be uimated, especially among a random mob of weak characters like this who get easily intimidated by him.

  Then Miss Fiheass carefully asks, "No pints, just a question. Why would a pirate sponsored by the Wover do something like this..."

  After a few seds of silence, Crocodile finally answers, "What I want is not money or nd. It's military force." this causes everyoo tense up as the queer asks for firmation, "Military force...!?"

  Crocodile lits up a cigar as he says, "Let's talk about this in order. first my objective, theails of the Baroque Works' Final Pn." then he calmly expins as he smokes his cigar, "First, I made sure to win the hearts of the people of Arabasta through the use of public appearances as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, being a hero to the people by rounding up invading pirates. The main reason behind this is to make sure that no one suspects that I'm the mastermind behind everything."

  Seeing that everyone is still following him with attention Crocodile nods with a satisfied smirk on his face, well, everyo me, but in my past life I perfected the art of making the professors and ter my bosses believe it was seriously listening to them while letting my mind wander.

  Then he tinues with his expnation, "During this farce, I made sure that Baroque Works secretly used Dance Powder to cause the capital city to have abnormally high amounts of rain while the rest of the try suffered endless drought. The people did not suspect a thing until it was noticed that other cities were getting below-normal rainfall. Later I ordered some Baroque Works agents t a shipment of Dance Powder into the try and on the middle of the town of Nanohana, to fake an act with the delivery cart, causing the citizens to discover the powder. Then wheiohe agents said it was a delivery for the king, making them suspect that their monarch was behind the drought."

  At this point, a frown forms on Crocodile's face as he says, "Until this point, everything was going perfectly, but tely, it started to once again rain regurly all over the ise the tinuous use of the Dance Powder which eased the current situation a little... Luckily, not everything is lost as the seed of distrust is already pnted, only to make sure that everything goes as pnned we have to speed up the pn a bit."

  After saying that, Crocodile expins, "That is thanks to the fact that I've assigned several Baroque Works members to join the royal guard, thus allowing them to smuggle rge amounts of Dance Powder into the pace. Then allowed those hidden stocks to be found, and pushed the people into thinking that the king was behind the ck of rain. This made it so that the younger citizens of Yuba were now even beginning to form ideas of rebellion and to make sure the rebellion ushed forward, I also sent several Baroque Works members to join their ranks, even going so far as to bee close officers to one of the most promi members, those who have a strong influence over the people."

  Arriving at this point, Crocodile stops for a moment to inhale some of the st smoke from his cigar, then he says, "And now, we have to carefully move on to the phase of the pn to ihe rebellion to allow us to gain absolute trol over this kingdom. First, Mr. 4 and Miss Merry Christmas have to sneak into the royal pad kidnap the king of Arabasta. Afterward, Mr. 2 will use his Devil Fruit power to transform into a lookalike of the king and publicly apologize to the people of Nanohana for his use of the powder. Baroque Works will also make sure that the time of the fake Cobra's appearand the time of the real Cobra's disappearance line up with how long it would have taken Cobra to travel to the town. In addition to fessing to causing the drought, the fake Cobra will also point out that the possession and use of Dance Powder is illegal, so to cover his tracks, everyone iown will be killed and the fake royal soldier will start to set the town on fire, this for sure will bring out quite a bit of chaos."

  I hear many of the people present here inhale sharply as they listen to Crocodile's nasty pn, at the same time, Crocodile lits up anar as the expnation of the pn is taking quite a bit of time, then he tinues, "But just when the fake royal soldiers had finished setting the town on fire, a rge ship will crash into the shore, causing it to jump out of the sea and nd in town, courtesy of Mr. 1 and Miss Double Finger. Mr. 2 and the fake soldiers will use this as a distra which will make their escape easier. The citizens, fooled by Mr. 2's deception, will then very likely decide to ally with the rebel army and take up arms against the king, of course, that is also thanks to some of our men which will ihem. Initially, the rebellion did not have enough ons to mount an atta the capital, but that will ge because the rge ship that Mr. 1 and Miss Double Finger will crash will actually be an armory ship filled with ons."

  At this point, Crocodile smirks as a show of his fiden his pns as he says, "At this point, the numbers and force of the rebel army would grow expoially, and it will begin its adva on the capital. Ohe rebellion got close to the capital, a Baroque Works agent in the royal army will "actally" shot a on at the rebels, marking the beginning of the final battle. We will alse for a bomb with a five-kilometer bst radius to be shot into the ter of the battlefield ohe fighting reaches its climax and the maximum number of royal soldiers and rebel soldiers are all gathered in one pce, killing all the rebels and royal soldiers in one fell swoop. Naturally, a bomb with a bst radius of that size would itself have to be very rge, so it was necessary to hide it and to unch it from very close to the battlefield, and at a high elevation to take advantage of gravity, so I will make sure to hide at the top of a nearby clock tower of the capital city. Oh armies are eliminated, it will be simple for Baroque Works to take over the try.'

  Crocodile pulls out anar as he also fihe st one, lits it up, and starts smoking his third one as he narrates the st part of his pn, "Before the bomb is supposed to be unched however, I'll make sure to thhly question the king about the a on knoluton, a battleship that destroy aire isnd with only a single on fire, which was supposedly hidden somewhere in Arabasta. Then with both Pluton and Arabasta under my trol, I will be able to unite all the pirates in the area under my and aually beore powerful thahe Wover itself!" He smiles slightly as he cludes in a fident and proud tohis is the true purpose of Operation Utopia, the name of the project designed by me to dispose of Kiari Cobra, take over the throne of the Arabasta Kingdom, and acquire the a on Pluton which is supposedly hidden somewhere on this isnd, achieving the purpose of creating a "utopia" capable of peting with the Wover."

  At the end of his expnation, Crocodile, just like 90s anime evil boss, puts out his st cigar on the ashtray in front of him as that excited queer excims, "You mean we do that here!!? We'll take over the entire kingdom!? I'm gettied!!" followed by Mr. Shiny Head who calmly asks, "So our most pressing duties... are to carry out the different facets of this final pn?"

  Hearing that, Crocodile smirks as he says, "That is correct. All the jobs you have done sihe foundation of Baroque Works have been for this pn. And these are the st orders I will entrust you with. The time to get rid of the Kingdom of Arabasta will soon e..."

  At the same time, a dozen of slender arms appear o eae of us aly y oable right in front of us a paper with a set of instrus, but my focus isn't on the paper, but on the arm itself, as I instantly reize it as the effect of Nico Robin's Devil Fruit, the Hana Hana no Mi (Flower Flower Fruit), a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to replicate and sprout pieces of their body from the surface of any object or living thing.

  Seeing that, I 't help but let my mind wander once more while I look at the piece of paper faking i over the shit written on it, 'Ohh, I'd love to let her use her power to make her grow her hands in my pants and make her give me and handjob during this b meeting... maybe she could even grow some more iing parts sier in the anime she has been able to sprout a copy of her whole body...'

  While I'm thinking that, Crocodile tinues, "When you have all pleted those orders... the Kingdom of Arabasta will be destroyed!!! The ered rebels and civilians will tragically fall right into the Baroque Works' hands!! In just a little bit of time! This try will bee our "Utopia"!!!"

  At the same time, all the Officers Agents start to burn their orders using the debra at the ter of the table, and seeing that, I quickly look at the orders once more to memorize them, then do the same to cover the fact that I was daydreaming while Crocodile expined his "totally ued" pn.

  After that, Crocodile cludes, "This is the Baroque Works' great, final pn, "Utopia." Failure will not be tolerated. The operation will begin in a few days in the m at 7 o'clock!! Until then, feel free to use the facility, Rain Dinners, to rex and prepare as you please! Meeting adjourned. Pray for victory."

  Jayr POV - Blue Star, Grand Line, Sandy Isnd, Alubarna - 20 GAP

  We have finally reached our destination, the capital city of the Arabasta Kingdom, Alubarna which is in the northeast part of the isnd, built on a pteau near an oasis, it is located north of the port town of Nanohana a of the port town of Tamarisk.

  Like several other cities in Arabasta, most of Alubarna's structures follow the ventions of Ismic architecture, such as domed buildings and towers.

  Access to the city is dohrough my sworn enemy, five long flights of stairs located to the west, southwest, south, southeast, a.

  (Image Here - Alubarna)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]From what Igaram told us, the southern gate is sidered the mairance, and if I remember well, it is the one Koza and his rebel army used to break into the city, I also remember that the southeastern gate also features a group of ruins nearby, famous for being the pce where Usopp and Tony Tony Chopper faced Mr. 4 and Miss Merry Christmas.

  To not cause too murest among the people living in this city, we decided to nd the still camoufged Athena's God Bidoof o those ruins, as they are quite a deserted spot, and theer the city on foot.

  Of course, the presence of Igaram, who is the captain of the royal guards, and Vivi, who is the loved princess of the whole Arabasta Kingdom did cause quite a bit of u among the citizens and the guards, who quickly scrambled to secure Vivi's safety, but despite that, we are still able to quickly cross through the lively city of Alubarna and reach its ter, the tral City Square, a rge, circur area where people meet, which it lies just outside of our destination, the Arabasta Pace.

  During our walk through the busy streets of Alubarna, I couldn't help but notiother iic structure in the dista is the Alubarna Clocktower, aremely tall clock tower building, resembling the Big Ben, which brought me some memories of the anime, 'If I remember well, there is a rge ope the very top of the tower and behind the clock's face, which only be accessed from a specific pair of stairs somewhere otom floor. In the anime, Crocodile po unch a bomb from there, due to the rge open spad the close proximity to the tral City Square... Should I warn Igaram and the King of this possible threat... I guess, I should do it, even if it is too soon for Crocodile's plot to start and I'll quickly stop him after we talk with Vivi's father King Cobra, it is better to still warn them, after all, someone else could have the same idea as Crocodile, so they still ready for such eventualities.'

  While I'm thinking that, we tio head toward the Alubarna Pace, where the royal family and their servants live, located in the ter of Alubarna.

  A truly imposing structure built mostly in pure white sto boasts many luxuries, including a lush rooftop garden, a massive bathhouse, a passageways it slightly reminds me of the famous Taj Mahal, only where one is a mausoleum, the other is an actual pace, well at the very least now it is used as a pace, I don't know if before it was actually also a mausoleum, after all, from what Igaram told us the Alubarna Pace is actually older than the Arabasta Kingdom itself, so it is actually possible that at first, it was a mausoleum in honor of someone or even a whole powerful family until they became fotten by time or some other things like purposely erased from history.

  We finally arrive in front of the stairs that lead to the entrance of the Alubarna Pad see that there are already people waiting for us there who, as soon as they see us, quickly enter in formation and yell, """We greet, the Captain of the Royal Guards Igaram-sama and the Royal Princess ari Vivi-sama! Wele back to Alubarna!!"""

  Obviously, those are the members of the royal guards and they all have the same attire which sists of tunic capes, browal dragon-pattern armor, sandals, and a metal helmet, their on of choice is a long rod with a bde at the end, something quite on as polearms have served as the king of the battle for millennium in many universes.

  As we get closer to the royal guards, Galen suddenly asks me as he looks at the royal guards with a curious expression on his face, "Papa, why do all those people have those long ons on their backs? They are some kind of guards, right? Isn't better for them to wield a mile on?"

  Hearing that, I look at my boy and reply, "Not really, there is a very good reason for their choice, you see polearms are very powerful by themselves, they are capable of breaking armor, bypassing shields, and generally have less training requirements for adequate fighters than something like a sword, axe, hammer, bows or even guns. Then to top it off swords are usually sidered sidearms otlefield unless we're talking something like the Cidheamh-Mòr, more only known as Cymore, which is for all purposes, it is just a smaller than normal oddly shaped polearm. This is also one of the reasons why Papa's Tactical Arms Sword Form is so huge, not only because it looks "cool", but also because its heavy weight isn't a burden for me who use it without any problem, making so that ons of such size are way more practical to use."

  Seeing him nod, I tio expin, "A polearm is a superior on in holding corridors and throne rooms over a sword, a wall of halberds, spears, or such, effectively removes the avenue of attad guarahe safety of the royal guards' charge. Short of being surrounded by overwhelming numbers, ranged ons, supernatural powers ic overing them is o impossible for the usual wannabe-assaliant. Moreover, polearms offer a much greater threat to heavily armored or even shielded foes, reag out and pulling the man inte of 5 or 6 other hungry points of lethal metal, or crushing a pte helm in a single savage blow while still pierg the get of a is all possible."

  At this point, Galen nods once more and says, "I see! They are perfect to overe the most on threat a king or such would face, like a mob of revolting people without incurring any losses thanks to their range, only projectiles or being fnked or surrounded would be dangerous for them. trary to polearms, swords allow oppos into arms reach which isn't good against multiple assaints, while a polearm is very hard to trap or wrestle from the guy holding the business end who could just punt you with it or swing its edge into your hip and rip back! Is that right?"

  I smile and pat him on the head while saying, "That's right. Ahing you have to sider is that a polearm just looks vicious to top things off, it says quite clearly, "I'm going to break your bones and chop ks off your body, are you still thinking icide?""

  This makes everyone chuckle a little even the ining royal guards atiently waiting for us to finish, then one particur man among these guards steps forward and adds, "That's quite the smart boy. Now let me add that swords do have two advantages in regards to usage, aside from the fact that they, like polearms, are quite versatile, maybe not quite equal but strong enough to hold as a sed on. A sword be used in jun with a shield while a halberd ot, at least not a shield of any signifi defending their charge adequately while keeping themselves also covered, if they ck adequate armor to be the shield themselves. Swords are also very useful in tight-pressed flict or a melee, this is why it was often the sidearm of line infantry with rge cumbersome polearms it could get closer than a lover and not tangle up too badly."

  The man iion is quite different from all the other royal guards, he is a tall, imposing dark-skinned man with medium length bck hair and a long broad nose resembling that of a jackal.

  He wears a long, light-green tunic, revealing his muscur chest, and has two belts around his waist, a striped, pale-red and crimse one, and over it a purple, thinner one, around his neck he has a neckce sisting of big golden beads, and he wears a dark-green coat draped on his shoulders like a cape, he carries a massive sword, with a blue hilt and sheath, on his right hip.

  If I remember well, this man name is Chaka, one of two head guards in the Arabasta kingdom who serves under Igaram, and currentily serving the ag captain of the royal guards in Igaram's pce.

  (Image Here - Chaka)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]Seeing the man who stepped forward, both Vivi and Igaram yell, "Chaka!!" which firm my doubts.

  At the same time, Chaka nods and says, "Captain Igaram, Princess Vivi. I'm gd that the two of you are back safe and sound." then his gaze moves to everyone else in roup as he adds, "It seems that you two met quite a lot of iing individuals... Anyway, I hope that your mission was a successful one, since you returned way soohan expected."

  After saying that, Chaka briefly introduces himself before he leads us into the pad soon, we reach the magnifit throne hall, where one man is already waiting for us standing in the middle of the hall alone.

  He is a man of average height, with a wrinkled face, a tied-off beard, and long, curly, bck hair, wearing a green robe with yellow edging, an e and beige sash around his waist, and a purple coat, he also wears bck shoes and a neckce, he is obiviously Vivi's father, ari Cobra, the King of Arabasta.

  (Image Here - ari Cobra)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]As soon as his gaze nds on Vivi, a bright relieved smile forms on his face as he says, "I'm truly gd that you are safe, Vivi! You don't knoorried I was these months that you were away!" then he looks at Igaram and adds, "Igaram, thank you for havi her safe." making Igaram simply reply with, "It was my duty and honor to do so, your Majesty."

  Odyin