Chapter 279 I Will Be the only Torch!

"Your hometown?" Weiwei followed the topic given by Tang Sen and asked, "What happened?"

"That happened several years ago." Tang Sen covered his face and said in a low voice:

"I was born into a family of craftsmen, and I am famous for my exquisite skills in processing sea floor stones. Through the wealth gained from these skills, my people have established their own country, and everyone lives a peaceful and prosperous life."

"Until one day Crocodile came here."

"He wants to obtain our technology, and wants to force craftsmen to work for him and make seastone weapons for him. However, how can we be willing to work for pirates? We never want the weapons we make to harm the lives of innocent people. , so we rejected him.”

"Everyone united and tried to resist each other, but we underestimated his power. Even with the Sea Tower Stone, the gap between us and him is still too big."

"He easily controlled us. In order to achieve his evil purpose, he continued to torture the craftsmen, but no one was willing to surrender to the pirates."

"So he became angry."

"That day, the blue sky ceased to exist. Trees, birds, and animals all turned into yellow sand. The once prosperous city turned into ruins. The entire island turned into a desert. No one survived—— except me."

"I hid in the sea and narrowly escaped with my life."

"I went to the navy for help, but Crocodile had already escaped. Moreover, after a while, I actually heard that the other party had become the so-called Shichibukai!"

Tang Sen clenched his fists so hard that they bled.

"All his previous evil deeds have been forgiven, and he can even boast of being a hero!"

"But how can I forgive Crocodile for his evil deeds? I swear, I will definitely find Crocodile, and I will take revenge! Since the navy cannot be relied on, then I will rely on myself!"

"I know that my strength is not enough, far from it. Crocodile is a natural devil fruit user, and any attack will be ineffective against him."

"Unless, we create sea-floor stone weapons."

Tang Sen rubbed the revolver on his waist and took a deep breath.

"Sorry, I lost my temper a little."

"What I want to say is that even if all the royal forces and rebels know his conspiracy, it will be useless. As long as Crocodile is still in Alabasta, there will never be a return to peace here. Only by stopping Crocodile himself , to end this nightmare."

He raised his head and saw that Weiwei had tears streaming down her face.

"It turns out that Alabasta is not the only country being persecuted by Crocodile."

She gritted her teeth and shouted, "Such a thing is absolutely unforgivable!"

She put her hands on Tang Sen's shoulders and shouted seriously: "Come with us, we will definitely be able to stop him and avenge your hometown!"

"That's right!" Luffy lowered his straw hat, "I can't hold it in anymore."

"Where is that guy? I'm going to beat him away now!"

Sauron held the handle of the knife and raised the corner of his mouth: "I have never cut down a natural type user, so I don't know how it feels."

Usopp trembled, but still raised his fists and shouted with a trembling voice: "Isn't it the Shichibukai? I won't be afraid!"

"You guys-" Tang Sen stood up and looked at the people on the boat, showing a little touch, but he said harshly: "I don't want to hang out with pirates."

"I am enough to deal with Crocodile by myself!"

"You can't go that fast on your own." Nami patted the side of the boat and shouted, "Is that guy Crocodile in the rainy land of Alabasta? We have a boat. We just need to go up the Sundola River. , arriving soon."

There was a hint of hesitation on Tang Sen's face.

"You don't want to be able to see Crocodile beaten away after working hard for so many years, right?" Nami said with temptation in her tone.

"..." Tang Sen pursed his lips into a thin line: "I'm just taking a boat. I don't need your help to deal with Crocodile."

"I'll pay for the boat!"

"Deal!" A smile broke out on Nami's face and she rubbed her hands: "So, how much can you pay——"

Before she could finish her words, Luffy was already standing on the bow of the boat shouting: "Let's go!"

"Hey, hey, wait, I haven't reached an agreement yet!"

"That kind of thing doesn't matter anymore!"

"Damn it, who do you think I am working hard to make money for!"

"I don't care! Sanji! Where's today's lunch! I want meat!"

"Shut up! Didn't you just eat it at the port?"

"Speaking of which, have we forgotten something?"

"It's not important! Set sail!"

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The whole deck suddenly became chaotic.

Tang Sen looked at this scene with a subtle smile.

Using a coin as an introduction, he finally managed to sneak into the Straw Hats.

In the eyes of everyone else, he is a lone ranger who came to Alabasta for revenge, a person who hates all pirates because of Crocodile. Even if he goes with him temporarily, it is only because of everyone's retention, but only Tang Sen himself knew that all of this was carefully guided.

From the very beginning, he secretly put the coin into Zoro's pocket to create an opportunity for contact, and then exposed the value of the Hylostone coin to seduce the money-hungry Nami and create an opportunity to continue the conversation.

Then he led Crocodile out and told the story he made up, gaining everyone's approval.

All this process seems to be a coincidence, and no one will suspect that he has ulterior motives——

Of course, a person with Luffy's personality doesn't have to go to such trouble at all. This person can easily deceive anyone with any excuse.

The reason why Tang Sen went to such great lengths is naturally not for Luffy, let alone to join the Straw Hats in disguise.

In addition to providing some help in defeating Crocodile, he also did this for one person.

"Luffy and the others are very interesting people."

There was a voice nearby. Tang Sen looked over and saw Weiwei who had regained her smile.

The princess of Alabasta looked at the noisy Straw Hats and said to Tang Sen with a smile: "I know you don't like pirates, but they are different."

"Although they may seem out of place, once you get along with them for a long time, you will find that they are surprisingly reliable."

"Maybe." Tang Sen pretended to be expressionless and said, "But even if they are good people, they are still pirates, and pirates should not exist in this world."

"Miss Weiwei, you are the princess of the kingdom. You should know how many ordinary people have lost their lives because of pirates."

Weiwei was silent for a moment. Of course she knew how much damage pirates had done to the world. She had heard about what those pirates did more than once since she was a child. The port city of Alabasta was almost once every few days. frequency of being attacked by pirates.

Not to mention those weaker countries, some non-franchised countries were even slaughtered by pirates.

"I know," she said, "but that's the way the world is."

"Then change the world." Tang Sen said without hesitation: "Ever since people like Crocodile were able to become the so-called Shichibukai, I discovered that there is something wrong with this world."

"I can't imagine how many people in this world have the same experience as me. They just suffer from lack of power, so they can only suffer in silence."

"Neither the Navy nor the World Government can see this. They only have their own interests in their eyes. For the sake of their own interests, they don't mind treating ordinary people as victims."

“No one speaks up for the victims, no one cares about the victims——”

Tang Sen looked directly into Weiwei's eyes and said, "But I care, I feel the same way."

"If no one speaks, then I will speak for them. If there is no light to illuminate the endless darkness in their lives."

"Then I will be the only torch."