Arrived in Alabasta

Chapter 30: Arrived in Alabasta!

After a period of sailing, Solo and the others successfully bypassed the Little Garden by relying on the Eternal Pose left by Robin. In the original work, the reason why the Straw Hat Pirates took a detour to Drum Island was because of Nami's physical condition.

Now that Nami is not on Solo's boat, they naturally have no reason to go there. So after bypassing these two islands in a row, Solo and his party successfully arrived in the Kingdom of Alabasta.

But what Solo didn't expect was, he originally thought that Princess Vivi would do everything possible to convince him to go with her to deal with Crocodile after arriving here. But who knows, at this moment, Princess Vivi seems to be a different person.

She thanked Solo for bringing her to Alabasta then she took Mr.9 and Igaram and left Solo.

"Fair enough."

Looking at Vivi who left him, Solo breathed a sigh of relief.

Without Vivi, I naturally have nothing to do with Baroque Works.

The only problem is Mr.5 and Miss Valentine are a duo, they use a very small sailboat. This kind of ship has the advantage of speed on the short-distance route to and from the Whiskey Peaks. But if Marineford is the target, such a ship may not even be able to hold on to the 'Capital of Water', Water 7.

Of course, these words were also spoken by Igaram at the time of parting. It can be regarded as thanks to Solo for saving Princess Vivi.

"Never mind."

Solo looked around, simply chose a different direction from Vivi and the others, and moved forward.

"In short, find a small tavern first, inquire about where I can get a boat to go to sea, and then leave here." thought to himself.

Although his current strength is enough to swim to Marineford, it is not needed. About half an hour away, Solo arrived at a tavern that looked pretty good.

However, before he pushed the door open, a tall man rushed out of it. With Solo facing him, they happened to meet each other. Despite some surprises, Solo recognized this guy at a glance.

It was none other than Smoker who left Loguetown without authorization to hunt down the Straw Hats. Behind him, Tashigi, who was at a loss, followed closely along with the bewildered marines.

"Solo? Why are you here?!"

For a while, Smoker also recognized Solo, his eyes widened, looking very surprised. But now he didn't care about that much, he flicked his right hand vigorously, and turned into a cloud of smoke on the spot, rolling up Solo without thinking.

Solo: "???"

What is the situation?!

Solo was in a daze, completely unaware of what Smoker was doing. Could it be that he met the Straw Hats? That's not right either, if he encountered Straw Hat Luffy, Smoker would have gone straight up and fought him!

Is it Fire Fist Ace? It doesn't seem right either. With his and Smoker's fruit ability, they can't do anything with each other.

Solo, who couldn't think of a reason at all, had no choice but to lie flat and let Smoker lead him all the way. And behind Smoker, followed countless men, women, and children, all holding various weapons in their hands.

Everything from long knives, and long swords to knives and forks for eating. Those who don't know may think that Smoker has aroused the anger of the people here!

After running for about ten minutes, Smoker found an empty dead-end alley and got into it in an instant. Other marines followed suit and went into hiding.

After those chasing them were gone, Smoker breathed a sigh of relief, put Solo down, and sat down on the ground.

"What the hell is going on with this kingdom?" Smoker breathed heavily, still not forgetting to complain.

"Mr...Smoker!"

Suddenly, Tashigi at the side seemed to be frightened and pointed her finger behind Smoker. Solo, who was beside Smoker, also followed the trend.

Then what came to Smoker and the other marines—a poster similar to a reward order was printed on the wall.

And the man printed in the portrait is none other than Smoker!

Moreover, this poster also stated in detail that Baroque Works paid for Smoker's head. Anyone who solves Smoker can get a bounty of 30 million Berry!

"Baroque Works..."

Solo frowned immediately, fully understanding why so many people hunted Smoker down. It turned out that all of this was done by Crocodile.

As for the reason, it must be because someone used Smoker's identity to anger Crocodile.

It must be this.

Thinking of this, Solo stretched out his hand and patted Smoker's shoulder sympathetically. However, according to Solo's guess, Crocodile probably didn't really want to kill Smoker.

In any case, he is a marine, and his rank is not low. Coupled with the identity of Zephyr's disciple, Smoker's connections are not bad. What's more, Crocodile knows that "Smoker" is stronger than Mr.5.

If he really wanted to kill him, how could he send those weak people? With Smoker's strength, it is easy to deal with those pursuers. It's just that among those pursuers, the number of civilians is not small, that's why Smoker couldn't make a good shot.

"If I'm not mistaken, Crocodile probably wants to use this method to hold Smoker back so that he doesn't affect his plan." After some reasoning, Solo guessed a lot in his heart. Of course, Solo would not say these things.

"Mr. Smoker, what did you do..." Tashigi couldn't help asking. She really wanted to know why Smoker was offered a reward.

"How could I know such a thing!"

Smoker yelled angrily, "I can only say that this is a strange country. There are people who offer a bounty on the head of a marine."

While speaking, Smoker tore off the poster.

"But by the way, why did you appear here?" Smoker looked at his portrait, unable to think of anything for a while, so he simply didn't think about it and was concerned about Solo's condition.

"This... To be honest, I originally planned to go to the headquarters for training, but the ship that I used to go to the sea was damaged. Thanks to the people in this country, I was able to come here." Solo explained.

In fact, he had already thought about what to do if he met Smoker here. So he thinks about the reasons in advance.

"Then it's not easy for you but if you need a boat, you can go in this direction."

Smoker pointed in a direction. In any case, his line does not include Marineford, he just wanted to hunt down the Straw Hats. Therefore, they do not intend to use their own boat to send Solo to the headquarters.

"Yes, that would be very nice, Captain Smoker," Solo replied with a smile.

In any sense, it's great.