One piece : A Lotus

When mobile phone sales reached 2 million units, other countries finally learned what had happened in Alabasta.

Slowly, people around the world came to know that in distant Alabasta, there were affordable devices called "mobile phones" that could display news and function like telephone Den Den Mushi. Journalists labeled the mobile phone as an invention ahead of its time, but for now, nobody was taking mobile phones seriously.

After all, people who buy newspapers at sea are only a small fraction. Most people don't buy newspapers at all, so the influence of Toutiao on them is not very significant.

The outside world generally showed great interest in the low price of mobile phones. However, ordinary people from all over the world cannot reach the Grand Line. Even on the Grand Line, people from one country cannot always reach another country. There's a hurdle that can't be bypassed: the Log Pose.

Buying a Log Pose requires tens of thousands of Berries, and venturing out to sea for a mobile phone costing five thousand Berries is too foolish.

So it was interesting only to certain individuals.

In some places, businessmen sell mobile phones at a high price of 200,000 Berries, which worsens the public's impression of mobile phones. In fact, this is very unfavorable for Ezekiel's strategy. He is also worried that his production capacity cannot keep up, but at present, there is no other solution.

......

On a pirate ship belonging to Baroque Works.

"Damn it! Igaram! So you lied to me!" Vivi took the phone and glared angrily at Igaram.

"Your Royal Highness, please calm your anger!" "I deceived you to leave Alabasta, as the King wished. The enemy he is facing is the Warlord, Crocodile... The power gap is too great. If he aims to eliminate the Royal family, then Alabasta is truly doomed."

Vivi's face flushed, but ultimately, Igaram was not foolish, so she finally asked:

"Are my brother and father in danger now?"

"There is a significant danger all around, Princess... His Majesty the King is neutralizing the rebels incited by Crocodile and dismantling his plan..." Igaram replied. "So, Your Royal Highness, our task now is to find Crocodile. The evidence of his crime must be delivered to the World Government!"

"Understood..." Vivi took a deep breath and nodded.

In truth, nothing was clear yet. If they really gather sufficient evidence, seeking out the Marines would be the most correct course. After all, there are those who uphold Justice within the Marines, and reaching out to the World Government might prove even more challenging.

......…

To Ezekiel 's surprise, Crocodile still had not acted after several months of silence. Perhaps the attack by "Aokiji" truly frightened him?

In reality, Aokiji himself was quite puzzled… Since he had just arrived, Crocodile's men had discovered him and were monitoring him.

But in Crocodile's eyes, this was a move of silent intimidation. After Aokiji's initial strike, he came back to him to continue the fight???

Honestly, that's what Crocodile thought because the previous attack was so convincing. He suspected that maybe Aokiji already knew something. So, frankly, he did nothing in this country until Aokiji would leave.

Crocodile hated Aokiji!

He was running out of time! Aokiji was just getting in his way!

Twenty years had passed, but it was not over yet. When the so-called project is truly completed, everything will be destroyed, and the country will plunge into chaos. Then it will be his chance to seize Pluton...

"And when I get Pluton... Aokiji, you will be the first to be destroyed!"

He even sent his men back to the capital, where they used Dance Powder.

In any case, it was now the driest season, and even if they stopped using Dance Powder, the amount of rain in other places would be pathetic.

But a little rain did manage to occur, which greatly reduced the project's pressure. The initial assessment required 100 billion Berries, but now only a budget of 60 billion Berries is needed to complete it. To save time, Will insisted on starting construction in several places simultaneously.

Such a project could attract the attention of the whole world, but only on Earth. In the world of pirates, an event like Big Mom's tea party would rather attract attention...

......…

With the official start of the project, 300,000 people labored day and night, pouring their blood and sweat, and all of Alabasta seemed filled with new vitality.

A large number of torches were lit on the banks of the Sandora River. From a distance, it looked like hundreds of thousands of stars in the night. Seeing this, even the Sandora Catfish in the Sandora River trembled in fear and hid at the bottom of the river, though they usually love to eat people.

As one of the project overseers, the old King Cobra held a heavy notebook and kept jotting things down continuously. He had good relations with the people working on the construction. Right now, Koza was reporting to him.

A large quantity of building materials was constantly being brought from the port city.

"According to His Majesty the King's instructions, we have started work in multiple places, but our 300,000 people are still only responsible for constructing the central canal, and it's necessary to distribute resources to other areas," said Koza. "In any case, this is a grand project involving millions of people. If it succeeds..."

"Just conceiving such a plan and not sparing any effort for its realization is already quite impressive," Cobra set aside the notebook in his hand and continued in his thoughts:

"I am not as good as he is. He must be the greatest emperor in the history of the Nefertari family."