One piece : A Lotus

Why..."

Zephyr was completely frozen, still staring at Ezekiel , and at that moment, a sense of betrayal crept into his heart.

Anger, disbelief, shock, surprise!

"Mr. Zephyr," Ezekiel 's smile was unnerving, "my teacher Zephyr... do you want to ask 'why'? Oh, how unfortunate, are you still so naive? Have you forgotten... why you came here?"

With a sigh in his heart, Zephyr's eyes gradually dimmed, and his Observation Haki voluntarily withdrew. Yes, he had come to Alabasta with impure intentions...

Frozen, Zephyr remained in the palace, watching as the two of them left.

Ezekiel , having exited the main hall, removed the mantle symbolizing the status of King and listened with a smile to the inquiries.

"Is everything alright? This man had already ventured out to sea when we were young."

He was referring to Admiral Zephyr, who wasn't easily lured into a trap.

But Zephyr hadn't suspected that the King, in whom he had placed unconditional trust, would attack him. Although he had witnessed much over the past decades and had long understood that one cannot simply trust what they see, it turns out he was ready to make the same mistakes over and over again!

"I never underestimated this old man."

Ezekiel pulled out a pair of white gloves and put them on. If he fights, he doesn't want to come into contact with the enemy's dirty body and blood. This time, he wants to kill two birds with one stone.

Boom!

A powerful explosion thundered in the direction of Alubarna's walls.

With a smile on his face, Ezekiel activated his Observation Haki and detected the intrusion of a powerful enemy.

"Someone is breaching the city wall," he said. "Well," Ezekiel said calmly, "the person we will deal with this time, perhaps you've heard his name—Junior Whitebeard, Edward Weevil."

In fact, when Edward Weevil was already sailing the seas and claimed to be Junior Whitebeard, despite his high bounty and good strength, he had never done anything that would shake the world, so he was still not as famous as he would be later...

"Junior Whitebeard," Fujitora just smiled in response and repeated the nickname.

Junior Whitebeard, not Whitebeard!

"Stop! This is Alabasta…" a soldier from the Royal Army hadn't finished speaking when he was struck and flung from his post, creating a crater in the ground upon impact.

No one would have thought that pirates would attack directly at Alubarna!

This is the Royal Capital! A place protected by Admiral Zephyr!

The place where the strongest commander of the guard and one of the strongest divisions of the Six Armies, Pell, is!

There are even more than tens of thousands of military personnel stationed there!

"Mama! I'm hungry!" "I'm hungry!" cried Junior Whitebeard, Edward Weevil, with childlike wails.

"You idiot, head straight to the palace and grab The King! Then you'll have more food than you can even swallow," Miss Bakkin kicked him hard in the leg.

"Ouch, it hurts! That hurts! I want to eat meat!"

Edward Weevil, enraged, smashed a large portion of the city wall with one foot and stormed into the city.

"Don't even think about entering Alubarna!" In the next moment, a dark figure flew up and kicked at Weevil with a leg covered in Haki. It was Pell.

Weevil blocked the leg with his hand, his Haki was even stronger, and he knocked Pell out. Although Pell possessed Vice Admiral-level strength, he was not easy to defeat.

"This guy has power surpassing Crocodile's!"

With the growth of Observation Haki, Pell's abilities were also constantly improving. Although he couldn't precisely gauge Weevil's power, he understood very clearly — this was someone he couldn't defeat. Even though it was just a simple clash, he could already tell that this guy was as strong as a monster.

But no matter what, he had to grit his teeth and try his best!

They clashed again, and massive vibrations spread everywhere.

"You idiot!" "Take down this guy!" Miss Bakkin scolded him unceremoniously.

Edward Weevil immediately roared, raised his blade high, and struck with unprecedented force.

But at that moment, Weevil suddenly noticed a shadow at his feet, and at the same time, a buzzing sound was heard above his head, as if something was rapidly approaching. He looked up in surprise.

It was a meteorite ten times larger than himself!

Faced with the threat to his life, Weevil roared and directed his blade towards the meteorite.

Bang!

The massive meteorite instantly split in half.

At this moment, two people appeared near Pell. One was a young man who looked unusually youthful, and the other was a blind man holding a sword.

Pell immediately bowed his head to the young man and respectfully saluted him, saying:

"Your Majesty!"

Miss Bakkin was excited.

"That's him! Weevil, kill the others and capture that guy!"

Weevil, breathing heavily, turned his head and suspiciously asked:

"Which one?"

Miss Bakkin's head throbbed with visible blue veins.

"Idiot!" The youngest one!

"Which one is the youngest?" Weevil was puzzled.

"The small one!" Miss Bakkin raged.

Edward Weevil looked left and right, finally fixing his gaze on Ezekiel and suddenly realized:

"Oh!"

Ezekiel calmly said with a smile on his face:

"Fujitora... kill him."

Is it necessary to point out a person's flaws? Besides, he's not that short—he's one meter eighty centimeters tall!

He's just relatively shorter compared to this giant man over six meters tall!

"Infernal Journey!" Fujitora raised his sword.

Edward Weevil collapsed to the ground and was firmly pinned down by the terrifying gravity. He really was a monster known as Junior Whitebeard, but he couldn't move.

"Mom… I feel so uncomfortable!"

"Trash!" "Get up!" screamed Miss Bakkin.

Weevil roared and stood up, resisting the gravity, and the ground beneath his feet shattered layer by layer.

Clank!