People are in the heavens, wealth can rival a country

Chapter 279 I will be the only torch!
"Your hometown?" Weiwei asked following the topic Tang Sen gave, "What happened?"

"That happened several years ago." Tang Sen covered his face and said in a low voice:
"I was born in a family of craftsmen, and I am well-known for my superb skills in processing Hailou stone. Through the wealth obtained through these skills, my people have established their own country, and everyone's life is peaceful and prosperous."

"Until one day, Crocodile came here."

"He wants to obtain our technology, and wants to force craftsmen to work for him and make sea stone weapons for him, but how are we willing to work for pirates? We are never willing to make weapons that we make to harm the lives of innocent people , so we turned him down."

"Everyone united and tried to resist each other, but we underestimated his strength. Even with Hailoushi, the gap between us and him is still too great."

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

"So, he became angry from embarrassment."

"That day, the blue sky no longer existed, whether it was trees, birds or animals, they all turned into yellow sand, the bustling city turned into ruins, and the entire island turned into a desert, no one survived—— except me."

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

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

Tang Sen clenched his fists so tightly that he even bled.

"All his previous evil deeds have been forgiven, and he can even call himself a hero!"

"However, how can I forgive Crocodile's evil deeds? I swear, I will 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 enough. Crocodile is a devil fruit ability user of the natural department, and any attack will be ineffective against him."

"Unless, a Hailoushi weapon is made."

Tang Sen stroked the revolver at his waist and took a deep breath.

"Sorry, I'm a little rude."

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

He raised his head and saw that Weiwei was already in tears.

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

She gritted her teeth and shouted: "Such a thing can never be forgiven!"

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

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

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

Sauron held the handle of the knife, and raised the corner of his mouth: "I haven't hacked a natural-type ability user yet, so I don't know how it feels."

Usopp shivered, but still raised his fist, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Isn't it Qiwuhai? I, I, I will not be afraid!"

"You guys——" Tang Sen stood up, looked at the people on the boat, showed some emotion, but said firmly, "I don't want to hang out with pirates."

"To deal with Crocodile, I alone is enough!"

"You can't go that fast by yourself." Nami patted the side of the boat and shouted: "That guy Crocodile is in the rain in Alabasta, right? We have a boat, as long as we go up the Santora River , coming soon."

A hint of hesitation appeared on Tang Sen's face.

"You don't want to work hard for so many years, but you can't see Crocodile being beaten away with your own eyes, do you?" Nami's tone was seductive.

"." Tang Sen's lips were drawn into a line: "It's just a boat ride. I don't need your help to deal with Crocodile."

"I'll pay for the boat!"

"Deal!" Nami smiled and 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 and yelled, "Let's go!"

"Hey, hey, wait, I haven't settled yet!"

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

"Damn it, who do you think I'm trying to make money for!"

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

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

"Speaking of which, have we forgotten something?"

"It doesn't matter! Set sail!"

"."

The entire deck was suddenly in chaos.

Tang Sen looked at this scene with a faint smile.

Using a coin as an introduction, he finally successfully sneaked into the Straw Hat gang.

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 is with you temporarily, it is only because of everyone's retention, but only Tang Sen himself knew that all of this was carefully guided.

From the beginning of secretly putting the coin into Zoro's pocket, creating an opportunity for contact, to exposing the value of Hailoushi's coin, seducing Nami, who is greedy for money, and creating an opportunity to continue the conversation.

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

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

Of course, a person with a personality like Luffy doesn't need to be so troublesome at all. This person can almost find an excuse to deceive him.

The reason for Tang Sen to spend so much time is naturally not for Luffy, let alone to join the Straw Hat gang with a disguised persona.

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

"Luffy and the others are very interesting people."

A voice sounded from the side. Tang Sen looked over and saw Weiwei who had regained her smile.

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

"Although they seem inconspicuous, after getting along 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 families because of pirates."

Wei Wei was silent for a moment, of course she knew how much damage the pirates had done to this world, since she was a child, she had heard about the actions of those pirates more than once, the port city of Alabasta almost once every few days The frequency is attacked by pirates.

Not to mention those weaker countries, some non-member 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: "Since people like Crocodile can become the so-called Shichibukai, I have discovered that there are problems in this world."

"I can't imagine that in such a world, how many people 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 interests, they don't mind treating ordinary people as victims."

"No one speaks for the victim, no one cares about the victim—"

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

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

"Then I will be the only torch."

(End of this chapter)