Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

Crocodile summed up a set of rules when getting along with Ryan Rowan——

Always deny your first thought or guess.

Otherwise, all that awaits you is a great "sense of astonishment".

...

Of course Crocodile has his own reasons for thinking this way.

Whether it is the establishment of the Four Seas Alliance, or the establishment of fixed routes such as Magnetic Drum Island, Sky Island, and the Kingdom of Aden.

The result, in essence, did not exceed Crocodile's expectations.

After all, Ryan Rowan was an emperor eight hundred years ago. If he wanted to, he was fully capable of directly leading Alabasta to become independent from the world government.

Relying on the huge land area and unique geographical advantages, for the stability of the first half of the great route, the world government dare not act rashly at all, and even consider cooperation with Alabasta!

But Ryan Rowan's thinking seems to be far more than that, and the Universal Alliance is far more than just a business alliance.

Therefore, Crocodile has always been curious, what is the purpose of Ryan Rowan?

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What is Ryan Rowan's purpose?

Crocodile is a little too lazy to think about this issue now.

At this moment, in the stone secret room of the Sky Island Sea Building, he is obviously more concerned about another thing——

Ryan Rowan, is this guy crazy!

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"When I started chopping trees."

"When the branches of that tree come to your house."

"If you don't want to chop, you have to chop!"

This is what Rowan said to Gage and Crocodile.

What's the meaning?

The answer is simple -

Now, although that tree is not moving, it is indeed threatening the existence of the entire world.

And what Ryan Rowan wanted to do was to directly attack that tree regardless of other people!

In this way, there is only one result, and Ryan Rowan and the forces he leads will inevitably be violently counterattacked by the tree.

Regardless of the superpower Alabasta, Ryan Rowan alone is not the kind of person who sits and waits to die, let alone being helpless!

In this way, the situation can only evolve into one outcome.

When Ryan Rowan engages in a fierce confrontation with the tree, the entire sea will be swept up in the "shocking waves" between the two of them!

It is no exaggeration to say that by that time, no one will be able to stay out of it.

Everyone living in this sea will inevitably be "forced" to join this war!

This is a consequence that almost anyone with any strategic vision could have foreseen.

Once Ryan Rowan found the tree and started a formal war with it, there was no way for anyone to stop them...

So if you want to stop them—or "he", that is, Ryan Rowan, you must take advantage of now!

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Um?

Want to ask why stop Rowan?

...

There's no need to ask about this kind of thing!

Just imagine, you are a villager living in a small peaceful village, working or resting happily every day, and occasionally earning a few small sums of money with your business acumen or fist.

But suddenly one day, a person in the village announced loudly that there was a wild beast on the next mountain, which was so ferocious that it could destroy the entire village!

What will happen to people?

Of course, he picked up his own weapon and went to kill the beast that threatened the village.

Even if it is foreseen that many people will die, the villagers must stand up for the sake of their homes.

But if the situation is changed, if the beast "will not affect the village" before it eats up all the animals in the forest on the mountain, and there are many animals in the forest on the mountain, after several generations, the beast is still the same Didn't finish it.

So what will happen?

The answer is simple, and... not too unexpected.

No one will bother with that beast.

Even, many people will erase that beast from their memory.

Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages - this is the instinct of life and the key to the survival of life.

No one is willing to take risks because of the "danger" that will take place after I don't know how many generations!

But now, there is such a person.

He suddenly advocated that the people in the village face up to the threat of the beast, and even called on everyone to kill the beast at all costs!

No, he had to do much more than that.

In order to force those villagers who were unwilling to face the beast to take up arms, that person even took the initiative to go to the forest to provoke the beast!

For this reason, even if the beast is introduced into the village, it will not hesitate!

Who is this?

This is a madman, a complete madman!

Who is this madman?

Ryan Rowan!

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So, almost at the same time, in two different places in the world, two different men uttered the same exclamation after hearing Rowan's thoughts.

"Are you crazy?"

Whether it was Crocodile or Vinsmoke Gage, their exclamations were exactly the same.

Their tone is also the same - they are all calm and almost indifferent.

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Yes, that is "calm".

For people at their level, they no longer yell because of something.

Even if this incident refers to a lunatic who wants to "introduce man-eating beasts into the village".

But the more people who don't float their emotions on the surface, the more they can think about the essence of things.

Ryan Rowan's move is tantamount to dragging everyone in the entire sea into the water!

This kind of behavior, at least as far as Crocodile is concerned, does not believe that Ryan Rowan will do it anyway.

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"No, you can't do that."

Crocodile murmured, "Have you ever thought that there is a 'third possibility' for you to do this?"

Hearing this, Luo Wen grinned and asked with a smile, "How?"

"According to common sense, facing a threat capable of destroying the world, those guys at sea must either resist or hold back to preserve their strength."

Crocodile explained: "But if you insist on cutting down that tree and forcibly dragging the whole sea into the water, there will definitely be people who are dissatisfied with your behavior."

"...No, it would be better to say that the vast majority of forces will be dissatisfied with your actions!"

"Do you know the consequences of doing this?"

Crocodile narrowed his eyes.

"By that time, the entire sea will be an enemy of the Universal Alliance!"

"For the current 'peaceful and stable' life of those guys, 'you' is the number one element that they must get rid of right now!"

"Well, that's it..."

Luo Wen nodded calmly, then suddenly raised his eyes and asked, "Then what do 'you' think?"

"I?"

Crocodile did not expect Rowan to ask this question.

He pondered for a while, and then seriously replied:

"Personally, I want to stop you."

"But... my reason tells me that you can't be stopped."

"So I'm still thinking about how to cut down the tree."