The body was shaken gently by someone.

Robin woke up from a long dream that seemed to be so long that he forgot the time. He was stunned for a long time and took away a book covering his face, "Nami, what's wrong?"

She was lying on the sofa in the Phone Bug Castle just now, and Nami was squatting beside the sofa, gently pushing her awake while she accidentally fell asleep while reading.

Nami said: "It's something serious. Mr. 2, the cadre of Baroque Working Group, unexpectedly came to our ship just now..."

"What?" Robin was surprised. He got up and followed Nami outside the Telephone Bug Castle. "Then, did you leave him?"

"I'm sorry..." Nami covered her mouth with tears and said with a bitter smile, "Everyone only realized that he was Mr. 2 after he left..."

Jumping out of the Phone Bug Castle, Robin and the others saw Weiwei kneeling on the deck, covering her forehead and complaining about her carelessness, and nervously said: "... He just showed the 'face' that he had memorized with his ability.

When we looked, I saw my father's face. What on earth did he do with my father's face?!" Zoro said: "If you have the face of a king, you can do very evil and bad things."

Nami explained to Robin on the side that Mr. 2 can magically imitate any Devil Fruit ability.

Robin nodded and said, "It's a superhuman imitation fruit... It's indeed a tricky ability. But..." she changed the subject, "Now that we know about this ability, its intelligence advantage has been greatly reduced.

, isn’t it?”

When Nami, Vivi, Usopp, Sanji, and Zoro heard this, they were right!

"It seems that we are lucky to have met this guy in advance!" Sauron chuckled, "Because we can formulate countermeasures in advance so that his imitation ability will be useless to us."

Luck... "B.I.B" floating in the air on the deck glanced at Luffy who seemed to be out of sorts. Luck is this kid's strongest hidden attribute!

Robin led Nami down the steps step by step, "So, what kind of countermeasures are needed? Is it to formulate a password or make a special mark?"

Just when "B.I.B" thought that Luffy and others would draw a cross symbol on their arms like in the comics, tie it with a bandage, and make a double mark that only the people on the ship knew...

Luffy smiled and raised a finger, "I have a simple and good idea!"

…

"I see!"

After hearing Luffy's good idea, Sanji was surprised and said: "I didn't expect you to have such a smart mind. I really misunderstood you."

"Humph!" Luffy crossed his arms and raised his head proudly.

"Then..." Zoro glanced at the people around him.

Usopp nodded and counted on his fingers: "Me, Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Chopper, Robin, Sanji! And Vivi, Karu..."

Weiwei was sweating and smiled and said to herself: "Yes, most people can't see the 'ghost' on our ship at all..."

Nami smiled brightly, "Plus "B.I.B"! So the total is"

"There are eighteen in total (readers can guess this foreshadowing and count me as the loser)!" Luffy laughed and was knocked down by Nami with a punch, "How did you calculate it!!! It's clearly ten.

!!!”

"Yes...it's...ten...pieces..."

Luffy, who was lying on the ground with his head covered with swelling, raised his fist tremblingly in response.

Zoro and the others have a dark streak. Forget it, Mr. 2 probably can’t even pretend to be as strong as Luffy, an idiot!

"So……"

Nami smiled and glanced around the people on the boat, "The code is set. How many people are on our boat?"

"Ten!!!"

Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, and even Karu the Running Duck all responded enthusiastically with their fists raised.

Luffy smiled and said: "Hurry up and log in!"

〖Alabasta, port city, Nahana〗

As soon as the Merry parked on the sparsely populated shore, Luffy rushed out impatiently and headed straight for the lively town in the distance ahead.

"Dining room!!!"

A trail of smoke, dust and yellow sand was left behind. As the captain, Luffy was the first to disappear after landing.

"B.I.B" floated out of the Meili, and heard Nami complaining below: "I really hope he can have a little awareness of being a bounty... especially in such a big country..."

"..." Robin tied the small bag to his waist and quietly jumped out of the boat.

Weiwei asked worriedly: "What should I do? Nahana is a big city. How can we find Luffy?"

Zoro was not worried at all, "Don't worry about him, he will definitely find a way anyway. Let's go find a place to fill our stomachs first..."

With that said, he was the first to walk forward with three knives in his arms.

"Hey! Don't run around by yourself!" Usopp and Sanji followed speechlessly. You were the most road-crazy and liked to run around the most.

"Robin?" Chopper turned into a reindeer form and raised his head.

Robin said: "Let's go, I happen to be a little hungry."

"B.I.B" was like a black phantom, floating down beside Robin. He shook his left arm vigorously, and a black arm armor covered with blue flame patterns solidified in the air.

Robin was surprised as he walked: "Is there already a whole arm?"

"It's a whole arm..." "B.I.B" said slowly, "and a whole helmet." Its head also appeared out of thin air, its narrow eyes shimmering. The captain of Whitebeard's Second Division was stronger than he expected.

It has to be much stronger.

However, if it is only to this extent...

If you want to deal with Marshall D. Teach, I'm afraid it's not enough, Fire Fist.

…

〖Nahana, suburbs〗

Sanji went to get some food, then spread a tablecloth on the spot, and several people gathered around to solve their stomach problems.

Nami, Vivi and Robin went to get some sets of clothes that would be convenient for traveling in the desert area.

Robin didn't really want to change his whole body into another set of clothes, so like boys like Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp, he simply put on a loose robe over his original clothes and also wrapped a turban on his head.

, shawl, convenient for heat insulation.

As soon as the fragrant Nami came closer, Chopper, who had a sensitive nose, screamed, "It smells so strong! Is this perfume?"

"It's really hard for you, Chopper." Usopp patted the reindeer sympathetically, "You need to endure the heat, and you also need to endure the smell of Nami..."

Boom! Nami punched him and said with an evil look on her face: "Watch your words, Usopp."

"Yes..." Usopp held the bag on his head and said with tears, "Nami-sama..."

During the chat, Weiwei began to introduce the domestic situation in Alabasta. In short, she planned to stop the actions of the domestic rebels first. The place where the leader of the rebels is located is Chiefba, known as the oasis...

Just as he was talking, there was a commotion in the adjacent street.

"It's the navy..." Zoro looked over, "Why are they here?"

A big country like Alabasta has its own security army, and the navy will not easily wander around on other people's territory.

"And they are still out in large numbers on the streets. Are there pirates?"

As Zoro was talking, he, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, Nami, and Vivi were dumbfounded to find that the so-called pirates that the navy was chasing through the streets were their captain who had just disappeared without a trace...

"Ah, Zoro, where are you!" Luffy still waved to them happily. The following marines immediately pointed at Zoro and the others and shouted: "The accomplice wearing the straw hat is over there!"

Is it your boy who lured the navy here?!

Zoro Sanji and others had a black line, Robin reminded: "Chasing Luffy is the navy, it is the 'Ghost Sword Sorrow' Smoker from Rogge Town..."

With the way she is dressed now, at a casual glance, she is no different from an ordinary man on the roadside, but she is not worried that Smoker will recognize her at a glance.

However, just when Robin was about to suggest that he go back to the Merry first and wait for Luffy to run back alone, in front of Colonel "Ghost Shou" who was chasing Luffy, the relationship between him and Luffy...

On the road, an orange-red fire fell from the sky.

Boom!!!

Luffy felt the blazing heat behind him and looked back in surprise.

"Someone appeared in the flames..."

Nami and the others, who were watching nervously not far away, were dumbfounded. They watched the flames falling from the sky between Luffy and Smoker quickly dissipate, and a shirtless young man appeared in front of everyone.

Sauron muttered to himself: "Fire ability...is that the 'natural element' that Robin mentioned?"

"It's you?!" Smoker's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the shirtless young man in front of him.

"It's him..." Robin looked at the tattoo of the Whitebeard Pirates on the man's back from a distance, "The second division captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, Ace..."

"Is he Ace?" Zoro, Sanji, Usopp and others immediately remembered that Luffy had mentioned this name, "Luffy's brother?!"

Soon, Luffy over there was already laughing and running towards them, "Guys, let's go back to the Merry first! Leave the navy to Ace!!!"

…

After returning to the Meili, it didn't take long before a ball of flame flew across the sea surface and turned into a human shape. With the rolling heat, it floated down to the railing and squatted down.

"Luffy, long time no see." Ace said with a smile, holding his hat.

Luffy said happily: "Ace! Why are you here?"
To be continued...