On the Black Bird, after hearing the conversation between Kobra and Yinkarim, Gawain raised his head thoughtfully.

"Cobra, I happened to be talking to you about Crocodile, so you mentioned him."

After finishing his words, Gawain looked towards the dock of Cortlena from a distance.

"Before, you asked me how much I have to pay to make up for the help I have brought to you and repay the sacrifice I have made for you.

Then let me tell you, you don’t need to pay much at all.

Because what you pay for is probably only one person and one thing!"

"Who and what?"

Cobra immediately became nervous!

Looking at the nervous Cobra, Gawain waved his hand gently.

"Relax, the person you are going to pay for has no special relationship with you. He is the Crocodile you just mentioned!"

Having said this, Gawain raised his hand and pointed towards Hancock, who was playing tennis not far away.

"You see, there are three Shichibukai on my ship, so you should know what I want.

Since there are already three, how can the remaining four escape from my hands?"

I saw Gawain leisurely raise the wine glass in his hand, and after touching it lightly with Kobra, he put the wine glass to his mouth.

At the same time, he said softly.

"Although there are one or two Shichibukai styles, they are not very close to mine.

As for the candidates for the Shichibukai, I will eventually have to change them.

But Crocodile, he shouldn’t be the kind of person who doesn’t match my style, right?”

After saying that, Gawain drank a whole glass of wine with a smile.

At the same time, Kobra nodded heavily.

"Indeed, Saint Gawain, since you left Mariejoia, you have been bringing a lot of help to the islands you passed!

And Crocodile, he is also famous for helping my people in Alabasta, and he is the national hero of Alabasta!"

On the sidelines, Gawain nodded gently after hearing what Cobra said.

"Yes, I am a kind person, and Crocodile is a kind hero.

So for me, it is a bit of a waste to let Crocodile, who has the natural Shasha fruit, continue to stay in your mere country!

What's more, facing the heroes who have helped you for more than ten years, as a king, you should also have the most basic feeling of gratitude.

I want to send your hero to a bigger platform so that he can have higher achievements and a better future.

This is natural!"

After the words fell, Gawain stood up on his own, leaving Cobra alone here with a helpless face and wanting to know what the incident was.

Then, Gawain walked all the way to the side of the ship where he was about to disembark.

Seeing Gawain approaching the disembarkation point, the group of people who were busy with their own affairs immediately gathered around Gawain.

Hancock and Gion stopped playing tennis, and Hancock came to Gawain's side.

"Gawain, we are still seven or eight nautical miles away from the coast. Why are you here so early waiting to disembark?"

As soon as Hancock finished speaking, Bai Xing, who was not far away with an excited face, answered Hancock's question for Gawain.

Bai Xing said extremely excitedly.

"You must be like me, you can't wait to see the legendary desert!

That is a desert. There may be forests in the sea, but there is really no desert. I am really looking forward to it!

!”

"cut!"

After Bai Xing finished speaking, Uta, who was sitting on her shoulder, shook his head disdainfully.

"Do you think Gawain is a kid like you? He's not here for the desert!

Right Gawain, you must have other plans, right?"

"maybe."

Gawain nodded gently.

Hearing this, everyone around looked at Gawain.

Facing everyone's expectant eyes, Gawain smiled and said to everyone.

"Take a good look at Alabasta. This is one of the islands with the largest population in the world!"

Speaking of this, Gawain couldn't help but think of the original plot of One Piece.

Three years later, when Luffy and his party arrived in Alabasta, the country had experienced three years of severe drought and famine, and countless wars and killings had broken out within the country.

They were able to gather two million strong rebels and launch an attack on Albana, the capital of Alabasta!

That's a total of two million rebels!

Not just mobs and refugees!

What's more, three years later, Alabasta's population has been wiped out by the long-lasting drought!

Some things never seem strange when you see them in comics.

But put into reality….

When the Yellow Turbans revolted, there were only 600,000 soldiers who could be called Jing Cong...

Therefore, the scale of the Alabasta rebel army, which seems to be described lightly in the comics, is actually three times the scale of the Yellow Turbans uprising...

It can be seen from this that the population of Alabasta alone definitely exceeded the total population of the Han Dynasty during the Eastern Han Dynasty.

…

Thinking of this, Gawain raised his hand with interest and pointed towards the land in the distance.

"There are at least tens of millions of people living on this land. This vast island can also be ranked among the top ten largest islands in the world.

Facing such a land, shouldn’t I have a special mood?”

After speaking, Gawain smiled and looked at everyone.

Facing Gawain's eyes, Rayleigh and others immediately realized that their captain had indeed dropped his fishing line next to this entire country.

Only Shirahoshi and Uta...

After listening to Gawain's words, the two of them looked at each other, then looked at Gawain in confusion.

"grown ups……."

Uta couldn't help but asked in a low voice.

"But Alabasta seems to be Weiwei's country.

How big is her country, and what does it have to do with us?"

When he said this, Uta couldn't help but look at Weiwei, who was a few hundred meters away.

In her eyes, Weiwei was talking to Kobra with a look of reluctance.

On the side, listening to Uta's question, Gawain thought amusingly for a moment.

Then, he raised his hand, and a hand made of lightning suddenly appeared in the sky.

The hand came to Bai Xing's shoulder and patted Uta's head.

"They certainly have nothing to do with us, but they have a lot to do with the help we need to provide.

Don’t forget, we are here to save them!”

"I understand!"

After hearing what Gawain said, Uta frowned fiercely.

"It turns out that you are not expecting, but worried.

Because there are too many people in Weiwei's country, and this place is too big, we...can't we save them?"

Uta said while showing a sad expression.

Seeing Uta's sad look, Gawain gently rubbed Uta's hair.

"If you think so, that's the best, but don't worry.

No matter how terrible the disaster is, as long as those in power and superiors, that is, those who control the vast majority of resources, are truly willing to work together and make rescue a top priority.

Then they will definitely be able to overcome those disasters.

Throughout history, any disaster that gradually becomes more severe is not a real disaster, but the inaction of the strong!"

After the words fell, Gawain let go of Uta, looked at the girl in front of him, and showed a smile.
To be continued...