Chapter 52 Cooperation
The Palace of the King of Alabasta - Arupana.
As a famous big country with a population of tens of millions on the Great Waterway, even though Alabasta's national power has dropped a lot due to civil strife and climate reasons in recent years, the Alabasta Royal Palace is still very grand.
After the civil strife in the Kingdom of Alabasta ended, Xia Che and his party also became the guests of the Kingdom of Alabasta. Under the leadership of Princess Weiwei, they came to the palace of Alabasta.
In a word: when the work is done, it’s time to get paid.
However, due to the particularity of this incident, in order to cover up Lao Sha's true purpose, it was announced that Crocodile was using dancing fans to deceive everyone with the intention of usurping the Kingdom of Alabasta. As for the information about Robin and the ancient weapon Pluto, it was not said came out and also claimed that they were indeed a group of pirates who saved the Kingdom of Alabasta.
Therefore, this meeting was very simple. It was just a banquet specially held by the King of Alabasta, Naferutali Kobra, to express his gratitude.
There were not very many people, and those who were eligible to participate were King Kobra's cronies.
Before the banquet even started, King Kobra walked up to Xia Che with Princess Weiwei who was also dressed up and knelt down to kowtow without hesitation.
This caused panic among the surrounding cronies.
But Cobra stopped everyone who was helping him, and still lowered his head, with a tone of gratitude and self-blame, "I have already heard Weiwei tell you everything. Thank you very much for saving Alabasta!"
For him, maybe it was all his fault.
If he hadn't always trusted Crocodile and agreed to Crocodile entering Alabasta, perhaps none of this would have happened.
As King of Alabasta he almost made a big mistake, plunging the Kingdom of Alabasta into disaster and possibly even killing his own daughter.
For this reason, he felt very regretful and self-blame!
Cobra raised his head and looked at Xia Che with serious eyes, "The Kingdom of Alabasta will definitely keep this secret. I promise in the name of Neferutali that I will never betray my benefactor. Please rest assured." !”
Although he didn't know why the naval captain wanted to hide this, which was obviously a good thing, he still listened to them seriously and told the navy admiral the situation according to their request.
King Kobra was very grateful to the naval captain who came from the East China Sea in front of him. If they hadn't suddenly appeared, he really couldn't imagine what Alabasta would look like in the end.
only.
After solemnly expressing his gratitude again, King Kobra lowered his head in shame, "I'm really sorry, Alabasta is unable to pay immediately."
Then he looked at Xia Che, "But don't worry, the Kingdom of Alabasta will collect the reward as soon as possible!"
Obviously they have saved the Kingdom of Alabasta, but now the Kingdom of Alabasta cannot even spend one billion.
Especially after he told the reward, when he saw his daughter's cheeks turning red, and thought that his daughter was ashamed of it, Cobra felt even more guilty. He hesitated, and then with a serious tone, Looking at Xia Che, "The Kingdom of Alabasta will never forget your kindness in saving the country."
Gritting his teeth, he changed into a firm tone, "I have made a promise as the current king of Alabasta. If you have any other requests, as long as Weiwei agrees, Alabasta will do its best to satisfy them. Please Don’t blame Weiwei~”
However.
The emotion he expected for his daughter did not happen. Instead... Princess Weiwei's face turned even redder.
This scene made Cobra look confused, but he seemed to think of something else in his heart and hesitated for a moment, "Weiwei, could it be possible that you also agreed to other rewards?"
Having said this, he immediately frowned, looked at Weiwei, and hesitated, "Weiwei, if you have made a promise, no matter what it is, you must work hard to complete it, especially our benefactor!"
With that said, before Weiwei could open her mouth to say anything, Kobra turned his head and looked at Xia Che solemnly, "I'm really sorry, Weiwei didn't tell me that there are other rewards, but please Don’t worry, no matter what the reward is, since it has been agreed, Alabasta will do its best to complete it!”
As soon as these words fell.
Suddenly.
"..."
Weiwei blushed and looked at her father with a dark look on her face.
Especially when she felt the meaningful look in Robin's smile, the meaningful smiling look in Miss Nami's eyes, and the squinting look in Miss Kuina's eyes, Princess Vivi couldn't help but feel... After a moment of panic, he quickly said, "Dad, please stop talking!"
"???"
This directly confused Cobra.
How is this going?
But as the king of the Kingdom of Alabasta, Cobra still didn't want his daughter to be seen as a dishonest person in the eyes of others, so he said in a serious tone, "Viv, what exactly is the reward?"
However.
"I, I, I..." Faced with her father's sudden questioning, Weiwei became even more panicked and was about to change the subject.
At this time.
Sudden.
"There really is something!" Xia Che said at this time.
Suddenly. "!!!"XN
Everyone instantly turned their heads and looked at Xia Che.
This time...
Robin's meaningful eyes in her smile, Miss Nami's meaningful and smiling eyes, and Miss Kuina's squinting eyes fell directly on Xia Che.
In addition, Kobra's confused and curious eyes and Vivi's panicked and complicated eyes.
Staring at him made Xia Che feel uncomfortable all over. He quickly laughed and explained, "Well... I just want to talk about cooperation with Alabasta!"
Now that everyone is here and has the power of Big Bear, perhaps business on the Grand Waterway can also be launched.
As soon as these words fell.
"..."
The atmosphere fell silent again.
Except for Kobra, who still looked puzzled, everyone else seemed to be relieved, with a sarcastic smile on their faces.
Even Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief, but there seemed to be some unspeakable feelings inside.
"That's it!" Nami stuck out her tongue, "I thought you were really prepared to let Weiwei fulfill that promise!"
"Weiwei, what's the promise?"
Kobra looked at the scene in front of him with doubts in his eyes again.
However.
The words just fell.
Before Weiwei, who looked panicked, could change the subject.
At this time.
"Promise? Sister Weiwei's promise to the boss?"
A carefree voice suddenly came from the door of the hall.
"Is it Sister Weiwei's promise to marry her to the boss?"
Suddenly.
Cobra:? ? ?
The rest:! ! !
Everyone turned their heads in confusion and looked at Mok who walked in from the door of the hall without waiting for Xia Che, who had a dark look on his face, to say anything.
"When I heard that the boss was going to hold a banquet, I quickly asked Big Bear to bring us here." Mok didn't seem to notice that something was wrong with the atmosphere in front of him, but he still said cheerfully, "The little girl Bonnie and Chloe are also here. , Lao Ke said that this little girl can come out, so this little girl also came here. "
As he said that, he turned his head and was about to call Bonnie over, but found that Bonnie was not in the box. At this time, she was not following him, not even the big bear who was supposed to be holding Bonnie and walking with him. Instead, he was standing several steps behind him.
"???" Mok's face was stunned and he asked doubtfully, "Why are you walking so slowly behind you? Come quickly, the banquet is about to start~"
only.
Faced with Mok's doubts, Bonnie and the other three did not answer immediately. Instead, they stared at him expressionlessly, leaving Mok confused.
In the end, the honest and honest Big Bear couldn't bear it and hesitated for a moment and pointed forward.
Then.
"In front?" Mok finally turned his head, looked at the people who were also staring at him, scratched his head in confusion, and then looked at the boss, "Boss, what happened? Is there another mission?"
"No, it's just a simple thank you!" After Xia Che expressed his gratitude to Mok angrily, he turned his head and looked at Kobra, who was already looking at him expressionlessly, and said haha, "By the way, where were you talking about? Oh, oh, oh, as for cooperation, Alabasta's geographical location is still very good, and it is also quite unique on the Grand Waterway. Each of us will pay half of the cost. Don't worry, Kobra King, we will never let you suffer, this is a win-win cooperation."
He even broke the news directly, preparing to change the topic just now.
"By the way, I heard that the Sundola River, the mother river of Alabasta, has been invaded by sea water? This is probably caused by that guy from Crocodile. Then I will arrange for someone to see if it can be repaired? Because of our cooperation, , I’ll just charge you a little labor fee, and you can pay it together with the one billion when the time comes.”
However.
Facing the suddenly enthusiastic Xia Che, King Kobra, who was originally full of gratitude, looked at him expressionlessly, "Thank you very much!"
Then with a gritted smile, he looked at Xia Che and said, "We'll talk about this later. Now I want to talk to you more about my daughter and you!"
"..."
(End of chapter)