Next day,

Rey arrived at Alabasta little after sunrise. He saw a small town from the distance, with just look he recognizes it's a Nanohana Town where Luffy and Ace first met after their farewell in East blue.

This Island is famous for its perfume and there's also a restaurant located here called Spice bean where Luffy, Ace and Smoker encounter took place.

"Dock the ship here and wait for my orders; I will enter the town," Rey ordered the Marine soldiers on the ship.

"Should I come with you?" Mia asked.

"No, you stay on the ship. We need someone capable here in case of any unexpected situations." Rey said and left the ship.

'It's been ages since I ate good flavored food, I should have a good meal.' Rey thought and marched towards the restaurant, Spice bean.

"Hey, look, it's marines, what are they doing here? Could it be some infamous pirates set foot in our kingdom?" A citizen exclaimed noticing the Ship.

"Hehe, Pirates? Even if one comes, our Kingdoms royal guard could easily defeat and chase them out of our town." Another citizen spoke.

"Moreover, we have sir crocodile in our Kingdom who many pirates fear!"

Hearing the citizen's whispers, Rey shook his head and thought of Crocodile's plan of overthrowing the Kingdom.

'Hmph, Crocodile, you better don't get in my way. Otherwise, I will show you what it means to be crushed under someone's feet.' Rey coldly thought.

Within a few minutes, Rey arrived at Spice beans and ordered a different variety of foods.

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At the same time,

At Rainbase, which is one of the few cities within Alabasta that continued thriving even during the drought. The city is the Baroque Works' main base operated by Crocodile.

Rain Dinners is the largest building in the town which is shaped like a large pyramid and there is a golden crocodile head at the top.

Inside the RainDinners are a luxury restaurant, hotel, and casino which is owned by Crocodile and used as his secret base in Alabasta.

In the basement below the restaurant, Crocodile was sitting in his chair and hearing a report from the Den Den Musi. One could see a large Bananawani(Crocodile) lying near him.

"Mr.0, I saw a young marine in the Nanohana town. I think he is strong." A woman's voice came from the Den Den Mushi.

Crocodile raised his eyebrows slightly and spoke, "Did you find out about their purpose for coming to Alabasta?"

"No, Their entire unit is waiting at the dock while only this young marine came to the town. From his attire, I am sure the young man is a Marine Headquarters Captain."

"Headquarters Captian?" Crocodile was surprised by hearing the message.

'Could it be World Government discovered what I was doing here? No, since he looks young, they should have arrived here for capturing the Pirate crew.' Crocodile mused.

"Miss All Sunday, inform all our officers to stop their actions and tell them to remail low for a period of time until the marines leave. You stay there and watch his movements in secret." Crocodile commanded.

"Yes," Nico Robin replied.

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"Mn, delicious!" Rey stuffed the foods inside his mouth and thought, 'That old man Garp cast me in an Island where there are no delicious foods and made me eat raw foods without any taste.'

After paying for the food, Rey left the restaurant and explored the entire town to find any trace of pirates.

"Looks like Silver Gale pirates didn't come to this town, Mia take the Ship and tour the entire Alabasta Kingdom and report to me if you caught sight of them," Rey ordered via the Den Den Mushi.

"Ok", Mia replied and informed the officers in Marine ship to set sail

After 30 some minutes, Rey received the report, that they located the ship of Silver Gale pirates which is anchored in a hidden place.

"Captain, we see many pirates but we couldn't find their captain and vice-captain in the ship," Mia responded via Den Den Mushi.

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"From the location you specified, it's near the town called Rain base," Rey said by viewing the map of Alabasta Kingdom.

"Their destination should be Rainbase! But, we can't blindly speculate. Mia, tell some of our best soldiers to sneak near the pirate ship and order the others to attack the pirate's ship with our canons."

Rey and Mia planned on striking the pirate ship. Rey isn't concerned about the Marine soldiers since Mia is on the ship.

Rey's plan is to test the waters by attacking the ship and confirm their captain and vice-captain are truly not on the ship.

If they are not on the ship, the soldiers who are sneaking will also attack from one side and surround the pirates leaving them no path to retreat.

After 5 minutes, Mia confirmed their captain and vice-captain didn't come out. Meaning, they have gone out.

"Mia, attack them with full force and capture everyone on the ship. It shouldn't be a problem for you, right?" Rey asked with a smile.

"Give me 10 minutes," Mia said and hung up.

'Gatcha'

Rey kept his Den Den Mushi inside his coat, walked towards the town's exit. Next, he plans to catch some monsters in the desert and travel to Rain Base.

Even though, there's a large river separating the Kingdom into two regions; For Rey, it won't be a problem.

Fifteen minutes passed, but Rey couldn't find any monsters and cursed his luck for not attracting any trouble, unlike Luffy who easily able to attract trouble.

Rey squinted his eyes, he was getting the feeling like someone was following from the time he exited the town.

'Could it be crocodile send someone to follow in secret? It's possible since I am in his territory.' Rey thought.

'Crocodile shouldn't have started his operation utopia yet. Even though it's only 1518, his organization, baroque works, should have already formed and Robin also should have joined as Miss All Sunday.' Rey mused.

"Could it be it's Robin who's following me since she is good at these things?' Rey thought was disrupted by his Den Den Mushi.

'Puru Puru Puru, Puru Puru Puru'

"Yes," Rey picked up his Den Den Mushi.

"It's done!" Mia's proud voice could be heard from the other end.

"Fast! Any casualties?" Rey asked.

"Some of our soldiers are injured but it's nothing serious. We captured all the 30 pirates resided in the ship and we also obtained a piece of valuable information by interrogating them."

"What is it?" Rey asked.

"According to this weaklings, their captain is traveling to the Rain base so that he could join one of the Shichibukai, Sir Crocodile," Mia said.

"What?" Rey was surprised by the information.

"What should we do? We can't attack the Shichibukai who's an asset to both us Marines and World Government." Mia worriedly asked knowing about Rey's character.

"Of course, we are capturing them. Detain the pirates you captured and come to Rain base with some of the best soldiers. We are going to engage in a great battle." Rey smirked.

Unknown to him, an ear was listening to his entire conversation which sneakily emerged in the nearby rock.