Chapter 53

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I nodded, "He isn't a number agent, because he's far more powerful then the number agents. He doesn't have a partner, but he will sometimes work with Mr. 2 or Ms. All Sunday when Crocodile needs him." I explained. "Does he have a Devil Fruit?" Shae asked. I nodded, "He does. The Time Control Fruit. Willow can control time; stop it or slow it down for the whole world or even just one person as he chooses." I answered. She raised a brow, "He doesn't sound very powerful." she remarked, "On the contrary, he's the strongest agent in Baroque Works." I said seriously and Usopp swallowed.

"And there's even more agents in Baroque Works. Under the officer agents are 200 men called 'billions'. And there are another 1,800 men under the frontier agents that are known as 'millions'. Together they make up the secret crime syndicate Baroque Works." Vivi finished. Usopp was sitting down, trying to do math, "Let's see, 200 plus 1,800 equals, um...uh..." he was interrupted by Chopper, "There are 2,000 of them?!" Chopper exclaimed.

"Alright, I think I understand. When are we gonna get to Alabasta so I can beat up Crocodile?" Luffy demanded. Usopp waved his hand, "Uh, I don't think you get it at all, Luffy." Usopp remarked. Zoro sat up with a confident grin on his handsome face, "If Baroque Works' sole objective is to take over Alabasta, then I can guess what that must mean." he said, "The rest of the officer agents, as Vivi and Evie called them, and their subordinates are probably..." Sanji trailed off.

"...on their way to Alabasta as we speak." Nami picked up. Vivi and I nodded, "Yeah." we said in unison, "I see. So, in that case, we just go beat up Crocodile..." Luffy was saying, but Sanji interrupted him, "That's enough, Luffy. Just let it go." Sanji said and Luffy deflated, "Okay..." he mumbled.

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"There's no mistaking it. I hope you both are ready! We almost made it to Alabasta!" Nami said smiling as she, Shae, Vivi, and I were all four looking at the Eternal Pose. I felt my heart swell with happiness, "Finally, Vivi!" I said happily as we hugged. Shae laughed, "Feeling homesick now?" Shae teased. Before I could answer, Sanji's voice caught all of our attention, "Don't lie to me, Luffy! Tell me what you know right now." Sanji comanded. 

Luffy adverted his gaze, causing Sanji to knelt in front of him and grab his face, all the while, Zoro was asleep behind them, "Don't look away from me. I want you to look me in the eyes right now and tell me the truth." He demanded. Luffy pulled his face away and waved his hand in his face, "No idea what you mean, Sanji. I don't know anything! No clue!" he lied.

"Then let me ask you. How did enough food for ten people, which I carefully divided up so it would last until we reached Alabasta, suddenly go missing in  the middle of the night?" he demanded as Luffy kept avoiding his eyes. Sanji grabbed Luffy's face, "Lying is pointless, so just tell me the truth. You have a terrible poker face." he reasoned. Luffy didn't breathe a word and Sanji sighed as he stood up, "Oh hey, it looks like you have something around your mouth, there." Saji lied.

Luffy's eyes widened, "Oh no! I forgot about the crumbs!" he shouted and immediately covered his big mouth. Shae sighed as Sanji yelled at Luffy and kicked him, "I swear. That rubber man will be the death of me." Shae giggled. Sanji turned to us, "Hey Nami, Shae, we need to do something. We need a better way of keeping the food safe from Luffy. Can we please buy a fridge that locks?" he asked. Shae and Nami looked at one another before looking back at Sanji.



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