## One Piece Chapter 172, pages 14-15: Rebellion - Chapter: 172 - Pages: 14-15 - Characters: Crocodile, Nico Robin, Nami, Luffy, Usopp, Zoro, Nefertari Cobra ### Summary Page 14: Inside the Rain Dinners casino, Crocodile stands outside the seastone cage, laughing mockingly. "HAHAHAHA! So it's begun..." Inside the cage, Nami, Luffy, Usopp, and Zoro glare at him with intense anger and frustration. Crocodile continues, "Baroque Works' grand plan in which even you participated in has now reached its finale... If you listen carefully, you can almost hear Alabasta's death throes! And the masterstroke is how those tearing Alabasta apart, Are sincerely thinking of protecting Alabasta!" Nearby, the real King Cobra is chained to the wall. He screams in despair, "WE WILL DEFEND ALABASTA! WE WILL DEFEND ALABASTA! STOP THIS MADNESS! NOOO!" Page 15: Zoro glares at Crocodile and mutters, "...Depraved is the perfect word to describe this lunatic." Crocodile smirks and replies, "Hahaha! Doesn't that bring a tear to your eye? Their love for their country, Is what will bring it to its destruction!" Inside the cage, Luffy furiously bites the bars, yelling, "DAMN IT! IF IT WEREN'T FOR THIS CAGE, I'D..." Crocodile ignores him and reminisces about his long-term plan. "Haha... Looking back, I've had to do so many things to get to where I am today... I had to recruit hundreds of members and have them hunt bounties so that I could raise enough money to buy silver, the key ingredient in manufacturing Dance Powder... Secretly sabotage irrigation canals, Teach men how to act the part of a Royal Guard, And slowly build up the citizens' trust in me as their faith in their King whittled away..."