Crocodile frowned slightly, deeply suspicious of Reno's words.
It was understandable that he knew about his past with Whitebeard.
After all, that incident had caused a huge commotion on the Grand Line and wasn't exactly a secret.
But then there were Reno's later words.
Regarding the bounties of the entire Baroque Works.
He knew everything clearly.
Could it be that Reno had an undercover agent within his organization?
Thinking this, Crocodile's expression changed drastically.
"This hateful brat!!"
Crocodile immediately dialed a number.
He had realized the seriousness of the matter and needed to investigate it as soon as possible.
Otherwise, it would inevitably shake his rule and ruin his plan.
Soon, the graceful Robin-chan, dressed in professional attire, walked in elegantly.
"BOSS, what are your orders?"
At this moment, Robin's warmth, which she showed when facing Reno, was gone, replaced by an expressionless wait for Crocodile's instructions.
It was as if she had completely integrated into this role.
"Tell me about the intelligence you gathered on that Pirate Crew at Whiskey Peak."
Crocodile said calmly.
Actually, Robin had reported this to him before, but he was busy with important matters at the time.
Moreover, new pirates appeared at Whiskey Peak every day.
So Crocodile hadn't taken the matter to heart, casually dismissing Robin with a few words.
"Yes, Boss."
Robin nodded slightly, taking out two bounty posters from her embrace as if prepared.
One was Luffy's.
The other was Reno's.
Crocodile looked at the bounty information for the two, frowning slightly.
"The first mate Reno's bounty is actually higher than Captain Luffy's? Interesting!"
Crocodile had never seen a first mate's bounty higher than a Captain's.
As for Reno's 60 million Berries bounty, he didn't even consider it significant.
Such a bounty might be a huge amount in the East Blue, but on the Grand Line, it seemed somewhat insignificant.
The pirates he had encountered were at least over 100 million Berries.
Crocodile looked up at Robin, seemingly wanting to ask if she had any other intelligence.
Robin understood, taking out all the intelligence she had collected about the Straw Hat Pirates.
However, some crucial details, such as Reno's Fire Thunder clashing with Mihawk at the Baratie Restaurant, were withheld by Robin.
"Just pirates from the East Blue who defeated some pirates with a 20 million Berries bounty?"
After reading all the intelligence, Crocodile finally let out a highly contemptuous laugh.
"Looking at it this way, they only have the strength of five or six tens of millions Berries pirates, which is about the same as the bounty the Marine placed on them."
Crocodile quickly analyzed the situation.
This time, he finally relaxed.
In his opinion, they were just a bunch of greenhorns who defeated a few pirates with tens of millions Berries bounties, then got arrogant and thought they could do anything.
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