C259 Meeting the White Beard Pirates
"I can't grant that request, but..."
"I can offer him the title of Warlord of the Sea."
A glint of light danced in his vacant eyes.
As it happened, he was on the lookout for a powerful and notorious pirate to become one of the Warlords. Crocodile had previously challenged Whitebeard and, as a wielder of the natural Sand-Sand Fruit power, his formidable strength made him an ideal candidate.
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