Facing these desert bandits, Ian took the initiative to attack. He pulled out Qianben Sakura and rushed up, cutting down seven or eight bandits in an instant.
Ian's sword was too fast. These desert bandits had been plundering in the desert all year round. Naturally, they had a unique vision. They immediately realized that they had encountered a hard stubble, so they immediately fled in all directions on camels, not even taking the corpse of their companions.
Seeing them running away, Ian naturally wouldn't chase them. He put away his knife, squatted down, and began to rummage through the robbers who had been chopped down by him.
Money and other things are secondary, mainly food and drinking water. On the seven or eight robbers, Ian found a lot of water bags, and each of them had about three of them. Ian used these water bags to estimate After checking the weight, I found that the camp of these desert bandits may not be very far away. According to the amount of water carried by each person, the distance from here is at most tens of miles.
If they were far away, it would be impossible for these robbers to bring such a little water.
However, the amount of water collected by seven or eight people is enough for Ian's needs, so Ian is also satisfied.
When Ian had just collected the water bag and put it in the hump bag, he was suddenly startled, turned around, put his hand on the handle of the knife, and asked, "Who is it!"
The desert robbers had already dispersed, and there should be no one around Ian, but because Ian had activated the Psychic Field during the battle just now, he suddenly sensed that someone was approaching him, so he immediately became alert.
In the night, a figure slowly walked towards Ian. Although the moonlight shone dimly on the desert, he couldn't see the other person's appearance clearly, because his face was wrapped in a turban just like Ian.
"The bandits robbed the caravan, and the pirates robbed the bandits!" The figure said in a low voice as he walked over, "It's quite an interesting thing."
Ian ignored the joke in his words, frowned and said, "Who are you?"
While he was talking, the figure had already walked in front of Ian, and seeing Ian's hand on the handle of the knife, he waved at him and said, "Don't be nervous, Mr. Ian! I came here specially to see you of!"
"Huh!?" Ian couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this address.
It was the first time he heard someone address himself as "Sir"...
After the figure finished speaking, he began to untie his hood, and as he undid the hood, a face that surprised Ian was revealed.
It was a man with short blond wavy hair, but there was a large area of burn marks on the left side of his face.
"Sa... Sabo!?" Ian couldn't help crying out.
That's right, Ian definitely recognizes the person in front of him, because he is Sabo! Brother of Ace and Luffy!
Ian only felt a burst of thunder rolling, he never expected that he would meet Sabo so abruptly at such a time and in such an environment, so he was stunned.
And when Ian called out his name, Sabo also froze for a moment, but then smiled and said, "You really know me!"
Then, he walked up to Ian, sat down on the sand, bowed his head towards Ian, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm rude! Please forgive me for choosing to meet you at this place."
Ian also calmed down, sat down as well, and said, "It's nothing, I'm just a little unexpected."
After finishing speaking, Ian asked Sabo curiously, "Do you know my identity?"
"Yes!" Sabo reached out to shake Ian's hand, and said with a smile, "I know you belong to the Revolutionary Army, Uncle Xiong told me that! Speaking of which, your name is now among the senior cadres of the Revolutionary Army." , it can be said that no one knows and no one knows!"
"What do you say?" Ian asked, "Do all the high-level cadres of the Revolutionary Army know my identity?"
"No, it's only known to a few people!" Sabo waved his hand and said, "There are very few revolutionary army cadres who know each other's identities, and most of them do their own things. I only say this because you Do you know what Joya did? When we got the real information about the Mary Joya incident, we were all taken aback. I didn’t expect that after Fisher Tiger of the Sun Pirates, someone would come from Tianlong again. freed the slaves and escaped from the admiral."
Hearing Sabo's words, Ian breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that the fact that he was a member of the Revolutionary Army had been known to everyone in the Revolutionary Army. Looking at it now, it seems that only a few important people know his true identity. identity.
The leader of the Revolutionary Army, Drago, must know it, and Uncle Xiong must know it, and Sabo...
Thinking of this, Ian couldn't help asking Sabo curiously: "By the way, Sabo, your current position in the Revolutionary Army is... ah, sorry, can you tell me this?"
Sabo nodded and said, "It's okay. For my companions, this is not a secret. My current position is the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army! Well, I was just promoted by Uncle Drago."
Ian was stunned for a moment, secretly thought that it was true, Sabo had indeed become the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army, and he was the second in command of the Revolutionary Army. With his current status, he naturally knew himself.
But... What Ian is most curious about now is why Sabo appeared in Alabasta!
Seeing Sabo suddenly surprised him, and what surprised him even more was why Sabo was in Alabasta, because in Ian's impression, according to the original history, Sabo did not seem to be in Alabasta. Bastan appeared!
Thinking of this, Ian naturally asked the question.
"It's like this!" Sabo thought for a while, and told Ian the truth, saying: "Alabasta has shown signs of turmoil due to the continuous drought in the past two years. The city of Carter in Alabasta Leia, a rebel army has appeared, and they seem to want to carry out an uprising to overthrow the rule of the Alabasta royal family Neferutali."
"This..." Ian said in astonishment, "You don't want the revolutionary army to get involved here, do you?"
"It hasn't been decided yet!" Sabo shook his head: "I'm just taking people in this country to find out the real situation."
Ian asked: "How long have you been here? How do you understand the situation?"
"We have been here for a while, and we have been conducting secret investigations!" Sabo explained: "In the past two years in Alabasta, except for the capital Albana, the rest of the place has not rained. The phenomenon is so abnormal that it feels artificial... People in other cities in this country have always hoped to adopt artificial rainfall measures to obtain rainwater, but they were rejected by the king when they petitioned. According to the information obtained by our revolutionary army, recently, someone in the underground world has secretly purchased dancing powder and then shipped it to Alabasta. Although we have not yet found out who the buyer is, this is enough to cause us Be vigilant!"
Ian pouted his chin, tapped his legs with his fingers, and said thoughtfully: "You mean, you suspect that the person who buys dancing powder is the king?"
"It is indeed possible!" Sabo nodded and said, "If it is found out that the king secretly bought the dancing powder, then the revolutionary army has a reason to intervene and support the rebel army. This kind of country that does not care about the life and death of its people is precisely The revolutionary army hates it the most! But... "
"But what?" Ian couldn't help asking when he heard Sabo's sudden twist at the end.
"However, I always feel that there is something strange about it!" Sabo frowned and said, "In fact, according to our recent investigation, the Neferutali family has ruled Alabasta for a long time. It's time, and almost every king has a good reputation among the people, and the current king, Cobra, has always been respected by the people, and it doesn't seem like he would do such a thing... "
Of course it's impossible! Ian couldn't help thinking in his heart, this guy Crocodile did it, okay
However, it is impossible for Ian to say it directly. Don't forget, he has just landed in this country. How could he know the real situation of this country better than Sabo and the others who have been investigating for a long time
Fortunately, Sabo is worthy of being the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army, and his intelligence is naturally very high. He has already noticed something is wrong.
So, Ian asked him, "What are you going to do next? Is it because of this that you came to me?"