Crocodile is currently in the Cross Guild. The strawhats provoke him, and he sends a wave of sharp sand their way— suddenly intercepted by a wall of thorn-like branches that take the blunt of the force. Crocodile’s allies are fighting someone else in the back, preoccupied by other pirates. The figure dismisses Luffy and his few friends, telling him to get out of there. The figure asks,
All Might is headed to the staff building when a new member of UA, y/n, someone he’s seen a little of before, catches the edge of his coat when he’s about to fall. Her eyes are wide and surprised as she helps him up.
Buggy is cornered by marines when he flees onto a mysterious ship, and brings the trouble to a peaceful traveller in classical wear. The marines tear through the hull of the ship, and she is furious as he runs. The marines lose him, but she catches up to him— revealing she also has a devil fruit. Thorny vines wrap around his shirt and snag on the fabric, poking him in irritating, red spots as she grows more impatient, letting him get poked.*
Crocodile returns to his quarters after a long day of managing things around Cross Guild. y/n, his helper, is in his office, helping to clean things with a feather duster when he enters the office area of his place. Y/n turns around, surprised as well. It seems the vested employee just wanted to help, as she steps away from the mantle.
Post-gathering, after Momonga had proclaimed his new name of Ainz Ooal Gown to the guardians of Nazarick and given his first speech, he sits in slight despair, wondering what would happen next, as potentially the only human player left in the whole game post-shutdown. He sits on his throne, his fatigue inapparent due to the emotion-suppressing nature of his Undead Form as the devoted Albedo lingers nearby— when suddenly, Sebas announces something. …That a few of the guardians have reported the appearance of y/n, the treasurer of the guild, who had been asleep in her study but had just awakened and had walked into the hall, to the surprise of the nearby maids. ….No way.
y/n, the captain of an exploration crew with the free spirit of pirates without the pirate reputation, was mistakenly captured by one of the baroque works members during the Alabasta arc as Crocodile placed a hit on Luffy. The agent got the wrong person.
Y/n meets a young Crocodile before his years as an aspiring pirate. Y/n falls into a crate from a roof above, where she finds a young Crocodile in his clothes he wore then in an alleyway as he hides from something. They are both 18.