Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates FINALLY make it to Alabaster and quickly discover all sorts of reasons why they shouldn't have bothered to get off the ship. After all, who has time to stop an evil conspiracy to destroy the kingdom when you've got your old enemy Colonel Smoker after you? And if Luffy somehow manages to escape him, there's still Crocodile to deal with. Plus, who is Ace, and what is his surprising connection to Luffy?<br />