thump! The billionaire fell down as soon as he took two steps. He got up and looked at the soles of his feet: "Is there water on the shoes? Are they too slippery?"
He didn't pay attention to these details: "The next step is to go to the ammunition depot... Oops!"
The billionaire elder felt like he had been kicked in the butt, then turned 900 degrees in the air and landed headfirst on the ground, with a painful thud.
"Ah!" The billionaire elder felt that his head was almost smashed into his body, and he got up on his hands and feet, "Who is it? Get out!"
No one responded to him. He suddenly turned his head and looked behind him, but the deck was empty. There was only a cat statue on the bow of the ship. Everything was as usual.
"Damn it, is your foot slipping again?" Hundreds of millions of elders feel that they can't do such a difficult action with their own abilities, and they really were kicked on the butt just now. Is it an illusion?
He glanced at the direction of the warship. Miss.'s fingers were obviously no match for the robot. He didn't have much time left: "No matter what, let's blow up the ship first!"
However, as soon as the billionaire elder turned around, he felt someone poking his lower back with a finger. His body stiffened, and he quickly drew his knife and turned around and slashed backwards.
At an angle that he couldn't see, a cat carved out of wood had already circled behind him when he turned around, and then reached out to poke his lower back.
The billions of elders turned around again and slashed in the air again.
"Who...is it?!" His voice was trembling, and he turned the knife sideways in a circle, but still found nothing, because the statue also turned around in the blind area of his vision, moving very fast.
"Is it a person with abilities? Transparent fruit?" The billionaire thought for a while, then suddenly bent down and looked back from his crotch.
The statue deftly supported the waist of the billionaire elder with its hands, and its body was suspended in the air, perfectly avoiding his sight. However, a cat's tail hung down disobediently.
"Found it, you bastard!" The billionaire grabbed the cat's tail and pulled him in front of him. Although the touch felt a little strange, he didn't care so much. It made him worried for so long. So it was just a cat?
The statue was a little panicked. He looked left and right to find a wooden stick to knock him out, but he couldn't find it at all. When the billionaire was about to chop him with a knife, a small light bulb appeared on his head. I am just a piece of wood. ?
The statue showed an evil smile: "Hehehehaha~In me power!"
He raised his hand and knocked it down, bang!
The billionaire elder was stunned, a towering red envelope appeared on his head, and he fell straight down.
The statue took back its tail, raised its foot and spun around a few times, then kicked the billionaire out of the Amber Ship. After doing all this, he clapped his hands with satisfaction and returned to his post.
We are just an ordinary statue, why do we need to do this to protect the ship? And it seems that this is not the first time, the statue fell into deep thought.
In the cabin, the running duck that originally carried Shark Chili shivered. Was there a scary cat on board?
…
On the other side, the two-finger battle between Shark Pepper and Miss. has also come to an end. Even if she uses her ability to stimulate her arm muscles to greatly increase her strength, Miss.'s two fingers are far inferior to Shark Pepper who stops the car with one hand.
Even if she transformed her hands into spiked maces or bolas, she still couldn't hurt Shark Pepper.
"Shark with sharp teeth!" Shark Pepper lowered his head and leaned forward slightly. The mechanical shark on his back immediately flew out, bit Miss.'s shoulders with two fingers, and dragged her out of the boat.
"Ah!" Miss. felt pain in her shoulders with both fingers. She flew out and fell into the Santo River together with the mechanical shark.
Even if a Devil Fruit user falls into a river, he is still a landlubber. He will sink after a few symbolic struggles.
The mechanical shark flew back to Shark Pepper's back, and Shark Pepper stepped on the railing: "It's almost time to lose consciousness. Let her... Oops? The time is up. Have you been practicing your moves for too long?"
"Brother Shark, just rest. I won't worry about this anymore. I'll go get her!"
"I should go, Lao Lu, can you still get up to your size?"
"Damn it, Tide-calling Shark, you sneak away!"
The flag monsters competed to catch the girl from the river, but in the end they called the shark to take the lead and floated up holding Miss. with both fingers.
Seeing the angry brothers, Huan Chaoqiao felt happy and even had the mood to tease them: "Is it the golden girl you lost, the silver girl, or the girl who fainted after choking on water and was covered in thorns?"
Jin Erpeng and the other two flag demons looked at each other, nodded, and struck the water with a goshawk, swooping down and catching the Tidecaller, and said fiercely: "What we lost is this unloyal Tidecaller!"
The three flag demons threw Miss.'s fingers aside, held down the Tidecaller and beat her.
Shark Chili ignored this group of funny people and looked at the direction Zhang Daye and the others were coming from. Then he turned around and went to the warship cabin to find a pair of sea-floor stone handcuffs and put them on Miss.'s hands.
A few minutes later, Zhang Da also arrived at the shore. Shark Chili and the flag monsters had parked the Amber and the warships at the shore. The million elders and billions of elders in the river had also been picked up and tied up. .
The flag demons briefly showed the injuries on their bodies caused by Miss.'s two fingers, and then went back to the Huang Yao Banner to rest.
Shark Chili briefly explained what happened.
"What's going on? Why did Crocodile think of destroying our ship?" Zhang Da also wondered.
"What Crocodile, he's obviously the Boss..." There were millions of elders who were awake and wanted to refute Zhang Tatsuya's words, but they suddenly froze mid-sentence.
He swallowed and asked: "You mean, our boss is actually Crocodile? That Crocodile of the Shichibukai?"
"Hasn't he told you yet?" Zhang Daye asked curiously. He's so anxious that he hasn't had a showdown with his men yet? Showing your identity can at least boost morale, right?
Ye Yan thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because they are just cannon fodder. It doesn't matter if they know it or not. Moreover, they are robbing the warship and trying to dismantle our ship. I feel that he doesn't expect them to come back alive."
"Impossible! Boss specially sent a senior agent to come with us! He also said that as long as we complete the mission, we will be given a code name!"
"If you don't want to let go of the child, you won't be able to trap the wolf. If you want to work hard, you have to spend some money, right?" Zhang Da also glanced at Miss.'s fingers, "If I guessed correctly, this lady should be the remaining member of your work company. The weakest among several senior agents. And you don’t even know who your boss is, how much is his promise worth?”
The millions of elders found themselves unable to refute, and each one of them became dejected.
"Let's set sail first. Crocodile sent them here to cause trouble. Most likely he doesn't want us to go back too early, so we just want to go back and see what he wants to do." Zhang Da also said, "That warship... the ship Can I still tow it back if the rudder is broken?”
He thought that taking it back would either make Vice Admiral Huoshuoshan a favor, or he could make some small money from the Navy. Anyway, it wouldn't be a loss.
Shark Chili said: "It should be no problem. I use Shark Giant to pull the boat."
This warship is a bit big, but it is still within the capabilities of the shark giant, and the speed of pulling it forward in the river is not too slow.
On the way, Zhang Da also tried to ask the million elders and billions of elders what else they knew, but they all had no idea.
Even if Miss. wakes up, she only knows the true identity of the boss and the goal of this mission, and has no idea about the mission content of the other two senior agents.
"Don't waste your energy, you can't beat him." Miss. saw Zhang Daye looking down on Crocodile with both fingers, and said contemptuously.
"Why do you say that?" Zhang Da didn't know where her confidence came from.
"You have no idea how terrifying he is. In this country and in the desert, he is the king." Miss. pointed her fingers with eyes full of admiration.
In their opinion, Lao Sha's natural ability was invincible. No matter whether it was swords, guns, fists or feet, he could not be harmed at all. This was a matter of vision.
Zhang Da also said: "If he is really that powerful, guess why he wants to do something so secretly, and why he wants you to come and trip us up."
"That's because..." Miss. started to feel something was wrong with her fingers, and her tone became less confident, "It's because I don't want you to cause trouble... right?"
She suddenly felt that she might also be an outcast, and that she was brought here just to delay the Amber tour group's return and to lure the Vice Admiral out of the royal capital. It doesn't matter whether she can go back alive or not.
Zhang Da ignored her. Since he was in a hurry this time, Artoria was in charge of the helm. The Amber was very fast.
The shark giant is at full power and can keep up with the warship - the main reason for the warship is that the rudder is broken, but the sail is still in good condition. The shark giant is more to help adjust the direction, and the excess strength is used to supplement power. .
Until they were about to dock, no one encountered a small snack like the Santa Catfish, which made Artoria a little disappointed.
However, there was a group of marines swimming hard and swimming very fast in the river.
Especially the leader, the kind-faced bearded man, actually used the relatively rare butterfly stroke. He pounced forward again and again, and had already opened a long distance away from the sailors behind him.
It made Tom want to go into the water to compete with him.
Does every strong person have to master a unique swimming style these days? Just like Raleigh is good at breaststroke.
Zhang Da also shouted to them: "Is this Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan?"
The target of the Amber and the warship was very large, so Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan naturally discovered the target before Zhang Daye. He only saw the flag of the Amber and did not rush to take action.
"It's me, are you the Amber Tour Group? Can you tell me what happened? What happened to this warship?"
"Of course, please come on board and talk?" Zhang Da also said, "Please accept the warship as well."
Vice Admiral Huo Shaoshan jumped onto the Amber. After receiving Huo Shaoshan's order, the navy soldiers looked at the shark giant in awe before they began to climb onto the warship.
"We were entrusted by King Kobra to go to Rainland to investigate the affairs of Baroque Works. Then someone drove a warship to attack our ship docked on the shore." Zhang Da also pouted to the side, "The leader is this, Baroque. Miss., a senior agent of the working agency, pointed out with two fingers that the Thorn Man who ate the Thorn Fruit was originally named Sarah, nicknamed the Poisonous Spider, and has a bounty of 35 million Baileys."
"How did you know?!" Sara looked at Zhang Daye in surprise. She didn't remember that she had revealed her identity.
Of course, it relies on Shark Chili's database and facial recognition. Zhang Daye said: "Someone on our ship has seen your reward order. Is it difficult to recognize you?"
Of course it’s difficult! Sara shouted in her heart, she has been in Baroque Works for so long, and no one can recognize her simply by wearing a headscarf, glasses, and makeup. Why can you? !
Lieutenant General Huoshuoshan looked at Sara. Judging from the wounds on the soldiers found on the shore, they were indeed stabbed by sharp weapons. Could they be thorn fruits?
Listening to Zhang Daye's story, he almost sorted out the cause and effect: "Thank you for helping to recapture the warship and arrest these prisoners."
"Well... you also saw that during the battle, the rudder of the warship was accidentally broken, and the deck and side of the ship were also damaged..." Out of politeness, Zhang Da also felt that he should tell Huo Shaoshan in advance that they were not responsible for this matter. .
"It's very rare to be able to achieve this level. Damage is common in battles." Huo Shaoshan certainly didn't care about this. He could just repair the damage. He would be thankful that the warship was not scuttled. , "I will help apply for rewards from the headquarters, and the same goes for Sarah's bounty, which will be cashed in as soon as possible."
"Ah, by the way, there is no urgency about the bounty. You need to communicate with the king about how to deal with these people. We are now affiliated with Alabasta's special search operation team. Strictly speaking, these people seem to be prisoners of Alabasta."
Zhang Da also suddenly remembered his temporary position. Although he would not stay here for long, it was still inappropriate to hand people over to the navy directly.
"There is no problem with this matter. We have already discussed how to deal with Baroque Working Group." Huo Shaoshan said that such matters that should be negotiated have been negotiated long ago. It is not like he has not arrested people these days, "Anyway, everyone The bounty you deserve will not be small, the only difference is whose hand it was handed over to you."
"Oh, that's best."
"Wait a minute, you just said that you joined Alabasta?" Hou Huoshaoshan asked in hindsight, how come someone so fancy to their navy was snatched away by Alabasta as soon as he arrived here?
"Yeah. I found it interesting, so I joined. After a while, I feel bored and may quit my job and continue traveling." Zhang Da couldn't clearly explain that he was just a temporary worker in order to defy Crocodile in a reasonable and legal way.
"This is not important. The point is that we have found out that the boss of Baroque Works is indeed Crocodile." Zhang Da also handed over the 'evidence' he had to Huo Shaoshan, "In addition, this Miss Sara has no idea about this matter. He has also confessed.”
"It's really him..." Huo Shaoshan frowned. Although the purpose of coming here was to investigate Crocodile, after he was really sure that it was him, he still felt very complicated.
Zhang Da also said: "By the way, we also got news that the king was assassinated in the royal capital by people from the Baroque Working Group. I'm afraid Crocodile had other plans. He might have directly kidnapped him. Royal family or something.”
"What? That guy..." Huo Shaoshan's brows furrowed even more tightly, Crocodile was actually so bold.
He stared closely at the photo Zhang Daye handed him, his thoughts wandering. Are pirates still pirates after all? The World Government's idea of using the Shichibukai to check and balance other pirates may be a miscalculation.
"I understand, we can no longer allow him to act so boldly." Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan said decisively, "We must arrest Crocodile today no matter what!"
"That's right!" Zhang Da also responded superficially.
arrest? To be honest, I want to kill him.
In fact, I am a little confused after seeing the recent plot. I always feel that the World Government established the Shichibukai to trick them into cooperating with research and provide Vegapunk with materials that can be used to create pacifists and Seraphs...
Checks and balances are all bullshit.
(End of chapter)
