silence.
Suddenly, all the sounds on the warship seemed to have disappeared.
The gloom on Xia Le's face was visible to the naked eye.
Crocodile looked at the other party steadily, and at this moment he only wanted an answer.
The once-broken memories are merging with the new self, and some of the ambitions from the past are also quickly emerging.
Pirates, navy?
Everything shattered and then coalesced into the face of the young marine before him.
After a while, when the sea breeze came gently and blew the cloak behind Xia Le, the gloom on his face dissipated and was replaced by a smile.
"Do you remember the past?"
Crocodile nodded: "Not much, but vaguely, I already understand my past."
"So you were there that day two years ago?"
Xia Le sighed softly.
He really didn't expect that anyone would see that scene. The alley was very narrow, less than one meter, and the exit directly opposite was full of people kneeling on the ground.
Facing the Tianlong people, how many people would dare to raise their heads and peek ahead?
Unexpectedly, Crocodile happened to be there.
"yes!"
Crocodile nodded again.
"So, what do you think?"
Xia Le smiled softly and looked at the subordinate in military uniform in front of him.
Crocodile was silent, thinking.
The courage and courage of a person who can attack the Tianlong people cleanly and neatly are undoubtedly unimaginable. At the same time, he will not be willing to just be a mere rear admiral, and he will not even stop at the navy in the future.
After a long time, Crocodile raised his head.
"No matter what ambitions, ambitions you have in your heart, there is no doubt about it."
“You also need a team of trustworthy helpers.”
Taking a deep breath, he looked into the other person's eyes seriously.
"I am willing to be your most reliable and powerful helper!"
In the past, I might have had the ideal of becoming a great pirate, the Pirate King. But that memory has been broken, and I can only rely on scattered memories to recall my past self.
Now, he cherishes the present even more, just as Chief Xia Le said when he was awarded the title.
Living in the moment!
Xia Le smiled, looked at Crocodile in front of him, and laughed out loud.
The others looked at each other, wondering what riddle the two of them were playing.
"Hey, Lao Sha, what's going on? What are you talking about to Commander Xia Le?"
Rocinante ran over, hugged Crocodile's shoulders, and asked curiously.
Evans and others also turned their heads with interested eyes.
"I discovered a secret of the commander's!"
Pursing his lips, Crocodile smiled.
"What secret?"
"Can you tell us?"
Mina asked.
Crocodile smiled, glanced at Xia Le, and then smiled.
"Our commander!"
"He has killed Tianlong people!"
For a moment, the whole ship was silent.
Rosinandi, who was originally smiling, had her pupils constricted, and the others changed their colors.
But when they saw Xia Le holding his hands in front of him and looking at them with a smile, everyone quickly recovered their smiles.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"You guys, what are you kidding me about?"
"It is not funny."
"I just feel scared!"
Everyone laughed and cursed.
No one took Crocodile's words seriously because their commander did not admit it at all.
Only Evans, when he turned his head inadvertently, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a frightened and shocked face.
"He didn't deny it either!!!"
But soon, this matter was forgotten in everyone's mind.
Everything is as if nothing happened.
Next, they were more curious about what was in the wooden box in Evans' hand.
"What will it be?"
"Sir, the headquarters takes this mission very seriously."
"The items inside are probably worth tens of thousands of gold, right?"
"It must be something we can't even imagine."
Several people felt itchy, but due to the rules, they did not dare to easily unlock the wooden box.
"If you want to know what's inside, just open it."
Xia Le smiled.
He was not very interested in the contents of the wooden box because he had already roughly guessed it.
Eighty percent of it is a devil fruit.
Today's Vegapunk should have launched a series of research on devil fruits and blood factors.
"can I open this?"
"Isn't this mission strictly confidential?"
T. Penn was surprised.
"If you don't tell anyone, aren't you just keeping it a secret?"
"Xiaogu, don't be so rigid! Otherwise, you will suffer big losses in the future!"
Xia Le asked back, and then said to Crocodile.
"Xiaosha, use your ability to open it!"
Crocodile smiled when he heard this: "It's very simple."
After a while, the sand penetrated into the hole in the lock of the wooden box and quickly solidified into a key.
With the sound of the lock cylinder being pried, the wooden box was opened.
Evans opened the lid of the wooden box and everyone looked at it, only to see a fruit covered with strange patterns on its surface.
"It's a devil fruit!"
Sluo said in shock.
"Our mission on this trip is actually to escort devil fruits?"
Kira is also the way.
Everyone was very surprised, but Xia Le looked calm.
He knew very well that after the Navy took control of Vegapunk, the latter conducted a series of research on Devil Fruit and developed a variety of results.
"Close it."
After glancing around and seeing the desire in everyone's eyes, Xia Le said calmly.
Evans snapped and closed the box neatly.
"Hehe, if we want to have this ability, we can strive for it ourselves in the future."
"This fruit is for this mission."
After hearing this, the longing in Sluo's and others' eyes just faded away.
Egghead Island is not too close to them, but it is not too far either.
Ten days later, the warship entered the island's port.
As Xia Le expected, the defense of Egghead Island was very tight, and a lieutenant general was responsible for receiving them.
"I'm sorry, Major General Xia Le, according to regulations, no one outside this island is allowed to enter here."
The lieutenant general said solemnly.
"What about me?"
Xia Le took the wooden box handed by Evans and continued.
"The order I received is to hand this item into the hands of Bega Punk."
The lieutenant general was silent at first, and then said.
"As a disciple of the naval hero Vice Admiral Garp, I believe you are worthy of trust."
"But as I just said, only you are allowed to enter with mission items."
Xia Le nodded.
Then, he passed through the port where many elite naval forces were stationed and entered the island.
There is no doubt that Egghead is now a well-defended scientific research base.
When passing through the gate of the base, Xia Le saw not only the navy, but also some mysterious people in black, with cold expressions and very alert.
About half a quarter of an hour later, he saw Vegapunk in the waiting room.
"Come with me, Major General Xia Le."
After the latter saw him, he waved and turned to leave.
Xia Le was stunned and followed with the box in hand.
