Chapter 21
“Where’s Zangao?”
Xia Chen had one collection time left, and he planned to use it up directly and use it on Zangao.
But he didn’t find it in the living room, and Meli said that he had locked him in the basement.
Then Xia Chen asked the other party to take him there.
Meli looked at Ke Ya, and the latter agreed, so he led the way in front.
When Xia Chen arrived at the basement, Zangao had already woken up, tied up with iron chains, and the brown glasses had long been tattered, but he still wore them neatly.
“Aren’t you a pirate? Evildoer Xia Chen!”
Xia Chen was stunned when he heard this. He had only met Zangao before, and he killed him in an instant. Now think about it, the other party seemed to have something to say at that time.
“Evildoer?” Xia Chen muttered to himself, what did he think of?
“The big pirate in the East China Sea, the evildoer Xia Chen, the bounty is 50 million Baileys,” Zangao said.
Xia Chen really didn’t know about this. He looked at Meli, who shook his head and said that even in the Kingdom of Goa, their place was relatively remote, so newspapers were only delivered once a week.
Coincidentally, new newspapers will be delivered tomorrow.
“50 million, really generous, but I don’t like the name of villain.” Xia Chen winked at Meli and asked him to go out. After the other party closed the door, he put his hand on Zangao’s head.
The other party did not resist at all, and it seemed that he had accepted his ending.
But what did the question he asked before mean?
“Uh~”
“Collection successful, congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill · Hypnosis!” A halo without any special effects appeared in front of Xia Chen.
He put these things and the physical and mental qualities he had drawn before into the item warehouse.
The warehouse is magical. Whether it is real or virtual, it can be stored. The only pity is that there are only 10 grids.
Fortunately, a new set was synthesized before, otherwise this grid might not be enough.
Zangao’s back arched involuntarily, his mouth opened wide and his eyes rolled back. At this moment, he felt that his soul was missing a piece, and something was pulled out of his body.
While waiting for the pain to gradually dissipate, his consciousness and confusion suddenly felt cold on his face. He woke up slowly, water drops from the ends of his hair, and saw Xia Chen sitting in front of him.
“What do you mean by that just now?”
“Huhu~” Just now, he was panting for a long time and lowered his head. He discovered a terrifying thing. Obviously, he had a rich memory and technology of hypnosis, but his heart was empty. He vaguely knew that his hypnosis effect was not as outstanding as before.
What exactly is Xia Chen capable of?
“Since you are a pirate, why do you protect those ordinary people?” Zangao repeated at this time.
At the beginning, he was not a bad person, otherwise he would not have fainted from hunger in the mountains. But later, in order to survive, he was forced to become a pirate, and in fact, he gradually got used to this identity.
But when the time came, he wanted to be more straightforward.
And Xia Chen… no, their entire pirate group, had a feeling that they were out of tune with this world. Because he had a unique hypnotic ability and was very sensitive.
“Pirates, of course, must be free.”
“If even the choices are made by others for you, then what kind of pirate are you?” Xia Chen said.
In fact, Xia Chen, who had read the original work, could not stand some things. Even if Zangao had experienced hardships in the past, his hands must have been stained with many lives now.
The notoriety of the Black Cat Pirates is well-known in the East China Sea.
Although their captain, Baiji Kro, only has a bounty of 16 million.
But this should be deliberately done by the navy, otherwise he would not have been promoted to colonel immediately after being defeated by Monka, although he was only a colonel of the branch.
But it is also an important level jump within the navy, and he was promoted several levels in a row, and the next level is a general officer.
It must be that the Black Cat Pirates of Baiji Kro have done too many evil things, but considering the special nature of the East China Sea, they can’t set the bounty too high. Instead, the bounty was set at 50 million Baileys for the first time, which surprised Xia Chen.
It seems that the accidental killing of Colonel Monka has indeed challenged the bottom line of the navy.
To be frank, after the previous Pirate King Gol D. Roger was executed in Roger Town, the East China Sea has the reputation of the weakest sea because it has always been used as a template.
Now there is a big pirate with 50 million, which has caused a sensation and influence, which is absolutely unimaginable.
However, this also reminded Xia Chen that he can’t stay in the East China Sea for a long time.
Originally, he thought that his wanted order would have to wait until the end of Cocosia Village to be issued, but he didn’t expect it to appear so soon.As for Zangao, a glimmer of enlightenment flashed in his eyes. For some reason, he suddenly burst into tears, which confused Xia Chen.
He didn’t have the ability to read minds, nor did he have the heart to explore the psychological journey of a scumbag. He moved his palm lightly and broke his neck.
If there is one less evil person, there will not be one more good person in the world, but ordinary people will definitely live better.
In fact, if Zangao is kept and collected slowly from him, it will be more useful to Xia Chen, but after listening to Zangao’s words, a strong sense of crisis lingered in his heart, making him eager to leave.
He returned to the hall, Luffy and Zoro were still eating and drinking.
“Kaya, the enemy has been dealt with. When will our ship be ready?”
Although this was not the first time that Xia Chen called her name directly, Kaya was still a little uncomfortable. Merry next to her replied: “Because of Mr. Luffy’s request, the largest and highest-level three-masted pirate ship that our Chamber of Commerce can currently produce will take at least another month.”
“No, it’s too slow. Don’t you have a ready-made ship?” Xia Chen asked.
Zoro and Nami both looked at Xia Chen. They didn’t know what happened, but seeing that the other party’s face was very solemn at this time, they consciously didn’t ask more questions.
As for Luffy… ignore him.
“Yes, there is, but this ship was designed by your captain himself, so even if there is a ready-made one to be modified, it will take at least 7 days.” Merry re-estimated.
“7 days is still too long.”
Kaya suddenly thought of something, and said to Meli: “I remember the ship prepared for Usopp, is it coming soon?”
“Ah?”
“Me?” Usopp, who had been staying in the corner of the hall like a little transparent, suddenly jumped up excitedly. He had never heard of this.
Kaya smiled softly, “Usopp, I have heard from your story that what you yearn for most is the sea, so you have always wanted to be a real pirate, right?”
“Without Kaya, actually accompanying you is…”
“Usopp!” For some reason, Kaya’s tone suddenly increased, and then she glanced at Xia Chen as if nothing had happened.
The other party looked thoughtful, and I don’t know what he was thinking. Then she continued, “How can dreams be tied down by these insignificant things? Don’t give up easily, Usopp.”
Usopp nodded heavily as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
“You’re right, Kaya, but I don’t have any money!” Even though Usopp was thick-skinned, he didn’t dare look directly at Kaya at this time.
“It’s okay, this is what I should do, but Usopp this time…”
“Fate is really unpredictable, then let’s take this one, Miss Kaya.” Xia Chen interrupted the two of them.