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Xia Zheteng did not agree to the slaves' request, but asked them to sail towards a deserted island that he had long had his eyes on.
This kind of deserted island is also very common in the sea. If there is no nautical chart, sometimes you may not be able to find such an island even after walking for a year or two.
The navy's nautical charts are relatively complete, but they would never have thought that the ship would come to this deserted island.
Xia Zheteng kept a close eye on the movements on the ship. It would take some time to transport the property and devil fruits, so he had to ensure that no one escaped from the ship. He had to spend a lot of energy to monitor everyone on the ship.
There aren't many experts on this Celestial Dragon ship, nor are there any CP0 people, just some guards, so it's relatively easy to deal with.
Soon, with the help of slaves, the treasure was moved to a cave on the island.
After everything was put away and Xia Zheteng was leaving, he punched the cave entrance and caused it to collapse, quickly burying the cave.
After Xia Zheteng marked the location on the nautical chart, he took the slaves back to the ship.
The people on the boat were still unconscious, but Xia Zheteng would not give them any chance. He covered them with his domineering color again to ensure that there would be no problem.
"Why not tie them up and put them in the cabin?" asked the tall slave.
Xia Zheteng laughed and said, "Because we still have to go back to where we just came from."
"What does this mean?"
"You don't have to worry about that. Just remember that when you return there, you will be free."
The tall slave nodded. He didn't care about anything else, as long as he was free.
He also memorized the location of this deserted island. If he could gain his freedom, he would come here to take the treasures and devil fruits. Maybe he would become a great pirate in the future.
By then, maybe I could make a bid for the position of the Four Emperors.
Well, that's it.
Soon, under the leadership of the tall slave, the boat returned to its original position. Of course, it couldn't be that accurate, but it was probably okay.
"Okay, now that we're back here, what's next..."
The tall pirate looked at Xia Zheteng, but the next second, Xia Zheteng flashed in front of him and knocked him out with a punch.
The moment he fainted, the pirate's first reaction was that he seemed to have been betrayed.
Soon, the ship calmed down again. Xia Zheteng let out a long sigh and said, "Don't worry, slaves. I will do what I say. But the next step is a big job. No one is helping me. Damn it. If only I had Bu Ling's ability. That would be the correct way to cancel the memory."
……
Two hours later, two small boats were lowered from the large ship. These small boats are usually used for rescue or when entering shallow ports.
But now, a group of people were lying in all directions on the two small boats.
A small boat came out from behind the big ship, towing the two small boats away from the Celestial Dragon's ship.
Another half hour later, the two boats were cast away at sea.
The small boat that was towed just now left on its own and sailed away into the distance.
……
At sea, Xia Zheteng had already changed into a navy uniform. After packing everything up, he drove a small boat towards the South China Sea Naval Branch.
However, when they were halfway through the voyage, they saw a naval ship in front of them.
Xia Zheteng took some things from the boat and then went directly onto the ship using the Moon Step method.
The soldiers on the deck also looked at Xia Zheteng vigilantly. After seeing the other party's military uniform clearly, these soldiers stepped forward and saluted.
"Please let me hang my boat behind you. Thank you. I am tired from sailing so I would like to borrow your boat to rest for a while. By the way, who is the commander of this boat?"
"Report, it's Lieutenant General Kuzan."
"Oh, that's just right."
Having said that, Xia Zheteng went into the cabin.
Kuzan yawned, and was surprised when he saw Xia Zheteng approaching.
Major General Xia Zheteng, when he sees the Lieutenant General, he should be the first to salute.
"How come you are in the South China Sea?" Kuzan and Xia Zheteng had met each other once, and he was one level higher than Kuzan, so there was no need for him to be too polite.
"Can I say I'm just being lazy? My mission is to find Red Hair and Hawkeye. I don't have much information about them right now, so I'm just looking around. The South China Sea is relatively calm, so I came here."
Kuzan nodded and looked at Xia Zheteng, who actually brought his own recliner. It seemed that he was indeed a lazy man. He couldn't help but laugh. This major general was very interesting.
Chapter 65 Xia's Appearance Problem
Bloopers, boom! Less than two minutes after I sat down, the Den Den Mushi started ringing.
Kuzan picked up the Den Den Mushi.
"Where are you?"
"Patrol in the South China Sea..."
"A celestial dragon was killed in the South China Sea. You still have the energy to patrol. Go to Bricco Island immediately. The celestial dragon ship was attacked there. Go quickly."
In the Den Den Mushi, there was the roaring voice of Marshal Sora.
After the Den Den Mushi hung up, Kuzan turned his head and said, "Oh, you really know how to make trouble for me."
To be honest, Kuzan didn't have any good feelings towards the Celestial Dragons.
This little fan of Garp is also deeply influenced by Garp. Garp looks down on the Celestial Dragons and never promotes them to the rank of admiral because he doesn't want to protect those guys.
Kuzan is similar, but since a celestial dragon died in his own waters, he still has to go and take a look.
Soon the ship changed direction and headed towards Bricco Island.
When we arrived at Bricco Island, we saw a large ship parked on the sea and there were panicked sounds coming from the ship.
Kuzan flew towards the boat first. Xia Zheteng smiled, then his expression changed and he followed.
There was indeed chaos on the ship. Some of the guards who woke up first notified the navy, some were rescuing their companions, some discovered that Tenjoujin and the devil fruit had disappeared, and some noticed that the slaves were also missing.
As a result, the situation on the ship became even more chaotic. Because there was no unified command, everyone was like a headless fly for the time being.
When Xia Zheteng and Kuzan arrived on the boat, a man in a suit who had been following the Celestial Dragons was rescued.
This guy is considered to be a close attendant to Saint Lingakati. Except Saint Lingakati, everyone has to listen to him.
When he woke up, the first thing he saw was the Lingakadi Saint with his body and head separated.
The place where the body fell had not moved, but the head was hung on the highest mast.
"Ah, it's over, we are all finished now. Saint Lingakadi is dead, and none of us can survive." Yabu shouted.
Their masters are dead, but they are still alive. Once they return to the holy land, the Celestial Dragons will definitely not let them go.
"Everyone, although it may be rude to say this, could you please tell me what happened at that time?" Kuzan on the side was speechless.
It was strange that there were two more people on the boat but no one greeted them.
Yabu finally saw Kuzan and Xia Zheteng, two navy officers, a lieutenant general and a major general, and a large warship parked nearby.
"We were robbed, and Saint Lingakadi is dead. Go and find the murderer, quickly." Yabu rushed to Kuzan and shouted.
Now that the incident has happened, the only way to escape punishment is to find the murderer. All other methods are useless.
"Why don't you go quickly?" Yabu shouted at Kuzan.
Kuzan rolled his eyes at him and put his hand on Yabu's shoulder.
Yabu was half frozen. Of course, Kuzan was just teaching him a lesson and finally let Yabu go.
"Are you calm now? Regardless of whether you are qualified to directly command the navy, at least you need to let me know what the murderer looks like, right?"
Kuzan spoke coldly to Yabu, who shivered and the ice on the surface shattered and fell off. Kuzan was just teaching him a lesson.
Xia Zheteng thought for a moment and stepped forward and said, "That's true. We don't have any clues at the moment. We can't just search randomly, right? So, let's talk about the situation first."
Yabu was helpless, but he also knew that the other party was right, so he began to describe the situation at that time.
After leaving the port, they sailed for less than half an hour and arrived at the sea. Then Lingakadi Saint asked what was fun, and then the man named "Xia" appeared.
In terms of what he was wearing, he was wearing a wide black cloak with red auspicious cloud patterns, which completely hid his figure. On his face, he was wearing a half-face mask with white and red cloud patterns, so his appearance could not be seen clearly.
Kuzan raised his eyebrows: "This is very troublesome. As long as the other party takes off the mask and cloak, he will be a different person."
Xia Zheteng smiled bitterly and said, "That's true, but it's strange, why did the other party call him Xia?"
Kuzan glanced at Xia Zheteng and said indifferently: "This is even more troublesome. There are too many people with the word Xia in their names. It is impossible to check them one by one. Moreover, the other party may just use a nickname, or Four Seasons?"
Anyway, there are many directions for guessing. The reason why Kuzan guessed a name with the word "Xia" in it is because Xia Zheteng happened to be here, otherwise he would never have thought of this.
Xia Zheteng shrugged. This was exactly the effect he wanted.
"Is there anything special about the other person's height, body shape, and voice?"
"As for height..." Yabu looked around and found a guard, "Probably about the same height as him."
Xia Zheteng nodded secretly. Because of the wide cloak, he deliberately hunched his body when he was on the boat, so his height appeared shorter than normal.
"The other party must have used a voice changer, so it's not very clear."
"Oh, it seems that the other party's identity is really difficult to determine."
"No, he stole Tenjoujin and the devil fruit, and took away all the slaves. If we investigate from this aspect, we will definitely find him."
Yabu is not a fool, at least he thought of this.
Xia Zheteng nodded and said, "Otherwise, let them go and look for the slaves first. You can also send people to look around for any traces of Tenshangjin and devil fruits."
He could only give some suggestions here. After all, Kuzan was the governor of the South China Sea now, and he had to abide by the rules.
Kuzan nodded and went down to start assigning tasks. The South China Sea was in chaos for a while, and various branches began to take action one after another.
Some warships that were chasing the pirates also turned around. Their first priority was to find clues about the slaves around the Celestial Dragons and Tenjo Jin.
Of course, Yabu still had some information about the slaves, and he quickly sent it to the surrounding navies, asking them to pay special attention to these people.
As for the image of "Xia", there was no way to do it now. Kuzan asked his men to go to Bricco Island and find a painter. According to what Yabu and the others said, he drew a picture of "Xia".
And I confirmed it with everyone on the boat. The guards and Yabu had all confirmed it and the painting was really like the real thing.
When he saw that image, Xia Zheteng scratched his head and asked, "Are you sure this is what you are seeing?"
What's with the big fangs? It's because the open mouth is not drawn, otherwise it would be almost as good as Katakuri, right?
And the fiery red hair standing up like a demon's, and the cloak is not drawn realistically. Mine was auspicious clouds, but yours is a bunch of clumps, like seasick eyes.
It’s really fucking…Okay!
Chapter 66 The Captured Slave
For Xia Zheteng, whether the painting looks like the real person or not is not important at all. He is happy to find someone based on this picture. Even if he finds the real person by chance, there is no guarantee.
Just look at the portrait of Shan Zhi, and we can find someone who looks the same. Is there anything magical happening on the sea?
After finding out what happened, Xia Zheteng and Kuzan had not left yet when another warship sailed over. Unexpectedly, it was Staff Officer He who came.
Xia Zheteng scratched his head. This was quite troublesome. This old lady was not someone who could be easily fooled.
But then again, I have set up a pretty big plan, so there shouldn't be any problems for now.
After saluting and reporting to He, and telling him what happened on the ship, Kuzan and Xia Zhe followed He. After all, He came as support from the headquarters.
Vice Admiral He also brought a ship doctor on board. While asking the doctor to examine Yabu and the members of the escort team, He turned to Xia Zheteng.
"Why are you in the South China Sea?"
Xia Zheteng had no choice but to make a bitter face and said, "Can I say that I am here to carry out a mission?"
"Tell me the truth, this is not the time to joke around."
"Yes." Xia Zheteng stood at attention. "Red Hair and Hawkeye are traveling in various seas now, so it's not easy to find them. But I heard that there will be a Four-Nation Sword Tournament on Modiana Island in three months, and Mihawk is expected to go there. So, I decided to be lazy and came to the South China Sea. I happened to meet Vice Admiral Kuzan's ship, so I got on board, and then..."
He nodded. This reason was pretty good. The whole mission thing was bullshit.
As Xia Zheteng said this, He did not say anything. He stretched out his hand to stop Xia Zheteng from speaking and looked at Kuzan: "Tell me about the situation here."
Kuzan quickly explained the situation and gave the painting to He.
He scanned the portrait, shook his head, and said, "We need to catch those slaves and let them look at the portrait again before we can determine what the other person looks like."
"Yes, someone has been sent."