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Xia Zheteng nodded. That was for sure, but those who were cheated didn’t count, like himself.
And what you said about Zhan Guo is also wrong. In a few years, animal fruits can be successfully artificially produced. Then you say there will be no similar ones?
At least Kaido's subordinates have a giraffe fruit, which is the same as the long nose in CP0, except that one is a normal devil fruit and the other is artificial.
"By the way, speaking of abilities, have you also eaten the devil fruit? And you haven't reported it yet?" Zhan Guo suddenly changed the topic and talked about Xia Zheteng.
Xia Zheteng shook his head and said calmly: "No, I didn't eat the devil fruit. If you don't believe me, I can go into the sea and swim for you to see."
Zhan Guo stared at Xia Zheteng, nodded, and said, "So, if you swallow a devil fruit, you must report it. In addition, when you completed the missions these two times, it is said that you used the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?"
"Not really, it's just similar." Xia Zheteng said with a smile, "However, how it was done is a secret, and I was just imitating. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been injured when I exchanged punches with Whitebeard, even though he didn't use his full strength. You know, I used my full strength at that time."
Zhan Guo stared at Xia Zheteng, as if trying to see something from his eyes, but in the end he found nothing, so he withdrew his gaze.
"Is that so? I understand. You should prepare in the next two days. When Huoshaoshan comes back, you can go to Kediqiao Island with him."
"Are you targeting those underworld businessmen?"
"Don't worry about those guys. Your main task is to find Xia's whereabouts and catch him if possible."
"Understood." Xia Zheteng stood up and saluted, then walked out.
After Xia Zheteng left, Zhan Guo also frowned: "Xia Zheteng has no fruit ability? It should be true. It seems that it really has nothing to do with him."
Xia Zheteng left Zhan Guo's office with a smile on his face.
Zhan Guo was really amazing. He used Xia's intelligence to probe his own strengths and weaknesses. Unfortunately, he was using a system, not a fruit.
Another thing is to plan your own plan. For a real crime, the most clever thing is not to leave no clues. When you think there are no clues left, the clues are there.
There have been perfect crimes in history that left behind many clues that seemed to be traceable.
But when they started to look for these clues, they found that the connection was broken. As time passed, the real clues were lost in time.
Xia Zheteng was thinking happily, and turned around and went to the navy's information room, because he had nothing to do as he had to wait for Huoshaoshan to come back.
As for the Chu Chu Fruit, he still needed to look up the description of this fruit in the records. After all, many of the fruits in this world had been rotated several times.
The information was not confidential, and Xia Zheteng quickly found the relevant information.
After reading the information, Xia Zheteng breathed a sigh of relief.
There are not many records of the Chu Chu Fruit, because the development of this fruit is indeed difficult. Most people in the past used it to do things like modify weapons.
He had awakened a few times, but the ability to absorb the opponent's power without resistance was not very noticeable.
As for the others, they can't resist. If you want blood and bone marrow, do you need to extract the fruit? Can't you just extract it directly? Even if you want the fruit ability, just kill them. Just monitor the changes of the surrounding fruits.
Therefore, the fruit of the extraction was not taken seriously.
"This fruit is not very useful if used by other people, but it is very useful for me." Putting down the information in his hand, Xia Zheteng smiled happily. The ability of some fruits really depends on the user, and matching is very important.
After leaving the data room and returning to his residence, Xia Zheteng threw himself on the bed and began to think about what to do next.
Now that the first batch of start-up capital is in place, I will be able to quickly get out of this incident, which will give me more room for maneuver.
Our strength still needs to be improved. Our current strength is already very strong, but it is not strong enough to ignore the World Government.
If one wants to establish a country, one will inevitably come into conflict with the world government.
The World Government will not agree if we don't pay the Heavenly Gold. At that time, preventing pirates will be the easiest thing. After all, all we need is a few powerful partners.
The real trouble will definitely come from the World Government and the Celestial Dragons. They will not allow the emergence of a new system.
What's more, if he really built his country according to his hometown, then the emerging system would be a challenge to God's rule.
This is even more what the world government does not want to see.
At that time, it would only take a moment for the entire country to be destroyed.
The power in the hands of the World Government and the King is extremely powerful. If there is no way to resist, then establishing a country is just empty talk.
At this point, Xia Zheteng also sighed in his heart that the next task, in addition to improvement, he must also pay attention to technological strength.
Pluto, one of the three ancient weapons, is a good choice, but it is difficult to get Pluto.
Let's not talk about how to break the outer mountain wall of Wano Country. Even if Pluto is born, can it still be used? What if it needs to be repaired? Where does the energy come from?
Thinking about these things, Xia Zheteng felt a slight headache.
Damn it! How did a wonderful world of adventure suddenly turn into a world where technology changes life?
This is also what makes Xia Zheteng speechless.
Having said that, scientific and technological capabilities also need to be developed, as technology is the primary productive force.
It’s not that Xia Zheteng had never thought about looking for Vegapunk, but that guy was being targeted by the World Government. If he had gone to find him without permission, his information would probably have been on the desk of the World Government soon.
As for other scientists, they will probably also be paid attention to by the world government. This is a very unsolvable problem.
Xia Zheteng closed his eyes slightly, rubbed his temples and relaxed.
You still need to have strong strength. When you are strong enough to ignore the power of technology and the pressure of the world government, everything can be solved.
If you want to be strong, eat melons. Now, whoever stands in my way of eating melons is the enemy.
After strengthening his belief, Xia Zheteng fell asleep without knowing when and slowly entered into a dreamland.
Chapter 69: Black Traders on Kedijo Island
"Ah!" Xia Zheteng yawned loudly and rubbed his sleepy eyes.
"Major General Xia Zheteng, we are almost there." Huoshaoshan is still a brigadier general, so he has to salute when he sees Xia Zheteng.
Xia Zheteng also nodded. He boarded the Huoshaoshan ship two days ago and sailed on the sea for another two days before finally arriving at Kediqiao Island.
A place known as the Island of Black Merchants.
Kedicho Island is very large, but the harsh island environment makes it difficult for any development to take place on the island.
But the people on the island also need to survive, so various maritime merchants started to operate here.
However, it is not easy to be a maritime merchant. It is not easy to survive on the sea, and there are countless pirates. All of this makes life extremely difficult for regular maritime merchants.
As a result, various black marketeers began to emerge.
Merchants who have their own armed forces, have established relationships with various forces, and have opened up trade routes have become the mainstream of this island.
Of course, arming or opening up connections both involve high costs, which also means that the goods to be sold must have high profits in order to support these black market traders.
As a result, these black marketeers started buying up dirty items and reselling them.
Here, no one will ask you where your treasures come from, as long as you dare to take them out, they will take them.
This kind of circulation has also made these black market traders increasingly valued by pirates, so whenever you see a black market trader's ship, try not to sink it, as you may be able to use them in the future.
As for the navy, it is not welcome on this island. Although no one here will attack the navy, when Xia Zheteng and Huoshaoshan appeared on Kediqiao Island, they also realized that the people here looked at them with vigilance.
"It seems that the work is not going well." Huoshaoshan also had a cigar in his mouth, a big smiling face, and squinting eyes. He didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.
"We don't need to do any work, right? There are rules here, and we are not here to break them."
"The gold in the sky..."
"What does the Heavenly Gold have to do with us? And it's no longer Heavenly Gold. It hasn't been delivered yet. The goods that have been robbed can only be called dirty goods. Now they are sold to underworld merchants. We are not here to investigate this. We only need to focus on 'Xia' who can use the ability of shock."
Xia Zheteng happened to walk into a shop owned by a black businessman.
When the boss saw the two navy officers coming in, he laughed and said, "Military officers, do you need anything in my shop? I can't say anything else, but I have a full range of goods here. As long as you ask, I will do my best to get it for you."
Huoshaoshan looked around the merchandise in the store and smiled bitterly. He recognized some of the things, and they were indeed part of the gold from heaven.
"I just want to ask about the masked man who came to your place a few days ago and forced you to buy goods. For example, his height, appearance, and his abilities."
The boss squinted his eyes and looked at Xia Zheteng, thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'm sorry, that's my supplier, this..."
"He is not your supplier. Those who come in through the front door and negotiate are called suppliers. Those who come in through the back door and force you to buy or sell can only be considered robbers."
"But what he gave was real, and the money he took was fair and reasonable," the boss said in embarrassment.
"I'm talking about the means of transaction, not fairness. If you insist on saying so, then I'll follow your rules. Here are a few things that you didn't collect in a formal way, right? You can count them as picked up by you. I'm going to take them back. Don't worry, I'll give you a medal for knowing what's good."
"But my money..."
"Oh, your money was robbed by that robber named Xia. We also know this. How much did you lose? Tell us the amount. After we catch him, we will ask him for the money and return it to you. As for how much he spent, we don't know."
Huoshaoshan was listening on the side and gave Xia Zheteng a thumbs up. You are even more evil than a black businessman. How can you say such a thing?
Wow, the things are considered picked up by the merchant and handed over to the government, but the merchant’s money is considered stolen and can only be returned after the culprit is caught, and it’s not certain how much can be returned. It’s very smart.
The boss was also dumbfounded. If the navy becomes shameless, they will be even more evil than the black businessmen. Is this justice?
Xia Zheteng said, it depends on your choice. Justice has nothing to do with me. If you care so much about justice, you will be restricted. It is better not to put any shackles on yourself.
"Okay, Mr. Navy, you win. Let me tell you about the day I saw him."
Xia Zheteng nodded with satisfaction. That's right. It makes you look like a serious businessman.
Soon, some new information appeared.
"Xia"'s height is a little shorter than expected in previous portraits. This is not the main point. After all, the people who saw Xia at that time were frightened, so it is normal to describe the other person as taller.
The appearance is the same as described before. The voice changer makes it impossible to determine the authenticity of the voice. The cloak is very large, the kind that can wrap the person inside, so the figure cannot be seen, and it is impossible to tell whether it is a man or a woman.
The mask is the same, and the most important thing is that the "Xia" at that time did use the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and the entire black trade town was shaken.
The shop owner lived in a large courtyard, and some of the houses in the courtyard were directly collapsed by the earthquake.
The shop owner was terrified at the time, and he was not the only one who saw this. There was also a swordsman protecting him beside him.
The swordsman also said that the opponent used the ability of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, which is said to be only possessed by Whitebeard.
Therefore, the transaction of this treasure had to be done. Fortunately, the treasure left by the other party was real and the amount of money taken was appropriate, so the shop owner did not think much about it.
"I heard that most of the treasures and fruits have been traded out. Why haven't you traded yet?"
"Sir, I just want to see if anything goes wrong after the other people's transactions. Besides, it's not like I haven't made a deal. If you had come a little later, these things wouldn't be with me."
Hmm? Xia Zheteng's mind moved, which meant that these things should have found buyers.
"Okay, I've said everything I need to say. Do you have anything to add?"
"No... Oh, by the way, when he came to see me that day, it was already midnight, and we also chatted with several other companies. They all traded at about the same time. There has been no movement in the past few days. I guess if he still has goods, he should be waiting for us to sell them all before coming. In the past few days, several of us have prepared some berries outside, waiting for people to come and take them."
"You guys are doing a good business." Xia Zheteng laughed and felt very happy.
The boss's excuse of waiting for them to take action is very good. This way, he doesn't have to come here. Xia just happened to appear to find an excuse. Isn't this ready-made?
Chapter 70 It Really Appeared
Just when Xia Zheteng and Huoshaoshan were competing with black businessmen on Kediqiao Island.
Naval Headquarters, Marinevandor.
There were five people sitting in Marshal Kong's office.
Sengoku, Crane, and on the other side, there are two CP0 members wearing masks.
"As of now, we have run out of clues in this incident, and there is only one suspect left, Major General Xia Zheteng. After all, he was in the South China Sea when the incident happened, and he was alone. So his mission should not be in the South China Sea, right?" One of the CP0 spoke up.
"His mission is indeed not in the South China Sea, but he also explained that he went there just to be lazy." Zhan Guo's face was gloomy. After all, Xia Zheteng was also a member of the navy. You CP0 actually suspected the navy. It was really infuriating.
"It's too early to say this now. We are only making inferences based on general circumstances. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain why Xia suddenly appeared without leaving any trace."
"There's no need to accuse the Navy of this. Xia Zheteng was on Kuzan's ship when the incident happened. Many people saw it."
CP0 nodded and said, "We have thought about this, but because the members of the ship and the slaves who were released have lost some of their memories, and Tenjojin and the devil fruit disappeared, we have reason to believe that the incident happened much earlier than the time reported."
If Xia Zheteng were here, he would definitely agree with CP0's inference. As an intelligence organization of the World Government, this organization is not completely mediocre, and its inference is basically correct.
Zhan Guo gritted his teeth and stared at CP0 in front of him, completely angry.
"Okay, there's no need to argue about this. Doesn't Xia Zheteng happen to have a mission? We can just shield and see if he and Xia will appear at the same time." Marshal Kong interrupted the quarrel between CP0 and Zhan Guo.
Zhan Guo snorted coldly and sat down. This mission was also assigned by Marshal Kong himself, and the purpose was to test Xia Zheteng.
"That's right. Our people also went with them. I think there should be a result this time." One of the CP0 said.
Zhan Guo glared at him. The CP organization sent people to talk to him only at this time. Are these guys so sure that it is Xia Zheteng?
Marshal Kong was also a little unhappy. After all, the words CP0 implicated him as well. At this critical moment, he didn't want any problems to appear on his resume.
If he really is a traitor in the navy, it would be really troublesome.