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Seeing that everything was almost ready, Xia Zheteng swam upstream.
He quickly emerged from the water and looked forward.
Sakaski's warship did not leave, but stopped not far away, and Xia Zheteng directly boarded the ship using the Moon Step.
"Who?" Sakaski looked back and saw that someone dared to board his boat.
"Sakaski, did you just come here from the battle?"
Xia Zheteng rushed over aggressively.
You know, Sakaski is now a general, while Xia Zheteng is still a major general. But even so, Xia Zheteng has never been afraid of the other party.
Strength is one aspect, but the most important thing is that Xia Zheteng and Sakaski have a pretty good relationship.
"Why are you here?" Sakaski looked at Xia Zheteng strangely.
"Why am I here? I was just on my way back to headquarters when I heard the sound of fighting here, so I came to take a look. As soon as I arrived, a bunch of light bullets hit me. If it weren't for my good strength, I would have died in the sea and fed the fish. I finally swam up and saw your ship here. Who were you fighting with just now? Huh?"
Seeing Xia Zheteng's anger, Sakaski didn't think about anything else. After all, someone who was so confident to come and ask for an explanation must be fine.
Xia Zheteng thought the same way, and he used this method to change his identity and clear himself of his relationship with Xia.
"Hey, hey, have some sense. You also said that what hit you just now was a light bullet. Do you think I can use a light bullet?"
"That makes sense." Xia Zheteng touched his chin and clapped his hands. "By the way, that light bullet was Borsalino."
"A-choo." Borsalino on the warship sneezed again. Did he really catch a cold? He scratched his head. This shouldn't be the case. His physique should be good.
On the other side, Xia Zheteng angrily found a lounge chair and sat on the deck, looking like he was ready to fight Borsalino.
Of course, Sakaski also briefly explained that he had a conflict with Xia, and now Xia escaped.
"Of course. He must be very strong to be able to escape from your hands."
Sakaski snorted coldly and said, "What's so strong about that? If he hadn't been able to use the power of the Flash Fruit, I would never have let him get away."
Until now, Sakaski believed that the other party had escaped using the light escape technique and had never considered that the other party could enter the water.
For Xia Zheteng, this is also a natural protection. After all, he got on the ship from the sea, which proves that he has no fruit ability, and no one has doubted this.
Xia Zheteng lay down and twisted his neck comfortably, then said: "Anyway, you didn't keep him. I have to be careful when I see this Xia in the future."
Sakaski was depressed, this was indeed what happened.
"Be careful, that guy is really strong."
Xia Zheteng smiled. When fighting with Sakaski just now, Xia Zheteng also calculated his chances of winning.
If both sides fight with all their strength, Xia Zheteng can guarantee that he will have a slight advantage.
After all, Sakaski has not yet reached his peak condition, otherwise his chances of winning would be greatly reduced.
But no matter what, the day when Xia can sail freely on the sea is not far away as he has reached the strength to fight against the three generals.
"Report, one of our warships is coming to support us."
"Everyone has run away. There's no point in sending reinforcements. Who is coming?"
"General Porusalino."
Well, Xia Zheteng and Sakaski looked at each other, and the two of them quickly stood up and looked at the warship that was getting closer and closer. This old guy is finally here.
Chapter 136 I Accepted This Mission
Seeing the enemy's warship approaching, two people flew up and rushed directly to Borsalino's warship.
Borsalino was standing at the bow, and was also shocked when he saw Sakaski and Xia Zheteng flying towards him in Moon Steps.
"Borsalino, that Xia used the same moves as you. Don't tell me you had no idea." As soon as Sakaski came up, he reached out and grabbed half of Borsalino's collar.
Xia Zheteng grabbed the other half of the collar and said viciously: "Kizaru, my ship was sunk by a laser, you have to compensate me for this."
"Oh, you two have such scary expressions, but I really don't know anything. Vice Admiral Tsuru and all the sailors on my ship can prove that I came from Marinford and never left the team."
Akainu naturally knew this. If Kizaru fell out of the team, his suspicion would increase infinitely.
"Now is not the time to talk about this. The other party did use the power of the Pikachu Fruit, so Admiral Kizaru, can you explain to me how your ability was learned by the other party?"
Kizaru scratched his head, he couldn't think of this either.
There is no way. Influenced by the rules of this world, whether it is Kizaru or Akainu, there will be a stratification in cognition.
For example, the simplest one is that people with fruit abilities cannot go to sea, which is the common understanding of all pirates.
Therefore, when Xia Zheteng appeared swimming, everyone would naturally think that he was not a fruit ability user, so no matter how much they suspected him, they could not suspect him.
And in the world of pirates, there is another rule that it is impossible for two identical fruits to appear.
But in fact, with the subsequent development of artificial fruits, repeated fruits of the animal series appeared.
But this does not include the natural system.
Of course, there are also fruits that can imitate other people's abilities, even people, similar to the Mirror-Mirror Fruit. It is really difficult to tell who is who for a moment.
But the abilities Xia used clearly went beyond this concept.
Therefore, Kizaru didn't know what was going on, Akainu couldn't guess what was going on, and Xia Zheteng took advantage of the situation.
In the end, the three people who did not get an answer sat on Kizaru's deck and began to discuss Xia's abilities.
"Maybe it's an unknown ability that can copy other people's moves. He copied Kizaru's special move, but in fact, he is not the user of the Pikachu Fruit."
Xia Zheteng expressed his thoughts, and Akainu and Kizaru nodded. Of course, they had never heard of this fruit before, so they had to report it to the World Government and let them investigate this fruit.
When the three people returned to the headquarters, Akainu and Kizaru naturally went to report the matter.
Xia Zheteng went to apply for a new warship.
Fortunately, it was just a small boat. For the navy, losing one or two ships is not that painful. If it were a large warship, it would be terrible.
Just as he was about to leave Marinford, the Den Den Mushi rang. It was Zhan Guo. He heard that Xia Zheteng was still at the headquarters and asked him to go to the office immediately.
In Sengoku's office, the three admirals are already here, as well as Garp and Tsuru.
"It's so lively, what's going on?"
Xia Zheteng found his seat and sat down.
"Major General Xia Zheteng, be serious." Zhan Guo said seriously.
Xia Zheteng had no choice but to shrug.
"I am announcing your appointment now. Major General Xia Zheteng, congratulations. Because of your outstanding performance, I will promote you to the rank of Lieutenant General. From now on, you will no longer be the first major general, but the first lieutenant general."
Xia Zheteng made a sound and said, "Got promoted?"
That's right, saving Zefa and the rest of the marines is definitely an achievement, so it's normal for him to be promoted.
Besides, the time is almost right, and Zhan Guo is planning to strengthen the overall strength of the navy.
There were a few people who were promoted to lieutenant general earlier than Xia Zheteng, but in terms of strength, Xia Zheteng was still the strongest.
The problem is that there is Kap ahead.
"Well, the number one vice admiral, wouldn't it be a bit... after all, there is also Vice Admiral Garp."
Zhan Guo glanced at Xia Zheteng and said, "This is what he proposed."
Xia Zheteng understood that Garp was weakening his influence in the navy.
This old man wants to retire.
"Okay, let's talk about the second thing."
Wait, is the appointment over? Xia Zheteng remembered the scene when Zhan Guo became the marshal. How come when it came to him, he just read out the order.
Alas, the title of Lieutenant General is indeed not very prestigious. The only advantage is that he is still relatively free.
"Xia's wanted amount has been raised again."
20 billion Baileys. Xia Zheteng looked at the new wanted poster and scratched his head. It seemed that Xia had not done anything recently?
"Xia's strength has also been confirmed. His strength has exceeded our cognition, so the World Government believes that he is extremely dangerous. We have received orders to report immediately if we see Xia, and to send at least two admiral-level combat forces to encircle and suppress him."
As he spoke, Sengoku glared at Garp, mainly because this guy let Xia win.
If this guy had entangled Xia before and waited for reinforcements to arrive, he might have captured him long ago.
"Why are you looking at me? I really couldn't catch up with him at that time. After all, he used Borsalino's ability to escape."
"Yes, it runs very fast and is difficult to catch up with." Akainu also said.
Huang Yuan was speechless. Can you not mention this matter? It seems as if I let the person run away.
"Okay, there's no need to talk about this, everyone understands it, so if you meet Xia, the best way is to fight, use absolute force to tie up the opponent, and wait for support. Kizaru will be the first choice of support personnel."
Xia Zheteng sighed in his heart. It seems that Xia needs to be more careful in his actions recently. This method is most likely just the method revealed by Zhan Guo on the surface. The real method has not been revealed yet.
"Let's adjourn the meeting. Xia Zheteng will stay."
Uh, Xia Zheteng was also speechless. Everyone else had left, so what was the point of leaving him behind?
Soon, everyone else left, even Garp, who went to have tea with Kizaru.
Apart from Zhan Guo, only He was left in the office.
What's going on? Even Garp has to hide it.
"Lieutenant General Xia Zheteng, with your current strength, if you were to face Xia, what are your chances of winning?"
"It's hard to say since I haven't fought him, but judging by Vice Admiral Garp's strength, it's probably fifty-fifty."
Hitting yourself is 100% likely to kill you, which is commonly known as suicide. The question is, what do you mean by asking this question, Warring States?
"Regarding Xia, the World Government and the headquarters have decided to grant you the right to freely navigate and attack. As long as you find any trace of Xia, you can enter any territory at will to fight. In a word, if you can entangle him, it will be a great achievement."
So that's how it is. It is difficult for the three admirals to act without orders. On the contrary, the lieutenant generals will have more freedom.
Unfortunately, among the lieutenant generals, no one except himself is Xia's opponent, so Zhan Guo plans to make himself a free man.
The second plan for Xia is to use free men to entangle him. This is possible.
Xia Zheteng saluted solemnly, indicating that he had accepted the task and would ensure that it was completed flawlessly.
Chapter 137 Can I draw a tube of blood?
In the new world, Xia Zheteng leisurely drove the boat towards Egg Head Island.
Sailing freely is really good. In addition, chasing Xia by myself is not a sure thing, but whether we can fight together is a question.
Xia Zheteng wanted to laugh. Zhan Guo probably didn't expect that when he found someone to restrain Xia, he ended up finding the real person.
After the boat reached the island near Egg Head Island, Xia Zheteng went ashore, changed to another small boat, and then set off again towards Egg Head Island.
But at this time, Xia Zheteng had changed his clothes.
Xia Zheteng stopped the boat far away from Egg Head Island, then used the transparent fruit and the Moon Step to reach the island.
At the shore of Eggman, there was indeed a World Government ship at this time.
After Kizaru became the admiral, there were surveillance personnel left here, and even people from CP were here. Anyway, anyone who approaches Vegapunk now will be investigated.
This situation was not brought under control until Vegapunk created the mechanical beasts.
Xia Zheteng chose a more remote route, avoiding all these troubles and reaching the island.
At present, Egg Head Island has not yet been developed into the high-tech place it later became.
Vegapunk's recent research is probably still on the replication of devil fruits.
After all, the so-called failed Blue Dragon Fruit has not been replicated yet.
The interior of the laboratory is very tall. After all, Vegapunk has a big forehead now, and it would be inconvenient for him to move if he was too short.
After searching upstairs and downstairs, they finally saw Vegapunk and some other figures in an underground laboratory.
These are the scientists working at the Vegapunk Lab.
Xia Zheteng was not in a hurry. He waited until several people finished their work and separated before leaving with Vegapunk.
After walking along the laboratory corridor for about four or five minutes, Vegapunk suddenly stopped.
"Strange, I always feel like someone is following me." Vegapunk looked back a few times. It was purely an intuition.