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At the same time, he took a long breath, changed into the admiral's naval uniform, and slowly wandered on the sea.
Two days later, Xia Zheteng arrived at an island not far from Wano Country.
Because Tiger lives in seclusion on this island. I heard this from Tian Yueshi. I happened to come and see him. It’s time for him to start preparing for his work.
The island is not big, and the buildings on the island are also very interesting.
More than half of the island is farmland, and the houses are built along the coastline, with a small number of houses built in the sea.
It turns out that this is also a deserted island. After all, there are no resources here and the area is not very large.
But later, some refugees came here.
Gradually, such a small town was formed.
There aren't many people in the town, only about three or four hundred, but there are people of all races.
The fishmen are also a part of them, and there are actually more than a dozen households of fishmen here.
It couldn't be better for Tiger to hide in it.
However, most of the mermen live in houses built in the sea.
Normally they live together with the residents of the small town, and no one looks down on anyone.
People living in the New World don’t have so many opinions about race. To put it bluntly, they have seen a lot.
Moreover, for the people in this small town, the fishmen, whose strength is ten times that of ordinary people, are also a huge protective force.
Ordinary people really can't go to the island.
When Xia Zheteng arrived here, he was followed under the boat by several fishmen.
"Why are the navy here?" The fishmen looked at the boat and frowned.
Whether to attack Xia Zheteng, that is the question.
If they don't fight, Xia Zheteng will land. When the battle happens on land, these fishmen don't think they will have the advantage.
But if we fight, what if they are just passing by and they attack the navy ship, then the entire island may be destroyed.
"I'm here to see me, don't worry." Just when they were in a dilemma, a voice came.
Immediately afterwards, Tiger swam over from the sea and greeted these fishmen.
"Is that so? Are you sure there's no danger?"
"Don't worry, there will be no danger, and he won't spread the news that we are here. Just leave it to me."
The fishmen then retreated.
Tiger swam up from the bottom of the sea, finally grabbed the side of the boat and jumped onto it.
Xia Zheteng's Observation Haki had already discovered him, and he was not surprised.
The current Tiger is wearing a unicorn mask that hides his face. If you are not an acquaintance, it would be hard to associate him with the former Tiger just by looking at his appearance.
"This place is nice."
"The New World's acceptance of fishmen is much better than the Grand Line's."
Xia Zheteng nodded, that was true.
After all, the pirates who can come here must have walked through the underwater passage and entered Fish-man Island, so they are not so afraid of Fish-men.
"Come to my house."
"Uh, isn't your home in the sea? I don't have the skills of a fishman."
"I have my own house in town, too. Thanks to you, I have quite a bit of money."
I guess this guy has contacted Tian Yueshi, so he is not short of money.
Xia Zheteng just nodded and followed Tiger towards the coast.
There was no port in this place, so the boat was parked in a corner of the fishman residential area. Tiger got ashore from the water, and Xia Zheteng got ashore using Moon Steps.
When they arrived in the town, people who looked around were all amazed at Xia Zheteng's navy uniform, but no one looked at Tiger.
There were a few brave ones who came over and said hello to Tiger.
Of course, there were also some timid ones who simply retreated back into the house.
Xia Zheteng also saw it. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that those who escaped back to the house could be found on the wanted warrant. Of course, there was not much reward for them.
After all, how strong could someone be who could be beaten here from the New World?
"It can be considered a place of refuge." Xia Zheteng nodded. In this way, there is no need to worry too much. As long as the people here don't go out to cause trouble, they will definitely have the power to protect themselves.
Soon they arrived at a house in the town, but Tiger didn't open the door himself, but knocked on it.
Then the door opened and a petite figure appeared.
Xia Zheteng widened his eyes. This merman was quite pretty, but a little short. Of course, this was only compared to himself and Tiger.
"This is my wife, the Red Arrowfish Mermaid, Amielle."
Xia Zheteng's eyes widened. This was beyond his expectations: "Are you married?"
Tiger scratched his head: "Well, this is also a very special situation."
Chapter 140 How to Open the Stone Wall
At Tiger's house, Tiger and Xia Zheteng sat opposite each other, while Aimi made tea for them and sat next to Tiger.
"I think your current situation..."
"I know what you're going to say, but it doesn't matter. Aimi is not weak either. We can help you together. Besides, if you hadn't saved me, I'm afraid I would have died long ago."
Aimi on the side held Tiger's hand, and the two of them seemed to be very affectionate.
There's just a big height difference.
However, no matter how far behind they are, they are not as far behind as Neptune and Princess Otohime.
The merfolk don’t seem to care much about their size.
"Well, alright, I do need your strength after all."
Tiger took off his mask and said, "I have seen the stone wall of Wano Country. I have also tested its hardness. If you just use ordinary methods, you can't open it at all."
Xia Zheteng frowned. What should he do? The most important thing was that Xia Zheteng could not go to Pluto in a high-profile manner.
Once the world government gets to know about this, his fate will probably be even worse than O'Hara's.
That would not be an ordinary demon-slaying order. I guess the Five Elders, the Three Generals and so on would take action against me.
After all, Pluto’s involvement is too great.
The reason why no one has touched Shirahoshi is because not many people know that Shirahoshi is the King of the Sea.
But if Hades is born and gets anxious, Im might be able to walk out from between the flowers.
"Is there any way to deal with it?"
Tiger nodded and said, "I have thought of some methods these days. For us, the most useful one is the devil fruit."
"Devil Fruit?"
"Yes, there are many kinds of fruits, and some of them can be used to deal with this kind of stone wall, such as digging fruits."
Xia Zheteng thought about it and felt that this fruit should have appeared before, but not here, but in the city.
The 5.5th floor was created by the person who can dig holes.
The development of the Demon Kingdom in advancing the city is all thanks to the user of the Dig-Dig Fruit.
"This, I can't find it for a while."
"Is that so? Then we can only cooperate with Crocodile."
Well, working with Crocodile?
But then again, Xia Zheteng knew that Crocodile also coveted Pluto, otherwise he would not have recruited Robin, whose purpose was to decipher the text.
Wait, he knew where Pluto was only because he had read related content before, but for Crocodile, he interpreted it from scratch.
He only knew that Pluto existed, but didn't know where Pluto was. So why would he put so much energy into an illusory Pluto?
And the target is very clear, directly targeting Alabasta.
And this kingdom later proved to be not simple.
If we connect everything together, then this stone wall was most likely built by the D clan.
In addition, Crocodile's ability is likely to be most suitable for destroying this stone wall.
Think about what sand is, stones crushed into slag.
By sucking the moisture out of the stone wall, the stone wall can be destroyed. Otherwise, it is difficult for ordinary people to break those stone walls.
"Cooperation is not necessary. If it's just the ability of the Sand-Sand Fruit, I can get it. But then again, once you eat the Sand-Sand Fruit, won't you be unable to move in the water?"
To be honest, when talking about this, Xia Zheteng thought of a small BUG set by Oda.
Big Billboard Drought Jack.
That guy is a fishman who ate a devil fruit. During the previous battle with the Elephant Lord, he was sucked into the sea by the nose and couldn't move. He could only wait for someone to come and fish him out.
Normally, the fishman should not be able to move in the sea after eating the fruit.
But later, when it came to the main text of the history of Wano Country, Kozuki Sukiyaki said that because Jack was a fishman, Kaido didn't spend much effort to find the main text of the history.
In other words, the historical text was found because Jack went into the water and then found the path to the historical text from the water. Isn't this guy unable to move in the water?
Anyway, Xia Zheteng is a bit messy, but it’s not a big problem.
"Amielle will help me. I have a membrane boat in my hand. We can go to the sea with the boat and the people. I can use my ability underwater to make part of the stone wall turn into sand and slowly open it up towards the center."
So that's how it is. This way, even if Tiger has problems in the water and can't move, he can ask Amyelli to pull him onto the boat.
He is a fishman, so naturally he is not afraid of sea water.
"If that's the case, there's really no problem, but you'll have to wait for a while."
Xia Zheteng was also helpless, the excitement value was not enough.
Next, I have to find a way to look around for something interesting to see.
"I have no problem. Just come to me when the time comes."
Xia Zheteng nodded, and the matter of finding Pluto was finalized. He then had dinner at Tiger's place before leaving.
Looking at his own liveliness value, Xia Zheteng was so angry, Sakaski, if this guy hadn't suddenly attacked him, would he have to add some Pika Pika Fruit? He would have to remember this debt for now, and he would definitely have to pay it back in the future.
Let’s go back to the Grand Line first.
The New World has been a bit quiet lately, so it’s not certain how long we’ll have to wait for things to get lively here.
Maybe we can discover something on the Grand Route.
I came to the Sabaody Archipelago from Fishman Island and was about to go to Shaqi's place to have a drink when the Den Den Mushi rang.
"Hey."
"Where are you?" It was the voice of Zhan Guo.
"The Sabaody Islands, let's see if there's any information about Xia here."
"That's great. Why don't you go back to the headquarters? It would be best if you could go there for this matter."
Xia Zheteng had to give up the idea of going out for a drink and drove the boat back to headquarters.
I came to Zhan Guo's office, and after entering, I found He was also there.
In addition, there was actually an acquaintance and two juniors.
The acquaintance was Stoloberg, the guy with the long beard and the long skull.
It was he who attacked Tiger in the first place, but was kicked by Xia Zheteng and suffered injuries on the head and body. The bandages were tied up like a piece of firewood.
Now this guy is also a lieutenant general.
And if I remember correctly, this guy is also one of the five members of the Demon Slayer Order on Judicial Island.
The other two still hold the rank of lieutenant colonel.