Chapter 384 I'm just an ordinary statue
Plop! The billionaire fell flat on his face after taking just two steps. He got up and looked at the soles of his feet: "Is it because my shoes are wet and too slippery?"
He didn't pay attention to the details: "Next we just have to go to the ammunition depot... Ouch!"
The billionaire felt like he was kicked in the butt, then he turned 900 degrees in the air and landed headfirst on the ground with a painful thud.
"Ah!" The billionaire felt that his head was almost pushed into his body, and he climbed up using his hands and feet, "Who is it? Get out!"
No one responded to him. He turned his head sharply and looked behind him, but the deck was empty. There was only a cat statue on the bow, and everything was normal.
"Damn it, did I slip again?" The Billionaire Elder felt that he couldn't do such a difficult move with his own abilities, and he was indeed kicked in the butt just now, was it an illusion?
He glanced in the direction of the warship. Miss. Two Fingers was obviously no match for the robot. He didn't have much time left: "Never mind, let's blow up the ship first!"
However, as soon as the billionaire turned around, he felt someone poking his lower back with a finger. His body stiffened for a moment, and he quickly drew his sword, turned around and slashed back.
From an angle he couldn't see, a cat carved out of wood had already circled behind him as he turned around, and poked him in the lower back with its hand.
The Billionaire Elder turned around again and missed again.
"Who... is it?!" His voice was trembling a little. He rotated the knife horizontally, but still found nothing, because the statue also rotated in his blind spot, and its movement speed was very fast.
"Could it be a user with special abilities? A transparent fruit?" The Billionaire Elder thought for a moment, then suddenly bent down and looked back from under his hips.
The statue deftly supported the waist of the billionaire with its hands, and suspended its body in the air, perfectly avoiding his sight, but a cat's tail hung down disobediently.
"Found it, you bastard!" The billionaire elder grabbed the cat's tail and pulled it in front of him. Although the feeling was a bit strange, he didn't care about it anymore. It turned out to be just a cat that had made him frightened for so long?
The statue was a little panicked. He looked left and right for a stick to knock the other person out, but he couldn't find one. When the billion-strong elder was about to chop him with a knife, a small light bulb popped up above his head: Am I not a piece of wood myself?
The statue gave an evil smile: "Hehehehaha~ In me power!"
He raised his hand and knocked it down, bang!
The billionaire's mind went blank, a towering red envelope appeared on his head, and he fell straight down.
The statue took back its tail, raised its foot and spun a few times, kicking the Billion Elder out of the Amber. After doing all this, he clapped his hands in satisfaction and returned to his post.
I am just an ordinary statue, why should I do such a thing to protect the ship? And it seems that this is not the first time, the statue fell into deep thought.
In the cabin, the running duck that originally carried the shark Chili was trembling. Was there a scary cat on the ship?
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On the other side, the battle between Shark Chili and Miss. Two Fingers was also coming to an end. Even if Miss. Two Fingers used her ability to stimulate her arm muscles to increase her strength, she was still far inferior to Shark Chili who could stop the tram with one hand.
Even if she turned her hands into spiked maces or meteor hammers, she still couldn't hurt Shark Pepper.
"Attached Sharp-toothed Shark!" Shark Chili lowered his head and leaned forward slightly. The mechanical shark on his back immediately flew out, bit Miss. Shuangzhi's shoulder, and dragged her out of the boat.
"Ah!" Miss. felt a pain in her shoulder and flew backwards, falling into the Santo River with the mechanical shark.
Even if a Devil Fruit user falls into a river, he is still a landlubber. He struggles symbolically for a few times before sinking.
The mechanical shark flew back to Shark Chili's back, and Shark Chili stepped onto the railing: "It's about time she loses consciousness. Let's... Oops? Time's up. Have you been playing for too long just to practice your moves?"
"Brother Shark, take a rest. Don't worry about this. I'll go get her!"
"I should go. Lao Lu, can you get up after going down with your body size?"
"Damn it, Tidecaller Mermaid, you ran away!"
The flag monsters vied for the good job of fishing the girl out of the river, but in the end the Tide-Calling Mermaid got there first and floated up with Miss. in her arms.
Seeing his brothers getting so angry, Chaohuan Jiao was in a good mood and even wanted to tease them: "Excuse me, is the one you dropped the gold girl, the silver girl, or the girl who fainted from choking on water and has thorns all over her body?"
Jin Erpeng and the other two flag monsters looked at each other, nodded, and swooped down with the move of an eagle striking the water to grab the Tidecaller, and said viciously: "We lost this disloyal Tidecaller!"
The three flag monsters threw Miss.'s fingers aside, held down the Tidecaller and started beating it.
Shark Chili ignored this group of idiots, looked at the direction Zhang Daye and the others were coming from, turned around and went to the warship's cabin to find a pair of seastone handcuffs to put on Miss's fingers.
A few minutes later, Zhang Da also reached the shore. Shark Chili and the flag monsters had already pulled the Amber and the warship to the shore. The million elders and billion elders in the river were also fished out and tied up.
The flag monsters briefly showed the wounds on their bodies caused by Miss.'s fingers, and then went back to the Huang Yao Banner to rest.
Shark Chili briefly explained what happened.
"What's going on? Why did Crocodile think of destroying our ship?" Zhang Da also wondered.
"What Crocodile? He's obviously the boss..." One of the million awake elders heard Zhang Daye's words and wanted to refute, but suddenly froze halfway through.
He swallowed and asked, "You mean, our boss is actually Crocodile? The Crocodile of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?"
"Hasn't he told you yet?" Zhang Da was also curious. Why hasn't he told his men yet? Revealing his identity would at least boost morale, right?
Ye Yan thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because they are just cannon fodder. It doesn't matter whether they know it or not. Besides, they want to rob warships and dismantle our ships. It seems that they don't expect them to come back alive."
"Impossible! The Boss specially sent a senior agent to come with us! He also said that he would give us a code name as long as we complete the mission!"
"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb. If you want you to work hard, you have to spend some money, right?" Zhang Da also looked at Miss.'s fingers, "If I'm not mistaken, this lady should be the weakest among the remaining senior agents in your agency. And you don't even know who the boss is, how much can his promise be worth?"
Millions of elders found themselves unable to refute and became dejected.
"Let's start the boat first. Crocodile sent them here to cause trouble. He probably doesn't want us to go back too early. We have to go back and see what he is up to." Zhang Da also said, "Can we still tow the warship back if its rudder is broken?"
He thought that by taking it back he could either make Vice Admiral Huoshaoshan owe him a favor, or get some money from the navy, which would be a good deal either way.
Shark Chili said: "It should be no problem, I will use the giant shark to pull the boat."
This warship is a bit big, but it is still within the capabilities of the giant shark, and the speed of pulling it forward in the river is not slow.
On the way, Zhang Da also tried to ask the millionaires and billionaires what else they knew, but they all knew nothing.
Even if Miss. Shuangfen was awakened, she only knew the true identity of the boss and the goal of this mission, and was completely unaware of the mission content of the other two senior agents.
"Don't waste your energy, you can't beat him." Miss. Two Fingers saw that Zhang Daye didn't take Crocodile seriously and said contemptuously.
"Why do you say that?" Zhang Da didn't know where her confidence came from.
"You have no idea how terrifying he is. In this country, in the desert, he is the king." Miss Shuangzhi's eyes were full of admiration.
In their eyes, Lao Sha's natural system is invincible. No matter swords, guns, fists or feet, they can't hurt him at all. This is a problem of perspective.
Zhang Da also said: "If he is really that powerful, guess why he wants to do something so secretly and ask you to trip us up."
"That's because..." Miss.'s fingers began to feel something was wrong, and her tone became less confident, "It's because I don't want to cause you any trouble...right?"
She suddenly felt that she might be a discarded pawn, and that she was brought here just to delay the return of the Amber Tour Group and lure out the Vice Admiral in the capital. Whether she could return alive was not important at all.
Zhang Da ignored her. As they were in a hurry this time, Altria was in charge of the helm and the Amber was moving very fast.
The shark giant was able to keep up even if it was pulling the warship at full speed - the warship's rudder was mainly broken, but the sail was still fine. The shark giant was mainly helping to adjust the direction, and the extra energy was used to supplement the power.
Until they were almost reaching the shore, the group did not encounter any small snacks like the big catfish, which made Altria a little disappointed.
However, there was a group of sailors in the river who were struggling hard and swimming very fast.
Especially the one in the lead with a kind-looking bearded man, who actually used the relatively rare butterfly stroke. He lunged forward again and again, and had already left the Marines behind him a long distance away.
Tom was so excited that he wanted to jump into the water to compete with him.
Do strong people these days have to master a unique swimming style? Just like Rayleigh is good at breaststroke?
Zhang Da also shouted at them, "Is it Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan?"
The Amber and the warship were large targets, so Admiral Huoshaoshan naturally discovered the target before Zhang Da. He did not rush into action because he saw the flag of the Amber.
"It's me. Are you from the Amber Tour Group? Can you tell me what happened? And what's going on with this warship?"
"Of course, please come aboard to talk," Zhang Da also said, "Please accept the warship as well."
Vice Admiral Huoshaoshan jumped onto the Amber. After receiving Huoshaoshan's order, the naval soldiers looked at the giant shark in awe before beginning to climb onto the warship.
"We were commissioned by King Cobra to go to Rainland to investigate the Baroque Works, and then someone drove a warship to attack our ship docked on the shore." Zhang Da also pointed to the side, "The leader is this, Miss Two Fingers, a senior agent of Baroque Works, the Thorn Man who ate the thorn fruit, formerly known as Sarah, nicknamed the Poison Spider, with a bounty of 35 million Baileys."
"How do you know?!" Sarah looked at Zhang Daye in surprise. She didn't remember revealing her identity.
Of course, it depends on Shark Chili's database and facial recognition. Zhang Da also said, "Someone on our ship has seen your bounty order. Is it difficult to recognize you?"
Of course it's difficult! Sarah cried in her heart, she had been in the Baroque Workshop for so long, and no one could recognize her simply by wearing a headscarf, glasses, and makeup, so why can you? !
Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan looked at Sarah. Judging from the wounds on the soldiers found on the shore, they were indeed caused by sharp weapons. Could they be thorn fruits?
Listening to Zhang Daye's story, he almost understood the whole story: "Thank you for helping to recapture the warship and arrest these prisoners."
"Well... you saw it too. During the battle, the rudder of the warship was accidentally broken, and the deck and the side of the ship were also damaged..." Out of courtesy, Zhang Da also felt that he should tell Huoshaoshan in advance that they were not responsible for this matter.
"It's rare to be able to achieve this level. It's common to have damage in battle." Huoshaoshan certainly didn't care about this. This little damage could be repaired. He should be thankful that the warship was not sunk. "I will help apply for a reward from the headquarters. The same goes for Sarah's bounty. It will be paid as soon as possible."
"Oh, by the way, there's no rush regarding the bounty. You need to communicate with the king on how to deal with these people. We are now affiliated with Alabasta's special search team. Strictly speaking, these people seem to be prisoners of Alabasta."
Zhang Da also suddenly remembered his temporary position. Although he would not stay here for too long, it would still be inappropriate to hand the person over directly to the navy.
"There's no problem with this. We've already discussed how Baroque Works will handle this." Huoshaoshan said that this kind of thing had already been negotiated, and he had caught people in the past few days. "Anyway, the bounty you all deserve will not be less. The only difference is who handed it to you."
"Oh, that's best."
"Wait a minute, you just said that you joined Alabasta?" Huoshaoshan asked belatedly. How come the person that their navy valued so much was poached away by Alabasta as soon as he arrived here?
"Yeah. I joined because I thought it was interesting. If I get bored after a while, I might quit and continue traveling." Zhang Da couldn't just say that he was working as a temporary worker in order to legally and reasonably confront Crocodile.
"This is not important. The key point is that we have found out that the owner of Baroque Works is indeed Crocodile." Zhang Da also handed the "evidence" he had to Huoshaoshan. "In addition, Miss Sarah has confessed to this matter."
"It's really him..." Huoshaoshan frowned. Although the purpose of his coming here was to investigate Crocodile, he still felt complicated after confirming that it was him.
Zhang Da also said: "By the way, we also received news that the king was assassinated in the capital by people from Baroque Works. Crocodile may have other plans. Maybe he will directly hold the royal family hostage or something."
"What? That guy..." Huoshaoshan's brows frowned even tighter. Crocodile was so bold.
He stared at the photo Zhang Da gave him, his thoughts drifting. Pirates are pirates after all, and the World Government's intention to use the Seven Warlords of the Sea to check and balance other pirates may be a wrong calculation.
"I understand. We can't let him go on being so reckless any longer." Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan said firmly, "We must arrest Crocodile today no matter what!"
"That's right!" Zhang Da also responded.
Arrest? To be honest, I want to kill him.
