Chapter 57 Investment Genius

On the other side, Luffy, who had been fighting for a long time and was already covered with scars, used blood as a coagulant and fought with his last blow to defeat Crocodile.

At the moment when Crocodile lost consciousness, Albana finally had rain that was three years late. This precious rain diluted the resentment in the hearts of the rebels and made them happy. Everyone put down their weapons, smiled on their faces, and began to cheer.

The crisis in Alabasta was resolved, and Luffy and the other members of the Straw Hat Pirates finally couldn't resist the fatigue and sleepiness that surged in their bodies and fell asleep.

A few days later, in the Alabasta Palace.

In the middle of the spacious and clean restaurant was a large and long dining table, which was piled with fruits, barbecue, rice balls, juice and other foods to entertain these heroes who saved the country.

The Straw Hat Pirates were sitting in two rows at the dining table to eat. Their rubber captain was still sleeping because of his serious injuries, but this did not affect his eating. The rich combat experience during the sea voyage enabled him to develop a unique skill of eating while sleeping to replenish energy.

For example, now, although he was snoring with his eyes closed, his hands were not idle. He held a piece of sea beast meat in his left hand and a large pork chop in his right hand. He still felt that he was not satisfied with the food. He directly swallowed all the food on the table in one gulp. The maid hurriedly ran to the kitchen again to urge the food.

Luffy, a big eater, would be fine, but there was also Ace, the second big eater, at the table. The poor chef in the palace was sweating in the kitchen, and the spatula was almost smoking. He wished he could turn into a spider spirit with eight hands immediately, but he still couldn't satisfy their appetite.

After finishing the food on the table, Luffy reached his black hand into the plates of everyone present as usual.

Just like that, I don't know how much food he ate, but he finally replenished his energy. After Luffy opened his eyes, he saw a yellow-haired boy standing in front of him, looking at him with a very intimate look. The boy seemed to be in a good mood and greeted him with a smile: "You finally woke up, Luffy."

Although Luffy had no impression of the person in front of him, he always felt a familiar intimacy with him, so he quickly stuffed all the meat in his hand into his mouth, swallowed it, turned his rubber head 360 degrees, blinked his eyes, and asked him: "Who are you? Are you going to steal meat from me?"

The boy took out a large piece of bone meat from somewhere and fed it to Luffy's mouth. His eyes were bright, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and the smile on his face could not be stopped: "Hey, Luffy, as the best brother in the world, you will not do things to steal meat from your younger brother."

Ace, who was feasting: ...

Are you picking on me! ?

So like a child in a rage, Ace also fed all the meat in front of him to Luffy.

Luffy ate the meat that Ace handed over without thinking, and used all his attention to look at the boy in front of him. Suddenly, his body was startled: "You said I was your younger brother. My brother besides Ace is... Sabo! Are you Sabo!?"

Sabo nodded: "Yes, I am Sabo, your brother Sabo, long time no see, Luffy."

Because of the joy of reunion, Luffy's eyes overflowed with tears. He was so surprised that he fell off his seat. He stretched out his rubber arms to grab Sabo's head and hugged him.

"Sabo! I thought you..."

He couldn't say that word anyway, but fortunately, death was just a joke played by the sea on them. After many years of adventure, the three brothers gathered together again.

This time, there was no death.

And everyone was fighting for their dreams.

A touching reunion scene was staged in the restaurant, and on the other side, in a secret meeting room in the palace, Cheng Xi and Dragon sat opposite each other and had a conversation.

The man in the army green coat had a serious face, and the whole room was filled with a solemn atmosphere.

He slowly said, "Hello, Cheng Xi."

Cheng Xi got straight to the point: "I know who you are, and I know your relationship with the Navy and Vice Admiral Garp. There's no need to beat around the bush. Just tell me what you want to talk to me about."

Drago also directly stated the purpose of this trip: "I'm here to invite you to join the Revolutionary Army."

After Cheng Xi was reborn, he had been staying on the island of Furrens for two years to run the beverage shop with good business. He did not conflict with any forces. Just like the millions of ordinary people on this sea, he lived an ordinary life that was repeated every day, and he didn't seem to have much ambition.

But Drago had seen Cheng Xi twenty years ago. At that time, she was innocent, young, sharp, and sharp. Her eyes always clearly expressed her fear of the government and her dissatisfaction with the existing system. If it weren't for that accident, she might have joined the Revolutionary Army and become a partner in overthrowing the corrupt system.

"Okay, I agree."

Dragon was a little surprised. Although he had a hunch that there was a high chance that Cheng Xi would be successful in joining this time, he didn't expect her to agree so quickly. He didn't even have time to say some of the words he had prepared to persuade her.

In fact, Cheng Xi's desire to make trouble has never stopped over the years. There are only a few major forces in this world. The World Government is so bad. Although the Navy is righteous on the surface, it will still collude with the World Government when encountering major events. As for the pirate camp, except for a few pirate groups such as the Straw Hat Group or the Red Group, most of the others are evil and specialize in robbing and looting. After choosing and choosing, only the Revolutionary Army is suitable for her to join.

Moreover, since she saw Dragon's bounty order from Samuel last time, she has been investigating the Revolutionary Army. They aim to overthrow the unequal rule of the Celestial Dragons, liberate many countries, and make civilians in them free. Their power is also growing. From all aspects, it is very suitable for Cheng Xi to join.

Over the years, the corruption of the governments and countries in this world has become more and more serious, so this rotten land must be resolutely cut off. In this process, it may be painful and unbearable, but once it is completed, new and healthy flesh and blood will grow.

As for Cheng Xi, she is willing to be the one who holds the knife.

"But not now, I have another very important thing to do."

If this thing is done, their rebellion plan will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort!

Dragon quickly reacted from the shock of Cheng Xi's straightforward agreement to this matter, and told her some basic information about the current revolutionary army. Cheng Xi was also listening to him very seriously.

She held her chin and asked, "You told me so much, aren't you afraid that I will turn against you in the future? Or am I a spy sent by the World Government to infiltrate the Revolutionary Army?"

Dragon was silent for a while, and finally told her his answer.

"Since you are determined to be our partner, I will naturally believe you unconditionally."

His personality is similar to Luffy.

"Besides, I just saw in your eyes the ambition to overthrow the world and the yearning for freedom."

Ah this...

She wanted to say that it was a bit hasty to be so sure based on just one look, but in the end she didn't ask anything.

I always feel that this job is not very reliable.

And they don't pay for the five insurances and one housing fund.

Now we can only hope that the organization will work together to overthrow the world government as soon as possible and turn this organization, which is still an underground force, into a state-owned enterprise.

Dragon looked at Cheng Xi, and was hesitant to speak. In fact, he was not as careless as Cheng Xi thought. The Revolutionary Army had collected information about Cheng Xi before, which showed that she cursed the World Government and CP very... cleverly.

Such as spoiled milk is full of bad water, a pig's head grows on a dog's neck, and nerve endings comparable to those of Paramecium. His imagination broke through the sky, his rhetoric was extremely clever, and the species involved were very rich. Even Dragon himself was ashamed of himself.

These were found out in the open. In secret, he would only curse more deeply. He believed that the spies of the World Government would not curse him so dirty.

"I have also been settling down over the years. Since you trust me so much, I will definitely not let you down."

After saying that, she gave Dragon a thumbs up very confidently.

Dorag guessed that the precipitation she mentioned should be similar to accumulation and improvement, but she has lived a low-key and ordinary life in the past two years, and there has been no big news. He couldn't help asking: "What do you mean by precipitation?"

Cheng Xi: "Reading books, I read a lot of books."

Dorag was even more puzzled: "For example...?"

Although he didn't know, Cheng Xi answered his doubts and counted them one by one on his fingers: "For example, Marx, Engels, historical materialism, political economy, "Capital" and so on..."

Then she told Dorag some clips she saw in Langhuan Pavilion a few months ago. There were many things in it, such as the duality of contradictions, the dialectics of social existence and social consciousness, and political and economic and social sciences.

Dorag listened very seriously and was inexplicably excited. Although some of the terms were too professional and he didn't understand them for a while, the core of today's conversation could still be summarized.

This Marx is a thinker who specializes in the study of "working class", that is, the liberation of the proletariat.

He had a premonition that this would be a sharp sword that would pierce the Celestial Dragons, even more powerful than weapons such as guns and artillery shells, because this was knowledge that could give humans power.

He looked at Cheng Xi with a terrifyingly bright look, and he had already regarded her as the "Light of Liberation" that was as important as Nico Robin.

At the end of the conversation, when the two separated, Cheng Xi suddenly asked: "Hey, by the way, do you know the pirate named Luffy?"

Dragon: "Yes, he is my son."

"Then do you want to go see him?"

"No, it's not time to meet yet."

Cheng Xi whispered: "You father and son don't sound very familiar."

It's just a meeting, but it's like you're going to ascend the throne. Do you have to choose an auspicious day?

Not long after Luffy and the other three brothers met, it was time to part. Not only them, but everyone has their own adventure.

Vivi is the princess of Alabasta and cannot leave her country and the Straw Hat Pirates to go to sea. Sabo is going back to the Revolutionary Army, and Ace is also going to continue his journey to hunt down Blackbeard, and the Straw Hat Pirates are starting a new adventure.

The separation is not sad, because they have not forgotten each other. The sea is so broad, and they will meet again on the sea.

The world is in turmoil, and the four seas are boiling. As new eras emerge one after another on the sea, Cheng Xi finally ushered in her era, just like an awl placed in a cloth bag, which will soon show her sharp awl tip and pierce the corrupt system of this world.

A few months later, the Queen City of Spring, Santa Pobla.

After the defeat, the CP9 members are currently being hunted down by the World Government because of the blame-shifting and framing of their superior Spandam. They are in a state of isolation and helplessness. Fortunately, Bruno used the power of the Door Door Fruit to allow them to escape to this city.

The top two members of the organization are all in a coma, no longer able to move, and are carried on the shoulders of Gabra and Bruno.

As for the others, they were not much better off. They were covered in wounds and dust, and their clothes were torn. They looked very embarrassed, but they did not dare to relax at all. After a long time of running around

, they had already exhausted their strength and were exhausted. They forced their last breath to enter the city. It was raining in the city. The rain was neither too heavy nor too light. It dripped on them, staining the blood that had long been dried up again and sliding down their bodies. The weather was gloomy, rendering the whole city gray, just like their heavy and depressed mood.

Relying on their high anti-reconnaissance capabilities as agents, after confirming that there were no navy chasing them around, Owl asked: "Check, what should we do now?"

Kalifa: "We are fine, but Lucci and Kaku are too seriously injured and need to go to the hospital for surgery."

Bruno: "But we have no money."

When the word "money" was mentioned, everyone's eyes were inevitably sad, and their mood was very bad. A strong sense of humiliation surged in their hearts.

In the past, they were the ace agents of the World Government, high above everyone else, and were flattered by countless subordinates. Even the navy had to give them some face. As long as they showed their willingness, countless people would line up to give them money. They never thought that they would have to worry about money like now.

At this moment, Gabra suddenly thought of the tacky woman who liked to wear gold bracelets and hated it the most.

That day, she vowed at the table, "People who think gold is tacky must not have enough grams."

At that time, I sneered at this, but now I actually agree with it. The bullet from two years ago now hit him right between the eyebrows.

Everyone was thinking about how to quickly get money to send Lucci and Kaku to the hospital for treatment, when suddenly a light and sweet voice came into their ears, with some teasing in the tone.

"Hey, isn't this the ace agent of CP9? Why is he in such a bad situation now? Seven people can't even get a dollar together. Could he have been fired by the World Government?"

Looking for the voice, the person who teased them was a young girl. On this gloomy rainy day, she was wearing a bright orange jacket and holding an umbrella in her hand, looking at them thoughtfully.

Although they didn't feel the murderous intent from this voice, they still tensed their muscles and prepared for the battle.

Gabra pointed at her in surprise and called out her name: "Cheng... Cheng Xi!?"

This sinful voice was full of gloating. Even though two years had passed, he could still recognize at once that this was the evil woman Cheng Xi who enslaved him for three months and fed him expired milk for three months.

Gabra questioned, "What are you doing here? What's your purpose?"

Cheng Xi: "If you keep speaking so fiercely, I will punch you into M78."

Cheng Xi walked slowly between them, handed the umbrella in her hand to Kalifa, and then stood in front of Bruno: "Don't worry, Lucci was my employee after all, I will take care of her medical insurance."

She held Lucci's wrist, and under the puzzled eyes of everyone, like Kaku treated Iceberg before, she put her finger on his pulse, showing a serious expression, and was silent for a while, then said: "Although he is still in a coma, he is not in danger of life. It's just that his internal organs have some problems and a few bones are broken. He will be almost recovered after a few days of surgery in the hospital."

Hearing the familiar voice and feeling the cold touch on his wrist, Lucci tried hard to open his heavy eyelids. After seeing the face of the person in front of him clearly, he held his breath and said intermittently: "Cheng... Xi."

"I am indeed a miracle doctor." Cheng Xi affirmed himself, "I just took a pulse, and the person woke up before I treated him."

Lucci: "What are you doing here?"

Based on my understanding of her, it is absolutely possible that she came all the way from Furness Island just to gloat over my misfortune and laugh at me.

She can do anything.

"Guess."

"Come to see me laugh?"

"Hey, you really know me."

The CP9 members felt that the atmosphere between the two of them was a little bit wrong. It didn't look like the atmosphere between a spy and a mission target at all. From the eyes, actions, and language, the relationship between the two of you is a bit close, but more like the atmosphere between good friends who have known each other for many years.

Owl knew about the incident that Lucci and Gabra sneaked into her store to investigate, so she said: "You two seem to have a good relationship. Why is this woman talking to Gabra so fiercely?" Is

n't this difference in treatment too obvious?

"Probably... because Lucci is prettier than Gabra."

Of course, beauty is only the least noticeable advantage of Lucci compared to Gabra.

But the other CP9 members were shocked. Weidou was a little hungry at first, but now he is completely full, full of melons!

Cheng Xi took out a purse from her messenger bag and handed it to Kalifa: "This is their salary for working in my store, 390,000 Beli, plus Lucci's medical insurance, a total of 800,000 Beli, which should be enough for your treatment and daily expenses in the near future." "

Ah..." Kalifa was surprised by her behavior and even forgot to adjust her glasses. After a few seconds, she reacted and bowed to thank her, "Thank you, Miss Cheng Xi."

"You're welcome. This is what a good store manager should do."

She said to Lucci again: "Lucci, you must not forget what happened today."

"Yeah." Lucci nodded in a daze, and then he couldn't help it anymore and fainted again. The last picture before he lost consciousness was Cheng Xi's cold eyebrows wet by the rain.

Before leaving, Cheng Xi casually glanced at their injuries. As expected, except for the young lady with long golden hair, the others should be injured by iron blocks.

She sighed in her heart: Alas, iron blocks, the romance that belongs only to CP agents.

...

"So, you gave Lucci 800,000 Baileys for no reason because he was good-looking?"

After listening to Cheng Xi's story, Rosinante asked, "Have you changed your aesthetic taste now? Do you like cold and dark types?"

"Of course not." Cheng Xi quickly denied, "The key is the last sentence!"

Rosinante tried to think, but finally gave up and concluded, "The last sentence... is a bit ambiguous."

"Alas!" Cheng Xi sighed, feeling thorny about her friend's IQ.

She said her thoughts, and it happened that over the years, almost all the members of the previous CP9 died inexplicably in various missions, and even Spandine, who was beaten up by her last time, fell into the sea half a year ago and died unexpectedly.

The current CP9 is all new members, especially the actual leader Rob Lucci, who is smart, strong, and calm. After a few more years of development, he will definitely gain a high position in the world government with a lot of say.

Now that he has been hunted down and fallen to the bottom of the valley, he is like a pearl covered in dust. A rare commodity is worth keeping. Cheng Xi's 800,000 Baileys today is an investment, buying a favor from the future world government high-level officials, telling Lucci not to forget what happened today, which is another disguised reminder that I helped you today.

In addition to him, the other seven members of the CP9 organization are also very qualified. There will always be a day when they will make a comeback, and then my help today will come in handy.

"My move is called "handing over the strategy", which will be called a wise man in the art of war!"

Rosinante felt that the CP's brains might not have thought of so much, at least the seemingly irritable and not very smart Gabra must be like this. Maybe he would simply think that this is a "honey trap", but seeing Cheng Xi's confident expression, he still didn't say what he thought in his heart.

"What's the point of you investing in Lucci?"

Cheng Xi: "My intuition tells me that it might be useful."

She added: "Don't think of me as a love-brained person anymore. From today on, I will become a cold-blooded, ruthless woman. I will start my career!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the door of the beverage store was opened and a customer came to consume.

Rossinandi joked with her: "Your career came so quickly."

"Welcome." Cheng Xi turned around and looked at the customer who came in. She was a little surprised by his identity. He was tall and held a Bible and a small wooden box in his hands. He was one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea known as the Tyrant.

Bartholomew Bear.