Chapter 42

The pirates were all stunned.

The battle hasn't started yet, but our general has already fled. What should we do?

"Run...Run!"

As the voice of a pirate in the crowd came out, it seemed as if something had been triggered.

All the pirates began to rush in the direction of Buggy's escape, joining the mighty fleeing army.

"Don't let them run away!" Dashiqi yelled.

"Plop!"

The sound of the object falling to the ground attracted her attention. Then her face was instantly filled with fear.

At this time, Smoker fell directly to the ground, and couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Dashiqi hurried forward.

"Colonel, what happened to you!!!"

"No... It's okay!" Smoker struggled to sit up and waved his hands.

"There's no need to chase these pirates. In my current condition, I'm afraid I don't have the strength to fight anymore!"

"Just now, I was already at my limit to scare them away with my last breath."

After saying that, Smoker couldn't help coughing a few more times, but no blood came out.

"Colonel, who hurt you like this?"

After hearing what Dashiqi said, Smoker might have remembered something, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and then he said word by word: "Demon King Xia Chen!"

"Demon King Xia Chen? He is also on this island?" Dashiqi asked in confusion.

But in a blink of an eye, she remembered that Roronoa Zoro, whom she had just met, was a member of the Straw Hat Pirates, and Demon King Xia Chen was also one of them, so it was not surprising that it was here.

Smoker did not answer, but fell into deep thought.

Demon King Xia Chen was much stronger than he thought, and he lost his fighting power with just one move.

Thinking of this, Smoker had the urge to scold the navy. Who set the bounty? This is definitely not the strength that a bounty of 300 million can bring, right?

But it's useless to say these now. This time their navy... was defeated!

Then Smoker turned his head and looked at a figure on the house next door, and said: "Thanks, Long!"

He was able to return to Rogue Town so quickly because of Long's help, otherwise he would never be able to return with his current serious injury.

Long smiled faintly.

"You're welcome!"

Then the figure disappeared instantly.

Smoker turned his head to look at the surrounding navy and said: "Prepare the ship, we go to the Grand Line!"

"Huh? But Rogue Town is the territory under your jurisdiction, and your injury..."

Before Dashiqi finished speaking, Smoker waved his hand to interrupt her.

"No need to say more! I will submit an application to the headquarters for the generals of Rogue Town. As for my injuries, I can still recover at sea!"

After saying that, Smoker looked at the direction where Xia Chen left. He murmured:

"I must catch you, Demon King Xia Chen!"

...

In the sea not far from Rogue Town, on the Merry~

Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp were pinching Luffy's neck tightly at this time, with anger in their eyes.

"Luffy, do you want to die? Fly directly over and knock us from the town to the ship. If it weren't for our good luck, we would have died countless times!!!" Sanji roared on the side.

Just now, the three of them were running on the streets of Rogue Town, but an unidentified object flew directly over.

Under normal circumstances, they could definitely avoid the attack of this unidentified object, but if this unidentified object was a rubber man who had eaten the rubber fruit, how should they deal with it?

So Luffy was very "kind" to help them at that time, stretched out his hands to hold them all together, and let them return to the ship quickly.

The problem is that they are not rubber people, but living flesh and blood. It will hurt, okay?

Therefore, the current scene that reflects the friendly friendship between the crew and the captain happened.

Xia Chen sat next to him and watched this scene leisurely, drinking coffee from nowhere in his hand. This life is so enjoyable~

...

A few days later~

Nami was wearing a raincoat and looking at the distant sea in the storm.

"Finally, we are almost at the Grand Line! But the map on the sea chart is strange. There is a mountain blocking our way. It seems that we have to pass through the mountain!"

"Huh? Idiot! What are you talking about? How can a ship climb a mountain?" Zoro retorted bluntly.

"But that's how the sea chart is drawn!" Nami retorted without showing any weakness, but her confidence was a little insufficient.

It does seem a bit unrealistic that a boat can climb a mountain.

"Tsk!" Zoro sneered again, but before he could say anything, his neck was grabbed by a pair of hands.

"Asshole! Miss Nami must be right, how can you question her?" Sanji said angrily.

m9( ｀д´ )!!!!

"You damn curly-haired cook, what are you doing!!!"

"You stinky green algae head, you are not allowed to say Miss Nami is wrong!"

Damn, Zoro couldn't stand it anymore, and he started fighting with Sanji directly.

Xia Chen, who was standing by, took a sip of coffee in his hand and said calmly, "It is true that you need to climb a mountain to enter the Grand Line!"

Since when, Xia Chen discovered that he had a hobby of drinking coffee. He would take a sip from time to time. That feeling was really refreshing~

"The entrance to the Grand Line is on the Upside Down Mountain in the Red Earth Continent. There is a canal there. Due to the ocean current, it presents a strange scene of ocean current climbing a mountain."

"Search to death!" After hearing what Xia Chen said, Nami understood instantly and showed an expression of "I see."

But the next second she looked at Xia Chen in confusion.

"Why do you know this?"

"Gurgle!"

Xia Chen took another sip of coffee and said with a calm expression on his face, "These are all basic common sense!"

Nami: . . . .

So what you mean is that I, a navigator, have no experience?

However, Nami felt that Xia Chen was becoming more and more mysterious. During the voyage, Xia Chen was very familiar with most of the problems, as if there was nothing he didn't know.

If Xia Chen knew what Nami was thinking now, he would definitely say confidently:

"Do you think I watched my anime for nothing?"

At this moment, the ship began to shake, and at the same time, Usopp's voice came over.

"Nami, the ship is out of control!"

"Huh?" Nami was stunned for a moment after hearing Usopp's words, and then hurried to the railing to observe the current under the ship.

After a few seconds, Nami shouted loudly: "Don't worry, just let the ship go with the current. We can't control this ship in such a strong current."

"If nothing goes wrong, this current should take us to the direction of the canal!"

Nami showed a confident smile on her face. As long as she knew the principle, there would be no problem at sea that she couldn't solve. After all, she was going to be the best navigator!