Chapter 39

The truth is that he was just a fool.

Is it because he believes in Smoker?

Of course, this is part of the reason. If the person on the other side is Akainu, Xia Chen doesn't believe that he will show mercy.

Rather kill the wrong person than let him go is Akainu's principle!

But the most important thing is that Xia Chen has a fiery eye and can observe the situation inside Smoker's body at all times.

This is the real reason why Xia Chen didn't dodge until the last moment.

Otherwise, it's too unrealistic to really rely on trusting the other person's character.

After putting the Berry in his hand into the system space, Xia Chen continued to gallop in Rogue Town.

10 minutes later~

When Xia Chen sensed a certain breath, the corners of his mouth rose slightly and he smiled.

"Finally found it!"

Xia Chen came to the place where he sensed the breath and found that it was a very old tavern. It was quiet inside, without any sound from any customers.

But now there is one!

Xia Chen pushed the door open and walked in.

The two people inside turned their eyes unconsciously when they heard the door being pushed open.

One of them was a man wearing a green cloak sitting outside the bar, and the other was an old man sitting inside the bar who looked like the boss.

"Hey, hello!"

"Boss, give me a glass of rum!"

Xia Chen walked directly to the bar and said to the old man.

Although the old man was a little surprised by Xia Chen's arrival, he still went to get him a glass of wine.

While the old man was getting the wine, Xia Chen greeted the man next to him:

"Hello, Long, are you here to see Luffy?"

As soon as Xia Chen finished speaking, an extremely powerful domineering aura emanated from Long, pressing towards Xia Chen. At the same time, his eyes were sharp, and he looked at Xia Chen and asked word by word:

"Who are you? Why do you know me? And... you seem to know something!"

At this time, Xia Chen on the opposite side felt the oppression on his body. He was calm on the surface, but he was very surprised in his heart.

Should we say that he is worthy of being the head of the Revolutionary Army? This domineering aura is so powerful!

Xia Chen replied indifferently:

"Don't be so nervous, I am the vice captain of Luffy's ship. If you have seen his bounty order, you should have seen mine as well."

"Hmm?" Hearing this, Long seemed to remember something, and then looked at Xia Chen and asked uncertainly:

"Demon King Xia Chen?"

"Bingo!" Xia Chen snapped his fingers, and a faint pride appeared on his face.

Not because of anything else, but because this title is really...

It was comfortable to his heart, and he couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the person who took this title in the navy again.

"You are a little different from what is on the bounty order," Long said lightly, and then dispersed his domineering aura.

After knowing that Xia Chen was a crew member on Luffy's ship, Long's vigilance against Xia Chen decreased a lot.

He believed in Luffy's vision, and the companions he found would definitely not be bad. They would not do anything to harm him. But in a blink of an eye, he asked another question that he was more curious about.

"By the way, how did you know the relationship between Luffy and me?"

"Garp said!" Xia Chen lied seriously.

As long as the person involved is not here, Xia Chen will do his best to make him, anyway, it's not the first time he has done so.

After hearing Xia Chen's words, Long did not doubt him, because there are indeed not many people who know that Luffy is his son.

And Garp has the highest probability of doing such a thing. So this is normal!

But since Garp can tell Xia Chen this, it proves that the man in front of him is a trustworthy person.

For a moment, Long's eyes looking at Xia Chen became much more friendly. He was completely relieved about Xia Chen.

He was assured that he was a person who had been double-certified by his father and his son!

"So, why did you come to see me this time..." Long asked curiously.

He didn't know that Xia Chen knew he was on this island in advance, and just thought he was discovered by chance.

"Nothing, just came to see the leader of the Revolutionary Army, Luffy's father"

"See the courage of the leader who dares to openly oppose the World Government!"

"So how do you feel now that you have seen it?" Long raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Well... It's okay~"

Xia Chen said seriously after a moment of silence.

...

"Hahahaha..." Long suddenly laughed, and looked at Xia Chen with an inexplicable meaning in his eyes.

"I think in this world

My strength is acceptable, and I thought I had good spirit, but I didn't expect that you would only give me an OK rating! "

"Boy, your rating standard is quite high!"

"Of course, after all, I use myself as the standard, so it's naturally a little higher!"

"Oh~" Hearing this, Long immediately became interested and asked, "So you rate yourself as average?"

"No, no, no!" Xia Chen shook his head, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"It's just the world's number one!"

Long was stunned. So your rating of me is OK, and your rating of yourself is the world's number one, right?

However, Long is a person who has seen the world. He was not angry, but said lightly:

"You are very confident in yourself, which is a good thing, but... young people still need to restrain themselves!"

"Being too confident is not a good thing"

"So... how about you hit my confidence? "

At this moment, Xia Chen finally made his purpose clear.

That's right, he came to Long just to fight him.

Oh, no, to put it more politely, it should be called to verify his own strength!

He was very curious about how strong he would be after turning on the demon state, because this would determine how arrogant he would be!

And the first requirement for someone who could turn on the demon state and fight with all his strength was that he had to be very strong. The second requirement was that the other person was willing to fight him and would show mercy to him.

Otherwise, if he rushed into the Navy Headquarters now, there would surely be many people willing to fight him, but if nothing unexpected happened, he would most likely go to the city to recuperate after the fight.

Obviously, Long meets all the above conditions.

There is no doubt about his strength, he must be very strong!

In addition, according to Xia Chen's rounding method, Long is his uncle, and an uncle must be merciful to his nephew, right?

When his thoughts came to this, Xia Chen was a little dazed for a moment. Why did he feel that he liked to recognize his uncle recently?

"Chen has been wandering for half his life, and I only regret that I have not met a wise master. If you don't abandon me, Chen is willing to worship as his adoptive father..."

No, no, no!

Xia Chen shook his head vigorously. He recognized his uncle, not his adoptive father, and he was wrong!

Long looked at Xia Chen steadily, and after a long time, he said:

"Since you have this idea, then I will play with you!"

"Then let's go, find a deserted place on the island..."

After that, Xia Chen disappeared instantly.

Seeing this scene, Long shook his head lightly.

"Young man, you are still too impatient. You don't even wait for me, your elder! "After saying this, his figure instantly disappeared from the spot.