Chapter 1365 - 76: CP0 (Fifth Update)

Chapter 1365: Chapter 76: CP0 (Fifth Update)

From killing the Celestial Dragons to leaving the Shapodi Archipelago, Su Xiao spent less than five minutes in total; this was the result of ten days of preparation.

From beginning to end, Su Xiao never planned to show up inside the Slave Auction House; three shots to kill the targets, then a rapid departure from the Shapodi Archipelago. The plan looked simple, but in reality Su Xiao had been working on it for a long time.

First, Su Xiao had to wait for the Straw Hat Pirates to make landfall; second, he had to make sure Kaimi was kidnapped and sent to the Slave Auction House.

According to Su Xiao’s conjecture, the Celestial Dragons appearing at the Slave Auction House was not something guaranteed. Those three Celestial Dragons most likely heard that there was a merfolk for sale, and since they just happened to be on the Shapodi Archipelago, they went to the auction house.

If the mermaid Kaimi had not been put up for auction, whether those three would have appeared at the Slave Auction House would be an unknown.

For this, Su Xiao spent four days preparing. First he had to find an experienced crew member from a Slave Hunting Team; then he had to lure Kaimi out alone to create an opportunity for that Slave Hunting Team member.

What happened inside the auction house looked accidental, but in fact all of it was bound to happen. If that Slave Hunting Team member failed, Su Xiao would have made his move to capture Kaimi. The mermaid Kaimi was a very important link.

There were many more steps after that; in these past few days Su Xiao didn’t know how many brain cells had died.

Vmm～

The motor at the stern roared at high speed, the whole fishing boat creaked, exploding with a speed it shouldn’t have had.

Su Xiao was sailing out of the waters near the Shapodi Archipelago. The direction he chose was opposite to where Navy Headquarters, Marineford, was located; this would greatly increase the Difficulty for the Navy to pursue him.

The promotion/Main Task was actually quite interesting; the task Difficulty was Level 26–Level 45. That Difficulty meant that if handled properly, this task would only be Level 26; if he just rushed in head-on, the task Difficulty would rise to above Level 40.

Five minutes after the Celestial Dragons died, the high-ups of the World Government received the news; at seven minutes, the Five Elders learned of it; at twelve minutes, Navy Headquarters went into lockdown and seven warships sailed out of the harbor.

Navy Headquarters, inside the Fleet Admiral’s office.

"Damn it!"

With a bang, Sengoku smashed the desk in front of him. His face was extremely gloomy. Just this morning, he had applied to the World Government to publicly announce that Fire Fist Ace was about to be executed.

Once that news came out, it was equivalent to declaring war on the Whitebeard Pirates. The ones responsible for executing Ace were the Navy, and the location was Marineford.

This morning he had just declared war on the Whitebeard Pirates, and by noon came the news that Celestial Dragons had been killed—and three of them, no less. What was even more damnable was that these three Celestial Dragons were direct relatives.

All three Celestial Dragons were Direct Lineage members of the same family. That family was not very prosperous to begin with. When the father, son, and daughter died at the same time, Sengoku was shocked to discover that the bloodline of this Celestial Dragon family had been cut off.

Although the two male Celestial Dragons had scattered their seed everywhere, the offspring they had with slaves and servants did not count as Direct Lineage and would not be recognized by the other Celestial Dragon families.

In other words, Su Xiao’s three shots directly caused one branch of the Twentieth Kings Descendant to die out.

Su Xiao also knew about this, because when he fired the last shot, Reincarnation Paradise gave a notification.

Out at sea, with the roar of the motor, Su Xiao looked at the Shapodi Archipelago disappearing from his sight and finally let out a long breath of relief. Only now did he have time to check the kill notifications.

[You have killed Saint Rozwald; you have obtained 8.8% World Source.]

[You have killed Saint Charlos; you have obtained 6.9% World Source.]

[You have killed Shalria; you have obtained 6.2% World Source.]

[Tip: Your actions have caused the Direct Lineage bloodline of the Ignez Family, a branch of the Twentieth Kings Descendant, to be cut off; you have obtained 15% World Source.]

[Your relationship with the World Government has been locked to Dead Enemy.]

[Your relationship with the Navy has been locked to Nemesis.]

...

The rewards for killing three Celestial Dragons were very generous, but while the rewards were generous, Su Xiao also had to bear very high risk.

His relationship with the World Government and the Navy had already reached a point where it could not be mended. Because of Su Xiao’s identity as a Researcher, the World Government had previously chosen to capture him alive and escort him to Enies Lobby, intending to torture out of him the manufacturing method of Apollo.

If Su Xiao were to fall into the hands of the Navy or the World Government now, they simply wouldn’t imprison him. There was over a 90% chance they would execute him on the spot, without even going through a Judgement process.

Shapodi Archipelago, Number 1 Red-tree Area.

A few minutes after the incident, the Pirates and bidders here had already scattered like birds and beasts. The smarter Pirate groups directly set sail and left the Shapodi Archipelago. As for coating their ships and heading for Fishman Island—don’t be ridiculous. A Celestial Dragon just died here; who still has the leisure to coat a ship?

Nothing is absolute; some of the more straightforward Pirate groups did not leave the Shapodi Archipelago. Instead, they were planning to dive undersea after the coating was done and head for Fishman Island.

"Straw Hat, let’s leave here first. Drift at sea for a few days, then we’ll think about coating."

Fishman Hatchan’s face was full of anxiety. Although they had successfully rescued Kaimi, Monkey D. Luffy didn’t seem to realize how serious the situation was.

"Relax. I don’t know what’s going on, but those people weren’t killed by us."

"But..."

"I’m hungry."

"Straw Hat! Do you know what the death of a Celestial Dragon means?"

Little Eight’s face was filled with anxiety. Seeing that anxious look on Little Eight’s face, Luffy also felt that something was wrong.

"For the sake of your companions, leave this place first. We’ll come back to the Shapodi Archipelago in half a month—no, ten days."

"..."

Luffy fell silent. A moment later, he nodded, which surprised Zoro and Sanji standing to the side.

"We’re leaving Shapodi."

"That’s for the best. Straw Hat, you really are..."

Little Eight was so worked up he kept rubbing his hands. He didn’t know that if he only tried to persuade Luffy to leave, this blockhead Luffy absolutely wouldn’t go, because that would be the same as running away.

What touched Luffy was one sentence from Little Eight: "For the sake of your companions."

Is Luffy stupid? Not really. He’s just straightforward and single-minded. He had clearly seen the anxious look on Little Eight’s face.

"We set sail immediately. We leave now."

If Little Eight could fly, he would definitely drag all the Straw Hat Pirates and fly away from the Shapodi Archipelago.

"Let’s go."

Zoro took a step forward. Luffy was his Captain; at critical moments, he would only listen to Monkey D. Luffy’s decisions.

"Zoro, wrong way."

"Eh."

Zoro’s route was awkward. He turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

"Over here, over here! Where are you even trying to go?"

Nami covered her forehead. Sanji looked at Zoro with a half-smile, full of mockery.

"You damn cook."

Zoro almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"Great escape, hahaha."

Luffy ran toward the Sunny in big strides. No matter when, he was always this cheerful.

Whoosh～

The sound of something cutting through the air approached, and three figures appeared in front of the Straw Hat Pirates. The three wore white cloaks and masks. One stood about five meters tall, another about three meters, and the shortest around one meter sixty. These people were CP0!

Don’t lump CP0 together with CP1–CP9. CP0 commands the entire CP Department; they are both the Celestial Dragons’ Fangs and Shield. Rumor has it that some powerhouses within CP0 are not weaker than an Admiral of the Navy.

"Flower, confirm."

The tallest CP0 member spoke.

"Not them. But... they witnessed it."

The shortest figure spoke; it was a woman.

"The location is..."

The woman staggered a few steps, as if she had used some Ability that heavily overdrafted her Stamina.

"Out... at sea!"

"Pursue."

The tall figure gave the Straw Hat Pirates a glance, then turned and left with his two subordinates.