Sabo couldn't understand this, and Xiong couldn't understand it either.
Although the superiors did not order all the suspects to be arrested and interrogated, and the outside world did not know, the undercurrent caused by Jiu leading CP0 agents around still made everyone in the Holy Land tremble with fear.
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
No matter how thin the CP0 is, it is still a CP0.
A secret espionage force directly affiliated with the Celestial Dragons, the highest executor of Cipher Pol.
On this day, after learning the details of the battle in the East China Sea from the researchers' chat, Xiong Momo put on his clothes and walked down the experimental platform, speaking with a hint of indifference.
"I want to see Mr. Rhine."
Hearing this, the second-in-command of the research laboratory, Dr. Hunter, who was comparing experimental data on the research table, was completely unaware and waved his hand carelessly: "I understand, you can go ahead... Oh, by the way, there is another test in the evening, so remember it then.
return."
"As it should be."
After that, the bear passed a group of short researchers, passed through the special door tailor-made for him, and walked out.
Vegapunk's office is not far away. Leave the laboratory, turn left along the corridor, and there is the door at the end.
It's just that now it has become Rhine's office, and because of Vegapunk, the door is heavily guarded.
"stop!"
As soon as he walked around the corner, two men in white suits stopped him.
There was something fishy about Vegapunk's death, so the white suits that usually stayed here were not very strong and were mostly used to show off. But today, although they were dressed in the same way, Xiong keenly discovered that the two new ones were not very strong.
weak.
At least in cp0, he is also a squad leader level character.
At the Navy Headquarters, there is no problem at all in serving as a rear admiral.
The tall figure stopped in place. The two recognized him and asked with some vigilance: "What's the matter with you here? Bear!"
The tone is unprecedentedly tactful!
But this is of course.
As an outlier in the Shichibukai, and the only one who has not been liquidated, Xiong actively dedicated himself to the pacifist project. Over the years, he has always acted as a loyal lackey of the government and has a special status.
The Five Old Stars would not completely trust a pirate.
But he would not refuse a pirate's refuge.
Otherwise, a strong man like him would have no chance to move around freely in the research institute.
Hearing this, there was no expression on Xiong's face, and he said calmly: "I have some ideas about the mechanized transformation in my body that I would like to discuss with Mr. Rhine. Could you please inform me."
Mechanical transformation...
This touches on the blind spot of our knowledge.
The two CP0s twitched at the corners of their eyes, paused for a moment, and nodded: "Wait!"
One person was left to watch the bear with vigilance, while the other person walked to the door at the end and knocked on the door.
"Mr. Rhine, Xiong wants to see you."
no answer.
Just when Bai Sui wanted to open the door and take a look, Rhine's voice came from inside: "I know, let him come over."
…
Meanwhile, the Grand Line, Twin Capes.
The red Red Forth docked at Twin Point Ferry. Shanks jumped off the deck, raised his hand, and shook the wine bottle tied with a hemp rope twice.
"Senior Kurokas, I brought you some specialties!"
"Aren't you a specialty of the West Sea? You brat!"
Beside the lighthouse, the island whale Rabu opened his mouth, and a charming little Mediterranean old man in colorful clothes came out with tools.
Looking at Shanks, Kurokas sighed: "When the day goes by without a break, Rayleigh is like this, and so are you."
Then lengthen your tone.
“I’ve given up drinking for a long time!”
"Sigh, that's such a pity."
Shanks shrugged and suppressed a smile and said, "It looks like we have to drink it all ourselves."
"bring here!"
"Huh? What did you say, senior?"
The interior of the lighthouse was not spacious, so Jesus Bu and others stayed outside to rest for a while. In the room, Kurokas picked up his wine glass and took a sip.
"Good wine, I thought you were fooling me with bad wine!"
The business of keeping a lighthouse is not very profitable. It relies entirely on selling record pointers and some information to make a living. Kurokas has been coveting the good wine of the East China Sea for a long time.
It's not so much that he quit drinking for a long time.
It would be better to say that he would not drink unless he was a good drinker.
Shanks knew this and smiled, then refilled the drink and said, "I can't fool anyone, but I dare not fool you. You saved my life!"
This is not a lie.
Shanks in Roger's era was not as famous as he is today. Following Roger in many battles, there were inevitably times of injury, especially during the last three years of the dangerous journey. If it hadn't been for Kurokas, let alone Roger's perseverance.
If we don't get off, most of the people on the boat won't be able to hold on.
So even though he boarded the ship earlier than Kurokas, Shanks sincerely called him "senior".
"but……"
Shanks laughed at himself: "You are willing to sit down and listen to me even though you know it may be bad wine. Senior, you really can tell, right?"
"Hmph! Nonsense!"
Kurokas frowned and glared at him. In the eyes of ordinary people, Shanks's body was full of energy and blood, and his power was astonishing. But in his eyes, this body was already riddled with holes.
"I told you a long time ago that you shouldn't do anything after breaking your arm, but you didn't listen!"
"Your talent is one of the best among the people I have seen, but your domineering energy is too overbearing. The human body has a perfect cycle. It could be suppressed perfectly before, but now there is a part missing, and the balance is broken. Every time you use your domineering energy,
It will increase the burden on the body.”
"This may... have something to do with your origin. Rocks was also defeated by his own overpowering domineering back then."
Others don't know, but Kurokas knows.
Roger had always been doubtful, so he came to ask, and then Kurokas knew why Rocks lost that year.
It was just because his domineering spirit was so overbearing that the body as the container itself could not support the power that was clearly inspired by his body.
So instead of saying that Roger and Garp stood up and defeated Rocks at the most critical moment, it is better to say that Rocks used his domineering power beyond his limits in order to defeat the last obstacle in front of him and lost to him.
Shanks was silent about this, and said after a moment.
"But I still want to play for a few more years, at least... until that kid grows up."
Kurokas frowned: "Monkey D. Luffy?"
"Yes."
Speaking of Luffy, Shanks' face became brighter: "I believe he is the person the captain is waiting for, the person destined to be, but monsters like the Black Earl are too strong, and he needs my help."
"And you killed his father and his adopted brother this time?"
Shanks's expression dropped, and he couldn't help but pick up any pot.
"Don't look at me with that look. It's hard to tell from a distance. Old man, I still have some channels for things happening around the world."
"What did he think?"
"have no idea."
"have no idea?!"
"I really don't know."
Shanks smiled bitterly: "I didn't know how to face him. He was unconscious at the time, so I left him on a nearby desert island and left."
"Then I went to find Bucky. He is the only remaining pirate in the East China Sea."
"It didn't turn out to be found, right?"
Looking at Shanks' confused expression, Kurokas laughed heartily: "It was the same when the Black Earl was wreaking havoc in the East China Sea. No one knew where he was hiding. What's even more funny is that he didn't seem to know what happened in the East China Sea.
What, after I came out, I asked everyone I met, why are there so few pirates in the East China Sea?"
"Now I guess I'm hiding somewhere to look for treasure."
Thinking of his red-nosed companion who was also an intern on Roger's ship, Shanks couldn't help but smile.
"Well, it's that Bucky after all!"
Nothing could attract his attention except treasure.
"So……"
Kurokas put down the cup: "Have you really decided to do this? Shanks."
"You know that this process is irreversible. Once it is completed, you will only have five years to live at most."
"Bet your hopes on just five years. If you fail, you won't have a second chance."
His fingers tightened their grip on the wine glass, but suddenly they let go.
Shanks raised his head and looked at him seriously: "I believe he will not let me down."
………………
I'm late. I'm packing my things tonight and getting ready to go home tomorrow.
The weather is so bad. Two days ago it was sunny and the sky was clear. I was wearing single clothes. Today it was so cold that I wore a down jacket and almost caught a cold.