Chapter 1284

Two hours later, a calm sea area.

The sea breeze blew. Su Xiao sat on a rectangular piece of solid ice. This piece of ice was manufactured by Amu. If it released the ice energy in its body, it could easily create an ice-sealed domain. It sounded very good, but in reality, it could not be used for combat. Amu released ice energy outward too slowly, requiring at least half a minute or so.

This landing point on the sea was 10 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 3 meters thick. Added with the foam filler inside the ice layer, there was absolutely no problem with this thing floating on the sea surface, but it required Amu to occasionally release ice energy outward to ensure the ice layer didn't melt.

Su Xiao, who was soaking wet, stood on the ice layer. He simply took off his upper garment and enjoyed the warm sea breeze.

The ice layer floated slowly along with the sea breeze. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu were both on the ice layer, and a strong figure was also lying on the ice layer. This was Pica, who was already semi-conscious.

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang barked. It was directing Amu to give Pica first aid. Pica had only choked on too much water. With his physique, clearing the seawater in his lungs would be enough.

Amu held the warhammer in its hand in reverse, and the bucket-thick hammer head poked straight at Pica's lower abdomen.

With a bang, Pica's body twitched, but he didn't spit out the seawater.

"Woof!"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang signaled Amu to stop immediately. It was afraid that Amu would poke Pica to death, which would be hilarious.

Under the discussion of one dog and one cow, they finally decided to adopt the 'anti-gravity drainage method'. Do not think this is some high-end method. In reality, it was just Amu grabbing Pica's feet and shaking, shaking...

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Pica, who was in a coma, woke up. He spat out a large amount of seawater from his mouth and nose.

Amu dropped Pica. Pica fell onto the hard ice layer with a splash, almost fainting again. Amu simply didn't know what 'gentle' was.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..."

After a burst of heart-wrenching dry coughs, Pica regained consciousness. His eyes looked around. Although he didn't know where he was, he was very calm.

"You're awake."

Su Xiao, who was sitting at the edge of the ice layer, spoke. He held a cigarette between his fingertips.

"It's you?"

Pica's breathing was a bit chaotic, but he subconsciously gripped the hilt of the blade at his waist. His thin, high-pitched voice was really too iconic.

Pica was a strong man over three meters tall, with muscles knotted all over his body, but his voice was a thin, high-pitched child's voice. The contrast between his body shape and voice was too great. Although it was a bit ridiculous, this thing was innate and not worth mocking.

Su Xiao glanced at Pica's hand gripping the blade and smiled: "Is this how you repay your savior?"

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Pica had no reaction, but Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's dog face was embarrassed. Before, those subordinates of Pica were all killed by Su Xiao. The current situation was that Su Xiao had forcibly become Pica's savior.

It had to be said that Su Xiao's luck was good. He had obtained a large amount of Pirate Reputation in the first battle and killed Perospero. Now he had 'saved' Pica again.

Su Xiao was very curious about what status the other party would promise him when he met Doflamingo.

It was worth mentioning that Su Xiao was definitely a hot potato for Doflamingo. Su Xiao was both wanted by the World Government and now had a feud with Big Mom.

As for shutting Su Xiao out, don't joke around. That head of Perospero was a certificate of merit, plus the grace of saving his life. Doflamingo was a sea tycoon; he must know what refusing Su Xiao represented.

"So what," Pica's complexion returned to a rosy color. His eyes looked straight at Su Xiao and continued: "I am a pirate."

"Pirates also need to know how to repay kindness."

Su Xiao spat out a puff of blue smoke. According to his original plan, he wanted to use his 30 points of charm attribute + savior identity to establish a 'friendly relationship' with Pica. It would be best if he could open personal favorability.

But Su Xiao was surprised to find that his 30 points of charm attribute didn't seem to play any role. Pica not only didn't appreciate his 'grace of saving his life', but looking at the other party's eyes looking around, this guy seemed to be... ready to escape at any time?

With Pica's current state, plus the terrain he was in, Su Xiao killing Pica would be a matter of minutes. Perhaps Pica also knew this.

In Pica's perception, Su Xiao was completely different from pirates. Even those pirates who burned, killed, and looted on the sea didn't have such an exaggerated blood aura as Su Xiao.

"You seem to have hostility toward me?"

Su Xiao's expression was relaxed, trying his best to suppress the blood aura on his body.

"..."

Pica didn't speak. Compared to a moment of quick tongue, he cared more about his life.

"Rest assured, I am here to defect to Doflamingo and will not be hostile to you."

Su Xiao took out compressed food from the storage space and tossed it to Pica. Pica hesitated for a moment, but still tore open the seal bag of the compressed food and ate it in large mouthfuls.

He didn't worry about Su Xiao poisoning the food. If Su Xiao wanted to poison him, he would have done it when he was in a coma. Moreover, he urgently needed to restore his physical strength now.

"You must be Bai Ye, who is wanted by the World Government."

"That's right."

Although Su Xiao didn't know that the World Government had wanted him, he could think of this kind of thing by guessing. He had done that kind of thing at Enies Lobby; it would be strange if the World Government didn't want him.

"Is this your purpose for helping us in the previous naval battle?"

"Of course."

"Then... how did you appear on the ship under my command."

"Encountered a shipwreck and was saved by your people afterward."

"..."

Pica was obviously a bit speechless. He felt that Su Xiao's explanation was full of loopholes, but the current situation was obviously not suitable for exposing Su Xiao.

Su Xiao actually didn't think about letting Pica believe him. As a 40-year-old adult, Pica certainly had his own subjective judgment and thoughts.

Rather than fabricating a pile of lies that might be exposed, it was better to just brush it off. The Donquixote Family had its own intelligence channels. What Su Xiao had done in the Pirate World, they could all investigate.

"Is our course Dressrosa?"

Pica stood up. He had to return to Dressrosa as soon as possible. The conflict between the Donquixote Family and the Big Mom Pirates had not ended.

"If luck is good, the course is Dressrosa."

"Luck... good?"

Pica looked at Su Xiao blankly.

"In other words, we are drifting on the sea with the wind?"

"Of course, otherwise why do you think I saved you?"

Pica was speechless again. He seemed to know why Su Xiao saved him. That's right, this was one of the reasons why Su Xiao 'saved' Pica. He simply didn't know how to go to Dressrosa Island.

Dressrosa Island was the main location of this plot event. Although the event was called a naval battle, if one wanted to reap a large amount of benefits, Dressrosa was the first choice.

Pica looked at the ice layer beneath his feet: "Do you usually sail like this?"

"Wherever I wanted to go in the past, I just needed to notify the Navy. Most of the time, it was escorted by a Vice Admiral or special agents. Sometimes Kizaru would also escort."

"Kizaru..."

Pica obviously didn't know how to answer. In fact, Su Xiao didn't lie. During the period of helping the World Government manufacture alchemy bombs, beautiful majors, Vice Admirals, CP9 agents, Kizaru, and others had all escorted him. Hina, as a potential officer in the Navy, was transferred by the World Government to be Su Xiao's 'personal little secretary'.

"So, we are lost at sea?"

Pica's brows furrowed tightly. He looked around at the vast sea. Everywhere he looked was seawater.

"You don't know the direction of Dressrosa?"

Su Xiao flicked the cigarette butt in his hand. He felt that things were not good.

The two looked at each other. After confirming the look, both of them were people who didn't know the route.