Chapter 1350: CP0 (Fifth Update)

From killing the Celestial Dragons to leaving the Sabaody Archipelago, Su Xiao spent no more than five minutes. This was the result of his ten days of preparation.

From beginning to end, Su Xiao didn't intend to appear in the slave auction house. Killing the targets with three shots and quickly leaving the Sabaody Archipelago—this plan seemed simple, but in reality, Su Xiao had been operating it for a long time.

First, Su Xiao had to wait for the Straw Hat Pirates to land on the island, and second, ensure that Camie was kidnapped and sent to the slave auction house.

According to Su Xiao's guess, the Celestial Dragons appearing in the slave auction house was not a necessary event. Those three Celestial Dragons were likely to have heard that there were mermaids for sale, and since they happened to be on the Sabaody Archipelago, they went to the auction house.

If the mermaid Camie hadn't been auctioned, whether these three would have appeared in the slave auction house was an unknown.

For this point, Su Xiao prepared for four days. First was finding an experienced crew member of the slave-catching team, and second was attracting Camie out alone to create an opportunity for that slave-catching team member.

The events inside the auction house seemed accidental, but in reality, they were all inevitable. If that member of the slave-hunting party had failed, Su Xiao would have also made a move to capture Camie; the mermaid Camie was a very important link.

There were many other links afterward. Su Xiao didn't know how many brain cells he had died in the past few days.

Hum~

The motor at the back of the boat operated at high speed, and the entire fishing boat creaked, erupting with a speed it shouldn't have had.

Su Xiao was sailing away from the waters near the Sabaody Archipelago. He chose a direction opposite to the location of the Navy Headquarters, Marineford, which would significantly increase the difficulty for the Navy to pursue him.

The promotion/main quest was actually very interesting. The mission difficulty was lv. 26–lv. 45. This difficulty indicated that if handled properly, the mission difficulty was only lv. 26, but if he went straight in, the mission difficulty would increase to above lv. 40.

Five minutes after the Celestial Dragons died, the World Government high-level received the news. 7 minutes later, the Five Elders learned of this news. 12 minutes later, the Navy Headquarters was under martial law, and seven warships sailed out of the port.

Navy Headquarters, in 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 applied to the World Government to publicly announce the news that Fire Fist Ace was about to be executed.

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

Having just declared war on the Whitebeard Pirates this morning, the news of the Celestial Dragons being killed came at noon, and a full three died. What was even more pit-digging was that these three Celestial Dragons were direct relatives.

All three Celestial Dragons were direct members of the same family. This family was not very prosperous to begin with. After the father, son, and daughter died simultaneously, Sengoku was surprised to find that the bloodline of this Celestial Dragon family had been severed.

Although the two male Celestial Dragons left seeds everywhere, the offspring born with slaves and servants were not considered direct descendants, and other Celestial Dragon families would simply not acknowledge them.

In other words, Su Xiao's three shots directly caused one branch of the descendants of the 20 Kings to be severed.

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

On the sea, the motor roared. Su Xiao looked at the Sabaody Archipelago disappearing from his field of vision, and a long sigh of relief came from his heart. Only then did he have time to check the kill prompt.

【You have killed Rosward, you have obtained 8.8% World Source.】

【You have killed Charlos, you have obtained 6.9% World Source.】

【You have killed Shalulia, you have obtained 6.2% World Source.】

【Prompt: Your actions led to the severance of the direct bloodline of the Ignatz family, descendants of the 20 Kings. You have obtained 15% World Source.】

【Your relationship with the World Government has been locked as mortal enemies.】

【Your relationship with the Navy has been locked as mortal enemies.】

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

His relationship with the World Government and the Navy had already reached an irreconcilable degree. 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, wanting to interrogate him under torture to extract the manufacturing method for Apollo.

If Su Xiao fell into the hands of the Navy or the World Government now, the other party wouldn't imprison him at all; there was a 90% or higher chance they would execute him on the spot, without even the process of a trial.

Sabaody Archipelago, 1st Mangrove District.

A few minutes after the incident, the pirates and bidders here had scattered like birds and beasts. Some smarter pirate groups directly drove their ships away from the Sabaody Archipelago. As for plating the ship and heading to Fish-Man Island, stop kidding. Celestial Dragons died here; who still had the mood to plate the ship?

Things weren't absolute. Some relatively straightforward pirate groups didn't leave the Sabaody Archipelago, but prepared to dive under the sea after the ship was plated and head toward Fish-Man Island.

"Straw Hat, it's better to leave here first. Drift on the sea for a few days, and then consider the plating."

The fish-man Hatchan was full of anxiety. Although they successfully rescued Camie, Monkey D. Luffy didn't seem to realize the seriousness of the matter.

"Rest assured, although I don't know what's going on, those people weren't killed by us."

"But..."

"I'm hungry."

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

Hatchan was full of anxiety. Seeing Hatchan's anxious expression, Luffy also felt that something was wrong.

"For the sake of your companions, leave here first. We'll return to the Sabaody Archipelago in half a month, no, ten days."

"..."

Luffy was silent. A moment later, he nodded, which surprised Zoro and Sanji on the side.

"We're leaving Sabaody."

"That's best, Straw Hat, you really..."

Hatchan rubbed his hands excitedly. He didn't know that if he only persuaded Luffy to leave, Luffy, with his one-track mind, wouldn't leave at all, which would be equivalent to fleeing.

Hatchan's one sentence touched Luffy, which was "for the sake of your companions."

Luffy was stupid? Not at all, he was just straightforward + one-track mind. He saw Hatchan's anxious look in his eyes.

"We'll set sail immediately, let's go now."

Hatchan just couldn't fly, otherwise he would definitely have dragged the Straw Hat Pirates away from the Sabaody Archipelago.

"Set off."

Zoro stepped forward. Luffy was his captain, and for key decisions, he would only listen to Monkey D. Luffy alone.

"Zoro, wrong way."

"Huh."

Zoro's route was awkward, and he turned to walk in the other direction.

"This way, this way, where on earth do you want to go."

Nami covered her forehead, and Sanji looked at Zoro with a smile that wasn't a smile, full of sarcasm.

"Dead cook."

Zoro almost sprayed a mouthful of old blood.

"Great escape, hahaha."

Luffy stepped toward the Sunny. No matter when, he was always this happy.

Swish~

A sound of breaking wind came, and three figures appeared in front of the Straw Hat Pirates. These three wore white robes and masks. One of them was about five meters tall, another was three meters, and the shortest was about 1.6 meters. These people were CP0!

Don't confuse CP0 with CP1–CP9. CP0 commanded the entire CP department. They were both the sharp teeth of the Celestial Dragons and the sturdy shield. According to rumors, some powerhouses in CP0 had strength not weaker than a Navy Admiral.

"Flower, confirm it."

The tallest CP0 member spoke.

"It's not them, but... they witnessed it."

That shortest figure spoke. This was a woman.

"The location is..."

The woman stumbled a few steps, seemingly using some ability that significantly overdrawn her physical strength.

"On... the sea!"

"Pursue."

The tall figure looked at the Straw Hat Pirates, then turned and left with his two subordinates. ===== CHAPTER 1351 =====