Although his current body was very young, only twenty years old, his real age, adding up the two lifetimes, was not much younger than Shenkun.
"Hahaha! Surprised, aren't you! Didn't expect a big-time pirate who kills like a hemp to initiate a conversation, did you?"
Xia Luo looked at Shenkun, who was two heads taller than him, with a smile.
Hearing Xia Luo's laughter, Shenkun also burst into laughter.
"Ro hahahaha! (Note: This is a unique laugh style of Shenkun) An old man like me really didn't expect you to ask me to have a chat!"
Shenkun didn't hide his thoughts and spoke his mind directly.
"Hahaha! Come, drink!"
Xia Luo picked up a bowl of wine on the table and said.
Shenkun also picked up his wine bowl and gulped it down.
The two drank until dawn.
People around were waking up one after another and saw Xia Luo sitting alone at the wine table.
"Boss! Should we leave today!"
Paul walked up to Xia Luo and asked carefully.
He could sense that his boss was in a bad mood.
Xia Luo nodded after hearing Paul's words.
"Let's leave today. After everyone wakes up, go back to the ship!"
After Xia Luo finished speaking, Paul looked a little disappointed. He still wanted to stay on Fish - Man Island for a few more days.
Everything here was different from the outside. There were so many beautiful mermaid girls. He was a bit reluctant to leave.
Seeing Paul's expression, Xia Luo raised his eyebrows.
"What, do you want to stay? Alright then! You can stay!"
After hearing Xia Luo's words, Paul quickly waved his hands.
"No no! My goal is not here. What I'm after is the realm of a swordmaster, not an easy life!"
Paul looked at Xia Luo and said with a smile.
Xia Luo didn't care what Paul said.
"Hey? By the way! Where's that blue fish - man shogun?"
Paul got up and didn't see the fish - man named Shenkun, so he asked in confusion.
"Him? He's gone back! Why do you care about him?"
Xia Luo looked at Paul and said.
Recalling the chat with Shenkun in the morning, he had a very good impression of this fish - man.
Shenkun even paid for the drinks. It had been a long time since he had met such an interesting person.
"Gone back?"
Paul didn't expect him to leave. He was still keeping a close eye on them yesterday. Why did he stop caring after one night?
But since his boss didn't say anything, he didn't ask any more questions.
He looked at the drunk and staggering crew members around.
"Get up! We're leaving today. All of you, pull yourselves together!"
Paul said to the more than twenty crew members who were in a daze.
After hearing the words of the squad leader, these more than twenty crew members stood up one after another and looked at Xia Luo.
After seeing that everyone had sobered up, Xia Luo gulped down the last bit of wine in the bottle.
"Let's go! Board the ship!"
After Xia Luo finished speaking, he strode towards the entrance of Fish - Man Island.
With the special coral bubbles unique to Fish - Man Island and their ship coated with the membrane, they began to cross the tunnel of Fish - Man Island in the Red Line Archipelago and enter the first half of the Grand Line.
This place, which will be called the Paradise by people in the New World twenty years later, doesn't have such a name yet.
The ship sailed over Fish - Man Island and passed through the underground passage of the Red Line Archipelago.
"Surface!"
At the helmsman's command, the crew members quickly operated the ship to surface.
The surfacing speed was twice as fast as the diving speed, extremely rapid.
Xia Luo could already faintly see the light on the sea surface.
Splash!
Boom!
The ship broke through the sea surface, and the coating on the ship shattered.
Xia Luo stood at the bow, looking at the surrounding sea.
He saw the Sabaody Archipelago composed of Yarukiman Mangroves.
However, Xia Luo had no intention of going to the Sabaody Archipelago.
All he wanted now was to find the Seven - Star Sword ASAP.
Moreover, the Sabaody Archipelago was a dangerous place. It was very close to the Marine Headquarters, Marineford, and the Celestial Dragons often came down here.
If he met one, Xia Luo couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't cut the Celestial Dragon down with a single sword.
He took out the Log Pose of Aska Island that Shakky had given him and threw it to the helmsman.
"Set course for Aska Island!"
Xia Luo said calmly.
His words immediately diverted everyone's attention from the Sabaody Archipelago.
Although they couldn't go to the Sabaody Archipelago, the crew members weren't disappointed because their captain had told them beforehand.
Even though they longed to visit the Sabaody Archipelago, they restrained their desires.
The ship turned around and sailed in the opposite direction of the Sabaody Archipelago.
Just as Xia Luo's ship disappeared from the sight of the Sabaody Archipelago, a naval warship lurking in the shadows quietly followed them.
Ever since Xia Luo left Hive Island, he had been closely monitored by the Marine Headquarters.
After he was spotted on Cheeka Island, the Marines had been keeping a close eye on his every move.
When they learned that he was going to Fish - Man Island, many high - ranking Marine officers were secretly worried. They feared that Xia Luo was sent by the Rocks Pirates to attack Fish - Man Island.
After all, Fish - Man Island was as strategically important as Reverse Mountain. It was a must - pass route for outlaws to reach the New World, so its strategic significance was extremely high.
Even the World Government wouldn't allow the Rocks Pirates to occupy Fish - Man Island.
When Xia Luo entered Fish - Man Island, the Marine Headquarters held a high - level meeting and planned to send Zephyr into Fish - Man Island to stop Xia Luo's action.
Unexpectedly, the spies on Fish - Man Island reported that after Xia Luo spent a night drinking with the shogun of Fish - Man Island, Shenkun, he left the island the next day.
Marine Headquarters!
"Tell me, what kind of plot does this Xia Luo have in the first half of the Grand Line?"
Kong Garp, an Admirals, pulled out the latest intelligence and glanced around at everyone.
After Sengoku and Tsuru glanced at the intelligence for a while, they didn't find anything suspicious.
"Admiral Kong! Haven't we obtained any useful information from the Rocks Pirates?"
Sengoku looked at Kong Garp and asked.
Kong Garp shook his head.
"No useful information has been obtained from the Rocks Pirates. All we know is that Xia Luo's arrival in the Grand Line seems to be related to the informant, Shakky. Our Marine agents and the World Government's agents haven't been able to find out anything else. In fact, we've lost quite a few agents while trying to gather this information."
Kong Garp frowned, looking a bit anxious.
With so many things to handle each day and having to speculate on Charlot's actions, he was utterly exhausted.
If it weren't for Sengoku and Tsuru lending him a hand, he'd have thrown in the towel.
Tsuru glanced at these useless intelligence reports.
"Let's send out surveillance ships to tail Charlot and find out what he's up to!"
Tsuru suggested.
After hearing Tsuru's words, Kong frowned but still gave a nod.
"Alright, send surveillance ships to keep tabs on Charlot from a distance and monitor all his moves!"
Kong arranged it like this.
Then this order was passed on to the Sabaody Archipelago.
A rear - admiral personally led the team to shadow Charlot's ship from afar.
They set off from the Sabaody Archipelago.
"Your Excellency, Rear - admiral! We've spotted the pirate Charlot's trail!"
A lookout reported from the crow's nest.