Pirate's Swordsman

The setting sun gradually slanted westward.

The turbulent ocean currents converged in front of the Upside Down Mountain, and the sea surface was not calm. Even the three naval warships, which were seven or eight miles apart, were constantly swaying slightly in the rolling waves.

Smoker stood on the deck, silently listening to Dasqi's report. It will be dark soon, so there are not many ships that want to pass through the upside down mountain early at this time. In just a short time, the navy has already searched two more fleets.

"I said, Mr. Smoker..."

After the report, Dasqi hesitated for a while, but couldn't help but said: "It will be night later, should we go back to Rogge Town to rest early? We have been busy all day today, and we just saw a lot of soldiers. A bit complaining..."

"Complain?"

Smoker snorted coldly, narrowed his eyes and said: "Hmph, they have nothing to complain about. They usually cut corners in training, and when it's their turn to do field work, you push me. They have been in Donghai for three months. This group of people Haven't you seen the gap between human beings and the elite soldiers we brought from our headquarters?"

"But... we can't blame them entirely, can we?" Dasqi frowned, "After all, this is just the East China Sea. The environment and resources cannot be compared with the Grand Line, right? Physical fitness and so on Differences are quite normal.”

"Physical fitness is only one aspect, what's more important is perseverance and belief." Smoker shook his head slightly and said calmly: "Dasqi, you have to know, this is why the two..."

Boo!

At this moment, an eagle's cry suddenly came from the sky, interrupting his words. Smoker frowned and looked up at the sky, but saw a black shadow flashing past in the red fire cloud.

"A black falcon..."

Smoker was startled for a moment, his eyes flashing with strange colors, as if he was recalling something, and then, when he saw, the black shadow swooped down from the sky like a stream of light, heading towards a ship of Drummond's caravan in the distance. When the boat landed, his pupils suddenly shrank and he roared:

"Dashiqi!"

"Yes, sir!"

Da Siqi was taken aback, although she didn't understand why, she hurriedly stood at attention and saluted with a snap.

"Come on, all warships, turn around and move forward at full speed!" Smoker shouted coldly, "Intercept the Drummond family's caravan before they start to cross the Upside Down Mountain!"

"Yes! Sir!" Dasqi responded loudly without hesitation at first, but then a burst of doubt appeared on his face, and he asked in a low voice, "But...Mr. Smogg, didn't you say before that our last Don't you want to offend such a big family in the East China Sea too much? Why now..."

"Under normal circumstances, this must be the case, but now, it is different..."

Smoker did not look at Dasqi, and kept staring at the caravan farther and farther away, his eyes full of coldness, "Our East China Sea swordsman Xia Nuo is hidden in those merchant ships..."

"Eh... Xia Nuo?"

Dasqi was stunned, her delicate little face full of disbelief. She hesitated for a while, as if she wanted to ask something more, but in the end she remained silent, gritted her teeth, and hurriedly turned towards the communication room.

………………

Boom, boom, boom.

A gentle knock on the door suddenly rang, waking up Xia Nuo who was reading the logbook beside the bed. Without thinking much, he quickly got out of bed and opened the door. As soon as he saw the person in front of him clearly, his face showed A hint of smile came:

"What's wrong, Uncle Wucun, what's the matter?"

That's exactly what's at the door

Wucun, after so many days, the injury on his leg has basically recovered, and the bandage has been removed. At this moment, with a smile on his face, he said kindly:

"It's nothing. It's just that in a while, we will start to climb the Upside Down Mountain. If I remember correctly, this is your first time to go to the Grand Line, Sir Xiano. Do you want to come to the deck and have a look?"

"Eh? Have we arrived at the bottom of Upside Down Mountain?" Xia Nuo was a little surprised. After thinking about it, he agreed with a smile, "Okay, anyway, the wind and waves will be quite strong later, so I'll stay in the cabin and sit there." Not stable."

After taking Toya Lake from the bedside, Xia Nuo followed Takemura downstairs. By coincidence, as soon as he stepped out of the cabin door, he saw Xiao Luo falling from the sky with a big fish in his mouth and landed on the deck. Then he came towards him with a face full of joy.

Xia Nuo ignored it and went to the railing at the front of the deck with Wu Cun. Sure enough, as Wu Cun said before, the caravan was now completely directly under the towering Upside Down Mountain. The water on both sides became more and more turbulent, and finally gathered in front of the mountain. , carrying it upward, forming a peculiar current that flows backwards upward.

Looking around, the sails of all the ships in the caravan have been fully loaded, and most of the people on board have appeared outside the cabin. Everyone is busy and hurried, making the final preparations for the upcoming climb over the Upside Down Mountain. Prepare.

However, at this moment.

Rumble!

A series of huge roaring sounds suddenly came from behind. People on the boat were stunned and looked back in confusion.

The next moment, everyone saw with horrified faces that more than a dozen black cannonballs roared from the air and crashed into the sea near the caravan, setting off layers of air waves and causing several merchant ships to collapse again. A jolt.

"It's the navy, the navy is firing at us!" someone shouted in panic.

"No! It's not firing, it's a warning!" Takemura also had a solemn look on his face, but he was much calmer than ordinary people and quickly discerned the situation, "The navy deliberately fired on both sides to force us to stop!"

Xia Nuo did not speak, but frowned as he looked at the three warships chasing after him in the distance, and a hint of bad anticipation gradually arose in his heart.

Sure enough, the next moment, a voice amplified several times by the loudspeaker suddenly floated over from the warship. It was the voice of a middle-aged man, extremely rough, and every word was extremely clear:

"The Drummond family caravan opposite, we are the Navy of Rogge Town in the East China Sea. We are now issuing the following announcement. The great pirate, 'The Wind Swordsman' Xia Nuo, who has a bounty of 8900 million Baileys, is very likely to be hiding in your caravan. Hit! To avoid unnecessary risks, please stop the ship immediately, cooperate with the navy, and undergo inspection!"

"Repeat! In order to avoid unnecessary risks, please stop the ship immediately and cooperate with the inspection!"

………………

On the deck, the originally noisy noise gradually became quiet at this moment.

Countless looks full of shock converged towards the center of the deck, and finally they all focused on Xia Nuo.

Gudong.

The sound of a young guard swallowing saliva broke the silence on the ship. He stared at Xia Nuo with a look of disbelief on his face:

"Xia...Xia Nuo-sama...is a pirate?"

"And he's a big pirate with a bounty of 8900 million Baileys?"

"This...how could this be?"

"Is the Navy lying? Or is it Master Xiano who deceived us?!"

At this moment, not only him, but all the crew members could not help but question. After seeing that Xia Nuo remained silent and did not answer, they looked at each other with panic on their faces and subconsciously asked Retreat toward the periphery.