Rebirth from Conan

Chapter 257 Reaching Cooperation
Almost a week passed quickly.

The port town of Speidelmaerz.

Several pirates who were cleaning up garbage at the garbage dump as usual suddenly saw a familiar figure from the sea.

I only saw a figure rowing a wooden boat, carrying a gun on his back that was much taller than his height, two swords on his waist, short hair, big eyes, and a homemade cigarette in the corner of his mouth...

Who else could it be other than Xia He?

"Xia and that brat are back?" One of the pirates immediately threw away the garbage in his hand and ran towards the town quickly, "I'll go inform Master Dover right away!"

"Eh, no..."

The other pirates who reacted turned around to look at the figure that had already run away and couldn't help but complain: "Damn, are you being lazy again?"

Just leave the work to us?
That guy is really shameless!

Not long after.

The wooden boat that Xia He was riding slowly approached the shore.

He dropped his oars and as soon as he got on the boat, the pirates who were responsible for picking up garbage immediately surrounded him, looked at him curiously and asked, "Xia He, where have you been this week?"

"Yes, I heard that you were burned to death in the fire. How did you come back to life?"

"Burned to death?" Xia He blinked.

Then, under the gaze of everyone, he suddenly stuck out his tongue, made a face and said, "I died such a miserable death..."

Pirate: ∑(っ°Д°;)っ

"There's a ghost!"

A scream.

Then they ran away in all directions and disappeared.

Seeing this, Xia He twitched the corner of his mouth speechlessly.

"a bunch of idiots……"

He went ashore muttering and walked quickly towards the town.

About ten minutes later, he appeared in Doflamingo's office as if nothing had happened.

"I think you should explain where you went last week."

Before Doflamingo, who was sitting at the desk, could speak, Trebol had already sniffed and asked Xia He first.

"I was washed onto an uninhabited island by the waves." Xia He calmly began to speak the story he had prepared long ago, "On the way back with Luo, we were attacked by another group of navy. I stayed behind to cover his retreat while he went to the ship to get help. But after a long time, no one came to save me. I kept running and running, and was eventually chased to the edge of a cliff by those guys..."

Having said this, he paused for a moment, leaving the question in suspense.

As expected, Qiao La, who was sitting nearby, was immediately curious, "And then?"

"Then... I jumped into the sea. Of course, while in the air, I used my fruit ability to conjure a huge wooden board as a raft. Otherwise, as a fruit ability user, if I really fell directly into the water, I would have been drowned by the sea water."

"So, you stayed on that... uninhabited island for a whole week before returning here?"

"That's not true."

Xia He said, his face full of helplessness, "I built a boat as soon as possible and tried to return here, but because I didn't have a compass or a map, I had to take a long detour on the sea."

"is it?"

Doflamingo scratched his head, but didn't pursue the matter. Instead, he asked, "Do you know where Law went?"

"Luo? Isn't he here?" Xia He immediately showed a very confused expression when he heard this question.

Seeing that Xia He's expression didn't seem fake, perhaps he really didn't know about Law's disappearance, Doflamingo waved his hand and said, "Go, have a good rest, and continue the class tomorrow. Let Diamante and Lao G teach you swordsmanship and physical training." "Okay."

Xia He bowed to Doflamingo and then left the room.

After the door was closed, Torrebol spoke out his doubts: "Did that kid really get washed up on an uninhabited island?"

"What, you don't believe him?" Doflamingo glanced at him.

"After all, he was kidnapped by Diamante. We really need to be more cautious. Moreover... this kid is much smarter than Buffalo and the others."

Torrebol shook off the snot hanging in the air.

"How about this, I'll send someone to investigate his whereabouts over the past few days to see if it's really as he said."

He thought, after being lost at sea for a week, he must have passed by other islands, right?
Otherwise, where would the food and supplies come from?

In this case, there are most likely "eyewitnesses".

"Go ahead then." Doflamingo nodded without much concern.

He doesn't care about that now.

If Luo really betrayed...

Then who should I train to be the next surgeon?

……

Xia He returned to the cabin he had built earlier alone.

In fact, Torrepol had recently arranged accommodation for him, but Xia He didn't like living with other people, so he chose to refuse and continued to live the life of an orphan alone.

He took off the clothes he had been wearing for a week and threw them on the ground.

Xia He lay shirtless on the cold wooden floor, wrapped himself in the animal skin blanket that Corazon had given him some time ago, and fell asleep.

Training is tomorrow anyway, and there is nothing to do today.

As for what he did this week...

Isn’t that nonsense? If you are “caught” by the navy, where else can you go?
It was nothing more than being forced to stay on the warship for five days along with that group of people.

During this period, in order to verify the truth of what Xia He said, Upton personally disguised himself as a refugee and went to Roccadilli Island for investigation.

The result is that what Xia He said is most likely true.

At least there is almost no dispute that the villagers were killed and he was then forcibly taken to Don Quixote's family.

So, after much consideration, with the dream of taking down the Don Quixote Pirates in one fell swoop, getting promoted and getting a raise, and directly entering the headquarters of the Navy, Upton finally agreed to cooperate with Xia He.

Xia He also told the other party the specific location of Speidamerz Island. Once they get the chance, they will go there in full force and take down the Don Quixote family's base in one fell swoop.

“Hulu~~Hulu~~Hulu~~~”

I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t sleep well these days, but Xia He started snoring, which is a rare occurrence for him.

About four hours later.

After a good sleep, Xia He got up refreshed and planned to go to the beach to find food.

Unexpectedly, he had just walked a short distance when Baby-5 trotted over and shouted at his back, "Hey, Xia He, Master Dover asked you to go to the restaurant for dinner!"

Xia He: "?"

……

(End of this chapter)