Saint Charlos, the Snot-Nosed Act Must Go On

Chapter 213: Lord Imu, I hope I get the chance to meet you soon. I hear you're a beautiful woman, though who knows if that's true?

Mu Chen glanced back at the little house fading into the distance. He had thought he could simply retreat if the Five Elders tried anything, but after sensing Lord Imu's overwhelming presence, he was no longer sure he could escape Imu.

Still, things had turned out well. A little flattery had gotten him out in one piece.

Just then, Kong stopped.

"Mu Chen, what are you really thinking?"

"About what?"

Kong had stopped so abruptly and asked such an unexpected question that Mu Chen didn't immediately understand.

Kong turned to face him, his expression grave. The look in his eyes actually made Mu Chen uneasy.

"I mean the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Did you mean what you told the Five Elders?"

"If I hadn't said it, would the Five Elders have let me leave so easily?"

Mu Chen smiled when he realized that was what Kong meant. After all, he had no idea what the Five Elders might have done to him. They might have tried to gouge out his eyes or sent him to Cipher Pol to be their lapdog.

At that, Kong seemed to understand.

But when Kong looked ready to say more, Mu Chen raised a hand to cut him off. "No buts. My mother taught me a saying: talk to people on their terms, and tell ghosts what ghosts want to hear."

"Come on. Let's go."

"Commander-in-Chief Kong, weren't you going to Marine Headquarters to deliver the Five Elders' orders?"

"We'll go together. I can explain everything while we're there."

Mu Chen had no desire to explain himself twice, and Kong asked no more questions. But just as they