Mu Chen, You Really Are Bad

Chapter 233: Mu Chen, I Never Would've Guessed You Were This Cold-Blooded. You Actually Killed the Golden Lion!

Crocodile looked just as puzzled.

Mu Chen spread his hands helplessly. "No, no. I didn't kill the Golden Lion. You two did!"

That only left Bullet and Crocodile even more confused.

"Mu Chen, what do you mean?"

Bullet and Crocodile stared at him, dumbfounded. Neither had any idea what he was playing at.

Mu Chen stepped between them and slung an arm around each of their shoulders. Bullet was so tall, though, that it made things awkward for him.

From a distance, the three of them made a rather comical sight.

"Come on, the credit was yours to begin with. Think about it: you killed the notorious Golden Lion. Once word spreads across the seas, your reputations will soar—especially yours, Crocodile." Mu Chen had no intention of taking credit. Being too famous was no good; he needed to keep his head down and grow stronger. Besides, this proved how efficiently he carried out his orders. Told to choose candidates for the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he had taken Bullet and Crocodile out and dealt with the Golden Lion. With a record like that, even the Five Elders could hardly complain. And he had obtained the Float-Float Fruit too. Two birds with one stone.

Mu Chen suddenly felt remarkably clever.

"Mu Chen, I've realized you're truly rotten."

Crocodile pulled Mu Chen's arm off his shoulder and spoke coldly.

"Me? Rotten?"

"How am I rotten?"

"Crocodile, don't mistake a favor for an insult. You're not even as famous as Bullet yet. Didn't you want to become the Pirate King?"

"How are you going to do that without a reputation? I'm giving you two the credit!"

Crocodile had no answer. Mu Chen was right,