Early the next morning, the official Gold Transport Team finally reached Demon Island.
Along the way, after Orochimaru left, they encountered numerous bands of pirates, large and small. Every pirate met the same fate: Xia Yu casually knocked them unconscious in an instant.
Once the ship docked on Demon Island's shore, Xia Yu leaped onto the beach and instructed Hai Xing:
"Have your men dump all those captured pirates here. Then you can head to the Land of Water. Leave all the captured pirate ships for me, too."
"Sure, no problem!"
Hai Xing immediately directed the crew to throw every last captive onto the shore.
"Xia Yu, my young friend, we're counting on you to resolve the [Spirited Away] incidents on Demon Island. If you can settle this, our Land of Sea will honor you as a hero and revere you forever!"
"Oh, rather than spending all that time revering me, you might as well pay me more." Xia Yu could not be bothered to listen to any more flattery from Hai Xing and the others. He waved impatiently, and only then did they leave.
The moment they boarded, the Gold Transport Team set off at full speed and vanished from sight in no time.
Without their powerful protector Xia Yu, Hai Xing and the others dared not dawdle as casually as before, lest pirates who had slipped through the net attack them.
Xia Yu took a step, found a jutting rock to sit on, and spoke softly to the empty space around him:
"Stop hiding, Orochimaru. This is your territory. I know you've already spotted me..."
As soon as he finished speaking, gusts of eerie wind swept in. A figure flashed out of the nearby Small Grove and drifted before Xia Yu.
"What have you come looking for me