"What do you want with me? And how did you know I'd be here?" Xia Chen, a little curious.
"Of course I have something to tell you. As for how I knew you were here, that's a long story. It happened three months ago..."
Get to the point!
Xia Chen interrupted Long, saying, "Since it's a long story, let's get to the point."
"Three months ago, I met Nico Robin from your ship on an island, and she told me that you would be meeting here in three months, so I came!"
"To be on the safe side, I arrived here two weeks ago and have been waiting for you ever since!"
"Hmm... I see!" Xia Chen pondered, then looked at Long and asked, "So, what did you come to see me about?"
"There's something very important I need to ask you!" Long looked intently at Xia Chen, then asked, word by word:
Do you know where Sabo went?
" Sabo?? Didn't he go back?" Xia Chen asked curiously, also feeling a little embarrassed.
Now that Dragon is mentioned, Xia Chen suddenly remembered that when he came out of Impel Down, he seemed to have forgotten about Sabo...?
Wait, something's not right!
Xia Chen suddenly remembered that he had told Sabo to meet him outside before he went into Impel Down, and with such a big commotion when he came out, there was no reason why Sabo wouldn't notice!
But Sabo didn't come looking for them at the time. Although they rushed to Marineford after leaving Impel Down, it would still have taken them at least a few minutes.
There couldn't possibly be enough time before Sabo came looking for them!
At the time, all his energy was focused on rescuing Robin from Marineford, so he didn't pay much attention to Sabo and for a while forgot about him, even to this day.
If Dragon hadn't mentioned Sabo now, Xia Chen might have continued to forget about him.
"He hasn't come back!" Long nodded.
"He hasn't come back since that day I went out with you. There's been no news of him for the past six months. Even our Revolutionary Army's intelligence has no information about him. It's as if he just vanished into thin air!"
There was a clear hint of anxiety in Long's voice when he said this.
" Sabo has disappeared, and there's not even any intelligence from your Revolutionary Army..."
Xia Chen stroked his chin, deep in thought. The Revolutionary Army's intelligence capabilities were already quite formidable, yet even so, they hadn't received a single clue about Sabo.
So where did Sabo go?
First, let's rule out the option of Sabo disappearing on his own. That's impossible. Given Sabo's personality, even if he were to do something, he would at least let Dragon know, not just vanish without a word like this!
If it wasn't a problem with Sabo himself, then there must have been some uncontrollable factor that caused the accident.
This unexpected incident occurred during the time he entered Impel Down to rescue Luffy, which resulted in no news of him for half a year.
If that's the case, could it be that Sabo has already...?
Although Xia Chen didn't want to see that happen, he had to consider it now.
Seeing Xia Chen remain silent, Long also grew anxious and asked in a low voice, "Could Sabo have already...?"
"No, he's just missing for now. Until we know the exact result, we must assume that Sabo is still alive!" Xia Chen said calmly, but his tone was firm.
He was saying this to the dragon, but also to himself!
Although Sabo went with him to rescue Luffy on his own initiative, and it wasn't that he asked him to come along, it's a done deal that Sabo will go to Impel Down with him!
Now that Sabo is missing, he's determined to find Sabo, no matter the reason!
Thinking of this, Xia Chen looked at Long and said, "Wait a minute, let me ask someone if they have any news about Sabo!"
After saying that, Xia Chen had a thought, and two Den Den Mushi appeared in his hand. Xia Chen picked up one of them and dialed the Den Den Mushi directly.
A moment later, the call was answered, and a slightly obsequious voice came through.
"Good Xia Chen! Have you had breakfast yet?"
Xia Chen, Long:...
Standard telephone etiquette, that's fine. It's clear the person on the other end is very particular, but Xia Chen didn't have time to argue, so he asked directly:
"I ate, Big News Morgans! I called to ask you about someone!"
"Go ahead and tell me! Who do you want to inquire about? I guarantee I'll find out exactly what color their underwear is today!" Big News Morgans' confident voice came through the phone.
Just kidding, he might not be good at fighting, but gathering information?
hehe!
Big News Morgans didn't want to use too many words to express anything; a simple "heh" would suffice!
"You'd better find out the color of his underwear!" Xia Chen said with a strange expression.
"Alright, let's get straight to the point! Do you know Sabo from the Revolutionary Army?"
"Of course! Sabo, the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army, holds an extremely high position within the army, second only to the leader Dragon. He was born into a noble family in the Goya Kingdom of the East Blue!"
He was sworn brothers with Straw Hat Luffy Fire Fist Ace. During one of their voyages, their ship was sunk by the Celestial Dragons, and he disappeared afterward. When he reappeared, he had joined the Revolutionary Army!
"..."
Big News Morgans spoke at length about everything concerning Sabo, which surprised Xia Chen and Long, who were listening.
Although Xia Chen already knew that Big News Morgans ' intelligence capabilities were not weak, he really didn't expect them to be this strong!
There are many things that even he, someone who has watched anime, doesn't know, but Big News Morgans is able to say them, and unsurprisingly, this information is true and reliable, as can be seen from the dragon's expression next to him.
but...
It seems like I've said some nonsense!
Look at what Big News Morgans is saying—it's all so pointless. Would he really be interested in what's going on between Sabo and Koala?
How could that be! He's not the type to enjoy gossip, really!
However, Xia Chen and Long tacitly refrained from interrupting Big News Morgans, and their specific thoughts remain unknown!
After a while...
"After that, he went to Impel Down with you, Lord Xia Chen, and I don't know anything after that!"
"I just want to know where he went after Impel Down!" Xia Chen was a little speechless.
Although he seemed to be listening quite enthusiastically, please don't cut me off at the most crucial moment!
Finding Sabo is the most important thing right now; we can gossip about his relationship with Koala later!
"Hmm... I don't know! The last piece of information I have is that he appeared in Impel Down, and I don't know anything after that!"
"Are you kidding me? Didn't you just say you could even tell what color underwear he was wearing today?"
Hearing this, Xia Chen's tone became somewhat unfriendly. Was Big News Morgans teasing him?
"Well... I used a little bit of exaggeration. You know, people always embellish their words a bit when talking about what they're good at!"
God's embellishment!
Hearing this, Xia Chen's anger was already rising. He felt he needed to find some time to show Big News Morgans what color his fists were!
Even through the Den Den Mushi, Big News Morgans could sense Xia Chen's anger and hurriedly said:
"Actually, I have another very important message..."