"Hmm? Do you think there's anything wrong with me killing a few Celestial Dragons?"
Seeing Ryokugyu's conflicted expression, Xia Chen smiled faintly.
"No! No problem! That was absolutely right!"
"Lord Xia Chen, you must have had your reasons for killing them. It's obvious they did something heinous!"
"You have truly rid the people of a scourge; you are a role model for us all!"
As Ryokugyu continued his tirade, the Marines behind him immediately turned their heads away.
He acted as if he knew nothing and heard nothing!
"Hmm! Not bad, not bad! Little Maki, it seems you have a high level of awareness!"
"If you can't make it in the Navy in the future, you can consider becoming a pirate. I think you have the ability to do so!"
"Alright, I won't say anything more. I'm going to continue looking around here. You go ahead and do your thing!"
After saying that, Xia Chen patted Ryokugyu on the shoulder and sped off.
After Xia Chen had been gone for quite some time, one of the Marines behind Ryokugyu tentatively asked:
" Admiral Ryokugyu, are we still going to protect the Celestial Dragons?"
"The person is dead, are you going to protect the corpse?" Ryokugyu turned around and said irritably.
"Report what happened here to the Five Elders truthfully later!"
"Now, retreat! Back to headquarters!"
With Xia Chen here, he didn't want to stay any longer, otherwise it wouldn't be good if something went wrong and it affected him.
What could he do about his failure to protect the Celestial Dragons?
Even if the Five Elders were summoned, Xia Chen would kill those Celestial Dragons right in front of them. What could they possibly do?
So it's not that he's unwilling to do his job, it's just that the enemy is too powerful!
At most, he'll say a few words to him when he gets back; it won't cause any real harm!
And now that he doesn't have to protect those Celestial Dragons, he actually feels quite content!
After all, those Celestial Dragons really showed him, a Marine Admiral, absolutely no respect!
In a rather good mood, Ryokugyu walked towards their warships on the outer perimeter, whistling as he walked with his hands behind his back.
Meanwhile, Xia Chen was stopped by a group of people after driving a short distance.
Looking at the man in the lead before him, Xia Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and asked calmly:
"Gilder de Tesoro?"
"It's me! Your Majesty!"
Tesoro leaned forward slightly and answered respectfully with a smile.
Most of the people around him looked horrified when they saw Tesoro in this state.
Others may not know what kind of person Tesoro is, but those who have lived here for who knows how long know him all too well!
The vast majority of them were under the control of Tesoro and could only work there for Tesoro their entire lives.
To them, Tesoro was a mountain weighing down on them, an object of their immense fear and dread!
But what they saw now was the owner of this entertainment complex, the very person they feared so much, bowing and scraping before such a young man?
Suddenly, everyone became curious about Xia Chen's identity.
Suddenly, a man who had just entered looked at Xia Chen closely for a few moments, his expression gradually turning to one of utter horror. He stammered, "..."
"He... he is Xia Chen the Sovereign! The World's Strongest Man!"
"What?!!"
Upon hearing this, a collective gasp rippled through the crowd, their eyes filled with utter horror as they looked at Xia Chen.
They certainly knew that the World's Strongest had been replaced six months ago, but what did that have to do with people like them who were only slightly better off than prisoners?
Those kinds of people are beyond their reach!
So although most people knew about this news, many of them had never even seen Xia Chen's bounty poster, and naturally wouldn't recognize Xia Chen.
Suddenly, one of the men, seeing Tesoro's respectful attitude towards Xia Chen, seemed to realize something, and a hint of excitement appeared in his eyes.
"If Tesoro is so respectful to Xia Chen, then if I go to find Xia Chen, could I...?"
Thinking of this, the man immediately ran towards Xia Chen's direction, shouting at the same time:
"Hey! Xia Chen! Tell Tesoro to let me out!"
"Um?"
Xia Chen and Tesoro, who were talking, paused at the sound and turned their heads simultaneously.
Tesoro's expression was rather unpleasant. He wanted to see which guy dared to be so audacious as to provoke him at this time.
"Um..."
Looking at the man's face, Tesoro was speechless for a moment.
It wasn't for any other reason than that he had absolutely no recollection of the man in front of him!
But to prevent him from saying anything inappropriate, Tesoro immediately asked, "Who are you? What do you want?"
At the same time, he shouted to the side, " Tanaka, go and restrain him! Don't let him offend His Majesty the Emperor!"
After saying that, Tesoro looked at Xia Chen, and when he saw the playful look on Xia Chen's face, his heart skipped a beat.
Upon receiving the order, Tanaka immediately went to the man and pinned him down in one go.
"Behave yourself! What are you planning to do? Don't you know Lord Tesoro and the Emperor are having a conversation?"
The man ignored Tanaka, instead looking up at Xia Chen and saying:
"My name is Dika. I came here a few years ago and got tricked by Tesoro, so I owe him a lot of money. Now I have to work for him here!"
"If we don't comply, he can still control us through the gold dust he sprinkled in the passageway we came in through, leaving us completely defenseless!"
"Even most of the people here are like that; they're all controlled by Tesoro."
" Xia Chen, please save me!"
"Hey! What nonsense are you spouting? What do you mean I set you up? Didn't you come here to gamble yourself? And now you're blaming us for setting you up after you lost?"
Tesoro retorted loudly, his eyes filled with murderous intent as he looked at Dika.
In the short time that had just passed, his men had already told him the basic information about the man in front of him and the reason why he had been arrested.
If he had known better, he shouldn't have shown mercy to these people and should have just killed them. He wouldn't be in this mess now!
Tesoro is now extremely worried that Xia Chen might make him release everyone here because of this incident.
That would undoubtedly have a huge impact on him; he would rather kill them all than let them go.
If they were allowed to leave, and then spread rumors everywhere, how many people would still want to come to his world's largest entertainment complex?
"Hey! Xia Chen! What are you hesitating for? Tell them to let me go!"
Seeing that Xia Chen didn't speak, Dika urged him impatiently.
"Oh!"
Hearing Dika's words, Xia Chen laughed, a slight smile appearing on his lips, and looked at Tanaka calmly, saying:
"Let him go!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Tanaka immediately released Dika and returned to stand next to Tesoro.
Dika slowly stood up, muttering with dissatisfaction, "Seriously, she could have spoken earlier, but she had to dawdle and make me suffer even more!"
"What do you want me to do? Why don't you say it again!"