On a calm and sunny sea, the Going Merry was sailing slowly.
" Xia Chen! We're out of food in the warehouse again, go get some!" Sanji called out to Xia Chen, who was resting on a rocking chair, as he walked to the bow of the ship.
Upon hearing this, Xia Chen slowly opened his eyes, a hint of helplessness flashing in them.
"It's only been a few days? And the food is gone again?"
"There's no Luffy, Luffy can eat too much! At least half the food ends up in his stomach!"
Upon hearing this, Xia Chen couldn't help but rub his forehead slightly, then stood up and slowly walked towards the warehouse.
Xia Chen now feels extremely ashamed when he thinks he used to think he could eat more than Luffy.
He overestimated himself and underestimated Luffy!
When it comes to eating, he's definitely no match!
Xia Chen entered the warehouse and casually waved his hand, and a large pile of food appeared before him.
Luckily, he had slaughtered so many dinosaurs and killed the Goldfish King in the Little Garden before, so he had a lot of meat stored up. Otherwise, he might not have been able to support this consumption!
As soon as Xia Chen stepped out of the warehouse, Luffy leaned over, looking at the dinosaur meat and goldfish meat in the warehouse, and couldn't help but show a look of disgust.
"Why is it always this meat? Don't you have anything else? I'm so tired of eating the same thing every day!"
???
(▼plate▼)!
"Then why do you eat the most every day!" Xia Chen threw a punch straight at Luffy's face, but... he didn't hit anything.
"Hmm?" Xia Chen's face showed surprise as he turned to look at Luffy standing to the side.
"I never expected this, Luffy, you actually mastered the shave technique!"
Upon hearing this Luffy put his hands on his hips, pointed at Xia Chen, and laughed loudly, "Hahaha... Of course, you idiot Xia Chen, do you think I've been playing around all these days?"
"I've been working really hard at training, okay? Now I've mastered the shaving technique, so you won't be able to beat me up anymore!"
At this point, Luffy's smug expression deepened, and he even looked at Xia Chen with a provocative gaze.
Seeing Luffy like this, Xia Chen's lips curled into a slight smile.
" Luffy, haven't I told you... you have to be humble!"
Xia Chen was still in the same spot when he said the first few words, but when he said the last three words, he was already next to Luffy.
"When?!" Luffy was shocked and hurriedly tried to escape using Shave. But unfortunately, it was too late!
Xia Chen raised his fist, Armament Haki coating it, and slammed it down on Luffy, then used his foot to catch Luffy's falling body.
After all, Luffy is okay even if he's injured, but the ship can't be damaged!
Because Luffy was falling so fast, even though the foot was caught, it caused secondary damage to Luffy at that speed.
After all, forces are reciprocal! He kicked Luffy, but his foot also felt the pressure, so neither of them owed the other anything!
Of course, this might be more convincing if we ignore the Armament Haki on Xia Chen's feet.
Xia Chen glanced calmly at Luffy, and said, "The sun's out, the rain's stopped, and you think you're all that anymore!"
After saying that, he walked towards his throne at the bow of the ship. But Usopp and Chopper stood there dumbfounded. After a long while Usopp excitedly said:
" Xia Chen's words are far too Haki!"
"Exactly, that's so Haki!" Chopper chimed in.
Then the two of them started imitating Xia Chen fighting Luffy on the boat, and the most crucial ending had to be added, "The sky has cleared, the rain has stopped, and you think you're all set now!"
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" Nami, there's a strange phenomenon ahead!"
"Oh, that's nothing, it's just ordinary water vapor! Just go straight ahead! It's a normal phenomenon caused by underwater volcanoes!"
"Underwater volcanoes? There are volcanoes underwater?" Chopper asked curiously.
"Of course there are! In fact, there are more underwater volcanoes than volcanoes on land!"
"Oh! I see!" Chopper felt like he had learned something new.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the water vapor.
Have you seen Mr. 3's ship?
"Reporting to Mr. 2, nothing has been found!"
"Damn it, where the hell is Mr. 3?! If we can't find him soon, he'll kill me and my life will be in danger!"
A burly man dressed in a ballet costume and wearing bizarre, heavy makeup sat in a chair, cursing and swearing.
"Keep searching! Don't miss any trace of the ship!"
"Yes!"
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"Help! Help! I can't swim! Help me..."
"Hmm?" Xia Chen slowly removed the newspaper from his face, patted his head, and stood up.
What happened?
"Oh, someone's drowning!" Luffy said, pointing to a person struggling in the sea.
"Um..."
Xia Chen pondered for a moment, then glanced at everyone again.
So... none of you went to save him?
Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze to Sanji, who was smoking to the side.
"No, why are you all looking at me...?"
"Thank you for saving us!" the man said to the crowd.
"Hey, hey, hey, your saviors are right here! What's with all that bowing to them?" Sanji, who was wringing out his clothes, said disapprovingly.
"Thank you so much, my benefactor!" The man turned and bowed deeply to Sanji.
"Hmm!" Sanji replied calmly. Normally, even if someone was a man, he wouldn't be so indifferent if he received such thanks from them.
But for some reason, he always felt a little uncomfortable looking at the man in front of him.
Xia Chen, standing to the side, also watched the man in front of him with great interest—oh, no, the transvestite!
Mr. 2 Bon Clay, a senior executive at Baroque Works!
However, to be fair, Xia Chen had a pretty good impression of him. Although Bon Clay kept referring to himself as "this humble servant" and even claimed to be a transvestite, he was still quite popular.
However, he was never ambiguous when it came to being a man. Whether it was being captured by the Navy in Alabasta while disguised as Luffy, or rescuing Luffy from danger again in Impel Down, he moved countless people to tears at the time.
He wouldn't mind helping him out if possible, but that's something for later.
They are now... enemies!
While Xia Chen was lost in thought, Mr. 2 had already become friends with Luffy and the others, constantly showing them his face-changing skills.
Suddenly, he transformed into Nami's appearance, and just before he was about to pull open his clothes, Xia Chen teleported to his side and punched him hard.
"Hey, hey, hey, this isn't a good idea!" Xia Chen pulled him up, staring at him with a face that was both kind and fierce.
"It's... it's really not good!" Mr. 2 said, swallowing hard and sounding a little scared.
For a fleeting moment, he sensed a murderous aura.
The man in front of me is extremely dangerous!
Xia Chen looked at him calmly. He didn't know why he had done that just now; it was just an instinctive action. But it didn't matter. He only knew that Mr. 2 would be unhappy if he did that.
Thinking about this, a thought suddenly popped into Xia Chen's mind. Since he was already so powerful, he could handle most things, so why not... kill this transvestite?