Pirates of the Navy Thunder God

Chapter 864 Xiao Zi's True Identity

The vote was unanimous and the protest was invalid.

Zoro was ordered to stay and look after the house. After all, there were many resistance fighters recovering from their injuries where they were hiding. In case they were discovered by the enemy, they had to ensure that they could escape.

Chopper and other wounded soldiers also stayed behind, as well as Nami. Considering the possible battle later, any player who was not strong enough could not go.

It's cruel, but safe.

Moving forward along a crooked passage, they came to the entrance of an upward passage. The old female ninja took the lead and pushed open the baffle with her nimble hands and feet. After making sure that there was no one outside, she gestured to the people behind her to let them go up.

"Go east from here and over the hill you'll see the ruins of Oden Castle, General Soryuu... Eh? Why are you in front of us?"

Kanjuro was just about to explain the route when he suddenly realized that there were only Luffy and Sanji behind him. Ron, who was supposed to be following the team, disappeared at some point.

Looking back, Ron was standing on the tree trunk, looking out with his hands raised.

"Is that Oden Castle? The ruins alone are so impressive. I can't imagine how magnificent it must have been before it was destroyed."

Looking over the hill that blocked the road, Ron saw a huge ruin in front of him. Even after years of erosion, the towering city walls still looked majestic and majestic.

At the same time, the warship-sized hole that appeared on the wall was even more shocking.

"Oden Castle before it was destroyed...?"

Kanjuro couldn't help but recall the past. To him, it was just a few months ago.

Then he shook his head and said.

"General Canglong, please be careful. In order to avoid invasion by the enemy, Kaido's coalition has placed a large number of secret sentries in the country..."

"Oh, it's okay. There's only a spy 1,500 meters west of here, and he's even sleeping."

Before he could finish his words, Ron interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

"Leave the leading to me. Just keep an eye on the surroundings and make sure no one takes advantage of you."

"Is this... the legendary 'Skynet'?"

Sanji lit up a cigarette and took a long breath.

"General Canglong's unique special observation Haki can monitor the area several kilometers around him."

"Several kilometers?"

Kanjuro took a deep breath. During the time he was at sea, he had also learned about the power of Haki. Isn't Observation Haki only effective when both parties are close to each other?
"To be precise, it is a circle with a diameter of fifty-three kilometers..."

Ron glanced at Sanji in surprise. It seemed that they had done a lot of intelligence work in order to defeat him.

“The single-line distance is more than 100 kilometers.”

"If I want, I can attack from hundreds of kilometers away before the enemy discovers our whereabouts."

"Of course, the farther the distance, the more energy is consumed. Being able to monitor easily does not mean that it is easy to land an attack."

Ron said as he stepped lightly onto the ground and pointed to the southeast.

"We found Li Ruisk, this way."

Found it already?!

Kanjuro and Sanji looked at each other, unable to hide the shock in their eyes.

"Tsk, so why can't pirates get along with the navy?"

Rubbing his blond hair in pain, Sanji smiled bitterly and said, "It's so hopeless to think about having to fight against such a monster!"

The sky is hundreds of kilometers high, and the Sunny's special jet device needs to spray seven or eight times to blast the wind to cover this distance, and this is even with sufficient reserves and regardless of the risk of hull collapse... while the opponent just consumes more energy.

"Well, there will always be a way, we'll talk about it when the time comes!"

Luffy smiled heartlessly, leaving the two speechless.

……

Oden Castle was within reach, and Lirisk suddenly stopped and shouted.

"That's enough. Here it is."

"..."

Xiao Zi didn't answer and just stood there silently.

She had a hunch that, if nothing unexpected happened, Li Risk was suspicious of her.

"We have been out for three hours. In three hours, as long as those people are not useless, it will be easy for them to find us."

Boom!

Xiao Zi felt a thunderclap in her heart; her ominous premonition had come true!
But her expression remained unchanged and she suppressed the fear in her heart.

"Is this the reason why you do these things?" Hearing this, Li Risk turned back curiously.

"Yeah, what's the problem?"

What's the problem?
Xiao Zi sneered, "I see. You suspect that I am in collusion with those rebels and want to use me to lure them out... but how can you be sure that I have any connection with them? I am the number one geisha in Wano Country. Even General Kurozumi has great respect for me. Why should I have any connection with them?!"

"The general should be looking for me all over the city now. If you guessed wrong, what do you think your position is?"

Orrick was an ally of General Black Charcoal, but his son did these things to him. I wouldn't say the alliance was broken, but at least a rift would definitely exist.

Such an important question is based on mere speculation...

"What a willful Celestial Dragon!"

In response, Lirisk narrowed his eyes slightly.

"You sharp-tongued little girl... Should I cooperate with you and act like I'm regretting and feeling scared?"

Xiao Zi's face darkened.

"What do you mean?"

"Indeed, I don't have direct evidence of your connection with the rebels, but I am more certain that your purpose in approaching Kurozumi Orochi is not so pure."

Li Risk walked over slowly, his cold eyes turning into ruthless vertical pupils like a lizard, like a hunting poisonous snake, calm and cruel.

Xiao Zi couldn't help but take a half step back, her heels hit a stone, and she fell to the ground.

"In recent years, there has been a legend about a phantom thief circulating among the people of Wano Country. I wonder if you are familiar with it."

The "Phantom Thief" Ugly Three Boy is a phantom thief who only appears at 15:30 at night. He throws gold coins from nowhere into the slums and distributes them to the poor, so he is very famous among the people.

"But... then what? Are you going to say that I have a connection with that Phantom Thief?"

"Yes and no."

Standing in front of Xiao Zi, Li Risk said condescendingly: "It's just that when the legend of the 'Phantom Thief' Ugly Three began to spread in the Flower Capital, it happened to be when you became famous in Wano Country. The interval between the two was no more than three months."

"And an interesting thing happened during those three months."

"Wha...what?"

Xiao Zi looked unhappy, realizing that she had exposed so many things.

"General Kurozumi Orochi became interested in a geisha and spent a huge amount of money to help her win the title of Oiran. Because of the general's love, she became the number one geisha known throughout the country of Wano."

"And this geisha is you."

Looking at Xiao Zi with pale lips, Li Ruisk shook his head in disinterest: "You have too many flaws, Miss Xiao Zi... Even the black charcoal snake, who is blinded by your beauty, can't find them."

"But that's not why I came to you. I don't care if you cheat him out of his money... But there's one question I haven't found the answer to."

Looking over quietly, Li Ruisk exhaled a breath of cold air.

"You didn't spend a lot, and you never had the chance to use your own money. Wherever you went, someone would take care of everything for you. So even if you add the money distributed to the poor, the total amount is not that much... But whether it's the money you got through your notorious fraud or the reward from General Black Charcoal, it's far from matching this amount."

"So what? Geisha will grow old and ugly one day, so what's wrong with me saving some money for my coffin?!"

Xiao Zi is still making her final struggle.

In response, Li Risk coldly shattered her last glimmer of hope: "You should know that before Kurozumi Orochi joined forces with us, his biggest arms trading partner was the World Government, right?"

"Then how do you think their funds are circulated? Cash? Bailey from the sea doesn't seem to be widely circulated in Wano Country, right?"

Wano Country is independent of the world and has its own monetary system. The reason why it can use Beli is that Beli can be exchanged for the local currency.

And that national currency...

Looking at her, Lirisk sneered.

"Yes, it's gold!"

"They use gold as currency, which is the only currency recognized by the top leaders of Wano Country... and the one who acts as their middleman is the famous Golden Emperor, Gild Tesoro!"

Xiao Zi held her breath and figured out the key point.

The person in front of him was a Celestial Dragon a few years ago, and it is well known to the world that the Golden Emperor has a close relationship with the Celestial Dragons. In addition to friendship, what is more important is the benefits he brings, which makes the Celestial Dragons willing to compromise.

What benefits?
Seize the benefits of the card!
The parasitic methods of the Celestial Dragons are lying on this trade route, sucking blood!

"It seems you understand? Otherwise, where do you think my father got the funds for the rebellion?"

Lirisk shrugged and smiled.

"All the banks in Wano Country belong to our Nibelungen family. We can see at a glance who has deposited what in them."

"Do you... have anything else to explain?"

(End of this chapter)