One Piece: Starting with Breathing Techniques

Chapter 138 The Eve of Departure

Once the two people who entered through the window had settled down, they looked around and found themselves in an extremely luxurious room.

The room is four meters high, and an exquisite crystal chandelier illuminates the entire room. A light pink wool handmade carpet is laid out, and the door to the walk-in closet is ajar, revealing countless gorgeous and exquisite women's clothes.

However, most of the styles are rather—generous?

On a sofa not far away, a beautiful figure stood with her back to the two men, revealing only her fair, jade-like neck, and a faint, alluring fragrance wafted from her.

"Distinguished guests—isn't it a bit impolite of you to barge into someone's room like this?"

The crisp sound was incredibly soothing, exuding a captivating charm that made one's blood boil.

"This is----?"

Tiger was startled, realizing where he and Kiro were—"Wait, Kiro, this is the red-light district!"

"Do we seem to have gone to the wrong place?"

Could it be that this person in front of them is treating them as guests?

Now is not the time to think about that kind of thing!

Tiger's ears turned red, but he quickly looked at Kiro, about to say something to remind him, but saw that Kiro's face was calm and composed, as if he had expected it.

Seeing Tiger's confusion, Kiro sighed and said, "Don't try to fool Tiger, you dignified Queen of Pleasure Street."

"Stusi, how long are you going to keep up this act?"

Upon hearing this, the beautiful figure let out a silvery laugh, put away her crossed legs, and turned to look at the two of them.

With a full head of blond hair and exquisite features, he was none other than Stusi, who was lurking in the CPO!

However, compared to the CP0 uniform she wore when she met Kiro before, Stussy's current outfit is more eye-catching and daring, with a dress that reveals glimpses of her cleavage through the barely-there fabric.

The deep V-neckline in front of her body further accentuated the alluring cleavage beneath her rounded curves.

Stussy made no attempt to conceal his impressive figure, his eyes narrowing as he looked at Kiro with great interest.

But Kiro didn't get carried away; he just shook his head helplessly.

"—I thought the Queen of the Pleasure District was just a title, right? How come it seems you've really taken the role to heart?"

He stepped forward, leaned close to Stussy with her slightly widened eyes, and pressed himself against her. A stack of peso appeared in his right hand, and he brought his hot breath to Stussy's ear, causing her to instinctively gasp for air.

"What? Do you really want me to pay?"

Faced with the unexpected counterattack, Stusi, who had been looking relaxed, was startled, and a visible blush appeared on his face.

Looking at Kilo so close to her, his aggressive gaze sweeping over her from head to toe, a sudden wave of unease and shame washed over her.

This was the first time a man had ever gotten so close to her; even her creator, Vegapunk, kept a polite distance from her!

Disregarding the image she had been carefully maintaining, she quickly took two steps back to create distance, and her voice was no longer as charming as before.

"That's enough!"

Thinking about what had just happened, Stussy's ears turned red, her beautiful eyes widened, and she glared at Kiro. "It was just a joke—"

As expected of a veteran of CP0, Stussy quickly composed himself and put on that mysterious smile again.

"What are you doing? Why are there so many navy personnel searching outside?"

She looked at Kiro suspiciously. "You didn't kill another Celestial Dragon, did you?"

Kiro sighed, and Tiger quickly stepped in to explain, telling Stussy what had happened.

As he finished speaking, his eyes turned red and murderous intent surged, but when he remembered Kiro's words of encouragement, he suppressed his impulse and silently buried his hatred in his heart.

Stussy understood and quickly realized their current predicament.

"You think you can evade the Navy's search?"

Kiro nodded. "It's not convenient for me to intervene, and Tiger is seriously injured—"

The implication is quite clear.

Stussy wasn't stupid either. She chuckled, her beautiful eyes bright, "I am one of the emperors of the underworld, and the Sabaody Archipelago is the largest piece of my territory—"

"Protecting both of you would be easy, but—"

She looked at Kiro, a smile involuntarily creeping onto her face. "So, you owe me a favor, then?"

Seeing that Kiro did not object, Stussy snorted smugly, turned around and pulled out a map of Sabaody from the room.

She pointed out a route outlined in red ink, "This is a secret passage I left behind that leads directly to one of my own private harbors."

"You can leave the island directly from here. I guarantee no navy will find that location!"

Upon seeing this, Kilo frowned, somewhat hesitant, "But I still have another ship undergoing coating—"

Stussy raised an eyebrow. "You mean the ship that Verso had coated for you?"

Kiro was startled. "How did you know?"

Stussy chuckled, clearly pleased. "Because Verso is my informant!"

"I just didn't expect to run into you. He sensed something was wrong and notified me immediately."

"If I hadn't seen your longsword, I really wouldn't have recognized who you were behind that mask!"

"As for your ship—I can have it moved to a secret dock."

Upon hearing this, Kiro touched the tip of his nose and gave a wry smile.

He thought his disguise would fool most people, but he never expected that his sword would be recognized.

It seems I need to be more careful when disguising myself in the future.

"However, your method is correct, but—"

"I plan to dive down to Fishman Island. It seems I need to follow a specific ocean current inlet. Isn't that area already under Navy control?"

Upon hearing this, Tiger, who had been silent for a long time, coughed, drawing the attention of the two men to himself.

"I have a way!"

"Don't forget, I'm a pure-blooded merman!"

"Now that the ship has been coated, I have a way to dive down to Fishman Island!"

Seeing Tiger's unwavering resolve, Kiro nodded.

"Okay, let's set off now!"

Stussy and Tiger were both taken aback. "So fast?"

"Delay may lead to unforeseen changes."

Without hesitation, Kilo said, "Let's go now!"

After resting, the group followed a very secret passage to a remote and inconspicuous miniature port.

Several ships were anchored here, and Kilo's small boat had also come into view.

Meanwhile, the retired coating craftsman "Velso" whom we had met earlier was already waiting nearby.

After seeing Kilo's meaningful look, he smiled awkwardly and scratched his head.

"—Mr. Kiro, it was just an accident!"

"I really didn't mean to lie to you!"

"Look!" He led Kiro to the boat, pointed to the smooth, perfect resin film, and proudly patted his chest.

"I applied this coating myself, it's absolutely fine!"

"Just go dive without worry!"

Without hesitation, Kilo passed through the resin membrane and stepped into the small boat.