CHAPTER 336: CHAPTER 37: RETURNING THE ORIGINAL WORDS

There was a problem facing him. The bullets for this sniper rifle were quite special, with a caliber of 13.77, a type Su Xiao had never heard of, and they were exclusive ammunition.

After inquiring within Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao learned that these bullets could be replenished in Reincarnation Paradise at a cost of 50 Paradise coins each, making twenty of them worth 1000 Paradise coins!

At this moment, there were 20 bullets in the magazine. Su Xiao had a thought: What if he sniped those Contractors or story characters from the high ground of Enies Lobby?

The answer was that it would be extremely satisfying, and by the time those people fought tooth and nail to get near him, Su Xiao would have already drawn Dragon Slash, his real strength was in close combat.

The Spider Queen’s ’Optical Infrared Detector 8x (Active)’ could auto-correct, so Su Xiao didn’t need to master much of the sniper rifle usage. The more high-tech the weapon, the simpler its use.

Su Xiao’s combat system began to take shape completely, with no more cases of being kited to death.

Close combat was his primary fighting method. If he was accidentally distanced by the enemy, he would take out the Broken Elf and initiate Gaze Shooting. If the enemy continued to run away, Su Xiao would directly pull out the Spider Queen and set up the rifle; under this combination, the enemy couldn’t escape.

The attack power of the Spider Queen was very high, several times that of the Broken Elf. With one shot, even Su Xiao would be pierced through; a headshot would mean instant death.

After putting away the Spider Queen, Su Xiao couldn’t help but look forward to the final battle on Enies Lobby.

Gains were substantial; the Qi Luck still had thirty seconds remaining. Su Xiao casually opened the Blue Treasure Chest, and a pale blue light shone.

Su Xiao’s heart tightened, it actually flashed! However, the flashing color was very light, somewhat different from before.

[You obtained 3000 Paradise coins.]

[You obtained 1000 Paradise coins.]

[You obtained 500 Paradise coins.]

[You obtained 2100 Paradise coins.]

[You obtained 860 Paradise coins.]

[You obtained 5100 Paradise coins.]

A large row of notifications for obtaining Paradise coins appeared, with no equipment, much to Su Xiao’s surprise.

Perhaps this slightly dim flash represented a big explosion of Paradise coins? It’s very possible.

When Su Xiao added up the Paradise coins obtained from the treasure chest, he discovered an astonishing fact: the chest had actually yielded 12560 Paradise coins.

This amount was astounding for opening a single chest. Su Xiao tossed the lighter in his hand, its name was fitting: Fate Redemption.

After opening all the treasure chests and Scarlet Cards, Su Xiao realized one thing: open-world environments were extremely dangerous.

After opening three Scarlet Cards he had such gains, and after finishing the last Scarlet Card, he even thought of hunting a few more Contractors.

This thought was suppressed by Su Xiao. He had his own plans. If Contractors did not take the initiative to provoke him, he would not hunt them, except for Violators.

After a huge haul from the chests and Scarlet Cards, Su Xiao lay comfortably on the bed, the sea train racing along smoothly.

Since the bed was a bit short, he and Bubute Ni lying together felt a little cramped, Bubute Ni resting its head on Su Xiao’s abdomen.

At times brimming with killing intent, only Bubute Ni would be close to Su Xiao; others would take a detour, let alone rest its head on his abdomen.

Su Xiao began to doze off. Things would soon get chaotic outside, and he just needed to keep sleeping.

Even if Luffy and others suspected it was his doing, could they prove it? They must know that Su Xiao was now one of CP0, and although his position was awkward, without evidence, Luffy and the others couldn’t arrest him, or even openly speculate, only suspect in secret.

Soon, the subsequent carriages began to get noisy, with the sound of running growing more urgent.

Su Xiao lay calmly on the bed, Bubute Ni not moving either.

Bang.

The door to the compartment slammed open, Luffy and others burst in, standing guard around Su Xiao, facing outward as if protecting his safety, but in reality, their eyes meticulously observed the compartment, finding nothing abnormal for a long time.

"Bai Ye, there’s an ’enemy’ hiding on the sea train, so we barged into your room to protect your safety. Please don’t misunderstand."

Kalifa explained.

"Is that so, then I really thank you all."

Su Xiao still lay on the bed, hands resting behind his head.

"Ah!"

A scream suddenly resounded, Bubute Ni bit at Kaku’s lower back, catching him off guard, biting his back into a bloody mess.

Moreover, Bubute Ni shook its head side to side, seemingly trying to bite a chunk off Kaku, revealing its wolfish side, its ferocity.

Once Bubute Ni bit an enemy, even if beheaded, it wouldn’t let go. Only Su Xiao could make it release.

"Iron Block."

Kaku growled low, preparing to punch Bubute Ni.

But at that moment, Kaku found a pair of extremely cold eyes staring at him.

"Are you trying to... harm my partner?"

Su Xiao sat up on the bed, glaring intensely at Kaku.

"Kaku, stop." Luffy commanded lowly.

"Bu Bu."

On hearing Su Xiao’s words, Bubute Ni let go, blood still dripping from its mouth.

"Kaku, someone crashed into my room suddenly, my partner was protecting my safety, please understand."

This was almost Luffy’s exact words before, and now Su Xiao was returning them verbatim to the CP9 four.

"No... problem." Kaku responded through gritted teeth; their choosing to storm in rather than knock was implicitly setting themselves against Su Xiao.

When Franky was attacked, CP9’s four immediately thought of Su Xiao, hence barged into his room to search for clues immediately.

"So, CP9, have you found the enemy?"

Su Xiao yawned, as if just waking up.

"Still investigating."

Luffy blocked Su Xiao’s view while Kalifa and the others checked the compartment’s window.

There had always been someone guarding the door; thus, the only exit was the window, though there were other possibilities.

"We were indeed a bit rash earlier; this is for apologies."

Luffy took out a pendant strung with a thread, with a finger-sized stone as its main part, inscribed with blessings.

Luffy held the thread. If Su Xiao wanted to take the pendant, he would have to touch the small stone.

"Forget it, I didn’t mind."

Su Xiao didn’t touch the pendant, Luffy’s gaze flickered.

"Please do accept it."

Su Xiao’s heart tightened, something was off with this thing. Could it be poison on the surface? Unlikely, as he had already pretended to swallow slow-acting poison before.

Raising his hand to take the pendant, Kalifa’s three companions looked at Su Xiao intentionally or unintentionally.

As Su Xiao’s hand touched the pendant, he showed no change in expression, even playing with it for a while.

"This thing is too crude; a pendant at least requires some carving."

Putting the pendant into his pocket, Luffy, seeing no anomalies with Su Xiao, said, "We will soon arrive at Enies Lobby, so be ready to get off at car number three."

CP9’s four all left the compartment, and after they closed the door, a smile appeared on Su Xiao’s lips.

Taking the pendant from his pocket, Su Xiao stored it in his storage space.

[Seastone Pendant (No grade, Special Item)]

Not finding any traces in the compartment, Luffy promptly presented the Seastone to test if he was a Devil Fruit User.

Enies Lobby was about to arrive, and by then Su Xiao’s ’opponents’ would no longer be the CP9 agents but the more cunning World Government officials.