CHAPTER 347: CHAPTER 48: CLEAR THE FIELD

The sky was clear, with a gentle breeze blowing.

On the vast blue sea, a peculiar small boat sped across the surface, resembling a speedboat.

Tina sat on the small boat, her face full of amazement. She had never been on such a fast boat before. At this speed, it would take at most ten minutes to travel from Experimental Island to Enies Lobby.

This boat was borrowed by Su Xiao from Vega Punk, similar to a real-world speedboat. Its power source was a combustible mineral, with burning efficiency dozens of times greater than coal.

The speedboat raced across the sea surface. Su Xiao was driving, and Bubu Wang sat in the passenger seat, sitting upright with its front paws naturally hanging down.

Bubu Wang’s dog face sported a pair of sunglasses, epitomizing the phrase "acting like a human in a dog’s body."

Su Xiao took out the Eternal Pointer, checked the direction, and continued to accelerate.

Seawater splashed behind the speedboat, leaving a white line on the sea surface in its wake.

Su Xiao was driving the ’speedboat’, with a dog in the passenger seat and a beautiful girl in the backseat. It seemed less like he was heading towards a decisive battle and more like on vacation.

Before long, Enies Lobby appeared in sight. The island was already aware that Su Xiao was coming, and after confirming it was indeed him, the port on the Front Island cleared the way.

The speedboat rushed swiftly towards the port, creating a loud noise that alarmed many people.

On Front Island, in a room on the top floor of a Navy family building, there were two men and a woman.

One of them was Crazy Healer from the God Emperor Adventure Group, who was injured with his upper body wrapped in bandages.

The other man was a tech enthusiast, using binoculars to observe the surroundings of Enies Lobby, monitoring how many Contractors had arrived.

"Boss, someone’s coming. Damn, who’s this guy arriving in a speedboat?"

"Huh?" The female Contractor beside him was visibly skeptical. However, being able to stay by Crazy Healer’s side, she was either not a mediocre foot soldier or was quite formidable.

The girl wore a white dress and seemed around seventeen or eighteen years old.

"A speedboat? Space compression technology? Or a universal capsule?"

"No, I’ve never seen such a speedboat, and it has the insignia of the World Government."

Upon hearing this, Crazy Healer’s eyes opened as he asked, "Who’s on the speedboat?"

The tech enthusiast zoomed in with the binoculars.

"A man, a woman, and a... Siberian Husky?"

"What?"

Crazy Healer was stunned. He had seen Contractors bringing along tigers, lions, and even monsters, but never imagined someone would bring a Siberian Husky.

"Wait, it only looks like a Siberian Husky. It seems to be a hybrid of a wolf and a dog."

Crazy Healer frowned, thinking that a wolf-dog hybrid was still a Husky. The Husky was God’s rough draft before creating the wolf.

"Boss, something’s not right. The woman is the Navy’s Tina."

Crazy Healer became alert and walked to the binoculars to observe.

"Seems like a competitor has arrived. Winter Snow, investigate this person’s information."

Upon Crazy Healer’s request, Winter Snow smiled a pure smile.

"600 Paradise coins."

"That’s steep." The tech enthusiast was astonished.

"Mana value isn’t free, buddy."

Winter Snow appeared pure but suddenly cursed.

The tech enthusiast opened and closed his mouth, not daring to respond for a long time, having been berated by this girl previously to the point of doubting life.

"Coward."

Winter Snow maintained her pure smile, her delicate and tender cheeks making one want to pinch them.

"You... I."

"What, want to ’fight me’? Or start something directly?"

Winter Snow raised her soft little fist, and the tech enthusiast shrank back, having seen this violent girl dismantle a Gundam barehanded.

"I’m so cowardly, sorry about that."

The tech enthusiast crouched in the corner.

"Pay up."

Winter Snow extended her white little hand, causing Crazy Healer a bit of a headache.

"You need to curb that greed of yours; your sister..."

"Don’t mention my sister!"

Winter Snow’s eyes flashed with killing intent. She was once known as Winter Blood in Reincarnation Paradise.

"I truly don’t understand what you’re thinking, fine, tech enthusiast, trade 600 Paradise coins to Winter Snow."

The tech enthusiast felt bitter inside, wondering why it had to be him.

"Don’t worry, it will be returned to you. You should know my liquid assets rarely exceed 100 Paradise coins."

Crazy Healer was indeed strong but needed to spend a massive amount of Paradise coins.

"Understood, since you’re the Boss."

The tech enthusiast traded 600 Paradise coins to Winter Snow, whose attitude changed drastically.

"Let me get to work then."

Winter Snow’s eyes gradually turned icy blue, seemingly able to see Su Xiao through the walls.

As he headed toward the Justice Tower, Su Xiao paused in his steps, sensing a creepy feeling as if someone was probing him. The direction was indeterminable.

Noticing Su Xiao stopped, Tina also halted, "What’s wrong?"

"Nothing."

Su Xiao continued towards the Justice Tower, which stood as the highest point of the three islands.

Winter Snow inside the building exhaled deeply as her eyes returned to normal.

"Discovered."

"No way?"

"I’m sure, but our location wasn’t exposed."

Winter Snow waved her hand, causing a blue screen to float in the air displaying a small part of Su Xiao’s information.

"This is all I could detect; the other party’s Intelligence Attribute isn’t low."

Crazy Healer said nothing, starting to review Su Xiao’s attributes.

"Strength, Agility. Balanced development of Intelligence. Stamina is not too low but not high either. His ability to withstand blows shouldn’t be great. He’s a Lone Ranger; it’s unclear what his specific combat style is. With these attributes... close combat or long range is possible.

Challenging indeed. If this guy was also in the City of Seven Seas, Left Wheel’s injuries were probably caused by him. Could he be in close combat? That seems unlikely, close combat wouldn’t have such low stamina."

Crazy Healer appeared calm but was somewhat eager inside.

"When does the decisive battle start?"

"In less than an hour, at which time the location of the Netherworld blueprints will be public."

As the three conversed, noise began rising outside, soon accompanied by shouts and clashes.

"The Straw Hat Pirates have arrived, with a total of twelve Contractors. They are currently attacking the Front Island and won’t take long to reach the Justice Tower."

The tech enthusiast looked at Crazy Healer: "Boss, what should we do? Engage in battle with the Straw Hat Pirates or clear the area?"

"Is that a question? Of course, we clear them out. There are too many Contractors on Enies Lobby. We’re on the Front Island, Left Wheel is on the Main Island, and now a Lone Ranger has arrived heading straight for the Justice Tower.

We’ll clear the Front Island Contractors, Left Wheel can handle the Main Island, and that Lone Ranger might clear those near the Justice Tower. Under normal circumstances, our three parties won’t engage in fighting for now."

Crazy Healer unstrapped the scythe from his back.

"Have the positions of those Contractors been detected?"

"Detected."

This time Winter Snow didn’t charge a fee, which comforted Crazy Healer.

"Let’s begin clearing, but be cautious of that sneaky fellow before. Something about him feels off to me."

Both Crazy Healer and Left Wheel Man had an unspoken understanding, choosing not to interfere with the Straw Hat Pirates’ battle with CP9, instead choosing to clear out others first, as no one wanted to be caught benefiting someone else.

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