Chapter 311: Chapter 12: Shameless Scoundrel (4th update, bonus for monthly pass)
Entering the hall, Angus was immediately pulled away by several colleagues to drink, and as he left, Angus said: ’Have fun.’
As soon as Angus left, a tall and slender beauty gracefully approached, naturally linking her arm with Su Xiao.
"Don’t resist, our relationship is quite ambiguous right now."
Kalifa chuckled lightly, her eyes slightly proud.
"Is that so? But it seems you’ve forgotten something."
Su Xiao and Kalifa sat at a dining table, where few people were nearby.
"What is it?"
Kalifa picked up a glass of wine and took a small sip.
"How does it feel to have a bomb in your stomach?"
Su Xiao looked at Kalifa with interest. Since she wanted to play a role, he would continue to play along with her. He directly put his arm around Kalifa, catching the jealous stares from around, which were the angry gazes of the single dogs.
The banquet gathered most of the shipwrights from Galley-La Company, and Su Xiao’s fame began to rise at an astonishing speed.
[Your fame +5.]
[Your fame +2.]
[Your fame +8.]
[Your fame +12.]
...
Prompts from Reincarnation Paradise kept coming, and Su Xiao’s actions became bolder, while Kalifa was stiff on her seat, forced to maintain a smile on her face.
"Bastard! Let me go!"
Kalifa’s voice was strange, gritting through her smile and not daring to speak loudly.
Su Xiao ignored her; his fame was about to break four hundred, where else could he find such a good opportunity?
Once his fame increased to a certain level, Su Xiao could move freely in the City of Seven Seas without needing to guard the docks to increase his fame anymore.
Su Xiao whispered to Kalifa, "I heard you’ve been at Galley-La Company for a long time."
"So what."
"I’m not curious about your purpose, and I can help you remove the bomb, but in return... I want something."
"Name your demand."
Su Xiao chuckled softly, ignoring Kalifa’s words.
"Your goal is something of Iceberg’s, right? And I have some guesses about your identity; you’re likely someone from the Revolutionary army or Navy."
Kalifa feigned a change of expression but was actually relieved in her heart; she was worried that Su Xiao would guess her CP9 identity.
"Judging from your way of doing things, you’re likely in some special agent role, otherwise you wouldn’t tolerate this level of ’provocation’."
Of course, Su Xiao knew Kalifa was a CP9 member, but revealing this identity would lead to unending pursuit by the CP9 members, which was the most foolish choice.
Kalifa turned her head, saying, "Speak your purpose; this time I miscalculated."
Kalifa’s heart was full of frustration; her plan didn’t succeed.
"Since you’re with the Navy, I want the Rokushiki training method."
Su Xiao stated his objective. Though killing Kalifa might yield the Rokushiki, directly blackmailing her was safer.
"Impossible."
Kalifa’s face turned cold.
"Oh."
Su Xiao’s eyes returned to that coldness; negotiation failed, secretly kill Kalifa.
Kalifa looked around, finding Rob Lucci staring at her, with an expression clearly asking what was going on.
Not only Rob Lucci, the last person of the special agent trio, Kaku, was also looking this way.
Kaku’s mouth was wide open, his Pinocchio-like long nose particularly comical.
At this moment, Kaku was completely puzzled. Previously hearing about Kalifa’s situation, he didn’t quite believe it, but now Kaku was somewhat convinced.
Kaku’s first thought was that Kalifa had defected, but considering Kalifa’s character, it seemed unlikely.
While Kaku was confused, Rob Lucci came over, whispering to Kaku: "Kalifa’s cover is blown. Don’t engage with her, and don’t look at her."
Kaku understood the situation, and when his gaze inadvertently swept towards Su Xiao, it was filled with killing intent.
Su Xiao sat silently in his chair, lighting a cigarette.
"You’re planning... to kill me?"
Kalifa always thought she wasn’t afraid of death, but when Su Xiao was about to kill her, her throat suddenly felt dry.
"Yes."
Su Xiao’s tone was completely calm, as if he wasn’t about to kill a person but was handling a task.
"You certainly weren’t the King’s guard before. Someone like you, who kills indiscriminately, couldn’t be anyone’s guard. Don’t deny it; the bloodthirsty aura from you is heavy, especially on your knife."
Kalifa’s tone was calm; she had regained her composure.
Around them, joyful laughter surrounded the banquet, while Su Xiao and Kalifa negotiated, discussing life and death.
"Who I am is not important. What’s important is that I know your identity; failing in your mission means dying prematurely, something a special agent wouldn’t do."
From Kalifa’s tone earlier, Su Xiao suddenly sensed a crack.
"Remove the bomb now, and I’ll give you thirty million Belli. It’s my final offer."
"Ha~, you think I care about money? I want the Rokushiki ’Shave’ training method. That’s also my final offer."
Su Xiao picked up a piece of meat from the dining table. The meat from the Pirate World was quite peculiar; it was a large piece attached to the bone, fatty but not greasy, very appetizing.
Su Xiao ate the meat, picked up a bottle of rum, and drank several large gulps. He hadn’t eaten much all day and was very hungry.
Kalifa lowered her head, contemplating something with flashing eyes.
"Okay."
Su Xiao set down the wine bottle beside his mouth and looked at Kalifa.
"Oral or written?"
"Written."
Su Xiao took out paper and pen from his pocket, causing Kalifa’s pupils to constrict, suddenly thinking of a somewhat frightening scenario—could it be he had planned for this all along?
Of course, it was planned. Even if Kalifa hadn’t approached him during the banquet, he would have sought her. If Su Xiao hadn’t planned, why would he ’harass’ their female special agent companion in front of those two special agents?
Kalifa began writing on the paper, and after five minutes, a paper with the ’Shave’ training method was placed in front of Su Xiao.
Su Xiao glanced over it a few times, then tore it up and casually tossed it onto the dining table.
"What are you doing?" Kalifa was somewhat angry.
"Last chance, if it’s fake, then there’s nothing more to talk about."
Su Xiao continued eating, not looking at Kalifa. Kalifa hesitated for a long time and finally picked up the pen again.
This time, Kalifa only wrote a dozen lines, but the prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[You obtained: Rokushiki ’Shave’ Training Method (2/3).]
A smile appeared on Su Xiao’s face; Kalifa became more and more good-looking in his eyes, her appearance went up seven or eight levels. She was like a walking skill ATM.
"Write down the remaining third, and I’ll remove the bomb for you."
Kalifa subconsciously moved aside, suddenly feeling that the smiling Su Xiao was far scarier than when his face was cold.
"Okay, but you have to help me remove the bomb."
Su Xiao snapped his fingers, and the alchemy bomb in Kalifa’s stomach reacted.
"I’ve already removed two-thirds, so continue writing."
Kalifa gritted her teeth and wrote down the remaining third, handing the paper to Su Xiao.
[You obtained: Rokushiki ’Shave’ Training Method (Complete)]
Su Xiao raised an eyebrow. Through spiritual power manipulation, the alchemy bomb was defused. This was his own crafted alchemy bomb, and only he could control it freely, after all, the alchemy bomb contained his mana value.
Feeling the bomb disappear from her stomach, Kalifa couldn’t help but smile, but at the same time, killing intent surged in her eyes. What Su Xiao said afterwards nearly made Kalifa faint with anger.
"The first bomb is defused, now let’s talk about the remaining two."
Su Xiao bore a gentle smile, while Kalifa’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.
Earlier, Su Xiao placed three alchemy bombs in Kalifa’s mouth, which were so small and tied together that Kalifa hadn’t even noticed.
"You despicable, lewd scoundrel!"
Kalifa was very despairing; the enemy was cunning, and she made a mistake that resulted in eternal regret.
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