After taking a stroll in the treasures room, Tiffany Cho didn't find anything she wanted. On the contrary, Fang Yi stuffed some Gin and jewelry haphazardly into his pocket as a surprise for Buggy later.
"Creak~"
But just as they were about to leave, the door of the treasures room suddenly opened, and a guard in armor walked in.
Fortunately, Fang Yi always stayed on high alert. He instantly grabbed Tiffany Cho and ducked out of sight.
"Huh? What's this guy up to?" Tiffany Cho, who was hiding, finally felt the long - awaited sense of excitement. But soon she noticed something was off.
Because the guard who came in didn't search for them everywhere. Instead, he carefully admired those treasures there. It seemed that the guard's goal... was exactly the same as theirs!
Looking at the guard's actions, Fang Yi felt more and more familiar with them.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp..." After thinking for a while, Fang Yi made strange bird calls with his mouth.
This was the secret signal they had agreed on.
Sure enough, upon hearing Fang Yi's strange bird calls, the guard in the treasures room first made a defensive gesture in surprise and then slowly let down his guard and also made a strange sound.
"Buggy... It's really you, kid!" Hearing that sound, Fang Yi smiled and came out from his hiding place.
"Brother Yi? How come you're here?" A surprised voice came from inside the armor.
"Hey? Do you two know each other?" At this time, Tiffany Cho also walked out full of curiosity.
She had been a bit curious when she heard Fang Yi make the strange sound before. Now it seemed that it should be the secret signal between them.
"Who is she? Did you rescue another slave, Brother Yi?" Buggy was also a bit surprised to see Tiffany Cho.
"No. It's not the time to talk about this. Where's Shanks? Isn't he with you?" Fang Yi shook his head and frowned.
"Right! Awesome, right? With my ability, I can wear this armor all by myself!" Buggy separated his head and limbs from his body and showed Fang Yi while saying with a smile.
"Aaaaaah~~~~~"
But before Fang Yi could say anything, Tiffany Cho, who saw the armor suddenly fall apart there, let out a scream.
"What the fuck!" Buggy and Fang Yi were both stunned.
"What the fuck are you staring at! Run away quickly. Where's Shanks? Find him and let's get out of here now!" Fang Yi quickly covered Tiffany Cho's mouth and then shouted at Buggy.
"But... but... I haven't taken these treasures yet!" Buggy looked at the treasures all over the room and said unwillingly.
"Is this the time to take treasures? You idiot! Hurry up and take me to find Shanks!" Fang Yi was almost furious. Buggy is really a useless piece of shit who always screws things up.
"Okay~ Okay~ Follow me. Shanks is waiting for me over there!" Buggy then came to his senses and quickly led Fang Yi to find Shanks outside.
However, by now, all the guards had been awakened by the scream. Guards in armor were everywhere. Buggy couldn't even find which one was Shanks for a moment.
"I'm so done with you guys!"
I'll take her to the place where the slaves live first. Barrett and I will wait for you there. Once you find Shanks, bring him here immediately. Now that we've been discovered and faced with exposure, we can't stay any longer!" Fang Yi didn't have a better idea right now, so he could only separate from Buggy. He asked Buggy to find Shanks, while he himself took Tiffany Cho and retreated first.
At this time, Tiffany Cho also knew that she had exposed them because of her scream. However, she wasn't afraid at all. After Buggy in armor left, she looked at Fang Yi curiously and asked, "Was that guy also your companion just now? Why could his body separate? Is he a slave of Saint Charmarko?"
"Shut up!" Fang Yi glared at Tiffany and growled.
The great situation had turned into this. He was almost annoyed to death!
"How dare you! Who are you telling to shut up?" Tiffany Cho stared at Fang Yi disbelievingly and asked.
It seemed that the little girl had never been treated like this before. Tears were already welling up in her eyes.
"This isn't the time to talk about this. I know you're not afraid of being discovered at all, but I am! So I have to put you to sleep!" Fang Yi took a deep breath of qi. Without giving Tiffany a chance to speak, he directly knocked her out with a chop to the neck and then carried her away and started running.
"What's going on?" Saint Charmarko, who was in a deep sleep, was awakened by the noise outside. He sat up on the bed and asked.
"Saint Charmarko, just now there came a woman's scream from somewhere. So the guards are searching everywhere!" A guard outside Saint Charmarko's room heard his question and immediately entered the room, knelt on one knee on the ground, and reported.
"Hmm? A scream?" Saint Charmarko, who obviously wasn't fully awake yet, frowned and said, "Tell them to keep it down! Also, after finding out who disturbed my sleep, just kill them and throw them out! How annoying!"
After saying that, Saint Charmarko lay back on the bed and continued to sleep.
Seeing that Saint Charmarko had gone back to sleep, the guard had no choice but to leave the room. He ordered the other guards to strengthen the guard around the room while telling the searching guards to be quieter and not to disturb Saint Charmarko's rest.
Thanks to Saint Charmarko's Suke, Fang Yi successfully escaped from there with Tiffany Cho.
When he returned to the place where the slaves lived, it was almost dawn.
"Why did you take so long? And who is she?" After seeing Fang Yi finally come back, Barrett felt a little relieved. However, when he saw the little girl on Fang Yi's back, he asked in surprise.
"A Celestial Dragons!" Fang Yi sighed and told what had happened that night.
"So what are you going to do with her? As soon as it's dawn, her disappearance will definitely draw the Celestial Dragons' attention. Then the possibility of our exposure will be very high!" Barrett frowned and said.
"I had no other choice!" Fang Yi said with a bitter smile. "We can't just leave her there. Otherwise, we'll still be exposed!"
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"Or... let's just take her as a hostage and tell the World Government to send the user of the Ope Ope no Mi over!" Barrett said after a bit of thought.
"Then what? How are we gonna escape? Once they send the user of the Ope Ope no Mi here, the Navy'll definitely block the whole area. You think we can get away from an Admiral? Even with a hostage, we ain't gonna make it!" Fang Yi shook his head and said.
"Then what do you suggest? There ain't much time left till dawn! Once they find this little girl's gone, they'll up the guard level and might even call the Navy for assistance (Suke). Then we're still screwed!" Barrett frowned and said, "Might as well take a shot!"
Hearing Barrett, Fang Yi suddenly found things getting tricky.
Looking at the unconscious Tiffany Cho, Fang Yi felt she was a real pain in the neck. If it weren't for her showing up out of the blue, their situation wouldn't have been so passive.
"Knock, knock, knock..." Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Who's there?" Barrett asked in a deep voice.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp..." Strange bird calls came from outside the door. This was the secret signal Fang Yi and the others had set.
After exchanging a look with Barrett and telling him to be ready for anything, Fang Yi replied with the signal and then opened the door.
"Brother Yi?" Since both sides were in armor, they couldn't see each other's faces clearly.
"Is it Shanks? You guys got here so fast. Was there anything going on over there?" Fang Yi took off his helmet and asked with a smile.
"Nah, searched around and didn't find anything. Plus, Saint Charmarko was really pissed 'cause we woke him up, so they called off the search in a hurry!" Shanks shook his head and said.
After letting Shanks and Buggy in, Fang Yi told them the situation and asked if they had any good ideas.
"This little girl's actually a Celestial Dragon?" Shanks and Buggy were pretty shocked when they learned Tiffany Cho's identity.
"So that's why it's such a hassle. If we still haven't come up with a plan by dawn, once they realize she's missing, we're gonna be in deep trouble!" Fang Yi nodded and said.
"Then let's just swap her for the user of the Ope Ope no Mi!" Buggy came up with the same idea as Barrett.
"No way!" Shanks and Fang Yi shook their heads at the same time and said, "If we show up directly, we're not sure we can escape!"
Afraid Buggy wouldn't get it, Fang Yi explained it to him.
"This ain't gonna work, that ain't gonna work. Are we just gonna sit here and wait to get killed?" Buggy said, annoyed.
"Brother Yi, what if one of us goes to talk to her family while the rest of us hide with her? Do you think that'd work?" Shanks thought for a bit and said.
Fang Yi shook his head and sighed, "If we split up, it'll be even harder to get away!"
"Hey! You're not a thief at all, are you? Who the hell are you?"
Just when they were at a loss, Tiffany Cho unexpectedly came to her senses on her own. Finding herself tied up, she immediately questioned Fang Yi.
"Sorry, Miss Tiffany. Our target is the doctor who has recently gained great fame among the Celestial Dragons. I didn't completely deceive you. My family really needs a doctor right now, so I took the risk to come here!" Fang Yi looked at the little girl in front of him and suddenly got an idea.
"Humph, I won't believe you anymore! Let me go right now, or... or..." Tiffany initially wanted to say something to threaten Fang Yi, but suddenly found that she couldn't find a good word to express what she meant.
"Are you stupid? If we let you go now, aren't we doomed?" Buggy said disdainfully.
"Puhahaha... Who are you!? Your nose is so funny!" Seeing Buggy's big round nose, Tiffany was immediately tickled and laughed happily, seemingly completely forgetting her current situation.
"Damn it! Who are you saying has a big red nose?" Buggy immediately got angry and wanted to step forward to teach the other person a lesson, but was stopped by Shanks.
"Miss Tiffany, because of you, we've been discovered by Saint Charmarko. So we have to evacuate before dawn. As for you... I can only say sorry!" Fang Yi took out a dagger, shook his head, and said with a bit of regret.
"What? You... You're gonna kill me?" Only then did Tiffany Cho feel fear, because the young man in front of her really seemed to be planning to kill her.