Alone and Infinite

Now I'm telling her daughter that once I'm tired of her, I'll let her mother go.

Suk picked up the glass of wine, which was covered in thick foam, and took a big gulp.

Yellow liquor dripped from the rim of the glass, soaking his chest, but Suk simply wiped his mouth without a care.

Only then, under everyone's gaze, did he give the answer they had been waiting for:

"She believed it too, hahahahahahahaha!"

Cheers erupted in the tavern as the scoundrels, liars, robbers, pirates, and villains raised their glasses.

Let's raise a glass to Suk's crude and simplistic scheme.

Suk became increasingly excited. He jumped onto the table, raised his glass, and shouted loudly:

"For just a thousand Berries, you can play with the widow's milkman daughter; her skin is as smooth as milk."

Who's willing?

The entire tavern was like a powder keg about to explode, growing increasingly heated.

"Oh!"

The door was kicked open, slamming against the wall with a dull thud.

The entire tavern suddenly fell silent. Li Xia glanced around as if the tavern were empty, then walked directly to the tavern owner.

"Whoosh!"

Black Charcoal moved with the speed of a shadow, appearing directly in front of Suk, its sharp claws flashing past in an instant.

Suk felt a chill in his groin, followed by a piercing pain.

He tumbled off the table, clutching his bloodied lower body, spilling countless bottles of liquor, and let out a piercing scream.

Seeing him like this, the atmosphere in the tavern instantly turned icy. They swallowed hard and unconsciously reached for their crotches.

His gaze shifted back and forth between Li Xia and Suk, both draped in naval cloaks.

But then fear was gradually replaced by malice and malice.

navy?!

What's wrong with the Navy?

On this vast ocean, who among those who are known by name hasn't killed a member of the navy?

Li Xia, however, acted as if he hadn't seen anything and stood in front of the tavern owner:

“Someone told me that you are the most skilled information broker on the entire Jaya Island, and there is nothing you don’t know.”

Looking into those indifferent eyes, the tavern owner felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and even began to tremble involuntarily.

"Yes, yes, what...what do you want to ask?"

Li Xia sat down and picked up the glass that the boss had just been wiping; it was quite clean.

The dragon egg immediately acted like a sycophant, manipulating the wine in the cabinet to fall in front of Li Xia.

He even snapped his fingers, causing a few ice crystals to fall into the glass.

The dark red liquor was poured into the glass, with ice cubes floating and tumbling inside.

"Who do you think is the most serious criminal in this tavern?"

The bar owner let out a groan of extreme fear from his throat, as if it had only been an ice cave before.

But when Li Xia picked up his wine glass, it was as if a huge, terrifying monster, capable of devouring everything, was standing in front of him.

That kind of deep-seated fear was even ten times stronger than when I saw sea kings as a child—no! A hundred times stronger!

His gaze unconsciously searched the tavern, finally settling on one person.

Li Xia paused as she touched the cup to her lips.

"Whoosh!"

All that could be seen was a black shadow, followed by the fluttering of an extremely small, miniature navy cloak.

The word "Justice," clearly handwritten on the back, swells as if it's about to fly out of the cloak.

Black Charcoal had already landed in front of the person the tavern owner was pointing at, and its paw with paw pads landed directly on his head.

"Oh!"

Even though pirates have a constitution that is different from ordinary people, under Kurozumi's heavy blow, this man with a face full of scars still rolled his eyes and collapsed softly to the ground.

Li Xia put down his glass; the drinks here were mostly strong liquor, and the taste wasn't very good.

On the contrary, a soft drink similar to fruit juice tasted quite good.

He poured himself another drink:

"So, what's the second one?"

The tavern owner trembled even more violently, but upon hearing the question, his gaze involuntarily shifted slightly.

"Oh!"

The figure of the black charcoal continued to flicker.

When the second person also fell to the ground, these people finally recovered from their intense shock.

Some people glared menacingly and reached for their waists, while others slowly backed away, moving towards the door.

Li Xia stopped what he was doing, narrowed his eyes, and said thoughtfully:

"Am I mistaken? Is there no clean person in this tavern?"

The tavern owner huddled up, revealing an extremely unpleasant, ingratiating smile.

There are no law-abiding citizens in this tavern; including himself, everyone is involved in shady businesses.

"That makes things simple—"

"Die, you stinking navy!"

"Who do you think you are? Daring to arrest me?"

The frenzied shouts reignited the tavern's fervor, and the thugs, their eyes bloodshot, drew their weapons.

The tip of the gleaming throwing knife flashed with an eerie dark purple light. Then the hammer of the pistol fell, and a round bullet, accompanied by sparks, whistled through the thick fog and flew towards Li Xia.

The axe, raised high, fell towards his forehead.

Some clever people had already turned and rushed out the door. In such a chaotic situation, the crisp sound of a sword instantly pierced through the noise.

A dazzling silver light burst forth before our eyes, eclipsing even the entire tavern.

It lingers on everyone's retina.

"Du"

Li Xia put down his wine glass, and immediately the projectiles, throwing knives, hand axes, crossbow bolts, and other projectiles that had been blocked by the repulsive force and remained suspended in mid-air lost their support and clattered to the ground.

"what!!"

Screams followed immediately as they clutched their unevenly severed legs and howled in agony.

When Tina arrived, she saw ten marines standing at the tavern entrance, weapons in hand, with strange expressions of shock and admiration on their faces.

Inside, people lay scattered all over the floor, with all sorts of broken legs strewn about. People clutching their legs were desperately trying to suppress their agonizing screams.

Seeing Tina's gaze was like seeing a savior; she shouted desperately:

"I'm guilty! Arrest me!"

"I'm a vicious criminal who's committed many crimes! Arrest me first!"

"Wanted criminal, I have a bounty! 600 million Berries, I am a wanted criminal!"

Even with Tina's strong personality, a look of astonishment appeared on her face.

The crisp sound of high heels clicking on the blood-stained wooden floor echoed as Tina tossed her coat, the burgundy suit possessing an eerie harmony in this setting.

She walked up to Li Xia. At that moment, the tavern owner was sitting obediently on a bench like a child just starting school, racking his brains to recall the information he knew about the named criminals on the island.

This includes the major events they accomplished, their key characteristics, and their hiding place.

Black Charcoal and Awoo landed on the counter and diligently took 'statements'.

"Tina was surprised. Even pirates don't usually use this method."

Li Xia poured a glass of juice and pushed it to Tina, who was sitting next to her, with the back of her hand.

“These people don’t even qualify to go to Impel Down; the minimum penalty for their crimes is permanent imprisonment.”

Li Xia twirled the glass in her hand:

"According to the Navy's branch management regulations, I have the right to impose what I consider to be appropriate punishments on criminals who are not qualified to go to Impel Down."

“Tina knew, so Tina wasn’t angry; she was just surprised.”

Tina hesitated for a moment, and then, to the astonishment of her adjutant behind her, she unusually picked up the wine glass that Li Xia had pushed towards her.

She tilted her head back and took a small sip, but then paused for a moment, her beautiful eyebrows curving into a smile.

It's fruit juice.

"Tina's ship will be docked at the pier for a day. I'm leaving this place to you."

Tina stood up again, and without any warning, iron bars emerged from her body, locking the hands of all the pirates.

She raised her gloved left hand and waved it gently in the air:

"Take all these criminals away!"

As for the evidence

The Navy doesn't need evidence to arrest people!

This world even has bizarre beings like the Celestial Dragons, who can do whatever they want and trample on all laws.

Therefore, this is a crazy world, a paradise for the strong and powerful, and a hell for ordinary people.

Li Xia was even willing to get a confession and other evidence from the bar owner, which was already considered very respectable within the Navy.

"Boss, it's all done!"

Aowu and Heitan brought over what looked like a notebook, but was actually a smart computer with a powerful AI that automatically input and organized data.

"This kid is almost telling me about how many times he wet the bed when he was a kid and how he peeked at the neighbor taking a shower."

Overall, it's explained in great detail.

“Good. Let him lead you to capture people during this time. I will stay on this island for three days.”

Li Xia stood up and stretched.

This radical approach is not only to maintain one's public persona, but also to make a statement.

Make a good impression on the naval leadership. Even if a large part of the navy is rotten, there are still a few good old navy men at the top.

For a navy officer like Li Xia who was determined to curb evil, promotion was extremely fast; Smoker was promoted to vice admiral in less than two years.

This is still because Smoker has a bad temper and is too straightforward.

The contribution points allocated to the provincial level can be significantly higher than those allocated to the school level!

Secondly, there is another important reason.

That is... no time!

They chose Jaya Island, and there's also the huge prize of the Marineford War right there in front of them.

Of course, we need to get started!

Time waits for me!

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Li Xia stood up and walked out of the tavern, stepping over the pool of blood on the ground, because the specific heat capacity of the island was much lower than that of the sea.