Chapter 224 Mission failed? !
“You’re holding the gun incorrectly. You should hold it like me. This way you can keep your balance. Otherwise, when you fire the bullet, it will easily deviate from its original trajectory…”

Pat and Faith were standing in their makeshift shooting range, teaching Cole shooting techniques.

The rest of the sheriffs, following Xia He’s instructions, were stationed on the beaches in front and behind the island to report to the village at any time in case of any situation.

As for Kasiri, the village chief and his wife, and the other adult men, they were still busy in the fields, doing various protective work for the crops in winter.

What, you ask what Xia He is doing?
He is practicing in the mountains.

Although he is only two years old this year and his body has only grown to the state of a five or six-year-old, he can still practice his “techniques” even without strength training.

For example, dual swordsmanship.

In his previous life, Xia He had been immersed in the way of swordsmanship for decades and had already reached the highest level in the world of science. Therefore, he had no rivals in the world, but for the last hundred years of his life, he almost never touched a sword again.

Now, after traveling to the world of One Piece, when Xia Hezhen picked up the blade again, he became a lot more unfamiliar with it.

Saying “not a small amount” is an exaggeration. In reality, his current swordsmanship level is less than 50% of his peak level in his previous life.

It’s probably only about 30 percent.

Being too thin is one thing.

Lack of proficiency is also a factor.

“I have to get back the feeling I had in my previous life…” he muttered.

Then with a “Hey” sound, he swung forward again and slashed out two straight strikes.

Two more gaps appeared on the thick tree trunk. Looking at the not-so-deep marks, Xia He couldn’t help but shook his head and sighed secretly.

It seems that before my body grows to the state it would be at the age of seventeen or eighteen, kendo can only be used for self-defense…

So, if they cannot compete with slightly stronger pirates in close combat, can they make up for it in other ways?
For example, shooting skills.

You know, in the world of One Piece, a stronger sniper can blow someone’s head off with one shot from thousands of meters away.

They even used flintlock rifles.

Neither are modern sniper rifles.

Plus, Xia He already has the talent of a “sharpshooter”. If he could improve his shooting skills to such an amazing level…

Not to mention being able to protect oneself before reaching adulthood, even at the age of eighteen, it can still be used as a killer weapon.

Thinking of this, Xia He simply threw the knife on the ground, took out his flintlock pistol, and began practicing shooting in the open space.

On the side, Minian was holding Lena’s little hand, and the latter was holding Dousha in her arms. The two girls and one cat were all looking at Xia He’s extremely “busy” back with very curious eyes.

“Xia He…what’s wrong with him lately?” Minian muttered to herself.

She always felt that this child seemed very anxious.

“Meow~~”

Soon, Lena chased Dousha and ran far away in the forest.

Seeing this, Minian hurriedly chased after her, fearing that Lena would encounter a wild beast or something again.

And just as the two women ran away.

Xia He suddenly stopped shooting, and then he froze in place.

It was because the system list in his mind suddenly popped up a prompt like this: [The “Hide the Sky and Escape” mission has failed, now triggering the next stage of the mission: Survive in Despair]

[Survive from Diamante, the chief of the Cube Army of the Don Quixote Pirates, and defend the entire village to get 3 treasure hunts] [Current progress: Unfinished]

Was he discovered after all?
Xia He frowned.

The pirate ship burned down.

All the people on the ship were destroyed without a trace on Roccadilli Island.

Obviously everything should have been done perfectly.

Then how did the other party know?

He really couldn’t understand.

Just as he was thinking about whether he should immediately move all the villagers to the uninhabited island where he had lived before to avoid the limelight, the Den Den Mushi hidden in his arms suddenly rang.

“Xia He, there are more pirates coming to the village!”

……

Xia He, Cassil and others bought this Den Den Mushi for one million berries when they went to a town on an outer island to sell rice.

There are two in total.

He gave one to Pat and others, and asked one of them to carry it with them and inform him immediately if anything happened.

But who would have thought that I would receive such “bad news” the first time I used it.

“Did Diamanti come with his men?”

He thought to himself, and after looking around for a while and not seeing Minnian and the other person, he immediately quickened his pace, went down the mountain alone, and rushed back to the village.

At this moment, at the entrance of Xiaoquan Village, the village chief Kedemo had already led all the adult males in the village, armed with weapons, to confront the “uninvited guests” who had come here.

“is it here?”

The leader, a man wearing a fur-brimmed hat, with red stripes painted on his face, and dressed like a Native American, asked a young man standing next to him.

The young man had a human body and a dog’s head, with two dog ears drooping on both sides of his cheeks, just like a Labrador. After hearing Diamante’s question, he immediately bowed carefully and responded: “Mr. Torbas’s scent was last seen here…”

The words fell.

Diamanti raised his eyebrows, then looked at Kedemo and the others: “Hey, have you seen Torbas?”

“Who is Tolbas…?” Pat spoke first.

“He’s a guy with a tattoo on his neck, and his smile is uglier than his crying.” Diamanti patiently described the characteristics of his subordinate.

“I’m sorry, we don’t have such a number one person here.” Kedemo smiled politely at Diamante: “After all, all the men in our village have gathered here.”

“Really? But the ‘missing person expert’ I found has already said that Torbas was last seen on this island.”

Diamanti curled his lips and took a step forward. He looked at Kedemo again with a sharp gaze and said, “Or are you saying that the people I found are deliberately lying to me?”

A hint of murderous aura emanated from him.

Kedemo’s eyelids twitched, and his heart skipped a beat.

However, he still remained expressionless and replied, “I’m not sure about that. If there is nothing else… please go back.”

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(End of this chapter)