Chapter 227 I Got You, Little Devil
The target of Xia He’s bullet was naturally not Diamanti, but the hibernating brown bear.

Then, he casually threw the sniper rifle on the ground, and then used [Bone Surprise] to shrink his body into a small ball, and then hid in the crack of the wall.

So, the mother bear, whose body was wounded by lead bullets, looked around, and when she found that there was no one, her sight immediately fell on Diamante who had just entered the cave.

Diamanti: “?”

He tilted his head in confusion.

Then, seeing the brown bear rushing towards him, he immediately tore off the cloak on his back, and then…

In this way, they played “bear fighting” in the cave.

“Roar—!”

The brown bear roared and rushed towards the red cloth, and then, unable to stop, crashed into the wall.

Diamante laughed at this, then immediately did the same thing and started teasing the other bear.

not far away.

Xia He, who was hiding in the gap, only showed half of his eye and saw the whole scene.

He now has two choices.

One is to show up actively and find a way to cooperate with Brown Bear to kill Diamante.

The second option is to continue hiding until Diamante leaves after searching in vain.

If I choose the former, I haven’t fully grown yet. If I drag a body like this against a pirate with a bounty of tens of millions, my chance of winning will undoubtedly be negligible.

If I choose the latter, there is a high probability that Diamanti will not be able to find me, and there is a high possibility that I will survive safely.

But if that happens…

The villagers of Xiaoquan Village will undoubtedly be massacred.

How cruel and ruthless are the pirates in the world of pirates?
Even if you haven’t seen it with your own eyes, ordinary people should be able to imagine it.

Although Xia He had just arrived and had only been here for two years, the time he had spent with the villagers here had undoubtedly made him feel the warmth of “home” again.

So……

The answer seems obvious.

“Let’s just wait and see.” He muttered to himself, then used all his strength to shrink his body a little bit, and then just held his breath without moving.

Yes.

Xia He chose the latter.

Adhering to the principle of “a friend’s death is not my own”, he is not so foolish as to be so selfless as to risk his life for a group of people he has only been with for less than a year.

what?
Why do you think Xia He is so ruthless?

Ah.

As an “old monster” who has lived for more than two hundred years, Xia Heke is no longer the little kid who could only babbled while drinking milk in his mother’s arms.

“I’m sorry, Minnie, Pat, Kedemo…”

If you die, I, who have the “plug-in”, will hopefully be able to avenge you in the future.

And if I were to die…

Then there will never be any possibility of revenge.

Thinking of this, Xia He immediately closed his eyes and stopped making any sound.

I don’t know how much time passed.

The noise stopped completely.

The cave returned to its previous quiet state.

Obviously, as the winner of this battle, Diamante, who had dealt with two brown bears, shook off the dust on his cloak, put it back on his back, and continued to walk deeper into the cave.

“Hey, stop hiding and come out.”

He walked with a lighter in his hand, trying to talk to Xia He who was hiding.

But the only answer he got was silence.

“That’s weird, where did the person go?”

About ten minutes later, looking at the empty interior of the cave, Diamante scratched his forehead in confusion.

Could it be that he is a Devil Fruit user?
He thought about it, then walked forward, picked up the flintlock rifle that Xia He had thrown on the ground, and observed it carefully for a while. “The length of this rifle… is a bit weird.”

Why does it feel like it’s more for children than adults?
Thinking of this, Diamanti seemed to realize something, and his eyes suddenly lit up slightly.

“Hey, kid, stop hiding and come out.”

“Uncle will definitely not hurt you.”

“I have a lollipop in my pocket. It’s blueberry flavored. Do you want some?”

“…”

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, you’re not being obedient at all.”

“If you don’t come out, uncle will go to the village and kill all your family and friends.”

Diamante tried to “seduce” Xia He for a while.

Seeing that there was still no response, he began to murmur in self-doubt, “Could he have really escaped?”

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the cave.

However, listening to the “dong dong dong” footsteps gradually fading away, Xia He, who was curled up into a ball, still had no intention of relaxing.

He knew that the guy must be waiting outside the cave, waiting for him to be caught.

So he just stayed there without moving.

Until an hour later.

Diamanti, who was getting impatient, turned back again and yelled, “Damn kid, you like to be shameless, don’t you? Count down to ten. If you don’t come out, then you will be buried in this cave forever!”

“10…9…8…”

He began to count down.

“…”

“3…2…1!”

The countdown is over.

“You asked for it.”

bass!
Diamanti drew his sword, made a gesture to gather strength, and then swung it forward.

“Half-moon funeral!”

Accompanied by a roar.

A huge flying slash visible to the naked eye cut through the stone wall above the cave like cutting tofu, causing it to collapse completely.

Rumble——!
Huge rocks fell down one after another.

Even the ground began to tremble.

After a while.

Wait until the noise stops.

After glancing at the completely blocked cave entrance, Diamanti moved closer, cut the stone with a knife, and continued to look for Xia He’s figure inside.

……

pain!
Heart-wrenching pain!
The moment the cave collapsed, Xia He felt that his internal organs, which had already been squeezed into a ball, were about to burst.

“vomit!”

A mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.

Xia He, who was crushed under the boulder, has long since returned to his original state.

However, no matter how hard he tried, his strength attribute of only thirty points could not help him escape from such a situation at all.

Consciousness began to gradually become blurred.

Until the moment he was about to faint.

The weight that was pressing down on me suddenly loosened.

Diamanti picked up Xia He and said with a smile:
“I got you, little brat.”

(End of this chapter)