# Chapter 15: Eddie Ke
Su Xiao punched through the glass window, and as he leaped out, his fingers hooked like claws, piercing into the outer wall of the hotel.
Crack, crack...
Stone chips flew everywhere as Su Xiao began climbing upward along the hotel, soon reaching the dome at the very top—the highest point on Datan O Island.
Nirvana appeared in Su Xiao's hand. Based on the direction provided by Bubu Wang, Su Xiao searched through the scope.
Soon, a small black dot appeared in Su Xiao's field of vision. After magnifying the scope's zoom, Su Xiao spotted a strange bird carrying a person flying into the distance.
Su Xiao pulled back the bolt of Devouring Annihilation. Capturing a live subject now would be highly valuable, so the first shot couldn't knock down that Zoan-type Devil Fruit user. Instead, he needed to cripple the target while still allowing them to retain some flight capability. Dropping from several hundred meters into the sea, that Celestial Dragon would likely be killed on impact.
Bang!
The bullet left the chamber. Through the scope, Su Xiao soon saw the strange bird stagger, its flight altitude rapidly decreasing.
Bang!
Another shot. A kill notification appeared. The strange bird's corpse plunged into the sea.
Dozens of seconds after the strange bird fell into the water, dozens of figures charged from the beach area toward the sea. Amu stood guard at the beach, his Frost Warhammer scattering these people in all directions with each swing, yet they still rushed recklessly toward the water.
Leaping down from the top of the Carnival Hotel, Su Xiao headed toward the beach area.
Inside the hotel's steam room, Stussy's corpse suddenly sat upright.
"Who... destroyed my plan?"
Covered in blood, naked, "Stussy" stood up. The scene was both terrifying and eerie. After surveying the room's condition, she hooked her hand under her own chin.
Crack.
Stussy's neck was twisted. Her corpse fell to the ground again. Stussy had been unlucky—used once while alive, and used again in death.
At the beach area.
By the time Su Xiao arrived, the vacationing tourists had already fled. Several pits appeared along the shoreline, with twisted corpses visible inside.
Amu stood guard with his Frost Warhammer, his method of dealing with enemies simple and brutal—ignoring their attacks, he swung his hammer head-on. If one blow didn't kill, he followed up with several more.
Waves rolled in as Bubu Wang dragged a middle-aged man ashore.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
The slightly overweight middle-aged man, wearing puffy white clothing, coughed loudly. His hair was dark green, plastered against his face by seawater.
After nearly two minutes of recovery, this Celestial Dragon, seeing stars, finally regained his senses. He looked around in confusion.
"You... who are you?"
The green-haired Celestial Dragon tried to fix his hairstyle—a classic case of "head can be severed, but the hairstyle must not be ruined." Unfortunately, after several attempts, his hair seemed to have its own ideas.
"You can understand the current situation as a kidnapping."
Su Xiao studied the Celestial Dragon, who was diligently trying to fix his hair, feeling a vague sense of familiarity.
"Is that so? How many Berries do you want?"
The green-haired Celestial Dragon remained relatively calm, and surprisingly, he didn't start shouting things like "I'm a Celestial Dragon."
"Sir, there's a crucial matter I should clarify in advance. My surname is Don Quixote. If you're a pirate, you should have heard of this name."
"Don Quixote?"
Su Xiao was even more surprised, thinking to himself, could he have kidnapped one of Doflamingo's relatives?
"That's right, Don Quixote. So if you want a ransom, contacting the Warlord Doflamingo would be your best choice. I can't die yet—at least not now."
The green-haired Celestial Dragon continued smoothing his hair with both hands, trying to make it stand up and restore its original shape.
"No need. Look here."
Su Xiao crooked his finger at the green-haired Celestial Dragon. The man looked over, and a fist enlarged before his eyes.
Bang!
The green-haired Celestial Dragon's body trembled, then fell stiffly backward. Whether he came to Datan O Island for brothels or business, his calm demeanor after being kidnapped suggested the latter.
Ten minutes later, at another dock on Datan O Island, a luxurious large ship slowly sailed toward the sea. Just dozens of meters out, the sailors on board jumped into the water like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
On the nearly ten-meter-wide deck, the green-haired Celestial Dragon lay spread-eagled, secured by several U-shaped iron rings.
Only Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and Amu remained on the ship. Continuing to operate it alone was impossible, but that didn't matter. Su Xiao just needed to get the ship far from Datan O Island, then wait for certain people to show themselves.
Last time Su Xiao set foot on Datan O Island, he had vaguely sensed prying eyes. Not the gray-haired man from the Traveling Group, but another group. They had followed him for a long time without obvious hostility.
This time upon landing, Su Xiao sensed similar gazes again.
A faint sound came from beneath the hull. Su Xiao drew the Dragon-Slaying Flash from his waist and walked toward the Celestial Dragon.
"Please wait. Don't kill him yet."
A female voice came from outside the railing. Soon, a fair arm grabbed the railing, and a figure leaped onto the deck, followed by a very short figure.
The newcomers were a man and a woman. Su Xiao recognized the girl—Koala from the Revolutionary Army, with a plump figure, wearing a pink short dress.
As for the man, he was a dwarf wearing a round hat and white suit, less than a meter tall.
This man was named Rez Max, a famous gambler who had never experienced losing in his life—though he had been divorced twice. His presence on Datan O Island was perfectly normal.
Su Xiao looked at these two. The people he had been waiting for had finally arrived.
"That person..."
Koala had just begun to speak when Su Xiao raised his hand to interrupt her.
"We'll discuss your matters later. If I'm still alive."
Koala and Rez Max exchanged glances, unsure of the current situation.
In the distance, Datan O Island gradually disappeared from view.
Bang, bang, bang...
Airburst sounds came as a figure in a white robe and mask descended from the sky. Not far away on the sea surface stood a similarly dressed woman without a mask, a whale shark beneath her feet in the water.
On the deck, the man in the white robe removed his mask, revealing a sharply defined face with a black mark on his left cheek—a Flying Dragon's Hoof. If it were a scar brand, it would mark a Celestial Dragon's slave. As for this black tattoo-like mark, its meaning was unknown.
Rip—the man tore off his white robe, revealing a black suit underneath.
This CP0 member was named Eddie Ke. He was the same CP0 who had pursued Su Xiao last time. As for the woman standing on the sea, she was called Flower.
Su Xiao had taken the Celestial Dragon out to sea precisely to wait for Eddie Ke. He could confirm that either this man or his subordinates had tracking abilities—something he had verified last time.
The reason Su Xiao lured out Eddie Ke wasn't purely to settle old scores. This man was like a thorn lodged in Su Xiao's throat. Without eliminating this CP0 squad, Su Xiao couldn't begin his subsequent plans. Once tracked by these people, he could forget about participating in the Paramount War—just dealing with the CP department would be a headache.
Having a Celestial Dragon on Datan O Island was an unexpected bonus, as evident from Eddie Ke's hurried arrival.