Chapter 69: Fragrant Venison

Kuleha cursed in her heart but said nothing on the surface.

She knew better than anyone how much Chopper longed for companionship; he had always been too lonely.

So if Xia Chen wanted to take Chopper back, she would not stop him, but she would not help him either.

Are you kidding? She also likes Chopper, the tsundere little raccoon cat, okay?

Not stopping it was already her biggest concession. If Xia Chen was unable to get Chopper to go with him, then I'm sorry, it wasn't their destiny yet!

"Be your...partner?" Chopper was stunned for a moment, then pointed at himself.

"Are you talking about me?"

"What else? Is there anyone else called Chopper here besides you?" Xia Chen smiled faintly.

"No, no!" Chopper shook his head frantically, and then repeated the shortcomings he had just thought of.

Xia Chen held his forehead with his hand, feeling a little helpless. At this time, Chopper was still too self-deprecating.

Xia Chen added: "You don't have to decide so quickly. I will stay here for a few more days, and my companions are also on this island now. It won't be too late to decide after you meet them and feel the atmosphere on our ship!"

Xia Chen did not force Chopper to join right now. The long-standing ideas were not so easy to change, so it had to be done slowly!

"Your companions? Are there any other people on your ship?"

"Of course! Otherwise, wouldn't it be too much of a joke if there were only two of us in the pirate group?"

"That's true!" Chopper nodded subconsciously, then suddenly seemed to realize something and asked anxiously, "Are you a pirate?"

"Yes! Is there any problem?"

Chopper did not answer Xia Chen's words, but stood there in a daze, and his mind couldn't help but recall his adoptive father Shiruluk.

Since Hiluluk has always considered himself a pirate and Chopper has never come into contact with other vicious pirates, he has always had a good impression of pirates.

At this moment, when he heard Xia Chen say that he was a pirate, his desire to join them became stronger, but he still had some concerns.

Xia Chen saw the confusion on Qiao Ba's face and said to him, "How about I take you to the foot of the mountain to meet my companions?"

"Ah, can I?" Chopper's tone was seven parts excitement and three parts nervousness.

"Of course! Stop talking so much, let's go!" After saying that, Xia Chen pulled Chopper out, then seemed to remember something, turned to look at Kuleha and said, "Sister, please take care of my companions for now, I'll take Chopper out to play!"

"Go, go! Don't bother me by looking at me here!" Kuleha said, waving her hand in an impatient manner.

"Thank you, sister, we will be back in the evening!"

After saying that, Xia Chen and Chopper walked out side by side.

When they got outside the castle, Chopper turned to Xia Chen and said, "Wait until I change my appearance, and I'll take you down!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chopper turned into a normal reindeer.

"Si Guoyi, Chopper you are so awesome!" Xia Chen praised Chopper very tactfully.

Instantly, Chopper's face turned red.

"Even if you say that, I won't be happy, bastard~"

"Okay, let's go to the cable car, I'll take you down in that!"

"Hmm? Can I just ride on you and get off?" Xia Chen asked.

"I can, but I'm afraid of throwing you out."

"That's a small problem, no, come on, let's just do it this way!"

After that, Xia Chen jumped onto Chopper's back and shouted happily, "Master Chopper, let's go!"

(*^w^*)!

"Yo~" Chopper shouted happily, then carried Xia Chen and jumped directly onto the rope going down the mountain.

Feeling the whistling wind in his ears and looking at the snow scene below, Xia Chen felt very comfortable.

"By the way, Xia Chen, how did you get up such a high mountain?" Chopper suddenly asked.

"Me, I flew up here!"

"Oh~ It's flying up..."

"Flying up?"

Chopper suddenly jumped up on the spot and asked in horror.

"Yeah, what's the problem?"

"That's a big problem. Why can a human like you fly? Even I, a reindeer, can't fly!"

Xia Chen: . . .

Are reindeers supposed to be able to fly? It seems even more unrealistic than humans flying, right?

Then Chopper looked at Xia Chen with starry eyes.

"Can you take me flying too?"

"sure!"

After saying that, Xia Chen jumped up and then stomped in the air continuously using the Moon Step.

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"Come on, I'll take you down!" Xia Chen said with a faint smile.

Chopper immediately returned to his original appearance and jumped onto Xia Chen's head.

"Hey, I didn't say you could ride me!"

"What's the big deal~ Let's go!"

……

After a while~

Xia Chen and Chopper walked slowly in the village, but Chopper was in the form of a reindeer at this time, otherwise he was afraid that he would be regarded as an alien if he walked in human form.

But even so, there were still many eyes focused on them, and Chopper seemed a little anxious and uneasy.

Xia Chen patted him on the back and said, "When living in this world, don't care too much about what others think. We just need to be ourselves!"

Chopper nodded but didn't answer, and then the man and the deer continued walking towards somewhere.

A few minutes later, they arrived in front of a house. Xia Chen knocked on the door gently. According to his observation Haki, Luffy and the others were inside.

After a while, the door was opened, and a man wearing green clothes and looking very strong came into view.

Seeing Xia Chen, he was a little confused and couldn't help asking, "Who are you?"

"I am a companion of the group behind you! My name is Xia Chen!" Xia Chen pointed at Luffy and others behind him.

Luffy also saw him at this time and greeted him happily.

"Hey, Xia Chen!"

Seeing this scene, the man said, "Come in first, you are wearing so little, it's too cold outside!"

After entering the house, Xia Chen found that there was one person missing from their ship, and asked curiously, "Where's Sauron?"

"He's guarding the ship!" Sanji replied.

"How is Miss Nami?"

"I've sent her to the doctor. She's sleeping now. She's fine!"

"That's good!" Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard this. Suddenly, Sanji saw Chopper following behind Xia Chen, and his eyes lit up. He looked at Xia Chen and said:

"Xia Chen, you actually knew we were hungry and brought back a reindeer!"

"Wait, I'll go take care of it now, and I guarantee you'll be able to eat delicious venison later!"

After saying that, Sanji stood up and walked towards Chopper.

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Cold sweat instantly broke out on Chopper's face. He looked at Sanji walking towards him as if he was looking at a big devil.

Then he shrank behind Xia Chen in a matter of seconds, his body trembling uncontrollably...