Chapter 54 'Alien' Borsalino

"No problem."

Borsalino said with a beaming smile, and a moment later he carried the two of them down to the ground.

At the original site of the underground base, nothing remained except for a huge, cylindrical crater.

Everything inside the underground base, including the terrorists, had completely vanished in the endless brilliance.

"Gulp..."

Looking at the massive crater not far away, Tony subconsciously swallowed hard, secretly deleting the thought of reneging on his promise from his mind.

"Tony, where on earth did you find this helper..."

Dr. Yensen asked in utter shock. Had he not witnessed Borsalino casually blast the underground base into this state with a single strike, he would have easily believed it was the work of a nuclear bomb.

"In the chitchat—secret! It's a secret!"

Tony replied with a very serious expression.

By this time, he had already realized that the Dimensional Chat Group that had suddenly appeared in his mind was likely far more than just some simple superpower.

Any random person emerging from the group was a terrifying entity like Borsalino, and Tony had no doubt that Borsalino possessed the capability to destroy any nation on Earth.

Even if the prototype of the Iron Man armor he envisioned were truly realized, facing someone like Borsalino would be utterly meaningless.

"I understand... No, I don't know anything at all!"

Dr. Yensen first nodded, and then rapidly switched to shaking his head vigorously.

He was merely an innocent hostage; he had no idea what had happened before being rescued!

"Stop staring. Don't worry, there are never any survivors when I make a move. How much longer are you two planning to just stand there and look?"

Borsalino said with a hint of impatience. He had not come to another world just to sightsee in the wilderness.

Besides, what was there to look at in this desolate, uninhabited wasteland?

"Then let's go. As long as we find the nearest U.S. military base, we can get out of this damn place..."

Tony had no desire to linger here any longer. He needed red wine and a steak to fill his stomach, and even more, he needed starlets and supermodels to soothe his wounded soul with their bodies.

"I overheard those terrorists talking earlier. There's a village a few dozen kilometers to the west. Once we get there, we can figure out our current location..."

Dr. Yensen was equally eager. The taste of regained freedom was so sweet, and right now all he wanted was to hurry home.

"To the west, is it..."

Borsalino nodded and prepared to pick the two of them up again.

At his speed, a distance of several dozen kilometers was a matter of just a few minutes. Of course, this was mainly taking the endurance limits of Tony and Dr. Yensen into consideration; otherwise, Borsalino could have directly transformed into light and arrived in less than a second.

"Wait! You're not going to carry us over there again, are you?!"

Tony hastily dodged Borsalino's hand. He had no wish to be hauled along for dozens of kilometers like a sack of potatoes.

"What else? Do you want to walk there?"

Borsalino spread his hands. Even if Tony was willing, he had no intention of accompanying them on a slow, dozens-of-kilometers walk.

"Aren't you an alien? You even have laser weapons—don't you have some kind of portable transportation?"

Tony had good reason to suspect that Borsalino simply wanted to make a fool of him.

If he were the one with the opportunity, he wouldn't mind carrying this guy for a few dozen kilometers either.

It was a pity that the prototype of the Iron Man armor he had built had been destroyed along with the underground base by Borsalino, otherwise he wouldn't have had to go through this trouble.

Dr. Yensen whistled quietly on the side, pretending he hadn't heard a thing. Aliens? Laser weapons? The weather today was really quite nice, wasn't it?

"I never said I was an alien... Well, in a sense, I suppose I am one!"

Borsalino suddenly remembered that the One Piece world was also a planet; he wondered if it might possibly exist in the same universe as Marvel's Earth.

Unfortunately, this "alien" Borsalino had not arrived on Earth in a spaceship. Since Tony refused to be carried, Borsalino pondered for a long time and concluded that his only option left was to ask in the group chat.

[Borsalino: Does anyone have any transportation on hand? It needs to accommodate three people... Well, two will do.]

[A passerby wanting to hug Luo Feng's thighs: What's the situation? Has Kizaru-dall already rescued Stark?]

[Borsalino: Yeah, and now I'm troubled over how to travel. This guy isn't willing to let me carry him.]

[A passerby wanting to hug Luo Feng's thighs: Ah, this... If I had a car, I'd lend it to you, but unfortunately I'm just a poor guy...]

[Kobayashi: Well, if it's for two people... The bicycle I used to ride when I was studying is still around~]

[Borsalino: A bicycle...]

[Fubuki: If you can guarantee you won't break it, I suppose I could lend you my car.]

[Haibara Ai: Your car can only be driven in the city, right? Will the road conditions over on their side be a problem?]

[Kobayashi: Uh, I remember Fubuki-san's car is a stretch limousine...]

[Borsalino: That won't do then. It's all gobi desert over here... If push comes to shove, I guess I'll just have to make them ride the bicycle~]

[Orochimaru: Heh, I can lend them a snake.]

...

Tony and Dr. Yensen waited with great anticipation for Borsalino's vehicle. Even Dr. Yensen, who "knew nothing," was extremely curious about an "alien's" mode of transportation.

Could it be a spaceship?

Or an anti-gravity flying craft?

Perhaps even a spatial teleportation device?

Had Tony been more familiar with the chat group, he would have opened it by now to see what Borsalino had been discussing.

After a good while, Borsalino reached into his pocket and pulled out... a pair of sunglasses?

"Let's set off."

Borsalino put on the sunglasses; the glaring sun really was a bit blinding.

"Where is the vehicle?"

Tony looked at the empty ground, wondering if it was some kind of stealth aircraft.

"Isn't it right behind you?"

Borsalino suppressed a smile as he spoke. Tony and Dr. Yensen subconsciously turned their heads, only to find a giant python with a fork-tongue flickering in front of them.

From head to tail, the massive snake was fully over forty meters long, coiled on the ground like a small mountain, its gigantic head noticeably thicker than the cab of a large truck.

Orochimaru was quite considerate. Taking into account that both Tony and Dr. Yensen were still ordinary mortals, he had specially summoned a giant snake whose temperament was "said" to be exceptionally good.

Dr. Yensen passed out on the spot from sheer terror; no matter who saw such a colossal behemoth materialize right behind them, their reaction wouldn't be any better than his.

The expression on Tony's face stiffened awkwardly, his neck acting like a rusted machine as it turned millimeter by millimeter to look back at Borsalino.

"Ahem, as you can see, this snake is our transportation for the next leg of the journey. It was kindly lent by Orochimaru, the Fourth Hokage of Konoha. Remember to thank him in the group later."

Borsalino introduced it with a straight face. There had actually been other choices, but Borsalino ultimately chose this snake without hesitation.