Chapter 183 The Devil's Triangle
For those who have been at sea for a short time, life on the ship is full of novelty.
In addition to recreational activities such as fishing, swimming, and surfing, as well as daily exercise and boat maintenance, the climate of the Grand Route always gives them some "surprises" from time to time.
Spring, summer, autumn and winter have randomly rotated several times, and rain, snow, wind and frost have also appeared one after another. Just as you never know the date of tomorrow in the Conan world, you never know the weather of tomorrow in the Grand Line.
It is said that people who go out to sea for a long time will feel bored on the sea. Zhang Da and his friends have not experienced this yet, because the extreme weather they occasionally encounter these days is always full of excitement.
When they have free time, everyone will take turns to tutor Ye Yan, the poor student, to make up for the common sense about this world. If he can't remember, he will let him choose someone to accompany him to practice combat skills.
Without a flag monster and no magic weapon, Ye Yan is really not very good at physical skills. According to Zhang Da's estimation, it would be very difficult for him to fight against someone of Creek's level head-on. Of course, if he uses his brain, that's another matter.
Tom is the most idle person on the boat. Others would exercise regularly when they have free time, but Tom would probably choose to turn over and continue sleeping.
Tom simply loves this kind of life where he eats, sleeps, and plays after waking up. If he has any wish now, it would be that he doesn’t even have to cook.
On this day, Zhang Da also wanted to experience the job of a lookout. He stood on the observation deck, holding small dumbbells and observing the surrounding situation.
I originally wanted to bring Tom along so that we could go fishing to relieve boredom when we have nothing to do. However, Tom has been thinking about fishing as a snack these past few days. Even though he eats until his belly is full , he still can't help but feel greedy after the meal.
“Hmm?” Zhang Da also noticed something was wrong ahead, picked up the telescope and looked, then shouted into the loudspeaker, “A large area of dense fog has been discovered ahead, a large area of dense fog has been discovered ahead!”
It is still very troublesome to sail at sea when encountering thick fog, because there is no way to be sure whether there are reefs or icebergs ahead. If you get too close to such obstacles, you will not have time to dodge or stop the ship, after all, sailboats do not have brakes.
The first to respond was Shark Chili, who looked up and shouted, "How big is the range? Can we go around it?"
Zhang Da also came out of the lookout room and stood on the crossbar at the top of the mainsail: "It's hard to say, there's no end in sight, let's slow down and observe!"
He needed to confirm whether the fog was large enough and whether it would dissipate. If it did not dissipate, they might have reached Moria's territory and they had to prepare early.
Shark Chili and others adjusted the sails, slowed down the Amber, and slowly approached the fog area.
Everyone gathered at the bow. Altria held the steering wheel with both hands, ready to respond to any emergency at any time: "It is normal to have fog at sea, but this is the first time I have encountered such heavy fog."
"Let's send someone to investigate." Ye Yan called out Jin Erpeng. This flag monster who can fly and has good eyesight is really a good helper in navigation.
Jin Erpeng flapped his wings and soared into the sky, then flew towards the direction of the thick fog.
If you ignore his usual shameless appearance, this guy is still quite handsome.
Tom stretched out his hand. Actually, he had wanted to ride on it for a spin, but he was a little scared of creatures like eagles and vultures, so he didn't make up his mind.
Finally, Tom decided to get more familiar with him after a while. No one would refuse to ride on a cute little kitten, right?
While waiting for Jin Erpeng, Zhang Da also expressed his concerns.
Shark Chili said, "Boss Tatsuya, are you saying that we might have reached the Devil's Triangle?"
"You know this place?"
"Didn't the wine seller Gragas tell us about this last time? Many ships have disappeared in this area, and there are all kinds of horror legends." Shark Chili was particularly attentive to such rumors about sailing.
Zhang Da also nodded: "It is the Devil's Triangle. It is actually the territory of Qiwuhai Gekko Moriah. Many of the missing ships are caused by him. His purpose is to seize other people's shadows to make zombies."
"Zombies?" Ye Yan said that he understood. "Are there people practicing corpse-refining techniques here?"
Zhang Da said helplessly: "So I told you to study hard. This is the ability of the devil fruit. It can put a person's shadow into another person's body to create an obedient and immortal zombie. But I always feel that the direction of his development of this ability is wrong."
Ye Yan immediately lost interest when talking about tutoring. Rui Mengmeng then asked, "What will happen to the person whose shadow is taken away?"
Zhang Da also replied: "It will die in the light, and will turn into ashes when exposed to the sun."
"Crack, crack, crack..." Tom's teeth began to chatter, and he unconsciously hugged Zhang Daye's thighs tightly.
Tom's shadow was also startled. It strangely broke away from Tom's feet, ran back and forth twice, and finally hugged Zhang Daye's other leg, in exactly the same posture as Tom.
Zhang Da also reached out and touched them. He could feel the two cat heads, and they felt almost the same. He said with a smile, "Eh? Hello, Tom's shadow. Moria will definitely like your shadow that can be cut off by itself without cutting."
Tom glanced at the deck and saw his master's shadow clearly, but his own shadow was gone. He opened his mouth in horror.
Tom's shadow was also startled. He made a diving gesture and dived into the deck. At this time, Tom's shadow was also hanging on the shadow of Zhang Daye's thigh.
At the same time, Zhang Da was dazzled for a moment, and seemed to see his shadow shaking hands with Tom's shadow.
Tom then jumped down, raised his hands, bent over, turned around, and did a few movements to make sure that the shadow was okay before he breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone looked at Tom and nodded secretly. Now it was confirmed that the shadow could really be cut off.
Altria frowned and said, "So this person is a complete villain, right? He took away the shadow so that people can't be exposed to the sun. In addition, corpses are needed to create zombies. The source of the corpses... is it by killing people himself, or robbing graves?"
Zhang Da also nodded: "Well, it won't be a voluntary donation anyway."
Altria asked, "Does the Navy and the World Government know about this?"
"They should know. They are very aware of Moria's abilities. They must also know that ships often disappear here. Maybe because most of them are pirates, they pretend not to know. Besides, the Shichibukai have the legal right to plunder."
As far as Zhang Da knows, among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Jinpei and Hawkeye are too disdainful to attack civilians. Kuma pretends to obey the World Government, but the others don't care about whether they are civilians or not when they do things.
"So, Tatsuya, what are you going to do next?"
