Chapter 332: The Joy of Bullying in the Novice Village
"It's out! Is this the East China Sea? Well done, moo!" Feeling the breeze blowing from the side, which meant that they had left the doldrums, Octopus Xiaoba stood at the bow and said some encouraging and praising words to the manatee in front.
Even as mermen, they need to be cautious when crossing the doldrums by boat, but their advantage is that they can send people to explore safe routes underwater at any time, and they have sea beasts pulling the boats to allow them to pass quickly.
In case of an emergency, everyone can even go into the water to push the boat. If the situation gets worse, they can abandon the boat and escape. This is much more convenient than humans.
In any case, safely passing through the doldrums was something worth celebrating. The fish people cheered and Aaron also breathed a sigh of relief, finally getting away from that place.
After celebrating for a while, Xiao Ba, who was the most restless, asked, "Brother A-Long, what should we do next?"
"Keep going until you encounter a ship or an island, and grab a sea chart first." Aaron said, "The lookout should cheer up, and the others should rest well and prepare for battle!"
"Oh!!!"
Arlong and his crew were lucky. It didn't take them too long to run into a pirate ship. That ship didn't seem to be trying to escape, and after noticing their fellow pirates, they came straight towards them.
There is usually nothing much to say between pirates before a fight. If it is a pirate flag you recognize, you should carefully consider the strength of both sides. But if it is an unfamiliar flag, you should first assume that the other side is weak and fight first.
"How lucky!" This situation was exactly what Aaron wanted. "My fellow countrymen, this is our first battle since we arrived in the East China Sea. Let's defeat them using the fishman's way and let these humans feel the horror of the fishman!"
"Oh!!!"
More than half of the fishmen jumped off the boat after hearing Aaron's words.
The lookout of the pirate group on the opposite side reported the situation truthfully. Of course, because the distance was too far, he couldn't see clearly that the people on the ship all looked strange.
"How lucky!" The captain laughed after hearing the report. They were so scared that they abandoned the ship and fled before the battle even started. It seemed that they were rookies who had just set out to sea. As a veteran pirate, he felt that he had a great advantage. "Guys, take them out in one go!"
"Oh!!!"
The pirates were in high spirits, brandishing their weapons and ready to have a big fight.
However, not long after, the whole ship suddenly jolted, and the people on the deck staggered one after another. Then the pirate ship began to deviate inexplicably.
The captain shouted in dissatisfaction: "What's going on? Helmsman! What is the helmsman doing?"
The helmsman shouted, "Oh no, Captain, the rudder won't work!"
"What?" The captain was shocked. Why did the problem happen at this time? "Boatman! Go and see what happened!"
A broken rudder during a naval battle can be fatal. After all, not every ship is called the Warspite, which can run back even if it is hit by thirty cannonballs due to a rudder failure.
"No need to go, your rudder is fine." A joking voice sounded, and Kroobi sat on the left railing and threw a huge piece of wood to the crowd, "Give it back to you!"
"Wow!" The pirates were thrown to the ground. "Is this guy a monster? He actually gave the rudder to..."
"Monster?" The cyan-skinned kissing merman Chu also jumped onto the boat, "Open your eyes and see clearly, we are mermen!"
"Another monster!" the pirates screamed.
The pirate captain tried to remain calm and asked, "What are fishmen? Who are you?"
"You haven't even heard of murlocs? It's a headache. The people here are really ignorant." Jiu scratched his middle-parted hair and explained, "We are the murlocs from the Grand Line. Not only can we breathe underwater, but our wrist strength is ten times that of humans."
"Ten...ten times?" The pirates were shocked.
"Don't listen to his bragging!" The captain tried to calm the troops, "Even if his arm strength is ten times stronger, he will die if he is shot!"
As he spoke, the captain pulled out the pistol from his waist, but before he could aim, a water bullet hit the captain's abdomen, knocking him flying backwards and crashing into the cabin, where he was unknown whether he was alive or dead.
"captain!"
"What did you do?"
"monster!"
"You ignorant human being, what a waste of words." Kroobi crossed his arms, "Jiu, if you don't want to do it, let me do it."
"Let me do it." Jiu's cheeks puffed up, and countless small water bullets sprayed out from his long mouth, "Hundred Shots·Water Gun!"
This time the pirates saw clearly that this guy who called himself fish-man was spraying water bullets from his mouth like a machine gun, and each water bullet was more powerful than an ordinary rifle.
The pirates fell down in large numbers, screaming, and the cabins and masts were riddled with small holes.
The pirates who had not yet lost consciousness felt their worldviews shattered. Are there any creatures like this in the world? Fishmen, so scary!
Kroobi smiled and walked into the cabin. He had not forgotten that the purpose of this trip was the nautical chart.
A few minutes later, Kroobi and Jiu jumped into the sea, one holding a sea chart and the other holding a small treasure chest.
The pirate captain got up tremblingly: "Is it...over? Monster, it's really a monster, we have to leave here quickly!"
With a splash of water, the boat under my feet suddenly moved, as if it was spinning on the spot.
"What's going on?" The captain staggered to the edge of the deck, grabbed the railing and looked down, only to see a small whirlpool formed in the sea water under the ship. The whirlpool gradually expanded, and the pirate ship completely lost control and was gradually swallowed by the whirlpool.
Croobi and Ju were watching the desperate pirate captain from the sea not far away, and explained with a smile: "If we fishmen are serious, we can change the ocean currents."
Below the sea surface, dozens of mermen were swimming rapidly around a certain center, and the small whirlpool was created by them.
This is the signature skill of the fishmen in naval battles. If paired with a powerful navigator, this move can be used more easily and with greater power. If paired with a top navigator like Nami, even just moving a reef can create a large whirlpool.
Although there is no talent in this area among Arlong's group , it is enough to deal with an ordinary pirate ship in the East China Sea. Anyway, if the whirlpool is not big enough, they can drill through the bottom of the ship.
The pirates screamed as they and their ship were sucked into the seabed by the whirlpool, and the fishmen returned triumphantly.
Watching his compatriots easily sink a pirate ship from afar, Arlong felt relieved. It was indeed the weakest sea. This way, the plan would be more secure.
Croobi handed the sea chart to Aaron: "Brother Aaron, sea chart, there are some Baileys here."
"No one was hurt, right?" Aaron was always nice to his compatriots, and after getting the answer he wanted, he said, "Let's divide the money among everyone."
The fishmen happily divided the money and began to experience the joy of bullying the noobs in the Novice Village.
Aaron was looking at the nautical chart with several cadres.
This pirate group was well prepared. Not only was the nautical chart relatively detailed, but it also marked the locations, officers, and strength of several nearby naval branches, which was especially important to Arlong.
After looking for a while, Aaron pointed to an island and said, "Let's go here."
"New, Zhumeda Island? Is there anything special about this place?" asked Octopus Xiaoba curiously.
"This place is far from the Navy branch. Even if the villagers ask for help, we will have already robbed everything by the time the Navy arrives. By then, we will have money in our hands and can negotiate with the Navy." Aaron had a confident smile on his face, like a wise man. "Humans are very greedy creatures. They are willing to do anything for money, even selling out their own kind."
"You are worthy of being called Brother A'long!" Several cadres praised him with admiration. It is great that Brother A'long knows human weaknesses so well.
Aaron smiled and said, "Okay, let's go!"
Octopus Xiaoba ran to the bow of the boat, pinched his cylindrical mouth, and made a strange music like blowing a trumpet.
Hearing the signal, the manatee Moo poked its head out from underwater and looked at Xiao Ba with its big eyes staring at him aggrievedly, as if the words "I don't want to go to work" were written on its face.
However, Xiao Ba had no intention of pitying it and ordered, "Let's go, moo! Target: Zhumeida Island, direction..."
Moo turned obediently, not daring to complain. It was different from the mermen. The mermen were Aaron's companions, and if Moo was obedient, he would be a sea beast pulling the boat. If he was disobedient, he would be a storehouse of food - mermen were different from mermaids, they were meat eaters.
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"There's a flaw. Watch me eat your 'wolf'!" Perona picked up the chess piece happily.
"Good move, good move." Zhang Da also smiled and picked up his 'rat' to eat Perona's 'bishop'.
Perona was stunned for a moment, then rushed over to grab the chess piece from Zhang Daye's hand: "No, no! I made a wrong move, I didn't see it!"
"Don't regret your move, girl." Zhang Daye pressed the top of Perona's head with one hand and used his absolute arm length advantage to resolve her attack.
Perona struggled for a while, then angrily hugged Wendy's arm and said, "Wendy, he is a bully. We don't want to play with him anymore. Come and play with me."
"Well..." Wendy smiled awkwardly. Why is it always like this? She doesn't know which side to help.
Zhang Da also put a water cup in front of her: "You want to change players, right? Then you admit defeat in this round. Drink the water."
"I don't want to give up!" Perona sat back down, frowning as she thought about what to do next.
Xia Lulu sighed: "Really? You're such a grown-up, but you're still so serious when playing games with a child."
"No, victory or defeat is victory or defeat, and age has nothing to do with it." Altria supported Zhang Daye, saying that one should be serious when deciding the outcome.
"...There's someone more serious here. Her personality of getting serious in strange situations seems like Erza." Xia Lulu slapped her forehead. She felt that Zhang Da didn't care about winning or losing, and probably just thought it was fun to tease Perona.
Tom covered his eyes with his hands, but the gaps between his fingers were a little bigger. Every time Zhang Daya and Perona moved the 'cat', he would close his fingers.
Because the pattern painted on the chess piece with the word 'cat' on it was his image, Tom imagined himself, a cute little cat, running around among a group of ferocious beasts - no, the sense of immersion was too strong, he dared not look at it.
That's why Tom didn't dare to play this game of chess. How about secretly changing the chess piece to look like Xia Lulu? Tom shook his head. It was too cruel. He decided to change it to Lightning.
"Eat your 'cat'!" Perona said this, and Tom collapsed on his seat with despair, feeling like he was eaten by a dog.
No matter how hard Perona tried to fight, she still lost the round. She drank the glass of water with a bitter face, then shouted to try again, and she would definitely not be careless this time.
Zhang Da also glanced at Tom, who looked hopeless, and said with a smile: "Meng Meng, help me take Tom away."
It was also the first time for him to see such a deep sense of immersion when watching others play chess, and he was actually involved in the chess pieces... Is this the legendary immersive viewing?
"Here I am." Rui Mengmeng picked up Tom and considerately refilled Perona's glass of water. According to her experience, the boss would think of various ways to ensure that Perona, who usually didn't like to drink water, would get enough water.
A new game began, and poor Perona soon fell into a disadvantage again. She held her chin and began to think, and even wanted to pull Wendy to give her some advice.
At this time, Shark Chili came in and poured himself a cup of tea: "Playing chess?"
Zhang Da also said: "Yeah, is there any problem outside? Do you want to have a plate too?"
"Ye Yan and Brook are watching outside , it's okay." Shark Chili said, "Is it the beast chess? It seems very interesting, I will try it later."
"I'll play with you." Altria took out another set of chess and looked at Shark Chili with sharp eyes.
"...Okay." Shark Chili agreed. As long as it didn't involve games like dice that required luck, there should be no problem playing with Altria...right.
"Come on." Zhang Da also offered encouragement. After all, it was just a game of chess, and it wouldn't be a big deal if Altria had a stronger desire to win.
Perona blinked her big eyes and found that everyone's attention was not on the chessboard. She moved her hands quietly and urged, "It's your turn. Hurry up."
"Okay, let's go..." Zhang Da was also stunned, "Where is my lion? When did it run to the river? And didn't I just eat your tiger? How did it get reincarnated?"
"Who... who knows, you remembered it wrong, you were talking about the last game, probably." Perona's eyes were vague.
Zhang Da also glanced at Wendy for confirmation, then stared at Perona with suspicion.
Wendy's face turned red. She was embarrassed for her little sister. She was obviously not like this when she played with her. Why did she always think about cheating when playing chess with brother Tatsuya, and so clumsily.
Perona was also embarrassed by Zhang Tatsuya's gaze and said guiltily: "What...what's wrong? If you don't know how to move forward, just admit defeat!"
At this time, Brook's voice on the loudspeaker temporarily broke the awkward atmosphere: "Everyone, pay attention, two pirate ships have been spotted at three o'clock!"
"Damn pirates, they dare to mess with me when I'm about to win. Lady Perona is going to teach them a lesson!" Perona dropped the chess piece with a sense of relief and ran out in two or three steps.
Zhang Da also smiled helplessly, then thought about the business: "Why do I feel like I've encountered more pirates recently?"
