Chapter 4 How can this be Shampoo?
The next thing to do is to wait, wait for the fish to be hooked, wait for the water to be distilled, and wait for the board to reach the shore.
Zhang Da sometimes wondered how to make the 3% on the back of his hand rise, and sometimes he chatted with Tom and asked him if he could take him directly to the sky.
Unfortunately, even if Tom wants to fly, he needs various props. For example, if he is given a piece of wood, he can try to glide, if he is given a special piece of clothing, he can imitate the flapping of a bird's wings, or if he is given a broom, he can ride it and fly.
However, the first two methods are unlikely to allow people to fly together, and for the latter method, even Tom himself is not sure whether the flying method he learned from the witch in his dream can be used.
While chatting about random things, Tom suddenly fell down, and the whole cat fell on the wooden board, with his upper body stretched out and suspended in the air above the sea - a fish was hooked!
Zhang Da also grabbed Tom's tail, and the next moment Tom's hind legs were also hanging in the air. The cat was pulled to ten meters long.
At this time, Zhang Da didn't care whether Tom was in pain or not. He just had to not let go. He stepped back with difficulty and let Tom's hind legs step on the board again.
At this time Tom also began to exert effort, and his body shape gradually returned to normal, but the problem was that instead of retreating, the wooden board under their feet was rapidly approaching the fish!
How big a fish can have such strength!
And are the fish hooks made from two shoelaces and a key ring really that strong?!
Tom pulled the fishing rod back hard, and Zhang Da saw with his own eyes that the hardwood stick bent into an abnormal and exaggerated arc.
But he couldn't care about all that at the moment and had to catch the fish first.
The hands that were originally holding Tom's tail began to move alternately upwards little by little, passing Tom's waist, chest, and arms, and finally holding the fishing rod together with Tom.
The fish obviously had no intention of stopping, and it dragged Zhang Daye and Tom forward for thousands of meters before it slowly ran out of strength.
Zhang Daye and Tom looked at each other and nodded, and began to reel in the line. As there was no reel, they could only reel in the line manually. A half-meter-long fish was pulled onto the wooden board, jumping around with its mouth wide open.
Tom took out a mallet and knocked the fish unconscious with two bangs.
Looking at the poor unknown fish, Zhang Daye shed tears of sympathy.
I wasn't even in the mood to think about whether the fish's strength and size were reasonable.
Tom is a professional when it comes to preparing a fish, deftly removing the entrails and scales before slicing it into sashimi.
It is definitely impossible to make a fire under the current conditions. As for whether there are parasites, let's just survive first.
It’s good to have something to eat.
By the evening, half a bottle of water had accumulated in the glass bottle, and Zhang Da and Tom shared it in half, which at least helped moisten their throats.
Although Zhang Da also felt that the efficiency of that simple distillation device should not be so high, it was still a good thing after all.
Zhang Da also unzipped his collar and let Tom get into his clothes - Tom was actually quite afraid of the cold.
The man and the cat slept in each other's arms and spent the first day of their acquaintance.
And Zhang Daye finally survived the second day of the time travel with Tom's company.
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This was Zhang Da's fifth morning drifting on the sea.
Tom crawled out from Zhang Daye's collar and stretched.
They had been living a life these past few days where they had food but were just barely able to survive starvation. They both looked much more haggard, with their cheeks becoming exaggeratedly sunken.
But Tom had no complaints about the current situation. At least he could feel the care of his new owner.
Although he doesn't look very smart and has poor hands-on skills, and can't even kill a fish properly, Tom doesn't despise him. As a master , just be nice to me and don't abandon me, especially if I still can't catch the mouse in the future, just don't scold me.
Tom's demands were humble. As a cat, he was kicked out of the house because he couldn't catch mice. This was his eternal pain.
Fortunately, even though the new owner knew the reason why he was driven away, he was still very happy to accept him.
Tom was already used to the fact that his new master had his eyes tightly closed and his facial features were almost wrinkled. He must have had a nightmare again, as it had been happening every morning for the past few days.
After he wakes up, I should tell him about the strange dreams like suppressing the Five Finger Mountain and a fat orange squatting on his chest, right?
"Morning, Tom."
The first thing Zhang Daye did when he opened his eyes was to look at the back of his left hand. The number inside the circle had become 7%, and he had no idea how this came about.
It inexplicably rose by 1% in the past few days, even though I didn't do anything special. Could it be solar charging?
Yawning, Zhang Da also began to tell Tom about his nightmare: "Let me tell you, I dreamed that I turned into a scorpion spirit at night, and then was pressed under the Seven-Colored Mountain by the Calabash Brothers. The broken mountain was too heavy, and it was so heavy that I couldn't breathe..."
Tom was usually quite interested in Zhang Daye's stories, but today, contrary to his usual behavior, he didn't pay attention to what he said.
Tom rubbed his eyes, blinked hard, and his mouth gradually opened wider.
"What's the matter, Tom?"
“Ah~~~~~”
Tom cheered and started doing a back flip on the spot, turning a full circle along the edge of the board before excitedly jumping onto Zhang Tatsuya.
He tugged at his clothes and pointed in a certain direction.
Zhang Da also looked in the direction where Tom's hand was, and a patch of green appeared on the blue sea!
It's the tree canopy! That means there is land!
A look of joy immediately appeared on Zhang Daye’s face; the rafting was finally about to end!
Zhang Da also cheered immediately, picked up Tom and held him high up: "Let's go! Let's row over there!"
Tom and Zhang Da also lay on both sides of the board, paddling happily with their hands.
Logically speaking, Tom's short arms should have a low efficiency in paddling, but Tom almost turned his arms into a propeller.
As they were getting closer and closer to the island, Zhang Daye noticed something was wrong because he saw a tall mountain wall farther away from the island.
This mountain wall is completely red and towering into the clouds. It is impossible to see where the top of the mountain is, and there is no end in sight horizontally.
"No way?" Zhang Da also thought of something terrible.
Because Zhang Da was also distracted, his paddling movements slowed down, but Tom did not stop, so the board turned in a circle on the spot.
Tom, who was still excited just now, gradually calmed down and looked at Zhang Daye. The expression on his face clearly said: "You are paddling while paddling!"
"Oh, sorry, Tom, I was distracted." Zhang Da also said, "We may have arrived at a dangerous place. Next, be careful and move slowly. If there is any danger later, remember to be ready to draw your gun at any time."
Tom blinked, seemed to realize the seriousness of the matter, and nodded thoughtfully.
The man and the cat continued to move towards the island.
Perhaps this is what they call "looking at the mountain and running the horse to death". From morning until noon, they gradually saw the scenery on the island clearly.
All you see are tall trees with white numbers marked on the trunks. The magical thing is that bubbles of all sizes keep popping up on the ground and floating upwards. They look colorful under the sunlight and are very beautiful.
In Tom's eyes, this is a beautiful island like a fairy tale.
But in Zhang Daye's eyes, it was not the case. Such a scene reminded him of a place called the Chabaoti Archipelago in his memory, and the huge mountain wall in the distance was probably the Red Earth Continent.
This is... the world of the anime One Piece!
