[East China Sea, Shuangyue Village. A green-haired one-year-old boy was crawling all over the ground chasing a newspaper that was fluttering in the wind. When he came back to his senses, he realized that his home had gone somewhere...]
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When he came to the open sea, Hancock was like a curious baby, asking questions about everything.
If you see a sea creature you don't recognize, ask about it.
If you see a sudden change in climate, you should also ask questions.
I saw a female soldier taking out a gadget and ran to ask. It turned out to be something called a record pointer...
"What is that?" Hancock pointed to a water column spraying from the sea not far away.
The members of the pirate group thought for a while and guessed: "I don't know, maybe some sea beast is spitting water! For example, a whale or something..."
Hancock was very disappointed, "It's no different from the sea beasts in the windless zone..."
It's just that the Neptunes in the windless zone are larger and have a single climate, with only the "no wind and no waves" marine phase.
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Hancock was lying on the bow of the ship, holding a monocular and looking at the sea ahead.
As soon as the camera turned, a black shadow seemed to flash past. Hancock blinked and looked around, and a ketch was circled in the telescope screen.
"It's a merchant ship!" A female soldier shouted loudly from behind.
In the cabin, Snake Ji sat still, raised her hand and said: "Since we have met, it is fate. Let's go and have a look."
"Turn around and accelerate toward the ship."
A female soldier on the deck shouted loudly and whistled at the same time.
The ship of Nine Snakes doesn't really need a rudder. After all, their ship is dragged forward by two huge snakes that grow in the windless sea area.
The two swimming snakes were very humane and immediately turned around and swam away.
Hancock was a little excited and a little expectant.
For the first time in my life, I saw people in the open sea with my own eyes!
I wonder if he is similar to the person described in the book "The Room". Can a so-called man really be that bad?
There is a very important reason why Hancock doesn't trust that book - first of all, Giorno is a man; secondly, besides speaking to her a little rudely, Giorno is a little ruder in fights and enters a state of cultivation.
She didn't talk to anyone much after that, but generally speaking, the way Giorno looked at her was not much different from the other people and women on Nine Snake Island that Hancock knew, let alone the ones in that book.
As written, it is despicable and evil.
Within the circle of the monocular, a group of figures ran out from the deck of the merchant ship, seeming to gather and look towards Hancock and the others.
Found us? Hancock was a little happy.
But the next second, I couldn't be happy anymore. The people on the merchant ship actually jumped off the deck one by one, throwing down lifeboats and small wooden boats at the same time - these people actually abandoned the ship and left!
Someone on the deck of the merchant ship seemed to be yelling at those who escaped on the sea, but he glanced at the approaching Nine Snakes pirate ship, looking at the terrifying snake-haired skull pattern, and the two man-eating claws on the bow.
The giant snake finally shivered in fear, closed its eyes, and jumped into the sea.
"Don't leave?!" Hancock was so angry that he almost wanted to smash the monocular in his hand.
The people escaping from the merchant ship turned into about a dozen lifeboats and small wooden boats, paddled their oars desperately, and were away in a flash.
The red boat dragged by two giant snakes slowly approached, and the sides of the boat were side by side.
The female warriors of Nine Snakes were not surprised, chatting and laughing one by one from their own ships to the deck of the empty merchant ship.
She Ji said: "The old rule is to remove half of the food, weapons and cloth."
The female warriors said in unison: "Yes!"
Then they quickly began to search inside and outside the merchant ship, and transported one box after another to their own ship.
Far away, the lifeboats and small wooden boats were crowded with people from merchant ships, silently watching the plundering behavior of the female pirates.
A young sailor said angrily: "I don't understand, why are you running away? They are just women!"
A muscular guard next to him cursed: "You know what the heck! Can't you see the flag of such a big Nine Snakes Pirates? A woman of Nine Snakes, is that a woman? Anyone who comes here can kill you."
Mom won’t even recognize your broken body!”
The old businessman, who was sucking on his wet pipe, sighed: "The pirates of Kuji always only plunder half of the plunder, and they don't finish the job completely, so that we don't have to fight them hard! If we encounter them, just think that we are unlucky this time."
!" The old man laughed hoarsely at himself, "Although, even if we fight them desperately, it will only be our lives that end up fighting for our lives... You are still young and don't know how cruel and terrifying those women are. Alas..."
Someone around him murmured: "It's not always scary..."
These people drifted for a while, and when they saw Nine Snakes' red tower boat slowly leaving the merchant ship, they comforted each other and rowed back.
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"This is too boring!"
Hancock complained on the deck of Nine Snakes, "Can't we find an island to land on?"
The female soldier carrying a box passed by and said with a smile: "We will land, but we haven't arrived yet..."
"Really?" Hancock's eyes lit up and he raised his hands and said, "I will also go to the island by then."
She Ji walked out slowly and said warmly: "It depends on what kind of island it is, Hancock."
Hancock asked in confusion: "What's the difference?"
"Lord Snake Princess! There is a pirate ship ahead!" the female warrior on the lookout suddenly shouted.
Whoa, in an instant, all the female warriors on the ship were holding their own weapons, some were holding swords, and some were caressing the snakes accompanying them, ready to turn into snake bows at any time, draw the bows and shoot arrows.
When the ship of the Nine Snakes Pirates slowly approached the pirate ship, the pirates on the ship were holding swords in their hands, alert and nervous, and were ready.
Hancock jumped onto the side of the bow and said happily: "You didn't run away? That's great!"
The pirate leader, who looked like a captain, said loudly: "You..."
Hancock ignored him and glanced at the pirates on the deck of the pirate ship in front of him... he couldn't help but frown!
Although the appearance and style are indeed similar to Giorno, with so-called masculine characteristics. But what kind of clothes are these dirty pirates wearing?
Moreover, they look so weak!
Especially their eyes, which are dull and flickering, so boring.
That's it?
One hand reached out to the back of Hancock's neck and lifted her away. It was none other than She Ji.
She Ji was tall, two meters tall, and exuded power in her gentleness. She just glanced at the pirates who were waiting in formation on the opposite boat, but none of them used their overlord-like domineering energy. The pirates suddenly shouted, put away their swords and guns, and whizzed.
He jumped into the sea from both sides with a whoosh.
Hancock was depressed, and when he saw this scene, he became even more depressed. Do people and men in the outer sea have such virtues?
Beside, the old woman Suzuran noticed Hancock's expression from just now and couldn't help but think deeply.
"Get aboard." She Ji waved her hand.
The female warriors responded in unison, jumped into the empty enemy ship with agility and ease, and began to search for supplies expertly.
He divided a few people to wander around the side of the ship. When they saw the pirates emerging, they picked up their snake bows and started shooting.
Swish, swish, armed and domineering arrows were no joke. They were submerged into the sea one by one and exploded directly. The unlucky pirates directly dyed the sea surface red.
"There's no need to be polite to them!" the old woman Suzuran said sternly, "No man is good, and it would be best if all of them died."
The female warrior next to her kindly reminded: "Sir Suzulan, if all the men are dead, it won't be enough to leave only women..."
Suzuran glared at her hard!
"It's boring..." Hancock followed suit and shot a few arrows happily, but it soon became boring. This kind of target can't keep up with the animals on Nine Snakes Island, let alone Giorno and the black armored man.
A level opponent. "Let me see what's on the pirate ships in the open sea?"
She didn't have the consciousness to help move things. But who could blame her?
Hancock walked up and down the pirate ship, but he didn't find many interesting things. Instead, he was stung to death by the smell of sweat, foot odor, fishy smell, garbage...the messy "poisonous gas".
"Hey, this is...a reward order?"
Hancock stumbled into the captain's cabin with the window open, finally able to catch his breath, and soon found various reward notices posted on the wall.
They were all faces he had never seen before and random names that Hancock had no interest in remembering.
I just casually browsed through it and saw two familiar ones among the reward notices on the wall.
Kong Tiao. Xu Lun, 120 million Baileys.
Giovanna Giorno, 150 million Baileys.
Hancock took off the two reward notices and looked at them carefully.
"The painting is quite beautiful!" She whispered to herself, "It's just that Giorno seems a little smaller, and Xu Lun's appearance is not the same..."
"Hancock! We have to leave." The old woman Suzuran passed by outside the window and urged her.
"Oh." Hancock muttered impatiently and wandered around the captain's cabin for a while before following him back to the Nine Snakes Pirate Ship.
Everyone else was carrying food, clothes, and boxes of gold, silver, and jewelry. Only Hancock went there empty-handed and returned empty-handed—well, except for two more reward orders.
The female warrior found Snake Ji with a trophy, handed it over and said: "Sir Snake Ji, a permanent pointer was found on the pirate ship."
She Ji took it and took a look. There was a place name engraved on the wooden frame of the permanent pointer.