traveler among pirates

Chapter 23 Special fish on outlying islands
The sun rose and the moon set, and in the early morning of the next day, the sound of waves beating could be faintly heard, and gray birds were chirping outside the window.

Hughes stood up, his eyes slightly dull.

After a brief wash, Hughes left the hotel with his luggage and his knife.

Came to a trading center, Hughes purchased a lot of items.

Because of this concert, so many merchants came to this island, so the variety of goods is also very rich.

There are a bunch of strange things, burning grass, fish that can't swim, strange shells that can emit shock waves, bamboo dragonflies that can make people fly when placed on the top of the head, and even unknown treasure maps.

He also found a businessman and bought the record pointer he wanted. The island pointed by this pointer is very close to the sea area of ​​the Devil's Triangle.

In addition, Hughes also found a special gold coin, which is slightly larger than ordinary coins.

One side is printed with a scale, and the other side is a mocking devil's head, as if mocking the owner's overreach.

This gold coin is said to be a cursed gold coin, and the person who holds it will be taken to hell by the devil.

Its previous generations of owners all mysteriously disappeared into the sea.

Hughes bought it for a few gold coins, and Hughes was going to see the sea where the devil lived.

Hughes flicked his thumb lightly, and the gold coin in his hand bounced up, and he caught it with his backhand, with his five fingers spread out, like a mocking devil.

"It seems that my luck is good, and I don't know if there will be devils, the devil's triangle sea area."

Leaving the trading center, Hughes was about to leave the country.

At a seaside, Hughes saw navy warships evacuating from the port.

Behind a cargo box at the pier, there were two figures hiding there, they were the two revolutionary troops that day.

Sabo and the others also saw Hughes carrying a big bag. Sabo pressed down on his top hat, and Krall waved to Hughes.

Hughes smiled back, then turned and left.

In the process of turning back, Hughes also saw Krall jump a few times and throw his fist upwards a few times.

Hughes put the luggage on his back on the back of a strong wildebeest, turned over and rode on it.

It was a wildebeest he had bought from a merchant, and soon he left the country, the white country.

The speed of leaving was much faster than the speed of coming. The wildebeest had been running in the mountains for a day, and Hughes could already see from a distance the path that was harassed outside Goldfish Town.

Broken tree trunks and splintered rocks surrounded the path, and the body was gone, presumably taken away by the mayor.

Hughes released the wildebeest in the woods outside the town, and continued on with his big luggage.

Entering the town, the surrounding ruins have disappeared, and the taverns on both sides have reopened. After all, they are only made of wood, and they were built fairly quickly.

Several outsiders were dragged into the tavern, presumably it was another robbery.

"Hey, look at that man."

Passers-by looked at Hughes with some doubts.

"No way, it's that person, that person is here again!"

"Go and call the mayor!"

A few pirates dressed as passers-by on the road quickly stepped back to the edge of the street after seeing Hughes' face clearly. Their eyes were terrified, and a few drops of cold sweat fell from their foreheads.

"I, I'm going to call the mayor!"

A figure ran away in an instant, wondering if he was going to call the mayor.

"Ah! How cunning!"

"I'll go too."

"Hey! Wait! Wait for us!"

Seeing those people running so fast, other passers-by on the side hurriedly followed them. In an instant, there was no one on the road.

Hughes looked at the taverns on both sides.

On the tavern windows on both sides, a large number of heads appeared, but when Hughes looked at them, these heads disappeared instantly.

Hughes looked at it and continued to move forward. He is not a navy, and he is not interested in catching these pirates. As for the bounty?

Hughes suspected that he had caught them all, and few of them had rewards.

When they arrived at the pier where Hughes came, the mayor was looking at Hughes with trembling legs at the moment.

About 500 meters behind the mayor, a group of villagers cheered him on.

"Mayor! Come on!"

"You're the best!"

"Hurry up and drive that devil away!"

".Ha ha."

'You guys stand closer to me, cheer me on! '

The mayor wiped off the sweat from his brow, and stepped forward to greet Hughes.

"My lord, do you have any orders?"

"Get my boat ready."

"My lord, are you leaving!"

When the mayor heard what Hughes said, his expression immediately became excited.

"Oh~ I'm leaving, are you so happy? Do you want me to take you with me, I just need some bait."

Hughes leaned over and looked at the mayor.

The mayor's expression became frozen, and he was sweating coldly.

"Haha, how is it possible~ fish don't like old meat like you."

"Hehe, hehe yes, yes"

The mayor wiped his forehead and turned to the pirates working on the pier behind him.

"Quick! You bastards, hurry up and pull the adult's boat over!"

"Yes!!"

Seeing that the mayor was angry, the villagers hurriedly evacuated.

The mayor was kind to Hughes, but not so polite to the group of bastards hiding behind him.

The mayor was about to vomit blood from the anger of the group of subordinates who hadn't seen him. Didn't he hear that the lord wanted his boat!

"Everyone is still standing there watching the show, watching yourself make a fool of yourself, right? When you cry, after this adult leaves, I will let you all feed the fish"

The mayor looked at the group of villagers and thought fiercely.

After a while, Hughes' boat was pulled over, and the hull was covered tightly with a layer of tarpaulin.

The cover was pulled off, the hull was cleaned up, and the damaged parts were repaired.

Everything on the board was neatly arranged, and the supplies in the cabin were also replenished.

Mayor Gart is distraught over the ship after Hughes leaves.

The reason why he was so careful was to prevent Hughes from cutting himself off when he came back to see the ship and felt dissatisfied.

Now it seems that his previous efforts were not in vain. Seeing Hughes nodded with satisfaction, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Hughes jumped into the boat, put down the luggage, untied the tied ropes, and lowered the sail, because it was only a single-person boat, so only one sail was enough.

In the tearful farewell of the mayor and the villagers, Hughes left the island.

The sky is blue, the sun is covered by white clouds, the waves wash over the hull, and the sea breeze drives the boat in the sea. It has been five days since we left Goldfish Town.

In the past few days, Hughes has not encountered any ships, and he has not even seen a small island, after a day of practice.

Hughes tore off the bandage on his body. This was the injury left after the battle with Aokiji, and he has fully recovered now.

Hughes, with a bare upper body and a pair of beach pants, sat cross-legged on the bow of the boat, holding a fishing rod in his hand, with sharp eyes.

Knowledge color followed the fishing line to explore everything on the bottom of the sea, which can be regarded as a kind of cultivation, and the fishing rod was made by Xiusite.

The slender fishing rod has sufficient toughness and hardness, so it is not a big problem to catch a few ordinary sea kings.

The fishing line is taken from a large sea king called a rope fish, which is the only fish tendon on its body. ,

But even if the tendon is removed, the rope fish will not die, and the tendon will grow back, but it will take a long time.

There is no doubt about its toughness and strength. If you use it to catch super large sea kings, the fishing line will never be broken first, and the fishing boat under your feet will definitely be dragged into the sea.

The fishing line becomes transparent under the sunlight, which cannot be seen clearly with the naked eye.

Hughes can only vaguely see its existence, and if he wants to see it clearly, he can only perceive its existence through knowledge and color.

Hughes caught the fish because the fish took the initiative to attack Hughes' boat. Fortunately, Hughes read a lot of books.

He knew most of the sea kings, their special features, sometimes knowledge is still very important, after taking the fish tendons, Hughes let it go.

The flesh of this kind of fish cannot be chewed at all, and it is harder to chew than rubber. Hughes doubts that there is nothing that will eat it.

I don't know whether it is the fish itself that endows the fish tendon with the ability of transparency, or this special fish tendon gives this fish a unique stealth method.

Anyway, at the moment before the rope fish attacked the boat, Hughes could only feel something coming from the sea.

But he didn't know from which direction the attack was launched. It was not until the boat was attacked that Hughes confirmed the location of the attack and what it was.

(End of this chapter)