In the next few days of sailing, to Anne's surprise, their ship of the Bear Head Unnamed Community had never encountered such kind-hearted shipowners, so they could only watch their supplies. For example, water and food are becoming less and less day by day.
Because, when all the boats saw them from a distance, they hurriedly avoided it, whether it was the boats of the contestants or the boats of the 'NPCs', giving them no chance to approach or intercept them and make a statement!
And if they didn't deliberately pursue it, of course nothing more would happen in the end.
but……
Although their ship didn't take the initiative to find trouble for others, sometimes, trouble just came to them!
Isn’t this?
In the morning of this day, when Annie and her ship left the port of Manila and sailed south for several days, they were considering whether to go east to catch the autumn wind near Manado or go south to Makassar for business. Izayoi, who was wearing board shorts, with his upper body naked, his skin already tanned, and leisurely fishing at the stern of the boat with nothing to do, was the first to notice something was wrong.
"??"
"strangeness!"
"Why did my fishing line break?"
He just noticed the shaking of the fishing rod and hurriedly pulled up the fishing rod, only to find that the bait had disappeared without knowing when, and now only half of the fishing line was left dangling in the wind. He scratched his head first, and then Then he subconsciously glanced at the sea at the stern of the ship.
But unfortunately, at this time, he could find nothing on the sea surface at the stern except a line of white water bubbles and traces of surging water left by their ship when it passed by.
"hateful!"
"Is it a big fish?"
Knowing that a big fish might have swallowed the bait and broke the fishing line instantly, Izayoi didn't take it too seriously. He just sighed in annoyance and prepared to continue putting on the bait, hook and float.
"whispering sound!"
“It would be nice to have nylon thread!”
Izayoi didn't know how strong the thin fishing lines of this era were, but he knew that if it was a nylon fishing line, it would be able to easily withstand a tensile force of several hundred kilograms, and there would be absolutely no problem. It won't be easily broken by a big fish.
And if it were a nylon rope specially designed for sea fishing, it would be even more incredible!
A conventional sea fishing line that is small enough to withstand a ton of pulling force, or a trawl rope that is large enough to drag a whale. If he had those equipment, he would have pulled the big fish to the deck and chopped it up. Blocked!
"..."
Of course, there's no point in saying anything now.
then!
After checking the fishing line, retying the hook and float, and finding that there were no problems, Izayoi once again threw his bait to the sea surface ten meters away from the stern of the boat, and then re-fixed the fishing rod. After getting to the stern of the boat to avoid being dragged into the sea, he lay down again and began to enjoy the morning sunshine leisurely.
For Izayoi, the past few days of sailing were really not pleasant at all. Although he lived in a single room, the single room was too small, with only a small bed less than one meter wide. In addition, there is only one aisle that can only be passed by one person, and due to navigation reasons, it is easy to get damp, so he gets up before dawn every day, and then wanders around on the boat, or comes here to fish or something.
Actually, he didn't really want to eat fish, but he didn't know what to do without fishing, so he could only do this.
"..."
As he thought about it, Izayoi couldn't help but glance at the captain's cabin, which was still closed.
It's still early now, and the four guys, Black Rabbit, Kuon Asuka, Kasukabe Yō and Annie, are probably still sleeping soundly in the captain's room, which is at least more than 20 square meters and has a big bed, a sofa and a small living room. Sitting, every time he thought of that scene, he would feel a little hot-eyed and palpitating. After all, the days of sailing were really too boring. How great would it be if he could be together in that big room?
Unfortunately, Izayoi also knew that he could only think about that kind of thing. He couldn't afford to offend any of the women there, and he didn't dare to offend them for the time being.
"Well?"
Suddenly, when Izayoi was lying in the pile of cargo on the deck at the stern of the ship and passing the time looking at the seagulls on the top of the mast, he discovered that his fishing rod was moving again.
"!!"
"Another fish got hooked?!"
Upon seeing this, he rushed over, wanting to have a fight of strength, courage and endurance with a big fish, and see who would win in the end?
Otherwise!
Wow~!
A splash of water suddenly appeared on the sea surface where the fish float in the distance was, and then Izayoi staggered and rolled directly backwards onto the deck, including himself and the pole.
"damn it!"
"Why did it break again?!"
Seeing this, Izayoi hurriedly threw away the fishing rod, then angrily grabbed a harpoon with a cable and rushed to the guardrail at the stern of the ship, and began to look toward the sea at the stern of the ship with his eyes wide open. His eyes searched hard, as if he wanted to see what kind of big fish ate his bait several times and broke his line?
boom! !
At this moment, before Izayoi could find the culprit fish and hit it hard with the harpoon, he discovered that there was a sudden muffled sound, and then the entire ship followed suit. There was a shock, which made Izayoi stagger and almost fell into the sea.
"??"
"what happened?"
"Did you hit a rock?"
As a result, Izayoi no longer cared about looking for the big fish. Instead, he dropped the harpoon and turned directly towards the sailors who were also confused and started to form a mess on the deck. He asked, shouting loudly.
But at this moment, the sailors were just busy running around in panic, and no one paid attention to Izayoi.
"what happened?"
"??"
"What did you hit?"
The next second, the wooden door of the captain's cabin finally opened, and then the three guys, Kuro Usagi, Kuon Asuka, and Kasukabe Yō, with messy clothes, finally appeared.
"??"
|˙˙)
Immediately afterwards, Captain Anne, who was only wearing pajamas, also ran out and pushed away the big butts of Black Rabbit and Asuka who were facing the door before asking Izayoi dissatisfiedly:
"Izayoi!"
|'-')
"what's going on?"
(.)
She had just fallen asleep on the bed, and Black Rabbit and the others who had woken up were gathering on the sofa and whispering some morning chatter. Then, she rolled directly from the edge of the ship to the deck of the captain's room, and almost died. Let her bite her tongue!
"do not ask me!"
"How do I know?"
"I guess you hit something?"
"look!"
"They are preparing to stop the ship for inspection!"
Izayoi spread his hands angrily, indicating that he didn't know anything either.
After all, he was indeed fishing just now, and he had been paying attention to the stern of the boat. He was not the one driving the boat and looking out, so it was of course unreasonable for them to ask him about such a thing.
"Admiral!?"
"Oh no!"
"Captain Anne, something bad is going on!"
"Our stern is leaking!"
At this moment, a wet sailor suddenly rushed to the deck from below and wiped the sea water on his face while anxiously reporting loudly to Annie and others who had just woken up.
At the same time, of course, he subconsciously swallowed his saliva and glanced at Black Rabbit and the others, who were disheveled and exposed large areas of snow-white, almost making his eyes pop out.
"oh!"
(⊙o⊙*)
"Then it must have hit a rock!"
(c)
"Okay! Then hurry up and fix it! What's the use of reporting to others? Is it possible to ask others to fix it for you?!"
(ˇεˇ)
Anne nodded first, then of course she had a straight face and glared angrily at the sailor who was still looking at Sister Black Rabbit. After frightening the other party, she waved her hand impatiently. The other party should get out quickly.
"ah?"
"yes!"
"Yes!!"
The sailor didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly turned around again, and then dragged his wet body under the deck again.
"You guys go change your clothes first!"
"I'll go down and take a look!"
"that's all!"
Izayoi, who didn't know whether the matter was serious or not, thought about it for a while and felt a little uneasy. He first glanced at Black Rabbit, and then glanced at Asuka and Kasukabe, his two companions who were also disheveled, and revealed a After giving him a look of disdain, he followed him to the cabin below the deck.
That’s right, it’s contempt!
Anyway, Izayoi just expressed his dissatisfaction with the laziness of some people and the behavior of not getting up for a long time at dawn. He definitely did not pay special attention to the white and deep ravine in front of Black Rabbit, as well as Togo, Asuka and the others. Does the comparison mean anything?
"Really!"
(ˇˇ)
"If you drive the boat well, you can still hit the reef..."
o(*｀ー)o
Although she knew that it was inevitable and predicted, Anne still stamped her foot angrily, unabashedly expressing her dissatisfaction with those sailors, Izayoi and others.
After all, it was indeed very rare for this kind of wooden ship to run aground when it was neither fast nor deep in water. She subconsciously thought that it was caused by the laziness of the sailors and Izayoi's negligence.
"..."
"..."
"Okay, I hope it's nothing serious!"
"Shall we go back and wash up?"
After knowing what was going on, the black rabbit, Asuka and Kasukabe looked at each other helplessly at first, and then the black rabbit spoke and comforted Annie.
Then, they all pulled Annie back to the captain's cabin.
And when they came out again more than ten minutes later, they were all fully dressed.
"Izayoi!"
"how?"
"Is the situation serious?"
Just in time to see Izayoi, who was also covered in sea water, climb back onto the deck, Kuro Usagi, Asuka and Kasukabe hurried forward and asked.
"whispering sound!"
"rest assured!"
"It's no big deal!"
"There is just a small break in the stern bulkhead just below the waterline. Sailors who know shipbuilding skills said it is not a big problem. Just use wood to nail it and patch it up."
"It won't affect you!"
Izayoi, who wiped the seawater off his face and let out a breath, smiled first, and then replied to the girls with a relaxed expression.
"but……"
"We still have to find a place to park the boat and repair it. The boatman said that we need to nail the wooden boards on the inside and outside, and then waterproof it to make it durable."
"Otherwise, even if it can drive normally, it will still leak?"
With that said, Izayoi planned to let the sailors see if they could find a suitable place to park the ship and lower the sails for repairs.
"etc!"
!(;o)o
However, Anne was the first to notice something was wrong at this time, and looked at Izayoi with a strange look on her face.
"The stern bulkhead?"
(~)
"If it hits the rocks, it shouldn't be at the bottom or the bow of the ship. Why would it be the stern?!"
(°ー°〃)
Anne finds this question quite strange. After all, she has been familiar with sailboats for a long time, and she knows better than anyone else where the ship will be damaged first if it hits a rock.
"this……"
"yes!"
When Anne asked this question, Izayoi quickly noticed something unusual.
"Why is it the stern, and why is it the bulkhead behind the stern?"
"This isn't right!"
Because their ship kept moving forward, even if it really hit a rock, it shouldn't be because the bulkhead near the waterline behind the stern was damaged and leaked...
Wow! !
When Annie and everyone else were confused and didn't know why, unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a huge splash of water, and then, a huge, seemingly large blessing boat The strange fish, which was almost the same size and length, suddenly rushed out of the water and jumped up high. At the moment it was parallel to the deck of the ship, it used its terrifying giant eye to glance at the people gathered on the deck. Annie, Kuro Usagi and Izayoi glanced at each other.
"Wow!!"
"It's a monster!"
"There's a monster!!"
"Help, help!!!"
"It's a strange fish!!!"
Upon seeing this, the sailors on the deck reacted instantly when the huge strange fish jumped back into the sea and caused huge waves, causing the sailboat to shake violently. So of course it was inevitable He started running around in a panic.
"!!"
"What the hell is that?"
"have no idea!"
"But it looks so big!"
"Um!"
Compared to the chaos of the sailors, Kuroto, Asuka, Izayoi and Kasukabe were obviously much calmer. Instead, they all ran to the side of the ship and held up the guardrail to look at the place where the strange fish disappeared on the sea surface.
After all, they all come from the world of Hakoniwa. They have never seen anything like this. There is really nothing strange about such a strange fish to them.
"What a big one!"
(ω)
"It must be delicious, right?"
(`)
After figuring out the reason for the damage to the ship, Anne's first thought was of course how to eat the other party.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"So that's it!"
"I see!"
"My bait was chewed up by it, and the stern of the boat was also damaged by its attack. We did not hit the rocks, it was it that attacked our boat!!"
Finally, seeing this, Izayoi reacted and suddenly exclaimed.
"but!"
"Everyone, be careful!"
"We're in trouble!"
"It's dangerous for us now!!"
Then, of course, Izayoi quickly issued a warning to Kuro Usagi and others who were still looking at the sea curiously.
In normal times, such as in the world of Hakoba, a strange fish like this is just something he can solve with one punch. It is useless to turn the other party into food for them and the children in the community in a matter of minutes. Doubtful!
However, they are now in a competition, and unfortunately, all of them have been restricted in their gift abilities by the Hakoba Center. Therefore, such a strange fish in front of them is indeed a very dangerous existence for them. And it is very likely that if you are not careful, you will completely lose the qualification to continue the competition.
"ah!"
"Yes!"
"We really don't seem to be able to defeat it now..."
He was startled at first, and then Black Rabbit also exclaimed, with a rare panic expression on his face.
"..."
"It seems to be true!"
"That!"
"What are we going to do?"
Then, Kasukabe Yō and Asuka also reacted, so without any good ideas in mind, they all turned to look at Izayoi and Annie.
"quick!"
"Speed up!"
"Don't stop, get rid of it!"
The next second!
Without waiting for Anne to issue an order, Izayoi ran to the stern of the ship to observe the situation and see the location of the strange fish. At the same time, he did not forget to immediately roar an order to the helmsman and the chaotic sailors: .
"??"
"ah!"
"It's still following!"
"look!"
"over there!!"
"So fast!"
Black Rabbit and others also hurriedly ran to the stern of the boat and screamed again.
At this time, not far away, on the sea surface about ten meters away from the stern of their boat, the strange fish once again revealed its huge head and sharp teeth while taking a breath. It looked very strange. Horrible.
Whoosh~!
"!!"
At this moment, Izayoi suddenly threw away his arms and threw the harpoon he had thrown away towards the head of the strange fish.
But it's a pity that the head of the strange fish is as hard as a catfish, and the sharp harpoon only scratched a layer of skin on it and was bounced away in an instant.
"no!"
"Harpoons can't handle it!"
"How come there is such a strange fish?"
"Didn't you say you can't have supernatural powers?"
Seeing this, Izayoi questioned Kuro Usagi, obviously intending to ask Kuro Usagi to confirm with the center of the Little Garden.
In his opinion, the normal world would only have whales and sharks at most, and there would never be those ugly, ferocious and invulnerable monster fish!
"that……"
"The center of Hakoba said that we are just not allowed to use it. There is still some mysterious power in this world, but it is not too strong?"
His ears trembled for less than three seconds, and Black Rabbit quickly received a reply from the Hakowa Center, and explained to Izayoi with an embarrassed and helpless expression.
"What?"
"Is there such a thing?"
Hearing this, Izayoi was dumbfounded. He obviously didn't expect that the Hakoba Center would be so shameless. While not allowing contestants like them to use supernatural powers, they allowed NPCs to use them and allowed monsters to appear?
"Don't make any noise!"
(へ╬)
"It's useless to say anything now!"
(*｀ー)
"The ship can't outrun it, it must be destroyed!"
Q(`⌒Q)
This was at sea, so of course Anne wouldn't believe that their broken wooden boat could outrun such a huge strange fish.
"You command the ship to continue sailing southward with the wind!"
(o゜▽゜)o
"Go and direct the artillery fire!"
()
"That's it!"
-
==()
After saying that, Annie quickly ran towards the bottom of the deck without waiting for the guys' response.
There are two stern cannons in the cabin under the stern deck. Although the number is indeed a bit small, it should be enough if you just hunt a strange fish.
boom!
boom! boom!
Ever since!
Along with the booming sound of artillery bombardment from time to time, under Anne's personal command, huge water splashes exploded one after another on the sea surface behind the large fortune ship.
In this way, before the ship of the Nameless Bear Head Community had sailed one-tenth of the race mileage, it encountered a crisis for the first time and had to fight with the huge deep-sea monster in this sea area. .
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