Chapter 272: Killing two birds with one stone? Two fish with one hook? One...
Such big news naturally occupied the front page headlines of the day, and the large picture on the headlines was a picture of a golden lion lying in a big pit with two swords stuck beside it.
"Does Kizaru also work part-time as a photographer?"
Zhang Daye and his companions bought the latest newspaper shortly after they separated from the navy. The scene in the picture looked like the place where Golden Lion had just been defeated. Zhang Daye was sure that they did not take any pictures. Only Kizaru was present at the time. Flame Photo Man could not fly, right?
The following is a brief summary of the incident, which seems to be written by someone in the Navy. The general content is:
After escaping from prison, the legendary pirate Golden Lion spent ten years planning an evil plan to destroy the East China Sea. However, because his whereabouts were exposed today, the Golden Lion Pirates were wiped out in one fell swoop, and the great pirate Golden Lion was killed on the spot.
During this incident, the Navy successfully rescued nearly a thousand civilians who were coerced by the Golden Lion, among whom Admiral Kizaru, Vice Admiral Aokiji, and Chaton made outstanding contributions.
In addition, the Navy expressed its sincere gratitude to civilians such as the Amber Tour Group for their assistance to the Navy despite the danger.
What follows is the impact of this incident on the world situation and how powerful the navy is today. In short, it is a bunch of words that can inspire civilians.
"The art of language..." Zhang Da also smacked his lips. People who didn't know the truth would probably think that it was the navy that defeated the Golden Lion and rescued the civilians.
Zhang Da was not dissatisfied with this, because the navy had asked them before whether they were willing to become famous. Zhang Da said that he did not care about it. Yixiao said that there was no need to mention his name, and he just agreed to help his friends move a few islands.
So the Amber Tour Group was mentioned in the news, and the accompanying picture gave a close-up of the side of the Amber, with a huge warship in the background - at that time, Zhang Daye and the others should have been in the cafeteria challenging the food reserves on the warship.
After reading the entire news, Rui Mengmeng asked, "Are we going to become famous now?"
"That's for sure." Ye Yan said, "Maybe someone will think we took the Golden Lion's bounty, and then there will be many fearless guys coming to rob us."
"If that's the case, that's great." Zhang Da also clapped his hands, "The more people come, the better. This way, we can make back the losses we suffered from Golden Lion with these people."
This time the newspapers were different from the ones in the Seven Water Capital. At that time it was CP5 that attacked the judicial ship and the Amber Tour Group were the innocent people who were "affected". This time it was the "enthusiastic citizens" who helped the navy capture the Golden Lion, and this was definitely a big deal.
However, they cannot feel these things for the time being on the sea. They are just doing the Haki and Six Styles training programs at home while sailing.
Although there is no perfect way to practice Armament Haki, you can try to practice Observation Haki. The way to practice is to blindfold yourself and play the sandbag throwing game.
The flag monsters were throwing on both sides, and the people practicing were hiding in the middle. Since the sandbags were not deterrent enough and would affect the learning efficiency, Zhang Da also suggested changing to baseballs, as it would be very painful if they couldn't dodge them.
These despicable flag monsters kept saying they didn't dare before the fight started, but when they started fighting, they were more ruthless than the other. Especially when it came to hitting Ye Yan, they were completely merciless and specifically hit him in the face.
"I'm sorry, Master!"
"Master, I'm doing this for your own good!"
"Master, be careful!"
Ye Yan's face was bruised by their punches. After hearing their sarcastic remarks, he finally couldn't stand it anymore and roared, "Don't think I can't tell you're trying not to laugh, you bastards! Why didn't you punch Rui Mengmeng's face so hard just now!"
"Who would be willing to be so cruel to such a pretty girl?"
"It's just that the master doesn't know how to be gentle with women."
"No wonder I'm scolded by the immortal grandma all day long."
Ye Yan was furious: "That's enough ! I'll let Tom roast you tomorrow!"
Tom became alert and looked the flag monsters up and down. He suddenly realized that these guys seemed to be animals. They should be able to be roasted... right?
The flag monsters shuddered, as if they were being targeted by a top predator. They wondered if they had teased their master too much today, and hurriedly returned to the Huang Yao Banner.
Zhang Da also comforted him: "They are doing this for your own good. The more it hurts, the faster you learn. Hiss~"
As he spoke, Zhang Da also took a breath of cold air. The corner of his mouth was also hit, and it really hurt.
Ye Yan complained: "You are the culprit, right? Didn't you say that my physique is not up to standard? Why did you insist on dragging me to practice with you?"
Of course, I can't be the only one who suffers, I have to drag someone down with me... Zhang Da also smiled: "Observation Haki doesn't require a high physique, maybe you are a one-in-a-million Observation Haki genius?"
Ye Yan showed a typical dead fish eyes: "I think you just want to drag someone down with you."
You guessed it right. Zhang Da also smiled and didn't say anything. The main reason was that if Ye Yan was not involved, the only ones who would suffer would be him and Rui Mengmeng.
This kind of training is just a game to Altria and there is no need to do it. Chili Shark is concentrating on Fish-Man Karate, Perona is still too young, Brook only wants to see Lab and doesn't have much desire to become stronger, and Tom only wants to play baseball throwing and doesn't want to play hide and seek.
After all the calculations, Ye Yan is the only one who can cause trouble. Good brothers share the same difficulties. In the past, there were three roommates who could cheat each other, and now there is finally someone who can be cheated.
After leaving the martial arts hall, Zhang Da also came to the deck, where Shark Chili was checking the course.
Zhang Da also asked: "How is it? Is everything going well?"
Shark Chili said: "It's much easier than sailing in the Grand Line. At least there are no chaotic currents and extreme weather. At the current speed, we can reach the island tomorrow night or the day after tomorrow."
Zhang Da also nodded: "That's good, then why don't you take a break? I'll keep an eye on it for you."
Shark Chili refused: "No, no matter how quiet it is, this is still a new sea area. I need to observe the environment here more."
Zhang Da didn't try to persuade him much. He found the medicine box and took some medicine to himself. Then he looked around and stared at Tom who was fishing.
Altria was also fishing with Tom. This was the East China Sea. New waters meant different species of fish and new ingredients...
When Zhang Da was about to say something, the fishing rod in Tom's hand moved. Tom immediately reeled in the line excitedly, but the strength of the fish seemed to be unexpectedly great, pulling the fishing rod into a very exaggerated arc.
Even Tom was pulled against the railing, pushing his feet against the railing to fight the fish.
Altria next to him also became excited. This must be a big fish, but she did not help because fishing is Tom's fun and Tom would be unhappy if she helped rashly. She would wait until he really couldn't hold on any longer.
So Tom turned around and used his shoulder to hold the fishing rod and pushed hard, then he lay on the ground and pushed hard against the railing with his feet... After changing seven or eight postures, it seemed that the fish had finally exhausted its strength. While reeling in the line, Tom was ready to use a mallet to knock the fish unconscious.
However, when he pulled the fish up, he found that it was only as long as his finger.
"Tom, was it really that hard for you just now?" Altria looked at the fish and then at Tom, feeling that she had been cheated. In order to experience the fun of fishing, she would not deliberately feel the fish caught by Tom, but now...
Tom nodded. In fact, he couldn't believe it himself, but he swears by Altria's appetite that it was really tiring just now.
Tom couldn't figure out why this happened. He shook the fish in his hand puzzled and threw it into the bucket beside him.
Brooke, who was drinking black tea, said, "Could it be that we are encountering a rare situation where the big fish eat the small fish?"
Tom turned his head to look at him, and Altria asked in confusion, "The big fish eats the small fish?"
Brooke nodded. "Yes, when fishing, the small fish just bit the hook, and the big fish happened to swallow the small fish at that moment. Then Mr. Tom was actually wrestling with the big fish, but the big fish finally spit out the small fish."
Perona asked in amazement: "Could there be such a coincidence?"
Brooke said: "Although it is a low probability event, it is indeed possible. However, in this case, two fish should be caught together. It is even rarer for one to escape."
Zhang Da also looked at Altria next to Tom. Maybe it was because the probability was small that we encountered it. But that was not right. Altria obviously wanted to eat the big fish. With her luck, both fish should come up together.
Tom dropped his fishing rod. He was very angry because he missed the chance to hook two fish!
No, Tom became more and more angry as he thought about it, and finally rolled up his sleeves and dived into the sea himself - he must catch this escaped fish today!
"Tom!" Zhang Da also called out, but it was too late. This cat kept coming up with one thing after another. "Shark Chili!"
"I know, slow down immediately." Shark Chili and Zhang Da also retracted the sails and stopped the boat.
No one was in a hurry to help Tom. It was just a fish. Judging from the strength with which it was pulling Tom, it didn't seem like a large fish like a shark. Even if it was a shark, Tom would definitely be able to complete the entire set of actions from provocation to escape within one second.
After escaping to a safe place, remember to add a taunt to stabilize the hatred, and then hide behind and watch your teammates output.
After stopping the boat, everyone waited for a while. Before Tom appeared, Altria's fishing rod moved first.
"It's so heavy!" Altria happily imitated Tom and reeled in the line.
Looking at Altria's movements, Zhang Da couldn't help but remind her: "That... Altria, if you are strong enough, you don't have to learn those messy and difficult postures of Tom. Those are all wrong examples..."
"...Oh, I understand." Altria was stunned and her face turned red. She reeled in the line in the normal way again. She didn't know why she wanted to imitate Tom just now.
When Altria brought the prey in front of him, Zhang Da also covered his face. As expected, he now knew why Altria imitated Tom. Doesn't this count as a high-end hunter who often appears as a prey?
I saw a big fish more than one meter long hanging on the hook, and a tom was holding on the fish.
There was still a little confusion on Tom's face. After he saw his companions clearly, he smiled and waved to everyone.
"Yohohoho! Miss Altria has encountered a situation where a kitten catching fish is even rarer than a big fish eating a small fish. Yohohoho~" Brook laughed while holding his stomach.
The others were infected and started laughing too.
So everyone had fresh East China Sea fish for dinner today. Zhang Da only tasted it and gave his share to Tom, jokingly saying it was compensation for mental damage.
After a short rest after dinner, Zhang Da began to practice swordsmanship on the deck, swinging his sword towards the sea.
When the energy was fully accumulated, Zhang Da also started drawing lots.
The energy was directly reduced by 90% after a long time. The light screen in front of him shattered into blue and white light spots, forming a blue and white magic circle on the ground.
"Huh? Is there a new person coming?" Zhang Da also looked at the magic circle on the ground with surprise, trying to guess who would be coming this time.
Others noticed the commotion here and gathered over.
"What is this?" Brook and Perona were confused.
Zhang Da also explained: "Hey, didn't I tell you? It's my ability. I can make people from other worlds come to this world."
Perona questioned, "You must be kidding, right? You can swim, so how can you be a person with special abilities?"
"Well... unlike other people with special abilities, if I must say, I also came from another world. I got this ability after I came to this world, not because I ate a devil fruit." Zhang Da also briefly introduced his own abilities.
Brook opened his mouth wide. "It's unbelievable that they are visitors from another world! Then... Mr. Tatsuya, who else came from another world besides you?"
Tom stood up and puffed out his chest proudly to show that he was.
"Me too," said Altria.
Then Rui Mengmeng, Shark Lajiao and Ye Yan said the same thing.
"That...that means..." Brook pointed at himself and then at Perona.
Zhang Da also confirmed: "That's right, before you two got on board, all of us were like this. Didn't you ever talk about this topic during your conversation?"
"Are you from another world? Who would ask such a question? What is the purpose of your coming to this world?" Perona showed a horrified expression, "Is it to conquer this world?!"
It’s not surprising that they haven’t talked about it. The Straw Hat Pirates didn’t know that Sanji was from the North Sea before they arrived at Gaya Island.
Zhang Da also tapped her head and said, "Put away your unreliable imagination. How can you tell that we are going to conquer the world? I encountered a little accident, and they are trying to fulfill their dreams."
Perona calmed down. In fact, she didn't think it was a big deal even if she wanted to conquer the world, because she was one of them now.
"Yohoho~ That's right, everyone is a good person ." Brooke took a sip of red tea and asked, "Speaking of which, how long will this magic circle last?"
"I'm curious too. It used to be over in a flash, but why is it taking so long today? Is the signal bad?" Zhang Da also looked at the back of his hand. Was this thing broken or was the person on the other side hesitating?
