Chapter 381 Doubt (Part 1)

ten days later.

The huge sun still hangs high in the sky. The scorching sun shines on this sea area. The azure sea water is like a boundless and endless treasure. At any moment, a fish will rush out of the sea water, turning up a piece of white star, and then twisting and falling down with a snap.

"How is it? How many fish are there in this net?" On a half-worn ordinary fishing boat, a middle-aged man had just pulled up the fishing net. At this time, an old man with messy hair came out of the narrow cabin Come out and ask.

"Father, there are more than 30 fish, and two of them are quite big... Hey, strange, these two big fish look a little strange." The middle-aged fisherman pulled the corners of his mouth and looked at his net. the fish in it, and then turned to the old man.

"Does it look weird? Let me take a look." Originally, the old man still had a confused expression on his face, but he immediately regained his energy after hearing what his son said.

He quickly stepped over the sundries and walked up to the middle-aged man.

The two "strange fish" mentioned by the middle-aged population were swimming in the fish bucket at this time, and their appearance was indeed somewhat different from other fish, with a snow-white fish body and a head as red as blood. It looks red and white, very strange, no wonder the middle-aged man was surprised when he saw it. He has been fishing with his father for ten years, but he has never seen this kind of fish.

"Well, not bad, these two are pre-mutated juveniles of the yellow devil fish. They are a kind of devil fish with very delicious meat. They are not very powerful, but because they have the characteristics of a monster, they have the characteristics that ordinary fish do not have. The taste of these two fish happened not long after they hatched, and they would not mutate within half a month, so they happened to be caught by us. The price of one fish can match our income for several months. Let's make a profit."

The old man recognized this kind of fish. While talking, he fished out these two fat fishes from the big fish bucket and put them separately in a spacious and delicate fish bucket.

"It's best to keep them alone with other fish. The juvenile fish before the mutation of the yellow devil fish are very weak. If they are injured by other fish, they will die easily. The prices of dead fish and live fish are different. , we have to be careful."

The old man's words made the middle-aged man nod repeatedly.

"That's right, fortunately we caught them this time, we can make more money, so that my mother's illness can get better soon... those damn pirates, since they have been frequenting this sea area. We can go to sea There is also a lot less time." Thinking of his old mother who was sick in bed at home, and the middle-aged fisherman who was in urgent need of money showed a resentful expression on his face.

"Shh! Keep your voice down! Those pirates are murderous demons, don't say a word!" The old man was startled immediately,

He hurriedly warned his son.

"Father, you are at sea now, not in a small fishing village. You don't have to be so afraid. Could it be that these pirates have grown up ears and can hear our conversation now?" Seeing his father frightened like this, the middle-aged fisherman was rather frightened. Said with some resentment.

"Also..." Feeling that he was indeed a little too nervous, the old fisherman let out a sigh of relief, and then looked at the endless sea.

"Forget it, we also caught fish today, so let's go back quickly, it will be bad if we encounter pirates later."

While assisting the middle-aged man to sail away, the old man talked about some things he had encountered before. The middle-aged man suddenly asked: "Father, have you... caught this kind of strange fish before?"

The old man nodded: "Yes, I did catch it. When I was young, I heard my father tell me about the magic fish, about these strange fish. I heard it all from my father. In the fish days, I only caught a few of them... Every time I can catch this kind of fish, some big things will happen in the sea..." Speaking of this, I seem to realize that I have said something that should not be said , the old man immediately closed his mouth again.

The middle-aged man had no scruples in speaking at this time. He looked at the other side of the sea with some disappointment and said, "If you want to talk about big things at sea, there is nothing bigger than being able to eradicate pirates. I heard that some time ago What is it called? The Navy of the Fifth Fleet finally went out to sea to wipe out the pirates, but after so long, the pirates are still at ease, but the navy has disappeared. Father, what do you think this is all about!"

"Pirates?" The old man shook his head disapprovingly after hearing this. "Since the day I was sensible, pirates have existed in this sea. I have never heard of anyone who can really wipe out the pirates. They are all idle games of noble gentlemen, so let's stop thinking about them."

As he said, he propped his forehead with his hand and looked into the distance. Just as the sun was shining, a large ship was moving quickly towards this side. "No! It's a pirate! Let's go!"

But how can a small fishing boat be as fast as the warships of the pirates? Not long after, a battleship with a skeleton flag came near the small fishing boat. The faces of the father and son on the boat were pale with fright. They had never really had such close contact with pirates. They usually just heard how pirates killed people. How to rob, and now really meet them face to face. All the horrific scenes that had been imagined in the past rushed to the head, making the father and son speechless for a while.

Fortunately, today's pirates are busy with other things, and they seem to have no intention of plundering them. They just asked them if they have seen any traces of the navy in the nearby waters. After getting a negative answer, the pirate warship quickly drove away. Watching the huge battleship gradually go away, after a long time, the father and son suddenly woke up, and quickly left with the small fishing boat.

"Are the two fishermen all right? Do you need to arrest them and ask them a few words?" On the pirate warship that had already traveled a certain distance, a pirate still looked back worriedly.

"That's two ordinary fishermen. We have other things to do, so we don't have time to worry about this... You don't want to eat free fish, do you?" The pirate who was busy moving things suddenly understood something. The pirate glanced. The pirate was distracted, he laughed, and then stopped talking.

At this time, the warship circled around the nearby area, but found no trace of the navy, so it turned around and headed towards the coast. Next to a small island far away from the coast, the warship stopped, and after a while, a small boat rowed over from the coast. There was only one person on board. Long, thin and dry, as soon as the boat approached the small island, this man jumped directly from the boat to the small island. His skill was so agile that he definitely did not look like an ordinary fisherman.

"Here it is." The man was looking for something near the island when suddenly, a hand patted his shoulder from behind. The man acted cleverly, and when he turned his head away from the person, he immediately grinned fawningly. "It's Mate Kaxiu, are you here to connect with me this time?"

"En." The man named Kaxiu was the one who reprimanded the crew on the pirate warship. At this moment, he stood in front of this person with a somewhat cold face, and urged: "What's the latest news? What information did you get from those nobles?"

"Brother Kaxiu, are you asking about the navy? Hey, I still haven't come back. I've been running back and forth for the past few days, trying to get some inside information, only to find out that those people on the shore are also guessing wildly. It seems that, Is it true that these marines have disappeared...Could it be...that they were eaten by sea monsters?" Someone who had a whim suddenly yelled out in surprise.

"Nonsense, is there any other news?" Pirate Kaxiu continued to ask impatiently.

"It's gone..." After the thin man finished speaking, he looked at Kaxiu with some apprehension.

The pirate Kaxiu took out a few silver coins from his pocket and threw them on the ground. "This is for you. Get some useful news in the future, and fool us like this again, but you will have no good fruit to eat."

"Don't worry, brother Kaxiu, I will try my best to collect information!" Looking at the figure walking away, the man called out a few times, then lowered his body to pick up silver coins.

When Kaxiu returned to the pirate ship, the fellow pirates all asked about the situation of the navy. When they learned that the navy did not return to the coast, they all felt very strange.

"They really didn't go back, and they didn't contact the people on the shore?"

"No."

"Strange, where can they go?"

"Yeah, this is indeed a little strange. Could it be that he was really swept to the bottom of the sea by the sea monster?" Kaxiu shook his head, and then said to the others: "Go back and report to the adults first."

The other pirates stopped talking nonsense, lifted the anchor, and sailed. While the pirate warships were sailing, the pirates thought about this matter, and felt that the sudden disappearance of the Fifth Fleet navy was too weird.

The pirates felt strange here, and the people on the shore were not idle. After hearing that the Navy of the Fifth Fleet had disappeared, there were more letters exchanged between various nobles.

Private banquets held by the great nobles also became more frequent.

The number of people who came to Panshi Town as guests also increased.

"Go slowly." Old Hughes, who was the butler, was bowing at this moment, and sent the guest to the car. And the hostess of her own family has already gone to live in the castle because it is inconvenient to see guests.

Scholar Luren and Nick, who are nobles, are in charge of receiving guests here.

Both of them are officials of Tertashaw, and they usually deal with matters with other nobles, so they are very familiar with receiving these guests at this time.

The guest who had just sent them away was a representative from the Business Alliance. Their status was not enough for Nick and Lulun scholar to come out to see them off, so the person responsible for sending them out was replaced by the butler, Old Hughes.

Just as the butler turned to leave, a carriage suddenly came from a distance and stopped in front of Romon's villa. Baron Rocas got out of the car with the support of his left and right attendants. (!)