Fishman Tiger
On the sea, artillery fire roared and smoke filled the air.
In the turbulent waves, the distance between the Redvers and the naval warships was getting farther and farther.
Before the shells reached the Redforth, they were shot away by the Red Hair Pirates and fell into the sea.
A naval officer monitored the retreating Redfors, his face filled with worry: "Major General, these pirates are difficult to deal with. They're about to escape our attack range!"
The rear admiral raised his hand and waved, "Chase! Everyone, pay attention, adjust course, and pursue with all your might!"
The navy ship quickly changed course and pursued the Redvers relentlessly.
"quick!"
"Speed up~Speed up~"
The distance between the two sides gradually narrowed.
The pursuing shells came one after another, stirring up layers of waves on the sea, and the splashing waves were quickly submerged by the next wave.
The entire sea surface was turbulent and restless due to the chase.
Merry clung to the side of the boat, looking at the surging sea, and a strange feeling emerged in his heart.
From time to time, strange ripples appeared on the sea surface, which were different from the other surging waves.
Those strange ripples became more and more obvious and more frequent.
Something is not right.
Meli's expression became more and more solemn, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.
A bubble appeared on the sea surface. Merry's pupils constricted and he suddenly shouted, "Something is coming!"
But in a moment, an accident suddenly happened.
"boom---"
A deafening roar erupted between the two ships.
The blazing flames broke through the water, carrying thick black smoke, gushing out from the bottom of the sea and rising into the sky.
In an instant, the entire sea surface began to shake, huge waves were raised, then fell, and surged in all directions.
"What's going on!"
The naval soldiers on the warship were staggering and panicking, grabbing things around them to steady themselves.
A fire dragon stretched across the sea, separating the Redvers from the naval ships. The flames kept swirling and jumping, emitting suffocating heat.
The seawater was evaporated by the high temperature, turning into streams of steam that spread along with thick smoke.
The waves were rolling wildly and surging. The two ships were shaking violently and could be swallowed by the huge waves at any time.
"What should we do now?"
The entire sea surface was soon completely covered by thick fog, blocking out the sky and the sun. Visibility dropped instantly, making it impossible to see the surrounding scenery.
"Hold the boat steady! Don't panic!" Snake's calm voice rang out in the thick fog, calming everyone on the Redfors quickly.
Snake was not affected by the thick fog at all. With his excellent sailing experience, he quickly identified the position and direction of the ocean current in the chaos and found the best sailing route.
"Port side..."
Hearing this, Laqilu suddenly turned the rudder and quickly adjusted the direction of sailing. The Redfors was like a flexible giant whale, quickly shuttling through the boiling waves.
The thick fog and the fire dragon were gradually left behind, and visibility was restored bit by bit.
They successfully escaped from the flames and smoke and came to a calm sea. The navy ship was nowhere to be seen.
Everyone felt relieved, lying or sitting on the deck, with smiles on their faces as if they had survived a disaster, and they discussed the thrilling experience in a relaxed manner.
Gulixiati coughed a few times, her throat choked by the smoke and becoming hoarse. "What was that just now?"
"It looks like an undersea volcanic eruption," Snake explained.
Merry wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief: "I was really scared just now. Luckily, Snake was here. If it had been a little more off, I would have become a grilled octopus."
Uta nodded proudly, his little face full of pride: "Snake is a very powerful navigator!"
"Yeah, thank Snake, otherwise we would be screwed."
“Today was really exciting.”
"I'm glad everyone's okay."
......
In the distance above the sea level, a green outline can be vaguely seen.
An island lies quietly among the waves.
Snake was tall, and even when he was sitting on the deck, his upper body was much higher. He could spot the small island in the distance at a glance.
"Everyone! There's a small island ahead. Do you want to go over and rest for a while?"
"It's not that I want to rest, but we are pirates. How can we not go to the island when we see it?"
"Yes, we might find some treasure or other interesting things on the island."
"That makes sense! Come on, let's explore the island."
"Let's go—let's go—"
Amid the cheers of the crowd, the Redvers sailed towards the unknown island.
As the distance got closer, the shape of the island became clearer and clearer.
The island is lush and green, with tall and thick trees, and the leaves sway gently in the sea breeze.
"Look!" Merry exclaimed, pointing at a shadow on the beach. "Is there someone on the beach ahead?"
Everyone was attracted by the exclamation and their eyes were all cast towards the beach on the shore. A black shadow was lying on the golden sand, motionless and very abrupt.
Hongo frowned. "It seems to be one person. That person's condition doesn't look good."
Shanks decisively ordered: "Save them! Snake, quickly bring the boat over."
Snake skillfully adjusted the sails, the speed of the pirate ship continued to increase, and the figures on the beach gradually became clearer.
Half of the figure was lying on the beach, and the other half was immersed in the sea water. His face was covered by thick curly hair.
Meli looked at the figure on the beach in amazement and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's so tall! So big!"
The boat finally docked.
Shanks and Snake jumped off the boat first and strode towards the figure on the beach.
Snake grabbed the man's arms with both hands and turned him over, exposing his unique face to everyone.
His skin was a deep red as if it had been burned. His wide, sausage-like mouth was tightly closed with a trace of blood at the corner. His arms hung limply at his sides, with obvious webs between his fingers.
This is a fishman.
When everyone saw his appearance, they showed expressions of surprise and confusion on their faces.
"Is this a murloc?"
"Why did the fishman fall here?"
"He looked pretty badly injured."
Could murlocs also encounter shipwrecks and drown?
Although the relationship between humans and fish-men and mermaids has always been very tense, when Shanks was interning in Roger's pirate group, there was a fish-man partner named Sambel on the ship, and Shanks had a very good relationship with him.
Others have been sailing on the sea for a long time and have seen all kinds of races. They will only feel novel about these different races and will not discriminate against any different species.
Whether it is humans, fish-men or mermen, or monkeys and octopuses, they can all become friends and partners.
Shanks's expression didn't change at all. He squatted down and put his hand in front of the fish-man's nose. A faint breath rose and fell between his fingers.
"He's still breathing, we have to save him." Shanks turned and waved at the Redfors, shouting, "Hongo, come quickly."
"Coming." Hongo, who had just gone to get the first aid kit, responded, jumped off the boat, and quickly ran to the fishman.
The people on the deck also jumped off the boat one after another, forming a circle around the fishman on the beach and looking at him curiously.
"What happened to this fishman? Did he drown?"
Hongo shook his head and replied as he continued to examine him, "No, his skin looks like it's been burned."
"Can mermen also get burned in the sea?" Everyone couldn't help but marvel at it.
"Anything can happen in the Grand Line."
“That seems to be true.”
Meli moved over curiously. The little octopus was standing next to the fishman. It was surprised to find that it was not even as big as the fishman's palm.
It couldn't help but sigh in its heart: Siguo! This country is many, many times bigger than it!
The fishman was estimated to be more than five meters tall, and to Meli, he looked like an Eiffel Tower fallen on the beach.
Snake, the tallest member of the Red Hair Pirates, is half the size of this fishman when standing next to him.
Before, when they were in the Cocosia Village in the East China Sea, the ship spirit of the Merry had not yet been born, and it had not seen the Arlong Pirates who were all fishmen.
Therefore, all in all, the only fishmen Meli had ever seen were Granny Kokoro and Dr. Surina.
Huh? Dr. Surina once told Merry and the others about the differences between the fish, merfolk, and merpeople.
Meli stared at the merman on the beach, recalling what he had heard before, his little head spinning rapidly.
Granny Kokoro and Dr. Surina both had fish tails. They were not mermen, but mermaids. But this person in distress...had webbed fingers and hard fins on his back, but no fish tail. Well, Meli nodded. This person was indeed a merman.
Meli had never seen a fishman that looked like this before. It couldn't help but stretch out a tentacle, poke the fishman's finger, and then quickly retracted it.
What big fingers!
Seeing Meli's little action, the onlookers couldn't help but laugh out loud.
After a careful inspection, Hongo said with a serious expression: "This guy is seriously injured. Let's carry him to our boat first."
"Okay." Snake was incredibly strong. He easily carried the fishman, who was taller than him, on his shoulders.
This fishman was so tall that he couldn't fit in the medical room.
"No, the medical room is too small. He can't stretch his legs in there."
“Only the restaurant and conference room are the largest.”
"The dining room is connected to the kitchen and is quite noisy. Let's go to the conference room. The table there is bigger."
Even the table in the conference room was not big enough, so Shanks and the others moved some other tables and chairs and put them together to barely form a "bed" big enough for the fish-man to lie down.
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Fisher Tiger slowly opened his eyes and struggled to sit up from the table.
The cabin was very quiet, with Hongo being the only one there.
Human?
Tiger's eyes fell on Hongo, and a trace of confusion flashed through his mind. He remembered that he was swimming in the sea, so how could he wake up here among humans?
At that time, he seemed to be hit on the head by something, and everything after that was blank.
A hint of hostility flashed in Tiger's eyes. Could it be that this tiny human attacked him?
A pain came from his arm, and Tiger couldn't help but frown. His eyes fell on his arm and found that some unknown medicine was applied on his hand, and many parts of his body were wrapped with bandages.
What horrible experiment was this human doing with him?
Tiger couldn't help but clench his fists, his eyes filled with anger.
No! Damn humans!
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