Chapter 50: Exploration Day 3 (Deep Water Extra Update x5) That Thief...
Day 3 of exploration:
Hawkeye felt that he was in a rare dilemma - he cared a lot, but he didn't know how to ask.
But this time, he couldn't pretend not to hear it like he had tried to ignore the strangeness of Wendy before.
"I don't remember promising that." Hawkeye reminded.
Wendy didn't care at all, not taking it as a rejection at all. She looked up at him and replied prophetically, "It's okay. You'll agree in eight months."
Hawkeye: “…”
Because Wendy was so overconfident and didn't seem to care about what others thought, Hawkeye couldn't help but hesitate. Why eight months? What was this guy planning to do in those eight months?
While Hawkeye was lost in thought, Wendy had already walked forward.
She put the hat away - it only had 16% of its durability left, so she would use it at a critical moment.
It will take some time to rebuild Hawkeye's ship, so it won't be ready soon. They will need to stay in the Seven Water City for a while.
Normally, Hawkeye would find a bar to drink after purchasing supplies... but he couldn't take Wendy with him.
As soon as this idea came to mind, Hawkeye began to think about another question - why did he have to take Wendy with him?
Could it be because of his attitude that Wendy said so naturally that he would agree in eight months?
Thinking of this, Hawkeye spoke up, "My ship will be ready in a week. In the meantime, let's just go our separate ways."
Wendy didn't feel left out at all. Instead, she nodded with understanding, "Okay, I understand."
Her understanding was also very simple - Hawkeye was saying that we should go explore separately and meet up in a week.
Thinking of this, Wendy felt regretful again - if she could get married now, she could get Hawkeye's map, and her exploration area would be larger...unlike now, there are still many dark places.
But forget it, I'll find some friends when the time comes, and I'll eventually finish it! Worst case scenario, I could just go find Pirate King Roger's former companions. If I really can't find a Devil Fruit user, I'll just marry them first, get the map, and then divorce! — Wendy thought very pragmatically.
Hawkeye, on the other hand, had a bad feeling in his heart when he saw how she agreed to run away so readily... But thinking that it was he who had just proposed to act separately, and not wanting to go back on his word, he swallowed the "wait a minute" that was about to be shouted out and turned around to act on his own.
He had some things to do too...like ordering another hat.
...No, I'd better order a few more. I have a feeling that if Wendy loses his hat, she will definitely ask him for it again.
The Seven Water City is neither big nor small, and it takes quite a lot of time to explore it.
But for Wendy, exploration can be done twice as fast as others - because she doesn't need to sleep at night.
Because there were fewer people around at night, she simply released Abigail and started wandering around... knocking, banging, and picking up things.
She'd taken Hawkeye's advice to heart, so she'd deliberately chosen to operate at night—she'd be safe during the day, assuming someone would come. If anyone did come, the invincible Abigail would handle them all! And since Hawkeye wasn't around, she could just turn her sister into an angry one and start patrolling aggressively without worrying about any casualties!
As for the darkness, it doesn't matter. She caught fireflies at home before, so she can wear a miner's hat to work! If there's no filler, she can wear it until it reaches 0% and then change it! There are plenty of fireflies anyway!
The white statue seen during the day - smash it!
Great! I dropped some marble. I can go back and make it into marble beans, plant them, and then make marble armor with 95% defense! Although it will be much slower, with Abigail's 12,000 HP and 300 attack, she can stand still and deal damage while fighting bosses and survive!
Marble can also be used to make floors of different colors, which can be used to decorate the house!
However, Wendy still paid attention to the movements around her. After smashing the statue and collecting the marble, she immediately ran away.
After finishing this, she strolled to the station again, looked at the "blue station" sign, where there was a wooden sign with the same name, and nodded with satisfaction.
Okay, after that you can go smoothly!
After finishing the teleportation sign, she also looked at the amount of satiety required to teleport back home. When she saw [Satisfaction consumed 100, Sanity value 33.3], she was very surprised. After eating, she went straight home, put the extra things on her body at home, ran to collect some branches and straw, scared the baboons gathered near her home, took some food from the refrigerator, and returned to the Water City.
At this time, it was already dawn.
Wendy glanced at the now-empty package, wiped the nonexistent sweat from her brow, put Abigail away, and sighed—What a busy and fulfilling day! Okay! Today's goal is to destroy other people's ships!
The day after separating from Hawkeye, Wendy was still busy.
Explore maps during the day and smash things at night...but smashing the ship was not as smooth as smashing the marble statue - she met someone who came to stop her.
Wendy had already angered Abigail and was ready to fight her... but then she found out that it was Tom who came.
She waited for Abigail to hit him twice, and after realizing that Tom wouldn't drop any more blueprints, she regretfully put Abigail away and trotted over. "It's Tom, what's going on?"
Tom: "..." No, this is his line, right?
Tom was working overtime nearby to build a new sea train line. He heard some noise and came over... and then he found out it was the strange little girl he had seen yesterday.
But what about that white ghost that just hit me so hard...
Tom, who had been concentrating on construction and hadn't read the bounty notice, and therefore didn't know about the white devil, was a little confused and asked, "Who was that white ghost just now..."
"It's my sister, Abigail," Wendy introduced.
She doesn't have the mentality of having to hide things, and answering questions is her courtesy to NPCs.
And if the NPC is impolite, then there is no need to keep this NPC.
Tom was stunned for a moment, and looked at Wendy with a hint of sympathy - she was so young, and she had already witnessed the death of her sister... Although it was also the first time he knew that ghosts could still beat people after they died.
"You must be very close, right?" asked Tom.
"Yes." Wendy nodded. "Abigail and I are the best friends in the world."
"I have a younger brother too, but we haven't seen each other for a long time..." Tom couldn't help but sigh as he thought of his family relationship. Then he remembered why he came and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Wendy didn't shy away from the question and answered directly, "I studied the blueprints you gave me and wanted to build a ship, but I didn't have enough materials, so I came here to smash some."
Tom looked at the golden hammer in Wendy's hand, then looked at the ship next to him that was obviously docked there and had a pirate flag flying on it, and fell silent.
Although this was obviously wrong...but this little girl was so calm that he couldn't say anything harsh. He felt that she was just ignorant...but wasn't she with Hawkeye? Where was Hawkeye? Didn't he care?
Finally, Tom, being the good guy that he is, couldn't bear to see Wendy smashing someone else's boat in the middle of the night. He sighed, patted his round and elastic belly, and said, "If you need any materials, we have some at the shipyard. You can use them there."
Tom opened his own shipyard called Tom's Studio, so he naturally had enough materials there.
He didn't mind giving her some materials to play with, as a payment for that magical backpack.
Wendy was also very happy to receive the invitation - it was a waste of a hammer to use it to smash such a big ship. Although the consumption of the golden hammer would be lower than that of an ordinary hammer, it was not durable either.
Tom took the man back like he was coaxing a child, and pointed out where they stacked the wooden boards.
Tom originally thought that these wooden boards and tools were enough for Wendy to play with... Then he watched Wendy collect the wooden boards one by one, emptying half of the warehouse in one go.
Tom: “…”
He looked at the tiny Wendy with nothing in her hands, then looked at the warehouse which was much emptier. He remembered the magical backpack the other party had given him and fell silent - was he a little careless?
Wendy didn't stop there. She counted the wooden planks that filled almost half of her backpack, looked at the materials needed to build the boat, and then went to Tom to ask for more. "Planks alone aren't enough, we also need gears and electronic components!"
Tom was stunned for a moment, and after hesitating for a moment, he took people to get other things.
After Wendy collected all the ingredients, she clicked "Make" and excitedly said to Tom, "I'm done! Where can I put some water in to try it out?"
...Done? Not done at all? Didn't they just raid his material storage? — Tom was shocked, but seeing Wendy's expression, he couldn't pretend. He could only scratch his head with full of doubts and took Wendy to the beach.
Then, he watched Wendy raise her hand and make a lowering gesture, and a boat appeared out of thin air on the beach, exactly the same as the one he had designed for Wendy.
Tom: “……!!!”
Tom, the world's greatest shipbuilder, had lived so long and never seen anything like this kind of shipbuilding... Could it really exist?! Could this little girl be the legendary genius... No way! Even a genius couldn't just build a ship without any construction process!
He felt as if his worldview was crumbling, and looked at Wendy with shock, whose face showed satisfaction.
Wendy saw him looking at her and misunderstood his meaning. She said politely, "Here are the materials you gave me. I can give you this ship. But the next one will be mine."
"...No, wait a minute! Little girl, how did you build a ship like this in an instant!" Tom was shocked.
"Hmm?" Wendy thought for a moment and gave a very versatile answer, "Because I have the Famine Fruit."
Famine Fruit? Is it some kind of devil fruit? — Tom felt he had found the answer, and the way he looked at Wendy changed.
I don't know what kind of fruit the Famine Fruit is...but isn't this the Chosen Shipwright?!
He couldn't help but ask, "Can you build anything as long as you have the blueprints?"
"Yes." Wendy nodded.
Tom stared at the other person and was silent for a while. Then he said, "Come with me," and took Wendy to his studio.
He took out some blueprints and handed them to Wendy, saying hesitantly, "These are the designs for the Sea Train..."
Even knowing Wendy's abilities, Tom wasn't the type to exploit her. However, the Sea Train was meant to benefit the people of Water Seven. The sooner the train was built, the sooner it could open to traffic, connecting Water Seven with the surrounding islands and bringing new life to the city...
Therefore, if Wendy could help, he would like to ask...
"Wow, so many blueprints for me?" Wendy said with surprise as she stuffed them into her backpack one by one. Then she clicked [Study] on each one. After she had stuffed them all in, she looked up at Tom and said innocently, "I'm done."
"...So fast?!" Tom was shocked.
Wendy, on the other hand, looked at the newly displayed [Sea Train] in the crafting column, clicked on it, and her eyes widened. "This requires so many materials... all parts!"
"Hahahaha, of course. This is a whole sea train, after all!" Tom laughed and took Wendy to the train manufacturing area. "Little girl, your name is Wendy, right? I'll ask you to make the parts. I'll handle the final adjustments... As a reward, if you want to make ships or something like that later, you can get the raw materials directly from me."
"Okay! Then can you give me more production blueprints?"
"Hahahaha! Actually, every ship is unique, but Wendy, if you want the blueprints, you can take them."
While Tom and Wendy were having a great conversation, Hawkeye, who was sitting in a corner of the bar drinking and enjoying some personal time, heard a conversation at the next table.
"Has the thief who stole the sculpture been caught?"
"Not yet... But who on earth could have stolen such a heavy sculpture... Was it those pirates? It's not worth much, is it?"
"Yeah, it's just an ordinary marble sculpture. It's not even a symbolic object, nor is it the work of a famous artist... What on earth did this thief want to do?"
"To be honest, I didn't even notice the sculptures were gone at first. I just felt weird..."
Hawkeye: “…”
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Author's words: Hawkeye: I want to let it go, but I find I can't.jpg
Tom has been used as a blueprint refresh point by Wendy
If you want a map of the places Roger has been to, the best person to go to is... Rayleigh!
PS: The deep water extra chapter is finally finished!
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