"I was wondering why you were driving this way, turns out it's Lao Fang and his crew fishing here."
Ah-chan said with a smile, pointing to the fishing rod and bucket forgotten on the shore.
"I discovered it by accident, so I just drove the boat right up to them, which saved me the trouble of going to the police station."
As Feng Ye spoke, he jumped off the boat and took the fishing rod and bucket onto the boat.
This boat was used in the crime, so it will definitely be confiscated and searched for any possible related evidence.
Once Fang Yi and Wang Teng see it, they will naturally take it back; he doesn't need to keep it for them.
"Yes, it really saves trouble; I don't have to make an extra trip."
Ah-Can nodded and then said, "We shouldn't have anything to do with this anymore, right?"
"There are still people on that island. We'll have to lead the way to catch them later."
"Oh, we have to go out to sea again!"
"If you don't want to go, I can go by myself. When I leave, I'll take a detour and drop you off first."
Ah-Can said excitedly, "No, I want to go with them. I've never seen the police arrest someone before."
"Fine, whatever makes you happy."
Feng Ye smiled but didn't say anything more.
After waiting for about twenty minutes, Fang Yi and his men reappeared on the dock.
There were many people, more than twenty in total, and each of them carried a gun, some long and some short.
However, most of them were members of the joint defense team, there were eight of them, including Zhang Qiang, whom I hadn't seen before.
Including Fang Yi, there were only six people wearing police uniforms in total.
There were nearly ten other people who were dressed as ordinary people, which left Feng Ye somewhat confused.
"Ah Yi, who are these people? They don't look like police officers or community security team members either?"
Once Fang Yi boarded the ship, he couldn't contain his curiosity any longer and asked in a low voice.
Fang Yi smiled slightly and said, "They are all militiamen who help us raid the shops. If there is a problem at the station and we are short-handed, we will call on the militiamen for help."
Feng Ye suddenly realized: "Oh, so they're the militia!"
"Yes, although they are not formal law enforcement officers, they can play a significant role in assisting with arrests and maintaining order."
Fang Yi continued, "Don't underestimate them. They've all served in the military and have been on the battlefield. They have real combat experience and are quite reliable when carrying out missions."
Feng Ye nodded: "Then let's set off now, time waits for no one."
"Okay, let's go."
On this trip, the ship that was stolen from Nagao Island also sailed out.
However, Feng Ye no longer needs to drive; someone else will.
He returned to the Rising Sun, and Fang Yi followed him aboard.
Ah-chan insisted on piloting the Rising Sun.
The two ships slowly sailed away from the shore, turned around, and headed one after the other into the depths of the sea.
The sea breeze howled, and the waves crashed against the hull, drawing two long white streaks on the sea.
...
After another three hours of boring sailing, we finally arrived near the sea area where the island is located.
The island also came into view, but it was still quite far away, looking like a small black dot on the sea surface.
Feng Ye stood at the bow of the boat, pointed ahead, and said to Fang Yi beside him, "That's it."
"Are you kidding me? I didn't see anything."
Fang Yi looked in that direction, but saw nothing.
Feng Ye didn't explain much, only saying, "You'll be able to see it when we get closer."
He knew the approximate location of the island, which is why he was able to spot it at a glance.
But Fang Yi couldn't do that. He didn't have that kind of experience. Even if he saw that small black dot, he might not know that it was an island.
As the ship drew closer, the outline of the island slowly became clearer.
Feng Ye pointed to the island in front of them again: "Look, can you see it now?"
Upon closer inspection, Fang Yi indeed saw that the outline of an island had appeared at the location of the small black dot.
Although it's not very clear yet and details are not visible, it's already recognizable as an island.
He nodded: "It really is true, you have a good eye."
"It's not a matter of good eyesight, but rather that I'm familiar with things at sea, so even if they're far away, I can still roughly tell what they are."
"Oh, I see."
Fang Yi seemed to be deep in thought.
Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, and he asked in confusion, "Huh, why does it look like there's smoke rising from that island?"
"What? There's smoke?"
Feng Ye was startled and stared intently at the scene.
Sure enough, at the highest point of the island, wisps of smoke were rising and swirling.
He was certain that the smoke was not a natural phenomenon, but rather man-made.
He and Fang Yi exchanged a glance, both realizing the reason, and said in unison, "A distress signal."
Feng Ye then added, "That's right, the smoke must have been created by that group of people to call for help from any passing ships."
Fang Yi agreed, saying, "I think so too. It seems we need to speed things up."
"Um."
Feng Ye nodded, turned around and shouted to the driver's seat, "Ah Can, speed up, full speed ahead!"
"good."
Ah-Can responded and pushed the accelerator to the floor.
The engines of the Rising Sun roared even louder as it accelerated, cutting through the waves and creating even more turbulent spray at its bow than before.
Feng Ye gripped the gunwale tightly, his eyes searching the sea near the island.
Suddenly, he noticed a small boat on the sea heading towards the island, and it was very close.
It looks small now because it's too far away.
He was certain that the ship was not small, but rather very large, much larger than the Rising Sun.
Clearly, the smoke on the island had an effect, and it was spotted by passing ships.
Any normal ship, while sailing, would be willing to lend a helping hand if it discovers someone in distress.
Fang Yi also noticed and realized this.
He immediately tensed up and said to Feng Ye, "Then we have to hurry, we can't let that ship get to the island first."
"There's no use in rushing, we're already going at maximum speed."
Feng Ye said helplessly.
He wanted to go faster, but unfortunately, the diesel engine only had so much horsepower, so he couldn't go any faster.
"Can't you think of a solution?"
Fang Yi asked anxiously.
Getting people onto the ship wasn't really a big problem.
The real fear is that once those people realize something is wrong, they might hijack the ship in order to escape and use the people on board as hostages to fight back.
"What can we do? Let's just do our best."
Feng Ye shook his head. "We can only pray that the ship doesn't arrive before us, or that the people on board are alert enough not to be deceived."
"Well, that's all we can do."
Fang Yi sighed, biting his lower lip, his gaze fixed on the approaching island and the ship.
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