On a certain sea area in the New World, a pirate ship was engaged in a battle with a merchant ship.
"Gurgle, gurgle... Eh~ Where did Fang Yi and those two brats go?" Yamon, holding a spear in one hand and a wine flask in the other, took a big gulp and then looked around and asked.
Around him, there were quite a few lackeys in servant uniforms lying haphazardly.
"Dunno. Haven't seen 'em come over. Are they still on the ship?" Max, a burly man with a black beard and moon-shaped tattoos on his left neck and left arm, frowned slightly and replied.
He was a combatant on the pirate ship and was quite powerful.
"That shouldn't be the case! That kid Fang Yi told me before that he was gonna bring Shanks and Bucky here to see the world!" Yamon scratched the back of his head and said somewhat confusedly.
"No way... You didn't lose those three brats, did you?" Max asked in shock.
Yamon's face darkened, and he replied, "They're three big guys. How could I lose them? Maybe they went off to play somewhere. Don't worry about them. Fang Yi is strong enough to handle this situation!"
Inside the cabin of the merchant ship, Fang Yi and the other two were staring blankly at the treasure chest in front of them.
"We're rich... We're rich... These... These are all mine!" Bucky stared at the gold glowing in the treasure chest and could hardly take his eyes off it.
"Bang!" Fang Yi closed the lid of the treasure chest, turned to Bucky, and said, "Idiot, there's so much gold. How could it all be ours? Don't think too much. If you like something, just take a few. The rest needs to be handed over to the captain!"
"But... We found these with great difficulty!" Bucky said somewhat reluctantly.
"If the captain and the other pirates weren't fighting outside, could you have gotten these? So stop talking nonsense. It's already great that you're allowed to pick a few things you like first!" Fang Yi rolled his eyes and replied.
Shanks beside him nodded. In his opinion, all these should be handed over to the captain. As for how to distribute them in the end, it should be up to the captain, not for them to distribute privately here.
"Brother Yi, we heard before that there seem to be quite a few people downstairs. How about we go down and check it out first?" Seeing that Bucky was really starting to pick treasures there, Shanks couldn't help but say.
"Yeah! Good. I'm glad you still remember the job's not done, unlike this guy!" Fang Yi glanced at Bucky, shook his head, and said, "But this place is also important! Well, Bucky, you stay here and guard. I'll go down with Shanks to take a look. How about that? Pretty nice of me, right?"
"Really? Wahaha... Nice! Nice! You guys go! With me here, the treasures won't be lost! Brother Yi, from now on, I, Bucky, will follow you!" Bucky, who had never admitted Fang Yi's leadership position, was actually bribed by these treasures that didn't belong to him. It really made Fang Yi laugh and cry.
But now he was too lazy to care about this guy. After giving Shanks a look, the two of them directly walked out of the room.
"Yi, bro, is it really okay to leave Bucky here?" After following Fang Yi out, Shanks still asked uneasily.
"Don't worry. Haven't we already explored this floor? There's only one way leading down. We'll go down, and let Bucky guard here. It's a backup plan. As for those treasures, how much do you think he can take?" Fang Yi said with a smile. "When the captain and the others come, with Rayleigh's vision and methods, that kid Bucky probably won't be able to take away a single thing!"
Shanks was stunned. He didn't expect Fang Yi to plan so far ahead. But since Fang Yi already had a plan, he felt much more at ease.
The two carefully walked to the end of the cabin corridor. There was a secret door there, leading to the bottom floor. They had scouted the route beforehand.
"Let me take the lead!" Just as Fang Yi opened the secret door and was about to go down first, Shanks stepped forward and said, "You'll have more of an advantage staying behind!"
Fang Yi was taken aback. He didn't expect Shanks to say that. After all, they knew nothing about the situation below!
Walking in front meant more danger.
Before Fang Yi could refuse, Shanks stepped down first. Fang Yi didn't have time to stop him, so he quickly followed Shanks into the secret door.
But as soon as Fang Yi walked in, he saw Shanks crouching at the door.
"What's going on?" Since Shanks was blocking the way, Fang Yi couldn't see what was ahead.
"It seems like this is a prison!" Shanks hesitated for a moment and then said, "I can see two prison guards!"
"Step back and let me have a look!" Fang Yi thought for a moment and said.
"Okay!" Shanks knew that in this situation, it would be better for Fang Yi, an archer, to shoot arrows secretly than for him to charge out!
The two slowly backed up. After swapping positions, Fang Yi finally saw what the bottom floor looked like. The entire space on the bottom floor wasn't very big, but there were four cage - shaped structures here, and there were quite a few men and women locked up inside.
At the innermost part, there was a table. There were torture tools hanging on the wall. Two men who looked like prison guards were sitting at the table, drinking and chatting. But they were too far away and their voices were too soft, so Fang Yi couldn't catch what they were saying at all.
"These people... seem to be slaves!" After seeing clearly, Fang Yi whispered to Shanks behind him.
"Slaves?" Shanks was stunned, then his face changed and he said, "This isn't a proper merchant ship. It's... a slave ship!?"
"Probably. I'll take out those two guards first, and then we'll ask the captain what to do!" Fang Yi quietly started to draw his bow. Although the two prison guards weren't far away, there were prison cells between Fang Yi and them, so he didn't dare to use two arrows at once. In case something goes wrong, it'll be trouble.
As long as he took out one of them first, at this distance, the other one wouldn't have a chance to reach them.
"Wait!"
Just as Fang Yi was about to make a move, Shanks suddenly grabbed Fang Yi's back and whispered, "Look over there!"
It turned out that Shanks had unknowingly come to Fang Yi's side. Because of the angle, he noticed there was a jailer in the corner. The jailer seemed to be asleep.
After thinking for a while, Fang Yi adjusted his angle and planned to take out the sleeping jailer first. In this way, there was a chance that the two jailers drinking over there wouldn't notice.
But at this moment, Shanks whispered, "Leave this to me!"
Fang Yi frowned and said, "If you go over now, those imprisoned slaves will definitely see you. They may not help us!"
"No. You take out one first. If this guy wakes up, I'll take care of him!" Shanks shook his head and said.
"Okay!" Fang Yi hesitated for a moment, then nodded and replied, "Get ready. I'm going to make a move!"
"Whoosh~"
After seeing Shanks nod, Fang Yi aimed directly at the jailer who was drinking and shot an arrow.
"Puff!"
The other guy fell to the ground immediately.
But this also startled the jailer sitting opposite him. He immediately stood up and shouted loudly, "Who is it?"
This woke up the sleeping jailer too, but he was even more confused and had no idea what was going on.
"Whoosh!" Before they could react, Fang Yi's second arrow arrived, and the jailer standing there kicked the bucket.
And Shanks beside him had already sneaked towards the just-awakened jailer as soon as Fang Yi shot the first arrow. By the time Fang Yi took out his target, Shanks was already fighting with the other jailer.
However, Fang Yi didn't choose to step in to help. Instead, he held his bow all the time to support Shanks.
"Huff~~ Huff! Thanks, Bro Yi!" Not long after, although he was still a kid, Shanks had defeated his opponent and hadn't been hurt himself, but he had consumed a lot of energy.
Fang Yi hadn't stepped into his fight just now. He knew that Fang Yi was just trying to give him some actual combat practice. So he came over to thank Fang Yi after it was over.
"Are you okay?" Fang Yi smiled and asked.
"I'm fine. But what should we do with these people?" Shanks looked at the slaves in the cells and asked with a bit of pity.
Due to their sudden intrusion, all the slaves were looking at them.
"This kind of thing isn't something we can handle. Search this place roughly and then go up!" Fang Yi shook his head and said.
He naturally saw the pity in Shanks' eyes, but they were just two kids. They simply couldn't handle this kind of thing.
"Okay, Bro Yi!" After these battles, Shanks found the gap between him and Fang Yi seemed to widen. Besides the gap in combat, there was also a gap in mentality and dealing with things. He was no match for Fang Yi.
Soon, after the two of them walked around here, Shanks was fine, but Fang Yi had an extra bow in his hand. The overall shape of this bow looked really amazing.
"This is my harvest. It seems that I'm quite lucky!"
Fang Yi said, smiling.
"Congratulations, Brother Yi!" Shanks sincerely congratulated.
Generally, the captain won't ask the crew members to hand in this kind of special gain. Especially since Fang Yi is an archer himself. He definitely has the priority to keep the weapon captured from the enemy ship that he can use.
After the two came up from the bottom deck, they called Bucky who was in the treasure vault. Then the three of them went directly to the deck. By this time, the battle on the deck was also over.
After Fang Yi briefly told them what had happened in the cabin, he asked Shanks and Bucky to take Roger and Rayleigh below, while he himself went to find Yamon.
"Teacher Yamon! Look at what I've got!" Fang Yi grinned and offered the Sun - Shooting Bow to Yamon like a precious offering, saying,
"Eh~" Yamon didn't care at first, but after taking a closer look at the Sun - Shooting Bow, his whole face changed. He took the bow from Fang Yi's hand, tried to draw it, and then asked Fang Yi, "Where did you get this thing?"
"I found it in a place like a prison on the lowest deck. What's wrong, teacher? Is there a problem?" Fang Yi asked in surprise.
"No, I just didn't expect there to be such a treasure on a mere slave ship!" Yamon shook his head and replied.