As it turned out, it was indeed the "era of pirates", and the "Corsi" encountered the pirate ship on the third day after leaving Hannabal, but did not attack them, but followed them from a distance.

"That's the flag of the 'Fanged Pirates', their captain is called Rupp, and the bounty is 22 million Bailey." Standing on the aft deck, the captain of the "Corsi", Lazar. Wilfried looked nervously at the flag on the pirate ship, with huge crossed teeth painted on a black background, and a very freehand skeleton on it, obviously trying to show the focus of the teeth.

Listening to the introduction next to the captain, in addition to Xiao Ya, there was another tall man with a thin body, and through 3 days of contact, he knew that this was another "bodyguard" invited by the Nabo Chamber of Commerce for this voyage, Hasru. Ediman, a pirate hunter.

After Lazar finished speaking, Hasru turned to Xiao Ya, "Mr. Xiao Ya, what do you think, 22 million, can you deal with him?" He tilted his head to look at the other man.

"It should be about the same," Xiao Ya said casually, although he didn't know the combat power represented by the 22 million Bailey bounty, but he was very confident in ensuring the safety of himself and the ship, who let this guy attack with magic, in fact, with the ability of the thunder fruit, the pirate ship had already entered the attack range at this time, and the long range really could do whatever he wanted.

However, in terms of his character, it is better to have one less thing, and he just wants to "ensure the safety of the ship he is riding within the scope of his ability", there is no need for a needless battle, anyway, he is not a navy or a pirate hunter or something, "They are lagging behind, can't we speed up to get rid of them?" ”

"I'm afraid not, sir," Lazar explained with a wry smile, "our ship is still fully loaded a few days after it leaves port, and even if it is empty, it is certainly not as fast as theirs." ”

"Hmph," Hearing Xiao Ya's words, Hasru snorted coldly, obviously a little disdainful of the idea just now, "This is the consistent style of the 'Fanged Pirates', follow behind the prey first, make them panic, flee for their lives in a hurry, and wait until they are exhausted to attack, so there is no need to think about being able to get rid of them." It seems that he is very familiar with the "Fanged Pirates", so in this way, Lazar's introduction at the beginning is only for one person himself......

"Behind the target?" Xiao Ya was a little surprised, "On this great waterway? He has also experienced the unpredictable climate here, the sky was clear one minute, and it may be raining in a blink of an eye, it is not easy to keep up with the goal in this environment, is it that the other party will also have a large range of hearts?

"Yes, no one knows how they did it," Hasru was equally unable to answer Xiao Ya's question, "but that's the way it is." ”

For a moment, all three fell silent, but, judging by Lazar's expression, it was clear that he was afraid of the presence of the pirates and the foreseeable attacks that would follow; And Hasru should be preparing for the next possible battle, after all, he has not seen Xiao Ya fight, and he does not know his specific situation; As for Xiao Ya himself, he looked at the pirate ship with interest, so far he hadn't learned from his heart the reason why the other party was able to successfully track the target, and all he heard was the various daily operation passwords on the sailing ship, so he planned to let them continue to follow and see if they could unravel the puzzle.

"So," in the end, it was Lazar who spoke first, after all, as the captain of the "Corsi", he was responsible for the entire ship, and the crew and other passengers were already panicking because of the appearance of the pirate ship, and they were also sweating profusely, and they really couldn't wait any longer, "2 gentlemen, what should we do next?" ”

Hearing Lazar's question, the two people who were questioned looked at each other, but they didn't answer immediately, Xiao Ya had already thought about it, if the pirates attacked, they would use lightning strikes to solve the problem, as for the others, they didn't think about it at all! And Hasru is habitually in accordance with the rules of this sea, "the strong are respected", even if he has not fought with Xiao Ya, but the fact that the other party is a Devil Fruit ability has enough weight.

Obviously, Naboshang made a stupid move, they found 2 strong men with extraordinary strength for the "Kosi", which can increase the insurance factor, but they did not make it clear to others who should be in charge, and the result is that when things are encountered, as now, they are scattered sand, no, three loose sand, and no one has an idea.

But fortunately, there were only three pieces of sand, so after waiting for a while, and after confirming that Xiao Ya didn't mean to speak, Hasru said, "Captain, keep going, as fast as possible." ”

"Yes, sir." Finally given clear instructions, Lazar hurriedly went down to arrange the execution, "Raise the sails and speed up!" Hurry up ......"

"Oh," after Lazar left, although he didn't have any opinion on Hasru's instructions just now, Xiao Ya was still a little curious, and he didn't delay him to "listen" to the pirates anyway, "Didn't you say you couldn't get rid of them, why did you have to speed up?" ”

"Otherwise?" The other party asked rhetorically.

"Well," Xiao Ya stroked her chin with her index finger, "since we can't get rid of them anyway, as you said, why don't we turn around and rush over while we're not exhausted yet?" ”

"The other party's ship is faster, it can completely avoid us, take us in circles, or still follow behind as before, and then lean over when we don't have the strength," Hasru, who didn't know Xiao Ya's true attack range, responded according to the standard naval battle pattern, "The decision is not ours." ”

"Then if the other party dodges, we will go straight back to Hannabal."

"Today is the third day of our trip, and according to the records, it will take at least 5 days to walk from Hannabal to the nearest island in the direction of the City of Seven Waters, so the time required to move forward and turn back is basically the same."

"Oh, these pirates are really looking for a good place to start," after listening to Hasru's explanation, Xiao Ya realized that the other party had made the least bad choice just now, at least compared to the other two plans, there was no delay in the trip, and at the same time, he also commented on the meticulousness of the "Fanged Pirates" plan.

"No, they're in too much of a hurry," Harus shook his head.

"What?" Xiao Ya said she didn't understand.

"They showed up too early," Harus said with a gloomy face.