Chapter 94: Porki's Puzzle and Ace's Puzzle
The Dreadful Ghost sailed slowly across the sea, the sea fog covering the hull of its entire ship like its dress, and only lifted when it was necessary to take a look at its surroundings.
Is this the inside of the Black Ship?
Polkie looked at the dΓ©cor in the cabin earnestly and curiously, and she followed the members of the Davy Jones Pirates through the creaking hallway, turning around and seeing the many rooms, and for a moment a little confused.
Is this ship that big? It doesn't look like it from the outside.
The Davy Jones Pirates led her to a large gate next to what appeared to be a reef and coral, and a pink starfish was stained on the wall.
It's getting weirder...... It's a ship worthy of Captain David Jones, that's it...... Larger than life?
Porki tried to comfort herself until she sat down at a round table with a chart spread out in front of her.
When she was told that the horror ghost was destined for Fish-Man Island, she became nervous.
This is to start testing the expertise of navigators, and if I don't pass, I won't just be thrown off the ship, right?
I haven't heard of any islands in this area.
Porch could already imagine himself standing on a gangplank, the other end of which stretched out to sea.
And Yarrita stood on the side of the ship, with a long sword, and smirked and threatened her to jump into the sea.
This damn woman!
"What's wrong with you?"
Arrita asked with concern when she saw Porki's suddenly gloomy and solemn expression.
"Is there anything wrong with this chart? I'm gathering and piecing together from a group of killed pirates, and if there's a problem, you can just say it. β
Yes?!
Porki woke up from his fantasy, and was stunned when he heard Arrita's words, and looked at the chart in a daze, and said:
"No problem......"
"It's fine. Then with your navigator expertise, choose the right route for us. β
"Okay."
Porki didn't expect that Arnita was strange and gentle to herself, and she was in a trance for a while, she carefully looked at the chart again, and then said:
"In fact, it is good to follow the route of the 'record pointer', which is the safe route summarized by the predecessors. Also, there is one place that needs special attention. β
"Where?"
It was still Arrita who was talking to her, but David Jones and the rest of the crew were drawn to it.
"The 'Devil's Triangle', where there is a lot of fog and frequent shipwrecks, I don't know how many ships are buried at the bottom of the sea, and even if there is a 'record pointer', it is difficult to cross. It's probably in this area. β
The crowd approached and saw that the place that Porch had carved out was almost on their way to Fish-Man Island.
"Of course, we can also take a long detour to avoid it." Porchi is full of confidence in this, "It will take almost a month to reach the Chambord Islands, and then dive to Fish-Man Island in a 'coated' way." β
"Detour?"
Arlita smiled and shook her head.
"There's no need for that. I didn't make it clear to you, but in fact, our ship can go the undersea route, but not all the time, so when crossing the 'Devil's Triangle', we can dive to the bottom of the sea. β
Take the undersea route?
Porki was puzzled that there were only three ways she could imagine to take the undersea route.
The first is a creature that can breathe and swim freely at the bottom of the sea.
The second is a "coated" dive similar to the one in the Chambord Islands.
The third, submarines.
However, the Horror Ghost and the Davy Jones Pirates alone do not fit the above three situations at all.
Porki was about to open her mouth to ask a question, when she heard a loud creak, and then the ship leaned, and she was still grabbed by Yarrita's hands, who had been prepared, so that she did not fall.
After a feeling of weightlessness, the hull regained its balance.
"We're under the sea right now."
Yarrita smiled kindly, like a big sister in the neighborhood.
Porki was still puzzled until she was led out on the deck by Arrita.
When she returned to the round table, she was still dumbfounded.
Bucky was still there complaining about why his bounty was so high.
Chloe sat next to him, staring at the round table, as if listening, as if in a daze, and just wouldn't answer anyway.
David Jones was smoking a cigarette while flipping through a newspaper.
The newspaper, the same one that Idomis had sent to Faulce, was only tossed by Foxi, and Porki picked it up again, and brought it aboard the Horror Ghost.
"Got it now, right?"
Yarrita was indoors, and of course took off her hat, and she stroked her long wavy black hair.
"If you take the undersea route, the 'Devil's Triangle' is not a problem."
If it could, the Terror Ghost would certainly be safest to take the undersea route all the way.
However, except for Captain David Jones and Hachi, everyone else will not be able to stand this long-term deep-sea trip.
Even if you don't have deep-sea phobia at first, you will have it after a week or two of sailing.
Porki was silent for a while, not yet recovering from the magnificence he had just seen.
Yarrita had no choice but to remind, "What, haven't you thought about it yet?" β
She also nudged Porchi.
Porki then came to her senses, and saw that the rest of the crew at the round table, except for David Jones, were looking at her, and she forced her composure and replied:
"If it was the previous detour plan, it would take about two months to go to Fish-Man Island, and if you want to take the undersea route in the 'Devil's Triangle', then it will only take one month."
"Except for some weird legends, we haven't heard of any island villages and towns in the 'Devil's Triangle', so we have to prepare a month's worth of food and fresh water in advance."
The Davy Jones Pirates have just plundered a large amount of grain from the Foxey Pirates.
But no matter how long their shelf life is, there is not much left, and when they reach the "Devil's Triangle", there is not much left.
It's easy to get meat at the bottom of the sea, but fruits and vegetables are only available on the islands.
"I suggest resupplying on the nearest island before entering the Devil's Triangle."
Porki pointed to an island on the chart.
"For example, the 'Water City', which is a fairly famous water city in the 'Paradise'."
The crew members either knew about the Great Voyage or were people on the Great Voyage, so they all had a certain understanding of the "Water Capital", and they all nodded their heads at this time.
But no one dared to make a decision.
Alrita looked at David Jones, "What do you think, Captain?" β
"Well, let's go to the 'Water Capital'."
David Jones replied, but was noncommittal about the idea of sailing under the sea in the "Devil's Triangle", and he did not like to choose to sail under the sea because of escape.
If he dives to the bottom of the sea when he encounters any danger or obstacles, then it doesn't matter if he goes to Fish-Man Island or finds the strength to fly on the Dutchman.
"I'm interested in something else right now."
David Jones spread out the newspaper and placed it on the round table.
The crew members will come forward with a smile.
"Hachi-chan, you said before that Fish-Man Island is now under the actual control of the 'Whitebeard Pirates', right?"
"Yes."
Hachi nodded vigorously.
"Then we might have a chance to make contact with the 'Whitebeard Pirates' after that."
David Jones poked his finger at the newspaper headline.
"Does anyone know anything about this man?"
The crew's eyes widened as they looked at the newspaper headline.
"Captain of Team 2 of the 'Whitebeard Pirates' Portcas Ace is suspected of being arrested by the Navy?!"
The accompanying picture is Ace wearing a hat, with flames wrapped around his hands, and smiling.
Keywords such as "Whitebeard", "Ace", and "Navy" are enough to attract attention.
Even when Porki read the newspaper before, he focused on the front page headlines of the Davy Jones Pirates and didn't notice this one.
The reason why Ace, the captain of Whitebeard Pirates Team 2, was suspected of being arrested by the Navy and did not make headlines, is because its news sources are so-called "sources" and "insiders".
Neither the Navy nor the Whitebeard Pirates have responded to this incident, so the authenticity of the incident has not yet been confirmed.
It's just that everyone feels a heavy feeling that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings.
The world knows that Edward Newgate "Whitebeard" cherishes his crew the most, treating them as his adopted sons.
If Ace really fell into the hands of the navy, I really can't imagine what would happen.