The moment Fang Yi saw the naval warship, he instantly woke up. Then he looked around and seeing no sign of the navy, he heaved a sigh of relief.
"Wangzai, go wake up the captain and the others!" Fang Yi patted Wangzai on the head and whispered.
"Woof, woof..." Wangzai barked twice and immediately ran towards Roger.
Soon, there were the same wails on the deck as Fang Yi had made earlier.
"Captain Roger... Mr. Rayleigh!" When Fang Yi saw the two of them wake up, he immediately pointed at the nearby naval warship and whispered.
"Huh?" Roger and Rayleigh were both taken aback at the same time. Then they glanced at each other and asked Fang Yi, "When did the naval warship come?"
"I'm not sure either. I was also woken up by Wangzai just now! When I woke up, I saw that the naval warship had already docked here, but there doesn't seem to be any navy on board!" Fang Yi shook his head and said.
Hearing this, Roger and Rayleigh got up and came to the ship's railing. As a result, they found that there seemed to be no navy on the nearby naval warship.
"Did they go ashore right after docking? And didn't notice us pirates?" Rayleigh frowned and said.
"Mr. Rayleigh... With our huge pirate flag flying there, how could they not have noticed us pirates? And it's right next to us!" Fang Yi pointed at the pirate flag fluttering above the mast speechlessly and said.
"Let's go check it out?" Roger grinned and said with a smile.
"It's better not to. Although we don't know why they haven't come to cause us pirates trouble, there's no need for us to provoke them!" Rayleigh shook his head and refused.
But obviously Roger didn't hear what Rayleigh said, because before Rayleigh finished speaking, he directly jumped onto the nearby naval warship.
"Mr. Rayleigh, what should we do?" Fang Yi looked at the captain who had gone on an adventure and asked Rayleigh, who was a bit speechless beside him.
"Xiaoyi, you go over and have a look. The guys here aren't fully awake yet, so I can't leave!" Rayleigh glanced at the crew members still lying on the deck and said helplessly to Fang Yi.
"Okay, Mr. Rayleigh!" Fang Yi nodded. Just as he was about to go over, he saw that Wangzai had woken up Shanks, so he asked, "Can I take Shanks with me?"
"Go ahead. Be careful yourselves!" Rayleigh nodded and said with a smile.
With Roger around, there was no need to worry about Fang Yi and Shanks' safety. Moreover, through his Observation Haki, he didn't seem to sense any signs of life on the naval warship. Presumably, this was also the reason why Roger went over to check.
After getting Rayleigh's consent, Fang Yi waved at Shanks, and then they jumped towards the naval warship together. However, when Wangzai saw this, he actually followed them over.
"What are you doing following us here? This is an enemy ship. Be careful of being caught and eaten!" Seeing that Wangzai had also followed, Fang Yi immediately put on a stern face and said.
"Woof, woof~~" Wangzai wagged his tail and barked twice at Fang Yi, as if telling him there were no enemies here.
Originally, Fang Yi didn't want to take Wangzai with him. But seeing Captain Roger walking towards the cabin, he didn't have time to waste words with Wangzai here. So, with a stern look, he said, "You can come along, but don't make a sound randomly, got it?"
Seeing Wangzai shaking its head and wagging its tail, Fang Yi was too lazy to care about it. He directly took Shanks and chased after Roger into the cabin. After all, it's a naval warship. It's safer to stay with the Captain.
However, when Fang Yi and Shanks entered the cabin, they didn't see Roger. Moreover, they found that this warship... seemed to have been uninhabited for some time.
"Brother Yi, something's not right here! It doesn't look like anyone has lived here!" Shanks noticed that there was a thick layer of dust on the cabin seats, so he looked up at Fang Yi and said.
"Yeah, it really does seem like no one has lived here! If no one's controlling it, how did this ship get here? And how come it stopped right beside our ship?" Fang Yi frowned and said.
"Let's go find the Captain first! And take a look around by the way!" Shanks said hesitantly.
"Let's go! Wangzai, go find the Captain!" Fang Yi shouted to Wangzai squatting beside him.
Hearing Fang Yi's order, Wangzai immediately ran in one direction, and Fang Yi and Shanks quickly followed.
But when they found Roger, they saw that Roger was in a daze in the Captain's cabin.
"Captain Roger..." Fang Yi stepped forward and whispered.
"Ah~ It's little Yi! Why did you guys come here?" Roger asked with a smile when he saw Fang Yi and Shanks.
"Rayleigh was worried about you being on your own, so he sent us to check on you!" Fang Yi replied with a faint smile, "Captain... this warship... seems to show no signs of human activity!"
"Right!" Roger nodded and said, "I just checked the whole ship. There's really no sign of human activity!"
"So, this should be a ghost ship!" Fang Yi nodded and stroked his chin.
"Ghost ship?" As soon as Fang Yi finished speaking, Roger and Shanks looked at him as if they had seen a ghost.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Fang Yi was startled by them and subconsciously looked behind him, but he didn't see anything.
"You're saying... this is a ghost ship? Does that mean there are ghosts on board?" Roger asked Fang Yi with an excited look.
"Captain..." Fang Yi was instantly speechless.
A so - called ghost ship doesn't necessarily mean there are ghosts on board. It refers to those empty ships that have been abandoned or are unoccupied for various reasons.
"But... isn't this a warship? Generally, warships are not likely to be abandoned, right?" After hearing Fang Yi's explanation, Shanks replied with an expression of sudden realization.
"Right. So this warship probably went through something that led to all the crew members being wiped out. Then this empty ship drifted here with the ocean current and just happened to stop beside us!" Fang Yi nodded and said.
"Hahaha... No wonder they call you little Yi. You really know a lot!"
After hearing this, Roger let out a big laugh and praised.
"Captain... It's better not to rush around next time when something like this occurs! There might be some deadly bacteria on this kind of ship, which caused all the pirates to die of illness. If we rush around too, we might get infected!" Fang Yi said seriously.
He didn't forget that Roger died young due to an incurable disease.
"Eh? Is that so?" Roger said in surprise.
"This is one of the most common causes of this kind of ghost ship. Another reason is encountering extreme weather, or running out of food and fresh water, which leads to the entire crew being wiped out!" Fang Yi nodded and said.
"I got it!" Seeing this, Roger nodded and replied.
Roger could take his crew members' opinions, but next time when something like this happens, he will definitely be the first to rush!
"Woof! Woof! Woof! Hoo~~ Woof! Woof!" But just as the three of them were about to leave, Wangzai seemed to have found something. Suddenly, it barked wildly in one direction and showed a fierce expression, which was the expression it only showed when it met an enemy.
Wangzai's abnormality made the three of them immediately enter a state of alert, but after looking carefully, none of them found anything unusual.
"Wangzai? What did you find?" Fang Yi trusted Wangzai. Generally, it wouldn't act like this.
"Whine... Woof!" After Wangzai circled around a few times on the spot, it let out a few grunts at Fang Yi with a wronged look on its face.
"What's happening?" Roger and Shanks both looked at Fang Yi and asked in puzzlement.
Fang Yi usually spends the most time with Wangzai, and only he can best understand what Wangzai means.
"It said that something seemed to approach us just now, but then it suddenly vanished!" Fang Yi shook his head and said.
"Could it be... a ghost?" Roger and Shanks said in unison.
Fang Yi's face sank. Looking at the two excited guys, he was really at a loss for words.
In this world, apart from some abnormal situations caused by Devil Fruits, there should be no so - called ghosts or spirits. As for the ghosts talked about by pirates, Fang Yi would rather believe that they are just their fantasies or illusions.
But at this moment, Wangzai started to pace restlessly again and barked in all directions.
The door of the captain's cabin, which was originally open, suddenly shut, and Fang Yi even felt the temperature around them begin to drop.
"Captain..." Fang Yi looked at Roger.
Roger's face also became serious. He used his Observation Haki, but found nothing.
But his intuition told him that there really was something approaching them.
"You two, come over to me!" Seeing Roger's serious look, Fang Yi felt a chill down his back. This feeling was just like when a person is secretly watching a horror movie at home, always feeling that there seems to be a pair of eyes staring at you from behind and ready to attack you when you're off - guard.
"Grrr~~ Bow - wow! Bow - wow!" Wangzai beside them was already baring its teeth, as if there really was something approaching.
Fang Yi took out a dagger and held it in his hand. He stood back-to-back with Shanks, concentrating intently on the surroundings.
When the enemy was out of sight, using a bow and arrow was obviously not a good choice, so Fang Yi took out the dagger.
However, after waiting for a while, nothing seemed to happen.
But just when they were about to relax, clear footsteps came from outside the door again.
The three of them looked towards the door simultaneously and locked their qi (a vital energy in traditional Chinese culture) senses in that direction. If there was any abnormality, Fang Yi was sure that both ghosts and enemies would receive their harshest blows.
"Creak~~"
The moment the wooden door was opened, Fang Yi and Shanks attacked simultaneously, one from the left and the other from the right, while Roger punched straight from the front.
"Ah~~~"
A scream rang out.