"Captain!" As they watched Roger return to the ship with Wangzai and Sambel, all the crew members surrounded him.
The last explosion just now took place at the stern of the ship. It barely missed hitting the Oro Jackson directly.
With such a powerful impact, if it had really hit the hull, the Oro Jackson might have really fallen apart.
Even now, the entire ship had suffered multiple damages and needed repairs.
"Cough... " Roger took a look at Wangzai and Sambel, who were already unconscious, and sighed.
Since they were very close to the impact, even Wangzai, who was good at moving in the sea, and Sambel, the merman, were knocked unconscious by the powerful ocean current. As for Fang Yi, who was even closer to the explosion point, the result was predictable.
"Roger, what happened? Where's Xiao Yi?" Seeing Roger's appearance, Yamon had a bad feeling in his heart.
Roger shook his head and said, "That brat froze the seawater at the bottom of the sea to stop the impact current of the underwater volcanic eruption. Although he bought us precious time, he was too close to the explosion point. I couldn't make it in time!"
"What?" The crew members were stunned. They never expected such a thing to happen.
"So, what do we do now?" Peterm frowned and asked.
Sambel and Wangzai, who were best at underwater search and rescue, were now unconscious. How could they find Fang Yi, who had disappeared in this vast ocean?
"Anyway, we can't give up on Xiao Yi! Rayleigh, record the coordinates here, and then start searching in all directions with this place as the origin. We must find him!" Roger said firmly.
Rayleigh nodded and didn't say much. The Oro Jackson was not in good condition now, so as the first mate and shipwright, he had to do some rough repairs first.
Soon, two lifeboats were lowered from the Oro Jackson. Yamon and Jaba each led two or three crew members and began to search everywhere for Fang Yi, who had disappeared after being hit by the ocean current.
On the other hand, under the treatment of the ship's doctor, Wangzai and Sambel soon regained consciousness.
After learning that Fang Yi had disappeared, Wangzai and Sambel immediately joined the search.
Especially Wangzai. It was very fast in the sea and was of great help in the search for Fang Yi.
On the other hand, Fang Yi, who was hit by the ocean current, fell into a coma. When he woke up, he found that he had been washed up on the beach of a small island by the seawater.
"Oh no! Where on earth am I?" Fang Yi slowly crawled out of the seawater onto the beach and then sat down on his butt. Only then did he have time to check his body.
His whole body ached as if it was falling apart. And most importantly, he found a prompt from the system.
"Subjected to a fatal attack. Divine Protection activated! Current available activation times this month -1!"
That meant that if it weren't for the Divine Protection skill, Fang Yi might have been done for.
"Damn it... I don't even know where the captain and the others are now!"
After taking a short rest, Fang Yi took out a lot of food and drinks from his backpack space and consumed them. Only then did he feel that his body had recovered a little.
There was a lot of food and alcohol stored in his backpack space, all from his usual lotteries. He often cleaned it up, and identical items only took up one slot. So, as long as the backpack wasn't full, he usually didn't bother with the frequently - won food and drinks.
After his body recovered a bit, Fang Yi walked around the entire island. He found that it was an uninhabited island, and its area was not large. There were also quite few animals living on the island.
"This is going to be a problem..." Although there were some trees on the island, which were enough for him to make a small raft, without a Log Pose, he really wasn't sure if he could reach the next island.
Although there was no shortage of food and water for the time being, after losing Roger and the others, he no longer had five lottery tickets a day.
So, after roughly understanding his situation, Fang Yi immediately lit a bonfire on the beach. In this way, the smoke from the bonfire would rise. If Roger and the others were still nearby, they might come to pick him up after seeing it.
However, he didn't know that during the time he was unconscious, Roger and the others had searched for him for a whole day, and now...
Let's go back to before Fang Yi regained consciousness. Although the eruption of the undersea volcanic group brought quite a bit of trouble to Roger and the others in their search for Fang Yi, they didn't give up because of it. Jaba and Yamon even led people to expand the search area using lifeboats. Unfortunately, after searching for a whole day, they still didn't find any clues.
However, even with the addition of Wangzai and Sanbeier later, they still couldn't find Fang Yi.
"Brother Yi... where on earth have you gone!" By the railing of the Oro Jackson, Shanks looked at the boundless sea with a worried look on his face and whispered.
"Don't worry... That guy ain't the type to kick the bucket so easily!" Bucky beside him wasn't his usual comical self but spoke to Shanks in a deep voice.
However, even though he said so, the worry on Shanks' face didn't lessen at all.
"That brat... always likes to show off..." Yamon, who had just returned from the search not long ago, changed into dry clothes and came back to the deck again.
"This time he saved us... You oughta be happy!" Jaba didn't know when he appeared beside Yamon and patted him on the shoulder.
Yamon glanced at Jaba. If she wasn't in the mood to argue with Jaba now, she would definitely give him a good scolding. What did he mean by saying she should be happy now? Was Fang Yi's disappearance something to be happy about?
Just as Roger and the others were continuing to expand the search area, suddenly, the lookout, Goland, spotted several naval warships.
"Captain, it's the Navy! What should we do now?" Goland shouted towards Roger on the deck.
Everyone frowned involuntarily. They didn't have the time to entangle with these Navy guys now.
"I just came up with a great idea..." Roger suddenly laughed and said, "Let's get the Navy to help us look!"
"Huh?" Everyone, including Rayleigh, looked at Roger in confusion. They were pirates. How could the Navy help them?
"Let's go over there, grab their officer, and then make them help us find Xiao Yi!" Roger said with a big laugh.
He thought his idea was great. The Navy had a large number of people, and they were also better at rescue operations.
Everyone was stunned by Roger's idea, but after a moment's thought, they realized it might work.
So the Oro Jackson headed straight towards several naval warships.
But when they got closer, they found that the one leading this Navy fleet was no ordinary person. It was a powerful vice-admiral from the Navy Headquarters, known as the strategic general, Sengoku of the Buddha!
"This is going to be a problem!" When they saw Sengoku, Roger and the others couldn't help but smile bitterly.
If it were an ordinary naval warship, Roger's plan might have worked. But facing a powerful figure like Sengoku, it obviously wouldn't be appropriate.
"As expected, it's you... Roger!" Sengoku, wearing frog-shaped glasses, came to the deck of the warship, looked at the Oro Jackson in the distance, and said with a smile.
"Um..."
"Yo! Navy guys, seen a kid around? Our important treasure was stolen by him, and we're looking for him now. If you can give us information about that kid, we'll let you go!"
Right before Roger could speak, Rayleigh stepped forward and yelled at the Navy.
"Hey... Rayleigh, what are you talking nonsense about? When did we have any treasure stolen?" Roger looked at Rayleigh in confusion and asked.
"Shut up and let me handle this!" Rayleigh didn't have time to explain to Roger, so he whispered an explanation and then looked at the Navy.
"Hahaha... Rayleigh, right! The kid you're looking for... wouldn't be him, would it?" Sengoku laughed and waved to the people behind him. Several Navy soldiers brought Fang Yi, who was tied up tightly, forward.
Since the God Valley incident, Rayleigh had earned the title of the Dark King. In recent years, the name of Dark King Rayleigh had spread far and wide across the sea, so that's why Sengoku addressed him in this way.
"Xiao Yi..." When they saw that Fang Yi had been captured by the Navy, Roger and the others showed expressions of joy. They even quietly let out a sigh of relief in their hearts. It was better that the person was alive than anything else.
Let's go back in time a little.
On the beach, Fang Yi lit a bonfire. While waiting for the possibility of being discovered by his companions, he started to make a small bamboo raft.
He wasn't sure if Roger and the others could find him, so making a small bamboo raft and going out to sea to take a chance wasn't a bad option.
But he never expected that the ones who saw the smoke signal weren't Roger and the others, but three naval warships.
However, when Fang Yi saw the naval warships, he wasn't panicked. He wasn't the rookie who had just arrived in the Pirate King's world anymore.
With his current strength, even if the other side had three naval warships, Fang Yi didn't think he had no power to resist. Moreover, maybe he'd be lucky enough to encounter some idiotic naval officers, and he wouldn't even need a raft.
But when the naval warships reached this uninhabited island, Fang Yi knew he was done for.
Because the first person to appear in front of him was the future Admiral of the Navy, the current Vice Admiral Sengoku of the Navy Headquarters, also known as the Buddha.
"Hey, Navy guys... Please save me! My ship was caught in a nearby underwater volcanic eruption. The whole ship was shattered. I've been drifting on this small island and haven't eaten for days!" Fang Yi pretended to be weak and begged the navy for help.
Now he could only pray that the navy didn't recognize him. Although he was a member of the Roger Pirates, he was just a child after all, and there was no bounty on him.
Although they had fought with Sengoku before, even a big shot like Sengoku shouldn't have noticed a little kid like him.
Sure enough, after hearing Fang Yi's plea for help, those ordinary naval soldiers disembarked to rescue Fang Yi. But after he was taken onto the naval warship, he was ordered by Sengoku to be tied up by his subordinates.
"Kid... You should be that intern who uses a bow and arrow on Roger's ship, right?" Sengoku looked at Fang Yi with a smile and said, "So where is your captain now? Was your ship really hit by an underwater volcano?"
"Damn! I never thought that a vice admiral of the Navy Headquarters would scheme against a kid like us!" Fang Yi really regretted it at this moment. If he had chosen to fight head - on from the beginning, although his chances of winning were slim, he wouldn't have gotten caught so easily.
"Kid... Since you know me, you should know that this kind of simple goading tactics won't work on me!" Sengoku remained unmoved and said to Fang Yi, "So you'd better tell me the information I need. Otherwise... I'd really feel a bit reluctant to throw a kid like you into Impel Down!"