"Found you... Roger!" On a certain sea area in the New World, in front of a warship with a dog - head on the prow, Vice Admiral Garp held a telescope and a smile appeared on his face.
"Vice Admiral Garp, why are you so obsessed with catching that pirate named Roger!?" A young man wearing a black hat, who was several heads taller than Garp, asked in confusion.
"Kuzan, don't underestimate Roger! He's no ordinary guy. If we let him be, big trouble will come!" Vice Admiral Garp said with a big laugh.
"Huh?" Kuzan looked at Garp in confusion. He, a member of the Navy's youth training camp under Zefa, was extremely powerful and known as the Monster Newcomer despite joining this year. Like Sakazuki and Kizaru of the first batch, he could accompany a front - line vice - admiral on missions even during his training period.
But different from Sakazuki and the others, the vice - admiral he accompanied was Vice Admiral Garp.
So Kuzan, who had just started accompanying Vice Admiral Garp on missions, didn't understand what Garp meant.
"Wowahaha... Full speed ahead! Get closer to them!" However, Vice Admiral Garp, who was laughing heartily, didn't seem to explain his meaning to Kuzan. He just ordered the naval warship to move towards the Oro Jackson.
"Captain... It's Vice Admiral Garp of the Navy!" On the mast, Golan immediately spotted the Navy and shouted down to Roger on the deck.
"Garp?" Barrett, who was training, was taken aback. He felt like he'd heard this name somewhere before.
"Ah~ It's that guy again. Didn't he go on another mission?" Hearing Golan's words, even Roger looked helpless.
"Ah~ Is it that legendary Navy vice - admiral?" Barrett finally remembered who the other person was. He had heard this name from Fang Yi.
"Rowan! Change the course. Let's avoid him!" Roger shouted at the helmsman.
"Yes, Captain!" Although they knew that normally they couldn't outrun the naval warship, they had to give it a try first.
"Captain, how about I and Wangzai go and hold them off first?" Fang Yi looked at the naval warship that was still some distance away and stepped forward.
After thinking for a while, Roger nodded and said, "Okay, but don't push yourself too hard. Retreat if it's too difficult!"
"Yes!" Fang Yi nodded, then directly flipped onto Wangzai's back. He patted Wangzai on the head and said, "Let's go! Let's meet that Vice Admiral Garp!"
"Woof woof!" Wangzai barked twice and then jumped directly into the sea, moving towards the naval warship from under the water.
Since Fang Yi wasn't a Devil Fruit user and with the help of underwater breathing pills, he and Wangzai could launch an attack from underwater when they cooperated.
"Hey... The same trick won't work on me! Bokato, go and make preparations!" When Vice Admiral Garp saw someone from Roger's ship jump into the water, he immediately guessed it was the fish - man member Sambel on the ship. Once before, because of Sambel's sabotage, they lost the chance to pursue Roger and the others. So they had long been on guard against this method of sabotaging the naval warship from the sea floor.
He didn't expect that this time, instead of Sambel of the fish - men tribe, it was Fang Yi with Wangzai who came.
Soon, with Wangzai swimming swiftly, a man and a dog arrived at a place not far from the naval warship.
After giving Wangzai a gesture to keep its body stable, Fang Yi directly pulled out five arrows from his quiver. This was the maximum number of arrows he could shoot simultaneously; otherwise, he couldn't maintain accuracy.
The quiver he was using now was no longer the previous "Quiver (Small)", but the "Quiver (Medium)"!
"Quiver (Medium): Can store fifty arrows and automatically replenish one every half - hour!"
Compared with the previous small quiver, the current quiver could store more arrows, and the time for automatically generating arrows was also shorter.
Moreover, Fang Yi found the best way to use the quiver. That was, he never filled the quiver usually. As long as the quiver automatically generated an arrow, he would take out a part and store them in his backpack, allowing the quiver to continue working. In this way, he basically didn't have to buy arrows anymore.
The arrows generated by the quiver were considered to be made by the system by default. They could be stored in the backpack. For the same item, it only occupied one grid in the backpack, which was quite practical.
During normal practice (Shu) and sparring with his companions, he could also recover some arrows. The arrows stored in this way were enough for him to use in battles.
Charged Arrow·Frozen Arrow Rain!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
After shooting out five arrows, Fang Yi nocked another arrow. This time, he didn't use the charged arrow anymore. After aiming slightly at the position of the warship, he shot directly.
Arrow Rain was a move he developed himself after gaining the ability of rapid - fire. By using his rapid - fire, he could launch a large number of frozen arrows or fire arrows in a short time to artificially create an AOE attack. It was a good move for clearing the field, and with five charged arrows leading the way, it could also better enhance the attack power of this move.
When the Navy noticed the suddenly appearing arrows, they were greatly startled. However, although these arrows appeared suddenly, none of them hit any soldiers. Since Fang Yi shot the arrows from the seabed, he couldn't see the situation on the warship deck at all.
But the arrows he shot were not ordinary arrows, but frozen arrows. So after the arrows hit the deck, the ice energy they carried immediately made the deck start to freeze.
Using fire arrows would have been more effective originally, but since the attack was launched from the sea, if he used fire arrows, it would surely be affected by the sea water. So he chose to use frozen arrows.
"Hmm? These arrows... are not ordinary arrows!" After noticing the ice energy carried on the arrows, an officer shouted loudly, "Everyone, be careful! Don't get close to those arrows!"
But just as his words fell, more arrows emerged from the sea and fell towards the warship deck.
Seeing more arrows keep coming, the naval officer couldn't help shouting, "Everyone, be careful!"
Ice Shield!
Just then, Kuzan stepped in. Using his ability, he created a shield made of ice above the deck of the warship, blocking all the arrows.
Fang Yi was shooting ice arrows too. When these arrows hit Kuzan's Ice Shield, the ice energy made the shield even thicker. There was no risk of the shield being broken by the arrows.
However, Fang Yi was unaware of this. By this time, he and Wangzai had reached the stern of the warship.
"Heh heh... Kill and burn, wear a golden belt (meaning the wicked often get rich). Let's set a fire for them!" Fang Yi, standing on Wangzai's back above the sea, held five arrows in his hand again.
"Fire Arrow Rain!"
Fang Yi planned to use the same move as before, but this time he replaced the ice arrows with fire arrows. A large number of fire arrows would surely cause chaos among the Navy.
Anyway, his goal was just to help the Oro Jackson get rid of the Navy's pursuit, not to sink the warship.
But just after Fang Yi fired the Fire Arrow Rain and was about to escape the pursuit, suddenly an ice blade flew straight towards him.
"Huh?"
Thanks to Wangzai's early warning of danger and its speed in the sea, Fang Yi managed to dodge the ice blade. But seeing that the sea was frozen where the ice blade touched, Fang Yi's expression turned serious.
"Damn kid... It's really you!" Fang Yi looked towards the stern of the warship and saw Garp, furious, and beside him, Kuzan, the future Admiral known as Aokiji.
"Uncle Garp, I just came to say hello. Are you trying to keep me here?" Fang Yi shouted at Garp with a big laugh.
"Stinking kid, did Roger send you? Forget it! You ain't getting away this time!" Garp waved his hand behind him. Obviously, he was about to take action.
"Come on! I'm just an intern! If you're angry, go find our captain instead. I'll leave first. Bye!" Fang Yi waved to Garp and immediately told Wangzai to take him away.
If he stayed any longer, he would be in danger.
Don't think that just because he was in the sea, Garp couldn't do anything to him. He knew that if he really angered Garp, even escaping to the bottom of the sea wouldn't help.
"That damned stinky kid... Runs so fast!" Garp said angrily as he watched Fang Yi leave without a word.
"Lord Garp, is that kid a member of the Roger Pirates?" Kuzan, standing beside him, asked curiously.
"Yes! He's an intern on Roger's ship. His weapon is a bow and arrow. He must have done all that just to slow us down!" Garp nodded and replied.
"Is he from the fish - men tribe? He doesn't seem to have the characteristics of the fish - men tribe. And why can he use ice energy?" Kuzan asked puzzledly.
He thought the fire arrows were due to the arrows themselves. After all, tying gunpowder to the arrows could achieve a similar effect. But he was very sure that someone had given the ice - scented arrows their ice energy. As a Logia - type user of the Frozen Fruit, he could be certain of this.
"That kid doesn't belong to the fish - men tribe, and his methods are a bit strange. We still don't know what's going on. Anyway, it shouldn't be a Devil Fruit ability. It's probably some special race!" Vice Admiral Garp shook his head and said.
"Vice Admiral Garp! The fire has been brought under control, but the Roger Pirates have escaped. Should we continue the pursuit?" At this moment, a Navy soldier came over and asked.
"Of course! Keep chasing them! I'd like to see what other tricks they can pull off! Humph!" Vice Admiral Garp snorted coldly and gave a loud order.
On the other hand, with Wangzai's help, Fang Yi got back on the ship and was warmly greeted by the crew. However, before they could celebrate shaking off the Navy, Golan on the mast brought another piece of bad news.