Since Fang Yi privately invited Shanks, the relationship between the two has become a bit closer. This left the crew members, especially Buggy, very puzzled. Why did their relationship suddenly get better?
Many crew members speculated that Shanks, who had awakened his Conqueror's Haki, could now keep up with Fang Yi's pace of getting stronger. So, naturally, they had more common topics.
However, many people disagreed with this view. Didn't they see how powerful Barrett was? Fang Yi's relationship with him didn't get better either.
Moreover, Fang Yi and Shanks had always had a good relationship. It's just that their relationship has become even better now.
So, although everyone was curious about the improvement in their relationship, they didn't really care. The only one who truly cared was Buggy.
As part of the former intern trio, Buggy felt excluded.
"Shanks, Fang Yi! You two guys... What on earth have you been doing behind my back?" Buggy wasn't the type to hold back. So, at this moment, he blocked Fang Yi and Shanks and directly questioned them.
Fang Yi's face darkened, and he asked, "What you're saying... It's as if we've really been doing something shady behind your back! What exactly are you trying to ask?"
Buggy seemed to realize that the way he asked was wrong. He directly pointed at the two and said, "Why do I feel like your relationship has become even closer? Have you forgotten about our trio? You want to kick me out, right?"
Buggy looked so aggrieved, just like a wronged little wife.
"Buggy, it's not like that. Listen to me..."
Shanks quickly waved his hand and wanted to explain.
"I won't listen, I won't listen..."
Listening to the conversation between Buggy and Shanks, Fang Yi's view of things was about to be overturned.
"Thud!" "Thud!"
"You two... Knock it off, you idiots!"
After giving each of them a punch, Fang Yi felt that the atmosphere was finally back to normal.
"I've been spending a lot of time with Shanks lately because we're training together. Shanks just awakened his Conqueror's Haki, so he needs to practice controlling it. And I also hope to train under the suppression of the Conqueror's Haki. That way, I can better adapt to opponents with Conqueror's Haki in the future! You never train anyway, so we naturally didn't invite you!"
After the two of them held their heads and quieted down, Fang Yi softly explained.
Hearing this, Buggy looked at Shanks beside him. After seeing Shanks nod, he laughed loudly to cover up his embarrassment and said, "Hahaha... What? If it's just training, then you can continue!"
"Nonsense! Since you've come here yourself, you'll join today's training!" Fang Yi rolled his eyes and said.
As soon as Buggy heard this, he immediately planned to run away. But how could Fang Yi let him escape?
In the end, Buggy had no choice but to join the training. And because of his presence, Fang Yi specially increased the training volume for today.
By the end, Buggy was so exhausted that he collapsed on the ground and couldn't move.
"From now on... I'll definitely never participate in your training again!" Buggy glared at Fang Yi and Shanks, who looked as if nothing had happened, and said resentfully.
"You just don't exercise enough regularly! Buggy, if you keep going like this, even if you find the treasures in the future, you won't have the strength to carry them away!" Fang Yi said with a smile.
Buggy rolled his eyes and muttered in a low voice, "Do you think I'm stupid? How could I not be able to carry the treasures?"
He didn't believe what Fang Yi said at all. No matter how many treasures there were, he could carry them.
Seeing Buggy's expression, Fang Yi knew what the other was thinking. Just as he was about to tease him a few more words, he suddenly felt the Oro Jackson vibrate.
"What's going on?" Fang Yi steadied himself and asked in surprise.
"I don't know. Let's go to the deck and have a look!" Shanks shook his head. He didn't see any enemy ships around, nor did he hear the alarm from the lookout, so he also had no idea what had happened.
Since they were afraid of disturbing others, the three of them usually practiced at the stern of the ship. And if something happened, everyone would usually gather on the deck.
By the time the three of them reached the deck, most of the crew had already assembled.
"What happened?" Seeing that the crew members seemed confused, Fang Yi couldn't help but ask.
"I'm not sure. It seemed that we hit something just now. Sambel has gone down to check!" Peterum shook his head and replied.
They didn't know what had happened either, but everyone had felt the vibration just now.
"Hit something?" Fang Yi was stunned for a moment, then he looked around like the other crew members, but there didn't seem to be anything on the sea.
After a while, the fish - men Sambel returned to the ship and told everyone that there was nothing at the bottom of the sea.
"Boom~~Boom~~" But at this moment, the ship's hull vibrated several more times, seemingly even more violently than before.
"What on earth is it?" Fang Yi went to the ship's railing, but didn't notice anything.
Not only him, but even Roger and Rayleigh didn't find anything either.
"It's a bit strange! Could it be something invisible attacking us?" Rayleigh activated his Observation Haki, but still didn't detect anything abnormal. The perception ability of Observation Haki was very strong, but due to individual differences among people, the effects it presented were also different.
Rayleigh used his Observation Haki to perceive the opponent's movements, so he wasn't very proficient in searching for enemies.
Another well - known user of Observation Haki in the future was Princess Otohime of the fish - men tribe. She had the so - called Observation Haki which was known for its strongest perception ability, which could sense other people's emotions and even thoughts, almost like mind - reading.
There was also the future vice - captain of the BIG MOM Pirates, Katakuri, known as the invincible one. His Observation Haki could briefly foresee the future, and its effect in battle was simply amazing.
Apart from these two, among the strong who emerged after the Navy's large-scale recruitment in the future, Issho (also known as Fujitora), who was directly recognized as having the strength of an Admiral, had quite remarkable Observation Haki. It was said that he had the widest perception range and could even sense meteorites flying through the universe.
Compared with these people, Fang Yi felt like his Observation Haki was a fake. Not only was its perception range limited, but its perception ability was not very strong either. Moreover, his Observation Haki seemed to be able to sense the direction of life. Within its range, he could sense the existence of life energy, thereby determining the specific location and life intensity of the other party.
Perhaps because his Observation Haki was not naturally awakened but given by the system, this kind of Observation Haki was indeed quite suitable for an archer, but it didn't play a significant role in ordinary battles.
"Don't tell me some strange thing has set its sights on us again?" Buggy, standing beside Fang Yi, seemed to think of something and said with a troubled expression.
"Buggy, you jinx! Can you stop talking nonsense! It's very likely just the tremors from the seabed that made our ship shake. It's nothing serious!" Obviously, Fang Yi had the same thought as Buggy, but he simply didn't want to face it.
"Guys, be careful! It seems something is approaching us!" At this moment, Captain Roger suddenly ran to the bow of the Oro Jackson and shouted loudly.
Hearing this, Fang Yi didn't hesitate. He directly flipped over and climbed up the lookout tower along the ship's ropes. He immediately grabbed the bow and arrow on his back.
The other crew members also got ready for battle to face the upcoming fight.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Sure enough, not long after Roger's words, the hull of the Oro Jackson shook again.
"Damn it! What on earth is it?" Unable to bear it anymore, Buggy directly used his ability. Leaving his feet on the deck, he flew directly into the air to scout and see what was attacking them.
"Buggy, did you see anything?" Watching Buggy fly over his head, Fang Yi couldn't help shouting.
Although he was also on the mast, his view was definitely not as good as Buggy's, so he didn't notice anything.
"There's nothing there!" Buggy flew around the Oro Jackson in a circle and said with a confused look on his face.
Just then, Buggy suddenly seemed to see something. With an expression of disbelief on his face, he shouted loudly, "Here it comes! There seems to be something coming from underwater!"
At the same time, Roger, standing at the bow of the Oro Jackson, held his long sword and said softly, "Here it comes!"
Hearing this, Fang Yi didn't hesitate. He directly jumped up, grabbed Buggy's body, and hung on him. The two of them swayed and floated in the air.
"Damn it! Get off me! I can't hold on anymore!" Buggy didn't expect Fang Yi to do this. He almost fell just then.
However, Fang Yi ignored him and looked down. Below the Oro Jackson, a huge shadow appeared. Immediately after that, the whole ship began to shake violently. After that, the area of the shadow started to shrink, as if the creature was leaving.
"Want to leave after coming?" Roger, standing at the bow of the ship, seemed to have been waiting for the creature. He sent a Slash towards the seawater below.
"Boom~~~"
The powerful Slash directly split the sea surface. The shadow beneath the seawater also seemed to be cut in half by Roger, but there was no blood or wailing.
After the Slash passed and the seawater slowly closed up, the shadow actually began to close up as well.
"What... How is this possible?" Buggy and Fang Yi blurted out in disbelief in unison.
"What happened?" When Fang Yi and Buggy returned to the deck, Shanks asked curiously. He didn't see the scene just now, but Captain Roger's Slash had already shocked him greatly. With an attack of this level, no matter what the creature was, it must have had a hard time, right!
But after Fang Yi told what he had seen just now, not only Shanks but also the other crew members looked incredulous.
"Being cut in half and still able to recover as the seawater closes up?" Cook Yao Yi rubbed his chin, as if he'd thought of something.