radicalducati Chapter 288 Nine Major Shifts in Direction
Chapter 288 Nine Major Shifts in Direction
Chapter 288: A 90-Degree Directional Change
Gudong!Gudong!
Hill Bot ignored Aisha's departure, not even glancing back at the lively scene on the deck behind him.
At this moment, his brows were slightly furrowed, his eyes were deep, and he was facing the sea in front of him, his mind replaying Mu Chong's words, as if deep in thought.
Into the night
The night sky was still full of stars.
In the royal palace of the Kingdom of Soderle, in an extremely luxurious study, a candlelight flickered intermittently.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty! I still haven't been able to contact Prince Sordkis... Your Majesty..."
A Kingdom telephone operator, dressed in gray clothes and wearing a wide-brimmed hat, stood shakily at the doorway of the study, his body hunched over and his forehead bowed low. Despite the lavish decorations around him, he could feel a chilling aura constantly seeping into his body.
"Heh heh heh heh! You're so useless! It's been almost half a day and you're only now telling me that Sordkis has gone missing?"
On the right side of the study stood a row of luxurious sofas, where a man shrouded in a long black robe was currently reclining limply.
Because the lighting around the sofa was dim, the man's features were completely obscured, but the sound he made earlier caused the operator to immediately kneel on the floor.
boom!
Boom!Boom!Boom!
"Your Majesty, spare me! Your Majesty, spare me! I don't know the reason! I really don't know..."
The operator's forehead slammed repeatedly against the floor as if oblivious to the pain, while she continued shouting rapidly. Perhaps at that moment, even the operator herself didn't know what she was saying.
Slurp! Slurp!
But just then, a faint sound suddenly rang out in the study. The operator's hysterical shouts abruptly stopped, because he vaguely sensed that the sound was slowly approaching him.
"Ah!!! Your Majesty..."
Swish!
"Waaaaah..."
Sensing danger, the operator was about to shout when a long, dark shadow suddenly emerged from the darkness on her right, wrapped around her neck, and pulled her into the darkness with incredible speed.
Click!Click!
The next moment, a sound like bones breaking or shattering came from the darkness, but after only a short while, there was no more sound.
"Out of contact? Heh heh heh heh! So, who exactly attacked Sordkis?"
The man, slumped on the sofa, made a strange sound in the dim light, asking a question, but no one in the empty study answered him.
Guaou! Guaou!
The following day at noon, in the waters of the Grand Line, snow-white seagulls glided gently across the surface, snatching small fish from the water before chasing each other and flying into the distance.
A medium-sized twin-sailed ship, its bow forcefully pushing through the water, was moving forward at an incredible speed.
Meanwhile, a man and a cat, with their legs dangling over the edge of the boat and holding fishing rods, were shouting loudly.
"Hey! Enel! The Liberty is going too fast, the fish in the sea can't catch my fishing hook!"
"Meow!! Meow!!"
Mu Chong gripped the fishing rod tightly, his body swaying in the wind, yet the rod remained perfectly still. Beside him, the white cat Mu Mu clung to the rod with both paws, its fur flying wildly in the wind, stubbornly persisting.
"Wow! That's amazing! I've never seen such a fast ship before!"
"Yes! Yes! That's amazing!"
Meanwhile, the group of underlings standing on the deck were contentedly enjoying the speed of the wind; who had shouted too fast was no longer important.
"Huh? Hey! Island spotted ahead! Slow down! You idiot Enel! Slow down! Are you planning to crash into it?"
Just then, Slade, who was standing on the observation deck of the Liberty, suddenly shouted loudly and gripped the handrails of the observation deck tightly with both hands.
"Ah!! Too fast! We're going to crash!"
"Ah!! I don't have a woman yet! I don't want to die!"
"Ah! Help!"
The group of underlings, who were just enjoying the speed of the wind, suddenly changed their demeanor, hugging each other tightly as if it were the end of the world.
"Hahahaha! Everyone! Hold on tight! The helm is in my hands, how could anything go wrong!"
In the ship's control room, Dick, gripping the helm of the Liberty tightly, shouted loudly, then his expression turned serious as if facing a formidable enemy.
Splash!
Meanwhile, the Freedom was approaching the island ahead at an extremely high speed. Even though Enel had now cut off the power output, the ship's inherent inertia still gave it a terrifying speed.
"Ah!!! Brother Dick!!!"
At this critical moment, everyone on the deck of the Liberty, even the man and cat still fishing along the ship's edge, all shouted in unison, "Dick!"
"Hahahaha! Leave it to me!"
Inside the cabin of the Freedom, Dick's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he stared intently at the sea ahead.
Swish!
The next moment, Dick swiftly turned the Liberty's rudder fully to left, and the steering wheel spun wildly in his hands.
creak!
Splash!
At the same time, the Freedom ship suddenly changed direction by almost ninety degrees, causing everyone on board to be tossed about by the swaying motion.
The person and cat sitting on the edge of the boat were thrown out and were about to fall into the sea.
"Meow!! Meow!!!"
"Hahahaha! This is so exciting! Everyone! Charge forward! Freedom!"
Mu Chong and the white cat Mu Mu, who had been thrown out, were suspended in mid-air. Mu Chong held a fishing rod in one hand and pointed forward with his index and middle fingers together, shouting loudly.
As if pulled by some force, at the same moment Mu Chong shouted, the Freedom, which was about to tilt due to the turn, changed direction again, and the entire ship was abruptly straightened.
Splash!
In an instant, huge waves exploded, and the seawater around the ship surged even higher.
"Ah!! I survived! I survived!"
"Wow! That was terrifying!!"
The moment the Liberty returned to normal, the crew quickly collapsed onto the deck, looking as if they had just escaped a disaster.
"Wow! That's really reliable, Dick!"
Meanwhile, Mu Chong and Mu Mu, who had been hovering in mid-air, had returned to the Freedom. The former, looking at the approaching island, said with satisfaction...
boom!
"Captain! This island should be the island where the Kingdom of Sodler is located!"
Just then, Slad descended from above onto the deck of the Liberty, walked slowly to the side of the wooden embankment, and pointed to the coastline that kept passing by on the right, saying...
"Captain! May we all go ashore?"
As soon as Slad finished speaking, the crew members of the Liberty appeared one by one beside Mu Chong, looking at him expectantly.
"This……"
"Heroic sir, please log in with peace of mind. Leave the Freedom to us!"
"That's right! My lords! Please relax and hand over the ship to us!"
Just as Mu Chong was about to speak, his underlings on the deck spoke first, each of them passionately outlining their ideas.
"Oh? Hahahaha! Alright! Then I'll leave the Liberty to you all! Please take good care of him!"
Looking at the burning gazes ahead, Mu Chong's own eyes gradually hardened. Laughing and speaking, he gave everyone a thumbs-up.
"Roar!!!!"
"Let's go! To the island!"
As soon as the Freedom ship came to a stop, amidst the shouts of his underlings, Mu Chong flicked his white robe, waved his hand, and gave the order, leading the way towards the island.