The total number of boats participating in the race was 474 at the final count, far exceeding Shobe's expectations.
All these participating boats took a full two hours to enter the capture site.
Raine looked in the distance and saw that the large ships were docked at the outskirts of the competition area so that only Hades' G-class main ship was left in the Siciliy trading market, and the rest of the place was empty.
Raine retracted his gaze and observed the situation around him, many ships surrounding him not far away. There are warships, merchant ships, fishing boats, and all kinds of.
There were some excellent performance ships and the crew was four or five times more than them.
And they have conspicuous flags flying on their poles, painted with various symbols, navy, bounty groups, or some other symbols Raine does not recognize.
These people are not only strong, but they also have backers...
Usually, the boats that race here are between 10 and 15 meters. Raine is 12 meters long, which is not a bad length, but he only has one mast and four crew members. It seems to others that they are here to play.
"Just four crew members on that boat. Are they really here to catch fish?"
"Can four people catch fish? I'm afraid they are here to make trouble. We'd better stay away from them. They don't have many people, but that ramming horn is a bit scary."
Gradually, a few boats around Raine changed their places secretly.
Raine is also a bit depressed. Originally he hid in the middle of many ships; the Punishment Bounty Group could not catch them easily. Now well, the surrounding ships avoid him just like the plague, leaving him a large piece of empty space around him.
"Forget it. I guess the Punishment Bounty guy won't make a move at the beginning. Let's catch the fish first." Raine analyzed.
Not long after, the Gold Foot Merchant's main ship stopped at the race area's outer edge. A large stage was set up on their deck, and a short fat man said with a megaphone impassionedly, "Everyone, all 474 ships for this tournament are ready."
"Everybody, the exciting fishing competition is about to begin. The pearls scattered in the sea are under your boats!"
"Due to a large number of boats, please pay attention to safety. If a collision occurs, we are not responsible."
Raine cursed the crooked businessman in his heart! He actually said they are not responsible with a righteous attitude.
Perhaps people's minds have accepted the world's cruelty in this era, so no one raised any objections.
"Good, Let the game begin!"
The fat man's speech finally ended, but the ships on the sea did not move.
The cucumber fish are so shrewd that any wind and movement will scare them away. Everyone does not dare to take any action when facing the approaching fish,
Five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes...
At this very moment, Raine suddenly stared eyed wide. (Although he had no eyes) He saw it!
In the coral reef below them appeared suddenly a large number of fish figures. They swim quickly from the bottom of the sea.
Raine was shocked! He guessed correctly!
A large number of fish out of the coral reef formed a spectacular picture.
At this point, the fish were not showing their heads elsewhere, and others didn't know that Raine's side had already appeared fish, so now was the perfect opportunity for Raine!
Raine observed the situation below the surface, waited for them to come up to the harpoon range, and suddenly fired his harpoons.
"Pull the net!" Raine ordered at the same time.
Although the harpoons were not designed to shoot those cucumber fish, his harpoons had been modified with a net tied. When he fired the harpoon, it was equivalent to firing a fishing net.
Raine's shooting has always been systematically aimed. The direction is certainly not a problem; he clearly saw harpoons and nets soaring towards the school of fish, but those cucumber fish immediately spotted the danger, and the original dense fish scattered at once.
Only a few slow-reacting fish were caught, struggling desperately in the net.
Raine could not help but regret it. He thought his shot was very accurate. Originally he thought he will rich.
"These cucumber fish are too smart!"
The crew hurriedly went to pull the ropes.
Some of the surrounding boats saw the action here and all looked gloating.
"When did they launch the net? The fish have not come up yet. Not only did they fail to catch the fish, but also they disturbed them!"
"It's really a group of rookies, not calm at all."
"Doesn't matter. It's better to disturb the fish to our sides and let us make a fortune!"
In full view of everyone, Avril pulled up the fishing net.
And there was a vague cucumber fish figure in the water... and more than one!
There was silence all around.
"Oh, Captain, just seven!" Avril said with a full disappointed face.
There was a sound of someone collapsing from all around.
What do you mean by "just seven"? Is seven not enough?
Not only did they catch the cucumber fish, but also they caught seven!
"How did they find out the cucumber fish came out?"
"I've never seen anyone catch so many cucumber fish in one net, and this was when the fish didn't appear!"
"Holy shit, That's worth 14 pearls, enough for three ship mission!"
At this moment, many cucumber fish rose from the bottom of the sea, and people could see a large number of fish figures swimming on the bottom with the naked eye.
Now, the whole sea was suddenly lively, and all the ships started like crazy.
Oars and sails were all in place, and countless boats began to move. The crew members began to launch their nets frantically.
Those swimming in the sea are all pearls!
It was also at this time that many boats occurred friction.
The bow collided, the stern collided, and even the nets cast got tangled together.
Some crew even jumped on others' boats and started tearing up.
Raine now breathed a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, the boat in his around is less, otherwise, estimated he will be bumped a few times.
Some boats gradually emerged from the encirclement amid the chaos, chased the cucumber fish quickly, and cast the nets skilled.
However, those cucumber fish were like parkour runners through layers of obstacles at the bottom of the sea, traveling between fishing nets flexibly.
Many people cast nets, but nothing.
"Well, it turns out that catching cucumber fish is so difficult..." Avril was embarrassed, "Captain, I misunderstood you."
The total number of boats participating in the race was 474 at the final count, far exceeding Shobe's expectations.
All these participating boats took a full two hours to enter the capture site.
Raine looked in the distance and saw that the large ships were docked at the outskirts of the competition area so that only Hades' G-class main ship was left in the Siciliy trading market, and the rest of the place was empty.
Raine retracted his gaze and observed the situation around him, many ships surrounding him not far away. There are warships, merchant ships, fishing boats, and all kinds of.
There were some excellent performance ships and the crew was four or five times more than them.
And they have conspicuous flags flying on their poles, painted with various symbols, navy, bounty groups, or some other symbols Raine does not recognize.
These people are not only strong, but they also have backers...
Usually, the boats that race here are between 10 and 15 meters. Raine is 12 meters long, which is not a bad length, but he only has one mast and four crew members. It seems to others that they are here to play.
"Just four crew members on that boat. Are they really here to catch fish?"
"Can four people catch fish? I'm afraid they are here to make trouble. We'd better stay away from them. They don't have many people, but that ramming horn is a bit scary."
Gradually, a few boats around Raine changed their places secretly.
Raine is also a bit depressed. Originally he hid in the middle of many ships; the Punishment Bounty Group could not catch them easily. Now well, the surrounding ships avoid him just like the plague, leaving him a large piece of empty space around him.
"Forget it. I guess the Punishment Bounty guy won't make a move at the beginning. Let's catch the fish first." Raine analyzed.
Not long after, the Gold Foot Merchant's main ship stopped at the race area's outer edge. A large stage was set up on their deck, and a short fat man said with a megaphone impassionedly, "Everyone, all 474 ships for this tournament are ready."
"Everybody, the exciting fishing competition is about to begin. The pearls scattered in the sea are under your boats!"
"Due to a large number of boats, please pay attention to safety. If a collision occurs, we are not responsible."
Raine cursed the crooked businessman in his heart! He actually said they are not responsible with a righteous attitude.
Perhaps people's minds have accepted the world's cruelty in this era, so no one raised any objections.
"Good, Let the game begin!"
The fat man's speech finally ended, but the ships on the sea did not move.
The cucumber fish are so shrewd that any wind and movement will scare them away. Everyone does not dare to take any action when facing the approaching fish,
Five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes...
At this very moment, Raine suddenly stared eyed wide. (Although he had no eyes) He saw it!
In the coral reef below them appeared suddenly a large number of fish figures. They swim quickly from the bottom of the sea.
Raine was shocked! He guessed correctly!
A large number of fish out of the coral reef formed a spectacular picture.
At this point, the fish were not showing their heads elsewhere, and others didn't know that Raine's side had already appeared fish, so now was the perfect opportunity for Raine!
Raine observed the situation below the surface, waited for them to come up to the harpoon range, and suddenly fired his harpoons.
"Pull the net!" Raine ordered at the same time.
Although the harpoons were not designed to shoot those cucumber fish, his harpoons had been modified with a net tied. When he fired the harpoon, it was equivalent to firing a fishing net.
Raine's shooting has always been systematically aimed. The direction is certainly not a problem; he clearly saw harpoons and nets soaring towards the school of fish, but those cucumber fish immediately spotted the danger, and the original dense fish scattered at once.
Only a few slow-reacting fish were caught, struggling desperately in the net.
Raine could not help but regret it. He thought his shot was very accurate. Originally he thought he will rich.
"These cucumber fish are too smart!"
The crew hurriedly went to pull the ropes.
Some of the surrounding boats saw the action here and all looked gloating.
"When did they launch the net? The fish have not come up yet. Not only did they fail to catch the fish, but also they disturbed them!"
"It's really a group of rookies, not calm at all."
"Doesn't matter. It's better to disturb the fish to our sides and let us make a fortune!"
In full view of everyone, Avril pulled up the fishing net.
And there was a vague cucumber fish figure in the water... and more than one!
There was silence all around.
"Oh, Captain, just seven!" Avril said with a full disappointed face.
There was a sound of someone collapsing from all around.
What do you mean by "just seven"? Is seven not enough?
Not only did they catch the cucumber fish, but also they caught seven!
"How did they find out the cucumber fish came out?"
"I've never seen anyone catch so many cucumber fish in one net, and this was when the fish didn't appear!"
"Holy shit, That's worth 14 pearls, enough for three ship mission!"
At this moment, many cucumber fish rose from the bottom of the sea, and people could see a large number of fish figures swimming on the bottom with the naked eye.
Now, the whole sea was suddenly lively, and all the ships started like crazy.
Oars and sails were all in place, and countless boats began to move. The crew members began to launch their nets frantically.
Those swimming in the sea are all pearls!
It was also at this time that many boats occurred friction.
The bow collided, the stern collided, and even the nets cast got tangled together.
Some crew even jumped on others' boats and started tearing up.
Raine now breathed a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, the boat in his around is less, otherwise, estimated he will be bumped a few times.
Some boats gradually emerged from the encirclement amid the chaos, chased the cucumber fish quickly, and cast the nets skilled.
However, those cucumber fish were like parkour runners through layers of obstacles at the bottom of the sea, traveling between fishing nets flexibly.
Many people cast nets, but nothing.
"Well, it turns out that catching cucumber fish is so difficult..." Avril was embarrassed, "Captain, I misunderstood you."
