Chapter 75: All Within the Plan!
Whoosh!!
The fierce wind howled. Sag's fur cloak on his back was whipped violently, making flapping sounds, and his white hair danced chaotically.
On the deck, besides him and Renettia who stood stable, Lily and Marika could barely maintain their balance. The rest of the crew staggered in the fierce wind, clinging desperately to fixed objects to avoid being blown away.
Beneath the Death Omen Star, monstrous waves surged. Compared to these waves, the ship was like a baby atop an adult's head; there was no way to stop the advance of the giant waves.
"How can this be?"
Lily said incredulously, "This wind and these waves are too big!"
She had already anticipated strong winds and waves as much as possible, but she had still underestimated them.
In the East Blue, she had never witnessed storms and waves of this magnitude. It simply defied common sense.
"This is the Grand Line, Lily."
Even amidst this fierce wind, Marika's expression didn't change much, still holding a gentle smile. "They say it's unpredictable, and indeed it is."
"Even if it's unpredictable, it shouldn't…" Lily started to say, then suddenly paused, subconsciously glancing at Sag, pursed her lips, and said, "Hmm, it's also possible."
Sag: "..."
He felt somewhat offended.
He glanced at the raging storm around them, then walked to the edge of the ship and looked behind. The waves were not only enormous but also had a powerful momentum. The entire area behind them was a surging tide, and under the influence of this storm, there was no way to brake.
Even Renettia's small face was flushed red, still struggling to maintain the ship's propulsion left and right, preventing the fierce wind and large waves from tilting it.
*Still need this girl.* Otherwise, just a ship capable of sailing safely in the East Blue, without her, would have capsized long ago upon entering the Grand Line.
Sag was quite used to this.
It was the same when he did other things before. When he was unlucky at first, he still felt it was just bad luck, small problems, just increase the investment.
If the farming seeds weren't good, spend money to buy better seeds, change to better land. Finally managed to get some sprouts, then insects came…
Couldn't catch fish while fishing? Then the fishing rod wasn't good, the bait spot wasn't prepared well!
Spent a fortune on fish bait, then shoved it all in. Used the expensive fishing rod to fish again. As a result, fish schools were indeed attracted, and even a small sea beast was attracted, emerged from the water, gave him a thumbs up, and then left.
It made Sag so angry he broke the fishing rod.
From then on, he understood a principle: the greater the investment, the greater the bad luck.
For example, now, he had obtained a ship that could sail safely in wind and waves, but as soon as he entered the Grand Line, it almost capsized.
But it didn't matter!
"As long as strength is sufficient, everything will still be under control!" Sag clenched his fist, smiling confidently.
Just the ship wasn't enough, so what about adding an ability user?
With Renettia here, this ship wouldn't capsize!
Just like, no matter how unlucky he was, hadn't he still survived? Not only that, he had finally waited for an opportunity and taken steps towards his dream.
Renettia was his subordinate! She was also a part of the pirate crew. Otherwise, why establish a pirate crew? A solitary pirate could achieve nothing.
"Sag, something's not quite right!" Renettia struggled to maintain the ship's braking, her face flushed red. "I can't seem to get the ship down, I can't even make it stop. Something is pushing it forward!"
Her Dynamic ability, even if it couldn't make the ship leave the storm, should at least guarantee it could stop completely. This way, they could wait for the big wave to pass and descend onto the sea. But now, she couldn't even do that.
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, Sag was stunned at first, then a red dot flashed in his pupils, making him subconsciously look towards the large wave. "There's something!"
As his voice fell, the overall mass of the large wave's seawater dissipated, revealing huge cyan skin.
"Sea, Sea King!!" Renettia cried out in shock.
It was a cyan Sea King resembling a loach, rapidly roaming the sea surface. The Death Omen Star, two or three times the size of an HQ large warship, was carried on its head, appearing as tiny as a black hat.
*Boom!*
The loach leaped up like a fish leaping over the dragon gate, carrying the Death Omen Star even higher. At the same time, its head tilted downwards, about to slam into the sea surface.
If it slammed them in, the huge impact force would smash the entire ship into the sea.
*Buzz!*
Just as the Sea King was about to descend, the surrounding fierce wind seemed to stop for an instant.
Lily swallowed, subconsciously gripping her sword hilt.
Marika's smiling eyes opened, revealing a clear, cold gaze like the moon.
Renettia, at this moment, stopped using her ability.
Besides them, only Gin was slightly better off, but his body was trembling violently, wanting to struggle to stop, but unable to do so.
As for the other pirates on deck, some of them rolled their eyes and collapsed at this moment.
"Eh? What happened? What happened?" Pearl covered his head with both hands, looking panicked at those who had inexplicably fallen.
In that instant, the descending loach's body suddenly straightened. Its tail stood tall out of the seawater, falling into a brief stagnation.
The current Haoshoku Haki still couldn't be released precisely. Even though Sag was trying his best to control it, at such close range, some people were still impacted.
"Stop! Animal!"
Sag's right hand wrapped around a cluster of black flowing fire-like Haki. As his five fingers knocked on his knuckles, he struck down with all the Haki following his palm.
"Tenha Kassatsu!!" (Heaven-Breaking Life-Killing!!)
*Boom!*
Haki bombarded the top of this loach Sea King's head, unexpectedly creating a dent on its head. The secret technique of Hokuto Shinken carried Haki, penetrating the pressure point on the loach's head, directly causing a fountain of blood to spray from the dent.
"Aooo!!"
Under this sharp pain, the loach opened its mouth and roared out a fierce sound wave, plowing a brief ditch in the sea surface ahead. At the same time, its head swung, lowered heavily, and threw the Death Omen Star off its head. Its body drilled into the seabed, causing a huge splash to pour outwards.
And the Death Omen Star, flying rapidly in the sky, maintained its altitude for a while, then plunged downwards fiercely, splashing open the sea surface, followed by violent shaking, but finally stopped steadily.
"Phew…"
Renettia stabilized the ship, then sat down on the deck with a plop, wiping the sweat from her head. "That was a huge Sea King."
"It's not just Sea Kings."
Lily drew her rapier, Shirai, looked forward, and said coldly, "There are also Marines!"
The location where the Death Omen Star landed was right in front of three warships sailing head-on.
If it were any other pirate crew, after experiencing so many things and encountering the Marines again, they would definitely feel extremely unlucky, their time having come!
But Sag…
"Didn't they just arrive? My original plan was also to find someone at sea and rob a Log Pose."
Sag revealed a trace of a smile. "Now, my plan is realized. Isn't the Log Pose here now!"
*What unlucky or not unlucky…*
*It was all within his plan!*
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