"Ooh~~ The captain's back! Looks like the enemies have been taken care of!" A pirate chatting with Fang Yi suddenly grinned and shouted towards the bow of the ship.
"Yo! Kid, why'd you come out?" Fang Yi turned around and saw Roger and his men coming back, grinning victoriously.
"After all, you guys saved me, so I came out to see if I could be of any help!" Fang Yi glanced at Rayleigh, suppressing his excitement, and said with a smile.
Just now, he'd tried. He'd secretly approached several pirates who'd stayed on the ship, but the check - in effect (a special effect triggered by interacting with certain characters) wasn't triggered. He even let them pat him on the shoulder on purpose, but still nothing happened.
So he guessed that maybe he had to meet the famous figures in the Pirate King's world.
On the Roger Pirates' ship, apart from Roger himself, the most well - known person is definitely Rayleigh.
But Rayleigh seemed extremely sensitive to gazes. So when he saw Fang Yi constantly looking at him, he instinctively gave Fang Yi a smile, which actually startled Fang Yi.
"Wa hahaha... Really? The other side were the navy, and we're pirates who do all kinds of evil. Are you sure it's okay?" Roger laughed heartily upon hearing Fang Yi's words.
Fang Yi smiled awkwardly and said, "In this world... Who would write 'bad guy' on their forehead? And there aren't that many true righteous people! If possible... I hope to join you!"
"Join us?" Roger looked at Fang Yi in surprise and asked, "As a pirate?"
"Yeah, anyway, I've got nowhere else to go!" Fang Yi nodded and replied.
This was the conclusion he reached after careful thought. When Roger and the others were away, he learned from the crew that this was the second half of the Grand Line, known as the New World.
But it seemed they still didn't know about the Road Poneglyphs. That meant the Roger Pirates hadn't reached Suisenjima yet and knew nothing about the secrets of the final island.
Of course, it was also possible that they knew something but just didn't tell him.
If this were the East Blue, before entering the Grand Line or just having entered it, Fang Yi would definitely have chosen to get off the ship, find a place to lie low, and slowly develop using his cheat.
But this was the second half of the Grand Line. For Fang Yi now, it was too dangerous. It was much safer to stay with Roger.
"Really?" Roger thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Well, there's nothing for it then! All right, I allow you to come aboard!"
"Wait... Roger! No, he's too young!" Just when Fang Yi let out a sigh of relief, thinking he'd found a backer, Rayleigh spoke up.
"It's okay, Rayleigh! That's exactly why we can't just leave him behind!" Roger waved his hand nonchalantly and said with a smile.
Seeing Roger say that, Rayleigh didn't say much more. He just gave Fang Yi a special look, with a bit of pity in his eyes.
You know, being a pirate isn't a good thing. Don't be fooled by their seemingly cool and carefree appearance. They could run into more powerful foes at any time, leading to the total annihilation of the crew!
Sometimes, even a single storm could wipe out an entire pirate crew!
Although Fang Yi managed to board Roger's ship, currently, he's just an intern crew member.
He's still young and can't really participate in battles. Roger and Rayleigh wanted him to stay on the ship first. They'll let him leave the ship when there's an opportunity or when he grows a bit older.
Just like that, Fang Yi successfully stays on the ship of the future Pirate King, even if he's only an intern crew member.
A few days later, Fang Yi finally gets a clear understanding of his cheat ability.
By interacting with certain specific individuals, Fang Yi can check in with them daily. After checking in, he will receive lottery tickets. Currently, among the Roger Pirates, the three individuals Fang Yi can check in with are Roger, Rayleigh, and Jabba. That means he can get three lottery tickets every day.
As for the lottery wheel, it resets at twelve o'clock every night. After the reset, the prizes on the wheel change accordingly.
So, what he has to do now is to stockpile lottery tickets. Once the item he wants appears, he'll pour all his lottery tickets into it at once. Only in this way can he have a higher chance of getting the item he desires.
Moreover, as he expected, the skill he drew on the first day can indeed be upgraded.
Every time the skill's effect is triggered, the skill's experience increases.
Now, he pesters Rayleigh every day to learn swordsmanship from him. Most of the crew on the ship use swords as weapons, so Fang Yi also chooses the sword. However, he doesn't know if it's because he lacks talent or his body is still too small. He feels that his progress is almost negligible.
Meanwhile, the sniper Petrom often jokes that Fang Yi should learn to use firearms from him because he has keenly noticed that sometimes Fang Yi's attacks are so tricky that people can't dodge them.
One day, Fang Yi is cleaning the deck. As an intern crew member, he usually rushes to do such things to leave a good impression on the crew.
"Captain, there's an island ahead!"
Suddenly, the lookout on the mast shouts with a hint of excitement.
"Wow~~ Finally, there's an island! Wahaha... Guys... Full speed ahead!" Upon hearing this, Roger comes to the bow of the ship, looks up at the front, and says with a big laugh.
Hearing about the island, Fang Yi also holds the mop in his hand and looks ahead curiously. There's a faint small black dot in the front. This is the first time he's seen an island in this world.
"Xiao Yi, how about this? Do you need to buy anything when we land on the island? If you don't have any Beli, I can lend you some!" Rayleigh, standing beside him, sees Fang Yi's excited face and says with a smile.
"No, thanks, Uncle Rayleigh. I appreciate it!" Fang Yi replies with an involuntary twitch of his mouth.
Rayleigh is a nice guy, but he just loves to tease him. Maybe it's because he still looks like a kid?
If he borrowed berries from Rayleigh, the other pirate crew members would definitely swarm around him like leeches and suck him dry of berries! They'd even have the audacity to say it was the reward for taking care of him.
Fang Yi had learned this the hard way more than once in the past few days.
But he knew the pirate crew members were just joking around with him. It was their way of showing affection and closeness.
"Wait, Captain! Something's not right!" Just as the Oro Jackson reached the port and everyone was about to disembark, Sparky Jabba, the ship's navigator, suddenly called out to the group.
"What's up?" Roger asked, looking at Jabba in confusion.
As the third - in - command on Roger's pirate ship, the "Bronze" in the trio of "Gold", "Silver", and "Bronze", Roger took Jabba's words quite seriously.
"Take a look at this!" Jabba showed the Log Pose on his wrist to Roger for a clearer view.
"How could this be? Is it broken?" Everyone was shocked to see the completely malfunctioning Log Pose.
"Impossible. Don't forget the golden rule. Even if you doubt your common sense, don't doubt the Log Pose!" Jabba shook his head and said.
"It seems we have to go to the island and ask around. The residents here must know something!" Rayleigh frowned slightly and said.
"It seems so. Everyone, go to the island to gather information and prepare the necessary supplies! You guys, stay here and guard the ship!" Roger nodded and said.
Among the people he mentioned was Fang Yi, who was still an intern. This was also a way to protect him, as no one knew what was on this island.
Before long, Roger and the others found out what was going on in a tavern in the town.
"So... this is the Final Island?" Roger asked in disbelief.
"Yes. According to the information we gathered, the Log Pose stops working after we arrive here, which means we can't go any further!" Rayleigh nodded and replied.
"Impossible! This ain't the Final Island!" Roger said firmly. "If it were that easy to reach, what kind of Final Island would it be?"
"But... we can't rely on the Log Pose to move forward anymore!" Rayleigh was silent for a moment and then said.
Everyone, including Roger, fell silent.
The atmosphere dropped to freezing point. They seemed to have lost their way forward.
"Guys! Are you going to give up?" At this moment, Roger suddenly grinned and said, "There are so many pirates in this world. I'm sure many of them can reach here, but very few can truly reach the Final Island! Only those who reach that hidden Final Island are worthy of being called - the Pirate King!"
"Since the Captain has said so, how can we not accompany him to the end?"
"Captain! It seems our pirate crew is destined to be the first to reach the Final Island!"
Everyone looked at Roger's smile and seemed to be infected by it. They burst into laughter and regained the courage to never give up until reaching the goal.
"Captain, Mr. Rayleigh, you're back so soon?" Fang Yi, who was feeling a bit bored on the ship, happened to see Roger and the others carrying supplies towards the Oro Jackson. He thought they wouldn't be back until tomorrow at least!
"Yeah! Have a good rest tonight. Y'all can go ashore and have some fun. We'll set sail early tomorrow morning!" Roger smiled at Fang Yi, who came to help carry things, and said.
"Yes, Captain!" Fang Yi was stunned for a moment, then saluted Roger and replied.
As an intern crew member, he couldn't go ashore casually without Roger's order. But just now Roger said that everyone could go ashore to rest tonight, so of course it included him!
Early the next morning, Fang Yi sighed as he watched Shuixianxing Island slowly receding.
He had already learned last night that this was Shuixianxing Island, the theoretical end - point that the Log Pose could reach. Now the entire Roger Pirates had lost their goal and didn't know how to move forward.
However, these had nothing to do with him, a mere intern crew member. Presumably, with the abilities of Roger and Rayleigh, they would sooner or later learn about the existence of the Red Poneglyphs. So Fang Yi didn't bother to talk to Roger about it, and even if he did, Roger might not believe him.
He distributed some gifts he had secretly bought last night to the crew members. This was some Beli he'd earned by selling the standard long - sword and casual clothes he'd won in the system lottery. So the gifts weren't very valuable, but the crew members seemed very happy to receive them. They liked this sensible little intern crew member.
Then Fang Yi successfully got a check - in with Roger, Rayleigh, and Jabba and got three more lottery tickets. After several days of accumulation, he already had fourteen lottery tickets. But there had been no skills on the turntable in these days, so he hadn't drawn yet.