Pirate: It’s not a phantom beast, it’s a phantom god!

Chapter 75 The Yellow Bird's Battle (Part 2)

In a banquet hall on the floating island, Shiki and the leaders of the Flying Pirates were sitting at the table, enjoying the fine wine and food brought from the four seas.

The decoration of the banquet hall is very luxurious, and is not inferior to the main hall of the royal palace of some countries.

The four majestic pillars and supporting beams are made of top-grade ironwood covered with delicate red paint, and the four walls are gorgeous golden in color and painted with exquisite relief paintings.

The floor beneath your feet is made of rare purple maple wood, and after waxing, its luster is no less than that of the softest jade.

"Captain Shiki, is there something you want to call us here for?"

A sharp-eyed cadre put down his chopsticks and looked up to ask.

He had just received a sudden notice from Shiji a few hours ago asking him to come here to attend the banquet.

On the way here, the cadre was still confused, because this kind of last-minute banquet was not in line with Shi Ji's style.

Moreover, the venue of the banquet was not the usual banquet hall on the flagship of the Sky Pirates, but was directly located on the floating island, a place where outsiders were not allowed to enter.

When the other pirates heard someone speak first, they also put down their chopsticks and looked up at the chief seat.

Seeing this, Shi Ji drank the sake in the bowl, then wiped it with his sleeve and glanced at the people below.

"Well... almost everyone has arrived. There's no need to wait for those who haven't come yet!"

"I won't keep you in suspense any longer. I called you all here today just for this!"

After saying that, he stood up and stretched out his palm, only to see a life card floating in his palm.

"Boss Shiqi, what is this?"

"It's John's life card."

Lighting a cigar, Shiki answered bluntly.

"John?!"

"Hasn't he been killed by you, Captain? How come he still has a life card?"

Most of the pirates below were shocked. They had heard from Shiqi himself that John was dead, but now a life card suddenly appeared...

Where did this thing come from, and why bring it out now?
These questions began to linger in the minds of the pirates.

Only a few cadres at the table lowered their brows in deep thought, as if they understood something.

"John is not dead. I let him escape on purpose."

Shi Ji smiled and informed the many cadres below of the news with confidence, while observing their reactions.

"Are you trying to play hard to get and let John lead us to the treasure himself?"

Some of the quick-witted pirates had already reacted.

Upon hearing this, Shi Ji glanced at the cadre who had seen through his plan, who was the first person to ask the question, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Hahahahaha!"

"That's right!"

"John thought he had escaped, so he would definitely go to the buried treasure. That greedy man couldn't bear to be separated from his treasure."

Knowing John's true nature, Shiki was certain that the man would retrieve the hidden treasure as soon as he was sure of his own safety.

"Then we are now..."

"Each of you take one of John's life cards and locate John's approximate location as quickly as possible from different directions."

"Don't rush to attack him after you find him. Just make sure he remains within our surveillance range and doesn't lose him."

"And when he can't help but take out the treasure, that's when we close the net!"

Shi Ji didn't waste any time and directly told his plan, and then arranged the tasks.

"Hainar, take half of the men and spread out your search to the north."

"Chet, take your other half and go south."

"You two must maintain constant communication and report your positions in real time."

"Yes!"

Heinar and the pirate who spoke first received the order at the same time.

Theoretically, it is difficult to lock a person's position in the vast ocean with just a life card. The life card can only roughly show the direction of its owner.

Even if you use several life cards in cross directions to narrow the range, there is a high probability of missing the target.

But the Flying Pirates have an advantage that no one else can match.

That is, they can search for targets on the sea surface from the air, which greatly reduces the possibility of missing the target.

Moreover, the addition of a z-axis coordinate also greatly increases the field of view and accuracy of the search, making the life card tracking method that originally relied heavily on luck a truly practical method.

The pirates below also became excited when they heard Shiki's plan.

Unexpectedly, the treasure they thought they had lost was back before their eyes, so they stepped forward and took a small piece of the life card. "You are all veterans of the group, so I won't say much."

"But there is one thing you must remember! Don't let anyone else know about this! Including the affiliated pirate groups below."

"If anyone can't control his mouth after returning..."

Shiki's voice began to turn cold and his aura became dangerous.

"I'm going to chop him up and throw him off the floating island to feed the fish! Got it?"

This time he only notified the leaders of the Hiku Pirates to come here because he was afraid that the news would be leaked in advance.

At that time, it would be a troublesome matter whether it was noticed by John or Linlin Kaido and others, after all, lions have no habit of sharing their prey.

"Understood, Boss! We save it."

"Don't worry, Captain."

"Haha, we will definitely get the treasure this time!"

The leaders of the Flying Pirates patted their chests and made promises, then left the banquet hall impatiently, ready to hunt down John.

Looking at the pirates returning to the surface of the sea on the 'Floating Stone', Shiki put his hands behind his back, with an unconcealable ambition in his eyes.

"Just watch in hell, Rocks. Whatever you can't do, I will do it for you."

……

That night, there was a gentle breeze on the sea.

"We're almost there, sis. We can already see the outline of the island."

Ouba, who was standing at the front of the deck and checking the direction, said.

In her sight, the peculiarly shaped volcano on Fenrir Island was the most conspicuous landmark, and the ancient lighthouse standing on the edge of the island did not seem to play its due role this time.

"Really? Is this our new base? It looks pretty good."

La, who had been sitting in a chair, listening to Osi's story about her glorious deeds of conquering cities and islands, stood up when he heard this.

She walked to Ouba's side and looked towards the place where the flickering lights were in the distance.

Seeing that La seemed interested in the new base, Osira quickly followed and told her what he had seen and heard on the island.

"I'm telling you, Sister La.

This island called Fen is much bigger than our original one, and there are many shops and delicious food on the island.

I saw a shop selling marshmallows that could be shaped into many different animals, including one in the shape of a cockroach..."

La could naturally see the prosperity of Fenrir Island.

Although she was still quite some distance away from the island and it was still pitch black at night, with her extraordinary senses, she could already see the scenery of Fenrir Island clearly.

Even though the island had just gone through a major upheaval with a change of flag, the lights were still on, as if it had not been affected at all.

If you look carefully, you can hear all kinds of hawking and shouting.

It also seems to be a typical "New World" style island.

"Did Captain Kaido tell me about the situation on his side after he came back?"

La suddenly changed the topic to Kaido.

"No."

Oubey shook his head and then added:
“But I asked that guy Jhin, and he said that John’s treasure was not found on Beehive Island.

And John himself seemed to have been killed directly by that guy called Golden Lion."

"Yes, yes, those two guys brought back many boxes of treasure, but the pirates who followed them said that these were just some leftovers.

I also want to see what the so-called Rocks' treasure is~"

Ossie said disappointedly.

“That’s a bit regrettable indeed.

However, our goal has been achieved, and this operation has been successfully completed."

La's idea is similar to Kaido's.

Now that the territory has been taken and the main goal has been achieved, it doesn't matter whether the treasure is found or not.

This is what it’s like when traveling on the sea. Even though they could clearly see the island, it still took them quite a while to actually arrive there.

After docking the boat in the harbor, lowering the sails and dropping anchor, the group walked off the boat and set foot on the land of their new base.

Unexpectedly, Burfat and Jhin were both standing by the dock waiting for them.

(End of this chapter)