"A school of sharks?!"
Almost all the navy sailors who saw this scene were dumbfounded.
They couldn't understand why, not only did they encounter an extremely rare double whirlpool area in this place, but now even a group of sharks appeared and attacked them.
"Are we really that unlucky?"
Someone murmured in disbelief.
Seeing this, Vivian swung his knife into the sea. The powerful force of the blow instantly created huge waves. Dozens or hundreds of shark corpses emerged from the sea, and were then sucked into the whirlpool by the turbulent current. Blood oozed out, and they were soon washed away without a trace.
However, before everyone had time to be happy, they saw that the speed of the warship suddenly slowed down, and there was even a slight tendency to move backwards.
"What's going on?" Hancock frowned again.
"It seems that the water snakes are injured..." said a soldier from the 19-Snake Pirates, "Their tails were bitten by sharks. I think it's unlikely that they can maintain the same speed as before."
"It's still the same trash as always..."
Hancock couldn't help but curl her lips.
Vivian frowned again as she listened.
Just when everyone's mood was about to turn back to despair, accompanied by a tragic and shrill scream, the ship immediately returned to its original speed and began to move outward gradually, little by little.
"How could it be..."
Domino was confused.
Vivian walked to the stern with a cigarette in his mouth. When he saw the two snakes pushing the warship desperately, ignoring their own injuries and swinging their tails with blood gushing out, he suddenly couldn't hold it in.
"Is it worth it for a master like that?" Vivian asked.
“Hiss—hiss!”
The roar was no longer as powerful as before, and the snake replied to Vivian very weakly.
Domino, seeing this, stepped forward and asked Vivian, "What did they say?"
Having been together for so long, he naturally believed that Vivian could understand the language of animals.
"They said...if Boa Hancock hadn't been willing to feed them when they were young, they would have been gone from this world long ago."
Because they were born with a highly toxic substance in their bodies, the two water snakes were despised by the Nine Snakes Tribe since childhood.
No one wants to keep them. After all, everyone is afraid that one day they might be accidentally bitten while sleeping and lose their life for no apparent reason.
It was not until more than 20 years ago that a little girl of four or five years old took them out of the cave and brought them back to feed them raw meat and let them play and play. In the blink of an eye, eight years had passed.
The two water snakes grew up and became as big as giant sea kings. They were very happy because they could finally carry their most beloved people and travel on the ocean.
But the good times did not last long. Boa Hancock, who was only twelve years old, was kidnapped by human traffickers. When she returned again, it was four or five years later.
"hiss-!"
"What did it say again?" Domino asked.
"Hancock was kidnapped and made a slave because of their negligence."
“Hiss—!”
"So, no matter how Hancock treats them now, it is what they deserve."
Vivian translated the words of the two snakes.
However, Domino's eyes widened when she heard this, and she said in surprise, "What did you just say? The Pirate Queen... was once someone's slave?!"
Vivian: ∑(O_O;)
Oops..
I accidentally translated too fast and let Hancock's biggest secret out.
Fortunately, he had been warned and raised the soundproofing cover in advance to completely block out the sound from their place. Otherwise, Hancock's fragrant foot would have probably kicked him in the face by now.
"Don't tell anyone about this. You've seen that woman's temper. She's even more unreasonable than you are. Plus, she's very powerful. If you don't want a situation like that to happen again, it's better not to provoke her..."
"Who are you saying is unreasonable?" Domino suddenly became unhappy.
Vivian: “…”
"Just pretend I didn't say anything..."
Shaking his head, Vivian immediately removed the soundproof cover, and the warship was completely brought out of the double whirlpool sea area as the two snakes swam regardless of their own injuries.
After a while, Vivian looked at the turbulent water that had been completely left behind, and while heaving a sigh of relief, he quickly shouted to his subordinates, "Quick, go and carry the two snakes in the sea to the deck."
"Yes, sir!"
...
The nearly thirty-meter-long snake body coiled on the deck of the warship. Even though they were on a large warship, it was almost completely occupied by the bodies of the two snakes.
A group of navy officers and crew members of the Nine Snakes Pirates gathered at the cabin door, looking at the two dying snakes. Some were so sad that they covered their faces and sobbed, while others sighed and couldn't bear to look. Only Hancock was still staring at the two "pets" that she had fed when they were young with an expressionless face. For a moment, it was hard to tell what she was thinking.
"Vivian, can she be saved?" Domino asked from the side.
Although she was usually quite fierce, that was only limited to her philandering with Vivian. As a woman, she was very sympathetic to things like this.
Vivian did not answer directly after hearing this. Instead, he walked forward and gently stroked the bodies of the two snakes. After observing them for a while, he said, "One can be saved, but the other...I'm afraid there's no way it can survive."
His Star Infusion can heal wounds and restore blood volume, but it cannot bring people or animals back to life.
In short, the injuries sustained by one of the water snakes were so severe that a layer of "dying" severe injury buff was attached to its body.
It is true that Vivian can use Star Infusion to add blood to it, but no matter how much he adds, he cannot remove the negative state. At best, he can only prolong his life for a little longer.
He stretched out his hand and placed his palm on the body of the less seriously injured snake. The wound was then gradually healed completely by the bright green light.
After its injuries were completely healed, Vivian turned his attention to the other water snake.
"Do you have any last words?" he asked.
“Hiss—hiss!”
The air suddenly became silent.
Glancing at the snake's eyes that were filled with sorrow and longing, Vivian took a puff of his cigar, then turned his head and looked at Hancock to translate: "It said that if it could be born again, it would continue to carry you around the world."
Hancock narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly after hearing Vivian's translation. Then she raised her head arrogantly and pointed at the dying snake and said, "Do you still want to be my pet? That depends on whether you are qualified."
The words fell.
"hiss.."
The snake responded weakly, and then finally closed its eyes in relief.
... ... .