Pirate Traveling Merchant

Hailing Island, to be more precise, should be called Hailing Islands.This is an island community composed of nearly a hundred small islands. This archipelago is located in the central area of ​​the southeastern part of the East China Sea.Although the location is good, it doesn't have much use value.

Because the island is surrounded by various reefs and corals, starting from the coast and extending to the sea around the island.

Therefore, except that small boats can enter the islands relatively safely, slightly larger boats have no way of entering the interior of the archipelago.In a world dominated by shipping, this alone is enough to push it into the shadows.

In addition, although there are many islands, there are no valuable resources, so no one will come.

Jonah's hometown is on the Hailing Islands. Through Jonah's introduction, Nolan and Feng learned that the people living on the Hailing Islands are basically from the same family.They call themselves the Hailing Clan, and there are not many people in the clan, only about 3000 to [-] people.

"According to what you said, there shouldn't be any traffickers or pirates who want to go there." Nolan looked at Jonah and asked, Feng also looked at Jonah with doubtful eyes.

Jonah seemed to have done something bad and was discovered. He lowered his head and said nothing, looking a little aggrieved.But as soon as you see his eyes, you will find that Jonah's eyes are turning.It seems that he is thinking about how to get rid of this problem.

Under Nolan's questioning, Jonah could only tell the truth.

It turned out that when Jonah and his tribe went to the sea to purchase daily necessities, Jonah ran away secretly in the middle of the trip. Then he was caught by human traffickers and taken to the West Sea.

Hearing this, Nolan and Feng rolled their eyes at the same time.

"It turns out he's a naughty kid." Nolan said, covering his forehead.

"Yeah." Feng nodded in agreement.

In their view, what happened to Jonah was simply his own fault.Why don't you just follow your elders at home when you come out? That way you won't have so many things happen, but you still have to run around, giving bad guys an opportunity.

Nolan and Feng first scolded Jonah, making Jonah blush.They were so angry that they couldn't help but beat Jonah in the end.

Jonah was carrying two big bags and looked at Nolan and the others with a sad face.

"Even if I did something wrong, there's no need for you to hit me like this."

"I feel uncomfortable if you don't beat me. If it weren't for you, a naughty kid, I would have reached the Grand Line by now." Nolan said with an unhappy look on his face.

"You deserve it." Feng also looked at Jonah dissatisfied. In his opinion, such a naughty kid should be given a good education.

"Aww, you bullied me." Jonah cried aggrievedly.

"It's useless to cry. Just try crying. Believe it or not, I will beat you again." Nolan looked at the crying Jonah and threatened.

Jonah, threatened, quickly stopped crying.He knew that Nolan would really beat him again.In order not to suffer anymore, Jonah can only listen to Nolan's words obediently now. Those who know the current affairs are heroes.

When I get home, I will definitely complain to my family.Jonah thought in his heart that when he got home, he would tell Nolan and the others about their abuse of him and let his family deal with them.It's just that Jonah's wishful thinking this time was completely wrong.His family did not repair Nolan and the others at all, but they were treated very well.

As for Jonah, the naughty kid, all the elders' unified way of dealing with the naughty kid who made a big mistake is to give him a good beating first.

If Jonah knew, he would be beaten very badly when he went back this time, very, very badly.He shouldn't be as eager to return home as he is now.

After about five days of sailing, Nolan and the others finally arrived at the Hailing Islands.

They docked the boat where there were no reefs and looked at the islands from a distance.Looking at the island group consisting of hundreds of islands, Nolan and Feng were stunned.

Looking around, the islands look like a continent, with no end in sight.Although the islands are large and small, and the largest island may only be a few thousand ordinary kilometers, they cannot support the large number.With hundreds of islands gathered in one place, the area covered will be very large.

"Wow, it's so spectacular." Nolan looked at the Hailing Islands in surprise and sighed.

"Hmph, what's so strange? I've long been used to seeing this kind of scenery." Jonah still held a grudge against him for being beaten and immediately said.

Without saying a word, Nolan punched him, causing Jonah to squat down holding his head in pain.

"How are we going to get in?" Nolan asked with a frown, looking at the rocks that appeared from time to time on the sea.

Feng shook his head and said there was nothing he could do.Their boat was already small, and it was impossible to prepare a small boat and put it on the boat.

"Hey, don't pretend to be in pain. Tell me how to get in or how to get in touch with your tribe. We can't wait here forever. This archipelago is so big. Who knows when your tribe will find us? ." Nolan said looking at Jonah squatting on the ground.

"In the south, there is a river without reefs. From there our ship can enter the islands." Jonah, who was afraid of being beaten again, immediately replied.

"Okay." Nolan immediately turned the ship's direction and headed towards the south of the islands.

When we arrived at the south of the archipelago, we searched for a while and found that there was indeed a safe river channel that was only large enough for small boats to enter.Nolan drove the boat into the river and looked at the artificially smoothed rocks on the seabed. Nolan asked: "Was this river made by your ancestors?"

"Well, yes." Jonah replied happily, looking at the islands getting closer and closer.Although I don’t know the reason why he is happy, is he happy to finally return home, or happy to be able to have his tribe repair Nolan and the others.

"This project is really not easy." Looking at the smoothed river channel of more than ten nautical miles, Nolan sighed again.

There is a reason for Nolan's sigh. This river channel has to be operated in the sea, which is several levels more difficult than operating on land.Moreover, there are many unknown dangers in the sea, such as poisonous sea snakes, sea urchins, etc. As long as a person is lightly touched by those creatures, the person will basically be cold.

Soon the boat sailed into the island. Since it has not been developed much, trees and shrubs grow very vigorously.You can also see small animals playing in the forest, and the chirping of birds from time to time gives people a sense of quiet comfort.Feeling the peaceful atmosphere around them, Nolan and the others felt a little calmer.

"It's very quiet." Nolan stretched and looked at the surrounding scenery happily.

"Yeah." Jonah looked at the familiar scenery around him with bright eyes. He had been wandering outside for several months. Although the process was a bit painful, he finally came back.

At this time, Jonah really wanted to shout that I am back. , but he was still a little reserved, embarrassed to shout out for fear of being laughed at by Nolan and the others.

Nolan drove the boat, looking for a place to dock.

To find Jonah's family, we still have to get off the boat first. "Jonah, do you know which island your family is on?"

"I don't know." Jonah said without looking back.

"Ah, how could you not even know where you live?" Nolan said a little dissatisfied. He felt that Jonah, this naughty kid, wanted to cause trouble again.

Looking at Nolan's somewhat fierce eyes, Jonah quickly explained: "I really don't know, we will not always settle on a certain island. According to the regulations of the tribe, in order not to damage the fragile environment of the island, we It is based on several families who cannot live on an island for more than three months before they have to move to the next island."

"Oh, interesting way of life, it doesn't look like nomads, but you guys should be called islanders. Hahahaha," Nolan said with a smile.

"Hmph, I don't know what the nomads are. Anyway, our ancestors have been here for generations, and we have always abided by this rule." Seeing Nolan smiling, Jonah felt uncomfortable.

Just when the two were about to quarrel again, Feng, who was quietly beside him, suddenly said: "There is something wrong."

"Yeah" Nolan immediately stopped arguing with Jonah and looked around.

"Well, there is a problem." Nolan said with a frown. The forest where insects and birds were singing just now became quiet at some point.The originally quiet island fell into a somewhat uncomfortable silence.

Feng came to the side of the boat and said, "Let me take a look."

Feng directly activated his Haki, Nolan did not activate it.Now that he has the chance, he will let Feng Duo practice the use of Haki.

"Ten." After sensing it, Feng said a number.

Ten people.Nolan knew the number of people lying in ambush around him.Feng's speech is still so concise, people who are not familiar with him will not know what he is talking about.

Nolan shouted: "We have no ill intentions. We are here just to send back a child from your tribe."