Qin Ming held a fishing net in each hand and stood beside the boat. He looked at the 18 meter long Laughing Fish jumping out of the sea from time to time, making a mocking laugh. It even shook its blue tail fin and looked at them with disdain. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
The tail fin of the Laughing Fish was very unique. When it was tilted upwards, it was similar to the shape of a human pointing his middle finger at others. It made people feel inexplicably disdainful when they saw it.
"Do you want me to row over to it?”
Luffy took the oar and said to Qin Ming beside him energetically.
"Don't interfere. It's my prey. I can deal with it alone.”
Qin Ming said with confidence.
"Oh!"
Luffy called out exaggeratedly and said to Qin Ming,"You look quite manly.”
Qin Ming chuckled. Although his body was still in a fatigued state, for some reason, he felt that he could handle the Laughing Fish that was several times larger than him.
This was the instinct of a fisherman, and it was cultivated by Qin Ming after more than half a year of fishing.
In the past, although Qin Ming's strength was very ordinary, he was still an extremely outstanding hunter. He could clearly know what fish he could catch and what fish he couldn't deal with.
Therefore, every time Qin Ming went out to fish, he basically didn't do anything useless. He chose the location of the target school of fish and cast the net to return with a full load.
To put it bluntly, this guy was a professional fisherman. Although some fish were too big for him to hunt, he was still clear about the weaknesses of those fish.
It could be said that in this Eastern Sea, other than some fish in the deep sea that he didn't recognize, Qin Ming had seen descriptions of nearly 80% of the fish in various marine books.
In just half a year, Qin Ming had gone from a person who knew nothing about fishing to a very outstanding fisherman. During this period, the effort and sweat he put in was dozens of times more than others!
The number of books Qin Ming had read about fishing alone was much more than most of the fishermen in the fishing and hunting village he was in.
Perhaps the result of the ten days of crazy training is better than I expected.
As Qin Ming thought about this, he threw the fishing net in his right hand to the wooden barrels not far away. He used the fishing net in his hand to drag the wooden barrels into the sea.
"Ah, I specially brought that out to be used as a snack later. Why did you throw it into the sea?”
Luffy saw Qin Ming throw the three barrels full of meat into the sea and immediately shouted at him anxiously.
Damn it, these wooden barrels are more than enough to hold a person. You ate three barrels of meat in a row, and it's just for snacks?
Even though Qin Ming had spent some time with Luffy, he was still shocked by Luffy's extraordinary appetite.
"If you want to lure your prey, how can you do it without bait?”
Qin Ming asked. Then, he stared at the sea in front of him. This laughing fish liked to tease fishermen. It had amazing brute force and sharp teeth. It could easily bite through the fishing net made of iron wire, let alone the ordinary fishing net made of coarse cloth and some linen in his hand.
The fishing net in Luffy's hand that was bitten by the Laughing Fish was made of iron wire. Unfortunately, there was only one such fishing net.
After Qin Ming threw the bait and the fishing net into the sea, the Laughing Fish in the distance did not react. The sea was calm.
"It doesn't seem to be fooled. You threw the fishing net so close.”
Luffy, who was standing at the side, was scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously like a monkey.
"I think it's about time."
Qin Ming had indeed thrown the fishing net and the wooden bucket very close to the fishing boat he was on. It was at most a meter away.
The reason he did this was because he knew the habits of the laughing fish. When a fisherman lured them with bait, they would definitely eat the bait and retaliate against the fisherman. The closer the bait was to the fishing boat, the angrier the laughing fish would be.
That's right, Qin Ming wanted to make the laughing fish angry, that's why he placed the bait so close.
This way, it would be easier for him to hunt the nearly 20-meter-long Laughing Fish.
"You have to stand firm later. Don't fall into the sea.”
Qin Ming saw ripples appear on the right side of the fishing boat. He knew that the Laughing Fish hidden in the bottom of the sea was rapidly approaching their boat, so he hurriedly warned Luffy.
"Why?"
Before Luffy could finish his words, a loud bang was heard. He was standing by the side of the boat, and he was sent flying along with his straw hat.
However, Luffy's reaction was not slow. After he retrieved his straw hat, he extended his arm to grab the fishing boat's bizarre pole and flew back to the fishing boat with a whoosh.
The ship Qin Ming and the others were on shook violently. It was obvious that they had been hit by something, and it came from the bottom of the sea.
Qin Ming forced himself to stabilize his body. He knew that this was the laughing fish hiding at the bottom of the sea and crashing into their boat.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Another two powerful collisions, Qin Ming's fishing boat was knocked back by the Laughing Fish and was sent spinning 720 degrees.
"That's awesome!"
Luffy, who was hanging on the pole, held the bizarre pole tightly with one hand and pressed the straw hat on his head with the other. He actually used the inertia of the fishing boat being hit and spun rapidly in the air, spinning in circles. Qin Ming felt a headache watching this.
F * ck, although I said I don't need you to do anything, you don't have to be so heartless and play by yourself, right?
However, this also meant that Luffy completely believed that Qin Ming could deal with the ferocious Laughing Fish alone. Otherwise, how could he have so much fun when the fishing boat was knocked away?
Feeling Luffy's unconditional trust in him, Qin Ming felt a warm current flow through his heart. This was really not bad.
It was only at this moment that Qin Ming truly understood that he was a future member of the Grass Hat Pirates.
Even if I really can't provide them with much help in battle in the future, I just have to do my part.
I'm not sailing alone!
Qin Ming's eyes became brighter and brighter. The fatigue he showed before seemed to have been swept away, making him look very energetic.
With a plop, the Laughing Fish jumped out of the sea after knocking Qin Ming's fishing boat away and ate the fishing net along with the wooden bucket.
Qin Ming had expected this. He shouted and threw the fishing net in his left hand. However, it wasn't aimed at the head of the laughing fish, but at its tail.
Just as the laughing fish was about to dive into the sea, the fishing net Qin Ming threw out just happened to catch the tail fin of the laughing fish. Following that, he held the fishing net with his left hand and quickly spun it. The fishing net also tightened the tail fin of the laughing fish.
The veins on Qin Ming's left arm were bulging. He had obviously used all his strength. He gritted his teeth and grabbed the fishing net in his hand tightly.
At this moment, the laughing fish had already returned to the sea. It struggled even more fiercely, causing waves to rise on the sea surface.
Qin Ming's hand that was holding onto the fishing net was also bleeding from the friction of the rough fishing net. His body moved forward uncontrollably. If this continued, he would really be dragged into the sea by the laughing fish.
"Don't underestimate me!"
Qin Ming shouted angrily and grabbed the net tightly. He quickly turned around and stepped forward with his right foot. His left hand gathered all the strength in his body and pulled fiercely.
Hiss!
The fishing net was forcefully snapped, but the Laughing Fish in the sea was still dragged out by Qin Ming and flew towards their fishing boat.
Laughing Fish let out an ear-piercing laugh and opened its bloody mouth, trying to grab Qin Ming from the air.
Now Qin Ming could see the front of the laughing fish clearly. The head of the laughing fish looked like a snake and its mouth was similar to a python. It could swallow things that were several times bigger than its mouth.
Facing the attack of the laughing fish, Qin Ming wasn't afraid. He jumped and came to the side of the laughing fish. He clenched his right fist and punched the left side of the laughing fish: "You've already lost!"
Boom!
The Laughing Fish landed on the deck like a cannonball, causing the fishing boat to bounce slightly.
After being hit by Qin Ming, the laughing fish didn't react anymore. It was actually knocked out by Qin Ming's punch.
After landing back on the boat, Qin Ming stepped on the unconscious laughing fish and shouted in his heart: "I won!"
At this moment, on a not-so-big fishing boat on the sea, a young man wearing a straw hat hung on a strange pole, grinning and laughing. His laughter mixed with the long roar of Qin Ming, who was stepping on a big fish, and floated far away on the seemingly endless sea for a long time.
Before he went out to sea, Qin Ming had no way of hunting these ferocious and powerful laughing fish. But now, he could deal with these fish alone.
Even though the Laughing Fish couldn't be compared to the giant Sea King, it was still a relatively difficult fish to deal with in the Eastern Sea. Now that Qin Ming was able to deal with it, it meant that his recent crazy training was extremely effective, and the results were obvious. This made him see hope for the future.
As long as he worked hard, he could still make changes!
Qin Ming panted heavily. Both his hands were bleeding. His left hand was torn by the fishing net while his right hand was injured by the rock-like flesh of the laughing fish when he attacked it. Blood flowed non-stop from the joints of his right fist.
Damn it, this laughing fish doesn't have scales and its meat is so hard. It hurts.
Qin Ming shook his numb right hand and began to bandage himself. At this moment, Luffy, who had spun around on the strange pole, jumped down and said excitedly,"Alright, today's feast is here!"
Just like that, Qin Ming and Luffy enjoyed a feast.
After the incident with the laughing fish, another seven days had passed.
Today, Qin Ming was still training relentlessly. He felt that the effect of his training was better than ever. It seemed that ever since he ate the Devil Fruit, he could clearly feel that he was slowly becoming stronger.
"What exactly is the ability of your Devil's Fruit? If it's an interesting ability, then you can perform well when we hold banquets in the future.”
Luffy came to Qin Ming's side with a piece of meat in his mouth and said excitedly.
Nanny?
Do you expect me to be like you, holding a chopstick in my nose and dancing belly dance at a banquet?
When Qin Ming thought of how he had stuck chopsticks into his nose and belly danced in front of everyone, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"I have a way to know if the Devil Fruit you ate is real.”
Luffy said to Qin Ming with a look of 'I'm a smart man'.
Qin Ming saw Luffy's expression and felt that something was wrong. With Luffy's single-cell personality, how could he think of any good ideas?
However, just as Qin Ming opened his mouth, Luffy grinned at him. He grabbed Qin Ming and threw him out of the fishing boat. He even shouted at Qin Ming, who was about to fall into the sea,"Don't worry. If something really happens to you, I'll definitely save you! Demon Fruit aptitude users were all cursed by the sea. To know if you were really a Demon Fruit aptitude user, you could just soak in the sea and you would know.
"I'm too smart."
Towards the end of his sentence, the innocent Luffy was still sighing heartlessly.
'F * ck, if I put my hand into the sea, I'll know whether I'm a Demon Fruit aptitude user or not. Why did you throw me into the sea?'
Before Qin Ming could say anything, he fell into the sea.
As soon as he fell into the sea, he, who used to be an expert swimmer, could not use any strength at all. His body became softer and softer. This was definitely the after-effect of taking the Demon Fruit.
Fortunately, Luffy saw that Qin Ming was about to sink to the bottom of the sea, so he quickly stretched out his arm and wanted to grab Qin Ming.
Qin Ming heaved a sigh of relief. Even though Luffy was quite reckless, he was able to save him in time.
Just as this thought flashed through his mind, Qin Ming felt that something was wrong. Why did he seem to be spinning in circles?
Most importantly, Luffy's outstretched hand seemed to be further away from him.
"Why did this huge whirlpool suddenly appear?”
Luffy held his head and exclaimed. He looked at Qin Ming who was sucked into the whirlpool, and his anxious and shocked expression was clear.
That's right, this huge whirlpool appeared out of nowhere. A moment ago, the surface of the sea was very normal, but in the next second, a huge whirlpool appeared out of nowhere and dragged Qin Ming and Luffy into it.
In other words, Qin Ming had just been thrown into the sea by Luffy, and the whirlpool had come to greet them.
It had to be said that this was a tragedy.
The moment the vortex appeared, Qin Ming, who was sucked into the vortex, was dumbfounded. Luffy, who was also caught in the vortex, was also dumbfounded.
It was said that the weather in One Piece's world was ever-changing, and the weather on the great sea route was even more unpredictable. Qin Ming really believed it now. When he was swept into the vortex, a beautiful girl with orange hair appeared in his mind.
If Nami was here, I might not have fallen into Luffy's trap.
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