At sea, there were countless rules: do not casually provoke pirates, do not trust the natives of colonial islands, remain sufficiently wary of areas with unusual faiths, and so on...
But those were usually rules the weak had to follow while the strong followed them depending on their mood. Only one point was a consensus among everyone—
When encountering a maritime disaster, one had to provide whatever aid one could.
This rule originated very early. After Emperor Roselle ushered in the Age of Sail, it became a written rule. Anyone who had undergone professional nautical training had to receive the corresponding education and swear an oath before the holy emblem of the Lord of Storms.
At sea, pirates could kill the passengers of ships they robbed, warships could blast hostile targets to pieces directly, and even powerful Bounty Hunters could slaughter an entire pirate ship alone. But whether pirate, soldier, or Bounty Hunter, as long as someone truly made a living at sea, they would offer aid upon seeing people who had fallen into the water because of a maritime disaster.
Of course, there were also people who did not follow this rule, such as the King of Immortality, one of the Four Kings, and certain pirate crews whose "only rule was to never follow rules." But the vast majority would do their part to create a maritime environment where they, too, could receive help if they fell overboard...
Naturally, for pirates willing to abide by this rule, rescuing people in distress was usually really about replenishing their manpower—after all, anyone who could survive a maritime disaster until being rescued was not weak.
The passenger ship Klein was riding this time clearly did not belong to that category. After noticing the shattered wreckage floating on the sea and the survivors