Hobart frowned deeply. He did not know whether the little boy had been contaminated and turned into this, or whether the strange fish had been contaminated and turned into this.
When the "little boy" saw that Hobart could fly, he immediately began diving.
Hobart plunged underwater and chased after it. Because he wore the "Ocean Pendant," he quickly caught the strange fish.
But the strange fish was too slippery. Left with no choice, Hobart dug both hands into its flesh.
With the "Ocean Pendant" on him, even fish that lived underwater were no match for Hobart.
He dragged the strange fish toward the shore, swimming with all his strength, then threw it onto the bank.
Even the Red Gloves, who often handled Extraordinary cases, found the strange fish astonishing after getting a clear look at it.
The fish resembled a grouper as long as a person, but behind its two eyes grew the upper body of a seven- or eight-year-old boy.
The little boy shouted, "I can't leave the water. I... I'm about to suffocate! I'm about to suffocate!"
It was clear that the little boy seemed boneless, with both arms hanging limp. But underwater, he could pass for the real thing!
Leonard pulled Hobart, who was climbing ashore, and whispered, "I didn't expect you to have so many Mystical Items."
Without an Extraordinary Item from the Sailor pathway, it would have been difficult to catch this strange fish.
Hobart smiled. "Not that many. Just one or two."
Leonard rather ungentlemanly curled his lip, making it clear that he did not believe that nonsense.
Daly immediately began questioning the strange fish. "Answer my questions properly, and I'll put you back in the water."
The strange fish probably only had the intelligence of a seven- or eight-year-old child. It immediately cried,