Holding his position meant fulfilling his duties. Zhang Yang hurriedly shoveled the last two bites of rice from his tray into his mouth, wiped his lips with a silk handkerchief, and rushed onto the deck.
Zhang Yang gathered the fifty naval soldiers responsible for the Coral Supply Ship's defense and ordered them to heighten their vigilance, especially at night, in case Sea Soul Masters dove up from the sea and boarded the ship.
At the same time, Zhang Yang spread out his Kenbunshoku Haki and conducted a simple sweep of the area. He found no unfamiliar auras within a radius of twenty li, which put him somewhat at ease.
Before long, the latest intelligence regarding the pirates' raid on the merchant ship was swiftly delivered by the fleet's Flight-Type Soul Masters. Through this report, Zhang Yang learned the full course of events.
First, the looted merchant ship had been discovered by the Cruiser sailing at the very front.
The moment the Cruiser spotted the merchant ship, its crew sensed that something was wrong. Quite a few people lay sprawled across the deck, surrounded by mottled bloodstains. There were also many people floating on the sea surface around the ship.
The navy aboard the Cruiser quickly reached a conclusion. "Pirates looted the merchant ship, and the ordinary sailors aboard were brutally murdered."
The navy conducted a brief investigation of the merchant ship and found that all the victims were male sailors. They found no female corpses, but the investigation revealed traces of women having lived aboard the ship. Though their numbers had not been large, they had definitely been there.
Therefore, the navy concluded that the pirates had not only plundered the merchant ship's supplies and high-value goods, but had also abducted more than a dozen women.
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