The next day, the storm and thunderstorm arrived right on schedule.
The gale whipped up giant waves that crashed onto the deck of the Endless Voyage. The whole ship pitched in the swells. Rain threaded with electricity fell from the sky, the bright filaments writhing like swimming snakes before the water carried them off the deck and into the sea.
Nameless, dressed in a raincoat, made his way to the fishing platform. Wang Zong stood where Nameless had fished yesterday, casting straight into the gale. Nameless smiled faintly and took the spot Wang Zong had used instead.
He took out a chair and sat down, then cast a Battery Fish bait into the sea.
"Hmph!"
Wang Zong snorted inwardly. Gathering every ounce of strength in his body, he whipped the rod forward.
The motion was much like cracking a whip. If he got the length of the line just right, he could transfer his strength perfectly to the hook.
Each cast sent a sharp crack down the line, followed by another bang when the hook struck the water.
But that second bang was not what Wang Zong wanted to hear. It meant his strength was too scattered; he had not put all of it where it needed to go.
Cast. Reel in!
He tried again and again, practicing with every cast.
Gradually, Wang Zong began to get a feel for it. At the same time, a fierce resentment smoldered inside him, growing a little stronger each time he cast.
He had kept at it, and on his first cast after Nameless appeared, a miracle finally happened.
The hook struck an Induction Cooker Fish squarely and lodged in its coil. The fish immediately began to thrash.
Wang Zong's heart leaped. He reeled in as fast as he could and, a few