"Hahaha, young man, you've got a good eye! I've been sailing for so many years. Which captain on Cinnabar Island hasn't worked under me before?" Out on the turbulent sea, Heath watched the old captain laugh heartily, the corner of his mouth twitching. Why was he suddenly starting to regret this? Old Ai had started the boat as soon as they boarded, heading straight for the island Heath had mentioned. At first, Heath hadn't thought anything of it. He had even thought the old captain was decisive and efficient, truly someone to be reckoned with. But when May came up with a pale face, he finally learned that he and this old captain were the only ones aboard?
Heath was dumbfounded.
Operating a boat wasn't as simple as starting the engine. It required a whole series of operations, so a boat usually had quite a few crew members, or sailors, as well as someone like a first mate to manage them and make things easier to handle when something happened. But right now, there was only Old Man Ai.
"Ahem. Um, Mr. Ai, where are the other sailors on your boat? The first mate?" Heath couldn't help asking. May had gone below to look around out of curiosity. The boat wasn't very big to begin with, so she had finished exploring it in no time. What she hadn't expected was that she wouldn't see anyone at all. Aside from her, her master, and this captain, there was no one else aboard, which immediately left her rather panicked.
After all, although May was young, she was still a Gym Leader's child, and her dad was a Gym Leader in a port city like Petalburg City. She was naturally no stranger to traveling by boat. But she hadn't expected this boat to