With that in mind, Vic quickly left the cabin, took out the Eternal Pose from Drum Island, glanced at it, and lowered the sails of the small boat. The sails received the wind power, and the small boat began to sail again.
Vic adjusted the direction of the small boat and then ignored it. He took out ice and a cloth bag from his spatial ring, broke the ice into pieces and put it into the cloth bag. After that Vic took it to the bedroom and placed it on Wendy's forehead. It was fine if other parts of the body were a little warm, but the temperature of her brain couldn't be too high.
" Wendy, don't overthink it. We'll be at Drum Island soon. Just keep going and victory will be ours!"
Vic offered a word of comfort, but Wendy was already a little dazed and couldn't hear Vic's voice very clearly. Vic pulled the blanket around himself and left; he didn't have time to waste here.
Afterwards, Vic made Wendy a soup with Sea Kings bones in the ship's kitchenette and fed it to Wendy spoonful by spoonful.
Although he didn't know medicine, he knew that adequate nutrition could help the body when sick; something was better than nothing, at least it could fill his stomach.
After feeding Vic, Vic furled the sails and continued pulling the boat. Vic was now racing against death and couldn't afford to waste a single moment. Every few hours, Vic would change Wendy's ice and feed her some bone broth. The rest of the time, he was just working hard to pull the boat.
The next day at noon, Vic was intently feeding Wendy soup in the bedroom. By then, Wendy had already fallen unconscious, and he couldn't feed her anything unless he focused.
Just then, a loud commotion erupted outside, accompanied by the sound of huge splashes of water. The small boat was tossed about and swayed as if it had encountered a tsunami.
The bowl in Vic's hand almost flew out of his hand, which made Vic very unhappy. He drank the rest of the soup in one gulp, then quickly secured Vic 'Wendy body to the bed before leaving the cabin.
"Hurry up and pull it! Don't let it get away! This is our food supply!"
"Oh"
When Vic came out, he saw a huge white dolphin that was fifty or sixty meters long. The dolphin had many harpoons stuck in its body, and red blood flowed from the wounds, sliding down its smooth skin into the sea.
The ropes attached to the harpoon were taut, and at the other end of the rope was a large ship, a ship flying a pirate flag. The dolphin was dragging the pirate ship around its small boat, making pitiful and painful cries, and the waves stirred up by the dolphin kept crashing against the small boat.
"You can't just ask me for help like that! You almost capsized our little boat. If it had capsized, I'd have killed you too, even if you're cute."
This dolphin-like sea monster was very perceptive; it sensed Vic's power from afar and dragged the pirate ship toward them, seeking help from Vic.
From the moment Vic appeared, the sea monster's eyes were fixed on Vic, filled with a human-like pleading.
"Hey you over there, help us catch this sea monster, and we'll give you a lot of money."
A tall, long-haired man on the pirate ship shouted at Vic, his voice loud and clear, the same voice that had given the order earlier. Vic glanced at the man's attire and position; this must be the pirate captain on the ship.
"Boss, where do we have any money left on this ship? Didn't we squander all the money we robbed on the last island? Otherwise, we wouldn't be risking our lives to catch sea monsters for food!" A henchman holding a pistol next to the tall man adjusted his hat and whispered.
"Don't you know I didn't have money? I was lying to him. We'll arrest him too. Didn't you see how handsome that guy is?"
I've heard that the daughters of those big shots like to keep handsome Xiaobai as pets. This guy is not only good-looking, but he also has a great physique. He must be very durable and could definitely fetch a good price. Then why would we still be pirates?!
The tall man also explained in a low voice, afraid that Vic would overhear, while the henchmen pulling the rope all showed longing expressions.
"Huh? I see. Then why don't we become pirates?" The man in the hat was still a little confused.
"Why do we become pirates? For money! If we have money, why would we risk our lives to be pirates? Wouldn't it be better to find a place where we can have women on both sides?" After saying that, the tall man slapped the man in the hat on the head, knocking the hat off.
"Heh! Why are so many people eyeing my good looks? Are handsome men really such a rare resource in this world?"
How could the conversation on the pirate ship escape Vic's Observation Haki? After speaking, Vic directly used Geppo to fly towards the pirate ship.
Just before boarding the ship, a Rankyaku severed all the ropes holding the sea monsters together with a harpoon. All the pirates pulling the ropes fell backward, sprawling on their backs. Only a few pirates were able to stand up.
"I heard what you just said. Killing you now wouldn't be considered indiscriminate killing, would it?" Vic said calmly, standing on the deck.
"Kid! You think you can take me? So what if you heard me? Now that you're on my ship, you're not going back!"
Although the tall man didn't see clearly how Vic cut the rope and got onto the ship, pirates who could come to the Grand Line were all full of confidence and didn't submit to anyone before they were beaten up.
"I'm short on time. I'll give you three moves. Use your strongest move." Vic stood still, his tone calm, but his words nearly made the tall man furious.
"That kid is too arrogant!"
"Yeah! He completely disregards our boss. I bet ten gold coins he'll regret saying that and will be begging us to let him go!"
"You're underestimating the boss. I bet he could crush him with one punch, hahaha!"
"What good is Xiaobai? I doubt he could even lift a knife!"
The tall guy's underlings clearly thought highly of him and looked down on Vic; not a single one of them believed Vic would win—that's just ignorance.
"I'll make you regret saying that!" The tall man gritted his teeth, his face contorted, and charged towards Vic at lightning speed. A loud thud echoed across the deck as he passed by. His underlings behind him looked on nervously, fearing that their boss had damaged the ship.
"Boom"
The tall man quickly approached and punched Vic in the chest. The powerful gust of wind from the punch kicked up a cloud of dust, engulfing Vic's figure in the dust.
"Our boss is a Devil Fruit user; that kid can't even dodge his punches, haha!"
"Yeah, with a punch like that, there's no way you'd survive! What a pity, his body's probably shattered, he can't be sold for money!"
"Not necessarily. That kid seems pretty strong. He might have already been knocked unconscious by the old man. Let's get the ropes ready and tie him up, haha!"
"I bet he's already kneeling on the ground licking the boss's shoes. I'm really looking forward to that scene, hahaha!"