There were many ways to board the ship, but the captain of the Goddess had always paid attention to only one of them, and that was the competition.
Relying on the water to cross the danger, although courage was commendable, it also had to be classified as reckless.
Using one's wealth to persuade others to obtain conditions that were beneficial to oneself, strictly speaking, it was not a trick. It belonged to the flow of making good use of one's own advantages.
Apart from a small number of people who took other paths, there were also many people who chose to compete.
In the eyes of the old captain, the competition in the reef area was worthy of his attention.
The undercurrent in the reef area was very strange. It was a large range of spiral undercurrent that kept rotating. As long as the edge of the circular undercurrent was crossed, it could bring the ship into the shallows, and it could also bring the ship out of the reef area.
In this undercurrent circle, there were irregular undercurrents and many reefs.
The residents of Maffando did not explore the source of the undercurrent, but followed nature to find a way to deal with it.
The old captain looked at the reef area. There were about three hundred people who paddled into the undercurrent circle. Wherever he looked, there were overturned boats. The candidates who overturned boats relied on their strong bodies and were taken to the reef, waiting for the undercurrent to return the wooden boat.
It was this vivid portrayal that highlighted Law's sense of existence, which made the old captain notice Law for the first time.
Was there a significant gap between the light of a grain of rice and the brilliance of the moon?
"The measures are in place, but it's still a little short. Is it because of the fat man …" The old captain held up his binoculars and stared at Law's movements, completely ignoring the other candidates.
Law did not realize that he had become the object of observation. He was concentrating on paddling, drifting across the reef rocks.
After the start of the competition, he realized the potential difficulty, because more than three hundred boats were in the reef area at the same time, and he had to choose the route more carefully to avoid being disturbed by other wooden boats.
This was different from the usual training. The overturned wooden boats, when bouncing on the reef, would ignore the undercurrent and, like elastic tennis balls, could fly from any possible direction.
Made of special materials, it would not be easily destroyed after hitting the reef, but it would cause trouble for others. This was the advantage and disadvantage.
Even the old fishermen who were most familiar with the reef area did not dare to say that they could survive in this environment.
Therefore, the most correct way to board the ship was to pay a fee and transfer from the two large ships in the port to the Goddess. The disadvantage was that it was a race against time.
"There are many ways to board a ship, but my favorite is to race through the reef area." The old captain snorted softly and said to himself, "Because this is the stupidest way, but I like idiots who face difficulties head-on."
This was different from the usual fishermen going back and forth. There were too many people entering the reef area at the same time, making it seem chaotic and more dangerous.
All of the examinees in the reef area were labeled as idiots by the old captain. However, it was precisely this type of idiot that the old captain liked.
Luo Ke didn't know that he was listed as one of the many idiots by the old captain. He looked ahead, and as he rode the wind and waves, a smile appeared on his face.
The occasional wooden boat flying in the air did not cause trouble for Law.
The group of candidates who first went down to the sea by boat were basically taken to the reef, patiently waiting for the next opportunity, and then they all noticed the existence of Law.
"How did that guy do it?"
"He seems to be able to control the wooden boat freely."
Many of the candidates stared at Law in amazement.
Some of the candidates who waited on the reef still had a chance to continue trying because they held the wooden oar tightly when the boat capsized, and those who let go of the wooden oar completely lost the chance.
After a while, almost all of the candidates who entered the reef area were annihilated. Waiting for the next opportunity, they were all silently watching Law shuttling through the reef area.
They could see a lot of wooden boats flying in disorder, which was quite a strange scene. Several unlucky people occupied a relatively small area of the reef and were smashed into the sea by the flying wooden boats.
At this moment, the more than three hundred wooden boats that capsized became more troublesome obstacles than the undercurrents and reefs.
The advantage of first come, first served … was reflected here.
If he was one step ahead of everyone, then Law would not have to face more troublesome obstacles.
However, when Bohara held the edge of the boat tightly and did not dare to act rashly, Law was still full of smiles.
He could easily solve all the obstacles with his telekinesis, but he did not do so.
This was a rare experience. If he used his telekinesis, it would make the experience boring.
He noticed all the wooden boats and saw countless routes. After taking into account the wooden boats that were flying around randomly, he picked the most correct route. Every time, he narrowly avoided the wooden boats and reefs and approached the outer sea area.
On the Goddess, the old Captain put down his binoculars and suddenly laughed, causing the crew to be surprised.
"The Captain actually laughed?"
"How long has it been since we saw the Captain laugh like this?"
"It should be a year, right? I remember the last time he laughed was when he took a big advantage of the 'tide'. "
"I also remember that the boat almost capsized that time. Fortunately, it was all right in the end, and it was a rare harvest."
"But that kid is not bad."
The old Captain heard the whispers of the little brats and did not care. He took a deep look at Law, who was about to rush out of the reef area, took out the bottle hanging in his trouser pocket, raised his head, and drank.
After drinking half of the bottle, he turned to the captain's room and shouted to the crew on the deck: "I'm going to take a nap. Call me at twelve o 'clock."
Hearing the old Captain's words, the crew all responded. They each guarded the edge of the deck, ready to receive the candidates who would come later.
There were only three hundred places. Even the candidates who came through the two big boats had to compete for a place. The rule of first come, first served was always followed.
In the reef area, under the incredulous gaze of a group of candidates, Law successfully rushed out of the reef area with Bohala on board. At this time, Bohala's tense expression suddenly relaxed.
The two approached the Goddess and were connected to the deck together with the ship.
After getting on the deck, Law did not pay attention to the other candidates, nor did he stay idle. He borrowed a fishing rod and bait from the crew and found a place to fish.
Bohala saw the fishing rod in Law's hand and went to borrow it from the crew, but he was refused.
He came to Law's side and said in a muffled voice: "Law, why are they willing to lend you a fishing rod but not me?"
Law looked at the buoy on the sea and said with a smile: "Maybe I'm more handsome."
Bohara rubbed his chin in thought for a moment, and after a while, he said, "So that's how it is."
"…"
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There were exactly three hundred people who successfully boarded the ship.
Except for Law and Bohala, the rest of the candidates who chose to compete were wiped out.
The two big ships docked at the port received more than a thousand candidates and then docked hundreds of meters away from the Goddess. The more witty candidates jumped directly into the sea and swam over, and then were picked up by the crew of the Goddess.
After the number of people who arrived first reached three hundred, the Goddess lifted the anchor and sailed towards the sea, and the rest of the candidates were disqualified.
The candidates who came to Maffando were roughly estimated to be more than three thousand people, and 90% of them were eliminated before the Hunter Test officially began.
There were more people on the Goddess, and Law had no suitable place to practice his mind. Every day, he fished at the stern of the ship to kill time.
According to the memory of the original work, the ship should have encountered a storm, which was also one of the tests, but several days passed peacefully.
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