Chapter 62: Chapter 62: Lighthouse Association
"Using my life to exchange for information? What information?! I’ll tell you everything I know!"
Upon hearing Fang Yu’s words, the pirate leader’s eyes lit up, and he quickly spoke to Fang Yu.
Pirates, although they are a group of desperados.
But this desperation is not for their own lives, but for others’ lives.
If there is a chance to survive, no matter the method, this group of pirates will find a way to live on.
At this moment the pirate leader was very anxious, his gaze fixed on Fang Yu, eyes filled with anticipation.
"Who leaked the information about my mineral shipment back to port?"
"Oh, or rather, I might have a guess who it is, but I need concrete evidence!"
Fang Yu asked with a smile.
"I don’t know either." The pirate leader shook his head and said, "We receive our information through a fixed channel, from the Lighthouse Association on Nangang Bu Island."
"As long as any big fish information leaks from the nearby coasts, it usually reaches the Lighthouse Association, and we spend some money to buy the relevant information."
"As for who sold your information to the Lighthouse Association, I really don’t know."
The pirate leader shook his head, speaking in a low voice.
"Lighthouse Association?" Fang Yu mumbled, having heard of its name on the forums.
This organization, known for its pirate dealings, is infamously referred to as the "lighthouse for pirates" and is notoriously known in the beginner’s village.
Just by its name, you can tell the Lighthouse Association doesn’t do any other business, just information business.
Wherever a fat sheep appears, the Lighthouse Association sells this information to pirates.
Particularly after the Blue Star Captain descended into this world, business boomed for the Lighthouse Association, nearly every progressing Blue Star Captain gets targeted by them, information constantly recorded and sold to the pirates.
It could be said that initially, half of the pirates beginner captains encounter are due to leaks from the Lighthouse Association.
However...
Fang Yu shook his head, somewhat dissatisfied with the pirate leader’s answer.
He pointed a gun at the pirate leader’s head, shook his head slightly, and spoke word by word:
"I’m not satisfied with your answer!"
"I insisted, I need evidence, who sold my information, and how you know it, I don’t care at all."
"I just need evidence proving my information was sold to the Lighthouse Association by someone."
"Understand? Or... you also can’t gather this evidence?"
The pistol emitted a slight trace of dangerous transcendent aura, the shadow of death loomed over the pirate leader’s head, making him shout madly at this moment:
"I know, I know! I have a way to get evidence from the Lighthouse Association, calm down, put the gun away!"
"Oh? How are you going to get it?"
Fang Yu didn’t lower the gun but curiously examined the middle-aged man before him.
"I’ve been sailing for years, have some connections; I know someone living on Nangang Bu Island, who once worked in the Lighthouse Association’s information department and can help me get the evidence you want!"
The pirate leader spoke loudly.
Listening to the pirate leader, Fang Yu’s face returned to a smiling expression.
He slowly put the gun down, smiled, and said: "That’s the spirit, Nangang Bu Island it is? Fine, after I settle the payments, we’ll take a trip to Nangang Bu Island."
"Before that, though, sorry to trouble you to squeeze into the cargo hold with this old guy!"
Fang Yu extended his hand, pointing at Du Ran.
If anyone on the ship could subdue a violent Transcendent, it had to be Du Ran.
A water-type Transcendent has mysterious abilities, but in terms of regular combat ability, he surely isn’t a match for Du Ran.
Hearing Fang Yu’s words, Du Ran chuckled, then walked forward and tied up the pirate leader into a bundle.
He carried him on his back, striding towards the Salted Fish ship.
Luu Yuan and the others looked at the pirate leader, wrapped up like a bundle, eyes flashing with a trace of pity.
Sleeping in the same room with Du Ran?
What a blessing!
Du Ran’s snoring is something else; as former roommates of Du Ran, Luu Yuan and the others silently mourned the pirate leader for a few minutes.
In the coming days, besides losing freedom, this old guy might have another worry:
How to sleep normally amid the engine’s roar...
...
After capturing the pirate leader back to the Salted Fish, Fang Yu first checked if the "bundle" was securely tied, then ordered all the water around the cargo hold to be wiped away.
Ensuring that apart from Du Ran’s drooling, not a drop of water remained in the cargo hold.
Even after all this, he was not satisfied.
After thinking for a while, he emptied a cargo box intending to stuff the pirate leader inside and completely seal the box shut.
This guy’s ability to turn into water was deeply etched in his memory; merely tying him up might not suffice.
The cargo box needs to be sealed tight, without the slightest gap.
...
Soon, the pirate leader collapsed, looking resentfully at the busying Fang Yu, muttered quietly: "Is there a possibility... I need to breathe too..."
"You might as well shoot me, suffocating is much worse than a bullet to the head."
Fang Yu scratched his head, pondering that it did make some sense.
Then he drilled a one-centimeter-wide air hole in the cargo box.
This was Fang Yu’s last compromise; only by tightly sealing against a water-type Transcendent could Fang Yu find peace of mind.
"Old buddy, don’t panic, once we reach the port, I’ll buy a transcendent sealing handcuff for you. Once you’re cuffed, you’ll be free!"
Fang Yu patted the cargo box, out of humanitarian concern, he offered some comfort to the pirate leader.
Subsequently, he crawled out of the cargo hold, ordered Du Ran to keep a close eye on the cargo hold and shoot any water trying to sneak away.
Walking to the deck, Fang Yu asked Wang Qing to scan the surroundings, checking if there were any other pirate ships lurking about.
But Wang Qing’s report was as Fang Yu expected.
Those four old captains’ ships and the two other groups of pirate ships had fled without a trace thanks to Fang Yu’s destructive eleventh shot.
The power of that shot had already frightened everyone.
Seeing Fang Yu disintegrate an entire ship’s cannon with one shot, who would dare to fight?
The strongest group of pirates couldn’t withstand it, let alone the two slightly weaker groups.
They had already vanished.
Fang Yu felt slightly regretful, turning to glance at the Sea Ore Island behind him.
Those four old captains would have to be dealt with later.
His ship hadn’t evolved, not much faster than the four ships by those men.
The four had likely returned to the Sea Ore Island, which turned into a secure zone under the army’s protection.
Killing in a safe zone is deemed being a Hunter.
Only later could he seize an opportunity to deal with those few.
And now...
Watching the ship slicing through the sea, heading back to Qiyun Port, Fang Yu smiled slightly.
Return voyage! This battle yielded great rewards!