novelraw Chapter 622 474 The Fish Was Stolen! (4K)_2
Chapter 622 474 The Fish Was Stolen! (4K)_2
In Li Zheng's hand, there was a fishnet with a long, "one" shaped tear at the bottom. This shape couldn't possibly result from fish bites or squeezing through.
"Someone's underwater!"
Zhan Zhouzhou observed for a while before reaching this conclusion.
Li Zheng frowned slightly and looked out to the sea.
Apart from the somewhat tumultuous waves, he saw nothing unusual.
"They probably ran off."
Li Zheng thought for a moment, feeling a bit frustrated.
He reckoned this person had followed him underwater when he went to buy fishing gear, yet he hadn't considered this possibility and thus neglected to check the surroundings in advance.
"What should we do? Should we go back and warn others?" Zhan Zhouzhou suggested pointedly.
"They say catch them in the act, and nab thieves with the goods in hand." Li Zheng shook his head, "We didn't catch them on the spot, so there's no reason to retaliate against others."
"So you mean..." Zhan Zhouzhou didn't insist.
Li Zheng rubbed his head, pondered for a while, and then turned to Mirel, detailing the situation to her and seeking her opinion.
Upon learning the whole story, Mirel mulled it over and whispered to Li Zheng, "This person has tasted some success and won't give up that easily. You could do this... and then..."
Listening to Mirel's plan, Li Zheng nodded repeatedly and finally said with a smile, "Having a smart person by my side is just great, I don't even need to use my brain."
Mirel rolled her eyes and said, "So you're just lazy to learn, aren't you?"
"Heh heh."
Li Zheng chuckled, thinking it was too tiring to learn such things, avoiding using his brain.
"Come on, everyone bring over the damaged net guards. I'm going to settle the score with the merchant!" Li Zheng deliberately raised his voice, asking others to get the damaged net guards to prevent the opponent from having hidden tricks and still lurking around.
As expected, even members of the Starting Point Legion thought their leader was somewhat foolish. Everyone had said for a while that the net guards might have been damaged by human intervention, yet he still wanted to settle accounts with the merchant.
One by one, they muttered as they handed over the items to Li Zheng to take away.
Li Zheng collected everything into the capsule and said to Zhan Zhouzhou, "I'm going to make a trip; do you want to wait here with the others, or head straight to find the next fish catch area?"
Zhan Zhouzhou also had Prel's Eye and could see where the gathering points were, though unlike Li Zheng, he didn't have the ability to change the terrain.
"I'll take some people to wander around first, and if I don't find a new gathering point, I'll come back to wait for you," Zhan Zhouzhou said, "If I do find one, you'll come find us."
"Alright, you all be careful,"
Li Zheng urged, spreading his Thunder Wing, flying towards the beach.
Along the way, with the ocean vast and majestic, Li Zheng attentively looked around, trying to spot something unusual.
As he got closer to the beach, from far away, he saw a figure clad in blue emerge from the sea, talking to a player.
Seeing this, Li Zheng's face darkened slightly.
He quickly composed himself, pretending to be oblivious and approached the beach, with his expression turning to one of apparent rage.
Landing in front of Luo Aiman, he burst into angry curses, "You damn shyster, how dare you sell defective goods to me. We've been working hard for half an hour, and all the harvest is lost. How are you going to compensate me?"
Luo Aiman, still enjoying the sea breeze and sunlight, was suddenly scolded to high heaven, looking completely bewildered.
"What defective products?"
He was just a dealer; the items were all supplied by the Terminal, how could they be defective goods?
"Oh, you're playing dumb, are you?" Li Zheng sneered, pulling out a pile of damaged net guards and throwing them in front of Luo Aiman, "Open your eyes and have a good look, aren't these things bought from you!"
Luo Aiman turned over several net guards, examining them carefully, "These are indeed from me, no mistake..."
Li Zheng sneered incessantly, "Admit it?"
"But these tears are definitely man-made. The fish you've caught, even if you shoved a humpback whale in there, it wouldn't break!" Luo Aiman argued reasonably.
"I don't care! These items were bought from you, and we wouldn't be bored enough to slash them for fun, would we?" Li Zheng began to act shamelessly.
"That can't be sure." Luo Aiman squinted at Li Zheng, "Others might not do such a stupid thing, but you..."
"What about me? I'm just the type to do such silly things?" Li Zheng shouted, stubbornly.
Luo Aiman's face changed, "Haven't you done enough stupid things?"
Damn!
Several times he exchanged same-level materials for same-level materials. If it weren't for accepting an unequal exchange, he would have still profited and not have considered beating Li Zheng up before, giving him a lesson.
But precisely because he accepted the unequal exchange, Luo Aiman thought even more that Li Zheng was a tedious fool.
A normal person wouldn't do something so obviously disadvantageous!
"I don't care. Anyway, about these net guards, you need to give me an explanation!" Li Zheng acted as if he didn't understand what Luo Aiman was saying, behaving like a street hooligan.
"Explanation? I'll give you a damn explanation!" Luo Aiman's entire head turned red, with a hint of black, as he shouted, "Either buy new ones with points, or get lost! That's my explanation to you!"
"You..."
Li Zheng pointed at Luo Aiman, as if at a loss for words, "What makes you so unreasonable?"
"Reasonable? I've already shown you enough courtesy..." Luo Aiman squinted, if it were someone else, they would have been feeding the fish in the sea by now.
In the distance, a shirtless player watched the commotion, gloating, "See that? I told you, with me taking action, there won't be any flaws exposed, and now they're causing trouble for the merchant!"
The man next to him barely nodded, "Yeah, your work is reassuring. This time you brought over a thousand points of profit to the regiment, definitely outpacing those along the beach. The organization won't shortchange you."
Being acknowledged, the player was overjoyed, enthusiastically assuring, "Don't worry, captain, this is just the appetizer. Soon, I'll get all the points from the entire Endless Ocean area for you!"
He initially thought he had developed a useless transformation ability, even considering getting rid of it.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the right use during this event.
As long as he put in some effort, fishing folks in the entire Endless Ocean site would be working for him!
"The Wave-cutting Legion relies on you then!" The captain patted his shoulder, saying earnestly.
"Yes, Captain!"
With a great sense of responsibility, that player saluted his captain, swearing to lead the entire legion to win and gain recognition in the fishing contest.
"But..."
The Wave-cutting Legion's captain looked at Li Zheng, a glint of suspicion in his eyes, "I feel like I've seen this guy somewhere, he looks a bit familiar."
"Familiar? That's expected!"
The frogman player said, "I saw earlier, he's the one leading over forty people, who stirred a sandstorm, causing us much trouble!"
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have taken action to steal their fish!"
No~
The Wave-cutting Legion's captain shook his head silently, feeling as if he had seen this person before not only during the event but outside as well.
But...
Who could it be?
Why did they seem familiar, but he just couldn't recall where he'd seen them?
He couldn't figure it out...
Of course, he couldn't figure it out. If Li Zheng still had hair, he would have recognized him immediately and wouldn't have let others provoke this renowned guy.
Unfortunately, in this world, there's everything except a regret pill.
"Fine! Even if you won't admit it, that's okay. A few dozen net guards, not many points, I'll treat it as charity!" Li Zheng acted as if he couldn't get any advantage from the fishing equipment merchant, swallowing the loss, "Give me fifty more net guards! This time I want to inspect them on the spot!"
"Fine, take them, inspect all you want!"
Luo Aiman tossed out a pile of net guards, feeling somewhat impatient.