Chapter 268 Repaying the favor
"I'm really defeated by you. Get your back out of the sea and I'll help you pull the spear out of your back!"
Vic was a little helpless. If he didn't choose to kill it, he would have to choose to help it, otherwise this guy might really follow him all the time.
The big dolphin seemed to understand what Vic said. It quickly laid its body flat, revealing its injured back, on which were stuck more than a dozen seven or eight meter long iron spears. They were very thick and were obviously used to hunt large fish.
Vic jumped onto the back of the giant white dolphin. Vic took out Allen, cut off the barbed tips of the harpoons that were used to pierce the dolphins' bodies, and then pulled them out. This was the least painful way.
However, there were only a few spears that penetrated the dolphin in this way. The others pierced directly into the dolphin's body, leaving only the tail with the rope outside. Vic did not choose to pull it out directly, but used Ryuuko and mental strength to sense the depth and position of the spear tip.
It is difficult for the seeing and hearing color to sense things inside a living organism, as if it is interfered with or the things inside are blocked.
Vic used an Allen to slash the body of the speargun on the barbed side, cutting a channel for the barb to come out smoothly.
Although it would hurt, Allen was very sharp and the pain only lasted for a moment. He cut out the channel and pulled out the spear gun immediately. During this short period of time, the dolphin's body did not fully react. This was much gentler than directly pulling out the spear gun.
Although the process was still very painful, the dolphin seemed to understand that this human was helping it, and did not struggle or move its body, allowing Vic to do it.
"Okay, all the spear guns on your body have been pulled out, you are free!"
Vic put away the last spear gun, patted the dolphin on the back and said, if the spear gun remained in its body for a long time, it might die, but now that it has been pulled out, it can heal its wounds on its own, and the rest depends on its own fate.
"goodbye!"
Vic stood on the bow and waved to the dolphins, then jumped into the sea to continue swimming. The dolphins also stood up and nodded to Vic, then disappeared into the sea.
Vic didn't care. He was under a lot of pressure. He promised Rebecca and the others to keep Wendy safe and sound. If something happened to Wendy, he would break his promise.
However, after swimming for only a quarter of an hour, Vic discovered that the huge white dorsal fin appeared again beside the boat. The giant dolphin came back to find him again. Vic was not in the mood to pay attention to it now. As long as it didn't make trouble, he would just let it go.
But the dolphin did not always follow the boat. Sometimes it would swim to the sea ahead to wait for Vic, and sometimes it would circle around Vic and the boat. Anyway, it did not affect Vic's pulling the boat. Every time it swam past Vic, it would call to Vic a few times, as if reminding him of something.
"You mean you can help me pull the boat?"
After a few times, Vic finally figured out something. The dolphin was beside him just to tell him that it was faster in the water and could help him pull the boat. It was not a naughty kid showing off in front of him. It could see that Vic was in a hurry and it had never seen a human pulling a boat, so it wanted to repay this lifesaver.
Vic, who had stopped the dolphin charge, nodded and made noises, and a hint of smile could be seen in his big eyes.
Vic was very happy to see that the dolphin was willing to help. This dolphin was indeed much faster in the water than him, and he could also completely free himself to take good care of Wendy, which was a great help.
Vic was not polite to the dolphin. He untied all the ropes around his waist, took out a bundle of ropes and looped them around the dolphin's body in front of its dorsal fin. He then tied the ropes he had untied from his body to the rope loops on both sides of the dolphin's body, just like a saddle on a carriage, so as not to affect the dolphin's swimming and balance.
"Thank you. Just walk in a straight line in this direction."
Vic tied the rope, took out the permanent pointer, looked at it, and then pointed the direction to the dolphin.
This dolphin is really smart. It can actually understand what Vic said and swim directly in the direction Vic pointed. Its speed is much faster than Vic's.
"With it here, rescuing it just now doesn't count as a waste of time. It also reduces the time it takes to get to Drum Island. It can be considered a blessing in disguise. I'm pretty lucky!"
A smile appeared on Vic's face, and he casually threw the big guy who had returned to human form into the sea. Then a strange fruit with a spiral pattern appeared in his hand.
It looks a bit like a cantaloupe, but there are two cylindrical things growing symmetrically below the fruit stem, of the same size, attached to both sides of the main fruit. Vic took a closer look.
"Is this the big animal-type gorilla fruit? It looks a little unusual. Do ordinary animal-type fruits grow two hands? Forget it, I'm not going to eat it, so why worry about it!"
Victor flipped his hand and put the devil fruit into the other dimension, then took out a towel to wipe the water stains on his body.
This time it has been thoroughly confirmed that the other-dimensional space can isolate the unknown conditions of the transmission of devil fruits, so that the ability can only be reborn by randomly selecting a fruit in the other-dimensional space. This is also something that Vic should be happy about. Now he has two devil fruits in his other-dimensional space, and he is already very rich.
Vic dried his body and took off the last piece of cloth on his body at the bow, then changed into dry shorts and put on his original clothes. Anyway, now there was only a dolphin pulling the boat and an unconscious girl.
Although the girl before was not very serious, the unconscious girl was definitely serious. Vic sat on the bow for a while, enjoying the sea breeze, and named the dolphin Xiaobai. Xiaobai should like it very much, as his calls were particularly loud.
After giving the name, Vic did not stay in the bow. He was interrupted when he was feeding Wendy soup before he took a few sips. Now he was going to make it again and make something delicious for Xiaobai as well. He couldn't just let Xiaobai run in the sea without giving him barbecue. Vic was not Zhou Baopi.
It didn't take long for Vic to feed the roasted sea king meat to Xiaobai. Xiaobai was still eager to eat it. Its body was too big, and the piece of meat could only be considered a snack. However, Xiaobai was still very satisfied with the taste of the barbecue, and he pulled the boat much faster.
After feeding Xiaobai, Vic went into the bedroom with the cooked soup. Wendy was still unconscious with an ice pack on her head.
Vic sat on the edge of the bed with the soup, put Wendy's hand back into the quilt, which had stretched out of the quilt at some point, and put his palm on Wendy's face to test the temperature, which was relatively stable and did not continue to rise.
"I just rescued a giant dolphin from a group of pirates. I didn't expect it to be willing to help us pull the boat. I named it Xiaobai.
Xiaobai is very human. I am now completely free to take care of you. Actually, it’s not really care. I just changed the ice packs and fed you some soup. You have been unconscious, so I can’t do anything else…”
While Vic was feeding Wendy soup, he was muttering something that people in this world could understand.
After feeding Wendy the soup, Vic took out a napkin and wiped the remaining soup stains on her lips. After putting away the bowl and spoon, Vic meditated next to Wendy to prevent her from having any abnormal reactions.
However, Vic would wake up regularly to see if the direction in which Xiaobai was pulling the boat had deviated. Xiaobai did not disappoint Vic and swam in the direction specified by Vic, as if he had the direction in his mind.