352: Tuna Robbery

By this time, Bai Xue and Wang Yan had already left the rest cabin and headed straight for the deck. Yao Shanshan, with her long legs, took three steps in two and ran to fetch the tackle bag.

The four Electric Reels were quickly set up by the group. Without needing Yang Qi's instructions, they immediately attached large hooks for catching giants.

The four Electric Reels were installed on both sides of the gunwale. Yang Qi and Yao Shanshan faced the fish school head-on, while Bai Xue and Wang Yan stood back-to-back with them.

Yang Qi also set up a Boat Rod with a large Overhead Reel for himself. Everyone baited their hooks and stood ready for battle.

At this moment, the fish school slowly approached the fishing boat, and squawking sea birds began to circle above, as if protesting that "setting sail" was obstructing their feeding.

Yang Qi seriously suspected they were hurling insults, and quite nasty ones at that.

Faced with this tactless giant that wouldn't leave despite their squawking, many short-tempered sea birds immediately launched a chemical attack, dropping "gas bombs" one after another.

In an instant, "setting sail" was covered in bird droppings, falling like hail. The four people, unable to dodge in time, inevitably suffered the consequences.

Fortunately, all four were wearing hats, otherwise... Yang Qi was so furious he cursed on the spot. He was tempted to lift his rod and hook to hit the birds, but remembering that these sea birds were protected animals and might land him a pair of Silver Handcuffs, he could only give up.

These days, everything except humans is protected!

Just then, his Electric Reel hooked a fish. The rod tip trembled; it didn't seem like the fish would be too large. But since a fish was hooked, he couldn't just not reel it in, right?

Yang Qi stepped forward and reached out, preparing to push the retrieval switch on the Electric Reel. As luck would have it, a glob of bird droppings landed on the back of his hand with a "splat."

"Holy crap, does it have to be this ridiculous?"

Yang Qi cursed in disgust. Luckily he was wearing gloves; otherwise, would he even want this hand anymore?

He shook his hand hard toward the deck a few times, finally flinging the disgusting stuff off. Enduring the discomfort, he pushed the retrieval switch.

Through his Golden Finger, he had already seen that what was on the Electric Reel was a Skipjack Tuna weighing about ten jin.

This was a school of Skipjack Tuna preying on Balang Fish, and following closely behind them were five or six Tuna.

"I need to land the Skipjack Tuna quickly and change the bait to catch the Tuna; that's the right way to go."

At that moment, the Boat Rod inserted in the Rod Holder made a "zi-zi-zi" sound. Turning his head, he saw the fishing rod had already bent into a deep arc.

"Hooked one, and it looks quite big."

Yang Qi immediately stepped forward and gripped the rod to set the hook. A strong pull was instantly felt in his hands. Even though the drag was locked, the fishing line was still slowly being pulled out with a "zi-zi-zi" sound.

"At most 100 jin."

Based on the feel, he knew this fish wouldn't be too large. Sure enough, in the ability's vision, an Albacore Tuna weighing about eighty jin was struggling, attempting to break free from the line's restraint.

"Come over here! Little guy."

A Tuna of this size was nothing in Yang Qi's eyes. Yang Qi took the fishing rod out of the Rod Holder and prepared to fight it with raw strength.

Yao Shanshan also saw Yang Qi preparing to fight a big fish manually. She had experienced this scene many times before.

Just then, the rod in front of her also hooked a fish. She first pushed the retrieval switch on her Electric Reel, then took a Fighting Belt out of the tackle bag and ran toward Yang Qi.

"Here, let me put the Fighting Belt on you."

"Okay, thanks!"

Yang Qi was pulling the rod tight, his body leaning back slightly. Because Yao Shanshan was tall, it was actually a bit difficult to put the Fighting Belt on Yang Qi from this angle.

Yao Shanshan gritted her teeth and leaned in to help Yang Qi with the Fighting Belt, their upper bodies pressing tightly together.

Yang Qi clearly felt the softness against his back, and even his head was leaning against Yao Shanshan's.

From the corner of his eye, he could even see a few strands of long hair brushing past his face. A faint body fragrance drifted into his nose.

Fortunately, both were wearing face masks, which saved them from their respective embarrassments. Little did they know, both of their faces had already turned red.

"Done."

Yao Shanshan said softly and returned to her fishing spot.

At that moment, Yang Qi saw a dark shadow rapidly appear in front of the Skipjack Tuna on his Electric Reel. A large fish opened its massive mouth and swallowed the Skipjack Tuna, hook and all.

"Holy crap, a Big Blue Fatty just robbed me!"

It turned out to be a giant Bluefin Tuna that had chased after and swallowed the Skipjack Tuna that was already hooked.

This was the truest manifestation of big fish eating small fish, and small fish eating shrimp.

The rod bent into a massive arc as the giant Tuna pulled. The power of the Electric Reel was completely unable to withstand the large fish's pull. The line was pulled out with a "zi-zi-zi" sound.

Without wasting a second, Yang Qi immediately shoved the rod in his hand back into the Rod Holder.

He ran over quickly and grabbed the Electric Reel rod. He used all his strength to lift the rod, ensuring the hook was fully set in the fish's mouth.

However, he couldn't hold it for even 10 seconds. He could only slightly loosen the drag and set the rod down.

The Tuna then pulled the line and sped off into the distance, the line making a "sou-sou-sou" sound as more and more of it was pulled out.

Seeing that this rod was temporarily fine, he originally wanted to go back and land the previous Tuna first.

But there was no question which was more important: an eighty-jin Albacore Tuna or a five-hundred-plus-jin Bluefin Tuna! He had to personally watch the entire process to feel at ease.

"I've hooked one here too."

He saw that Yao Shanshan's Electric Reel had also started retrieving. Judging by the rod's bend, it was likely around a hundred jin. The high-power Electric Reel could handle it without any problem.

"Shanshan, land the fish on my other rod first."

Without a word, Yao Shanshan ran toward that Boat Rod with the large Overhead Reel.

"Put on a Fighting Belt!"

"Oh, okay."

Yao Shanshan passed by the tackle bag, picked up a Fighting Belt, and put it on as she walked.

An eighty-jin Tuna was just right for her to catch; the feel would be great, and the fish was unlikely to escape.

Seeing that Yao Shanshan's Electric Reel was slowly retrieving, the high-power Electric Reel was still slightly superior.

Yang Qi began to focus all his attention on his giant Bluefin Tuna.

He didn't even turn his head when Bai Xue and Wang Yan hooked fish behind him, especially when Wang Yan was screaming with excitement.

When the Electric Reel screen showed that 1000 meters of line had been pulled out, he decisively locked the drag switch.

This action abruptly halted the fleeing Bluefin Tuna. Like a running bull suddenly stopped by a rope tied to a tree, it nearly did a somersault.

Taking advantage of the Bluefin Tuna's daze, Yang Qi began to reel in with force.

He lifted the rod with one hand and cranked the reel with the other, beginning to manually assist the retrieval.

Under full effort, the muscles in his arms beneath his sun-protection shirt instantly bulged. Looking closely, his cheeks were flushed, and the veins on his neck were popping.