The Pirates of the Hidden Sea

Amid the white clouds, a drone watched over the sunken ship.

The design of a pirate flag was drawn on the side, the same design that was on the ship.

The drone belongs to the same pirate group.

Everything that happened on the ship was recorded by the drone and seen by the most influential members of the pirates in their hideout.

After the ship sank and everyone died, the drone left.

…

Somewhere in the middle of the ocean…

The place was formed by several jagged rocks that protrude from the bottom of the sea, it was as if it were mountains that pierce the sea to the surface.

Going down to the bottom it was possible to see several caves without lighting.

Entering these caves it was possible to see a large water maze that leads to some unknown place.

At the end, there was a large steel door, which when opened, a new view was seen.

A city.

A small town carved into a largely dry, illuminated cave.

The pirate flag was hoisted atop the tallest building.

This was the main building of the pirate group, the Pirates of the Hidden Sea.

The name was because of the hiding place that was at the bottom of the sea and almost impossible to find.

The place was like a fortress impossible to invade.

On the top floor of the tallest building…

A middle-aged man was looking at the drone footage, the footage of the ship being sunk.

His appearance was muscular and wild like an evil pirate.

After seeing that, he called someone.

"Berkhan, is there some important matter for you to be calling me?" A male voice echoed through the phone, but the tone was one of a surprise because the middle-aged man rarely called him. Unless it was something very important business-related.

The language used was Japanese.

"Shinji-san, I have news about Doctor Yamada's daughter."

"What happened?" The tone on the other end changed very fast upon hearing about the young woman.

"She ran away from the ship. Looks like some idiots in my group invited a demon onto the ship. Everything was destroyed and sunk. But she must have fled along with this person to the bottom of the sea so no one could see where they're going." Berkhan didn't need to see what happened at the bottom of the sea to think about that.

Liu Yang wouldn't kill himself after blowing up the ship, so he would survive. Nor would the young woman do such a thing.

"I see… I appreciate the information. I want you to order your subordinates to watch the seas and let me know if that bitch has appeared anywhere. Payment will be sent to the same place in two days." The person named Shinji was surprised about the young woman escaping, but already thinking about measures to find her.

"No problem. As long as payment is made, my group will do the job"

"..." The phone was disconnected after they finished talking.

"Shinji, what is so special about this young woman that you want to keep her isolated from the world? Does she have any information on Doctor Yamada? Or does she have something very important that you want?" Berkhan knew all the information about the young woman, but he didn't know anything about why she was being persecuted by so many powerful and influential groups in Japan.

trim… trim…

Berkhan called ten more times to various powerful groups in Japan reporting on the young woman's escape.

…

At the bottom of the sea…

A water engine was traveling at great speed and running away from the sea creatures it was chasing.

Liu Yang tied a rope to the thruster while holding two children and the young woman did the same.

After sinking the ship, he did so to escape without being seen by the escaped pirates.

Their journey lasted just an hour before the water engine ran out of battery.

The young woman charged the battery using an item she carries with her, so the journey quickly continued.

According to the ship's maps and GPS, it was somewhere near the islands of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan.

The islands were close to Taiwan but were invaded and occupied by sea creatures. The government and the Japan Hunters Association tried to regain control of the island, but it was still very difficult to do.

The situation was like that of Penghu.

So Liu Yang continued on his way to the nearest island, even though it was ruled by sea creatures, it was still safer than staying in the middle of the ocean.

After three days of traveling at sea, the group finally arrived at a small island.

The water engine was fast enough to leave sea creatures in the dust.

So none of them were hurt.

Upon reaching the beach, they were attacked by various creatures, Liu Yang quickly cut their bodies and killed them all.

The creatures that inhabit the island were giant crabs, snakes, rhinos and other things, but their sizes were as big as a truck.