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The Dreadful Whale was anchored near a small island for the night. Vampire was having a small feast all for herself as she ate the pig she had gotten from the pasting merchant ship. She killed and butchered the pig herself, something that she learned from her mother who had been a butcher. She got rid of the guts of the pig, tossing the intestines and stomach overboard. Not wanting to do the work in cleaning the guts of the poop and other things that are inside. She watches as the bloody pieces sank into the water, wondering what kind of sea creature will be feeding upon it.

She lay the bloody skin on a tanning rack she had fashioned. Another thing she had learned from mom. She does not know what she will be doing with the leather once it is dry. She figures she will just sell it once she gets to an island or trade it with a passing ship.

She setup a portable grill and setup a spit to roast the pig on the deck of her ship. She slowly turns the spit cooking the skin pig over the fire. The still dripping blood sizzling as it drips into the fire, adding to the smell of cooking meat.

Once the meat was fully cook, she began ripping at the pig tearing off the legs with ease and ate. She can eat all she wants and not gain weight thanks to how much energy her lifestyle burns. Not to mention her using her powers burns them off just as good if she was working out. (1)

She ate and strip the pig down to the bones and parts that she did not like. She even broke open the bones to suck out the marrow inside. Her belly showed off her meal, but it soon went back to normal thanks to how fast her body broke down food. She put out the fire that was still burning and dump the bones into the sea.

The only thing left was the pig's head which she saved for last. She had already eaten the flesh, eyeballs, and the brain. She tied the skull in some fishing wire and toss it off the side. The skull sunk till the line of the fishing wire reached its limit. The smell of the skull would either attracted a sea creature that she would be able to catch and eat. Or after a couple of days with the smaller sea creatures eating the remaining flesh that she did not get, would leave her a nice skull she could use as a decoration.

Vampire looking down into the depths of the sea spotted a wreck. Vampire strip herself naked and drove into the water heading towards the wreck. Vampire did not just make her money in bounty hunting but also salvaging wrecks. And seeing how she learned that she does not need to breathe air.

She stripped the ship of all the salvage she could find, seeing how the wreck was still fresh as in the logbook once dried could still be read. She got the wood that once dried she could use for either for repairs or as firewood. She got all the crates, barrels and chests that still had stuff inside thanks to her using her x-ray vision to see inside. She then strips the remains of all the metal she could sell as scrap once she reached a port. (2)

Opening the crates, barrels and chests, Vampire began looking through what she gotten from the wreck. The food, spices, and sugar were all gone bad thanks to saltwater leaking in the barrels and crates. That are all dump overboard. But the other goods and luxuries were still ok once dried. Then there are the cannons that she picked up that could still be sold, either being reused or scrap for metal. She also found several cases of wine and beer, which she would be enjoying for herself. She also found some berries here and there both coin and bills, with some other valuables that she could sell.

That got her to think about how alone she is on her big boat by herself. Vampire has been traveling alone for years now and sure she has left many women in many ports longing for her return, she had never traveled with a crew. For a crew she would need a carpenter who would make repairs, a cook always needed, a cooper who preserves food in barrels, a gunner, a navigator, a quartermaster, a sail maker, and a doctor.

But the main reason why she does not travel with a crew was because of her powers. She knows what will happen once word spreads about her powers. The navy would be after her more than they already are, her uncle maybe the admiral and Kong the commander. They still have people who they take orders from and plenty of other government branches that have been hounding her to join the world government.

It's only thanks to her powers that she's able to avoid running into agents. She can see through anything and she can hear the heart beats of people, knowing when they're lying. Then there's her using her super sights and hearing that allows her to see anyone or thing that's spying on her or following her. The Cipher Pol agents have been stumped in how she kept on avoiding them and finding the bugs they keep on putting on any ship she uses.

She managed to get people to think the times people see her use her powers, it's just advance use of Rokushiki. It helped that she was trained by both her grandfather and uncle Zephyr in that fighting style. And Haki which she learned to her surprise that she is completely immune to Haoshoku Haki. Her uncle Sengoku has tried it enough times on her that he has given up trying, whenever he caught her playing around at the navy HQ.

Vampire then notice something that she had picked up in the scrap metal pile. Unlike the rest of the metal that she had salvaged from the bottom of the sea, the thing she had picked up was not rusted at all. It was not gold as it is the only metal that doesn't rust even when it's been in salt water. Sure, stuff gets build up on the gold coins she has found but it never rust. The machine which that she figures is what she found had no markings at all. Its so advance that it does not even have parts. It's just one solid piece. The only thing she can figured out is that its like the communication machines that is attached to Den Den Mushis.

Vampire walks into her cabin where she keeps her Den Den Mushi which he's sleeping on her desk. Bert as she had named him is a fully grown Den Den Mushi the size of a house cat and next to him is the baby den den Mushi Sam. Vampire compares the strange machine and the radio. The machine is much smaller and fits in the palm of her hand and would easily be carried in her pocket. Vampire decided that in the morning she would try attaching the machine to Bert and sees what happen.

Unknown to Vampire she had anchored at the same island where her parents had found her. And the strange machine is something that was in her pod but came loose and fell into the sea. What she had found is what on Krypton would be a smartphone, something that her birth mother had place in her pod before she was sent off world.

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Author's Notes -

1 - Vampire is a big eater like the rest of her family. But unlike everyone else, she doesn't need to eat or drink as long as she has the sun. Just like in cannon with Superman.

2 - In the days of sail and wooden ships, scrap metal was just as valued as loot as gold. Everyone always just thinks about the gold that pirates steal, but scrap metal was just as valued back in those days. As treasure ships are far and few, so merchant ships were the normal ships that pirates looted. Taking the cargo that they would be able to sell themselves.

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