Codex Pirates

Chapter 11 Firelight

Denton didn't lie, at least he didn't lie about the story he made up. Even pirates know how to pack themselves these days. William didn't have to do much to make Denton, whose bones were not as hard as the rumors, tell the truth.

Remember that the sea charts and notes of the treasure island are hidden in the cover of Gore's diary. After being checked by William, he simply killed Denton.

At night, a bonfire rose on a deserted island that had not been inhabited for many years. A Jin tried his skills and returned to his old business. He caught a few fish in the sea, but was picked up by four reckless men who didn't know much about cooking. After a few clicks, put it on the fire to roast.

Of course, the taste is not very good, but it is enough to satisfy the hunger. William decided to use the supplies on the ship temporarily. According to Gore’s notes, this small island is not located on the main waterway, and only some supplies are delivered to remote villages and towns. The small merchant ships will pass by once or twice a month, and William must be prepared for a few people missing the merchant ship due to unknown factors, or the merchant ship will not pass here due to unexpected circumstances.

William grabbed a branch, frowned, wrote and drew on the ground, and thought about the next thing. He is a person who has been in society, and he pursues preparations and plans for everything. It sounds nice and imposing, but when people only make one preparation and are disrupted by sudden accidents, they can know how unreliable this behavior of putting eggs in one basket is. This kind of failure may lead to death, but the feeling of starvation is definitely not good, especially when you become a leader, if you are not prepared for things, not only you will be hungry alone, but also a group of people who point at you to eat and start work may also be hungry. It was not easy for someone like William who had a somewhat good face.

"William, what should we do next?" Akin asked as he fiddled with the bonfire.

Aramis and Valon also looked at William when they heard this, and they all waited for William to make up his mind. The three of them tied their futures to William. This trust and habit brought both prestige and responsibility.

"Now is a good time, since you haven't been wanted by the navy yet, you have time and energy to learn something to help you get involved." William looked at Aramis, "I remember hearing you say that a dojo has some reputation, what is it called? "

"Shuangyue Village, Yixin Dojo." Aramis came from a merchant family, and he was the most well-informed among the four of them about the local news, but he obviously didn't agree with William's proposal: "We even got rid of Denton, and got Tibetan Baotu, why do you have to go to a ruined dojo to suffer? There is nothing to learn."

William casually erased the words he had written on the ground in Chinese characters that only he could understand, such as "Government grows out of the barrel of a gun", "Where there are soldiers, there is a grasshead king", etc., then threw away the branches, and glanced at them one by one. Three people: "Let me ask you, are you guys willing to go home and live a normal life? Now we haven't attracted the attention of the Navy, and it may be too late to withdraw."

The three shook their heads in unison. Although they did not enjoy the taste of plundering like the old pirates and thus fell in love with the pirate business, after witnessing the helplessness of the poor people in the face of the thugs on the pirate ship, whether it was Ajin, Ala Both Mies and Wallon knew that in the era of great pirates, a seemingly peaceful and stable life was like a beautiful scene in a snow globe.

And among the three, Ah Jin was forced to join the pirate ship by the tax official and the fishing bully, Aramis was forced to join the thief ship by the debt collector after bankruptcy, and Wallon's parents were also unable to pay heavy taxes because of the poor harvest at home. And hanged himself, so he chose to be a pirate.

It can be said that the three people actually have a hint of hostility and distrust towards the so-called stable life in their hearts. Although the life of a pirate is not as beautiful and happy as in the adventure story, but with a knife and a gun in hand, their lives are in their own hands. Compared with the past It seems to be stable, but there are days of shackles everywhere, and it has an inexplicable sense of security.

Maybe being in the navy is also a way out, but William originally came from the earth in the 21st century, and he lives in an orderly and stable society. It is strange enough for criminals with important cases to join the army, and wanting to become a high-ranking official is even more nonsense. Whether he can pass the political trial is a matter of two opinions, so he didn't consider joining the navy from the beginning, and Ajin and others had an instinctive aversion to the navy that had been chasing them because they had been pirates.

"So you're going to continue being a pirate?" William looked at Aramis again, with a serious expression on his face, and his tone increased little by little: "Why do you ask me to learn something? I want to ask you too, There are many jobs in this world that are easier and safer than pirates. Why do we choose to be pirates? To live a precarious life? To experience the fun of playing hide-and-seek with the navy? To live a life where there is no tomorrow?"

"Maybe with good luck, after the looting, we can still drink a good meal together and get a share of the booty that was taken away. If you are unlucky, you will find that before you have time to mourn the death of your companion, you will find that you have just On the snatched ship, there is only a pile of shit that can’t be sold, and then you look at your companions who suffered heavy casualties, and you may have to face a bad-tempered pirate captain, worrying that he will take your anger out on you at any time. Do you think Save some money, but you may be killed tomorrow. The hard-earned money you save is cheaper for others. If you don’t save money, it’s even worse. If you can survive by luck, when you are not young, you have no savings When you are injured all over again, you will feel that life is worse than death! Then tell me now, Aramis, do you want to live this kind of life?"

Aramis bowed his head at what William said, and William looked at Akin and Wallon again.

"Even doing business pays attention to return. As much as we invest, we hope to return as much. As pirates, we invest only one life for each person, and this is the extravagant return?" William spat, "Fuck it , are you willing? Anyway, I am not willing."

Ajin asked in a calm voice: "Then what are you going to do?"

William's eyes are faintly shining, I don't know if it's because of the reflection of the fire, or the growth of ambition: "We want to form our own fleet, if we risk our lives, then why, we are doomed to be unknown Hello? Why can’t we be great pirates? The East China Sea is known as the area with the weakest pirate power among the four seas. After Goldo Roger, there has never been a great pirate. Even Roger’s execution in the East China Sea has been condemned by the world Consider it a shame! In the East China Sea, I don’t know how many pirates are secretly looking forward to myself, or someone else will one day re-justify the name of the East China Sea people, just like the original One Piece, you are also from the East China Sea, now you tell me, you don’t want to Become such a great pirate!?"

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