Codex Pirates

Chapter 8 The Boat

The people on board the Denton Pirates were restless, because of the lack of supplies, the water and food rationing system had been implemented. Ironically, the people sailing on this vast ocean seemed to be in the center of the desert, and everyone’s lips were chapped. His face was haggard.

However, perhaps because of this, in today's environment where people's hearts are floating, a bunch of bad-tempered pirates don't have the energy to quarrel and fight. Just manipulating heavy sails and cables every day has exhausted their few resources. energy.

William and his group were no exception.

Supplies are a big problem for everyone on the ship, which is why he didn't choose to take the opportunity to leave directly.

The small boat can't sail far, and it can't carry much supplies. Besides, in order not to alarm other pirates, William and the others can bring even less supplies. If there is no clear destination, knowing where to park supplies, and driving a small boat that lacks supplies Throwing into the vast sea is purely a joke with his own life.

And things like navigation logs that record precious information such as navigation routes and island locations are generally in the hands of people with important positions such as the captain.

Since the last encounter with the navy, William noticed that Captain Danton would patrol the boat from time to time. William, who guessed his intentions, knew that he wanted to ensure the safety of this only way of retreat, but he did not expect him to be so calm. There has been no movement for almost two weeks.

It wasn't until this night that William, who was watching the boat with Wallon, noticed the figure he had been longing for day and night—three tall men were taking advantage of the darkness to lightly put things on it.

Due to fatigue, William's reaction was a little slow, and it took two seconds for him to jolt up and come back to his senses. He quickly pushed Wallon, who was a little dazed, to wake up Ajin and Aramis.

After Wallon left in a hurry, William coughed lightly and walked out from the darkness.

In the silent night, a sudden cough came into the ears of the three busy figures, like a holding spell, making them all pause before turning around to look at William.

After seeing clearly that it was William who made the voice, one person couldn't help shouting angrily, "It's you again!"

William squinted. It was too dark just now, and the other party turned his back to him, so he didn't look carefully. Only then did he realize that this person turned out to be an acquaintance, the second officer Balmond who had just clashed with him not long ago.

In addition to Denton and Balmond, the other person turned out to be Gore, the navigator on the ship.

Balmond hated William for trying to spoil his good deeds twice. After seeing William, he immediately put his hand on the handle of the knife, but was held down by Denton's shoulder by the side.

Denton looked at William, who had a half-smile on his face, and faced the three people on his side who were still fearless. He knew that the other party understood the purpose of him and others, and also understood that he and others would not dare to make a big noise. The other pirates caught, the three of them can't get away.

"William, what are you doing here?" Denton pressed Balmond's shoulder firmly, and asked in a deep voice, "Aren't you keeping watch today?"

"I found that the captain hasn't arranged a night watchman on board for the past few days. I'm afraid you're worried about too many things and you'll forget them. You're worried about something happening on the ship at night, so you decide to watch the night on your own." William laughed softly. "It seems that you didn't forget Yes, on purpose."

The situation is actually very obvious. Except for the stubborn Balmond, Denton and Gore, two smart people, have already figured it out in a short time. William must have guessed their plan, so he has been staying here.

Therefore, when the navigator Gore heard the words, he sneered with a half-hearted smile: "I really didn't realize before that you are such a person who knows the general situation."

"Captain, are you leaving?" William, who was delayed for a while, ignored the other party's sarcasm. After hearing a faint sound of light footsteps, the smile on his lips widened, and he said to Denton, "Take How about we go together?"

At the same time, Wallon's shiny bald head poked out from behind the aisle. Ajin and Aramis, who were not neatly dressed but clutched their weapons tightly, followed closely behind. The three stood behind William together. The four young The pirates, faintly confronted the three old fritters of Denton.

As a pirate captain, Denton looks no different from other people of the same age who have been working all year round. His face is weathered, his chin and cheeks are blue due to years of shaving, and a few strands of gray hair are messy. Swaying side to side with the sea breeze, just looking at these, he is more like an ordinary fisherman. The only difference is that his right eye socket is a cold and unpopular fake eyeball.

But at this moment, when Denton's only active one eye is staring at William, his gaze is so cold that people are almost confused about which eye is real and which is fake.

There was a sudden silence in the air, and Denton seemed to be thinking about William's "proposal"—or rather, a threat.

Just when William felt that Denton might decide to do something and raised his vigilance, Denton finally responded, "Okay, I'll take you along."

"Captain!?" Balmond questioned dissatisfiedly.

"I've got the final say!" Denton glared at Balmond, then lowered his voice. To ensure that only the two companions around him could hear him, he almost squeezed out a sentence, "Get ashore before you do anything!"

At the same time, William also lowered his voice, and whispered to Ajin, Aramis, and Wallon: "If you hear my signal, do it."

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The small wooden boats originally owned by the pirate ship were all destroyed in the previous naval battle with the navy, leaving only two intact. Denton originally planned to take three of himself on one, and then put the other The scuttling of one ship cut off the other pirates on board from imitating the example, forcing them to help their own group to attract the attention of the navy.

Now he can only give up this idea, and take two small wooden boats with William. He, Balmond, William, and Arkin are in the rear, and Navigator Gore, Aramis, and Wallon are in the lead. lead the way.

After they boarded the boat, they paddled quickly and gradually distanced themselves from the big boat. William inspected the small wooden boat and found that Denton and the others did not bring much supplies in advance, so he asked, "Is there enough food and water?" ,captain?"

Denton seemed to be amused by William's behavior of pretending to call him the captain at this time, he grinned and said: "There are not many supplies on the ship, and I don't have the heart to take too many things away, so that those who stay on the ship There is no way to survive, and the desert island we are going to will take less than two days of sailing at most, and the time at sea should be enough, but I am not sure after going to the island."

A Jin sneered at Denton's hypocrisy, and snorted coldly with disdain.

Denton turned his one eye slightly, looked at A Jin, and said with a playful face: "Why? Young man, I can't accept the reality. I remember that you were also a fisherman? Then you must know that after working hard all day fishing, you found that The feeling that a broken fishing net can’t be repaired? You must know that the strength honed by fishing all day is useless when facing tax officials and fishing bullies, except to make it easier for you to commit crimes? Do you think that all pirates go to sea? Is it because of One Piece's empty words? Who knows if he went crazy before he died!"

"We are spurned pirates. We are chased by the navy, and we have to fight with our colleagues. The navy says we are rats and wild dogs, living in the cracks." Denton spit into the sea and continued: "This Be right for the damned seagull, anyway, I'm a pirate to survive, and I'm going to tell you, when you have survived for so many years like me in almost suffocating cracks, you will know that people are better than mice They are terrible with wild dogs, and they can do anything to survive, so I left enough supplies for them, which is kind enough.”