Codex Pirates

Chapter 81: The New Captain (Part 1)

When William returned to the big ship of the Redbeard Pirates in a small boat, many people had already gathered on the side of the ship. They had already discovered the fire on the Swordfish Pirates' ship, and some of them saw the bow of the ship suddenly appearing. a cloud of mist.

They didn't know what happened, and when they saw someone coming back, they wanted to ask clearly.

William's feet touched the boat lightly, and he landed on the deck of the pirate ship. Although he looked bloody and embarrassed, there were still two very smart pirates who stepped forward, looking dog-legged. Want to hold him up.

It's just that when their two hands touched William's body, they quickly retracted their hands like an electric shock, then puffed up their mouths, and kept blowing cold air on it.

William frowned, he had just obtained the ability of devil fruit, obviously the control was not good enough.

The surrounding pirates didn't pay attention to the abnormality of the two dog legs. They all focused on the head that William lifted from the back of his hand. Some of them had sharp eyes or clever guesses. These people had different expressions. , but mostly with fear and anxiety.

William ignored it. He swept his eyes and saw Harden standing in the crowd, so he asked directly, "Did anything happen on the boat after I left?"

William asked about the movements of the vice-captain Felton. On the ship of the Redbeard Pirates, he is the only one who has the most motivation and the most ability to cause trouble.

It's just that Felton was more patient than William imagined, or he was timid. Except for the first two harsh words, he didn't move much.

"Those captives, just now, the hair wrapped around them suddenly fell off," Harden shrugged, and said another thing, "Fortunately, they were still wrapped in iron chains, and I called many people Wrapped it a few times and strengthened it."

William was a little scared after hearing this. He didn't know the relevant information about devil fruit users, and he didn't know that his fruit ability would be invalid after Barbarossa's death. Although Selkirk and others were hungry, thirsty and injured, they suddenly escaped. It is also easy to cause trouble on the ship. After killing Redbeard, William has regarded the entire pirate group as his own, and any loss is not what he wants to see.

After learning about the situation on the ship, William got to the point: "Go and call everyone on the ship to the bow deck, I have something to say."

Harden glanced at Barbarossa's head, responded with a complicated expression, then pushed away the crowd and ran to notify the other pirates.

Seeing him leave, William turned his head and shouted to the terrified or confused people around him, "Everyone, follow me!"

With so many major events happening in just one day, the hearts of all the members of the Redbeard Pirates are not at ease. William, who has always shown a strong purpose and planning, simply puts it. Rare, coupled with his previous prestige, the crowd involuntarily followed him to the bow deck.

When William reached the bow, he found a rag, sat on the guard next to the ram, and carefully wiped the blood on Barbarossa's head and face. He didn't speak, just waiting for the other crew members to gather. .

During the period, Crowe handed him a brand new knife.

When the old man on the boat, Hutcheson, rushed to the bow, he saw William seemed to be playing with a head, surrounded by a large group of pirates. Except for a few people watching the captives, almost all the pirates on board came to the bow.

Only then did William, who had already wiped the blood clean, get up, and gathered up the long loose hair on his head, revealing Barbarossa's distorted face.

He pointed the face of Barbarossa's head to a group of pirates, and then methodically grabbed the long hair of the head and tied it to a cable. He did not move quickly during this process, so that all the crew could see clearly who the head was. who.

When Hutcherson saw the face of the head clearly, even though he had already made some preparations in his heart, his hands still trembled, and the wine jug, which he regarded as a treasure, fell to the ground immediately.

The surrounding crowd also seemed a little commotion, some people exclaimed, and there were a few gasps of air-conditioning.

Hutcherson didn't bother to pick up the jug, he kept wiping his eyes, for fear that he might be wrong, and only after confirming again and again, he smiled wryly and muttered to himself:

"Looks like there's a new captain on board."

"Redbeard" Barbarossa has roamed the East China Sea for nearly ten years. Many young people in the East China Sea have grown up listening to his horror stories. He is a Devil Fruit user himself, and he has colluded with the ministers of the kingdom and high-ranking naval officials. Confident, the pirates on the ship can be said to have lived in his shadow in the past.

But now, his head was taken by a young man. Although many people on board had already turned against him, the wise man knew that this scene was likely to happen since William disobeyed orders and set down the boat privately, but after seeing it with his own eyes, he still Shocked and unbelievable.

William unhurriedly hung up Barbarossa's head, and then looked at the crowd without saying a word until the commotional crowd gradually quieted down.

All the pirates looked at William. This man was the only navigator on board. He was skilled in swordsmanship. He dared to clash with the famous "Red Foot" Zhepu in the East China Sea and won. Now he killed all the crew members. "Red Beard" Barbarossa, if it is said that the man who was able to convince these pirates in the past relied more on the bravery that the pirates valued, and his subsequent experience in dealing with people, then now, this man's gaze, in the At this moment, there is an unprecedented intimidating force.

"Barbarossa was killed by me." William told a fact that shocked everyone in a calm voice.

"No matter how high-sounding the words are, freedom, adventure, pursuit, dreams... In the eyes of the vast majority of the world, we are just a group of thieves waiting to be caught," William said here, with a calm voice There was a wave of turbulence, and his tone rose, "We are not allowed in the world. Everything has to be won by ourselves with sweat and blood. We either actively or passively abandoned our stable life and everything. In order to use swords, guns and even life to earn a piece of wealth that belongs to me.”

"But what have we gained during this time?" William pointed to Barbarossa's head, "Failure is not terrible. A man will not complain or admit defeat. The ambition to make a comeback, then sooner or later we will get back up from where we fell! And this dead man, we call him 'Captain', does he have this ambition? No!"

"He did not unite with us, but became hysterical, brutal and crazy. We led the barren spoils, but were forced to bear the labor of slaves. Unwarranted anger!"