Chapter 11: Firelight

Denton didn't lie, at least he didn't lie about making up the story, even the pirates knew how to package themselves these days, and William didn't use much to make Denton, whose bones were not as hard as the rumors, spit out the truth.

The charts and notes of the island where the treasure was hidden were hidden in the cover of Gore's diary, and after being checked by William, he simply cut off Denton.

At night, a bonfire rose on the desert island that had not been populated for many years, and Ah Jin tried his skills and returned to his old business, catching a few fish in the sea, and being randomly cleaned up by four reckless men who didn't know much about cooking, and then put them on the fire to roast.

Of course, it didn't taste good, but it was enough to satisfy hunger, and William decided not to use the supplies on board for the time being, according to Gore's notes, the island was not located on the main shipping lane, and only some small merchant ships carrying supplies to remote villages and towns would pass by once or twice a month, and William had to be prepared for the unknown factors that a few people missed the merchant ship, or the merchant ship did not pass through here due to unexpected circumstances.

William grabbed a branch, frowned and wrote on the ground, thinking about what was going on, he was a person who had been in the society, and he pursued everything to be prepared, to have a plan, to be ruin, and to be desperate sounds good, There is momentum, but when people only make one preparation, but after being disrupted by a sudden accident, they can know how unreliable this behavior of putting eggs in a basket is, although in the previous life it was not to the point where the current failure may lead to death, but the taste of hunger is definitely not comfortable, especially when you are a leader, you are not prepared for things, not only are you hungry alone, but a group of people who point to you to eat and start work may also be hungry, which is not good for people like William, who have a little good face.

"William, what's next?" asked Akin, fiddling with the campfire.

Hearing this, Aramis and Wallon also looked at William, waiting for William to make up their minds, and the three of them tied their futures to William, and this trust and habit brought both prestige and responsibility.

"Now is a good time, since you are not wanted by the Navy, you have the time and energy to learn something to get by," William looked at Alamis, "I remember hearing you say before that a dojo has some reputation, what is it called?"

"Frostmoon Village, One Heart Dojo," Aramis was from a merchant family, and was the most well-informed of the four, but he obviously didn't quite agree with William's proposal: "We even got rid of Denton, and we got the treasure map, why do we have to go to a broken dojo to suffer?" ”

William casually erased himself on the ground, and wrote a few lines of words such as "power comes out of the barrel of a gun" and "a soldier is the king of grass" written in Chinese characters that only he could understand, and then threw away the branches, and swept his eyes over the three of them one by one: "I ask you, are you willing to go home and live an ordinary life? Now that we have not attracted the attention of the navy, it may be too late to withdraw." ”

The three of them shook their heads in unison, although they didn't like the old pirates because they tasted the taste of looting and liked the pirates, but after witnessing the powerlessness of the poor people in the face of the mob on the pirate ship, whether it was Akin, Aramis or Wallon, they all knew that in the era of pirates, the seemingly peaceful and stable life was like the beautiful scenery in the snowflake glass ball, which was beautiful, but it could easily be broken to pieces.

And among the three people, Ah Jin was forced to get on the thief ship by the tax officer and the fisherman, Aramis was forced to get on the thief ship by the debt collector after going bankrupt, and Wallon's parents also hanged themselves because of the poor harvest of the family's fields and the inability to pay heavy taxes, so they chose to become pirates.

It can be said that the three of them actually have a hint of hostility and distrust towards the so-called stable life in their hearts, although the life of the pirates is not as beautiful and happy as in the adventure story, but with knives and guns in hand, their lives are decided by themselves, compared to the days when they seemed to be stable before, but they were shackled everywhere, and they have a bit of an inexplicable sense of security.

Maybe being a navy is also a way out, but William originally came from the earth in the 21st century, and he lived in an orderly and stable society, and it was bizarre enough that criminals with important cases could join the army, and it was even more nonsense to want to become a high-ranking official.

"Are you going to continue to be a pirate?" William looked at Aramis again, his face was serious, and his tone was aggravated little by little: "You ask me why I have to learn something? I also want to ask you, there are many easier and safer jobs in this world than pirates, why do we choose to be pirates? In order to live a precarious life? To experience the fun of playing hide and seek with the navy?

"Maybe we'll be lucky enough to have a good drink together and grab a trophy that has been drained off the bulk of our head after the plunder, but if you're not lucky, you'll find that before you have time to mourn the death of your companion, you'll find that the ship you just grabbed is just a pile of shit that can't be sold, and then you look at your companion with heavy casualties, and you may have to face a bad-tempered pirate captain who is always worried that he will take a shit. You want to save some money, but maybe you will be killed tomorrow, and the hard-earned money you have saved is cheaper than others, and if you don't save money, it will be even worse, if you can survive by chance, when you are not young, when you have no savings and you are injured, you will feel that life is better than death! So tell me now, Alamis, do you want to live this life?"

Aramis hung his head at William's words, and William looked at Ajin and Wallon again.

"Even doing business pays attention to returns, how much you invest, how much you want to return, we are pirates, we invest in everyone only one life, and then the extravagant return is this?" William spouted, "Fuck, are you willing? ”

Ah Jin asked in a condensed voice, "Then what are you going to do?"

William's eyes lit up faintly, I don't know if it was because of the inversion of the firelight, or because of the breeding of ambition: "We want to form our own fleet, if we even risk our lives, then why, we are destined to be an unknown little minions? Why can't we be sea pirates, the East China Sea is known as the weakest sea area among the four seas, there have been no great sea pirates since Gordo Roger, and even Roger's execution in the East China Sea is regarded as a shame by the world!" In the East China Sea, I don't know how many pirates are faintly looking forward to themselves in the bottom of their hearts, or others will one day re-correct the name of the East China Sea people, just like the original One Piece, you are also from the East China Sea, and now you tell me, you don't want to be such a great pirate!?"

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