Chapter Seventy-Three Countdown

At night, William carried a wind lamp around the ship, he first went to the cabin where the crew was resting to check whether the candles used as a light source were extinguished, checked a few flammable areas, and helped to re-repair the quilts that fell from the sleep of several new crew members, and thoughtfully helped tuck the corners of the quilts.

Naturally, William's action will always "inevitably" wake up the other party, at this time, he will smile and make gestures, signaling the other party not to make a sound, a good deed without leaving a name, so that a group of newcomers who have just boarded the ship and are full of apprehension in the face of an unfamiliar environment in their hearts are moved.

Leaving the cabin, he greeted the pirates on duty at night along the way, reminding the newcomers from time to time not to light up, or throwing a cigarette to the old pirate and joking before leaving.

William has been on the ship for a long time, the biggest expense is the money to buy cigarettes, the pirate ship does not know how long it will be able to dock and enter the area of people on a long voyage, compared to the alcohol as a reserve of supplies on the ship, cigarettes can only be provided by the pirates themselves, some inexperienced newcomers, or the pirates who spend a lot of money and have not been able to stock enough tobacco The pirates ran out of food after a short time of sailing, William sometimes saw that the pirates who ran out of food were addicted to smoking, and they would throw a pack to the other party.

In addition, because he was in the enemy camp, he was also under great psychological pressure, he didn't dare to rely on drinking to vent, so he could only rely on smoking to relieve the pressure, and over time, he became addicted to smoking.

Some newcomers of William's age watched with some envy as he chatted and laughed with the old pirates, from stern to bow, as if the ship was full of his friends.

This is, of course, an illusion, although William, who has gradually torn off his disguise, has regained his eight-faced character, but he is not Bailey, and it is impossible for everyone to like it.

In the shelter from the bow of the ship, several figures were playing cards around a cloud of dim lights, and one of them heard the sound of footsteps, looked up, and saw that it was William, so he lowered his head again, and returned his attention to the cards in his hand.

William frowned, the man who had just looked up was short and strong, with a fleshy face and messy black curly hair, it was none other than the ship's new deputy captain, Felton.

The other people by the lamplight were also close to Felton's usual henchmen, and only one of them was a young crew member with a young and childish face.

A group of old pirates on the ship have been at sea for many years, and they are proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling, cheating, and abduction, while the other new pirates on board, except for some sailors with sailing experience, many of them are rookies who do not understand the rules of life on board and have no experience in sailing.

Gambling like this, especially with its deceptive nature, only deepens conflicts between people on board and increases management costs.

In the past, when Reis and Hayreddin were there, the former was the big steward of the ship and would manage everything, while the latter had a bad temper, and not many people dared to gamble in front of them, and some did it in private at most, and would never be as blatant as it is now.

It's just that now Barbarossa doesn't care much about the aftermath, the order on the ship is a little chaotic, and the current vice-captain Felton is by no means the former Lacey, not only does he not have Lacey's mind, but he can't even lead by example, and he even makes a blatant bet on the ship with his identity.

However, Felton and his henchmen did not care about William, who had not been on the ship for a long time, William was a navigator on the ship, a man of many faces, and most importantly he had captured the famous "Redfoot" Jepp when he was in Kalmar City.

On the pirate ship, strength is hard currency, and now William's status on the ship is second only to Captain Barbarossa, except for age, whether in terms of strength or status, the new crew is not comparable to William.

The newcomer pirate named Nadal hurriedly put away the cards in his hand and stood up, which caused Felton and the others to attract the attention of William again.

William glanced at a few people and said lightly to the newcomer Nadal: "Go back to sleep." ”

"You can't go!" Felton snapped at Nadal, then smirked at William, "He still owes us money." ”

Nadal looked at William a little helplessly, William swept the faces of Felton and the others one by one, raised his eyebrows, and said to Nadal: "Go back to sleep." ”

Felton frowned, and had already strode in front of William, but he was shorter and needed to look up to meet the tall William, so he looked imposing.

"Don't be so nosy as a navigator, Stolt!" said Felton.

"Should I call you smart, or should I call you stupid, Vice-Captain?" William glanced at the old pirates who were gradually surrounding him, and looked at Felton condescendingly with a scrutinizing gaze, "The captain is just looking for you to check and balance my influence on the ship, you and I know it, but do you need to be so committed? Can't you see that you are still an experiential actor?"

Felton's hostility towards William's market may be partly due to his own feelings, but more of it may be for Barbarossa and the rest of the crew, he is not like William who has seamanship, and Barbarossa can become a vice-captain because Barbarossa is promoted, and Barbarossa's purpose is obvious.

Felton couldn't understand unfamiliar words such as experientialism, but he could hear William's faint mockery, and he couldn't help but be colored, but just like William said, his hostility was not just some performance and pretentiousness, how could he really do something to William, but a few henchmen around him were present, and he didn't want to show weakness.

William saw through his thoughts at a glance, and took out the wallet from his arms: "Do you think that he is a newcomer, and he has not experienced robbery, and he has not received any spoils, so he has the money to pay you? ”

Felton crossed his waist and said a number, Nadal stopped talking, and William knew that Felton had overquoted some amount, but still paid for it.

Got the money, the most important thing is to get back face in front of his subordinates, Felton was in a good mood, smiled proudly at William, and staggered towards the cabin, and several old pirates who followed him also looked very angry, as if they felt that William had softened, and when the person at the end of the line passed by William, he bumped William lightly on the shoulder.

William turned to the side and watched the group leave with a strange expression, and Nadal stood there awkwardly and asked, "Brother Stolt, what's wrong?"

"I'm just wondering how idiots are always everywhere in this world?" William said with emotion as he looked in the direction Felton had left, before turning back to look at Nadal.

Nadal rubbed his hands, not knowing if William was talking about Felton or himself.

"You rookie, what do you have written all the thoughts on your face, and the guts to gamble with others?" William said to Nadal, "I borrowed the money from you, and I will return it to me when I have the loot in the future, so go to sleep now." ”

Nadal replied gratefully and walked away quickly.

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On the bridge kingdom, on the supply ship where Tagera Wolf was attacked, Colonel Roy held a cigar in his mouth, and picked up a flag of the "Chef Pirates" intact with a sheathed scimitar in his right hand, and showed it to the rats and other officers standing around, and then said with a smile: "This is really interesting, in order not to leave any witnesses, there was not even a single live mouth left on the ship, but a good pirate flag was specially put down, as if we were afraid that we would not know who the attacker was." ”

"Barbarossa, is you taking our navy for a fool?" said Colonel Roy, slamming his cigar on the ground.