Chapter Seventy-Six: Bad Luck

On the Redbeard Pirates' ship, in the galley, William sat at the table, chatting with Nadal, a rookie crew member who worked here, and took a few fresh vegetable leaves from the galley that were precious to the long-distance ship as he left.

Nadal just glanced at it and went on with the task at hand.

Now Captain Barbarossa is becoming more and more brutal, Vice Captain Felton is a bastard who can set up a trap with his companions to harm the newcomer's property, and the second mate Harden is impulsive and reckless.

Only William, who often takes care of the newcomers, has the highest prestige among the newcomers on the ship, not to mention the kindness of William who helped him pay the arrears that night, Nadal is grateful to William, so he naturally doesn't care about these little things.

William found a remote corner of the boat where no one was around, and only then did he take out a small box from his arms, and opened it to reveal the phone bug Watson, which had been carrying with him, this little creature had been in the enclosed space for too long, and because William could not reveal it in front of people, and could not feed it on time, it now seemed a little sluggish and very unenergetic.

William was really worried that the only tool of communication would get sick or even die, so he took out the vegetable leaves he had just brought from the kitchen and fed them to Watson, watching it gobble up and lose himself in thought.

If Colonel Roy wants to take Barbarossa's head as an atonement, he must characterize the Tequira Wolf attack and confirm the charges of Barbarossa's mastermind, which can't hide Akin, who has gradually become a confidant of the rat ensign, not to mention that Roy himself doesn't want to hide it from others.

Therefore, in regular contact every once in a while, Ah Jin had already told William the news by phone.

For William, it can be said that everything is in place now, he can get rid of Barbarossa at any time, and then Cloe will build a bridge and take Barbarossa's head to build a line with Alcatio, Roy and others, and become a new maritime alliance.

After all, the Redbeard Pirates are more familiar to Roy and Arcatio than finding a new partner, and it is not easy to find a group of pirates at sea who are at the same level as the Redbeard Pirates.

And getting rid of Barbarossa can also prove William's personal strength for Roy and Alcatio, which is one of the bargaining chips to cooperate with them.

If William had a hard time dealing with Barbarossa before the Kalmar attack, he already had a plan to deal with it when Barbarossa revealed his weaknesses at Jep's demonic feet.

Barbarossa's Devil Fruit ability can change the hardness and quality of his hair, making it as hard as steel, and it is really difficult to hurt William before he has mastered the "iron cutting" realm in swordsmanship.

It's just that after discovering the burns on Barbarossa's chest, William did an experiment, he put the hair lost by Barbarossa secretly collected in the previous battle into the fire, and found that the hair that was as hard as iron in the past would curl and catch fire like ordinary hair when it was burned by the flames.

So now William has always carried two jugs of spirits and a lighter with him when it meets fire, just to cope with Barbarossa's ability.

He hasn't dealt with Barbarossa yet, in large part because he wants Barbarossa, who is becoming more hysterical, to put on a show again, so that the crew can become more distracted, so that he can gain the support of the crew as soon as he kills Barbarossa.

Barbarossa's head, the pirates who are in substantial control, plus Chloe's connection, and the last meeting with Alcatio, all of this makes William have the greatest confidence to replace Barbarossa and become a new ally of Alcatio and Roy.

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The wrecked ship of the Swordfish Pirates slowly approached the shore of an island, and the pirates on board cheered.

Crossing the windless zone was also a remarkable achievement for many of the pirates of the Great Voyage.

However, the cheering did not last long, and their first problem now was to find supplies, and to rest, and most importantly, to find fresh water.

So after docking, Crusoe, the deputy captain and navigator, consulted with Captain Selkirk and sent several teams to this strange island to look for fresh water.

Captain Serkirk didn't think much about it before agreeing, leaving only one henchman on the ship, and led his men away, not noticing the eyebrows of Crusoe and a few good friends before leaving.

When Selkirk was about to approach the center of the island, one of his close subordinates came to him in a panic, and when the group hurried to the shore, they happened to see the wrecked ship of the Swordfish Pirates sailing away.

Selkirk's eyes were about to split, he ran two steps quickly, jumped into the sea with a pop, and swam desperately towards the boat, but unfortunately although the ship was a little damaged, it was still not easy for man to catch up with the wind, not to mention that Selkirk spent too much physical strength in the windless zone, he swam for a while, and still could not close the distance between him and the ship, but gradually widened.

In the end, he could only watch Crusoe and his gang leave in his boat, and he could almost imagine the triumphant looks of Crusoe's gang of bastards on board.

Let Selkirk guess correctly, Crusoe in the cabin was indeed very proud, an old pirate who had just killed Selkirk's henchman on the ship, shook off the blood stained on the scimitar in his hand, and excitedly approached Crusoe's side: "Deputy ...... , Captain, how much Bailey do you think this Devil Fruit can be sold for in the East China Sea?"

Crusoe gently stroked the solid iron box containing the Devil Fruit, this box was specially made by Selkirk, very strong, without a key, it is indeed difficult to open, but this is not difficult for Crusoe, just find a locksmith who can pick the lock, it is nothing more than a waste of time, they need to find the village and town first, there used to be Selkirk's checks and balances, and now Selkirk, who has always had disagreements with him, was thrown off the boat, and he has time to arrange it slowly.

"It's easy to double, after all, this is the weakest sea area, and a capable person, even if his ability is not too strong, is enough to stand out at sea. Crusoe said absent-mindedly.

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Two days later, Selkirk and a few of his henchmen were in despair, not only had they been abandoned by their companions, but to add insult to injury, they had not been able to find a drinkable source of fresh water on the island!

If there is no miracle, they will have to wait for death.

Selkirk laughed at himself, he didn't die in the great voyage known as the "Pirate Cemetery", but he was about to die of thirst in the East China Sea, which is known as the weakest sea.

Selkirk stared blankly at the sea level, a three-masted galleon suddenly broke into his sight, he rubbed his eyes vigorously, suspecting that it was his own hallucination, but several of his men around him had also spotted the sailboat at this time, and his originally sluggish expression regained his vitality, shouting on the shore in the hope of attracting the attention of the other party.

Serkirk was not without worries, but in comparison, he felt that there was something more miserable than dying on a desert island hungry and thirsty?

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A few hours later, hungry, thirsty, and covered in wounds, Selkirk lay miserably on the deck of the pirate ship, knowing that he was wrong.

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