Chapter XXXIV Newspapers

A stunned Becker asked what had happened, and then sorted out Edmund's experience of going to sea in his mind from the intermittent narration of the two teenagers. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Stunned young Edmund went to sea alone, he had no experience, no reputation, and no protagonist halo, of course after going to sea, he touched a gray nose, no experienced seafarer was willing to get on his ship, Edmond who ran into a wall and wandered around for a year, and by chance pulled the first man-Oliver, who was young and had no experience at sea, and Edmond, who was suddenly open, put the direction of attracting people to a young crew member who had little experience like him.

When Edmund finally got his first big ship to sea, the oldest of the twenty or so crew members on board, including him, was only twenty years old, and the two youngest were two teenagers in front of Becker, one was only twelve years old, the other was only thirteen years old, and the others were mostly young men who had just come of age.

Although a group of fledgling stunned youths have no experience, they are not afraid of heaven and earth, and they are adventurous everywhere, and Edmund is extraordinary, and he also has some reputation after sailing in the East China Sea for a while.

Maybe Edmund's fantasy since childhood was like this, the adventure of taking a group of like-minded peers to freedom on the sea, for Edmond, this is the most ideal life, but unfortunately the ideal is the ideal, the reality is the reality.

The real ocean is full of killing machines, and the real world is not a single-player game, so you don't have to worry about powerful enemies suddenly appearing and taking the initiative to attack.

But in the real world, the Edmond Pirates, who had just gained a little fame in the East China Sea, were immediately targeted by another group of peers who had been famous for a long time in the East China Sea.

The two teenagers in front of him still Edmund knew that he would die, and he didn't want the two children who were only twelve or thirteen years old to work hard with his group of adults, so he made an excuse for them to send a letter to Becker, and then when he passed by an island, Edmund didn't even have time to stop the boat and dock on the island, so he could only secretly put down the boat and send the two teenagers away.

Becker rubbed his temples and asked in a deep voice, "How can you provoke other pirates?" ”

The thirteen-year-old boy who took the lead in communicating with Becker before was Oliver, who was first pulled into the pirates by Edmund, and when he heard this, he snorted while looking a little innocent and resentful: "We haven't provoked them at all, the captain has been taking us around on an expedition to find treasures on the sea, and he hasn't taken the initiative to provoke any pirates at all, it was they who suddenly attacked us!" ”

Becker sighed, there are many possibilities for the attack of the famous pirates, maybe because the people on Edmund's ship did not have a door, and the news that his group had found a certain treasure leaked out, which aroused the covetousness of other pirates, or maybe because the famous pirates felt that Edmond and his gang were a threat and wanted to strangle them in the cradle in advance.

The pirate industry is really and worthy of the name of the "Red Sea" industry, the sinister competition between peers, is not worse than the navy, although the sea is vast, but the passage of merchant ships is limited, the target of pirates is basically the merchant ships and various villages on the channel, no pirates are willing to share the fat on their mouths, this is the same as the underworld to grab territory, and even because of the fierce nature of the pirates, the fire will be more tragic, it can be said that the sea surface of each channel is floating with the blood of pirates.

"Edmund, you idiot." Becker cursed in a low voice, a little angry at Edmund for not listening to him in the first place, and more sad. After all, Edmund is the first friend he made in this world, and Becker was able to lay a foundation in this world, and he was also helped by Edmund, and the original mead business, whether it was contacting Tony or then helping to deter Tony and his gang, was thanks to Edmund.

Becker felt sad when he scolded, and subconsciously used the language of his previous life, which neither child understood.

Oliver, the two children, was obviously much more mature, and then remembered his task, and hurriedly took out a letter in his arms, held up a letter in both hands, and handed it to Becker: "This is the letter that Captain Edmund asked us to bring to you. ”

The thought of what might have made Edmond's last letter reddened again.

Becker took Edmund's letter, and the envelope also contained a beautiful brooch, and after reading the letter with a complicated expression, he closed his eyes and thought for a long time before he received the letter and the brooch in his arms, and asked the two, "What are your plans for the future?" ”

Before Oliver could say anything, the boy next to him cried and said, "I want to go home, I don't want to be a pirate anymore, I want to go home to my family." ”

Becker exhaled, didn't say anything, and looked at Oliver again.

Oliver still had tears on his face, but when his companion spoke, he showed an extremely complicated expression, mixed with disdain, disgust, and a trace of obvious resentment, "I don't have a home, the ship is my home, Captain Edmund is my family, I know that Captain Edmund learned swords here, and I also want to learn swords here, and go to sea to avenge the captain in the future!" ”

Becker nodded, did not comment on the different choices of the two teenagers, he suddenly heard the bad news, today he was really not in the mood to arrange for the two of them to go home or enter the dojo immediately, and he didn't even want to say more, just found a little junior brother to run errands, and took the two of them to arrange a place to live and rest in the dojo first.

After Becker sent the two away, he wandered around the dojo with a heart and mind, the place where he had trained with Edmund, and went to the brook in the woods, the secret stronghold where Edmund had brought him when he had taught him to practice swords.

Thinking about the content of Edmund's last letter, and remembering the scene when he and Edmund were noisily practicing swords here in the hot summer, Becker was slightly distracted, and subconsciously rubbed the handle of the knife on his waist.

It was not until the afternoon that Becker returned to the dojo, and from a distance, he saw Koshiro standing at the gate of the dojo waiting for Becker.

Koshiro had also heard the news of Edmund's death from his disciples, and his face was no longer his trademark smile, he looked at Becker's face, sighed, and said, "You've decided to go to sea, haven't you, Becker?" ”

Becker glanced at Koshiro, then nodded. This body is sixteen or seventeen years old, even in the previous life, at this age, he can participate in social work in jurisprudence, and in the dojo in the past few years, Becker's swordsmanship foundation has been laid, and the things that should be learned are almost learned, and if you want to make great progress in the future, it is not by closing the door in the dojo, it can be said that the purpose of coming to the dojo has been achieved.

If it weren't for Edmund's news, Becker might have hesitated to go to sea for two years and finally enjoy two years of peace and prosperity, but now Edmund's death has made him up his mind.

"You come with me, Becker."

Koshiro took Becker to his study in the dojo, and after Becker sat down, Koshiro, who seemed to have been prepared, took out a book from the desk drawer under Becker's puzzled gaze, turned a page, and handed it to Becker.

The book that Koshiro handed over was quite old, and the cover was already frayed, and Becker glanced at other signs of age that could prove the age of the book, and then his eyes fell on Koshiro to turn the page:

“…… Compared with the reputation of the Chambord Islands amusement park, the huge slave trade market here is even more notorious, and it is surprising that in this criminal market where human lives are traded as goods, the biggest buyers are not the vicious pirates who have committed many bloody crimes, but the world's nobles, the Draconians. ”

"As part of the slave culture, slaves raised by the Draco people will be branded on their bodies with the mark of 'Dragon's Hoof' as a proof of slave 'inferior humans'. This culture of ignorance, which was developed in order to prove that he was a conqueror, has to make the author speculate......"

The second half of the page was torn, and Becker didn't know what was written in the back, but he just stared at the illustration of the "Dragon's Hoof" brand on the first half of the book, and his heart stirred up a huge wave.

Seeing Becker staring blankly at the illustrations on the pages, Koshiro took out two more copies of the same old newspaper, revealed the headlines first, and handed them to Becker.

Becker's eyes rolled slightly, and he glanced at the dates of the two newspapers, both of which were from March 1502 in the Haiyuan calendar, and the order of issue was one after the other, and the time of issue seemed to be exactly before and after his crossing.

Becker looked at the headline again:

"During the visit of the nobles of the world in the East China Sea, a storm was encountered, and the fleet suffered heavy casualties."

"The whereabouts of the saint of Tordos are unknown, and he may have been killed."