Chapter 69: The Spirit of the Boat

At night, after Eric was replaced, he hummed a song, returned to the cabin, and lay down in his hammock neatly, his young face did not show the fatigue of just staying up late, but shook a few times in the hammock with energy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The living conditions of the other crew members of the Redbeard Pirates were not as luxurious as Barbarossa's, and the space on the ship was very valuable, and the more space they spared, they could bring an extra loot and an extra supplies, so the ordinary pirates slept in a cabin with only hammocks, and there were four or five people living together.

There was also the old pirate Hutcherson, who had also not slept in the room, and when he heard Eric still humming, he couldn't help but say, "You are so optimistic, and you are still in a good mood." ”

"What's wrong?" Eric didn't notice the difference between him and the others, and simply asked.

"Are you a fool really not afraid of death?" The old pirate Hutcherson sighed, "I went to the windless zone this time, and I don't know how many crew members will come back alive." ”

Hutcherson immediately understood, and asked, "Don't you know what the windless belt is like?" ”

Eric shook the hammock and said, "I know." ”

A rookie pirate across from Eric hadn't slept before, and then interjected, "Know you can still be so optimistic?" ”

"That's what being a pirate is all about," Eric explained, "and pirates are meant to be adventurous!" Set up a boat to ride through hardships and obstacles. ”

Eric smacked his lips wistfully as he spoke, and the two pirates who heard Eric rolled their eyes in unison.

Hutcherson, who had lived at sea for many years, replied depressedly: "It's not called risk, it's called death!" You stupid boy! ”

Eric was not angry, and after a moment of silence in the room, he writhed restlessly, grabbed the edge of the hammock, and asked the two of them with a little hope, "Have you heard of the ship spirit?" ”

Hutcherson scoffed: "That's all a lie to children." ”

The other rookie pirate had never heard of the word, and asked with some curiosity, "What's that?" ”

"Legend has it that some ships produce ghosts when they drift for a long time," Hutcherson said in a tone that was distinctly sarcastic, "of course, as with countless legends, these ghosts, which are only visible to 'some' people, are just lies told by braggart sailors." ”

Eric frowned when he heard this, and retorted loudly: "No, I have seen the ship spirit with my own eyes, and it is not a ghost, it is the incarnation of a sea ship!" ”

"Be quiet!" Hutcherson first reprimanded Eric with some annoyance, and then questioned, "You were dazzled, when did you see it?" ”

Eric hesitated for a moment, then replied, "Five years ago. ”

Hutcherson smiled and sneered: "How old were you at that time, can you remember what you saw?" Maybe it's foggy, or maybe it's just a few smokers getting together for a cigarette, you're just mistaken. ”

"I was absolutely right!" Eric said with some annoyance, he pulled open his collar to reveal a small wooden pendant carved into the shape of an anchor hanging from his neck, and showed it to Hutcherson and continued, "You see, this is part of the keel of the ship I was looking at at at the time, which was being repaired at the shipyard where my father worked, and when I sneaked in at night, I saw the ship spirit, and he was talking to me. ”

The rookie pirate seemed to have been attracted to Eric's story, and interjected with some curiosity, "What did the ship spirit say?" ”

Eric stroked the wooden pendant and said with some sadness: "He said that his keel is about to break and can no longer be repaired, let me tell the owner to stop wasting money on him." ”

Several people were silent for a moment after hearing what the ship's spirit had asked Eric to relay.

After a while, the new pirate smirked and said, "So that's a good ship spirit, and he knows how to help his captain save money." ”

Eric turned around angrily and ignored him, and after half a sound, Eric, who was talking in high spirits, still couldn't hold back, and cheekily turned around and said to the two: "I will definitely see the ship spirit again in my life to prove that he is real." ”

Eric made a serious analysis: "I have inquired about many legends about the ship spirit, and I can generally summarize two factors for the appearance of the ship spirit - the love of the ship's crew and the rich adventure experience, and it is enough to make up two points before the ship spirit is most likely to appear. ”

Hutcherson laughed, "Then you're on the wrong boat." ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Eric said depressedly, "I thought that being a pirate would have to go through a lot of adventures, but it turned out that this was not the case, the captain only took us around the East China Sea, and the people on board did not care much about the ship. ”

Hutcherson asked, "It's not in the East China Sea, so where do you want to go?" ”

"Great Voyage!" Eric replied as a matter of course.

Hutcherson sarcastically said, "Ambition! ”

Eric, however, did not hear Hutcherson's sarcasm at all, and muttered about his "big plan" with a serious face, and said: "I will go to the Great Voyage first, and the ships that go there must have experienced many adventures, and the fleet that does not care for ships will not go far in such a bad environment, and if I can't find the spirit of the ship, I can only find a ship." ”

The rookie pirate who didn't understand the atmosphere was simply an excellent listener, and then he handed over the words stupidly, making Hutcherson wonder if the two rookies had agreed in advance to amuse him, only to hear the rookie pirate ask, "What ship?" ”

"One Piece's ship! Is there anyone in this world who has experienced more adventures than One Piece? There must be a ship spirit on his ship! Eric said as a matter of course.

Ordinary words were no longer enough for Hutcherson to express his disdain, and he just smiled: "Huh. ”

"One Piece's ship is most likely in two places, his hometown of the East China Sea, or where One Piece buried his treasure," Eric analyzed with a serious face, "but if it was in the East China Sea, One Piece's ship must have already been discovered, so it is likely to be with One Piece's treasure." ”

The rookie pirate exclaimed: "Eric, I can't see that your usual head seems to be very weak, but in fact, you can think so much!" ”

Eric was stunned, feeling as if the other party was scolding himself, but he turned the other party's words in his head, and he didn't find anything wrong.

The innocence of the two rookies finally made Hutcherson laugh: "So in order to find the ship spirit, you have to find the treasure of One Piece 'by the way'?" ”

"I don't care much about the treasure." Eric's tone was as if he was about to find this treasure that countless pirates didn't even know where it was.

"Enough!"

The only sleeping pirate in the house finally couldn't help it and yelled at Eric, "If you want to find the treasure of One Piece, go and find it in your dreams!" Don't bother me with my dreams! I'm him. Mom is going to find the treasure of One Piece in her dreams! ”