Chapter 11 The Lonely Boat of Lights
Mo Fei thinks that as a person, he should have a basic IQ, for example, a "noble" whose identity is "noble" to the point where he can make others temporarily make up his mind and have other intentions, when he is in a relatively dangerous environment without safety and security, he should know how to hide his identity.
If the facts are in line with Mo Fei's speculation based on common sense, then how did this old man know the identity of "Mr. Prince"?
Anyway, after chatting for a while, Mo Fei chose to say goodbye and leave, and he decided to stay away from that person.
A little later, he went to the ship's restaurant and had a casual bite to eat. Mo Fei's ticket does not include a meal ticket, and the food provided in the restaurant on board can be described as unpalatable and expensive...... The main side dish is just salted fish.
Salted fish is salted fish, good cooking is also delicious, Mo Fei is a fisherman, so he is very professional in this regard. But the salted fish on this boat tasted the same as the athlete's foot when they were alive.
However, there is one thing to say, although the food is unpalatable, if it can be compared to the Devil Fruit that Mo Fei once ate, this thing must be regarded as a delicacy.
Mo Fei also understood that there was nothing new and novel in the cross-sea travel activities on this slow sailboat, and the whole process seemed very boring and idle.
There is no entertainment on the boat, so if two people are on the boat, one man and one woman, then they can easily become three people when they get off the boat.
After dinner, Mo Fei left the dining room and returned to the cabin, at this time the wind lanterns had been hung in the bow and stern, and the lights faintly illuminated the silhouette of the sailboat, which should be to avoid colliding with other ships when sailing at night...... Although Mo Fei felt that visibility was very limited on the sea at night because of the fog, such lights might not be able to play much of a role.
I don't know if it's an illusion, but the sea breeze at night is a little stronger than during the day, so the speed of the boat seems to be faster.
After returning to the cabin, Mo Fei lay down on the narrow single bed, accompanied by the constantly beating dim candle flame in the lampshade embedded in the wall of the ship, the sound of the wind outside and the creaking planks squeezing each other, and he fell asleep after a while...... He really didn't have much to do but sleep.
Originally, he thought that this kind of boring life on the ship would be repeated for many days, but what he didn't expect was that things would soon change.
In the middle of the night just a day after sailing, Mo Fei was awakened from his sleep by the disturbing noises, he opened his eyes suddenly, pricked up his ears and listened carefully for a while, and then immediately put on his coat and backpack and walked to the deck...... Whether it's a run aground or some other accident, staying in a cramped cabin is never the right choice.
And when he got to the deck, he noticed that there were already a lot of people gathered here, and his first instinct was to look up, because there seemed to be something in the sky that seemed to be particularly bright...... Something was on fire.
It is a lookout on the main mast.
The flames burning above reflected the mast like a large torch.
However, at this time, the crowd was mostly pointing under the mast, and when Mo Fei looked over, his eyes couldn't help but stare - he saw a person who was dead there and looked a little miserable.
The man, who was supposed to be the lookout on the ship, seemed to have accidentally fallen off the lookout and died.
If you just talk about a fire, it can be said that it was an accident, but if someone dies at the same time as the fire, then things are a little different.
The sea breeze tilted the flames burning on the mast sharply, and the expressions of the people standing on the deck were faint and faint, and the voices of the people seemed to be strange and strange.
The captain of the ship, surrounded by sailors, shouted to the crowd as he arranged for someone to put out the fire, "Please go back to the cabin, this is a small accident, the fire will be extinguished soon...... Staying on deck now, if someone falls into the sea in the night, that's the worst thing that can happen. ”
Passengers staying on deck would only add to the chaos, and while the captain maintained order, he secretly rejoiced that the fire had been discovered early, otherwise the ship would have lost power on the sea if the sails had also burned.
The most important thing now is to extinguish the fire, and as for whether this incident is accidental or man-made, and so on, everything will be discussed after dawn.
Under the captain's order, the sailors began to drive away the passengers on the deck, and Mo Fei, who was mixed in the crowd, could only follow him to the cabin.
But after a few steps, he suddenly stopped again.
At this time, someone in the crowd whispered, "I seem to hear something, do you hear it?" ”
Well, Mo Fei not only heard the special sound mixed in the sea breeze, but even felt that this sound was somewhat familiar, because it was like this:
Whew~~ Boom!
The main mast of the sailing ship was hit by a shot, and then the upper half of the mast that was burning with flames tore the sail and broke and broke into the sea, and several sailors who were extinguishing the fire on it fell into the sea together, and Mo Fei heard their exclamations and screams.
Mo Fei subconsciously turned to the direction where the cannon sound came from, and then had to sigh "beautiful" in his heart.
It's not that there's anything to praise about this kind of behavior, but it's a beautiful shot...... He could not see the enemy ship at all, which meant that it was at least two hundred meters away from the passenger ship.
Front-loading smoothbore guns, bumpy and undulating seas, moving targets, dark nights, two hundred meters, one shot hitting the mast, if you combine these elements, it can only be said that the opponent's artillery skills are superb and the hit is very accurate.
Then Mo Fei suddenly reacted, the fire just now was not necessarily to burn the sails, but to guide the direction of the enemy ship...... No, still no.
Because if you want to force this boat to stop, the people who are in this boat can just ignite the sails...... There's no reason you can set the bucket on fire and not light the sails, right?
It's very bad fun, and the other party is obviously just "playing".
After the mainmast broke, the speed of the passenger ship slowed sharply, and then two more shells hit the hull, and although no one was directly hit by the solid shells, some of the unlucky ones were hit by the flying wooden wedge nails, and there was another unbearable scream.
At this time, Mo Fei probably understood why so many people hated One Piece Roger and the era he created - encountering pirates at sea did not seem to be an accident, but a very common thing.
Everyone was just eating hot pot and singing, and suddenly they were robbed by pirates, who is going to reason with this?
No, it's actually pirates who are singing.
In the night, the shadow of another boat slowly emerged behind the passenger ship.
The wanton and cheerful singing of the pirates also came to Mo Fei's ears.
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