Chapter 50: Recruitment
About ten miles away from the island, a warship slowly stopped there.
The supreme commander of the warship, a rear admiral of the West Sea Branch, propped his hands on the guardrail of the deck, looking at the direction of the island where only a black dot could be seen from a distance, his expression was extremely solemn, and his expression was extremely nervous.
"Are you going to make contact? The Ghost Hand Pirates and the Twin Sword Pirates ......"
The order of the headquarters is to let him stand by here, and once there is a scene where both sides are injured or one side is killed and the other is severely injured, he will immediately appear and suppress both sides, and he can't help but not be nervous.
If he can complete the task, this kind of credit is enough for him to be transferred to the headquarters to serve as a major general, and it is not a big problem to come out and become a lieutenant general after a few years.
Although it is a bit shameful to watch pirates kill each other and then reap the benefits of fishermen, history is always written by the victors, and once it is really done, it can be reported to the world that the navy defeated the two pirates of Ghost Hand and Twin Swords with one enemy and two enemies.
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The west coast of the island.
There weren't many ships docked here, as at the docks, there were three large galleons that were as large as naval warships, all flying the flag of the Twin Sword Pirates.
Unlike the elite route of the Ghost Hand Pirates in Rhodes, the Twin Swords Pirates take the fleet route, with large enough numbers and large sailing ships to engage ordinary warships head-on.
Of course.
Although the number of pirates in the Twin Sword Pirates is huge, they will not recruit any random people, at least they must have a certain strength.
At this moment, there were quite a few pirates of the Twin Swords Pirates and those trying to join the Twin Swords Pirates, and standing in the center of the field was a sturdy pirate with a long scar on his body.
"As long as you can withstand Lao Tzu's three punches, you can join us, who else wants to try?!"
He folded his hands in front of him, raised his head, and stood there imposingly.
The people gathered here, you look at me, I look at you, and soon someone took the initiative to come out, came to the field, put on a defensive posture, and said, "Is it okay to block the three punches?" ”
"That's right, my strength is average on the boat, so blocking three punches is enough...... Looks like you're ready. ”
The pirate grinned, suddenly revealing a hint of cruelty, and the whole person took a step forward and punched at the person who tried to join.
Bang!
The man folded his arms in front of him, trying to block the blow, but the power of this punch was obviously beyond his expectations, and the sound of bone cracking came from his arms and arm bones under the punch, and the whole person also flew out directly, spurting blood from his mouth.
"What, so weak."
Seeing this scene, the fist-swinging pirate withdrew his fist in disappointment, then grinned at the others and said, "Does anyone else want to come up and give it a try?" Our Twin Sword Pirates will soon be on a great voyage, and this is our last chance! ”
When the people gathered here saw this, they all looked at each other for a while, and many of them showed timidity on their faces, and after hesitating, they still retreated backwards, not planning to go up.
There are also people who are eager to join the Twin Sword Pirates, but what is in front of them, the rule that they must block the three punches of the pirates and put it there, but they are discouraged.
"No one?!"
The pirate stood there with a disgruntled expression on his face.
Yesterday he was standing here alone, but there were always people who came up to challenge and tried to join, and today it was his turn that no one came up.
"As soon as you come up, you punch people with all your strength and break the bones of people, who dares to come up, what a fool with a brain full of muscles." There were pirates smiling at him behind him.
"Huh? Is that so? ”
The pirate scratched his hair, revealing a hint of embarrassment, but he still forced his mouth to say: "It's not that you have to go all out to fight the last punch, anyway, if you can't stop Lao Tzu's full strength, a punch is a waste, and you are not qualified to join us at all." ”
Just as a group of pirates were laughing and scolding each other, there was a sudden crowd of people at the back of the crowd, and a young man wearing a fur hat parted the crowd and walked all the way forward.
The eyes of the surroundings quickly converged.
"Oh? Someone else came up. ”
The pirate turned his head and looked at Rhodes, who was a little short and thin compared to him in front of him, with his thick arms crossed in front of him, and grinned: "This time the first punch Lao Tzu will not go all out." ”
The moment the words fell, a bloodthirsty look flashed in his eyes, and he slammed his fist at Rhodes, saying that he couldn't use all his strength, but this punch and the previous punch didn't seem to be much weaker.
Bang!
Just when many people thought that Rhodes was going to be blasted out by a punch like the previous person again, the pirate's punch slammed and was steadily accepted, and it was only Rhodes' slightly raised hand that blocked this punch.
"This ......"
"Blocked?!"
The onlookers showed their surprise, but they didn't expect that Rhodes, who looked unattractive in stature, could block such a heavy punch with one hand, which was obviously a little incredible!
The many pirates leaning towards the shore were stunned for a moment, and they were all in an uproar, they didn't expect someone to be able to block the punch of the 'big guy' so easily.
Soon.
One of the many pirates stepped into the field, he was the cadre of the Twin Sword Pirates who was responsible for collecting people, and Rhodes was able to block the full punch of the 'big man' with one hand, so it was not surprising to block two more punches, obviously fully qualified to join them.
"Hey! What is your name? ”
"Rhodes."
Rhodes responded blandly.
The cadre of the Twin Sword Pirates raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling that the name was a little familiar, but still grinned: "Rhodes? Congratulations, you're ready to join our Twin Sword Pirates! ”
However.
As he said this, there was a sudden silence in the field.
All the sounds seemed to be pinched, as if a needle had fallen to the ground, and it could be heard clearly, and in the silence, the atmosphere gradually became eerie.
No one exclaimed, no one envied, countless pairs of eyes stared at Rhodes in the field, their eyes were constantly changing, and most of them were stunned, as if they had seen something incredible.
There was silence.
"Are you making a mistake?"
Rhodes calmly looked at the Twin Sword Pirates cadre in front of him and said, "When did I say I wanted to join you, or did I say ...... Are you going to ask me to be the captain? ”
In the past, if someone dared to say such a thing, many pirates would immediately go berserk, but now, the strange atmosphere in the field made the cadre of the Twin Sword Pirates also realize that something was wrong.
He looked at Rhodes' face, the smile faded away, and a drop of cold sweat gradually spilled from his forehead and slowly ran down his cheek.
"You...... You are ......"