The Spades is naturally the name of the ship Ace.

Hearing what Ace said, Ian breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, Ace is still a little different from Luffy, and he is not so stupid as to pick up the microphone and say that he is the man who wants to become the king of the pirates......

Because of Jimmy's warning, you generally have to be cautious when encountering this kind of emergency distress signal, because you have no way of knowing whether the person on the other side is really in distress.

In this case, Ace only reported the name of his ship, which was a very smart move, and if he only reported the name of the ship, he would not reveal much information.

"Save ...... Help me! A voice came from the microphone, eagerly: "We are a patrol ship of the G-3 branch of the Navy, our ship unfortunately ran aground and sank, please save us!" ”

Ian and Jimmy looked at each other.

Before answering the phone, Ian was still imagining who would be calling for help, he had thought about pirates, he had thought about merchant ships, but he had never thought that it would be the navy.

Ace didn't answer at this time, and stared at Jimmy.

Jimmy rubbed his hands and frowned: "The route we took is indeed under the jurisdiction of the G-3 branch, it is not strange that there are navy patrol ships, and the next island we are going to is a desert island, there are indeed many reefs in the surrounding waters, and it is indeed possible that the patrol ship will run into the reef and sink!" ”

"So, this call for help should be real?" Ian asked.

Jimmy shook his head and said, "I can't say for sure, it's possible that the pirates are pretending to be ...... in the name of the navy."

"It's okay if you say something about pirates!" Ace smiled and said, "We're pirates too!" ”

Jimmy originally wanted to say that black eating black among pirates is also common, but when he thought of the strength of Ace and Ian, Jimmy immediately fell silent, if he really met pirates, he couldn't tell who was unlucky.

In fact, for this emergency distress signal, Jimmy was most worried about the navy, for fear that it was a trap set by the navy.

However, as soon as the other party opened his mouth to ask for help, he revealed his naval identity, which did not look like a trap.

If the navy wants to lure pirates into the bait in this way, they will not say that they are from the navy, but will say that they are passing merchant ships and the like, so that greedy pirates can take advantage of them and round them up.

Ian also thinks the same as Jimmy, if the other party changes his identity, Ian will be suspicious, but now it seems that there is really a naval ship in distress.

"However, I think it doesn't matter if it's true or not, I'd better leave them alone!" Jimmy looked at Ace and said, "Captain, even if the other party is real, our identities are pirates, and we have never heard of pirates saving the navy!" ”

Ian didn't speak, he just looked at Ace, this is his ship, everything is up to him, he is just a boatman, since he didn't promise Ace to be his deputy captain, then it's not his turn to express his opinion on this matter.

However, what I didn't expect was that after tilting his head and thinking for a while, Ace actually asked into the microphone, "Where is your location?" ”

"We're more than 160 nautical miles southwest of the island, and we're living on a reef, and we have no water, no food, and we don't know how long we'll last!" The navy on the other side of the microphone cried, "Please come as soon as possible." ”

Ace didn't say anything, just hung up the microphone.

Ian put away the phone bug that had fallen back into sleep, and then asked Ace in surprise, "Are you going to save people?" ”

"Of course!" Ace nodded with a smile and said, "If someone is in distress, naturally they have to be saved!" ”

"But don't forget, you're a pirate!" Ian said: "Although you are not wanted yet, but from the moment you hang the pirate flag, the navy is your enemy, so you have to save them?" ”

Jimmy also persuaded him: "Yes, Captain Ace, you have to think about it!" ”

Ai Si pulled the brim of his hat, covered his eyes slightly, and said in a low voice: "Ian, since you know the old man, you should know the identity of the old man, if you don't save these navy to death, the old man will definitely beat me in the future!" ”

Old man, you're talking about Karp, right? Ian nodded, understanding Ace's thoughts.

Just like Luffy, in fact, Ace is not a real pirate, in his heart, he still has his own concept of good and evil.

Don't look at Ace, this guy always eats overlord meals, but his heart and eyes are actually not bad at all, can it be said that with his skills, he can't beat those cooks? Of course, this is impossible, but every time he eats the overlord meal, he runs away, and he doesn't bully other people's cooks, but runs away after politely thanking him......

Although he has been talking about the old man or something, Ace still respects Karp's grandfather very much, Karp is a vice admiral of the Navy Headquarters, and it is not an exaggeration for these naval soldiers to say that it is his subordinates, and it is a very easy thing for Ace to save his grandfather's subordinates.

instantly understood Ace's thoughts, Ian didn't say anything more, he just went if he wanted to save it, anyway, those killed naval soldiers couldn't pose any threat to Ace.

Ace made a decision, Jimmy and they had to comply, who made Ace the captain, his majesty still had to be maintained, so the people of the Spade Pirates came out of the cabin one after another, turned the sails to adjust the course, and headed forward.

About three hours later, it was almost dark, and I finally arrived at the location of the dead naval soldier.

Although it was close to the next island, it was too far away to see the land of the island, but as the ship approached, Ian saw a lot of rocks outcropping out of the water.

He had asked Jimmy before, this approaching island, by the voyagers called the Labyrinth Island, also known as the Island of the Whirlpool, because this island is very inaccessible, the four sides of the island, are covered with all kinds of large and small reefs and reefs, the water flow of the nearby seas, when flowing through these reefs, because of the obstruction and scattering, and then converge, a stream is often torn into dozens of tributaries, countless reefs, bringing the current like a maze of chaotic currents, At the same time, it also triggers the emergence of vortices.

However, there is no sea breeze around this island, which is called a small windless zone, and all the boats that want to approach cannot be approached by sails, but can only move forward by rowing oars, and when they enter the sea here, they will be affected by these messy currents, which makes it difficult to control the direction.

If you are not careful, you may be carried away by a tributary, and then the ship may hit the reef with no bones, or it may be swept into a whirlpool and pulled to the bottom of the sea and become a wreck.

In short, this is a very dangerous island, but it is stuck on this course, and in order to store the record pointers, the voyagers must go to the island.

Every year, a large number of ships sink in the waters around this island, and it is only under the guidance of a truly proficient navigator that it is possible for the ship to find the right path and thus land on the island, so to speak, this island is quite a test for navigators.

The navigator of the Spade Pirates was a bald man, a little older, called Splitley, who seemed to have a lot of experience, and when he saw the surrounding sea, he immediately ordered the Spades to slow down and approach cautiously.

Ian couldn't see the situation under the water, so he couldn't feel the danger of this sea, but when Split explained to everyone, he realized the danger in this sea, and at the same time couldn't help but ask with some doubts: "If it's so dangerous, why are the navy's patrol ships still here?" ”

Split shrugged and said, "Who knows, but I've heard that this turbulent sea is a natural barrier, and this labyrinth island seems to be the stronghold of some pirate group, maybe the navy is here for these pirates." ”

Ian frowned and said, "You mean, the patrol ship met pirates here, and because of the pursuit, it was led to the reef group and sank?" ”

"It's a possibility!" Split said: "To be honest, sometimes the pirate navigators are more powerful than the navy's!" ”

Ian didn't speak, but he still felt a little strange, it was impossible for the navy not to know the danger of this sea, how could they be stupidly lured here by pirates?

Everything can only be known until the shipwrecked soldiers of the navy are found.

While Ian and Splitley were talking, Ace was crouching on the bow of the ship and looking around with a telescope, but by this time it was almost dark, and there was already some fog on the sea, which was not so easy to see.

But at this time, Ace exclaimed in surprise: "Ah, I found them!" They're over there! ”

Ian took his binoculars and looked over, and sure enough, about two nautical miles ahead, there was a large reef protruding from the surface of the sea, and several figures were standing on the reef, desperately waving the torches in their hands towards him as a signal.

It can be vaguely seen that these figures are indeed wearing the uniforms of the navy.

But Ian always felt that something was wrong.

Then, suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he asked, "Since their ship hit the reef and sank, then they must have fallen overboard, right?" ”

Split nodded, isn't that for sure?

"And how did they light their torches?" Ian asked.

Split was stunned!