Chapter 11 Cargo Hold Exploration
Joey cautiously crouched under the window of the command room, listening to the golden-bearded David in the command room shouting, "Don't say any more." Even if it is to fight for the lives of the whole ship, even if it is to gamble my own life, I will see her again, even if it is just one side!! ”
"Big brother, why are you stubborn? What about you meeting her? She doesn't have you in her heart at all. She's just coveting your rights. ”
"Huh? It turned out to be David's guard the golden-bearded! Joey's heart tightened when he heard the voice of the golden-bearded David.
"Silverhair, you won't understand, I've been deeply attracted to her just by seeing her. I can do nothing for her. The golden-bearded David seemed to be weeping a little.
"It turns out that his guard's name is Silverhair, it seems that there must be some secret between the two of them, I have to keep listening." Joey thought to himself.
"Big brother, it was already your luck that she let you go last time, look at your first mate at that time. You touch your two golden beards. Is it worth it for you to give your soul to her all these years? ”
"What if it's worth it, and what's not worth it? I've dragged my body around for so many years, I'm no longer a pirate, and not only that, I've killed countless pirates. It's all because she hates pirates, and I've been changing myself for her. The Golden-bearded David grew louder and louder.
"The result? She reneged on her promise!! She's a demon, you know? She uses her own power to absorb the power of all the men in this world who are as martial as you. For what? Just to satisfy your own desires and ambitions. ”
"Hehe...," the golden-bearded David let out a sneer, "Desire? Ambition? Don't you have desires, don't you have ambitions? I deposited my soul with her just to make her smile, and I didn't hope anything else in return. ”
"She won't understand your love for her!! Let's go back, big brother. Don't go any further!! The silver-haired guard became more and more excited.
"Silverhair, I'm just a shell with my soul drained, and if I don't find her, I'll never get my soul back. You don't understand the feeling that you can't feel when the breeze caresses and the salty scent of the waves can't be smelled. ”
"Don't think I don't know, what if you get to that damn land? Can you get through that damn white fog? You don't have any souls left to be extracted. When the time comes, you'll really be gone. "It looks like the silver hair cares a lot about the life and death of the golden-bearded David.
"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, I have already obtained the Parker family's helmet." As he spoke, the Golden-bearded David smiled contemptuously.
"Hey, big brother!" Silver hair seemed helpless, "Forget it, whoever told you and me to live and die, I don't think I will ever be able to persuade you, and I will not persuade you again in the future." If you insist on going there, I will accompany you. With that, Silver Hair turned around and was about to walk towards the door.
Seeing that Silver Hair was about to go out, Joey hurriedly ran down the command room, and accidentally kicked a wooden barrel on the side in a panic, making a "bang" sound.
"Who is it!?" The golden-bearded David shouted a shout-out.
Silver hair quickly drew his sword, rushed out of the door, and looked around.
At this moment, a sea goose flew down lazily and landed on a wooden barrel placed at the door of the command room. "It turned out that you were a little guy, and you just happened to add us food." With that, the silver-haired sword stabbed at the sea goose, and the sword instantly passed through the body of the sea goose, and the sea goose fluttered a few times before losing its breath.
"Big brother, a sea goose, Ming'er will give you more food. Ha ha. Silverhair proudly flaunted to the golden-bearded David with the trophy.
At this time, Joey, who was hiding on the side of the command room, broke out in a cold sweat, took a long breath, and silently recited in his heart, "Sea goose, sea goose, thank you for blocking a sword for me with your life." ”
After the silver hair left, Joey hurried back to the cabin. He lay on the bed and couldn't calm down for a long time. "Is the one that the golden-bearded David said about her the dragon girl that Silly Tu said? What really happened between the Golden-bearded David and the Dragon Maiden, please? What's more important is that the helmet that Goldenbeard David said just now is really in the box at the end of the cabin? ......" In the midst of one question after another, Joey kept asking himself, and at the same time gradually fell asleep.
The next day, Joey was still relieved, and always felt that he wanted to find a chance to figure out the ins and outs of the matter. Taking advantage of the opportunity to clean up on the deck, he cautiously approached Silly Tu, and when he saw that there was no one around, he quietly asked: "Brother Tu, it turns out that the guard of the golden-bearded David is called Silver Hair." ”
"Huh? How do you know? Silly Tu seemed shocked by Joey's question.
Joey realized that he seemed to be revealing something, and hurriedly played a round: "Oh no, I vaguely heard a sailor in the cabin in my sleep last night. ”
"Who is so bold as to discuss the silver-haired adults in the cabin?" Silly Tu didn't seem to believe it.
"Oh, I slept too deeply last night, and I only vaguely heard it, and I didn't notice who said it, so I just asked you." Joey was afraid of revealing his whereabouts last night, so he hurried to leave.
"Hey, don't go", Silly Tu stopped Joey: "Since you asked, I'll talk to you quietly." ”
When Joey heard that Silly Tu was not suspicious, he approached him: "Big brother, I'll listen to you." ”
"Hey, that's right, it's said that the silver-haired and the golden-bearded David are half-brothers with the same surname!"
"Huh?" Joey was shocked.
"yes, so they have a good relationship, and Silverhair is also the commander of the Guards, and he also has his own fleet. Do you remember the last time I told you? Because the damn place we went to last time, the first mate of the Golden-bearded David died mysteriously, didn't it? So the silver hair came to assist Davey the Goldenbeard. Don't you see that the silver hair is directing us all these days? ”
"Oh, I see." Joey nodded subconsciously.
"Hey. You two, go and collect the sail rope over there! Joey and Silly Tu were chatting quietly, and the silver hair on the podium pointed at the two of them and scolded them.
Seeing this, the two didn't dare to continue to say more, so they obeyed the order and went to work.
Although Joey had heard the news of Silverhair, it was clear that he was more concerned about the helmet of the Parker family that he had heard from the Goldenbeard Davy that night. Joey decided to go deeper into the cabin again in the evening.
Finally, when night came, Joey pretended to be asleep in bed, but in fact he was silently waiting for the other sailors to sleep. The moon rose higher and higher, and the sound of the sailors in the night gradually disappeared as they pushed the cups and changed the lamps, leaving behind the snoring sound one after another. Joey slowly got up and looked around, seeing that everyone seemed to be asleep. He picked up a bottle, pretended to have too much, and staggered toward the cargo hold below, muttering as he mumbled. Coming to the door of the cargo hold, Joey subconsciously looked back, feeling that no one should have noticed him. He continued to walk to the front cargo compartment.
The cargo hold below was eerily quiet, with the occasional sound of waves crashing against the hull and the strange "creaking" sound. Curiosity triumphed over fear, and he was still driven forward, and Joey took the oil lamp on the shelf to the side and walked forward in the faint light. Joey went deeper and deeper, and finally came to the depths of the cargo hold where he had come that day. Just as he was about to look for the box from last time, a large hand suddenly slapped him on the shoulder from behind.
Joey was startled and thought to himself, "Could it be Davy the Golden-bearded?" Was it discovered? ”
At this time, a familiar voice came from behind him: "You kid, what are you doing here?" "It turned out to be a stupid slaughter.
Joey let out a long breath: "It turned out to be you, it scared me." I... I'm just looking for a bottle of rum. ”
"Hehe, you kid still want to start lying to me??? Rum is at the head of the cargo hold, why go so deep, and now that there is a shortage of materials, Rum has already begun to calculate the quantity, and it is usually strictly controlled. What's more, you kid rarely drinks. "Fool Tu resolutely does not believe Joey's perfunctory reason.
"Uh. Well, I'll be honest with you. ”
"That's pretty much it."
Joey pulled Silly Tu aside, looked around to make sure no one was there, and whispered, "That's right, I'm looking for a box, I think the contents of the box seem to be related to the destination of our voyage." ”
"Chests? What's inside? "Silly Tu is curious.
"A helmet, a helmet from our Parker family!"
"Your family's? Helmet? Silly Tu became more and more confused, and his face was puzzled.
"Don't ask, let's find the box first."
"Okay."
"Last time I didn't mean to be here, the box should have been in that corner, let's go take a look."
The two walked forward as they spoke, and when they came to the corner, Joey held up the oil lamp and shone it, and found that sure enough, the box was still lying quietly in place. It was covered in dust and it seemed that no one had moved it in over a month. Silly Tu stepped forward to dust off the dust, took a closer look at the box, and said, "This box doesn't seem to be anything special." ”
"You see, they changed the lock on it, and we have to open the lock to see the helmet inside. I think only by seeing the helmet can we have a chance to know what it has to do with this incident. ”
After listening to Joey's words, Silly Tu looked at the lock and said to Joey: "Hey, this lock is really not ordinary, I think there are only two things in the world that can open it." ”
"Only two things? What is it, what is it? Joey hurriedly asked.
"Hehe," Silly Tu smiled slightly: "One is the key, and the other is me." ”
"You? Hehe, I knew you had the ability. Joey was overjoyed, "Then trouble the big brother to open the lock quickly." ”
"Okay, wait a minute." After saying that, Silly Tu took out a wire from his pocket, fiddled with it back and forth in his hand, and wound the wire into a swirling suit. I saw that Silly Tu stuffed the wire in his hand into the keyhole, and the lock was turned back and forth, left and right, and the lock really opened.
Joey was very excited when he saw this, and quickly stepped forward to open the lock tray used for the padlock and slowly opened the box.
"Huh?" Joey opened the box and let out a burst of exclamation.
"What? Empty? Silly Tu also thought it was very strange.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps on the other side of the cargo hold.
"Someone, hurry up and hide." Joey pulled Silly Tu and quietly hid behind the cargo box, quietly waiting for the man to appear.