Chapter 67: Fang Yan's Breakthrough!
The sea breeze blows with the smell of salty moisture, and on the endless blue sea, a five-masted ship rides the wind and waves, leaving behind the broken waves.
On the deck, many pirates were loosely gathered in a circle, roughly counting about three hundred people, of course, this is not all after all, the ship still has to travel, but it is also the majority of the ship. A small circle was vacated in the center of the crowd, and Fang Yan and Holly were standing here with smiles on their faces.
"Yo, guys, this call is to introduce you to a new person." Clapping his palms to attract the attention of the pirates, Holly smiled and gestured to Fang Yan with his eyes, and then took a step back.
"Hello everyone, I'm Fang Yan, please take care of me for the next time." Fang Yan had a bright smile on his face, and waved his hand to greet the pirates around him, most of the pirates looked at Hawley's face and shouted enthusiastically, but the smiles on the faces of a few pirates didn't look very friendly.
Then Holly stood up and briefly told all the pirates about Fang Yan, of course, many places were mentioned in one sentence, after all, it was not the investigation of the prisoner who did not have to say it so clearly. After listening to Hawley's account, a little doubt appeared on the faces of many pirates, after all, the identity of the "temporary member" is difficult to be trusted. However, Hawley then stood up to defend Fang Yan:
"Everyone, please rest assured, Little Brother Fang Yan is definitely not a spy or a speculator or anything, I don't think people can be wrong. With my iron man Hawley as a guarantor, if something really goes wrong, I Hawley will bear it! Holly laughed loudly, and could see that his prestige on this ship was quite good, and the suspicion in the eyes of many pirates disappeared, and they applauded the welcome of the new members, which is also the usual welcome ceremony of pirates.
However, Fang Yan was speechless for a while at Holly's straightforward words, and then shook his head and smiled. Although the words were not good, this undoubtedly contained Holly's complete trust in himself, which made Fang Yan couldn't help but be a little moved. After all, they were strangers a day ago.
Glancing at Holly gratefully, Fang Yan opened his eyes to look at the pirates around him. Although he didn't really care much about the opinions of these pirates, even if all the pirates looked at him coldly, as long as he could finally stay on the ship and wait for the curse to be lifted after the deal with Blackbeard, Fang Yan would be satisfied, but no one would think that he was popular.
Everyone was happy, Fang Yan thought so. However, there are always many things in life that don't work out the way one expects, as they do now.
"I have a doubt!" An unruly voice was suddenly inserted, and everyone present subconsciously turned their heads to look at the source of the sound. With a contemptuous smile on his lips, a man dressed in a strong pirate style took a few steps forward and stepped forward, with a black turban wrapped around his head and two wooden weapon handles exposed at the back of his waist.
When the pirate stepped forward, many pirates looked at him in disgust, and most of the pirates who maintained a neutral attitude showed a playful demeanor, even Hawley, who was the first captain, frowned slightly.
"Haggis, nicknamed 'The Sea Mantis,' the boatswain, the one I told you about earlier." Holly whispered in Fang Yan's ear, and as soon as he said this, Fang Yan remembered the information about the guy in front of him, and couldn't help frowning.
Before getting on the ship yesterday, Fang Yan asked Holly some information about the ship, and after a brief description, Holly emphasized a few people so that Fang Yan must remember that it is best not to provoke, as the captain of the ship, Xia Mang is naturally in position, and most of the other people are also high-level people on the ship. But, as a mid-level manager and boatswain, Haggis was among them.
Although Haggis's strength is not bad, it is not worthy of Hawley's other treatment, and the reason why Hawley is listed as one of the targets that Fang Yan cannot provoke is because of his character. Cruel and easy to kill, this is not unique among pirates, but it is really rare for someone like Haggis to not recognize his relatives and do things according to his mood, and even draw a knife to his companions without mercy, and he is completely a mad dog, which is also the most undesirable point of Hawley.
According to Hawley's temperament, there is such a black sheep on the ship that has long been eliminated by his own hands, but behind the mad dog of Haggis, there is a very big owner, that is, the captain Shaman. In front of others, Haggis was unruly and didn't care at all, and even dared to speak disrespectfully to Hawley, who was the deputy captain, but in front of Xia Mang, he was as well-behaved as a loyal dog, and he would never disobey what Xia Mang said, so he was regarded as a confidant by Xia Mang.
It was just because of Xia Mang's face that Hawley didn't make a move, after all, for Hawley, Haggis was just a dog who dared to bark and bite, and he didn't care about it at all. But now the situation is different, for Fang Yan, who has just stepped into the fourth stage of anger and has not yet begun to fly, Haggis is no less than a fierce beast that wants to choose people to devour.
With a threatening gaze, Holly took a step forward to protect Fang Yan behind him.
"Vice Captain, I'm not trying to make trouble with you today, I just have some questions about this kid." Seeing Hawley's unswerving expression to protect Fang Yan's actions, Haggis smiled and said in a weird manner.
"You say." Holly was stiff and authentic. Although he has been dissatisfied with Haggis for a long time in his heart, it is not easy for Hawley to do it in front of everyone at this time, which will undoubtedly pull hatred on Fang Yan and make the pirates dissatisfied with Fang Yan. What's more, he also promised Xia Mang last night to verbally persuade the unsatisfied pirates one by one, if he violated his promise, would he still be a dignified man Hawley?
"Since you have made a guarantee, Deputy Captain, and we all know who you are, let's believe that this guy is not a spy with ulterior motives. I just think, isn't this 'combat autonomy' a bit out of order? Can I think so, this little brother of yours got on the ship to lift the curse, and every time he encountered a battle, he came to such a 'battle autonomy' and did not participate in the last battle, and as soon as the curse was lifted, he patted his ass and left......"
With wide eyes and scanning the pirates around him, Haggis spread his hands helplessly, but his tone was quite impulsive: "When did our 'Stinging Sword' crisscross the Sea of Watchman fall to the point where all cats and dogs can get on the ship to eat and drink?" Have you forgotten that old saying, Vice-Captain? On a pirate ship, there are no idlers! ”
These words seem ordinary, but in fact they are extremely vicious, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he preconceivedly defines Fang Yan as "an idler who eats and drinks", pushing him to the opposite side of the pirates, and "combat autonomy" is defined as a tool to evade battle. As long as Fang Yan dares to use his "battle autonomy" once in the future, he will be caught, and the pirates will also leave an impression that "Fang Yan is afraid of fighting, not our fellow travelers" and involuntarily exaggerate it, and then become dissatisfied with Fang Yan in their hearts. When the dissatisfaction of the pirates on the ship condensed to a certain extent, even the prestige of the iron man Hawley was useless, and Fang Yan's end would inevitably be driven off the ship to fend for himself, or even worse - after all, it was at sea at this time, the home of the pirates.
Although he didn't have insight into Haggis's entire plan for a while, Fang Yan could clearly feel his ill intentions, such nonsense and reversing black and white was not a matter of facts at all, it was obviously aimed at himself - or at Hawley behind him. If you don't answer well, I'm afraid that you will fall into a disadvantageous situation all of a sudden, and even Hawley.
His eyes were fixed on Haggis, Fang Yan's heart was full of anger, and he was about to blurt out that he would only be absent from the slaughtering battle against the old and weak women and children, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed back violently, and his eyes widened and a cold sweat broke out.
"If I answered like that, he would say that I looked down on the cruel pirates, and pushed me completely against these people, and then he added fuel to the fire, and it would be a situation of no end." Faced with this seemingly ordinary situation, but in fact it was killing step by step, Fang Yan's mind was unprecedentedly clear at this moment, and he analyzed and dissected all the disadvantages one by one, "I don't care about myself, there are still two life-saving hairs as a way out, but Uncle Holly is in trouble...... In the future, his prestige on the ship will inevitably fall to an unimaginable trough! ”
"The ultimate beneficiary of this...... It turned out to be you! A blast flashed in his mind, all the clues were completely sorted out at this moment, and between the turn and flight of his mind, Fang Yan already understood that today's scene was by no means as simple as it seemed, and the relationship behind it pointed directly to one of Whitebeard's heirs and the captain of the "Thorn Sword" - Xia Mang!
But these are all things for later, and the most important thing at the moment is to break this implied murderous situation!
The outside world was only a second, but Fang Yan had a lot of thoughts in his heart, several methods flashed one by one, and Fang Yan finally chose the most direct and neat way to break the game without hesitation.
Staring at Haggis in front of him, he had a mocking smile on his face, as if he had already taken Fang Yan. It seemed that no matter what Fang Yan answered, he could crack them one by one, and finally forced Fang Yan to a dead end. He has this self-confidence!
Fang Yan's face was calm, and he only said lightly:
"You say I don't dare to fight, so let's try."
(PS: Thank you for the reward of the book friend "I am a degenerate of income in the dark", thank you for your support.) Today is really speechless and powerless, as long as you know that we have experienced four means of transportation today, such as a small car, a bus, a subway and a slightly trembling legs, which lasted 8 hours, plus a car tire burst before the test, adding up to 3 hours of dryness, etc., you can imagine how pitiful we are today...... Forget it, let's rest, good night everyone...... )