Chapter 5: The Apprentice, the Story
"Mental ability (NEN)?"
The tense atmosphere on the deck had long since disappeared, and Heather had changed into a formal suit, and was now sitting leisurely in the captain's room chatting with Jack and the others.
Jack pronounced the word with some twists and turns, apparently unable to comprehend the meaning.
"IT'S OKAY TO CALL IT SENSE, BUT I PREFER TO CALL IT NEN."
Heather took a sip of a cup of steaming black tea, sat on the captain's (or commodore's) ornate seat with his legs crossed, and talked eloquently:
"It's a supernatural ability that I learned from the local natives when I traveled through a place, and you can think of it as a talent that everyone is born with. Ah, Governor Swan, Miss Elizabeth, please sit as you please. ”
The door to the captain's room opened, and Governor Swan and Elizabeth entered. Elizabeth unceremoniously found a chair to sit down with Governor Swan, who was a little cowering, and for some reason she stubbornly thought that Heather was a gentleman with a kinder face.
Looting Royal Navy warships? Didn't people say it, [requisition]! Who didn't have a hurry, and besides, Heather didn't kill anyone, and all the sailors he wounded were healed, some of them even cured of old diseases.
What a kind gentleman.
Jack, who was sitting across the table, made a meaningless gesture: "In other words, Mr. Hai, do you think I have the ability to learn...... Qualification? ”
Heather raised her eyebrows slightly: "No, I'm just asking if you're willing to worship my door, don't force it." ”
Norrington, who was sitting in the corner of the room, sat upright and said in a serious tone: "Mr. Heather, take the liberty of asking, what kind of effect does this so-called telepathic ability have?" Are beetles that heal the wounds of the Navy also within its reach? ”
"Isn't it enough to be fit and youthful?"
Heather put the teacup back on the table and shook her fingers: "If you can learn how to invoke your mind, you will naturally become immune to all diseases, and it will not be a problem to live to be a hundred years old." ”
Not only Norrington and Swann father and daughter, but even Jack gasped. What does it mean to be 100 years old in this eighteenth century, where life expectancy is less than fifty years?
And Elizabeth's eyes were even brighter, she heard [Youth Resident]! What woman can resist such a temptation?
"Mr. Heather, do you think I have the potential to learn this ability?" Elizabeth asked eagerly.
Heather looked Elizabeth up and down, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows as her eyes swept over the cliff of Dover, what a good girl, it's a pity that it's too peaceful, it's too peaceful!
"Miss Elizabeth, everyone has the aptitude to learn to read."
Heather said gently, "But can it take one month to learn the same as it takes fifty years to learn?" If you don't have the talent, the learning process can become extremely dangerous. ”
"Dangerous? Are you saying that even learning this ability is dangerous to yourself? "Norrington is not willing to put his sweetheart in any danger? Hurry up and help Elizabeth ask clearly.
Heather nodded slightly: "That's right. At the last minute of the learning process? As a person with the ability to read, I will pry the sperm hole in the body for the apprentice, causing the mental energy in his body to intensify and gush out, if I can't quickly grasp the trick and close the sperm hole by myself? So the apprentice will lose all the life energy in his body? This is the end of death. ”
Silence in the house? Especially Jack looked even more flustered, you still let me learn from such a danger?
"Isn't the learning of literacy a one-time thing? Even if I really want to teach someone, I have to slowly examine this person's physical qualifications. Well, Jack? I think you're a good fit for learning mental ability. How about it, do you want to learn it? ”
Heather stood up and patted Jack's stiff shoulder: "Think about it, fifty years later, the legend of Captain Jakes Paro is still circulating on the sea, galloping forever on the Caribbean Sea, going on adventures as much as you want, even if the musket team composed of dozens of people can't catch you at all, everyone who is lucky enough to see you will be amazed by your youthful appearance that has not changed for decades......"
"Forever...... Captain Jakes Parro! Jack's eyes lit up.
"That's right? Captain Jakes Paro forever! Heather's voice whispered in Jack's ear like a demagogic devil, "Anyone else wants to snatch the Black Pearl from you?" Sorry, they have to ask your fist first. Will the Black Pearl be with the mighty and invincible Captain Jakesparo forever? No more separation. ”
I have to say? Heather's words hit the nail on the head. There are only two things he loves most - the Adventure Freedom and the Black Pearl.
What if Hector Barbossa, who was the first mate of the Black Pearl, had a force as powerful as Heather himself when he launched a crew mutiny ten years ago? And how could you lose your favorite ship and be exiled to a desert island?
"Uh...... Will the apprenticeship be long? Jack was a little moved.
"Believe in your qualifications? Get started in no time. ”
Heather patted Jack on the shoulder again: "I'm optimistic about you." ”
Jack grinned, revealing a mouth full of big yellow teeth. He knew very well that this Oriental, who had a mysterious origin, would definitely not give himself great benefits for no reason, and he wanted to snatch greater benefits from himself.
But Ijack's character of taking a step by step, and the sky falling down has a higher top? It's a big deal that he runs away after learning the ability to read, just like the bad debt he casually owed to Davy Jones, the king of the deep sea thirteen years ago.
"Your will will will be my motivation from Kim onwards, Master."
"Just call me Heather."
Heather grinned and shook Jack's outstretched hand.
If there is anyone in the Pirates of the Caribbean world who can learn to read, Jax Parro, the absolute protagonist, must be the most qualified. Just take him to the test to see if the telekinesis can be used in different worlds.
"So, you 'requisitioned' the Intrepid to return to Port Royal? Or somewhere else? ”
An impatient Brigadier General Norrington interrupted the tender scene between Heather and Jack.
"I'm going to travel the world as an explorer and make the occasional guest appearance as a pirate, so I'm sure I need a good ship for that, right?"
Heather looked at Norrington strangely, as if he had asked a very stupid question: "If you say 'requisition', you can also understand 'looting'." Well, all of you here, including the busy sailors on deck, have to serve me as prisoners. Otherwise, it would be very troublesome for me to operate such a large ship alone. ”
"Wait a minute, Mr. Heather, aren't you going to go to Barbossa?"
Elizabeth's already white face became even paler: "Will is still on the Black Pearl, if you don't save him......"
"Will? Who is it? ”
Heather's voice was full of innocence: "Dear Miss Elizabeth, why do you think that I am going to take this ship, which already belongs to me, to go all the way to trouble a group of notorious pirate gangs who have no grudges against me? In particular, this group of pirates also has a so-called immortal body. ”
Jack's eyes rolled, and he hurried in front of Heather before Elizabeth: "Mentor, I have a little proposal, I wonder if you can listen to it?" ”
"Oh, my dear apprentice, say it."
Heather stroked her non-existent beard, like a kind elder.
"That's not worth mentioning, of course." Jack took his orchid finger and walked around the small captain's room in small steps: "But, my mentor, the Black Pearl is also in their hands!" ”
"Oh...... Black Pearl. Heather seemed to have an epiphany.
"Yes, the Black Pearl!"
Jack hurriedly approached Heather: "Caribbean...... No, the fastest ship in the world! With her, you can reach anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye. How could that despicable villain of Hector Barbossa be the opponent of you, Mentor, and those four noble and elegant divine worms full of aura? What's more, Barbossa's hiding place also has countless gold, silver and jewels that he has plundered for ten years, with this money, your trip will be smoother and more comfortable, Mentor, right? ”
"And then?"
"Then I volunteered to be the captain of the Black Pearl and join your fleet!"
Jack grinned excitedly and pointed to himself: "I am willing to hand over 15% of all looted materials for you and become a little captain under your command!" Do you think this is possible, my esteemed teacher? ”
"Shut up! Jakes Paro, you shameless scumbag! The Dreadnought will never turn into a pirate ship! ”
Norrington was furious, and despite Heather being nearby, he immediately rushed to Jack, grabbed the latter's collar and yelled.
He understood that this Heather had intended to turn the Dreadnought, which was at the top of its firepower and speed, into a pirate ship from the beginning. And Jakesparo plans to add the Black Pearl to Heather's command, turning it into a powerful pirate fleet.
The Dreadnought is the trust of the Royal Navy and the pride of Port Royal as the flagship of his fleet! Norrington would rather the ship sink to the bottom of the sea than turn her into a pirate ship.
Jack stretched out his hand at Heather and shrugged his shoulders with an innocent look.
"Mr. Norrington, the Dreadnought is now my possession. Only I can decide where she belongs, and what her fate will be. ”
Heather delicately pinched the wrists of Norrington's hands that grabbed Jack's collar, and Norrington felt numb all over, and the whole person involuntarily took a few steps backwards and hit the wooden wall with a 'thud'.
Ignoring Jack, who had a provocative smile on his face, Heather touched her chin and looked at Elizabeth: "...... Do you have a little lover named William Turner aboard the Black Pearl? ”
"Not a little lover...... Elizabeth's voice quickly diminished, but she thought about it, no! The old lady was engaged to Norrington to save Will, and now that he is not the captain of the Dreadnought, why should I care about him!?
"Yes! Will is my sweetheart! He fell into Barbossa's hands to save me, and I must save him! ”
The girl made a brave declaration.
Governor Swan beside her only felt that it was dark in front of her, my God, what a curse that little blacksmith had put on my daughter! Why does the daughter of the dignified governor have to chase a blacksmith in a hurry!
It's not that Heather can't understand this, although her appearance is a little different from that in the movie, Elizabeth's appearance can vaguely see Keira Knightley's appearance. In the same way, other people are also slightly similar to the characters in the movie. Thinking about it this way, the elven prince's version of the blacksmith Wiltner, which girl can refuse?
But Brigadier General Norrington is not black in front of him, but green in front of him. Happiness comes and goes as fast as it comes, and if it's a dream, please wake up from this nightmare sooner!
Heather looked at the father and daughter for a long time:
"So, Miss Elizabeth, Governor Swan, what pay shall I receive if I save Mr. William Turner and exterminate Barbossa's gang?"
"What kind of pay do you want?" Before Governor Swan could open her mouth to bargain, Elizabeth asked directly.
"Weapons, artillery, household supplies...... I want everything I need to sail on the seas. ”
Heather said bluntly that he didn't hide that he wanted to be a pirate at all, and he didn't seem to be afraid of being wanted at all.
"In the name of the Governor of Port Royal, I agree to a deal with you."
How many supplies can be loaded in two ships, Governor Swan, who was relieved, reluctantly straightened his collar, and said: "The specific content still needs to be issued a written contract, I wonder if you need me to do it for you?" ”
"If you want to, it couldn't be better." Heather stroked her chest and bowed slightly.
"Mentor, do you need me to go to the helmsman and show him the way? The reef of Barbossa's hideout was so cluttered that I was the only one who could navigate with the boat except him. Jack jumped in front of Heather, his eyebrows fluttering like the wings of a seagull.
"Go, my apprentice." Heather stroked her non-existent long beard, overwhelmed by the addiction of the white-bearded grandfather's mentor.
Soon, the Dreadnought turned around and sailed in the direction of Barbossa's hiding island.
……………………
At the bottom of the Black Pearl's cabin, one cage holds the innocent sailors Jack had hired before, and the other cage holds Will alone.
Outside the cage, two of Barbossa's pirates were holding the mop floor.
"I'm curious......" Will put his hands on the gap in the cage and looked at one of the pirates who was mopping the floor, "Why did you betray Jax Paro before?" ”
The sailors in the other cage also gossip, and Jakesparo's name is resounding in the sea, but his feud with the former first mate Hector Barbossa is rarely known.
The short, bald pirate named Pintel was also a chatter who couldn't hold back his words, and after glaring at Will viciously, he couldn't help but say, "What you asked is only known to us old sailors who were originally on the Black Pearl. Seeing that you're about to be out of luck, it doesn't hurt to tell you. ”
Pinter stood in place with the cloth handle, and fell into memory:
"Ten years ago, we admired the name of Jaxparo and joined the Black Pearl, most notably Captain Barbossa."
"First mate, he was still the first mate at that time." Lagerty, a tall, lanky pirate with a prosthetic eye in his right eye, stammered.
"Shut up! I know! Pintel yelled at his friend viciously, then wiped his nose and continued to fall into the memory:
"Barbossa was the pirate king of the Caspian Sea at the time, and Jack's father, Teague Sr., was the pirate king of the Caribbean. How poor the Caspian Sea is, it's a lake, and Barbossa can't stand it and can only run to old Teague. Unexpectedly, the elder Teague directly abdicated and gave up the position to his son Jack. Barbossa willingly assisted Jack as the first mate of the Black Pearl. ”
"In my heart, Barbossa is much more competent as first mate than Jack as captain. As the pirate king of the Caribbean, Jax Paro didn't rob merchant ships without hurting people's lives, and even prevented us from doing pirates, just looking for treasures, exploring, and doing things that we didn't know. ”
"Wait, was Jack Hou like that then?" Will gestured to Jack's sissy orchid fingers and crazy stride.
"No, though young and impulsive, Jack was normal at the time."
Pintel shook his head and continued:
"One day, Jack was holding a treasure map and said to us – 'Guys, we're going to make a fortune!' The guy was a clever navigator who led the ship in the direction of the chart. On the third day after setting sail, Barbossa approached Jack with the crew as the first mate - 'Captain, we, as the crew of the Black Pearl, at least want to know what the destination and goal are, and not sail in such a foggy way, which will greatly affect morale. ’”
"Hey, hey, there's the style of Captain Barbossa." Lagerty is Barbossa's loyal little henchman, hehe, hehe.
"I'm telling this story!"
Pinter didn't have anything to say about his funny buddy except for roaring, so he could only continue:
Jack was still young at the time, and foolishly confided in his destination, which was Cortez's treasure, a mysterious chest containing 998 Aztec gold coins. He even showed us a treasure map and declared that he would share the huge amount of treasure with everyone. ”
Speaking of this, a sneer appeared on Pintel's face:
"Captain Barbossa led the crew in a mutiny that night, and we captured the Black Pearl, then exiled Jack to a desert island and left him with a musket with only one bullet in it. Yes, that's right, it's the desert island, the desert island where Little Beauty and Jack were exiled. ”
“…… Was my father also a member of the mutiny? Will turned a little pale.
He had always thought that his father was a good sailor with integrity and kindness, and the gold coin he sent him was also a sign of his father's love. Ten years ago, when Will received the gold coin, his mother had been dead for many years, so Little Will took a merchant ship to the Caribbean to find his father's traces, but on the way, the merchant ship was devastated by the Black Pearl, and no one survived except Will.
And the lucky little Will was rescued by the warship that Norrington was riding on at the time, and the little Elizabeth was also on it. Elizabeth, who found Will with pirate gold, hid it and begged her father and Norrington to take Will back to Port Royal, and their relationship began.
Until he met Jax Parro, Elizabeth was captured because of the gold coin, and he also learned his true identity from Jax Paro - the son of a pirate.
Will was confused, and he subconsciously refused to accept the fact that his father was a pirate, but he looked forward to hearing that his father was a good man.
"'Bootlace' Bill Turner, huh, you look exactly like old Bill, you're so handsome, what the hell!"
Pinter spat at Will fiercely: "Old Bill has been nagging since Jack was exiled, and then we found out that as long as we took gold coins from that stone box, he would be cursed as an immortal monster, and Old Bill was even more dissatisfied. He always says 'this is not in accordance with the Code', regrets the exile of Jack, and publicly blames Barbossa. So......"
"So the captain of the Barbossa ship tied the bootties of Bill to the cannon and pushed him into the ocean with the cannon, and let him sink to the bottom of the sea (Davy Jones Locker)! Lace the bootlaces on the cannon, hehehehehe......"
At first, Lagerty was snickering at his witty presence, but when he saw the angry face of his friend Pintel, he immediately lowered his head and began to obediently mop the floor.
"It's a shame that we didn't learn until later that we had to return the gold and pay the price of [blood] to remove the curse."
Pintel shrugged his shoulders, his expression becoming more and more hideous:
"But by then we've lost a gold coin and Bill's [blood] forever, and there's no way to remove the curse, but luckily you sent it to the door yourself, Little Will. Bill always said that we deserve to be cursed and will never be freed, but at this time he probably sank to the bottom of the sea with the cannon, and he was so painful that he couldn't die because of the curse of the immortal body haha! He's an idiot! ”
"No, he's a good guy!" In the cage next to him, Jack's current first mate, Mr. Gibbs, couldn't help but say.
Will, who had been hanging his head, couldn't help but raise his head when he heard this.
Pinter said angrily, "Don't be complacent, you're going to suffer soon." Tell you, Captain Barbossa, he is ......"
Step on! Step on! Step on!
Pinter's words were interrupted by the sudden sound of footsteps, and he knew who was coming only by the sound of footsteps, and hurriedly stood up straight.
Barbossa's figure appeared on the stairs of the cabin, holding a bunch of keys in his hand:
"Take him out."
Moments later, Will is escorted out of his cell with a lot of tying, while the sailors in another cell are desperately waiting to be sacrificed to the murderous banquet where Barbossa's gang has removed the curse.
In the darkness of the night, the Black Pearl anchors on a small island shaped like a skull, which is where Barbossa's gang hides and where their treasure hides.
Wearing a wide felt hat, Barbossa walked through the narrow cave tunnels as he sang a song, green apples tossed in his hands. Apples, which were Barbossa's favorite, and not being able to taste the juicy apples for ten years was a cruel punishment for him.
But it didn't matter, it was on the golden night, right here, that he would soon be able to taste the sweetness of apples again.
He was followed by the pirates of Uyang, who followed Barbossa with torches.
Pinter dragged the five flowers and tied up Will, and instructed as he walked: "Don't worry, it's just a matter of cutting your finger and putting some blood......
At this moment, a burly pirate wearing a turban pushed Pinter away, then grabbed Will by the back collar and said viciously, "Don't make a mistake this time." He's only half a Bill Turner, and we need to give him a big bloodletting!" ”
Looking at Will, who was escorted away, Pinter and Lagerty glanced at each other and shrugged their shoulders:
"Looks like there's really a reason to be worried?"