Chapter 193: The Inner Ghost and the Bait
Malone was lying on the bed in the courtyard, and asked a good maid to help him apply medicine, before the Breeze was caught up by the Skull, he threw out the identity of the Nassau black merchant, but the other party ignored it, so after the captain of Malone led the sailors on the ship to resist heroically when the other party boarded the ship, but due to the large difference in strength between the two sides, they only supported less than three minutes before they were all released.
After that, there was a punch and kick, Malone was punched in the stomach by Wilton, fell to the ground, and could no longer hold the short knife in his hand, but the attack did not stop, and he didn't know how many kicks he had taken until he was dragged to the bottom of the boat and imprisoned, Malone had time to check his body and found that his back had become blue and purple.
For a while, like the rest of the ship, he thought he was dead, and on the way back the Skeleton had robbed another merchant ship, and Malone had seen firsthand how Wilton and his crew treated the poor captives and tortured them for their amusement. Ma Long, an old sailor who had been adrift at sea for decades, was so frightened that he even had the idea of suicide at one point.
Until he was later released, he still couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.
The first thing Malone did after confirming that he was safe was to find a tavern and have a hard drink, and then staggered to the theater he frequented the most, and finally found the long-lost peace again between the familiar pair of soft breasts.
The next day he slept until almost noon before he opened his eyes, and not long after that he saw Karina again.
"Wait, you suspect Jim has taken root with Malcolm?"
The maid had already left the room half a minute ago, and Marlon listened to Karina's words, shaking his head that was still a little heavy after a hangover, and his expression was full of surprise, and he said while putting on his clothes.
"To be honest, it's hard for me to believe this accusation if there is no solid evidence, Jim is a good boy, I knew him from his neighbors and the place where he worked when I recruited him, and everyone said he was a good boy, he worked hard when he was on the boat, he was never lazy, although sometimes it was a little boring, and he didn't understand some jokes that men should understand, but that didn't prevent me from putting him on my list of favorite people, did I tell you about his sister?"
"What sister?" Karina asked.
Jim has a younger sister, not born to his parents, just adopted halfway, two years younger than him, at that time their family conditions were not bad, Jim also recognized the words at that time, but the good times did not last long, not long after his parents had an accident, only the two of them were left in the family, and the economy began to become tight, someone suggested that he send the sister who did not get along for a long time to an orphanage or a convent, but Jim was resolutely opposed, he sold everything that could be sold at home, and he began to work part-time everywhere, He barely fended two people, and he was only fourteen years old at the time. ”
Malone sighed with emotion, but he suddenly paused when he said this.
"What's wrong?"
"Speaking of his sister, I did hear recently that she seemed to have a serious illness, and Jim spent a lot of money to treat her, and I asked him if he needed help, but Jim told me that the debt had been paid off, and he had a distant uncle who sent him a sum of money to help him cope with this crisis."
"Is it possible that this person is Malcolm?"
"I didn't think much of it at the time, and I still didn't believe Jim would betray us and tell the Wilton guys about the Breeze's route." Ma Long shook his head and said, he had already dressed and moved his shoulders, pulling the previous injury made him can't help but bared his teeth, "Have you talked to him about this matter?" ”
"Not yet, I don't want to startle the snake, now we have no evidence in our hands, once he becomes alert, it will not be easy to catch his feet again." The businesswoman got up and poured a glass of water for the captain of the Breeze, "This matter is very important to us, although the Wilton gang is dead, if we can't dig out the ghost Breeze, the next trip will still be dangerous, and the most important thing is that our every move will be known to Malcolm......"
"Wait, Wilton's gang is dead?" Ma Long looked surprised when he heard this, he slept until now, and he didn't know anything about what was spread on the island this morning, "How is this possible?" You're kidding me, aren't you? ”
"If you hadn't drunk yourself and been obsessed with unleashing your male instincts, you should have known more, Uncle Marlon, and now...... You're probably the last person on the island to hear about it. ”
"Ha, that's the best thing I've heard in all this time." The captain of the Breeze pretended not to hear the merchant's taunt, and his face showed a smile on his face when he heard this, "On the way back, I have been cursing those bastards, cursing them all to be swallowed by the sea, even if it is my old life, it doesn't matter, but now this ending is not bad, how is it, how did they die?" Who did it, by what means, and how many survivors were there? To be honest, I still can't believe it, Wilton has more than 200 people on his hands, all of them are good hands, how did he die under their protection? ”
"You can go out and inquire about this matter yourself later." Karina interrupted Malone, "Speaking of Jim, do you have anything else to add?" ”
"I want to see it...... That's pretty much it, he's been a good employee, a good brother, a good neighbor all the time I've known him, and I don't think that kid is a spy. ”
"On that last point, I'm sure we'll figure it out."
"What are you going to do to send someone to keep an eye on him?" Malone took the glass of water and rinsed his mouth, which was considered to have completed the morning washing.
"No, I'm going to give him full freedom." Karina said.
"Huh?"
"I just pretended to have inadvertently revealed to Jim that two powerful pirate ships are considering leaving the Black Merchant Alliance to work with us, and if he is an insider, he will tell Malcolm the news."
"And then?"
"Malcolm will not sit idly by this time, compared to those private cooperation, the most intolerable thing for him is that other powerful pirates are openly on our side, so he will definitely stop this before it happens, he will personally go to the captains of those two ships to persuade them, and we just need to keep an eye on his actions during this time, once he meets with the captains of those two ships, we can capture Jim."