The next morning, with the exception of those who could not leave or get out of their beds, almost all the pirates gathered on deck.

All of them, including Captain Titch and Helmsman Orff, had serious expressions.

Forty-seven of the pirates had suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle, seven of the twenty-nine seriously wounded had not survived last night, and it was unknown how many of the remaining twenty-two would survive.

Since they had chosen this path, the pirates had been mentally prepared for such an outcome, but they still felt sad to see their brother who was still drinking with him the day before yesterday leaving this world like this.

The farmer's son also had red eyes, but not because he felt sorry for the dead pirates, but because he felt a sense of sadness that had died in his heart, and he didn't know when it would be his turn to lie in the cold body bag.

The sea breeze blew the canvas on the mast, and no one spoke for a long time.

Until Captain Titch nodded and said in a deep voice, "Let's get started." ”

Four pirates carried the corpse wrapped in white cloth to the side of the ship, and the helmsman Orff read the names of the deceased in turn, and the corresponding corpse was thrown into the sea.

These men who live on the ocean will also end up in the endless sea.

When the last body was thrown overboard, Orff closed the list, "May Thetis, the goddess of the sea, accept and guide your souls, my brave friends." ”

With that, he spilled a bag of salt into the sea and completed the final ritual.

When the canvas bags disappeared from the waves, Titch strode back to the captain's quarters, and it was not until his figure left that the pirates on deck could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Their emotions about this captain are very complicated, on the one hand, the former has always been very heroic in battle, is the opponent's nightmare, but on the other hand, the sense of oppression brought to them by Titch in the usual relationship is also very strong, and many people will even have difficulty breathing after standing with him for a long time, most pirates are in awe and fear of him, fortunately, he basically does not participate in the affairs of the ship, and stays in the captain's room on weekdays, and Orff, the helmsman, communicates with the crew of the ship.

The latter looked back, "This battle has cost us many reliable companions, and at the same time some positions on the ship have been vacant, and I deeply regret what happened to old Mack, but this ship cannot be without a sail chief, while everyone is here, let's vote in the election." ”

Before his words fell, the pirates below shouted, "Zhang Heng, Zhang Heng, Zhang Heng!" ”

"It seems that we have no objection to the candidates for this position." Orff nodded at Zhang Heng, "Congratulations, you have become the sail captain of this ship and lead us to chase wealth." After a pause, he continued, "Here is the recruitment of the vanguard, a total of twenty places......

Zhang Heng was not surprised by this result, the newly elected sail elder Mike had only been in this position for two months, and as soon as the battle with the Scarborough began, he was unfortunately hit in the head by a stray bullet.

According to the results of the last vote, Zhang Heng, who ranked second, is naturally the hottest candidate to take over this position, especially since he performed very well in this battle.

Although the strength of combat power has nothing to do with whether or not you can be a good sail captain, the logic of pirates is as simple as that.

Normally, there are two kinds of people who will win their votes, one is that they feel they should vote for him, and the other is to care about him, Lao Tzu just wants to vote for him, and reason makes them vote for the first kind of person, but usually the result, they still choose the second type of person in the end.

After all, if they were all that sane, no one would be a pirate. What's more, Zhang Heng was a student of Rothko, and he didn't have any problems with his own ability, so the matter was unanimously approved in a chaos.

Zhang Heng also got 5 points for this.

However, he didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing, he was still a month away from the ship, the position of sail captain was dispensable for him, and the fact that the election went so well proved that he still had some influence among the pirates, and Orff had more reason to see him as a potential threat.

But Zhang Heng didn't expect that it was another person who found him first.

At lunchtime, an old pirate with a lame leg placed the plate opposite him.

"Are you a man of faith?"

Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?" ”

"Don't get me wrong, it's just a kind reminder that under Titch and Orff, things are going to happen this morning, and we're all going to have this day eventually, aren't we? People living in Nassau usually use the ritual of Thetis, the goddess of the sea, to see off the dead, believing that the dead souls will go to the depths of the sea, but if you have anything else you want to go, you can also tell Di Frena, after all, the ship has always professed respect for everyone's freedom, and that includes freedom of belief. ”

The lame old pirate sat down opposite Zhang Heng, "There has only been one exception since I got on the boat, that child is an Arava from St. Vincent Island, it is said that the tradition of their tribe is to eat the dead people, the Arava people believe that only in this way can the dead be with their ancestors, so we have always been afraid that he will die one day, but unfortunately he was hit in the right leg by a cannonball during a sea raid, the ship's doctor amputated him, but he couldn't survive, that time we all voted together, Decided to break the rules once, oh yes, I don't seem to have introduced myself yet, I'm Kent, the gunner on the ship. ”

"Gunner?"

The lame old pirate grinned, "I know, people prefer to call me Carpenter, because there was a battle in which I sawed an enemy in half. He looked around and suddenly lowered his voice, and said quickly, "This is not the place to talk, there are Orff's eyeliner everywhere, we need to talk, I will wait for you in the carpenter's room on the second floor in the middle of the night today." ”

Zhang Heng was noncommittal.

The lame old pirate was a little helpless, so he could only add, "Do you know that there are many people on this ship who are related to Fraser, why Orff is the only one who is most wary of you, Fraser's debt collectors are not picked randomly, there are only two people who have been his debt collectors for so many years, one is you, and the other person is our current captain, in a sense, you are all Fraser's students." ”

"Edward Titch was Fraser's debt collector?"

"Yes, Fraser originally cultivated him to take over after his retirement, but he didn't expect that the successor he personally cultivated ended up betraying him with Orff, you are in a dangerous situation now, only I can help you."