Chapter 7: The Real and the False World
Returning to Bonnet's boat with Duncan, the trio swam back as there was no boat. Thankfully, the body remembered how useful it was, and John just swam with his instincts, and there was no such funny scene as claiming to be a crew member but not being able to swim.
After getting on the boat, Duncan first stepped into the helm seat and stood still, and his skillful movements made John doubt whether what he said was true. If I'm not mistaken, Duncan's clothes are the ones worn by the man who was being chased just now, and Duncan's voice is indeed the one chasing behind, which John hears very clearly, plus the two are not similar in shape, even in loose coats, John can see the difference between the two. If the person who was chased just now has been killed, it is also possible that the person in the back took off his clothes and put them on. John's eyes swept over Duncan's clothes, and although he had been carefully washed by Duncan, he saw a little smudge, if he guessed correctly, it was blood. But what does this have to do with themselves? Now the destination of all three of them is to Havana, and it has nothing to do with them whether they go to sell goods or do anything after they arrive. Besides, how could he have told the truth? What he said was only John's business, not his own.
John, who was sitting on the mast and ready to put the sails at the orders of the helmsman below, looked at Duncan, who was at the helm below, and Bonnet, who had just counted the cargo in the cabin and walked out of the cabin, and thought.
Suddenly, John 'saw' a trace of discordant fluctuations. No, can't say to see. Because although this wave suddenly appeared in John's field of vision, John was very sure that it was not something that ordinary people could see. As for the source, John is now uncertain, and its role is unknown. It's just that through this sudden fluctuation, the only thing John can confirm is that this is not completely suppressed mystery. Suddenly, the world begins to crumble in John's vision. This time, John saw very clearly the origin of the Honkai, which came from Duncan, who was maneuvering the ship below. With Duncan as the base point, countless cracks suddenly appeared, stretched outward, and swept the entire world, and then these worlds divided by the cracks began to peel and shatter until they were completely dust. But something even more miraculous: although the world was broken and peeled away, there was no horror behind the fragments - to be precise, it revealed exactly the same world as before, without the slightest change, the clouds were still the clouds, the wind was still the same wind, and even the seabird that had been opposite John spread its wings was still coherent.
John's curiosity was piqued, and he wanted to find out the secrets of this world. Thinking of this, John grabbed the cable beside him and slid down, landing on the deck with a loud noise. This made Bonnet's heart ache: "Sir, hey, sir, be careful. We're going to get to Havana on this ship. ”
John didn't bother with Bonnet, and now he only had Duncan in his eyes that had caused the strange thing he had just done. John walked over and felt his chin when he saw that Duncan didn't seem to be aware of the movement he had just made. Still walking towards Duncan, the footsteps not only did not converge, but also became more and more forceful, making a "kicking" footsteps. Even so, John had already walked behind him and still didn't react. This is very wrong, to know whether Duncan's own claim to be true or not, who would be so lax in begging for food at sea? John had also seen his skills, which were not possessed by ordinary farmers, so it was probably a pirate, and in such a strange environment, a pirate would feel comfortable giving his back to a stranger whom he had only known for two days? To this end, John began a second round of temptations.
After thinking about it, John turned around and walked into the cabin, walking out with three bottles of rum in his hand. Looking up at Duncan, who was still staring into the distance, John was sure that Duncan was completely ignoring his own facts. You must know that the helmsman's seat is high near the stern, and every move on the deck cannot escape the helmsman's eyes, and whether he has just slid down the cable from above or walked on the deck, Duncan has not looked this way. It's so interesting, what is the force that makes a person completely ignore his own existence?
While thinking about it, John took the rum and handed a bottle to Bonnet, opened the bottle himself and took a sip, and walked to Duncan at the helm with the unopened rum in the other hand.
Walking behind Duncan, John took the rum in his hand and touched it on Duncan's back. Duncan didn't react at first, but after a moment he turned to look at John, his eyes full of confusion, as if he were looking at someone he didn't know at all. After waiting for a while, the confusion in Duncan's eyes gradually disappeared, and he said, "John, what's the matter?"
John handed over the rum in his hand: "It's too boring, come and take a sip." Duncan took the rum, bit off the cork from the bottle with his teeth, and gulped it into his mouth.
Rum is a distilled liquor made from sugar cane, which has a sweet taste and a rich aroma. Due to the abundance of sugar cane in the Caribbean, in addition to being used to make sugar, rum production is also a source of income for many sugar cane plantations. Rum was easy to preserve, inexpensive, and more suitable for ocean voyages than the scarce and perishable freshwater, so rum became a seafarer's drink.
After Duncan took the bottle, John and Duncan had a casual conversation, which roughly revolved around the time of arrival in Havana. Without saying a word, the two of them, who were already unfamiliar with each other, had no idea of going deeper, so John turned around and walked directly to the mast, reached out and grabbed the lookout above the rope king tied to it, and crawled over. Sitting on the lookout, John looked around and thought to himself: Duncan's reaction was not a fake, and he didn't need to. In this case, it was true that he looked at himself with confusion, and he did not recognize himself when he called him. This is very unconscionable, because there are only three people on board now, no matter how forgetful they are, they will not forget. "Unless it's a different person. John suddenly thought of the Primordial Spirits, and if the Primordial Spirits returned to their own world, Tel and Ann would provide them with some cover so that the natives would not be suspicious. It's an interesting conjecture, and it confirms why Duncan reacts to Bonnet and ignores himself—he's not the soul of this world.
"So, is Duncan, who is now at the helm here, really Duncan, or is it just a piece of someone else's picture? Thinking of this, John touched his chin and smiled at the corner of his mouth.