Waiting isn't always boring, especially when you're in the most prosperous part of the local area and have a good relationship with the absolute local manager. John has been on the island for a few days, and has often met Blackbeard and Vane, the two actual managers of the island, and although they don't have a deep friendship, John's record is enough to make these high-eyed pirates look up to him. In addition, John's crew inadvertently spread John's reputation when he inadvertently spread John's reputation when he took the fact that John led the ship to engage the naval fleet and captured the other party's flagship as their own capital in the tavern. In Nassau today, even when John walks down the street alone, there will be people who greet him, and when he walks into the tavern, someone will always hand him a glass of rum, and all this is just to see what a warrior who can carry a heavy powder keg and throw it on other ships looks like.

With a wine glass in his hand, John watched George stand in the tavern with a wine glass and brag, especially the accurate mortar attacks, especially the one that burned the sails of the gunboat, which he had been talking about for a long time, and every time he said that he commanded the mortar to hit the warship, it would cause the surrounding pirates to exclaim, and then pour the wine glass in George's hand full with his own rum. In this way, John watched George drink several glasses of rum, and even he began to feel a little dizzy, but he did not even take out a penny. However, George also has the ability, with the precision of commanding mortars, and the ability to tell a story that many pirates have heard in a new way, so that people can obediently fill his wine glass with this eloquence, which can be regarded as a talent.

It's just that there is always a time when I get tired of listening to the story, and I listen to it too many times, so I won't buy wine for George anymore. But fortunately, there were always a lot of ships coming and going to Nassau, and this group of sailors was tired of hearing about it, and the next batch was replenished, which made George not short of wine for a long time.

However, John noticed something unusual during his walk in Nassau: there were more rats in the city than before, and although the number was not too alarming, the rats that could only be seen from time to time at night were now found in some dark corners even during the day. This is not a good omen, and if John remembers correctly, rats can transmit many diseases, the most famous of which was the Black Death, which halved the population of Europe at the time due to the spread of rats and fleas, and many other diseases were transmitted by small creatures such as rats.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Nassau to fall ill, both pirates and the inhabitants of Nassau, showing signs of illness, and the rats in the city began to increase significantly, sometimes even during the day, the little ones who had been fond of dark, damp corners could be seen on the streets.

As a result, the city's administrators were so anxious that Blackbeard saw that his crew was also showing signs of illness, and even more so that he tore off several of his proud beards, which were like pirate flags fluttering in the wind, and Vane, whose forehead was already wrinkled, was wrinkled like an eighty-year-old man. Just before the two pirates could discuss a solution to the disease, news came: the British Royal Navy was preparing to take over Nassau, and all pirates who were willing to surrender could be pardoned for their previous crimes.

This suddenly divided the pirates into two parts, one of which was convinced that this was a false news and a ploy by the navy to divide the pirates, while Blackbeard believed that it was true and that the navy would not make a decision without warning. The two argued fiercely, and even the relationship between the two pirate groups stiffened a little. Eventually, Blackbeard is convinced that this is true and decides to go out and find clues to prove his point.

After another ten days, Edward returned, not long after Blackbeard returned. John was more concerned about the news that Edward brought than Blackbeard's message.

Seeing John's gaze, Edward slowly shook his head and pulled John to the side: "Bad news, John." The Sage fled. That's when I met Kidd - she's also an ally of mine, and I have the opportunity to introduce her to you. Kidd was also looking for the slave owner, but she wanted to kill him. It's just that we all failed, and although we killed the slave owners, the Sage escaped from under our noses. With that, John handed him a bag, "This is the gold you gave me, and I will give it back to you now." John was not very disappointed, although he failed this time, as long as he could follow Edward, there would always be a harvest in the end, John thought.

Taking the money bag and casually tucking it into his arms, John chatted with Edward again. At this time, the sound of an argument between Blackbeard and Vane alarmed the two.

"It's their ploy to make us weak before they attack Nassau, wait and see, you'd better remember what I said!" Vane's voice rang out, sending John and Edward from the tavern table to the edge of the guardrail, leaning against the guardrail and looking down. I saw Blackbeard and Vane, and they seemed to be arguing over something.

Blackbeard waited for Vane to finish speaking, and then said, "It's not a ploy, Vane. I heard with my own ears from a flamboyant Bermuda captain who would offer an opportunity to pardon all the pirates' guilt. "Blackbeard is still so domineering, just talking gives people a kind of pressure. However, the pirates present are not ordinary people, and the pirate Hornigold did not care about Blackbeard's pressure, and said: "Whether it is a trick or not, the navy is preparing to recover Nassau by force, how should we deal with our plan!"

Vane seemed tired of such an argument and turned away, while Blackbeard saw Edward in the tavern and said, "Let's go together, Kenway, it seems that the storm is coming." Edward looked at John next to him, and seeing that John had no objections, he put down his glass and followed Blackbeard into the distance.

John looked at many sick people around him, and remembered what he had just heard that the British Navy was preparing to capture this place, and he couldn't help but sigh: "What kind of trouble is really coming." ”

Thinking about it, first the disease was rampant in Nassau, then the address of the observatory was not available, and now there was news that the navy was preparing to capture this place, and there was really nothing comforting.

After waiting for a while, Edward still didn't come back, and it seemed that Blackbeard's search for him was very important. John took out his money bag and paid for the drink, grabbed the hand of a thief who was about to put his hand into his arms and take the money belt and threw it down the steps of the tavern, ready to talk to his quartermaster about the imminent attack of the navy.