Chapter 8: Alternating Souls
Looking at Duncan, who was still driving the boat and singing the boat song, John's heart moved. Looking around with a lookout scope, John quickly noticed something: "15 degrees ahead to the left, there is a floating box on the water!"
"Then let's go over and have a look!" Duncan heard John's words and replied, "John, pay attention to the direction of the water!"
After some tossing and turning, when the ship approached the floating wooden box, John came down from the lookout, threw a hook with a rope at the box, hooked it, and pulled it onto the boat.
Bonnet stood beside John and said, "Open it up and see what it's in these last few years, and if it's gold, we'll be prosperous." ”
John glanced at Bonnet: "How can it be gold? If it were gold, it would have sunk into the sea." As he spoke, he drew his dagger and pried the box open.
When I opened the case, I saw that it was full of rum. Bonnet took out a bottle casually, bit the cork, took a sip and said, "Luckily, it hasn't spoiled, and you can still drink it." ”
Duncan looked at the movement: "This should be the supplies dropped by the pirates before." ”
John looked at the rums, didn't say anything, and climbed directly onto the mast to continue observing.
Luck along the way was good and didn't meet other boats. Bonnet's ship had no firepower except for two small cannons for self-defense, and such a ship was a fat piece of meat to the pirates, and anyone who rushed up could tear off a large piece of delicious meat to eat. If it does, it will be a thankless task, and even if they are repulsed, the ship may be harmed.
Sailing all the way, this time there were no twists and turns, except for fishing from time to time during the voyage.
In July 1715, John saw a city on the horizon through a watchtower—their destination, Havana.
Telling the news to Duncan and Bonnet below, John saw Duncan sail the ship to the harbor.
Just as the ship was about to enter the port, the same scene that had happened before appeared again—no, not again, but countless motes that had appeared before appeared from nowhere, and formed into pieces of fragments, which began to gather and assemble again, forming a new world to cover the original world.
As before, Bonnet didn't notice anything unusual, and when he saw the port again, he stood on the side and waved his hand towards the port: "Ah...... Refreshing Havana, I've been there once, and it's been a very pleasant experience. ”
Duncan looked at the waving Bonnet and asked, "See an acquaintance?"
Bonnet replied, "No, no, no, I just want to look friendly, I don't want to be a pirate anymore." "It seems that the experience of being recognized as a pirate by the Navy before has made this fat man remember it deeply.
John and Duncan work together to help Bonnet unload the cargo. Carrying crates of sugar and rum, he listened to Bonnet's chatter beside him: "It's incredible that Spain and England were at war two years ago! ”
Duncan stepped off the boat: "Is there any good place in town? I want to get some good sleep or take a nap." Bonnet picked up his sugar: "Well...... I'm going to go to a tavern and talk to the merchants there, and I think I'll take you somewhere to rest. Duncan put down what he was holding: "Then let's go." ”
John stood behind them and watched it all: sure enough, he didn't speak to me, as if I didn't exist. So he walked up quickly and followed them. Bonnet was heard to say again, "When I'm talking to someone about something, I want you to wait for me nearby." You know that if something misunderstands, someone as tall as you can play some scare role. At this, Bonnet seemed to think of John, and turned his head to look behind him. John said, "I need to go to the East India Company's point of contact first, and then come to you when I'm done." ”
When Bonnet got a reply, he ignored John and walked forward with the candy in his hand.
Duncan didn't see Bonnet's movements: "Okay, I'll pass the time there with a drink." Bonnet shouted happily, "Great, have a drink!"
John was separated from the two men in port, but he did not immediately go to the East India Company's point of contact - in fact there was no point of contact in Havana, John was completely unaware of it, he only heard the destination of the two men and said it casually, just so that he could leave by boat.
After separating from the two, John was ready to find a place to sit. Judging from the movement just now, every time Duncan appears after that vision, he will ignore himself, no matter how much he moves, as long as he doesn't take the initiative to greet him, he won't see himself, and Bonnet is different, he will remember himself when the world is broken, but when the world is reorganized, Bonnet will also unconsciously ignore himself like Duncan, but this degree of ignorance is very slight, it should only be the degree of ignorance, but if his behavior attracts his attention, Bonnet will still see himself. There is another difference, that is, the world is broken and reconstructed, which one is the real world, and why do all these peculiarities appear in Duncan? Is this game just played by one person? I can't figure it out, I really can't figure it out.
John picked up the rum he had at hand and took a sip. Although John now uses the body of an ordinary person in this world, John can also feel that he is different from ordinary people, such as not getting drunk, not seasickness, being able to dive to a deep place without ventilation, not getting sick, having more strength than ordinary people, and being more agile in action, etc. Without these side effects, John was able to enjoy the delicious taste of the wine more than anyone else.
Sitting on a bench on the side of the road, John poured a sip of wine into his mouth. The current action and John's dress make people know at a glance that this is a seafarer, and most of the crew members are big and rough, especially drunk crew members, and not many people like them. John sat on the bench, drinking and thinking about things, and after a long time no one came to disturb him.
"Huh?" John picked up the bottle and took a sip, when he suddenly heard a commotion not far away, and his heart moved: if I remember correctly, it was the tavern where Duncan and Bonnet were going, what was going on there?
It just so happens that the wine in the bottle has been drunk, so let's go and take a look. John picked up the bottle and shook it, then turned it upside down and found that there was no more wine. Casually placing the bottle on the bench, John drew the dagger from his waist and brushed a few flowers, regardless of the exclamations around him, and walked in the direction of the riot.
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