The ship was unremarkable, and there was nothing of value on board. Petru's interest was aroused solely because it was driven from Egypt.

For all the ships that sailed out of Egypt, Petrux set a special rule:

if it has nothing to do with the government, it will detain one-tenth of the goods or its equivalent according to the usual practice; If it's a Coptic ship, then let it go directly; If it has anything to do with the Egyptian government, then he is not welcome, and either the whole ship will leave, or all the goods will be emptied, and there will not be even a drop of fuel left. If the ship's crew were willing to join the pirates, he would welcome them, and if anyone resisted, he would kill them. Those who did not want to join or resist let them drift on the sea in ships without fuel until someone came to save them.

Although Egypt is not a major exporter, the targeted actions of the redbeard pirates have severely hampered Egypt's maritime trade, not only by making it more risky for their own ships to go to sea, but also by many of the trading partners who send goods to Egypt via the Indo-Red Sea route by at least a tenth of the price to offset their potential losses from pirates.

The Egyptian government had to respond by deploying more coast guard forces to patrol the Gulf of Aden. Every time a large freighter or cruise ship leaves the Red Sea, the navy will send a Mubarak-class frigate to accompany it, which greatly increases the cost, but at least ensures Egypt's normal maritime trade.

However, this ship was an ordinary freighter, and when it sailed out of the Red Sea into the Gulf of Aden, there were no escort warships, and judging from the waterline of the ship, the cargo it carried was not heavy, it could be light materials such as cotton textiles or ceramics that took up a lot of space, which were important Egyptian exports in addition to crude oil.

It looks like it's just an inconsequential ship, maybe Copt, so even the Egyptian government bothered to take care of it.

Such a ship, of course, would not allow the great Redbeard to take matters into his own hands, so he simply sent a small group of pirates to keep an eye on it.

They were ready to deal with the ship according to the rules set by Petrus, and then handed over to the Redbeard Boss. However, the small group of pirates, consisting of seven or eight speedboats, never returned, as if swallowed up by the wind and waves of the Gulf of Aden.

Petru was shocked when he got the news.

The Gulf of Aden is the sea they are most familiar with, and these children who grew up in Somalia can row a canoe from Cape Ngho to Socotra Island, how can dozens of people disappear into the sea at the same time?

Moreover, since Petru organized the pirates, every operation has a ship and people specially responsible for communication on the periphery, there are radio communication equipment on board, and the pirates also have a maritime walkie-talkie using encrypted frequency bands, even if they encounter the navy of another country, they will at least have time to report the news, how can it be possible that seven or eight ships and dozens of people disappeared at the same time?

Petru's first instinct was that it was a trap.

During the years of making waves at sea, the Egyptian government did not want to kill him at any time. They once joined forces with neighboring countries to carry out a joint anti-bandit operation called "Thorn Red" in the waters of the Gulf of Aden, with the intention of getting rid of Red Beard.

A total of 21 countries participated in the "Operation Stabbing Red," with a total of more than 50 large warships and more than 20,000 naval officers and men of various countries cruising the waters of the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea.

Fortunately, Petru got the news in advance and made sufficient preparations, while the several major powers that openly supported and participated in this operation were just for show.

Petru knows very well that whether the United States, China or Russia, whether there are pirates in the Gulf of Aden, these countries really don't care at all, they care about maritime control of the Indian Ocean and interests in Africa.

He took full advantage of this, avoiding the attacks of the great powers, allowing their warships to balance each other at sea, and deliberately sending some heads to them in order to maintain a good reputation internationally.

Due to the rivalry between these forces, the Indian Navy, which had intended to take this opportunity to assert its might and retaliate against Petru, was constrained at every turn and withered from its efforts at all.

The remaining navies of some small countries, Petru doesn't pay much attention to it, as long as they avoid their sharpness and don't be stupid enough to resist head-on, it's not a big deal. He hid the fleet of the Redbeard army in a safe place, and then gave his brothers a big vacation, and let them relax for a few weeks in the casinos and brothels of the ports on the Mediterranean coast.

Of course, it is impossible to prevent such a large-scale operation as "Thorn Red" from giving them a little sweetness and preventing them from catching a group of pirates back. Petrul used a trick to kill two birds with one stone, and pushed out some pirate gangs that were usually not compatible with him but were powerful.

At the end of the operation, the multinational coalition did make a lot of gains, exterminated many pirates, and claimed to have given the world a calm Gulf of Aden.

But in fact, not only did Operation "Stab Red" not cause any major losses to Petru, but instead helped him clear the forces against Redbeard, further improving his strength, and the pirate organization was unprecedentedly united, and the voices against Redbeard could hardly be heard.

The Egyptian government, of course, was not reconciled, and later sent troops to strike at Redbeard several times in a row, and in addition to the navy, they even used the most elite lightning forces.

However, in Petrus's opinion, Egypt's special forces are too much. He was originally born as a special forces, but now he is rich and powerful, he wants people, weapons and weapons, how can he be afraid of a few special forces of the lightning force!

After several unsuccessful attempts, the Egyptian government began to become cautious and cunning. They first cooperated with the armed forces in Somalia such as Somaliland and Puntland, and took advantage of their worries about the landing of the Redbeard forces to divide and fight against the Redbeard forces.

So, Petrux suspects that the ship was a trap designed by the Egyptian government.

But as the king of pirates in the new era and the spiritual leader of the pirates in the Gulf of Aden, Petru the Redbeard certainly can't let his dozens of brothers go missing.

He sent people to keep an eye on the ordinary-looking cargo ship, but in the waters around the cargo ship, no trace of the navy was found, and there were no submarines underwater.

The ship left the Gulf of Aden and headed southeast, not like a trading ship bound for an Arab country, but perhaps to a place in Asia or Australia.

Petru was even more puzzled, where had all his brothers gone? Could it be that there are peerless beauties on the ship who have snatched away the souls of these heroes?

Anyway, Petrux decided to get on board and take a look. So, he stopped the ship and rushed up with the pirates.

The strange thing is that there is only one person on a huge ocean freighter.