Chapter 167: The Box of Silence
"He's really on target!" Lukka was a little dizzy at the huge shell. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Didn't I say earlier, this Haken has a different memory, and these things are all in his head. Gray's voice was a little frustrated, probably feeling that he had bet on the wrong captain this time, but it was definitely too late to change people now, and it was true that no one else was willing to accept his "investment".
More and more pirate captains arrived, and the front of the trial hall was filled with salvaged objects.
Finally, the figure of the one-eyed old pirate, Captain Marlowe, appeared in the doorway.
With so many things, it was obvious that the trial hall three days ago couldn't fit it. Marlowe led the pirates to the back yard, where there were no chairs, and everyone sat on the ground around their salvaged fruits.
One by one, the old pirates of the Senate examined the past and gave each team a public score.
In front of the orange shell of Haken, Marlowe stopped for a long time, and unsurprisingly gave a perfect score of 10, and the scores given by the other patriarchs were not low.
Of course, there are also some pirates who are closed to information, put out those taboo objects, and sit on the ground in a daze with a sad face after being given a low score.
Marlowe even gave an eyeball-sized pink pearl minus 10.
"There can still be a negative number?!" was beyond Luca's expectations.
"If they're happy, it's possible!" Gray said.
"What's the index?" Luca shook his head, he had studied liberal arts, and even if he had studied them, they would have been thrown into the middle of nowhere.
Most of the other crew members were also confused, and Gray thought for a long time, but still shook his head: "Forget it! ”
The patriarchs moved quickly, and according to this situation, most of the pirates in the courtyard felt that Butcher Haken would be the champion again this time, and he was the only one, no longer tied.
Marlowe finally walked in front of Luca, this is a small corner of the westernmost part of the courtyard, if it weren't for Luca getting a perfect score in the Wisdom Trial, and replacing it with other unknown pirates, maybe he would have ignored it and just forgot to come here to score.
Now, on the ground in front of the crew of the Peregrine Falcon, there is a package, which is only about twenty centimeters long.
This salvage result, both in terms of quantity and volume, looked pitiful, causing several pirates next to him to laugh.
However, as soon as Captain Marlowe saw the size of the package, he paused for half a second, reached out and weighed it, and was more sure of his judgment.
He nodded slightly at Luca and unwrapped the cotton cloth from the outside.
"Box of Silence, Captain Sparrow, you've found it. "His voice was hoarse, but penetrating.
"I didn't even know it had a name. Lukka replied with a smile.
This time, the yard exploded.
The appearance of this thing means that all the scores scored in the past no longer have any meaning.
"How is that possible? those pirates are not serious about salvaging at all!" said a nearby competitor, and many people echoed.
"Is this really the box in the sea? didn't he steal it before it was in the sea?" said the other pirate.
These words entered Marlow's ears, and he held up the box: "The box of silence was thrown into the sea by my own hand, and it is still stained with the peculiar blue sand of the sea! What are you going to question about Captain Sparrow's abilities, or my credibility?"
The pirate immediately shrank back and said no more.
Marlowe turned to the crowd: "Whoever has any doubts, just raise them in public now! Don't be like a girl, you will whisper!"
The butcher Haken strode over, not daring to reach out, but carefully looked up and down the iron box in Marlowe's hand.
"Alas!" he sighed, and stamped his foot, shaking the whole yard as if it were shaking.
"This is indeed a box of silence, I have seen it before, and I will not be mistaken. You've won this time, Captain Sparrow!" the fat man spoke crisply, and held out his right hand.
Lukka shook his hand, and felt that the fat on the other man's hand was suddenly filled between his fingers.
"I won't lose to you again in the Trials of Strength!" Haken's words were a bit like a declaration of war.
"Neither will I. "Luca is much calmer than him.
Ten minutes later, Lukka came out of the courtyard, and Gray immediately followed. He held the self-proclaimed title of captain, was not a subordinate of Luka, and did not participate in the trials, so he had to be kept out of the gates.
"It's okay if the endurance trial results are not good, isn't there one last strength trial?" he didn't want to provoke Luca, who knew what these pirates would do if they were provoked?
"Hmm. Lukka replied casually and didn't stop.
"Then I'm going to inquire about the next trial, and we'll see you later!" Gray said, running in the opposite direction.
Less than ten minutes after Lukka returned to the Peregrine Falcon, Gray reappeared.
Without even knocking on the door, he rushed into the captain's room and shouted, "You have gone too far!
Seeing Lukka smiling and silent, he said again, "It's too much, I haven't seen what the Silent Box looks like!"
"What's so special about that 'box of silence'?" Lukka finally spoke.
"I really don't know, I just know that the patriarch will value this thing very much, and usually don't take it out at all, but I didn't expect the iron box they threw into the sea is this thing!" Gray also didn't know why.
"Anyway, they took it back again, and I didn't look closely. Lukka regretted it a little now, he knew that this thing was not ordinary, and he should have opened it and studied it carefully, although there was a rather complicated lock on it, and it was useless in front of Thea.
"Forget it, I'd better inquire about the next trial. Gray said and turned to leave.
The next night, however, he didn't bring back any good news.
"I don't have a clue at all, the senators don't mention it at all!" he said, nibbling on the bread left over from his dinner, as if he hadn't been able to eat properly all day.
The next day, Gray found nothing.
The night before the power test, Gray arrived at the Peregrine Falcon in frustration.
"I really don't have a deal this time!" The Senate didn't discuss the trial at all, saying that this time it was up to Captain Marlow to decide, and I couldn't take the old guy's head out of it!" said Gray, dejected.
"That doesn't sound good. Lukka was also a little uneasy, "If you can't bring the news, why don't you deduct the salary set in the contract for three months?"
Gray couldn't help but laugh: "I said Captain Sparrow, then you can win the championship!
"How can you be so sure?" Lukka shook his head.
"Even if I don't know the exact content of the trial, it must have something to do with naval warfare. You don't have a few guns on this ship, if you don't prepare in advance, how can you fight others?" Gray was about to cry.