"Dead?" Lukka asked Daniel again, who was examining the body. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Dead. Daniel nodded.

It was the twelfth time he had examined Marlowe's body, and three days had passed, and this time, Captain Marlowe still showed no signs of coming back to life.

Daniel wiped his hands, stood up and said, "Captain, you don't need to be so nervous, he obviously kept himself immortal because of that ring." ”

"This is just speculation, and there is no way to confirm it. Lukka patted the money bag in his pocket, "Why don't you put it on and let Ollie slash you with a sword?"

"What's the use of me wearing it, I'm dead, right? Can that thing still get my body back after four hundred years of loss?" said Daniel, pulling over a body bag made of heavy canvas.

The Sunset Islands didn't invent such a thing as a "zipper", and the body bag needed to be sealed with a needle and thread. Lukka walked over, picked up a large sewing needle more than a dozen centimeters long, and sewed it with Daniel alone.

For people living at sea, burial at sea is the only option. Daniel tied stones to the corners of the body bag and carried the entire bag to the side of the boat, where it lay on a plank that protruded from the side of the ship.

At such times, it is common to recite the previous prayer, depending on who you believe in.

But the people of this boat didn't buy any god, Daniel hesitated for a while, casually said, "May you rest forever at the bottom of the sea", and then reached out and pulled the buckle on the side of the ship.

The planks tilted, and the body bag slid into the sea, stirring up a white spray that quickly sank. Like many forgotten people and events, Captain Marlowe and his false experiences completely disappeared into the sea with waves of sea.

"Let's go back," said Luca, "and go back to Tata first, I'm fed up with this boat." ”

In his eyes, the Fat Man is a small ship that does not enter the stream. But in the eyes of most pirates, especially Haken the "Butcher", this is one of the best ships in the Sunset Islands.

Larger than her were the Ressa-type heavy cruisers and battleships, which, although large in size, were slightly inferior in agility and required more men. As a pirate, you spend much more time chasing at sea than going to war, and even after Tata Island started charging protection money, it was not cost-effective to keep such a large ship.

But now, on the docks, Haken looked at the fat man, who was painted with gold and silver paint, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

"Looks good, isn't it?" Lukka asked, adding fuel to the fire.

Haken was on the verge of crying.

"It doesn't matter if you don't like it, I'll settle the cost of repainting. Luca's words made Haken's mood feel a lot better.

"By the way, what about those two guys? I heard that they don't have missing arms or legs. Lukka asked again.

Haken hurriedly said: "At the lord's residence, Mr. Knight has been shouting dizziness, and the other Captain Gray seems to be angry and refuses to come out to pick you up. ”

"Got it. Lukka waved his hand at him and led the others towards the station.

Leon was the only one who came out to greet him, and given that he had some minor troubles with Taylor, Luka did not force him to follow him on this trip to Maple Island, but left him on Tata Island to deal with daily affairs.

"What, those two are still messing around?" Lukka asked as he walked through the door.

"Captain Gray should be a little dissatisfied, but Mores was a little injured by the explosion, and Phil's kid was equipped with some medicine, and according to him, he could recover after a month of rest at most. Leon said.

As soon as he entered the study, Gray jumped up from the couch near the window and shouted at Luca, "It's fun to use others as cannon fodder, isn't it?"

"That's not what I meant. Lukka was at a loss for words in the face of the facts, he really wanted Gray and the others to explore the way first, and kept the plan of action for the future, but who knew that the place was damaged by a circle of explosives by the Empire.

Kate wasn't as good a talker as Luca.

"You drew up the plan, you approved the personnel, and you gave you all the support you requested," Kate took a step forward, "Now, your operation has failed, but you want to put the blame on the lord?"

Now that Gray was speechless, he rubbed his hands together and whispered, "That's not what I meant. ”

"And what do you mean?" said Kate, aggressively.

"I mean," Gray's voice grew quieter, "Lord Leicester knows my plan isn't going to work, so why didn't he stop me in advance?"

"If you don't try it, who knows if it will work?" Lukka just took the Fat Man with a layer of insurance after the three of them left.

"Okay, you don't have to worry anymore, I'll write a letter of guarantee to Taylor, you can clear your identity and go back to the June Alliance. Lukka said as he sat down at his desk and spread out a piece of parchment.

Gray hesitated for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said, "I still won't go back yet." ”

"Why, haven't you been dwelling on this?" Lukka had just dipped his quill in ink, the tip of the pen stopped in the air, and a drop of ink fell on the paper.

"Oh, you see, wasting a good piece of parchment?" he was a little distressed, the Sunset Islands papermaking technology was relatively backward, and the paper made of plants was not of high quality, and the parchment used for official letters to Taylor was made of genuine lambskin, and the price was not cheap.

"It's true that I want to go back, but if you write a letter of guarantee, even if Archon Taylor himself believes it, returning to the Navy will probably be subject to a lot of suspicion. Gray said with a frown.

"That's just as well. Lukka nodded, vouched for himself, and almost wrote "This is a spy sent by pirates" in Gray's head.

"Moreover, Tata Island's fee scheme for merchant ships is now just getting started. Although Ms. Kate is in charge of this, I do a lot of the menial work," Gray continued, "I'm not saying you can't find someone who can replace me, but it takes a lot of time to change people and hand over the books. ”

"Besides, I want to see for myself what this Tata Island can grow under the management of your strange methods. ”

Lukka thought for a moment and said, "Okay. But your correspondence is still subject to control, Uncle Leon, can you help keep an eye on him?"

Leon certainly had no opinion, he wouldn't risk letting the caravan sail during the war, and it was always good to have something to do while on the island.

"Let's take a break, and in three days we'll be back on the Silent Death ready to go. "Next destination: Back to Sail Harbor, I should have paid another visit to Sunset Express." ”