On the Don Quixote,

"I think there's one thing we're missing."

Dover, who was sitting on the oak barrel, pushed his sunglasses with a serious expression.

"Yes, it's a pressing question."

He was opposite Virgo, who was also wearing square sunglasses and had a loaf of bread on his cheek, nodding.

“···”

Pika, an honest man sitting next to him, scratched his hair and finally decided not to express an opinion on the matter.

"What are you discussing?"

Sweating profusely, Rossi, who had just finished practicing swordsmanship with Diamanti, walked over.

"Now that our Don Quixote family has been established, it is natural that we need a logo, a pattern-"

"That's right, that's a serious question."

···

"Understood,"

Although he didn't go to sea as a pirate, everyone still wanted a unique flag.

It's just... Rossi touched his chin, he remembered the symbol of the 'Don Quixote family' in his previous life, a skull in the shape of a clown?

"So be it, let's draw your favorite markers and vote."

"Okay, that's it."

Dover thought it was a good idea, and even Torrebol and Diamanti surrounded him.

Although in Rossi's opinion, Torrebol, who was sweating profusely and was about to turn into 'slime', just wanted to take the opportunity to fish.

"Let me come!"

Diamanti looked confident, "Hey, hey, I was almost admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts." ”

Not to be outdone, Torrebol was stunned by the appearance of the two, but Virgo and Pica, who had known them for a long time, had tilted their heads.

Half an hour later:

"I'm so stupid, really..."

Dover had already shut himself up, and Rossi picked up the banner drawn by Torrebol and Diamanti, his brow furrowed.

"Diamanti, this painting of yours is really 'huge'..."

"Uh-haha, don't say that people look like geniuses."

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No, no, no, I'm afraid that hanging this flag will kill the enemy first.

Diamanti's painting... I don't know what kind of indigenous art it is, it looks like a sunflower or a chrysanthemum, and if you look closely, you can barely make out a human face.

Although it can be seen that Diamanti has worked hard to express a 'vicious' expression in the picture, his kindergarten painting level is really embarrassing.

As for the other one:

"Torre, it's definitely a big loss for the other party that you didn't get admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts."

No, this stream-of-consciousness style of painting has made it impossible for Rossi to even tell what's on the flag.

"It's... Toilet? ”

"This is a mountain, a mountain, a mountain!!"

Torrebol's entire face was pressed against Rossi, and he was furious.

"The foggy summit reaches into the sky. At the top of the mountain, the homes of the gods are bathed in sunlight. - This is a verse about the Holy Land! Also, you're taking it the other way around! ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Rossi, whose voice did not fluctuate, turned the painting in his hand upside down, and it seemed to seem, as if, maybe...

A little bit of the Red Clay Continent?

"Dover, look—"

It's really hard to comment on this pair of 'Sleeping Dragons and Phoenix Chicks' Rosie handed the two flags to Dover, and even the always calm Dover looked away.

When such a flag is hung out, what face is mixed on the sea?

Bang Bang Bang,

Dover's eyes lit up, and he stood up and clapped his hands.

"At six o'clock, a pirate ship is approaching us!"

"Prepare for battle—"

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In this way, the question about the flag was fooled by Dover, and the disgruntled Torrebol and Diamanti could only prepare to spill their anger on the pirate ship behind.

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On the Tooth Shark,

"Boss, it's a fat fish!"

"Oh oh, oh, after this vote, it's enough for us to be chic—"

On the pirate ship that caught up behind, a group of ragged pirates hung their chests open, or hung on cables, or threw themselves on the side of the ship and howled excitedly.

"Hmph,"

As the captain of the pirate ship, Clifford, who was the captain of the ship and cleanly dressed, glanced at these frenzied subordinates with disdain.

A bunch of waste who only know how to eat and drink, and consume Bailey all on bad wine and women!

I didn't even want to wear it well, I simply wrote the word 'cannon fodder' on my face.

The reason why this ship was able to catch up with the giant merchant ship ahead on the sea with such precision was not the god-like navigator or the 'gift of the sea' as other pirates thought.

It's because someone sent him intelligence!

As Rossi once said, as long as they are there, the managers of the factories in Spadamaruz, the managers of the taverns and estates, will never dare to disagree.

"And the premise is 'we exist.'"

Rosie pointed to the pursuers behind him and turned back to explain to the others,

"I'm sure these pirates have received information from Spadamruz that they know exactly how much cargo and people are on our ship."

If the top of the Don Quixote family died in the vast sea, wouldn't they leave behind a fortune...

So on the Don Quixote, Rossi was not surprised by the two pirate ships chasing behind him.

That's right, in addition to the Tooth Shark, another pirate ship also jumped out of the horizon next to it and sped towards the Don Quixote.

This is absolutely a catastrophe for a normal merchant ship, but for Rossi, who has been prepared for a long time, it is just another exercise.

"The other party is a pirate who kills people and steals goods, and he has no complaints as an opponent."

"Next up is shooting training, getting on the artillery—"

One by one, the long and heavy cannons were pushed onto the deck by everyone, and the weapons themselves were superior to the other party. Coupled with the fact that the loaded gunpowder was mixed with inferior explosive rocks, so:

Boom Boom Boom!!

While the two pirate ships were still chasing at full speed, the merchant ship they had targeted suddenly erupted into a cloud of white smoke.

"Haha, what is this doing?!"

"Hey, hey, it's not the first time these guys have been out to sea, are they?"

The sailors on the two pirate ships chasing after were stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

At this distance, there are still hundreds of meters away from the ultimate range of their artillery, and the opponent has already opened fire. It's preparing to fry the fish—

boom

Crash

A jet of white water exploded ten meters in front of the toothed shark, and the splash of water poured the excited sailors on their heads and faces, choking them back to their throats and causing Captain Clifford to narrow.

The range is so far!

"Full speed ahead, stick it up!"

For pirates, artillery battles aren't really something they're good at:

On the one hand, it was impossible for them to obtain powerful artillery and explosives like the regular army and merchants; On the other hand, their purpose is to plunder, not blow their opponents to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.

Gang jumping is their specialty!

After discovering that the merchant ship's artillery was very sharp, the two pirate ships both chose to accelerate their charge.

"Tsk, it seems that artillery skills are not something that can be practiced in a while."

Obviously with advanced artillery and explosives, the two ships behind were stubbornly chasing after the bombardment. On the one hand, it is naturally because the artillery power in this world is limited, and on the other hand, it is also because everyone's artillery skills are not available.

"It's okay, take your time."

Anyway, Rosie didn't expect anyone here to suddenly awaken the 'sniper' talent.

Practice makes perfect.

Time passed, and the pirate ship behind him was getting closer and closer. In the end, you can even clearly observe the impatient pirates on the opponent's deck, and some of the pirates even raised their flintlock pistols and fired at this side.

Of course, the hit rate is completely up to the sky.

"Whoa, hey, this distance—"

Seeing that the two ships had narrowed a certain distance between each other, Torrebol was eager to take the plunge.

Regarding his slime fruit development, Rosie's opinion is: throw it out for a ranged attack.

"Slime Meteor Hammer!"

Creates a cloud of slime, then spins like a meteor hammer to accumulate kinetic energy, and then abruptly cuts the slime connection.

Phew-

A large cloud of slime streaked across the long arc, leaping over the distance between the two ships, and landed on each other's decks with a thud.

"Grass!!"

"What the hell is this?"

"Quick, pull me out—"

At first, the slime startled the sailors on deck, but when it was found to be non-corrosive and non-toxic, just very 'sticky', a group of pirates shouted and cursed their companions for pulling out the slime.

“3，2，1···”

In the midst of this slime, an inconspicuous metal cylinder suddenly expanded, and a terrifying heat erupted from within.

Bang

In an instant, flames rose into the air!

The blazing flames spread along the slime, turning into a firestorm that carried the deck. And the pirates who had been stuck to the slime before, and even the companions who helped pull them out of the slime were immediately spread by the flames.

"Ahh~~"

"Help, help me—"

"Don't run around, be calm, be calm!!"

One by one, the pirates were lit into torches, and the instinct for survival caused them to run wild on the deck, and then set fire to other things, leaving the deck in a sea of fire.

"Hey, hey, hey, the first gunner of the Don Quixote family is me!"

Rossi shrugged his shoulders in the face of Torrebol's announcement.

It's good if you're happy.