48 Hours a Day

“I am ready to challenge Olf on my next voyage, and there will be a lot of support for me by then, in fact I have won well over half of the votes and we are on the verge of victory.” Goodwin stretched out his hand and said sincerely, "I don't want to say this until the final result comes out, it seems like I'm insane, but the age of the Olves is over, join us, the future is ours. ”

The son of the farmer beside him heard the bloodbath and was eager to immediately shake the hand of friendship of the black gunner, but Zhang Heng sat still in his seat.

Goodwin's hands hung in the air for a few seconds, and his face gradually changed.

Zhang Heng said as politely as possible, "I am quite satisfied with the current state of affairs, I do not want to change my mind for the moment. ”

Goodwin is still making a final effort, "I understand that as new people on the boat for more than six months, you don't want to offend the old people on the boat, you're afraid of reprisals, but you know, when the war starts, nobody likes to ride the walls. ”

Despite the euphemism of the black gunmen, the implication of the intermingled threats was clear, and he warned the two not to think that only Olf would retaliate against those who stood on the other side.

Marvin's heart mentioned his voice and he couldn't help but shake that hand instead of Zhang Heng.

The latter heard a moment of silence, finally reached out, Goodwin's eyes reached, and his mouth rose, but then he listened to Zhang Hengdao, “Sorry, I still insisted on my previous position and didn't want to get involved in this matter. ”

The smile on the black gunner's face solidified at this moment, "You'll regret your choice.” He said his eyes turned to Marvin on the other side. “What about you? ”

The farmer's son was a little scared, but he had been with Zhang Heng for a long time. However, this general threat did not change his temper, but he did not understand why Zhang Heng refused such a good opportunity.

If Goodwin hadn't lied, his chances of winning would have been huge.

The black gunner now has a cold face and no passion from the past. In his previous plan, Zhang Heng and Marvin should be able to get both votes easily. Whether it was the rapprochement between the two sides before, or the promises he made can be said to be sincere. He really can't think of any reason for the two to refuse.

Now it turns out he didn't think of it before he got here. If he didn't speculate, Goodwin didn't want to sit down anymore, he got up and left without even looking for an excuse.

Looking at the back of the black gunner gradually moving away, Marvin's face appeared worried, but upstairs Annie was happy. She must have heard something, probed down, “If you can't hang out on the Sea Lion, join me! ”

“ ………… ”

“Apply your medicine and don't let the wound get infected.” Zhang Hengdao.

But the farmer's son seemed to realize something and probed, “Don't you... think he can't win? ”

“What are you afraid of, do your thing, whoever loses, who wins, can this boat leave the cook? ”

Marvin whispered, “I'm sorry for you, but if Goodwin could replace Mr. Olf, you promised him you'd be the sail length on the boat, and now, whoever loses, wins the sail length, it's not you. ”

Zhang Heng did not think that he would stay on the Sea Lion and did not care about his position. As long as he could learn something, he would not be on Goodwin's side without the warning of the old pirate Fraser, because he cared more about maintaining good relations with the skilled elderly than the newcomers.

But he won't tell anybody about this.

This time, the rest time left to the pirates was short. Less than three days later, the Sea Lion anchored again. Instead of panicking, Goodwin felt like bamboo in his chest.

There is only one possibility that this will happen, that Olf panicked and did not want to leave him any more time to lobby, but the black gunner no longer cares, even if there was a slight accident at Zhang Heng and Marvin, he would have already obtained enough votes to support him in the helmsman's position to become the number two figure of the Sea Lion.

On the night of the voyage, Goodwin assembled everyone on the deck and began his speech with confidence. "My brothers, I wonder if you have noticed that although our battles are still brave and our hands are still healthy, our earnings have declined in recent voyages. Don't you wonder why this has happened...”

Griffin, the bookkeeper on board, rushed into the storeroom in panic, where Olf was checking supplies and fresh water reserves for the trip.

“Big deal, Mr. Olf, Goodwin is stirring up the crew's emotions to get rid of you! ”

“So?” Olf ticked the book sequentially and didn't look up.

“So... shouldn't you be doing something so you can't keep your helmsman in position?” The bookkeeper stuttered.

“Why do you say that? ”

“There is reason to believe that Goodwin is prepared to come this time, and I have heard that he has visited many people before, targeting newcomers primarily, if the ratio of newcomers to old people on the Sealion is 2: 1 for five years, which means he can get two thirds of the votes.” Griffin Fast Track.

Olf finally closed the inventory and put it in the bookkeeper's arms, encouraging, "Well done, no problems with the accounts, keep it up. ”

The latter was stunned by rumors.

“Well, I'm busy with what's on my hands, and I should probably end that farce out there. ”

The speech of the black gunner came to an end when Olf stepped out of the cabin, "… for the reasons stated above, we have reason to suspect that Mr. Olf is no longer able to perform the duties of the helmsman and defend the interests of the crew. ”

His voice dropped, but he found that there was no cheering around this time.

Seeing Olf, the crowd automatically gave way under the latter's years of influence.

While the two sides are now rivals, the black gunners don't want to lose their temper, clear their voices and say hello politely, "Mr. Olf. ”

However, as if he hadn't been seen, Olf looked at all the sailors on the boat, and he was slightly surprised because the person he thought would be here didn't show up, but that didn't affect what he was going to do next.

He retracted his eyes and said, "It must be admitted that I have not been paying enough attention to you in recent times, and I have heard private complaints about the recent decline in spoils, the suspicion that I have colluded with the captain to infringe on the interests of the crew, which, I understand, is also common practice. ”

He paused and went on, “Someone thinks I'm old enough to fight heroically without this Mr. Goodwin, and I don't deny that, as for the contradiction between the new and the old, there is one on every boat, no matter how to deal with it, one always feels wronged, I see it, but I don't value it, so it's also my fault. ”

The crowd became disturbed and everyone thought that Olf would refute the accusations against Goodwin on an article-by-article basis, but it was unexpected that he would admit them in their entirety.

What is this? Ready to admit defeat?