48 Hours a Day

The next morning, essentially all pirates gathered on the deck, except for those who could not walk away and get out of their beds.

Everyone's expression was serious, including Captain Titch and Rudder Olf.

Pirates suffered heavy casualties during the previous vicious war. Forty-seven people died on the spot. Seven of the twenty-nine seriously injured did not survive last night. How much of the remaining twenty-two could survive is also unknown.

Having chosen this path, the pirates were prepared for such an outcome, but they would still be saddened to see their brothers who were drinking with themselves the day before yesterday leave the world.

The farmer's son also had red eyes, but was not saddened by the dead pirates, just because his heart raised a feeling of sadness about the rabbit's death, he did not know when it was his turn to lie in the cold corpse bag.

The sea breeze blew up the canvas on the mast and no one spoke for a long time.

Until Captain Titch nodded, with a low voice, "Let's go. ”

Four pirates came to the side of the ship carrying bodies wrapped in white cloth, and the helmsman, Olf, recited the names of the deceased in turn, after which the corresponding bodies were thrown into the sea.

These men, who depend on the ocean for their livelihood, will eventually return to the endless sea.

When the last body was thrown off the boat, Olf closed the list, "May Thetis, the goddess of the sea, receive your souls, my brave friends. ”

He finished his final ritual by spilling a bag of salt into the sea.

When those canvas bags disappeared from the waves, Titch walked back to the captain's office until his figure left, and the pirates on the deck couldn't help but relax.

Their emotions towards this captain are complicated. On the one hand, he has always been brave in battle and a nightmare for his opponents, but on the other hand, Titch in his usual relationship has also brought them a strong sense of oppression. After standing with him for a long time, many people will have difficulty even breathing. The vast majority of pirates are in awe and awe of him. It is good that he is basically not involved in the affairs of the ship and stays in the captain's office on weekdays, where the helmsman, Olf, communicates with the crew of the ship.

The latter turned back and said, "This war has cost us a lot of reliable companions, while some of the positions on board have also been vacated. I deeply regret what happened to old Mike, but this boat cannot be without a sail cable, while everyone is here, let's vote together for the elections. ”

His voice went down, and the pirates below shouted, “Zhang Heng, Zhang Heng, Zhang Heng! ”

“It appears that we have no objection to any candidate for this position.” Orpheus nodded constantly, "Congratulations, you have become the length of the boat's sail cables and lead us in the pursuit of wealth.” After a pause, he continued, "Here's the pioneer team recruitment, a total of 20 places...”

Zhang Heng was not surprised by this result. Mike, the newly elected cable-elder on board, had been in this position for only two months, and just after the battle with the Scarborough, he was unfortunately hit in the head by a stray bullet.

According to the results of the last ballot, Zhang Heng, ranked second, was naturally the most popular candidate to replace this position, especially as he performed well in this battle.

While it doesn't matter if the strength of the battle is strong or not, the logic of the pirates is that simple.

Normally, two kinds of people win their votes, one they think they should vote for him, the other they don't care, I just want to vote for him, reason makes them vote for the first person, but usually, they end up choosing the second person.

After all, if we were all so sensible, no one would be a pirate. Besides, Zhang Heng was a student of Roscoe and had no problems with his own abilities, so the matter was passed in complete confusion.

Zhang Heng also earned 5 points for this.

However, he did not know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, he was leaving the ship in a month, whether the post of chief sailor was available to him or not, and the smooth conduct of the election proved that he still had some influence among the pirates and that Olf had more reason to see him as a potential threat.

But Zhang Heng didn't realize that the first person to find him was another person.

At lunch, an old pirate with a limp leg placed the plate opposite him.

“Are you a man of faith? ”

Zhang Heng picked out the eyebrows, "What do you mean? ”

“Don't get me wrong, it's just a bona fide reminder that under Titch and Olf, things are going to keep happening this morning, and we're all going to have this day, aren't we? Those who live in Nassau, usually send away the dead in the ceremony of Thetis, the goddess of the sea, believing that those dead souls will go deep into the sea, but if you have anything else you want to go to, you can also tell Divrena that, after all, the ship has always claimed respect for everyone's freedom, which of course includes freedom of belief. ”

The crippled old pirate sat across from Zhang Heng, “Except for one time since I got aboard, the child was an Arawa on Saint Vincent Island, and it was said that their tribal tradition was to feed the dead, and the Arawas believed that it was the only way to keep the dead and their ancestors together, so we were always afraid that he would die, but unfortunately he was hit in the right leg by a shell when he went out to rob the sea, and the boat doctor had amputated him, but he couldn't make it through, that time we all voted together and decided to break a rule, oh yeah, I didn't seem to introduce myself, I was Kent, the gunner on board. ”

“Gunner? ”

The crippled old pirate grinned, "I know, people prefer to call me a carpenter because there was a battle when I saw an enemy alive in half.” He looked around and suddenly lowered his voice, the fast track, "This is no place to talk, it's full of Olf's eyes, we need to talk. Later today, I'll wait for you in the carpenter's room on the second floor. ”

Zhang Heng couldn't resist.

The crippled old pirate was helpless and could only add, "Do you know how many people on this ship are associated with Fraser? Why is Olf the only one who is most vigilant towards you? Fraser's debtors are not random. In all these years, only two people have been his debtors. One is you, and the other is our captain now. In a sense, you are all Fraser students. ”

“Edward Titch was the debtor of Fraser? ”

“Yes, Fraser raised him to succeed him after his retirement, but I didn't expect that the successor he trained himself would eventually betray him with Olf, and you're in a very dangerous situation, and I'm the only one who can help you. ”