48 Hours a Day

The bearded man, Hank, is a well-known intelligence dealer on the island, knows many captains to and from Nassau, and has thus accumulated a number of sources, many of whom have bought clues from him before.

When Billy was still on the Sea Lion, he came with Olf to find the latter. He also met Hank at that time, and the two of them drank alcohol together a few times later. The relationship should be pretty good, so Billy would come to him for information before he went out this time.

Hank seemed a little off, but naturally he had something unique about being able to do business on the island for so long.

He scores a clue through three aspects: the value of the prey, the level of detail of the intelligence, and the credibility of the source, and finally sums it up to estimate the value of the clue.

In terms of prey value and the credibility of the source, like the news of the perfume ship, the rating is high, with only slightly less detailed information, but it can already be described as a very good clue.

Hence Hank's high price, with two Spanish gold coins to speak of, and Billy eventually spent ten Spanish gold coins to buy out the deal for insurance purposes, also means that this trail cannot be sold to pirates other than Hank the Crow.

Afterwards, Hank was also courteous and gave away the message of the Tobacco Boat Daffy on the same route, which also gave Billy complete relief and confidence in the first voyage of the Cold Raven.

But what happened after that was entirely unexpected to him, and if Karina, the businesswoman, hadn't boarded the boat halfway, she would have provided important information about the spice boat, and it would have been a cruel reality to wait for the Cold Raven to return empty-handed.

Billy was not a fool, although he had no Old Rape of Olf, and he had already begun to have doubts when the perfume boat disappeared, but there was a good chance that this would happen, and he could not deny the second clue immediately because the first clue had failed, so that he would have no point in purchasing a backup clue.

But then the course of events just confirmed his concern that two clues in a row had failed, and Billy realized that he had been pitted, but what he didn't understand was that he and Hank had gotten along quite well over the years, and that the Cold Raven had no conflict of interest with the latter, and why the intelligence dealer suddenly set him up.

The three of us came to Mermaid's House today to find out.

Hank recognized who was outside the door in the first place. Zhang Heng was probably the most famous figure on the island recently. When the Cold Raven first appeared outside the seaport of Nassau, Hank also went to the pier to see the noise. What he did was the work of an intelligence dealer. Broadening the network is naturally also an important part of this, so he is not unfamiliar with the Cold Raven and its new captain.

Intelligence dealers struggled to climb up from the ground and couldn't help erasing the stains on their clothes. They smiled bitterly at the man in black in front of them. “I made it clear when I sold the clues, and I couldn't guarantee that every clue would be absolutely effective. Even the most credible clues would have all kinds of accidents. For example, the target suddenly changed routes halfway through, accidentally hit other pirates, weather factors, etc., if you don't believe me, you can ask your helmsman. I stressed the risks to him at the time...”

Hank gasped and continued, "Of course, I'm deeply sorry about what happened to you, but good thing you didn't lose anything in the end. Why don't we take a step back, and I'll give you back the money I collected before. How about this? ”

Zhang Heng across the street couldn't help but Annie and Billy walked out the back door of the tavern and the three of them blocked Hank at the corner of the wall.

"Well, also, I can give you a few more valuable clues for free before your next voyage, and this time I can assure you there will be no more accidents. ”

Hank leaned back against the cold stone wall and tried to stay calm. In the past, someone would come back to his trouble because the clues were inaccurate, but they were all handled by him wisely. There were not many intelligence dealers on the island, and they would compete with each other in normal times. But at the critical time, they were still hugging each other. Before a colleague was killed, no one ever sold a clue to the pirate ship after finding out who the killer was. Finally, the pirate ship had to be replaced by a captain.

Intelligence dealers looked to Billy, who was an old man on the island, and it was impossible that he had not heard of it. As a competent helmsman, he should now remind his captain of the dire consequences of doing so.

But Billy didn't react, just stared at him cold.

Then Hank saw the red-haired pirate on the other side pull out the dagger in his waist and smile at him.

The next moment, the intelligence dealer only felt a chill in his chest, bowed his head, panicked to find that his linseed had been cut open, and the dagger's knife tip had pierced his skin, less than two centimetres from his heart, and as long as the red-haired girl's palms across the street were gently pressed, he would be here tonight.

Hank really panicked this time, I didn't realize that these guys didn't play cards according to the rules at all, and the voice of the intelligence dealer was already crying, shaking, "You… how much compensation do you want, at least give me a number. ”

“We don't want any compensation," Zhang Heng finally said, "but we need you to answer a few questions honestly next time. ”

“What do you want to know?” Hank was somewhat uncertain about what he was saying.

…………

A minute later, Zhang Hengsan walked out of the alley, Annie put the dagger back in her waist, frowned, “Malcolm, do any of you know this guy, why is he bothering us? ”

“Malcolm is the No. 2 figure of the Black Business Coalition, and his family has a lot of power in the New World," Billy Dow, who is best acquainted with the situation on the island, explains to the red-haired girl, "Don't let the family behind him neglect his personal abilities. Malcolm came to Nassau about four years ago. He had nothing but a transport ship when he first came to the island, his family was far away in New York to facilitate him in port customs, but he could not help much in Nassau, he almost started out with nothing, and now he has a good partnership with a dozen pirate ships. Last year, Black Prince Sam also started working with him, so he is definitely one of the most noteworthy figures in the Black Business Coalition. ”