Infinity from Pirates

"Death match?"

On the deck of the warship, Binz, who was left behind, heard Ain describe the information he had obtained. It was hard to imagine the pirate's brain circuit and why he would participate in such an extremely dangerous activity just by hearing the name.

Hearing Binz's doubts, Ain felt the same, because she had the same expression not long ago.

Shen Yan, who was sitting on a chair nearby and flipping through a book, said calmly: "The thinking of a pirate is very simple. Didn't Roger the Pirate King say that wealth, power, and fame are nothing more than these few things?" For the Navy, what we pursue is justice...There is no need to try to understand the pirates' thinking."

The two suddenly realized.

If you think about it carefully, it's true. Roger's words before his execution kicked off the era of great pirates. The 'big secret treasure' inspired many ambitious people to sail out to sea, but people are the most fickle creatures. These pirates who go to sea It is difficult for thieves to maintain their original aspirations in a high-pressure competitive environment, so in the end, the only thing that supports them to continue sailing is these three factors, which become the core motivation.

With the doubts in their hearts answered, the two of them consciously returned to their respective posts, either carrying out daily work, or consciously practicing to improve their personal strength.

Shen Yan, on the other hand, flipped through the "Navigation Guide for the First Half of the Great Route" in his hand and took a sip of a cup of hot tea from time to time.

This is a guide book published by the World Economic News Service. It introduces in detail some of the characteristic islands on the seven routes in the first half, covering everything from customs and customs to economic structure.

It can be said that with news birds all over the world, Morgans basically controls most of the islands with human activities, so there is quite a market for the other party to publish such unique reading materials.

For example, Shen Yan, after seeing this guide book at the Gaya Island Bookstore, bought it specifically to learn about the island introduction to the park.

The destination of this trip, Hannabar Island, is also recorded above.

Hannah Bar, adjacent to Alabasta, the largest kingdom in Paradise, has a permanent population of about [-]. Since the island is shaped like a volcano, most of the residents live at the foot of the mountain. The population and buildings are very dense, making it a very peculiar island.

The reason why it is said to be strange comes from the special structure of the island and the special magnetic field environment around it.

As mentioned before, the island looks like a volcano, which is actually not accurate because it only looks like this from the front.

Several winding tributary rivers merge with the main trunk on the mountainside, and the seawater flows upstream along the river at the mouth of the coast, like an upside-down mountain, until it reaches the peak.

As for the back side, it is as steep as a cliff, and the seawater flowing upstream cascades thousands of miles through the teapot-like mouth of the peak, forming a magnificent and majestic Milky Way waterfall.

In addition, every few years there will be a storm near the island, directly opposite the island. At this time, ships docked in the river can easily be pushed together by the storm.

Over time, after mastering this rule, the island residents will tell the boats coming and going to dock at the coast before the storm comes, and can only dock in the river during normal times.

Under such circumstances, I don’t know which marketing genius launched the death race sport. It takes the competition of sailing skills as the core of the competition, and tests the courage and courage as the slogan. Coupled with the temptation of generous bonuses, once it was launched, There are many applicants, and almost every competition attracts a large number of pirates to participate.

After reading the introduction about the island in the guide book and understanding the basic situation, Shen Yan thought for a moment and analyzed some brief details from the few words.

First of all, since the death match activity is so popular, does the Navy Headquarters know about it?If you knew it, why didn't you stop it?

The answer is simple and certainly clear.

As the biggest hostile camp of pirates, there is an island where a large number of pirates gather every few years. Both the former and the latter are aware of its existence.

As for why it wasn't stopped...

Don't be ridiculous, okay? It's called a death match, so there's no doubt about its danger.

In fact, one-third or one-quarter of the participants in each competition will die during the event, but despite this, the pirates still cannot stop their yearning and are still willing to participate.

Being able to naturally eliminate some pirates without any effort, the Navy Headquarters is naturally happy to see this happen, so it has never intervened in this carnival of pirates.

Thinking of this, Shen Yan shook his head slightly and did not make too many guesses.

To him, apart from harvesting life energy, the pirates gathered on this island had almost no value unless they met interesting ability users among them.

Shen Yan curled his lips and knew that it was useless to think too much, turning the pages of the book and looking intently at the introduction to the next island. It was not until dusk that he closed the book and tucked it under his arm, put away the chair and returned to the command room.

Time passed unconsciously, night came quietly, and the sky was filled with stars, dotted like a curtain, twinkling and blinking in a way that made people forget everything.

A pure white full moon hangs high in the sky, and the bright moonlight seems to cast a layer of silver gauze. Under the moonlight, the warship breaks through the sea and rolls up bursts of silver sparkle. A group of soldiers on duty are in the quiet night. The fatigue accumulated during the day Swarmed, drowsy.

"Ha~"

On the observation deck, the observer yawned boredly, holding his chin with one hand, and glanced back and forth with unfocused eyes, paying attention to nearby movements.

The visual range at night is very low, so he only needs to pay attention to whether there are ships within the range of the gunfire, so the lookout dares to fish blatantly.

"Huh? What is that?"

Glancing across the same night scene, the observer turned his gaze and stared at the direction where his gaze had passed before. An orange-red light spot flickered on and off, just like the twinkling stars in the night sky.

Frowning, he picked up the telescope and looked into the distance. As the warship shook as it broke through the sea, the outline of the island in the distance was vaguely visible, and in the dark silhouette, a group of fire was extremely eye-catching.

"Is the volcano erupting? No, it looks like a fire?"

Feeling that something was wrong, the lookout slipped back to the deck along the rope net and knocked on the door of the duty officer Ain's room.

As mentioned before, Shen Yan's warship is divided into three squads, with a total of 33 people including the three officers, which belongs to the personnel establishment of a small warship.

Therefore, whether it is a landing operation or night duty, it is a rotation system, and it is Ain who takes the rotation tonight.

Originally, Shen Yan had the authority to build a medium-sized warship with a full complement of 100 people. However, his goal in selecting sailors was all generalists. There were not so many sailors who met the requirements at the time. In line with the principle of "preferring shortage to excess," Shen Yan had to set up a team first. A small warship.

Of course, Shen Yan's requirements were actually too high. After all, even a private soldier who could stay in the headquarters had very good basic strength.

"what's up?"

The door opened, Ain crossed his chest and asked calmly.

Seeing this, the lookout reported the situation. The latter frowned and came to the deck to take a look. He decisively ordered the sailors on duty to control the warship and move over to take a look.

If a pirate ship is found near the coast, it means that there are pirates plundering and doing evil on the island, and their navy can directly land on the island to rescue them.

If no trace of the ship is found, then they can at most send a team of people to check. Unless there are special circumstances, the navy will not meddle in other people's business.

The lookout who returned to the observation deck scanned the coast. Finally, the telescope stopped on a ship with its sails furled. As the distance increased, the flying skull flag at the top of the mast gradually became clear.

"Major Ain, a pirate ship was discovered!"

Ain frowned and shouted with a serious face: "Sound the alarm and move forward at full speed!"