On the beach on the east side of Canabis Island, fifty fully armed pirates were neatly divided into two rows, standing like a well-trained army.
In the middle of the two queues is an open space about ten meters wide.
There are three people in the open space. Two are standing and one is kneeling...
They are: pirate captain Edward Gray, first mate Max Gray, and... the famous director and former pirate, James Francis, who is not yet deaf.
At this moment, there were four cameras, operated by four professional videographers, focusing on the three people from different angles.
"Tch... In the end, we can only video..." Gray Beard stood there with an unhappy look on his face, muttering in his mouth.
"If you want to live broadcast, you must turn off the signal jamming device..." Max continued, "Now our 'treasure' has been exposed, we must not let the outside world discover what is happening here... At least, while we complete the inventory
Before transfer, no..."
"Hmph... If you ask me... let's just go straight to the island and take back the treasure... They only have a few people and a few guns... can they still hold it?" Gray Beard said.
"They can't defend it, but the defense system of the base can." Max said, "With that ability to block shots, it's easy to overwrite the system there. Once we enter, we will immediately become turtles in a jar..." He sighed, "
Sigh...Besides, they have now monitored the entire island, so there is no way we can conduct a 'raid'."
"Are we just going to put up with this?" Graybeard asked, "Are we really going to trade according to what that 'Carbon' said?"
"I'm afraid...that's all we can do..." Max said in a deep voice, "Actually...if all factors are taken into consideration...his proposal is not a bad idea."
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Let me explain here, the content of the deal proposed by Feng Bujue is: Graybeard can kill the deaf man as much as he wants, but he must let the other people on the Dolphin and the survivors on the island go.
Brother Jue promised to "protect" Graybeard's "treasure" until the latter removed it.
As for the specific operation method of this transaction, Brother Jue has already arranged it...
The two parties agreed that before twelve o'clock in the morning, Graybeard would recall all the pirates from the island and complete their "revenge ceremony."
At twelve o'clock sharp, the eighteen staff members on the island, as well as Clams, Bin Laden, Bob, and Cap... a total of twenty-two people, will return to the cruise ship.
Feng Bujue... continued to stay in the pirate base.
After confirming that all remote communication equipment on the cruise ship (including the passengers' own) has been destroyed, the pirates will dissolve the metal slurry on the stern. The Dolphin will sail away from Canabis Island.
Afterwards, both sides stood still and waited for two hours...
Although this period of time is not enough for the Dolphin to sail to any land or island, it is enough for it to escape the pursuit of the pirates.
This is enough.
When those two hours pass, Feng Bujue will disarm the base's defense system as promised and welcome the pirates...
If this deal is successfully concluded, except for Huan Deaf and Stephen Carbon (Feng Bujue), everyone on the Dolphin can be rescued, and the pirates will have more time to move their "treasure".
Because the Dolphin has lost its long-distance communication capabilities, it will be at least seven or eight hours until the ship docks to call the police, and then the police arrive. By that time, the pirates have already moved everything they can.
Moved away (the technology of anti-gravity catapults has become very common in this universe, and carrying heavy objects is not a problem for humans here).
Judging from the results, this transaction caused Graybeard to lose a mine vein, a large ransom, and four men (he didn't really care about this). Fortunately, he was still able to take away a large amount of inventory and avoid further losses.
Most importantly...he got his revenge.
On the other hand, most of the program team and the crew of the Dolphin were able to escape from the tiger's mouth and save their lives.
Overall, this is indeed a result acceptable to both parties.
However... there is another doubt that makes Max puzzled. That is - why did Stephen Carbon do this?
Obviously, this writer plays the most critical role in the entire incident. It is precisely because someone like him is willing to stay on the island, guard the surveillance, and use the destruction of the inventory in the base as a bargaining chip... to supervise the pirates.
Action can ensure the smooth progress of the entire transaction.
He is like Harry, the protagonist in "Armageddon" (also known as "Armageddon". A film directed by Michael Bay and released in 1998). In the end, he willingly stayed alone on the meteorite, and "
"At the end of the day" we will die together.
Although Mr. Carbon will not be killed by a nuclear bomb in a dramatic way, there is no doubt that his final outcome is most likely to be cut to pieces by Graybeard...
Max just doesn’t understand why a man who keeps saying he doesn’t care about the life or death of the hostages would do such a thing to sacrifice himself to save others? Is he acting? But which one is he acting in? Is he playing a villain?
A hero? Or a villain playing the hero?
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"Hmph... that's fine." Gray Beard spat, "In life, there are gains and losses. Today I will get my revenge, and I don't care about anything else."
"Haha..." The man kneeling on the beach, who was not deaf yet, had an indifferent expression on his face. He smiled and said, "Your life is really pathetic, Sheng Dehua..." He raised his head and looked at Gray Beard.
One glance, "After you kill me, what will... be left in your life?"
"Ha! Seeing that your life has come to an end, are you starting to be sentimental?" Graybeard sneered, "James, you don't need to worry about my life. When I went to sea at the age of seventeen, I knew that I wouldn't
What kind of happy death is there... I can tell you right now, I will still drift on the sea for the rest of my life, spend the rest of my life in wine, sex and wealth, and finally die an unexpected death... But no matter what, I still have a son who makes me proud."
"Really... Is that what you think..." Hui Deaf glanced at Max, "With all due respect... He has become like this. You should blame yourself and feel guilty instead of being proud. Yours
Pride just reflects your stupidity and selfishness." Due to the injury, his voice was lifeless, but the words coming out of his mouth... were still ringing, "You have turned a genius who may go down in history into a genius.
He is the same thing as you...you have made his ending as miserable as yours..."
"Shut up!" Graybeard waved his right arm, and there was already a piece of human flesh on the iron hook.
Even though the flesh on his cheek was scraped off, he still just hummed before going deaf. It seemed like... he was already numb to the pain.
"You are about to die... and you still want to provoke us father and son? You despicable bastard..." Graybeard said, then took a half step back and drew out the saber from his waist.
It was a very gorgeous pirate scimitar. The tangs were curved in a wavy shape toward the end of the handle and connected together to form an arc-shaped guard. The golden handle was dotted with bright rubies, and the sharp blade came out.
The back of the sheath shines brightly in the sunlight.
"Everyone... everyone who is watching this video, please listen to me..." Gray Beard raised his scimitar in his left hand and spoke loudly to the camera. "This execution... has nothing to do with politics or justice.
It has nothing to do with right or wrong, good or evil..." He paused, "Perhaps most of you think... this man kneeling on the ground is a good man, a decent man. He is a great director, a good father,
Good husband...hehe...hahahaha..." He laughed, and then shouted loudly, "It doesn't matter!"
The bright scimitar was raised higher and higher. The gray-bearded figure also limped to the side and rear of the deaf man: "My fellow pirates, as long as you can understand what I said... Today...
I, Captain Greybeard, kill the Caribbean Shark in the name of revenge!"
call--
The next second, he raised the knife and dropped it, blood spattering five steps forward.
Graybeard has been single for ten years, and his right hand has a hook. Of course, I don’t need to elaborate on the strength of his left hand. This knife cut cleanly, and the head fell to the ground with a sound.
Due to the speed of the knife, the blood on the neck that was not deaf suddenly spurted out. The scene was really spectacular...
The two cameramen responsible for the frontal shooting (both crew members on the ship, who were forcibly captured to film the execution) were so frightened that they fell to the ground, their faces pale.
"Haha...hahahahaha..." Then, Gray Beard smiled. He looked up to the sky and smiled.
This laughter symbolizes a kind of release, a kind of relief... It seems that all his humiliation and hatred have disappeared with laughter.
There are countless stories about revenge in the world, but... the end point of revenge is often destruction rather than rebirth.
When the laughter stops, what is left behind may be known only to those involved.
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At 11:45, in the pirate base.
"Have you made up your mind? Stephen." Clams was the last one to go out (the other twenty-one people had already assembled and were waiting in the col outside). He looked at Feng Bujue who stayed in the base.
, asked with a solemn expression.
"Of course." Feng Bujue said, "Don't worry, although this plan is risky, it is not difficult to implement." He shrugged, "Besides... only in this way can everyone leave safely."
"Okay..." Clams nodded and looked at him deeply, "I wish you good luck."
"Ha... I'll see you later." Feng Bujue replied.
When he finished speaking, Clams had turned around and walked towards the outside of the base.
After a while, the team of twenty-two people set off towards the beach...
Brother Jue, who stayed at the base, walked leisurely to a table and put the props on the table into a backpack one by one.
"Very good... Before leaving, you left me all the props in my inventory, and also gave me a bag. It's really generous." He said to himself, "From the surveillance... that kind of thing is called Ju.
(In this universe, Joser Mine is something similar to a coal mine. Many people can identify it. Brother Jue has just asked others how to identify it.) There is something nearby. You can find time to dig it up later.
...In this way, only the last challenge remains..."
