Turn the clock hands back to a little earlier time.
When the Black Fang drove away from the port, Ye Chen stood behind Smith.
"Captain Smith, we have something to discuss with you. Can you please lend me a moment?"
Smith looked back at Ye Chen and realized that he was detained after delivering the goods.
The drug lord probably told him something.
"I see……"
The two left the deck and came to the cargo hold again.
After confirming that no one was around, Smith closed the door and came to Ye Chen, who was in the shadows.
"Aaron, what's the matter?"
"About First Officer Abe..."
Smith thought Ye Chen was curious about why he didn't deal with the traitor Abe Ishigo immediately.
"First Officer Abe..."
Smith spoke quickly.
"He has been in the Black Fang Mercenary Group for a long time. Even if he did make a mistake this time, I think his ending should not be decided by me."
"therefore……"
However, Ye Chen just shook his head gently.
"No, you misunderstood. No matter how you say it, First Officer Abe is the veteran of the Black Fang Mercenary Group. How to deal with him is something you have to consider. As a newcomer, I will not dictate your decision.
of."
"It's just that I'm with that guy..."
Ye Chen paused for a while, then sighed and looked up at Smith.
"To be honest, Captain Smith, doesn't that drug lord have an official name?"
"Muda should be just a title, right?"
"ah……"
Smith was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly for a while as if he remembered something.
"By the way, I forgot that you are not one of us, so you shouldn't know."
"That drug lord... does have his own name, and it is said that the name is quite good."
"It is said that he comes from a certain hero who saved the country in the history of Dongyun Kingdom, but...these big shots all have a common problem. They extremely hate being able to be called beings."
"As a result, almost no one in that country knows his real name."
"But no one dared to offend him, so he arranged a name for him in the local indigenous language."
"Muda..."
As soon as Smith finished speaking, Ye Chen slightly narrowed his eyes.
"Great man, isn't he?"
The other party nodded slightly.
"In this case, there is nothing we can do."
After knowing the truth, Ye Chen sighed softly.
To be honest, he didn't really want to call a drug lord a great person, but after all, the other person didn't have any other names, and he couldn't always refer to the other person as that guy or drug lord in the subsequent conversation.
"Let's make a long story short, I got a message from Mda."
"First Officer Abe was actually the one who was used. The person who wanted to kill you was actually him. It's just that Abe Isoh's plan happened to match his ideas. Therefore, he planned to use First Officer Abe's
I will kill you first with my hands."
"Then he used Chief Abe as his puppet to assume the position of captain of the Black Fang to facilitate drug trafficking for them."
After listening to Ye Chen's explanation, Smith nodded slightly.
"Hmm... Actually, I'm also curious about why someone like Muda would be willing to cooperate with a small person like Abe Ishigo. Although I have considered such an aspect, I didn't expect that it would actually be like this."
"Muda's target is not either you or First Officer Abe, but the Black Fang itself."
Ye Chen spoke slowly.
"To be more precise, it should be the concept of the Black Fang, a mercenary group under the name of the Black Hawk Gang."
"With the protection of the Black Hawk Gang, Muda's team will be able to travel across the oceans without hindrance."
"so what?
What leverage did he use to win over you?"
Smith stared at Ye Chen, his eyes suddenly becoming more wary.
"What?"
Ye Chen looked at Smith with some disbelief. He had been so heart-to-heart with the man in front of him, but the other man was still doubting the possibility of betrayal?
"He will tell you these things. He should have made an offer you can't refuse."
"Logically speaking, given the situation just now, Muda's side has the advantage in terms of firepower and numbers. You only need to tell them that there is a time bomb hidden in the cargo box in exchange for a certificate of surrender.
"
"I saw that you and Mda were having a great time talking..."
"how?
How many chips did he use to buy my life?"
"How much does it cost for you to personally understand my life?"
Ye Chen's eyes gradually became gloomy, and his tone gradually became impatient.
"I said...Captain Smith, how can I prove that I really want to join the Black Fang Mercenary Group?"
"You have to die in front of you people before you will completely confirm that our two brothers are pawns that can be used, and then start a period of false regrets?"
Smith seemed to have only noticed at this moment how rude his words were to the young man in front of him who had just saved all the members of the Black Fang.
He quickly lowered his head and apologized to Ye Chen.
"Ah...I didn't mean that, Aaron. It was you and Aze who delivered the cargo box to Mda today, and we had the opportunity to escape in the chaos. If it weren't for you, I might have been dead and dismembered by now.
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"I just...I just..."
Being betrayed by two of the most trusted people in a row, Smith's brain was a little confused for a while.
"I'm really sorry!"
Seeing the other person lowering his head to him, Ye Chen closed his eyes and tried to calm down his heart, and then slowly spoke again.
"The other party did offer me a bargaining chip that I couldn't refuse, that is, after you and Ishigo Abe die, I will be the captain of the Black Fang."
"So you promised him?"
Smith looked at Ye Chen and asked tentatively.
"If we agree to him, do you think you will still have the chance to stand here and talk to us so leisurely?"
"I refused!"
Ye Chen gave Smith a positive answer after talking about it.
"However, Captain Smith, after this conversation, the other party actually released quite a lot of information."
"First of all, the cargo in the Black Fang's cargo hold is nothing but insignificant rubbish to Muda, and you are his real target."
"But why can he still confidently promise us that we can become the captain of the Black Fang even though he knows that the people delivering the goods are us two brothers?"
It wasn't until Ye Chen said this that Smith looked like he suddenly understood.
He finally understood why Ye Chen asked to discuss this matter with him.
This is indeed not something that can be said in front of the other crew members of the Black Fang...
