Chapter 48 The man who wants to be the pirate king
The ship was still sailing, and Zhang Xuetao was listening to the captain's report on the losses after the storm in the captain's cabin.
It wasn't just the cargo that was lost in this storm. There was also some drinking water and food. Don't worry about the food, just grab it from the sea. But there's nothing you can do about the water.
If you want to reach the Kingdom of the Sea, you have to drink less every day. After all, water escape cannot extract fresh water from sea water.
"Are there frequent storms on this route?" Zhang Xuetao asked the captain doubtfully. After all, he had never heard of any problems on ships going to the country on the sea.
The captain explained to Zhang Xuetao: "This is the first time I have encountered it."
The two were chatting when they suddenly heard the bell ringing. The captain hurriedly said: "This is an emergency." After that, he hurried out.
Zhang Xuetao also came to the deck with him. The captain's urgent notice summoned everyone on the ship.
I saw a crew member reporting to the captain. He pointed into the distance and said: "There are three pirate ships coming to us." After saying that, he handed the telescope in his hand to the captain.
After a while, the ships were getting closer and closer. When Zhang Xuetao saw it, he thought that they were really pirates. Because he saw the flags fluttering in the wind on the three ships. There was also a skull painted on the flag, with a knife and a sword crossed on the skull.
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A man walked out of the pirate ship. His clothes were open, showing scars, and he had a sword on his shoulder. He had one foot on the side of the ship.
He shouted: "You all listen to me, I want to become the Pirate King. Give up the resistance and save your life, otherwise I will die."
Listening to his shouting, Zhang Xuetao felt a little speechless in his heart. You must have gone to the wrong set.
The captain also began to negotiate with him to let them leave, but the pirates did not listen. The guards on the ship began to prepare for battle. Since the pirates would not leave, they had no choice but to fight.
The battle was about to break out, and three enemy ships attacked from three places. The pirates took out hooks to hook the sides of the ship, and then grabbed the rope and prepared to board the ship. They all grabbed the rope and rushed to the ship. And our crew also started to
They divided their forces to prevent them from boarding the ship.
Our ship is taller than the enemy's ship. The escorts attacked them from a high position and could easily block them. However, the pirates also had archers covering the rear, and the escorts were caught off guard, resulting in the death of several sailors.
Thieves boarded the ship.
The ferocious pirates began to attack the escorts desperately, and the following pirates also took the opportunity to quickly board the ship. There were about thirty people in each ship, but within a quarter of an hour, all the pirates on the three ships boarded the ship. See
They came not only to grab the goods, but this big ship was also their target.
The pirates and the guards began to fight hand-to-hand on the ship. However, because there were only about 20 guards on their side, the gap in numbers was too great. After fighting for a while, several of the guards on the ship were injured.
Because these pirates were just ordinary people, Zhang Xuetao himself did not take any action. He turned to the ten genin who were watching the excitement and said, "You should go fight too! Go and experience actual combat."
These ten genin joined the battle, immediately changing the evenly matched battle.
Although he is only a child of about ten years old, because he possesses the energy of chakra, the gap between adults and children disappears and becomes more powerful.
Zhang Xuetao looked at these ninjas he had spent a lot of money to train, especially one of the children, his name was Qianye Qing. Perhaps because of his experience of being bullied as a child, he worked extra hard when learning to become a ninja.
This is their first actual combat, but in front of him
He was able to fight without hesitation and hit the enemy's vital parts every time he made a move. In a short time, five people died under his hands.
Other than him, the genin were all average. Several of them were almost uninjured due to the enemy's crazy attacks. But overall, they were quite qualified.
These ten ninjas restrained at least forty or fifty pirates, which made the disadvantaged guards breathe a sigh of relief. Then they were so excited that they continued to attack the pirates. After all, as guards, they could kill more enemies.
Then they also have additional bonuses.
However, in about ten minutes, more than twenty enemies were killed. This was mainly because it was the first time for these genin to fight. Facing a life-and-death battle, they were still in a hurry and made many mistakes.
One of the girls, her name is Fuka Chino, is also an outstanding ninja among the ninjas she has trained, and she is also ranked among the top in various achievements. It is precisely because of this that she was brought to the Kingdom of the Sea to perform a mission.
But she is a girl after all, and she usually has a softer temper. However, in this life-and-death battle, she did not show her usual strength.
She was fighting three pirates. With her strength, it was easy to kill them. But every time she attacked the kunai to the point of killing the enemy, she couldn't stop. She was beaten back and forth by the pirates several times.
He caught the flaw and was injured by pirates.
A pirate slashed at Fuuka Chino with a knife. Fuuka Chino hurriedly used a kunai to resist the pirate's attack, but there was not only one enemy. Another pirate slashed with a sword, and she ignored the wound on her arm.
He endured the pain from the open wound and took out a kunai to resist. But at this moment, the third pirate ran up behind Fuuka Chino, yelled and slashed at Fuuka Chino with a knife.
Fuuka Chino's situation was very critical at this time. Zhang Xuetao reached into his ninja tool bag and wanted to take out the shuriken to kill the pirate who was attacking Fuuka Chino from behind. But before he could take out the shuriken, someone came first
He fired the shuriken in one step and accurately hit the pirate's neck.
At the same time, Chiba Ao quickly moved to a pirate who was confronting Fuuka Chino, and slit his throat when he wasn't paying attention. Blood spurted out. A few drops of bright red blood jumped on Fuuka Chino's throat.
on the face.
Just when Chiba Qing was about to move to kill another pirate, he suddenly shouted that he wanted to surrender. As soon as he shouted the word of surrender, a chain reaction started, and all the pirates started shouting for surrender.
After the battle, there were only less than forty pirates left.
When Zhang Xuetao heard that they were about to surrender, he said to them: "You came to rob us. If we don't agree, you will kill us. Why should we let you go?"
The pirate who was the first to shout for surrender just said: "I have a secret, and I want to use this secret in exchange for my life. I know it~"
Before he could finish speaking, the people around him quickly interrupted him and shouted: "We know there is a small island. That island is very big, and there are plants and many animals. It is uninhabited, and it is nearby. You
You can only let us go and we will tell you."
Zhang Xuetao was a little thoughtful after hearing his words.
When the captain saw Zhang Xuetao's contemplation, he whispered: "We can only go to the Kingdom of Tea to replenish our supplies when we go to the Kingdom of the Sea. There will be no place to stay for the remaining seven or eight days. If there is a small island, set up a supply station on it. I want to spare it."
It’s not impossible for them to survive.”
Hearing the captain's persuasion, Zhang Xuetao felt a little moved in his heart. Owning and living on his own island at sea is not just as simple as a supply station. This island can also
As the outpost of the Kingdom of the Sea, I can also station ninjas there in the future.
It may not be useful in resisting the enemy thousands of miles away, but at least this island can know the enemy's movements in advance, and this island can monitor many countries at the same time. It is also very important to me. Thinking of this, I said to them: "Okay
!Then take us there!”
The guards tied them up, took control of their ship, and headed for the island in the direction pointed by the pirates.
After a period of sailing, we did see a small island, which was several kilometers in diameter.
After setting foot on the island, Zhang Xuetao felt that his legs were a little weak. Although his strength had become stronger, he was still a little uncomfortable after working on a boat for several days and just stepped on the land.
The group of people set up camp and prepared to stay on this island for a day.
I wanted to let the pirates go, but the pirates said they would stay on the island for a few days to collect food. They said they robbed because there was no food.
Zhang Xuetao told Qianye Qing and the others were watching them and ignored them.
Inviting Bai to take a walk on the beach, Zhang Xuetao and the two chatted.
"Bai, what do you think of Qianyeqing?" Zhang Xuetao asked Bai's opinion.
"He's practicing quite quickly. He just has some utilitarianism. He killed so many people today just to show it to you! What? You want to promote him," Bai explained.
"Yes!" Zhang Xuetao said helplessly: "I can also see that he wants to climb up. But for me, there are too few ninjas who can stand alone. As long as he does not betray me, I will naturally give him a chance.
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We chatted about Qianba Qing for a while, and then talked about the plan for this island.
"This island is several kilometers away. Build a supply station and build a ninja station. What do you think?" Zhang Xuetao asked Bai, hoping she could make some suggestions.
"Residence?" Bai thought for a moment and said, "You must be defending the Kingdom of Water, right?"
Zhang Xuetao replied: "Well! The geographical location of this island is good. Place a large sensing force here. If the Kingdom of Water attacks the Kingdom of Sea in this direction, we will know."
"It's a good idea, but we don't even have sentient ninjas. How can we have large sentient troops? Those need formations." Bai complained to Zhang Xuetao.
"Hahaha~" Zhang Xuetao said with a smile: "You have to think about it first! Then just work hard in this direction."
Bai shook his head helplessly. He thought to himself, you are the only one who would think. I want to see what you can do.
The two of them wandered back to the camp that had been built. Someone had already found some animals from the island, caught some fish from the sea, and cooked a sumptuous dinner.
After eating, it was getting dark. Zhang Xuetao sat by the fire and began to practice to improve his chakra.
Suddenly Qianye Qing came to Zhang Xuetao's side. He looked around and found that no one was paying attention. He whispered: "After following them, I found that the two people who said they surrendered at first went to the woods. They said
There is treasure on this island."
"Treasure?" Zhang Xuetao asked with some confusion.
Qianye Qing nodded and said in a positive tone: "Yes, they said it themselves, and they had some disputes. At first, the pirate said that the thing he wanted to exchange for his life was the treasure. But the second person deliberately interrupted,
I just changed it and said it was from a small island."
Zhang Xuetao recalled when he heard what he said. Indeed, when he first said that he wanted to exchange the secret of his life, he was interrupted by another person before he could finish speaking. Treasure? Interesting.