Chapter 300: The Evil of Pirates

Stepping on the deck, Su Xiao held Checking Zhan Long Shan and stared at the pirates in front of him.

Washinoki Washinoki Jishi of pirates gathered around. This was a small-to-medium pirate group. From their tattered clothes and sallow faces, one could see that these pirates were not doing well at sea.

"Put down your weapons and lie on the deck."

A pirate pointed a flintlock at Su Xiao, subconsciously swallowing his saliva. There wasn't much "meat" left on the ship, and the remaining companions all had weapons, so they couldn't become rations.

Su Xiao looked around, and a thick smell of sweat came. These pirates had been at sea for at least a month.

A one-eyed man wearing a black headscarf walked out of the crowd, and those pirates retreated one after another. This was the captain.

The one-eyed captain looked Su Xiao up and down, and his gaze finally stopped on Checking Zhan Long Shan in Su Xiao's hand, and a trace of greed that was not easily detected appeared in his eyes.

"What are you doing? Our 'Breaking Wave Pirate Group' never harms innocent people. Put away your weapons."

The one-eyed captain scolded, and those pirates immediately put away their weapons, trying their best to show a friendly smile. They, the Hungry Wolf Pirate Group, had become the "Breaking Wave Pirate Group" again. This kind of situation had happened several times, and these pirates already had some experience.

"Sorry, I scared you just now. The hull was damaged and I couldn't control the direction. Didn't hurt you, right?"

The one-eyed captain loosened a small bucket from his waist and threw it to Su Xiao while speaking. Inside was fresh water.

"Drink some water and rest for a while. We are rushing to Water 7."

Bang, the wooden bucket fell on the deck, and Su Xiao didn't even look at it.

"Don't be ungrateful. There aren't many pirates as easy to talk to as us."

A pirate looked unhappy.

The one-eyed captain turned his head, and when his gaze met that pirate, it was extremely cold. That pirate hurriedly apologized with a smile.

"Having vigilance is a good thing, but we really have no malice."

The one-eyed captain waved his hand, signaling those pirates to retreat.

Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is the norm for pirates. Su Xiao held a sharp blade, and Checking Zhan Long Shan clearly wasn't an ordinary item, which was why the one-eyed captain had this attitude. He actually took a fancy to Checking Zhan Long Shan, and Su Xiao was very young, easily mistaken for a newcomer who had just gone to sea. The ship was destroyed by a storm; this kind of thing happened often.

"Is that so? I happen to be going to Water 7 too."

Su Xiao pondered in his heart how to deal with this captain. He had long determined that the other party had no good intentions.

"Then our destination is the same. It's fate to meet on this vast ocean. However..."

The one-eyed captain's tone changed, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Although we won't actively harm civilians, there is a fee for riding our ship. How about this, you pay 1 million Berries, and we will take you to Water 7. Don't complain about the high price. This is your life-saving money. Without a ship, you can't swim to Water 7, and I don't know how far it is."

Su Xiao sneered in his heart. He had already guessed what the other party would say next. He would say he had no money, and then the other party would say to use the sword as collateral, or pay, and then these pirates would turn against him.

"What a coincidence, I didn't bring any money."

Su Xiao gripped the hilt of Checking Zhan Long Shan tightly. He prepared to take action.

"That's hard to handle. How about this, use your sword as collateral first..."

The one-eyed captain stopped halfway through his sentence, staring blankly at Su Xiao's left hand, his eyes seeming to glow green.

In Su Xiao's left hand was a meat bone, which was a snack for Bubu Wang.

"Bring that thing here, now!"

The one-eyed captain no longer concealed it. Under the temptation of food, he revealed his ferocious nature.

"So you were really starving."

Su Xiao threw the meat bone into the distance, and the gazes of dozens of pirates moved with the meat bone.

Plop, the meat bone fell on the deck in the distance, and a group of pirates swarmed up, stepping on the deck with creaking sounds.

"Get out of the way, this is mine."

"Fante, do you want to die?"

"Ah!! Don't bite my hand."

The pirates were in a mess, like a group of hyenas fighting for food after being attracted by meat, tearing at each other, kicking, and even some pulled out knives.

The one-eyed captain's face changed drastically. Although he also craved food, status was more important.

"Stop it, whoever moves again, I'll blow his head off!"

The one-eyed captain roared, but it had no effect.

Bang!

A dull gunshot rang out, and a pirate was shot directly in the head. The splashing brain matter made those pirates sober up.

A puff of gunpowder smoke was blown away by the sea breeze. The one-eyed captain held a very thick flintlock in his hand. This gun had been modified and was extremely powerful.

"Are you rebelling? Keep grabbing!"

The one-eyed captain roared, holding the gun, the muzzle moving toward the heads of dozens of pirates.

"Captain, behind you!"

A pirate looked terrified, but it was too late.

Puchi, the one-eyed captain's body leaned forward, his eyes widened, his pupils constricted, and his mouth opened wide, struggling to breathe.

He looked down and saw a blood-stained blade tip protruding from his chest, the blade tip dripping with blood.

"When..."

The one-eyed captain fell onto the deck. Su Xiao pulled out Checking Zhan Long Shan, stepped on the one-eyed captain's head, and used Checking Zhan Long Shan to slice open the artery in his neck.

Fresh blood sprayed several meters away. Su Xiao dodged to the side, and while stepping on the one-eyed captain's head, he looked up at those pirates.

"Who wants to be the next one?"

The pirates were silent, all lowering their heads.

"Brothers, we..."

A pirate pulled out the sailor knife from his waist, but at this moment, a dozen knives stabbed from all around.

Puchi, puchi...

The sound of knives entering flesh was exceptionally clear. Ten seconds later, the pirate who spoke had already been stabbed into a sieve, no longer human.

"This young swordsman, we don't interfere with each other. We wanted to kill this dog captain long ago."

"Yes, my arm was cut off by him, just because I bumped into him while looting the village."

"You want to go to Water 7, and we have the same goal. Even if you have the strength to kill us, you can't sail the ship alone."

Unlike the brainless miscellaneous fish in the anime, these pirates, although not strong, all had their own ideas.

Su Xiao pondered for a while and nodded.

"Okay, you are responsible for sailing, and we don't interfere with each other."

These pirates made sense. Without them, Su Xiao couldn't sail this ship, let alone this tattered ship that could fall apart at any time.

The pirates breathed a sigh of relief, but didn't relax, still holding vigilance against Su Xiao. Su Xiao could approach their captain's back silently, which already explained his strength.

The pirates threw the one-eyed captain's corpse into the cabin, and some even kicked it a few times. As for the vice-captain who was stabbed to death, he was usually in the same boat as the one-eyed captain and was not weak, but today he was sneak-attacked by "his own people."

This is the disadvantage of ruling subordinates with cruelty. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; when the wall falls, everyone pushes.

Su Xiao no longer paid attention to those pirates. This tattered ship could fall apart at any time. He didn't believe those pirates would sail the ship in other directions. The direction was guided by the "Eternal Pointer," which was a specialty of the One Piece world, similar to a compass, but it would only point to a fixed direction.

The pirates returned to their respective posts, controlling the sails and the rudder. The pirate group sailed slowly, only a little faster than Su Xiao swimming.

Su Xiao walked toward a cabin with a large hole. The hole in the cabin was roughly repaired with wooden boards. This was the captain's room, and he prepared to search it.

Just as he walked into the captain's room, a pungent burnt smell came. The area of the captain's room was not large, at most ten square meters.

One wall of the captain's room was charred black, and the floor was very damp. This place had caught fire before and was later extinguished with seawater.

The structure of the captain's room was simple: a display rack, a wooden table similar to an office desk, and a bed.

Su Xiao first searched on the display rack, but after searching for a long time, they were all bottles of inferior wine. One of them was the most eye-catching, a transparent wine bottle, inside which was soaking the whip of some kind of animal.