Pirate Nova

Chapter 3 3. Miserable Victory
Denzel looked at the two heads under his feet, and his face gradually became gloomy.In his two years of pirate career, it is not that he has not encountered such a situation before him.Encountering hard stubble is the most annoying thing for bullying pirates, and how to deal with this matter now also makes Denzel a little troubled.

Although he has been out to sea for a few years, Denzel still knows about the curse of the sea-devil fruit. The enemy hiding in the cabin in front of him has not shown up until now, and it is difficult for him to speculate on the strength of the other party, but if now If he retreats without doing anything, then his captain's right to speak will be weakened.

"You two, let me go in and have a look!"

Denzel ordered two pirates to check the situation in the cabin.However, the two people who were named did not respect Denzel, but stood there timidly with their eyes a little flinched.

"Tsk, these useless bastards, let's go! Let's go in together!"

While Denzel was a little annoyed at not being able to get his men to do it for him, it was normal.After all, pirates also know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. They are like vultures who smell carrion. When they overwhelm their opponents, they swarm up, but they dare not act rashly when encountering unpredictable opponents.

After all, the corpses of those pirates who rushed forward without even thinking about it had already returned to the embrace of the sea.

Jack listened to the movement above in silence, clenched the scimitar in his hand, waiting for the enemy to approach.Under the leadership of the captain, a group of pirates headed by Denzel rushed in and packed the corridor which was not considered wide.

Denzel has drawn out the scimitar at his waist and holds it in his right hand, while in his left hand he holds a fairly delicate matchlock gun.These two pieces of equipment were the spoils he obtained when he ransacked a small noble cruise ship from an unknown country a few months ago.In addition to selling well, it is also very practical.

Denzel didn't find any traces of anyone except for a few fallen corpses, but the woman's sobs could be faintly heard in the surrounding rooms, which seemed to be from ordinary people on the boat hiding.But Denzel, who has looted many merchant ships, has long been normal to these things.

Just when he was about to send someone to open the door to check, he saw a figure suddenly flashed at the end of the corridor, and the figure was holding a matchlock gun in his hand.

Bang!
As the muzzle flashed, a coin-sized gap appeared in the chest of a pirate on the left of Denzel, and blood flowed out from the wound like a stream.However, it wasn't just the pirate who was shot that fell, even a pirate behind him was also hit in the abdomen.

Jack didn't stop after a successful blow, he just dropped his gun and ran towards another part of the corridor.However, the result of the battle just now did not make him happy, because he clearly remembered that he aimed his gun at the leading captain Mo Yang, a middle-aged man.

As for how the bullet hit the chest of the person next to him and passed through the chest, and brought down a pirate, even he himself was at a loss.

"How can it be so crooked..."

Denzel was angry and happy when he saw that the two of them were put down as soon as they met on his side. The anger was because the pirate group he finally formed lost two people, but he secretly let go of the previous heavy At least he saw the appearance of the enemy, and judging from the situation with the gun, the opponent was obviously a layman, let alone a devil fruit capable user.

"Go! Hack him with me!"

Denzel roared, and together with the six pirates behind him accelerated towards the direction of the corridor where Jack disappeared, but when they turned the corner, they found that they couldn't find anyone at all.

Suddenly, Denzel seemed to feel something and looked to the left. He saw a black muzzle sticking out from the window of a broken window in the cabin, facing the Own.

Bang!
After another gunshot, Denzel lowered his head belatedly, but the bullet had already shot past his head before he lowered his head, leaving a black hole in the wooden hull behind him. .

"Hi... Seriously?"

Jack and Denzel looked at each other through the door with some differences. Both of them had disbelief written on their faces, and even the pirates beside them looked a little puzzled.

What one person can't figure out is how the opponent can't hit him at a distance of less than one meter, while the shooter suspects that there is something wrong with his eyes. He just missed putting the gun on the opponent The temple is on.

In just a few seconds, Jack has already deeply realized that his "talent" with guns is basically zero.

Denzel recovered from the state of the rest of his life in the next second, raised his foot angrily and kicked towards the wooden door beside him, but before his foot got close, the wooden door was kicked away from the inside He came over and hit Denzel directly in the face.

Jack, who rushed out together with the door panel, was like a fierce tiger out of the cage, holding the handle of the knife with both hands high, and directly inserted it through the wooden door towards Denzel who was under pressure. Judging from the touch from the knife, Jack already knew that he was absolutely hurt. It's the other party, and the wound is not shallow.

However, his fierce knife could not help him block the attacks of the pirates around him. When the pirates saw this, they drew their swords and slashed. Even if he dodged most of the attacks in time, he still suffered a deep wound on his back. With one cut, the pain immediately spread from the wound to the whole body.

Jack gritted his teeth, and after dodging, he stabbed at a pirate beside him. The broad machete easily pierced the flesh and blood on the opponent's stomach, piercing the pirate, and the tip of the knife pierced through the back.

Bang!
A gunshot sounded suddenly, Jack only felt a pain in his left shoulder, and he knew he had been shot.However, after being shot, he didn't stop immediately, but quickly solved the three pirates in front of him by replacing wounds with wounds.

At this time, there were only two pirates left in the corridor and Denzel who struggled to open the wooden door and stood up. Blood was gushing out from his chest at this time, and he seemed a little shaky.

And Denzel looked at the man who had just turned around in front of him, and couldn't help feeling scared.The man had been stabbed several times just now, even a shot in the shoulder, but he didn't fall down, but looked at himself coldly.

Jack resisted the pain from all over his body, and strode towards the injured captain. The reason why he chose to rush forward was because he found that none of the remaining three could shoot.

The knife and shadow clashed, and Jack and Denzel fought head-on.Although both of them were wounded, Denzel was superior in terms of proficiency in using a knife. In addition, the two remaining pirates swept from the sidelines, making the already tense battle situation gradually worsen. Good direction to lean on.

Bang!
Another gunshot rang out in the corridor, but the fallen person was one of the pirates scurrying aside. Because the gunshot came from behind Denzel, he instinctively wanted to look back, but this second pause Gave Jack an opportunity.

puff~
The blade grazed Denzel's throat, slamming him shut.With an air leak in his neck, he suddenly lost all his strength and fell to his knees in front of Jack like a fish landing on the shore.

"Did you have a good fight just now?"

Jack looked sideways at the last remaining pirate in the corridor, and slashed fiercely on the top of the opponent's head, directly resolving the battle.

"Huh~..."

Jack tried to take a step forward, but his feet were weak, and he could only kneel on one knee with a knife inserted. His eyes gradually became heavy, and then he fell to the ground.

Before losing consciousness, he saw a middle-aged man rushing over with a gun to check his injuries. He kept yelling, but he passed out before he could hear it clearly.

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After being awakened by the pain, Jack opened his eyes suddenly, and he found himself lying on a fairly comfortable bed. A middle-aged man was sitting on the chair next to him drowsy. looked over.

"Boy, are you awake?"

"You are seriously injured, and the doctor on the ship can't judge whether you can survive. All he can do is to stitch up the wound for you."

Jack looked down at the circles of blood-oozing gauze wrapped around his body, and grinned reluctantly, at least he wasn't dead, and that was enough.

"It should be you who saved me? Look at this, you are the captain of this ship?"

The man sat up straight after hearing this, and nodded to Jack with a serious expression.

"You can call me Andre"

"Jack Sigson"

Jack sat up straight with some reluctance, and shook hands with Andre.

"Hey, thanks to your help, we have recovered a life, otherwise those caught by those pirates would not have had a good end..."

Listening to the other party's words, Jack couldn't help but nodded.Thinking of the fate of ordinary people at the mercy of pirates, I feel a little embarrassed for a while.However, after experiencing these things, he also strengthened his desire for strength.

If there is no strength in this sea, then it can only be plundered by others, and nothing can be decided.

"The hull is seriously damaged, and it is far away from the nearby islands. We have contacted the navy with the phone bug on the ship, and they should be arriving soon."

"navy..?"

He was a little worried for a while, after all, he didn't know what the navy would think after killing so many pirates on board.But perhaps seeing the worry on Jack's face, Andre waved his hand with a friendly smile, signaling him not to worry.

"Don't think too much, everyone on the boat has seen it, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have survived, and those in the navy won't make things difficult for you"

"Then you have a good rest, I will call you when the navy arrives"

Andre didn't stay in the room after speaking, and closed the door gently when he went out.Jack lay on the bed looking at the ceiling, wondering what to think.

In the early morning of the next day, as a small black spot on the sea level was getting closer and closer with the rising sun, a sailor who was in charge of watching on the deck also saw a medium-sized navy ship approaching quickly. .

A man with sharp eyes on the deck of the warship was looking at the dilapidated merchant ship in the distance, with the word 'justice' written on the cloak behind him.

"Major Krieger, the merchant ship calling for help should be ahead."

"Well, don't approach rashly, be careful it's a trap for pirates, first observe carefully"

"Yes!"

The squad leader under Krieger immediately gave the major's orders to the other crew members, and the navy soldiers immediately entered a fighting state, and the watchman also used binoculars to observe the movement on the merchant ship.

But the navies who watched for a while found no suspicious traces except for the holes on the ship that were bombarded by shells.

"Come aboard with me, don't let your guard down!"

"Yes!"

After a group of marines boarded the ship with Major Krieger, Jack, who was sitting on the bed in the cabin, also stood up slowly and walked to the deck.

(End of this chapter)