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Chapter 37 Murder (Part 1)

After Barbarossa landed on the deck and protected Haileiding, he raised his head and his beard grew wildly, forming a bunch of hair like a strange python, attacking Wallon, and at the same time he had time to ask, "Is it okay?"

"One of them seemed to run away in a lifeboat." Heileding said, and the fat on his fat face shook again because of the pain from the wound, and then said ferociously: "When I catch that little bald head, I want him to look good!"

"Red Beard" Barbarossa looked at the bad weather casually and said unconsciously: "It's a great fortune to survive in this kind of weather."

On the other hand, Wallon struggled to shift the strange python formed by his hair. If the ability of the Red Beard had already surprised him, then when he found that his knife had cut on it, there were bursts of gold and iron attacks, and he could only cut off one or two hairs, the surprise deepened again.

Wallon knew that unless he entered the realm of being able to cut gold and cut iron as Kyoshiro said, he could not do anything about these hairs. However, his swordsmanship was the worst among William and his gang. Even William could not reach the realm of "cutting iron" in swordsmanship, let alone him, so he had no choice but to Barbarossa's hard hair.

He persisted for a while, and when he was not careful, he was curled up by Barbarossa's hair, and then gradually wrapped him up, revealing only a bald head.

Barbarossa controlled her hair and pulled Wallon in front of her.

A trace of pain appeared on Wallon's face. Barbarossa's hair was as hard as metal, and the hair was like steel wires. As it was gradually tightened, it caused great pain to Wallon.

Heiding, who was standing beside him, covered his bleeding shoulders, looked at the pain that Wallon showed, and the scarred face showed a look of enjoyment: "Are you scared?"

Wallon's face twitched for a moment, then spit out a mouthful of blood-stuck saliva on Heiding's face. This young man, who was always honest and honest, was still not afraid even now, just gritted his teeth and said, "Someone will avenge me!"

Haireding was stunned and slowly wiped off the saliva from her face. In the process, her face gradually became ferocious and made a strange laugh: "Brothers are deep, I admire you!"

...

Edmund's ears were buzzing, first blown up, then hit by a mace, and finally fell from the boat with the lifeboat. At this time, all the internal organs were moved. Even if he was sitting in a small boat, the wind and waves still caused him to choke several times by the sea. The small lifeboat could capsize at any time in this storm.

Some sharks lingered around the two ships, these clever creatures were waiting for the bodies that fell into the water.

The lifeboat was already swept by the waves and the strong wind, and there were a certain distance from the cargo ship. There were no sharks around, so they didn't care about them for the time being. Edmund just raised his head and stared at the cargo ship deck anxiously, even if the rain was soaking in his eyes.

He was not afraid of heaven and earth, and for the first time he begged the gods and Buddhas in his heart. However, this behavior of cramming for the moment seemed to be useless. He watched a short figure thrown from the bow of the cargo ship towards the sharks.

A flash of lightning teared the sky, illuminating the sea, and illuminating the figure in the air. The limbs of the short figure were empty and blood was still surging. The naked head was very eye-catching under the lightning light.

Edmund's expression was distorted, tears mixed with rain kept slipping from his face, time seemed to pause at this moment, the whole world seemed to have lost its color in his eyes, and various chaotic voices in his ears kept ringing.

Wallon's bloody figure fell into the sharks with a "thump" sound, and immediately dyed the sea water red.

Edmund struggled to climb to the edge of the boat, ignoring his injuries, plunged into the water and swam towards the sharks. However, after being injured, he could only watch the winner who decided to bite Wallon's body and swim like the seabed.

Edmund was furious and roared, but he only let out two bubbles in the sea.

...

Edmund never understood why William, who was skilled in swordsmanship and smart, would be in harmony with ordinary sailors, workers and even fishermen who were on the ship and on the dock without any barriers.

When William squats among ordinary people who only know how to work hard and have no talent, he will never feel impatient.

It was not until now that Edmund understood the meaning of William doing these things.

Because of the collusion between Count Alcatio, Colonel Roy, Redbeard Barbarossa and others, the attack on William and others' trade networks within the Kingdom of Navia was comprehensive, and it was no longer limited to underground forces such as pirates, but also included the official forces - the navy of the 16th Division and the Kingdom military and police.

The Navy and the Kingdom military and police did not have photos of William and others, but this did not prevent them from arresting and interrogating suspicious people in the country after seizing open supply points.

There is no doubt that Edmund looks like he is full of the words "suspicious". His face was pale as paper, his wound was soaked in sea water and was a little swollen and white, and his right ear was covered with some wounds left by burns, and his clothes were torn.

When Edmund, who was still unclear about the situation, struggled to swim to the shore of a village because of the overturned ship, a boy who looked like a child from a poor family first discovered him as a weak person, but the boy did not think about finding an official or a navy at all. Instead, he quietly carried him home and hid him.

The reason for this boy named Oliver to do this is very simple. He worked in the dock, met William, and occasionally met Edmund, and knew that this miserable man was William's friend at this time.

When William was accustomed to these lower-class people, he was also promoting his image and deepening his prestige in the hearts of these people. This behavior will be rewarded at critical moments. Although these lower-class civilians seem to have little talent, they are enough to serve as William's eyes and ears.

Oliver chose to take the risk to save Edmund, but he simply felt that compared to handing over Edmund to the military and officials in Shanghai on weekdays, he believed that the other party would never treat him badly and generously in front of others.

There is no doubt that if William had not insisted on his seemingly useless behavior in the past, and had subtly influenced the dock area, and had not gained a certain prestige in the dock area, Edmund would be dead.

Oliver was quite brave. After hiding Edmund for a few days and telling Edmund about his pursuit, he agreed to Edmund's request, hid the latter in the dark warehouse of his own fishing boat, avoiding the navy and the kingdom army, and sending him to the Red Leaf Village.

Edmund almost lost consciousness countless times in the heavy rain, and only one firm idea supported him to persist in survival.

When Edmund curled up in the narrow and cramped dark warehouse, without any light, and listened to the slap of sea water in his ears and the sound of the inspected soldiers walking on the deck, he felt fear for the first time. This fear appeared not because of death, but because he was worried that he could not avenge Wallon, who died tragically.

The sound of the soldiers walking gradually disappeared, but involuntarily appeared in front of him, Valon's last silly smiling face. Edmund in the dark opened his blood-stained eyes and murmured to himself: "I will avenge you, Valon."

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