Chapter 75: Difficult to share wealth and honor

Without a wind belt, a broken warship was moving forward on the sea.

The impact angle of the warship was broken, and the damaged holes on the hull were repaired with wooden boards. The wood of different colors turned into patches, making the ship, which should have looked a bit funny from a distance.

Because there was no wind, the sails had been put away by the people on the boat. Under the deck, two rows of oars extended from both sides of the hull. With the faint sound of slogans, two white lines were neatly drawn on the sea.

Behind the warship, blood stained the blue sea red, and the bodies of a mountain-like giant beast sank and floated in the sea. The captain of the warship, the pirate Selkirk, was wet and panting, lying on the deck with his back on all sides.

He looked in his thirties, with countless scars crisscrossing his naked upper body. Because of insufficient food, his body's fat content decreased and his muscle lines became clear.

Next to him, the deputy captain and navigator Cruso, ignored the captain who had just fought with the Neptune and seemed exhausted, and ordered a subordinate next to him with expressionless expression: "Blood will soon attract other Neptune. We must leave as soon as possible, notify the lower part, and add another move, we must speed up!"

The pirates who heard the order also looked at their captain without even looking at them, and quickly left.

It was not until then that Crusoe sarcastically said to Selkirk: "If you eat the devil fruit, can you still go into the water to stop the Neptune from striking our ship? We are long dead."

"If that fruit is natural, or has any other ability that can be used, I may not have to go into the water." Selkirk sat up slowly.

"If?" Crusoe curled his lips.

In just a few words, the two of them became discontinued. The discord between the captain of the ship and the deputy captain and navigator could be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.

The Swordfish Pirates was named by Captain Selkirk. Crusoe had nothing to do with this name, did not provide any advice, nor did he participate in the discussion because he was not the veteran on the ship.

At every moment of sailing on the Great Road, in addition to being prepared for bad weather, various battles were also carried out. Selkirk's original navigator and deputy captain were killed in a cruel battle. Crusoe and some other cadres and crew members later joined the Pirates.

Without friendship with hardships, there will naturally be no friendship with wealth and honor.

The Swordfish Pirates obtained a devil fruit in an extremely accident. This unexpected surprise, coupled with the crew and cadres who had had enough of the great road and had a bad living environment, finally decided to take the risk of leaving here after discussion.

However, the cadres on board had the same goal of leaving the great route, but the specific routes were different.

Captain Selkirk means that he eats the devil fruit. With the ability to fruit, he can immediately become a superior pirate in other waters, and the amount of 100 million Baileys in the devil fruit can be quickly regained.

But this suggestion is not accepted by Crusoe at all. The effect of the devil fruit is like gambling, with good and bad results. The worst case is not to mention - becoming a land duck who makes a living at sea has not improved much.

Even if it is neither good nor bad, development ability often requires long-term training to greatly improve its strength. Crusoe and the crew members who stand on the same front agree that this is not conducive to their about to cross the windless belt.

Of course, the real and more important reason is that there is only one devil fruit, and improving strength can only improve one person. Selkirk alone can only gain the benefits, and Crusoe and other crew members who are not on the same side as the captain are unwilling to accept it. This is the so-called "no worries but no worries" but uneven."

What's more, after eating the fruit, Selkirk, who is already strong, will go further and his status will become stronger. If he doesn't repay the favors of the crew, will he have the final say when he will?

Crusoe and others' opinion is to bring the unknown devil fruit to the destination and sell it. Their destination is the weakest sea area among the four seas - the East China Sea. With their strength, as long as they get a moment of breathing and don't need to eat the fruit, they are enough to fall into the East China Sea and become the top hunter in the pirate food chain. They are fully capable and confident to sell the devil fruit to an ideal price.

Therefore, the ship is now in a strange stalemate. The captain and the second-person navigator distrust each other, because as long as the devil fruit is bitten by someone, it will turn from a treasure into a worthless waste. When they are guarding against each other, the fruit is locked by an iron box found by Selkirk, and the key is kept by him, and the box is placed in Crusoe's room.

Although Selkirk was unwilling to give up, he had no choice. Although he was the strongest on the ship, whether he was traveling through the windless belt or reaching the early stage of the East China Sea, facing a strange sea area, the navigator Crusoe was indispensable on the ship. It can be said that during this period, Crusoe was more important than him. As the captain, his greatest role was probably just to dive down and fight against the Neptune to ensure the safety of the ship.

However, although Selkirk thought Crusoe was a bastard, he had to admit Crusoe's ability. It was his calculation that this season was the best time for the Neptune activities that allowed them to reach this point without any danger in the Wind-Lab.

Selkirk felt ruthless. After arriving in the East China Sea and getting familiar with the environment, he must replace Crusoe and find a reliable navigator.

He shook the sea water on his body, and the sea breeze that brushed across his skin made him get goose bumps on his body. His eyes were scanned around, trying to find a towel to wipe it.

Wait, sea breeze!?

Selkirk suddenly turned around and happened to face Crusoe with a surprised look on his face. He looked at each other with joyful faces for a moment, but then turned his head and ran to notify the others on the boat.

They traveled through the windless belt!

"I can finally get rid of this damn bastard!"

The two of them thought at the same time.

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The Red Beard Pirates approached Wufeng Belt safely along the way. When they arrived here, the pirate ship was more cautious under the command of William to avoid encountering the wandering sea kings.

Now, I have been sailing in a hurry near the windless belt for nearly half a month. During this period, the Red Beard Pirates did not even see other humans, and the morale on the ship was inevitably depressed, and the crew members lost confidence in Barbarossa's plan.

Barbarossa himself became even more anxious. He had used his fruit ability to hang several crew members in the past few days because of some trivial matters. The dead bodies were hung by him on the bow and hit the corners of the ship, like large wind chimes, sticking out their tongues, blown by the wind, and turning around from time to time. His white eyes swept across the pirates working on the deck, which was very terrifying.

Navigating in a windless belt is already very dangerous, and Barbarossa's behavior adds some psychological pressure to the pirates.

Even the hanging corpses were stinking, and the crew members did not dare to remind Barbarossa to put them down, for fear of being venting their anger by Barbarossa.

The domineering pirate "Red Beard" who made friends with the kingdom minister and the naval base supervisor and thus dominated the East China Sea, has disappeared, replaced by a tyrant who makes the crew feel strange, irritable, and brainless tyrant, a crazy beast that is frightening and alienating.

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Chapter completed!