48 Hours a Day - Chapter 129

Chapter 129: 129

The pirates pushed Zhang Heng to the military restaurant . During the war, Zhang Heng’s incredible shooting skill had managed to impress many, especially the last shot . It was enough to turn the tide around . That was why every single pirate now had massive respect for him . When the war was over, they wanted to head to the bar with him and drink with him . Even Marvin was asked to drink with them as well . They wanted to know how did he use his teeth to kill the soldier that attempted to kill him . All these while, Marvin was not a popular guy on the ship . After the war, the pirates on the Sea Lion changed the way they treated him . Marvin was elated when two pirates put their hands on his shoulders .

 While they were on their way to the restaurant, they crossed paths with Orff . For a moment, all of them were worried that Orff might reprimand them . After all, there were still a lot of things to do after the battle was over . Every pirate was tasked with a different task . Logically speaking, it was not the right time to head to the restaurant to have a drink to celebrate victory .

 To everyone’s surprise, Orff did not scold anyone . Instead, he nodded at Zhang Heng and said, “Good job!”

 They then cheered for him and continued to head towards the restaurant . Orff told them to finish their task after the celebration . Unfortunately, no one paid attention to him . Few of those that heard him pretended they did not hear him . Orff shook his head and knocked at the captain’s door .

 “Come in . ”

 “The prisoners are being transferred to the Sea Lion batch by batch with small boats . Owen is there helping with recruiting potential men that are willing to join us . Right now, we need someone that knows how to use the cannon on board . Considering that we now have 90 cannons . And, the guy is locked inside the carpenter’s room . To be honest with you, I thought you would kill him just now . ”

 “Do you really think that I’m the kind of person that can’t see the bigger picture?”

 The man with a black beard was still wearing the coat that was tainted by blood during the war just now . His arm was bleeding, but he did not look for the doctor to treat his wound . It seemed like he did not mind blood was coming from the injury . He then took out two glasses from the drawer and poured some red wine into them .

 “The culprit of that incident is still alive . As compared to him, Elmer is a nobody . We cannot stop just yet . Knowing Elmer is an accomplice, I will make sure to make him pay for what he has done . I promise you . ”

 Orff took the wine and continued the conversation .

 “It’s been 14 years, and we are finally here . To be honest with you, I was thinking of giving up the whole thing for a few years . I thought all hope was lost . Right now, Belmont is the last person on the list . Our mission is coming to an end soon . I’m not that young anymore . Once this thing is over, I’m planning to retire . I want to look for a place with no people around me . I would love to do some fishing and gardening after I retire . How about you? What’s your plan? Does Miss Agnes still write to you?”

 The man with a black beard was left speechless .

 “You and I should know better . Once we choose this patch, there’s no way for us to turn back . Isn’t that right? Orff . If civilization fails to bring me justice, I will use brute force to destroy it . ”

 “Haha . This is what you would say . Let me walk this final journey with you . ”

 Orff lifted the glass, bottomed up the wine, and stood up .

 “For now, the morale on our ship is quite good . The Frazer that I know is not going to give up this easily . That old bastard is like a venomous snake . He is now hiding from us . Once we show our weaknesses, he would not hesitate to bite us . ”

 “You are the helmsman of this ship . I’m pretty sure that you will help us to deal with this threat, right?”

 “I will try my best . Just like before, you are in charge of combat, and I will deal with the pirates on our ship . I can’t imagine what will happen to you if I leave this ship . ”

 Orff shrugged and walked toward the door, and thought of something suddenly .

 “Oh, right! I almost forgot an important matter . We should give this ship a new since it now belongs to us!”

 “A name? Let’s call her Queen Anne’s Revenge . ”

 1The black beard man’s eyes were burning with passion, but his tone was extremely calm .

 “Sounds good . I like the game . Enjoy the victory for now, Teach . I will deal with the rest of the matter . ”

 1After that, Orff left the captain’s room and closed the door before him .

 … . .

 Zhang Heng had lost count of how many glasses of beer he had drunk . Luckily the alcohol content in that beer that he had drunk was not that high . Every single pirate was celebrating the miraculous victory . A total of 170 pirates had miraculously taken down a battleship with 700 hundred people on it . After the battle, they had captured a total of 400 people . No one would believe in it if they did not see it with their own eyes . A tale like this was enough to talk about it over and over again in a tavern . With this battleship, they could now dominate the sea . In other words, they could rob whoever they want with a 100% success rate .

 Usually, pirates could never sit still . After they finished their drink, most of them wanted to check out this battleship . Through voting, they had decided to let Elmer’s band stay here . These poor musicians were forced to walk with the pirates and play the song of victory at the same time . Before this, they would play popular songs from the aristocrats . Unfortunately, all those pirates did not like those popular songs . This was not their first time being forced to play something fun and exciting . It was hard for the musicians to watch their works of art being tainted . However, when they saw the pirates waving their sabers in front of them, they knew that they had to put down their egos and do what they asked .

 “I can’t imagine that we did it!”

 A cannoneer was touching a 24-pound cannon that was located on the second deck .

 “With this thing, I can destroy everything that comes in our way . ”

 “Be careful, Bill . Only a real man can handle such a big thing,” said an old cannoneer .

 Immediately, everyone laughed at Bill .

 “I can’t wait to shoot some ships with this cannon! Imagine the reaction of those merchant ships that cross paths with us . I’m starting to feel sorry for them . ”

 “Why did you guys stop playing the music? Did I ask you guys to stop?”

 “I’m the one that asked them to stop . ”

 Orff strolled towards the crowd slowly .