In the early morning of the next day, basically all the pirates gathered on the deck except for those who were unable to leave or get out of the hospital bed because of their responsibilities.
Everyone, including the captain Titch and the helmsman Orff, had serious expressions.
In the previous fierce battle, the pirates suffered heavy casualties. Forty-seven people died on the spot. Seven of the twenty-nine people who were seriously injured failed to survive last night. It is unknown how many of the remaining twenty-two people will survive. .
Now that they have chosen this path, the pirates have long been psychologically prepared for such a result, but they still feel sad to see their brother who was drinking with them the day before yesterday leave this world like this.
The farmer's son also had red eyes, but it wasn't because of those dead pirates. It was just because a sense of sadness rose in his heart, and he didn't know when it would be his turn to lie in the cold body bag.
The sea breeze blew the canvas on the mast, and no one spoke for a long time.
Until the captain Tiqi nodded and said in a low voice, "Let's get started."
Four pirates carried the bodies wrapped in white cloth to the side of the ship, and the helmsman Orff read out the names of the dead one by one, and then the corresponding bodies were thrown into the sea.
These men who live in the sea, their final destination will also be the endless sea.
When the last body was thrown overboard, Orff also closed the list, "May Thetis, the goddess of the sea, receive and guide your souls, my brave friends."
After speaking, he sprinkled a bag of salt into the sea, completing the last ceremony.
After those canvas bags disappeared from the waves, Tiqi strode back to the captain's cabin, and the pirates on the deck couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief until his figure left.
Their emotions towards this captain are very complicated. On the one hand, the former has always been very heroic in battle, which is a nightmare for the opponent, but on the other hand, the sense of oppression that Tiqi brings to them in their daily relationship is also very strong. Standing with him After being together for a long time, many people even have difficulty breathing. Most pirates respect and fear him. Fortunately, he basically does not participate in the affairs of the ship. He usually stays in the captain's cabin. The helmsman comes to communicate with the crew on board.
The latter turned around, "We lost many reliable companions in this battle, and at the same time some positions on the ship were also vacant. I deeply regret what happened to Old Mike, but this ship cannot live without Cable captain, while everyone is here, let’s vote together.”
His words fell, and the pirates below shouted, "Zhang Heng, Zhang Heng, Zhang Heng!"
"It seems that we have no objection to the candidate for this position." Orff nodded at Zhang Heng, "Congratulations, you have become the captain of this ship, and lead us to chase wealth." After a pause , he continued, "The following is the recruitment of the vanguard team, a total of twenty places..."
Zhang Heng was not surprised by this result. The newly elected sail elder Mike on the ship had only been in this position for two months. He was unfortunately hit by a stray bullet as soon as the battle with the Scarborough started. Hit in the head.
According to the results of the last poll, Zhang Heng, who was ranked second, was naturally the most popular candidate to take over this position, especially since he performed very well in this battle.
Although the strength of combat power has nothing to do with being a good cable captain, the logic of the pirates is as simple as that.
Usually, there are two kinds of people who will win their votes, one is that they think they should vote for him, and the other is that they don't care, I just want to vote for him, reason makes them vote for the first kind of person , but the usual result, they finally chose the second type of person.
After all, if everyone was that sensible, no one would be a pirate. What's more, Zhang Heng is a student of Rothko, and there is no problem with his own ability, so this matter was passed unanimously amidst the chaos.
Zhang Heng also got 5 points for this.
But he didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing. He was leaving the ship in a month. There is still a certain influence in the middle, and Orff has more reasons to regard him as a potential threat.
But Zhang Heng didn't expect that it was another person who came to him first.
When eating at noon, an old pirate with a lame leg placed the plate opposite him.
"Are you a man of faith?"
Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"
"Don't get me wrong, it's just a friendly reminder that under the rule of Teach and Orff, things like this morning will continue to happen. We will all have this day eventually, won't we? People who live in Nassau, The dead are usually sent away with the ritual of Thetis, the goddess of the sea. It is believed that those dead souls will go to the depths of the sea, but if you have any other places you want to go, you can tell Difrena. It has always claimed to respect everyone's freedom, which of course includes freedom of belief."
The lame old pirate sat down opposite Zhang Heng, "There was only one exception since I got on the boat, that kid was an Arava from St. The Arawa people believe that only in this way can the dead be with their ancestors, so we have always been afraid that he will die one day, but unfortunately he was hit by a shell on his right leg while he was plundering at sea. He had an amputation, but he didn't make it through, that time we all voted together and decided to break the rules, oh yeah, I don't think I introduced myself yet, I'm Kent, the gunner on the ship."
"gunner?"
The lame old pirate grinned, "I know, everyone prefers to call me a carpenter, because there was a battle where I sawed an enemy in half with a saw." He looked around and suddenly lowered his voice, and said quickly, "This is not a place to talk. Orff's eyeliner is everywhere. We need to talk. I will wait for you in the carpenter's room on the second floor in the middle of the night today."
Zhang Heng was noncommittal.
The lame old pirate was a little helpless, so he could only add, "Do you know that there are many people related to Fraser on this ship, why is Orff the only one who is most wary of you, Fraser's debt collector is not Pick at random, there are only two people who have been his debt collectors over the years, one is you, and the other is our current captain, in a sense, you are all students of Fraser."
"Edward Teach was Fraser's debt collector?"
"Yes, Fraser trained him to take over after he retired, but he didn't expect that the successor he personally trained would eventually betray him with Orff. You are in a very dangerous situation now. Only I can help you. you."