Karina drank the bottle of rum, and managed to divert her attention from the spice ship she was chasing under Zhang Heng's guidance. However, she did not stay quiet for long. Started nagging about other things, mostly about her childhood.
She talked about her father who seldom showed up since she was born, her mother who was obsessed with prom every day and her perfumed lover, her sister who was two years older but liked to snatch her things, and an old dog named Parker …
Most things are intermittent, with her emotion mixed in, "I thought we didn't like each other that much, I thought my mother would be with her lover after my father went to prison, and my sister would go to London to continue to learn painting... Because I (the family) was born broken, something I realized when I was six years old, everyone there, including me, was busy with their own business, indifferent to other people, but strange It’s when the bad news comes and no one leaves.”
The businesswoman paused, "This is the most unreasonable part of the whole thing. We spend our whole lives escaping from this black hole that swallows us, but when the opportunity is right in front of us, why do we choose to stay?"
Zhang Heng waited for Karina to announce the answer, but then the latter talked about a salon she attended last year, complaining about how bad the desserts were and how hypocritical the guests were, and then she talked and finally Lay down on the table without moving.
Zhang Heng did not wake up the businesswoman and let the latter go back to sleep in his room, but chose to leave the captain's cabin. Anyway, there was nothing in it except books, so there was no need to worry about any secret being discovered by Karina.
He closed the door behind him, and there was no one in the dark corridor outside.
Zhang Heng didn't go far, just leaned against the wall on one side, closed his eyes, until this moment he finally felt a deep tiredness.
Different from the high-spiritedness when they left the port, the Jackdaw has been shrouded in an atmosphere of doubt and frustration these days. After experiencing the incidents of the perfume ship and the Duffy, the current crew has developed an instinct for so-called intelligence. Even if Zhang Heng announced the news of the spice ship, it didn't boost morale too much.
With the passage of time, there are more and more voices that are not optimistic about this operation. Zhang Heng has not always been as indifferent as he appears on the surface. It got worse, and more importantly, as the captain, he must also bear the blame as the first responsible person. After returning to Nassau, he will face an even more dangerous situation.
Therefore, Zhang Heng couldn't help but have doubts. He even considered the extreme situation that Karina said.
Now everyone on the Jackdaw can panic, but he, the captain, can't show even the slightest negative emotion.
Because at this time of helplessness, everyone's hopes will naturally fall on the captain, hoping that he can lead the ship out of the predicament. His confidence and composure are the last comfort of the sailors. Zhang Heng knows the current situation It can't be regarded as a bad thing at all, because if he can really lead everyone through this crisis safely, then he can quickly establish prestige among the old and new crew members and become a true leader.
But the question now is can he really do it
Zhang Heng doesn't know the answer to this question. In the previous few rounds of games, he basically only needs to take care of himself and do the things at hand well. He is also such a person himself, and he rarely participated in group activities in school. Activities, more accustomed to being alone, it's not that I don't know how to communicate with others, it's just that I don't like this kind of thing.
However, the main task of this round of the game is to establish forces, which is indeed an unprecedented challenge for him. From the very beginning, he was forced to deal with Fraser and Orff. Heng is not only learning various skills related to sailing, but also learning and thinking about the way Orff and Teach lead the crew.
In this matter, Fraser also gave him a lot of help. The old pirate once said that outstanding captains do not necessarily have the same characteristics, but without exception, they can use their own characteristics. the ultimate person.
Like Blackbeard Titch, although he rarely showed up to participate in the affairs of the ship, the crew on the Sea Lion deeply respected him. For three years, no crew member dared to challenge his position as captain. Or Black Prince Sam, he is the most loyal pirate leader in Nassau, and the pirates under his command love him from the bottom of their hearts. And Honig, who until his retirement was known for his generosity, has followers everywhere.
So Zhang Heng has been thinking about his own characteristics from a very early age. He doesn't want to rule by fear like Tiqi, and it is difficult to completely blend in with the bottom sailors like the Black Prince. Honig's generosity is also not everyone's appreciation. I can learn it.
Zhang Heng thought for a long time, and finally decided to use trust as his label. He hoped that the crew of the Jackdaw could trust him, especially when difficulties broke out, everyone would immediately think of him and believe in him unconditionally. Following him, as time goes by, the crew on this ship will carry out every order of his without hesitation, even if they can't understand the meaning behind it.
Zhang Heng knows that this is the most difficult path, because this kind of thing can't be tricked, it can only be forged through crisis after crisis, but the advantage is that once it succeeds, the pirate group he leads will also have executive power that other pirates don't have And tenacity, hard to beat.
But these are things for later, if he can't lead everyone through this crisis safely, then everything is useless.
...
"You look tired." A voice suddenly came from the darkness.
Zhang Heng opened his eyes, and saw a face close at hand. The red-haired girl stood in front of him at some point, holding an oil lamp, but it seemed a bit ghostly to match the surrounding environment.
Annie looked at the closed door behind someone, and said suspiciously, "You..."
"Well, she came to me just to discuss tomorrow's plans."
"What's the plan for tomorrow? Aren't we chasing the spice ship until we catch up." The red-haired girl was a little puzzled.
"..." Zhang Heng couldn't refute. Perhaps Annie was the only person on the ship who never wavered. I don't know if the red-haired girl was out of a big heart or for other reasons. She seemed never worried about the result of this operation.
However, Zhang Heng felt inexplicably relieved when he saw her, but before he could say anything, he heard the watchman on duty suddenly shout, "There is a ship ahead!"