The story is divided into two parts, not to mention the progress of the poker game where Feng Bujue and Snow went together as teammates, let's take a look at Honghu's situation first.
Unlike Snow, Honghu is very familiar with Brother Jue... Therefore, when he confirmed that Feng Bujue was going to explore "above the deck", he decisively entered the lower cabin.
This is a kind of trust, a kind of trust similar to "between opponents".
Honghu believed that Feng Bujue would be able to take care of all the relevant incidents on the deck, and he didn't need his help at all... That's why he left that area, so as to maximize the team's efficiency.
While Honghu was thinking, the pace of investigation has not stopped; the first step of his plan is to find out the internal structure and basic map of the ship first, so that he can carry out follow-up actions by himself.
However, just as he passed the corridor outside the side door of the "bar" for the second time, suddenly... a familiar voice rang in his ears.
"This... glasses brother..."
It was a man's voice, and it didn't sound particularly distinctive, but Honghu knew that he must have heard this voice before, but he couldn't remember where he heard it.
"You... calling me?" Honghu turned his head and asked while looking at the other party.
At this moment, the figure of the speaker appeared in Honghu's sight.
This person was wearing a sweater with horizontal stripes, and a pair of coarse trousers with the trousers rolled up to the knees. Judging from his face, he is probably in his thirties...with mangy skin all over his face; although he is not very old, he is hunched like an old man, and he has to rely on a walking stick to support him when he walks.
"Heh... isn't there anyone else here?" The hunchbacked man smiled and replied.
"So... what's the matter with you?". When Honghu responded, he seemed very cautious.
Because he has already noticed a little strangeness from the slightly disobedient title of "Brother Glasses", and began to suspect... the other party is a person who is far stronger than the appearance>
"I..." the hunchbacked man replied unhurriedly, "I just came to say hello to you. By the way... just to remind you..." He paused for half a second before saying, "The matter of 'you three' getting on the boat, Blackbeard already knows."
As soon as this remark came out, Honghu was startled, but he still tried his best to maintain his composure on the surface, and asked in a calm tone: "What are you talking about? Why can't I understand."
"You don't have to play tricks on me..." the hunchbacked man said again, "Since I can tell you the number of you and the fact that you got on the boat, it means that I know far more than you think; of course, you You can also think that I 'saw something' or 'heard something', and then came here to scam you... This is also your freedom. However, I will still make it clear what I should tell you... "
At this point, he was silent for two seconds, looked around, and then lowered his voice and said to Honghu solemnly: "At this stage, as far as I know, the people on this ship who know your identity...except Besides me, there should be two more—one is the captain Blackbeard, and the other is Laurent, the guard at the door of the third storage room..."
"Wait a minute." Hearing this, Honghu immediately interrupted the other party and asked, "Could the Laurent you're talking about be the fat guy sleeping in the hammock outside the storage room door?"
What he said was obviously a test.
"Humph..." The next second, the hunchbacked man sneered, "Do you really think... he is sleeping?".
These words made Honghu's face change.
The hunchbacked man keenly caught the change in his expression, and then said: "If you want to survive here, you and your two companions must realize one thing, that is—on Blackbeard's boat, there is absolutely no The weak'.
Any one of these more than a hundred people, even if it's just a 'bad fish', must have something special about him.
Think about it for a while... Would a character like Blackbeard send a fat napping guy to guard an important storage room? Thinking about it in reverse... How dare a man who was ordered by Blackbeard to guard the storage room to sleep on his post? "
Honghu was speechless and couldn't help but feel ashamed of his carelessness.
"Okay, that's all I have to say." The hunchbacked man said, "What to do next is up to you. I hope... the three of you can reach the magic island alive."
After finishing speaking, he leaned on his crutches and prepared to turn around and leave.
"Wait..." Seeing this, Honghu hurriedly continued, "Who are you? Why are you helping us?"
At this point, there was no need for him to continue pretending, and he directly asked two very important questions.
"You don't need to know my identity and purpose yet." The hunchbacked man didn't stop turning around, but just replied softly in a voice that could be heard by the other party, "What's your name..." He hesitated, and then said , "Just call me 'Ken'."
...
At the same time, above the deck, in the captain's cabin.
Blackbeard, sitting on a chair... sleeping.
To say it was "sleeping" is actually not very accurate, because he has never really "fallen asleep".
Strictly speaking, Blackbeard should be "dreaming while closing his eyes and resting his mind".
This is a very delicate and abnormal state, and ordinary human beings certainly cannot experience it.
In this state, Blackbeard is even more awake than when he is "waking up"; he can not only listen to the report of "Laurent" in the illusory dream, but also know the wind and grass around his body like the palm of his hand.
This... is Blackbeard's "sleep".
Some people consider this an excellent "ability", but in his own view, it is one of the many "curses" he bears.
"Hoo..."
Suddenly, without warning, Blackbeard let out a long breath and... opened his eyes.
"Not only was he able to get on my boat without a trace, but he also appeared in an impossible place..." After waking up, he began to talk to himself in his rough voice, "Oh... I seem to smell The taste of 'Traveler'... ”(.)