In the morning, at eleven thirty.
On the beach on the east side of Cannabis Island, fifty heavily armed pirates were neatly divided into two rows, standing like a well-trained army.
In the middle of the two rows is an open space about ten meters wide.
In the open space, there are three people. Two standing, one kneeling...
They are: the pirate captain Edward Gray, the first mate Max Gray, and... the famous director and former pirate, James Francis. Not yet deaf.
At this moment, there are four cameras, under the operation of four professional cameramen, aiming at the three people from different angles.
"Cut... In the end, it can only be recorded..." Gray Beard stood there with a displeased face, muttering in his mouth.
"If you want to broadcast live, you must turn off the signal jamming device..." Max continued, "Our 'treasure' has been exposed now, and we must not let the outside world discover what is happening here... At least, until we complete the transfer of the inventory ,no… "
"Huh... Let me tell you... let's go directly to the island and get back the treasure... They only have those few people and a few guns... can they still hold on?" Graybeard said.
"They can't defend it, but the base's defense system can." Max said, "With the ability to block shots, it's easy to rewrite the system there. Once we enter, we will immediately become a turtle in a jar..." He sighed, "Oh … Besides, they've got the entire island under surveillance now, there's no way we're going to do a 'raid'."
"Are we just going to endure it like this?" Gray Beard said, "Are you really going to trade according to what that 'Carbon' said?"
"I'm afraid... that's the only way to go..." Max said in a deep voice, "Actually... taking all factors into consideration... His proposal is not bad."
...
To explain here, the content of the deal proposed by Feng Bujue is: Gray Beard can kill the deaf man, he can kill as much as he wants, but he must let go of the other people on the Dolphin and the survivors on the island. Brother Jue promised that he would "protect" the "treasure" of Gray Beard until the latter removed it.
As for the specific operation method of this transaction, Brother Jue has already arranged it...
The two sides agreed. Before twelve o'clock in the morning, Gray Beard will recall all the pirates from the island and complete his "revenge ritual".
At twelve o'clock sharp, the 18 staff members on the island, as well as Clams, Osama bin Laden, Bubo, Cap... a total of 22 people, will return to the cruise ship.
Feng Bujue... continued to stay in the pirate's base.
After confirming that all telecommunication equipment on the cruise ship (including passengers' own) has been destroyed, the pirates will dissolve the metal slurry on the stern of the ship. Let the Dolphin sail away from Cannabis Island.
Afterwards, the two sides stood still and waited for two hours...
Although this period of time was not enough for the Dolphin to travel to any continent or island, it was enough for it to escape the pursuit of the pirates.
This is enough.
When those two hours pass, Feng Bujue will follow the promise. Disarm the defense system of the base and welcome the arrival of the pirates...
If this deal is successfully concluded, all the people on the Dolphin can be rescued except Huandeaf and Stephen Carbon (Feng Bujue), and the pirates will have more time to transfer their "treasures". Because the Dolphin has lost its long-distance communication capability, wait for the ship to dock and call the police, and then the police will arrive. That will be at least seven or eight hours later... By that time, the pirates have already removed all the things that can be moved (the technology of anti-gravity catapults is very popular in this universe. It's not a problem for humans).
Judging from the results, this transaction cost Graybeard a mine vein, a large ransom, and four subordinates (he didn't really care about this). Fortunately, he was still able to take away a large amount of inventory to avoid further losses.
Most importantly...he got his revenge.
On the other hand, the vast majority of the program crew and the crew of the Dolphin were able to escape from the tiger's mouth and save their lives.
Overall. This is indeed a result acceptable to both parties.
But... There is still a doubt that makes Max puzzled. That is—Why did Stephen Carbon do this
Obviously, this writer played the most critical role in the whole incident. It is precisely because there is someone like him who is willing to stay on the island, guard the monitoring, and use the destruction of the inventory in the base as a bargaining chip... to supervise the actions of the pirates, can the smooth progress of the entire transaction be guaranteed.
He is like the protagonist Harry in "Armageddon" (Armageddon, also known as "Peerless Catastrophe". The film directed by Michael Bay, released in 1998), and finally willingly left alone on the meteorite, and " "Doomsday" come and die together.
Although Mr. Carbon will not be dramatically killed by a nuclear bomb. But there is no doubt that his final outcome is very likely to be cut to pieces by Greybeard...
Max just didn't understand why such a person who kept saying he didn't care about the life and death of the hostages would make such a move of sacrificing himself to save others? Is he acting? But which play is this playing? Is he actually the hero playing the villain? Or the villain playing the hero
...
"Hmph...forget it." Greybeard spat, "There are gains and losses in life, and today's revenge will be avenged. I don't care about the rest."
"Hehe..." The one kneeling on the beach was not yet deaf, but already had a calm expression on his face. He smiled, "Your life is really pathetic, Shan Dehua..." He raised his head and glanced at Gray Beard, "After killing me, what is left in your life...?"
"Ha! Seeing the end of your life, have you started to be sentimental?" Gray Beard sneered, "James, I don't need you to worry about my life. When I went to sea at the age of seventeen, I knew I wouldn't What a good end... I can tell you right now that the rest of my life will still be adrift on the sea, spent in wine, sex and wealth, and finally die a violent death... But no matter what, I still have a son that I am proud of."
"Really... Do you think so..." He still gave Max a deaf look, "Forgive me... He has become what he is today, you should blame yourself and feel guilty, not proud. Your pride, just It embodies your stupidity and selfishness." Due to his injuries, his voice was lifeless, but the words in his mouth... were still resounding, "You have turned a genius who may be famous in history. Into a genius like you Shit... You have made his ending as miserable as yours... "
"Shut up!" Greybeard waved his right arm, and there was an extra piece of human flesh on his iron hook.
Even though the flesh on his cheek was scraped off, he only grunted before he became deaf, it seemed... he was already numb to the pain.
"Death is imminent... and you still want to provoke our father and son? You despicable bastard..." Gray Beard said, then took half a step back and pulled out the saber from his waist.
It was a very gorgeous pirate machete. The sword is wavy and bends towards the end of the handle and joins together to form a curved hand guard. The golden handle is dotted with bright rubies, and the sharp blade shines brightly in the sun after it is unsheathed.
"Everyone...all those who watch this video, please listen to me..." Greybeard raised his scimitar in his left hand and said loudly to the camera lens. "This execution... has nothing to do with politics, justice, right and wrong, good or evil..." He paused, "Perhaps most of you think... the man kneeling on the ground is a good person, a decent person. He He is a great director, a good father, a good husband... ha ha ha ha ha ha..." He laughed loudly, and then he yelled, "It doesn't matter!"
The shining scimitar was raised higher and higher. The figure of the gray beard also limped to the back side who was still not deaf: "My fellow pirates, as long as you can understand what I said... Today... I, Captain Greybeard, in the name of revenge, beheaded Kill the Caribbean mad shark!"
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In the next second, the knife was raised and dropped, blood spattered five steps.
Gray Beard has been single for ten years, and his right hand is another hook. Naturally, the strength of the left hand doesn't need me to repeat it. The knife was cut cleanly, and the head fell to the ground.
Due to the speed of the knife, the blood gushed out from the neck of the still-deaf neck, and the scene was really spectacular...
The two cameramen in charge of the frontal filming (both crew members on the ship, who were forcibly captured to film the execution) were so frightened that they fell to the ground with pale faces.
"Haha...hahahahaha..." Immediately afterwards, Gray Beard laughed. Looking up to the sky and laughing.
This big laugh symbolized a kind of release, a kind of relief... It seemed that all his humiliation and hatred disappeared with the laughter.
There are countless stories about revenge in the world, but... the end of revenge is often destruction. rather than rebirth.
When the laughter stopped, what was left behind, I'm afraid only the person involved would know.
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At eleven forty-five, in the pirate base.
"Have you made up your mind? Stephen." Clams was the last one to go out (the other 21 people had assembled and were waiting in the mountain outside), and he looked at Feng Bujue who stayed in the base , asked solemnly.
"Of course." Feng Bujue said, "Don't worry, although this plan is risky, it is not difficult to implement." He shrugged, "Besides... only in this way can everyone leave safely."
"Okay..." Clams nodded and gave him a deep look, "Good luck."
"Oh... there will be a period later." Feng Bujue replied.
When the words fell, Clam Erles had turned around and walked out of the base.
After a while, the team of twenty two people set out towards the beach...
Brother Jue, who stayed in the base, walked leisurely to a table and put the props on the table into a backpack one by one.
"Very good... before I left, I left me all the props in my inventory, and I also sent a bag by the way, which is really generous." He said to himself, "From the monitoring... the kind called Juse Mine (In this universe, the Juse Mine is a kind of thing similar to a coal mine. Many people can recognize it. Brother Jue has asked others how to identify it just now). , the challenge is only the last one... "