It was also sunset, but it wasn't as lively and joyful as the ICPO's revelry.
Gui Touchang's feelings can be summed up in four words: restless and uneasy.
He had a very bad feeling when the small boat he sent out to scout disappeared.
The guy with the braid who was crushed to death by Maozi was actually only 17 years old, a little kid who had grown up with Guitouchang since he was a child. He went out hunting at noon and never came back. Everyone searched for him but couldn't find him.
But finally, Kito Chang suddenly lay down on the ground, looked for a moment, and said, "Found it!"
A group of dark-skinned young men gathered around, and seeing Gui Tou Chang staring at a rock, they were all completely baffled.
But Kito Masayuki picked up a stone embedded in the ground, looked at the clear footprints crushed on it, and said, "Someone has been here, and it was a strong man weighing at least 200 pounds. It was the ICPO. They landed on the island."
Having been relentlessly attacked for two years, the fear of ICPO was ingrained in the pirates' very bones.
Almost everyone raised their guns in an instant.
Only one boy, probably fourteen or fifteen years old, innocently asked, "Uncle Chang, why don't we run away and run home?"
Gui Touchang turned back and patted the child, then asked, "If we could run, why would we need to hide?"
They used to be able to run because their ships were good enough, but now everyone's ships are the same. In fact, the ships that the ICPO got from the Russians are even better than the ones given to them by the Americans. They run away and the others catch up. And once they lose the protection of this island, they will have almost no chance of winning against the ICPO at sea.
But of course, when it comes to the crucial moment, Kito Masaru will definitely cut off the long tail and slip away on his own.
But if he could become the King of Pirates, he must have been good at winning people's hearts.
Drawing a dagger from his waist, he said, "The Chinese have been our enemies since ancient times. Killing them is God's will. Their wealth should belong to us, and their souls should be sacrificed to God."
A group of men, dressed only in tattered pants and clad in dark crystal, brandished guns to show their courage.
Gui Tou Chang continued, "Kill them and offer them as sacrifices to the gods, and we will go to heaven, die gloriously in battle, and ascend to eternal bliss, including your parents, your wife, and your children!"
Everyone snapped their guns, and the little boy suddenly raised his head and shouted, "Kill them all!"
Kito Chang said, "Your parents will be proud of you, and God will be proud of you too!"
Then he arranged, "Tonight, we'll ambush them and kill as many as we can!"
The ruthless fear the stubborn, and the stubborn fear the reckless.
A cornered dog will jump over a wall; a person facing death will fight to the death.
Kito Chang only had one path left: to fight to the death. He chose to sacrifice these hundreds of lives, trading one for another, to wipe out all those ICPOs!
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Despite the playful banter, as night fell, one group was sent to keep watch within visual range, while the rest took turns in two shifts, keeping a close eye on the water source. And today, Chen Rou actually ate two blackfin tuna that had just been caught from the sea.
She remembered that at the Nie family's house, the fish was always eaten raw; it was sweet and tasted especially good with a little wasabi.
However, what she ate today was steamed.
Chen Rou didn't need to be on duty, and Chen Ke wanted her to have enough energy, so he urged her to go to bed early. So she went to sleep after dinner. But in the middle of the night, at two in the morning, Chen Ke, who had squeezed into the same bed with her, got up, and she got up too.
To avoid being spotted, none of the ships had their lights on, and there was no moon tonight; it was pitch black.
Although it was summer, it was still very cold at night on the high seas.
The surrounding area was quiet. Chen Ke glanced around and said, "It should rain soon."
Chen Rou said, "Actually, as long as Gui Tou Chang knows how to collect rainwater, he can endure it."
Chen Ke shook his head, smiled, and said, "He wouldn't."
Chen Rou had always found this question puzzling and perplexing.
Even Yue Zhongqi couldn't explain it. She said, "I don't know why, but people like Gui Touchang occupy a resource-rich island. As long as they are willing to fish, work, or mine, they can become rich. But they don't. They insist on being pirates. As long as they are full today, they don't care about tomorrow."
It's like this: even though the ICPOs blocked his water source, as long as he knew how to store rainwater, Kito Chang could continue to survive. But for some reason, they didn't have the habit of storing or saving.
Chen Ke explained, "God has given them too much, so they don't know how to cherish it or be grateful."
He added, “In our hometown, sometimes it doesn’t rain for half a year, but as soon as it does, we don’t waste a single drop and can turn barren mountains into fertile fields. But pirates, their culture since ancient times has been to plunder, and they can’t change it.”
He was about to say that he could only kill her when he suddenly said, "Arou, go down!"
Without hesitation, Chen Rou turned and went down into the cabin. Hearing footsteps above, she knew for a second that it must be Gui Tou Chang's men. Sure enough, with a whistle, gunshots rang out one after another.
Chen Rou grabbed an AK and walked to the window. She saw a squinting soldier aiming, so she waited patiently. At that moment, all the lights on the warships turned on instantly, and the huge lights facing all directions illuminated the night as if it were daytime. Seeing that the soldier fired a shot but the water didn't turn red, Chen Rou put the gun on his shoulder. With the clatter of bullets, two gushing red bloodstains appeared on the sea, and then two heads floated to the surface.
But then, a bullet whistled through the air.
Chen Rou pulled on her hair, yanking the soldier away. Just as the bullet slammed into the cabin, another burst of fire followed. Seeing that she was about to change her magazine, the soldier quickly stepped in to take over and continue keeping watch.
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