Chapter 123 Bird

Ace used the identity of Moriou for a while and managed to get over it. Although he has not recovered to his past state, he has been able to communicate with others outside of work.

However, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's 17th birthday was coming soon, and Ace gave Ryunosuke Akutagawa a cruise ship that he had obtained from Ougai Mori as a birthday present, and also participated in their discussion before going to sea, such as some things that were necessary for being a pirate.

For example, what is the name of the pirate group? Have you thought of a pirate flag icon? Should you name the ship "XX"?

"Do we have to name every boat?" Yukikawa Hiko propped up his head, feeling a little annoyed.

This was a rare time for the Akutagawa family to get together during this period. They had been working hard to take orders and make money in order to raise enough money to buy a ship as soon as possible.

In order to raise this money, Akutagawa Ryunosuke even cooperated with the Kuroda group to wipe out a small organization outside Yokohama. Takeshita Shigeru took away the land and industry, accepted the surrendered personnel, and Akutagawa Ryunosuke took away all the liquid funds of that organization.

It is difficult to buy a ship with superior performance, but it is still possible to buy a ship that is strong enough to sail on the sea and can accommodate all of their seafaring members if everyone pools their money to accept orders.

But now that Ace had given them a ship, they could save the money to prepare supplies for the sea voyage, such as vegetables, fruits, fresh water, canned meat, etc. In addition, there were still some things that were not available on the ship, such as doctors and experienced operators of cruise ships, so they needed to hire another person on board.

Another issue is the mobile phone. Because the price of mobile phones is not cheap for them, the penetration rate of mobile phones is not high. Older children go out in pairs, so they only need one mobile phone. In addition, a fixed number of people stay at home every day to clean or manage the house, so the demand for mobile phones can be reduced by a few.

Moreover, they do not need a mobile phone with comprehensive functions. It is enough for them to be able to make calls and surf the Internet. They do not need to buy an expensive mobile phone.

By saving the money for the boat, they can each equip themselves with a mobile phone, which is convenient for them to gather together when they are scattered and ask their companions for help when needed.

As for the name of the ship...

"Pirate ships are one of the important symbols of the pirate group, just like the Moby Dick of our Whitebeard Pirate Group. As long as everyone sees this ship, they will know that our Whitebeard Pirate Group has arrived! The ship is also our important companion!" Ace said proudly, "And..." He turned and said mysteriously, "Have you heard of ship elves?"

A group of young boys and girls shook their heads and immediately looked at him with aroused interest.

Ace didn't keep them in suspense and told them directly: "It is said that if the crew treats the ship as a companion and cherishes it, the ship will return the same love. He will transform into a human form in the fog and appear on the ship with a hammer..."

"Wow--"

Akutagawa Gin tilted his head and asked, "If we take care of our ship that much, will ship spirits appear on our ship?"

"Really?" Ace put one hand on his head and threaded his fingers through his hair. "Actually I'm not sure, after all I haven't seen it. But some of the old crew members on the ship said they saw the ship spirit of the Moby Dick, so it should be true, right?"

The minors excitedly discussed how to make the ship elves appear on their ships and how to see the ship elves. It took them a while to recover and continue the previous topic, but they were still very excited.

"So what would be a better name for our ship? Mr. Ace, does our ship have a name?"

"Ah?" Ace frowned and tried to recall, "I think it's called Cruise Ship No. 6?"

Yes, as a consumable, the port mafia didn't even bother to name it. They just marked it with a serial number so that they could tell which ship it belonged to when it was mentioned.

"How casual," Sakyou complained, "How about calling it Attack on Rashomon?"

Now even Akutagawa Ryunosuke couldn't help but stare at Sakyo who made this suggestion.

So why do we have to include the name of his supernatural power here?

"It would be better to just call the attack number!" Yukikawa complained about him again.

"But if there really are ship elves, wouldn't it be a bit strange to call for an attack?"

"Sunshine."

As soon as Akutagawa Ryunosuke spoke, everyone's eyes fell on him.

I originally thought that Akutagawa had no interest in this matter and was going to leave it all to them without getting involved, but it turns out that he was thinking the same thing as them!

Before his companions looked at him in surprise, Akutagawa Ryunosuke withdrew his gaze from Ace and repeated, "Sunshine."

"...This is fine!" After coming to their senses, everyone immediately became excited. They were no longer mice that could only survive in the shadows, they could also touch the sunlight!

"What about the name of the pirate group? Mr. Ace's father used his own nickname. What does Mr. Ace's spade mean?"

The other person thought for a moment and answered, "I know, that's it! Ace! The highest-ranking card in the card game is the Ace, and the spade is the strongest of the four suits. The name of the Pirates plus Mr. Ace's name is the Ace of Spades, which means the strongest, right, Mr. Ace!"

"Haha, I thought about this when I named it."

"But as for nicknames, we don't have any. Akutagawa seems to have one, right? Some time ago, when he was working with the Kuroda Group, didn't someone call him a mad dog?"

Someone turned around and glared at him in protest: "Calling us the Rabid Pirates is too rude! Are you serious!?"

"Why not just call them the Akutagawa Pirates?" Sakyo rolled his eyes.

"Flying Bird."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke paused after speaking, and then explained his thoughts: "We were originally just scavengers who fought with stray dogs for food on the street. We could see the end of despair at a glance. We ourselves were no different from the stray dogs on the street."

His words made everyone silent. All of them were from Raymond Town. They had all experienced the same things that Akutagawa Ryunosuke had experienced and could completely empathize with him.

However, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, who said this, relaxed his frown a little, "But things are different now. We can now have our own lives, and we can fly like birds to an unknown future."

In this silent moment, everyone's eyes slowly lit up.

"...You're right. Next, it's time for us to fly!"

"Fly to the sea—"

"Fly to the sea!"

"So the name is confirmed to be the Asuka Pirates, right? Then let's design the pirate flag next?" Yukikawa looked at Ace, "This should also be very important, right?"

"That's right! The pirate flag is the soul of a pirate group!" Ace praised. "I remember there is a game among us pirates called Davy Back Fight. The victorious pirate group can directly select people from the opponent's ship. The selected people must pledge allegiance to the victorious side. If they don't have a favorite candidate, they can also seize the opponent's flag. The losing side will never be able to hang a new flag again. If you want to get this member or your own flag back, you must also take it back through this game!"

In the past, everyone listened to Ace’s adventure stories, but this was the first time they heard something new, and everyone listened very attentively.

"The Pirate Flag represents the dignity of a pirate. Generally, your opponent will only take your flag when they want to humiliate you, so the Pirate Flag must not lose!"

Zuo Jing asked curiously, "Mr. Ace, have you ever participated in this kind of game?"

"Haha, I haven't encountered that before."

When he was the captain of the Spade Pirates, he had never encountered anyone who played this game with him. It was even more impossible after he joined the Whitebeard Pirates - that was the strongest of the Four Emperors, and the entire pirate group was quite protective of their own people. Who would dare to touch Whitebeard's mold?

"So what is the best design for a pirate flag?"

"I know, I know!" someone raised his hand, "First, draw a skull!"

"I'll do it, I'll do it! I'm good at drawing!"

They took out paper and markers and started sketching. But it wasn't long before someone complained, "You're so slow. It's so slow to draw from the pictures on the Internet."

"Stop making so much noise! ​​The fact that I draw slowly shows that I am meticulous! This is our pirate flag! Do you want our pirate flag to be so rough?"

Reina raised her hand, and in her other hand she was looking at a cell phone. "But I saw in the encyclopedia that the pirate flags are all simple patterns. There's no need to draw them as detailed as you do, right?"

Yukawa squatted beside the drawing paper on the ground and complained: "And your skull is crooked, right? Didn't you say you were good at drawing?"

"…You're so long-winded!" The painter blushed, "I already told you this is just a rough sketch!"

"Well, have you decided what features you want to add?" Ace propped up his head. "Pirate flags usually have the captain's features added to a skull to distinguish them from other pirate groups." As he spoke, he reached out and pulled out a piece of paper he had just taken, grabbed a pen, and drew two pirate flags for them as a reference.

"This is the flag of the Whitebeard Pirates. Here, this crescent-shaped beard is the symbol of my father." He pointed to the cross skeleton skull with a crescent beard, and then pointed to the one next to it. "This is the pirate flag of the Spade Pirates that I founded before. The flaming hat with crying and laughing expressions on it is my symbol."

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at the group of minors. "What about you? What are you going to use?"

Everyone turned their eyes to Akutagawa Ryunosuke, who had remained silent.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke frowned. He didn't really care about these things. Even the position of captain was dispensable to him. The biggest reason he wanted to go to sea was to get answers to the questions that confused him. It didn't matter whether he was a captain or not, as long as he could go to sea. As for the part of him that wanted to be a captain, it was just because Ace had been a captain before, and he wanted to follow in his footsteps and see the scenes he had seen.

So he had no intention of getting involved in naming and designing the pirate flag, and just wanted to leave it to others to solve. Now when it comes to designing the pirate flag, he actually has no idea at all, and can only look back at these glances one by one, with no content in his eyes.

"My brother seems to have no idea at all." Akutagawa Gin sighed.

"Really? He's the designated captain after all, but Akutagawa, you seem to not care at all..." someone complained to him.

Hisaya suggested, "I think Akutagawa's greatest feature is his supernatural powers. How about we replace the two crossed bones with two crossed Rashomons?"

"But we are the Vertibird Pirates. Shouldn't we add bird features to our flag?"

"It would be a bit strange to add something else after adding Rashomon, right? And where can the characteristics of birds be added?"

"Hmm... if the two Rashomons intersect, we can actually pretend that they are bird wings?"

"Uh... this is too strong..."

"So what suggestions do you have?!"

"Well... let's just leave it like this..."

"Akutagawa! Hurry up and create a Rashomon for us to study!"

"Let's get someone else to draw, he draws so badly..."

"What's wrong with it? What's wrong with it? I told you this is just a rough draft, it will definitely be changed later!"

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