Chapter 2: The Eternal Night Pirates
In the vast sea of stars, a starship of astonishing size is sailing on its way to the [Singularity] according to its predetermined destination.
In the universe, a singularity represents a form of existence of the universe before the Big Bang, and is also the name of a star field.
That is the favorite place of space pirates, a chaotic and lawless zone.
The pirate who originally named this star field "Singularity" must have returned to the universe, but the name has indeed been passed down and is still used by pirates of later generations.
But now, this starship that wants to go to the singularity has encountered some trouble.
Their captain was gone, or more accurately, missing, and there was no way to contact him.
Looking back several galaxies ago, the captain was standing in front of his most precious new ship, saying that he wanted to go out for some exciting boat racing.
Just before leaving, he ordered several dishes and threatened that if the food was not ready when he came back, he would tear down the kitchen to make room for his own personal exhibition.
The chefs were eager to get started, their spatulas nearly smoking, before they finally finished preparing the heavy dishes he wanted to eat, which required a lot of work.
As a result, he disappeared without a word. The chefs are still worried, fearing that the captain would really transform the precious kitchen into the captain's pain room.
Their narcissistic captain is really capable of doing such a thing.
In fact, this entire starship is the captain's pain ship.
The captain's personal posters are posted everywhere in the ship, and the captain's full-body standees can be seen everywhere. Everyone must also wear the captain's peripheral pendants.
The first words the crew members say after waking up must be "The captain is the most handsome", otherwise the door of the room cannot be opened.
Every time the captain came to the bridge, the ship's elves would shout "Captain arrives at the bridge", and then everyone would salute the difficult-to-serve captain and applaud and cheer.
In the universe, every intelligent race that steps into interstellar civilization will sooner or later hear of Captain Yale's name.
It's not just because after connecting to the Star Network, his fan club promotional pictures are everywhere on the Star Network, but also because of the strength of the Eternal Night Pirates themselves.
It is no exaggeration to say that, just as their name suggests, wherever they go, that place will be shrouded in eternal darkness.
But it is not a loss of light in the conventional sense. Instead, on the star map that monitors the surrounding planets in real time, this planet will disappear forever, and it will no longer be able to be monitored by any instruments or means.
There are rumors that the captain of the Eternal Night Pirates may have been lucky enough to find the relics or inheritance left behind by a higher-dimensional civilization before it upgraded to another dimension, which is why all current technology is unable to crack their method of hiding the planet.
However, only Captain Yale of the Eternal Night Pirates knows the truth.
Once again, a communication request was sent to the captain.
While waiting, the first mate of the Eternal Night Pirates was still working diligently, checking the list of goods to be sold to the singularity this time.
Suddenly, the communicator that had failed to connect several times before projected a flickering half-figure.
The voice coming from the figure was a little intermittent, "Oh no... discovered... the natives of the planet..."
The engineer immediately stepped forward to adjust the communicator, and soon the image stabilized and the sound became clearer than before.
"Do you hear me?—Right now! Bring the starship over here! I've discovered a new resource star!"
The captain's angry voice immediately resounded throughout the entire bridge. All the pirates, some relaxed and some busy, looked up and reacted within two seconds before a commotion broke out.
"A new resource star?!"
"Good luck! Let's set off immediately!"
"Are there intelligent creatures up there? They can't even be considered a first-level civilization, right?"
"Quiet! The signal here is bad, don't waste my time." The captain's impatient voice echoed throughout the bridge.
"Where's Decay? I encountered an electromagnetic storm earlier, and the ship was severely damaged. Given the level of civilization here, there shouldn't be a place to repair the ship. Come here as soon as you locate it."
Decay is the name of the first mate of the Eternal Night Pirates, or a more appropriate code name.
Because he was once one of the war robots of the "Decay" model on a certain planet. Later, the robot crisis broke out on the planet, humans and robots fought a war, the planet was destroyed, and he was picked up by Yale from the devastated battlefield.
As an intelligent robot, Decay not only has emotions, but also has loyalty to Yale written into the core protocol.
But loyalty does not mean obedience. As the last line of defense for a reckless captain, Decay will judge the importance of things based on the current situation.
Now, Decay feels that rescuing the captain is not the most important thing.
"We are on our way to the singularity, don't forget what you want."
Decay's voice was almost flat. "Or do you think it's unimportant and require me to change my current schedule?"
The captain was silent.
The captain remembered his original destination.
The captain began to howl, "Ah—I remember, I was supposed to go to the auction!!!"
The projection hugged his head, unable to accept the reality that he could not go to the auction and spend lavishly.
This scene was so sad that it made many pirates, who seemed extremely vicious to outsiders, shed tears.
Their poor captain had already ordered the clothes he would wear to the auction, but now he couldn't even wear them to show off at the auction. It was so pitiful no matter how you looked at it.
"We'll come find you after we finish shopping."
Decay looked towards the engineer who was capturing the transmission.
The latter nodded, and the tentacles on his head shook.
"The approximate location has been determined, but due to the electromagnetic storm, the area is still under strong interference, so we can't locate more specific coordinates."
"Thank you for your hard work." This is also the expected result of decay.
If someone else had experienced the electromagnetic storm, they would have narrowly escaped death, but their captain was still alive and kicking, which was worthy of him...
This idea was immediately stopped by his core protocol.
When Decay looked at the communicator again, the projection had been turned off.
Their captain was devastated by the sadness of not being able to go to the auction and was about to leave the ship to have some fun on the resource planet.
*
Although this piece of metal is strange, it is truly a magical thing.
After confirming that the object was not dangerous, the chief soldier ordered the soldiers to tow it to the port on Central Street.
Land transportation requires crossing mountains and rivers, and the only way to transport it is to tie it up with ropes and transport it by boat.
But it is not easy to climb such a large piece of metal with a slippery surface.
After several soldiers failed in succession, the officer snorted coldly and snatched the rope from the soldier's hand.
"A bunch of rubbish—look at me!"
He tore off his shirt, revealing his well-defined muscles.
In the sunlight, his majestic figure made all the soldiers admire him.
"Sir..."
"Is the commander going to get serious?"
Under the expectant gazes of the soldiers and the villagers on the shore, the commander stepped back and lowered his center of gravity, and the veins in his legs suddenly bulged.
With a loud shout and a sudden shock wave, the commander jumped up from the deck and flew towards the highest point of the metal block.
"Wow--" Everyone followed the flight, and together with their leader, they drew a graceful parabola and fell straight into the sea.
"Plop!" It was the sound of a heavy object falling into the water.
Everyone was silent, their brains in a state of shutdown, unable to sort out what was happening.
Their chief—up, down, overboard—had nothing to say.
No, wait! According to the normal plot development, the commander should fall on top of the metal block - so where is the metal block that should have caught him?!
Everyone suddenly reacted and immediately shifted their gaze from the bubbling sea surface to the place where a piece of metal should be.
The block of metal disappeared, and in its place was a man...whose entire body was wrapped extremely tightly?
As the most handsome, powerful and warlike man in the universe, Yale's clothing choices have always been at the forefront of cosmic fashion.
The thin and lightweight carbon fiber armor fits the body very closely, and every inch of its lines outlines a sense of powerful strength.
The surface of the jet-black protective paint is dripping with subtle dark blue light patterns, flickering and changing with the heartbeat. The fluid metal at the joints not only ensures smooth movements, but can also be used as a weapon to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy at certain moments.
The most eye-catching thing is the nano helmet he customized at a high price, which can easily withstand the direct hit of pulse weapons.
But what’s more important is its appearance, which is very cool and fashionable, and very much in line with Yale’s aesthetic.
He stood on the sea as if he were standing on flat ground.
Dark blue lines would occasionally appear at the eye area of the helmet and then quickly disappear.
The block of metal turned into a human——? !!
The soldiers and villagers looked at him in shock, even forgetting how to speak.
"Puff - help... Gululu - help, help me -"
The officer who fell into the sea was struggling. He could swim, but he had cramps from overexerting himself.
His cry for help finally woke everyone up.
"Sir!"
"We're here to save you!"
The soldiers didn't have time to be surprised, they immediately jumped off the boat and swam to save their leader.
On the shore, Makino stared at the man covered in black and asked the village chief in a low voice.
"Village Chief, could that be a Devil Fruit user like Luffy?"
The village chief's expression was quite solemn.
It is true that he is a person with special abilities since he can transform from a block of metal into a human, but shouldn't people with special abilities be afraid of sea water?
At this moment, something happened again on the sea.
The man in black raised his hand, and the soldier officer who was struggling in the sea floated up from the water.
As he moved his fingers, the floating officer was moved to the beach.
Then the man also walked towards the beach. The sea rose and fell under his feet, but he seemed to be walking on flat ground, without any feeling of falling or being swayed by the waves.
Seems... a good person.
This is what the villagers who saw this scene thought.
However, the next moment, the man who walked onto the beach reached out and grabbed the head of the officer who had just climbed up from the ground.
The soldier commander seemed to have suddenly turned into a puddle of mud, and only a heart-wrenching paleness remained in his eye sockets with his pupils rolled up.
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