I Have Been Sleeping Among Pirates For A Hundred Years

The village was in shambles.

Caribu almost ran all the way back home—perhaps, this place will never be called home again.

There were traces of looting everywhere in the house. Tables and chairs were lying upside down. The family photo of the three of them was also beaten to pieces.

"Cribb!"

"Old woman!"

He shouted anxiously, but no one in the room responded.

"What's going on? What's going on?"

Carib frantically grabbed everyone he passed, but everyone remained silent with heavy faces.

"Aunt Sally was killed by Marine, and we buried her outside the village. Cribb was also captured by Marine because he made a big fuss. I heard that he will be publicly executed in the town square at noon today. .”

The village chief, who was nearly ninety years old, closed his eyes and sighed.

Like a bolt from the blue, Caribu's entire mind went blank, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.

Finally, he came out of his trance: "...Take me to the old woman's grave."

The tone was calm, but inexplicably, the surrounding villagers felt a chill.

The old village chief and several villagers took Karibu to the outside of the village, and then stood in the distance without saying a word, letting Karibu stagger to the simple grave alone and sit on the ground.

"Hey, did you die too early, old woman?"

He really wanted to say this, but when the words came to his lips, they turned into a whisper: "It will be very lonely when you go to heaven alone..."

That old woman who always loves to preach,

The old woman who would hold herself and her brother up one on the left and the other on the right,

The old woman who smiles with only two teeth left...

Caribu wiped away the tears that he couldn't stop. He didn't understand why a guy he clearly didn't like that much made him shed tears.

That winter was not cold, but it rained heavily and thundered.

He took Cribb, who was curled up in a ball, and knocked on the door from door to door.

When all the villagers saw the two of them, they chose to close the door tightly. Only the old woman took them into the house without hesitation, dried them and changed their clothes.

It was that time that Cribb, who had a fever, burned out his brain.

But after that, they lived together.

Later, he asked: "Why?"

Why did you choose to take them in?

The old woman said with a smile: "Because of love."

He didn't understand that even Cribb only thought it was a "tool" that might be able to help him.

But he didn't know when he started to be jealous of a "tool" - because the old woman would give more good things to Cribb every time, and then she taught him earnestly: "My brother is stupid, so I must take good care of him." Brother~"

The family atmosphere that made him extremely unhappy finally drove him to board a pirate ship and leave this somewhat boring island.

But I came back to my senses...

That little noise in the tranquility is what he wants to catch now, but he can no longer catch it.

"Old woman, don't worry, I will rescue Cribb."

Karibu wiped away his tears, carefully took the scribbled paper back into his arms, and stood up sadly.

"Caribu, those people are Marines. Even if you go there now, you will just die in vain." The old village chief sighed again.

"I won't die, I am no longer who I was before..."

Layers of brown mud gushed out from Caribu's body, and his words kept falling, covering the traces of his slow walking like heavy tears.

…

Marine soldiers lined up like a long line on the street, escorting the pirates towards the execution platform in the center of the town.

When pedestrians saw this, they fled away in fear of avoiding him.

Colonel Barron, the base commander of the G-46 branch responsible for maintaining order on the four surrounding islands, walked at the front of the team and watched with relish as the civilians scattered like mice after seeing cats.

Enjoying the fear and submission of weak people is the power this piece of clothing gives him, but this is not his entire understanding of power.

In his eyes, the purpose of power is to amass wealth.

Drive the pirate ship to a nearby island and sink the pirate ship before the pirates land on the island - Baron is very satisfied that he can come up with this method and put it into action.

What seems like an ordinary operation actually contains a mystery.

First of all, this approach cut off the pirates' desire to leave the island in a short time, leaving them trapped on the island.

And when this group of pirates caused a commotion, Marine could quickly plunder the wealth accumulated by civilians in the name of eradicating the pirates.

Of course, it doesn't matter whether the pirates have been completely wiped out, because the threat of pirates is precisely the meaning of Marine's existence.

Secondly, it is to establish prestige.

Why do the civilians still dare not resist even though they know his purpose?

This is precisely because he is powerful enough. No matter how notorious a pirate he is, anyone who encounters him will eventually be sent to the execution platform and publicly executed in full view of the public.

The prestige accumulated over the years naturally makes the weak civilians dare not act rashly.

At the same time, in this turbulent era of great pirates, his many achievements are obvious to all. Without touching the bottom line, the headquarters also chose to indulge him.

This is also the reason why Baron has been able to sit firmly as the head of the G-46 branch for so many years.

"Report to Lord Baron."

The soldier holding the phone bug came forward and said, "The captain's phone bug can't make calls."

"How come you can't even do this little thing well..."

Balon frowned. He originally kept the rat because he cherished its ability to make money. With such a pair of white gloves, he no longer had to do many things himself and could just leave them to the other party.

"Keep dialing until he answers."

Baron said, turning around and looking down at the escorted prison van, it seemed that some mice had jumped out again.

…

Puff, puff...

Puff, puff...

The trembling phone bug huddled in a corner, but still kept ringing.

Also shivering was Captain Mouse who fell to the ground.

Mouse couldn't believe it. Hundreds of well-armed Marine soldiers were like harvested rice, falling in pieces as the ghost man Jin continued to roam.

Even the fish-man dragon cannot do such a thing!

But what's even more terrifying is the man who has been sitting on the seat from beginning to end...

The mouse swallowed in fear, the shocking scene just now was still vivid in his mind.

The nails on the man's fingers seemed to have stretched, and they pierced directly into the abdomen of Ghost Man Ajin.

Then, A Jin's black hair turned into pale hair in an instant. Although there were no obvious wrinkles on his face, everyone could see that he had become much older.

However, this aging did not make him weaker, but instead gave him the amazing power to defeat the Marine troops.

Although the man never took action, he still easily turned the whole situation around.

"Who...is he?"

The mouse thought absentmindedly.