A common tavern that connects all fantasy worlds

Don't sell your soul, sell your soul for gold;

Brave captains keep the boat steady, although it looks like you've lost control...

While humming a song and letting the Black Pearl patrol the outer edge of the bay, Jack's eyes suddenly lit up, and he yelled at a figure lying on a rock on the opposite side: "Hector! Old friend, where the hell are you? .”

Barbossa didn't respond to him, and the man didn't know how to climb up, and now he was lying there with his hands clasped and lost consciousness.

Jack licked his lips boredly, shook his head at Luo Sanpao, and made a wink.

Luo Sanpao tied the cables on his body helplessly, took off his hat and jacket and hung them on the side of the boat, took a deep breath, and jumped into the water.

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads... This "captain" tricked himself here, saying that he would give me a chance to set sail on the sea again, but after he came, he first wanted to escape from prison, and then he wanted to join the crew. All the work on the deck has to be done, and now I have to hand over the promised ship. If I want to leave now, I can only go to the Interceptor alone?

As Captain Jack said before, this kind of big sailboat cannot be driven by one person.

When Hector Barbossa woke up, he had already returned to the cave, leaning against the box.

He hummed in pain as he realized he was alive...and the curse had been lifted.

Right in front of him, Jack Sparrow was standing there alone.

"... Jack?"

he asked with half-open eyes.

"It's me, Hector, we haven't seen each other for several years, and you still recognize me."

"I want to forget you, but you are not the kind of person who will be easily forgotten." Barbosa sighed, "Can you make me die more clearly? Who are the descendants of Shoelace Bill? ?”

Jack tilted his head and replied: "William Turner Jr., a blacksmith in Port Royal. When Bill reported to Davy Jones' prison, our eldest lady picked him up at sea."

"Hmph... so the gold coins came from him." Barbosa propped up his body with both hands, sat up straight with difficulty, and continued to ask: "The kid who shouted 'The Black Pearl was taken away' here is the special one." Na?"

"That's right... love has this kind of magical power, which can make him risk his life to come here alone." Jack laughed, "I said, you won't keep asking questions and expect me to stay here with you all the time, right? I have business to do, my dear mate Hector."

"Captain, I'm Captain Barbossa. One last question." Barbossa laughed and coughed, "How are you going to deal with me?"

"It's simple." Jack took out a short gun and threw it on the ground aside: "This gun is the one you left me before, I don't know if it can fire normally after all these years.

"This is the treasure you found on purpose, no one will come, and I think it fits the definition of a 'desert island'...you are exiled. Of course, I treat you better than you treat me, because I You are also given another choice. Go back and take another gold coin out of that box, and you can live forever with it. But, are you willing to pay this price again?

"Goodbye, Hector."

As he said that, Jack nodded his hat brim, took a deep look at Barbossa, turned his head and walked towards the cleared cave waterway, and boarded the boat.

"...Jack Sparrow...you cruel fellow."

Barbossa smiled wryly and looked back.

Sure enough, all the treasures in the cave have been removed, and the only thing left is the box of Aztec gold coins.

Chapter 12 Cost

William Turner, who hid in the deepest part of the cave and escaped the shelling far away, was pushing Elizabeth from below, and together they climbed onto the Interceptor from the side.

Luo Sanpao finally stood behind the steering wheel, and touched the transparent paint seal on it with nostalgia.Seeing the two people coming up, he didn't say anything else, just pouted and told them to find a cabin by themselves.

Turner settled Elizabeth first, and then leaned over to thank Luo Sanpao: "...Mr. Luo? I heard Jack call you that. Thank you for going in there to rescue us."

"It's more than that, little blacksmith. Jack didn't give me this ship for nothing. He also wanted this ship to recruit enough crew members to take you outside Port Royal and put you back... You have to thank him .”

Luo Sanpao said angrily.

In fact, he knows better what Jack Sparrow wants to do... Only colleagues can understand colleagues better.

When he and the "Interceptor" appeared outside Port Royal, they would immediately attract the attention of the Royal Navy to him, as he said... those ghosts would immediately chase after him and bite Luo Sanpao's ass, until Back then Jack and the Black Pearl were relatively less dangerous.

Of course, it is impossible to make them absolutely safe... The ship "Black Pearl" has already gained a great reputation because of Barbosa's actions in the past few years.

What Jack used to catch him this time was a sea chart...

In order for him to go to Port Royal to see off people obediently, just before Jack went in, he told him mysteriously that there are many small islands and hidden reefs in the Caribbean Sea, and there is no direct access to the "Pacific Ocean" from here, and he wanted to go back to China. You have to take some "detours and difficult" routes.

After listening to Luo Sanpao's explanation, Turner thanked him again: "But I still want to thank you, after all, you are the one who wants to take me back..."

"You little blacksmith, you really don't understand anything." Luo Sanpao shook his head, "He promised to give me the boat, and I promised to send you back. It's not because he suddenly showed kindness, but because no one can trust anyone. We can only rely on these things to tempt each other and make partners reluctantly. Don't be too naive... After you go back, everything may not be all right, if you don't believe me, let's wait and see."

Before he finished speaking, Jack, who had just returned to the Black Pearl, yelled from a distance of tens of feet: "Mr. Luo! Someone is looking for you."

Looking at the person who got out of the other side's cabin, Luo Sanpao immediately roared with tears in his eyes: "Ma Rulong!"

Ma Rulong smiled wryly, if there were other ways, he didn't want to come here to meet Luo Sanpao... let alone ask Boss Xue to take him here with difficulty.

But before he could explain anything, Luo Sanpao on the Interceptor suddenly took off his clothes, shouted "Ma Rulong accepts his life", jumped up and grabbed a rope, and spotted a wave With strength, he jumped into the air, leaped dozens of feet, and rolled on the deck of the Black Pearl to release his strength, using the momentum to slash at Ma Rulong's foot.

He and Ma Rulong are old enemies, and as the saying goes, "To relieve the hatred in your heart, draw your sword and slay your enemy"... If you don't kill this Hong Kong marine policeman with your own hands, how can you get rid of the depression in his heart.

Ma Rulong was startled by Luo Sanpao's blow, he retreated a few steps to avoid the knife, and couldn't help feeling angry.

He thought, sir, I came to you because of Baoshun Foreign Company's cigarette sales, and I didn't want to fight you again; but your nature is hard to change, and you yell and kill when you meet, maybe you think I'm easy to bully!

Immediately, he also snatched a knife from the pirate of the Black Pearl, blocked another attack from Luo Sanpao, turned around and fought with him.

Boss Xue also got out of the cabin, a little unaccustomed to the bright sunlight outside at this time, rubbing his eyes, only to see the two guests fighting again, he couldn't help but sighed in a low voice.

The pirates were about to come around, Jack quickly shouted "My friends, these are my friends, don't worry about them", squeezed over and patted Xue Li on the shoulder, dragged him to the steering wheel, and looked down This is a fight between dragons and tigers.

Since the captain said not to worry about it, the pirates on the Black Pearl naturally followed those two.

The two men fought back and forth with swords, and they became a ball in a few strokes. One was strong and healthy, and the other was as agile as an ape. It was really hard to tell the winner for a while.The bright lights of knives rolled all over the deck and flew in the air, which dazzled others.

Gibbs took an old hat, threw two coins into it first, and turned to the crew and said, "I bet on Luo to win. I have seen his ability. Who will bet with me?"

Most people shook their heads. They sailed with Luo Sanpao on the sea these days. Everyone knew that he was a good man. No one ever won it, and sword fights were played several times and lost a lot of money.

But the pirates were all drunk now, and some of them didn't have a long memory and threw some money into Gibbs' hat, which meant they bet with him.

Xue Li, who came to the rudder, wanted to go forward to persuade him, but Jack stopped him and shook his head.

"People's problems are something you have to solve on your own sometimes, boss. If the two of them can explain things themselves, how about you give me a bottle of tequila next time? Ah, I've had too much rum and I want to change it." Something new."

On the other side, after only a few minutes of fighting to the death, the outcome has also been announced.

Ma Rulong's kung fu is actually pretty good. From the point of view of Jack and Gibbs, the pirates on board, including the two of them, can't be the opponent of the "Water Police"; unfortunately, Luo Sanpao on the opposite side is the same The kung fu is amazing, and the combat experience is impeccable... In the case of two people with similar skill levels, even a small difference in height and weight is a decisive advantage.

Relying on his long arms and great strength, Luo Sanpao took the lead to miss Ma Rulong's saber and put the blade on the opponent's neck.

"Hey, Ma Rulong, I'm going to avenge those brothers who died today!"

Ma Rulong didn't care if he had to die like this, there was nothing to say about his skills being inferior to others.But he still has more important things to do. He has family and friends waiting for him. Even if he dies, he has to wait for him to finish his work before he dies.

He stared at Luo Sanpao closely, and said the only thing he thought could impress him: "...Many of your brothers are still alive."

"What did you say?" Luo Sanpao turned pale in shock, threw down the knife in his hand, grabbed Ma Rulong who was rubbing his hands, and asked forcefully, "Are you serious?"

"...know how to value brothers, which means that you are not completely hopeless."

However, Ma Rulong opened his hand, took a few deep breaths, pointed at Luo Sanpao's chest and asked, "When you face the water police, everyone on Sanpao Island is your brother... when you face the ghost , the whole of China should be your brother. Now that [-] million compatriots are in trouble, you, a self-proclaimed 'anti-British hero', are you willing to help?"

Luo Sanpao's face darkened.

He actually knows that he is putting gold on his face by "robbing the British".

It’s just that, for thousands of years, haven’t all the people on the so-called green forest roads in China done this?Those who rob houses and homes should put up a signboard of "doing justice for the sky", even if they have never distributed a penny to the poor; He is a heinous person.The restaurants serve food and drinks for free, which is because I have a good reputation; the shopkeepers refuse to pay on credit, that is called blindness.

A real chivalrous man would never regard being brave and ruthless as something to boast about, and of course he would not extort money from merchants.

But since we are going around in the rivers and lakes, isn't this kind of shameless boasting a mockery of one's own incompetence, and a yearning for a righteous man who is truly happy with kindness and hatred?

"I'll take it as your promise."

Seeing that he didn't respond for a long time, Ma Rulong continued on his own: "Recently, two of your brothers wanted to kill me, and they fell into my hands... At the same time, I also found out..."

Luo Sanpao frowned when he explained in detail about Baoshun Foreign Company's sale of tobacco and soil.

And, listening to it, he also came back to understand what Ma Rulong really wanted to ask.

After Ma Rulong finished speaking, he waved his hand, not interested in fighting the marine police again, and said dejectedly: "...Yes, Sanpao Island has insiders in Baoshunhang...in several major foreign companies in Hong Kong. Have."

This involves a question of efficiency.

Going out to sea to rob is not a joke. Apart from manpower and weapons, there are a lot of things to prepare, such as rice, dried vegetables, cured meat, fresh water, and spirits. At least enough food and drink for the entire crew to last ten days must be prepared; every cabin, every plank, every sail, and every cable on the ship must be carefully inspected, otherwise it will be really fatal if something goes wrong at sea.

Everyone doesn't become a pirate for fun, everyone does it for food.Since the robbery of a ship is regarded as a business, of course costs, benefits, etc. must be considered, and every time you go to sea, you must gain something.

For this reason, Luo Sanpao not only developed Zhou Yongling as a "good friend", but also sent a few brothers with smart brains and many methods in Hong Kong to sneak into various foreign companies and inquire about the wind.The previous interception of the British Rear Admiral's official ship was also because someone had tipped off the news and learned of the Rear Admiral's voyage.

Thinking about it again... 99 out of [-] of my brothers have no father, no mother, and no one to rely on. Now that I am no longer in that world, they must not have a good life either.

"Third Master can tell you the inside information, but you have to promise me in advance... If you catch my brothers in the future, they cannot be judged by the Hong Kong government, but they can only be sent to my ship."

Luo Sanpao said.

On the stairs below the helm side, Jack smiled at Xue Li: "Don't forget my tequila."

Chapter 13 Export Processing

In a certain hospital in Bexley, the young dean Mike was opening the door of the medicine storehouse with a bald beard.

If he wasn't the dean, then he really couldn't help Max find what he needed - narcotic drugs should be monitored and managed in any medical institution, because the large amount of such drugs flowing into the society is simply a public security disaster.

However, in order to cope with Selene's increasingly excessive demands, Mike has become fully familiar with the prevarication methods of making false accounts and recording records, and even created four patients who need to be admitted to the hospital frequently and a non-existent night shift out of nothing. doctor.The price is that his own salary and rest time are greatly shortened.

He can fully satisfy such a "little" request from the tavern today.

"The anesthetic is in the sterile safe over there, and next to it is the ledger. I will be responsible for managing it myself. I suggest you not take too much at one time, or I will have to spend a lot of brains."

Mike said, and opened the cabinet where the anesthetic was stored.

Max was also fully armed and sterilized his bald head. At this moment, he looked like an ordinary doctor...Boss Xue asked him to buy anesthetics, and of course he thought of Mike first.

It is said that the "Hong Kong Marine Police" Ma Rulong and Jack reached an agreement to transfer the captured pirates to another world and hand them over to their eldest brother.

For those people, this is already a great kindness... If it is called Max, he does not think that these criminals should have the opportunity to start another life, but this is Ma Rulong, Luo Sanpao and Jack A decision that all three of them agreed on, and he wasn't prepared to comment on it.

While putting the anesthetic in the medicine box, he was still asking, "Where is Selene? Why can't I contact her this time?"

"...Well..." Mike shook his head, "She is no longer in London, or rather, she is no longer in England. Didn't she tell you when you met her in the pub?"

"What happened?" Max couldn't help asking again.

It turns out that at this time, the British government has obtained the list and appearance of all "heterogeneous" in the country through certain channels, and has started a nationwide hunt.

The most likely reason...of course, is that Marcus, the ancestor of vampires, was finally controlled by the British government, which resulted in the exposure of the entire vampire.

Compared with werewolves, the local blood race has always been highly organized, and there have been divisions of ranks and management scopes such as elders, deacons, and death walkers, which are more like an independent small society.

So when the ancestor was captured by the British government, of course all the blood races that had been active in the UK were also affected.

"The descendants of Elder Amelia...not in the sense of blood race, but the real biological descendant David. He and a group of vampires who lived outside London and did not communicate with the same race in the castle had to withdraw from the UK. " Mike said while helping Max organize the medicine box, "Selene has actually kept in touch with them during this time, because although this group of vampires belong to the fringe people who dislike the rule of the elders, most of them have a good understanding of the history of the blood clan. During this time a certain historian was rescued and sent to me, so I also heard a lot of stories.

"Everything was going in a good direction. The remnants of the blood race, together with Selene, were secretly hindering Marcus' actions, but in the end... more secular forces intervened."

Having said that, Michael couldn't help sighing, his eyes became complicated.

He is not a middle school student who dreams of vampires and werewolves, but he is also human and has curiosity.

Not to mention, he was already too familiar with this group of supernatural creatures, especially Selene... They also have thoughts and feelings, likes and dislikes.Maybe they thought they lost their souls the moment they became vampires, but they didn't.

So much so that when he talks about "worldly power" now, it feels like something from another world.

"...The British army quickly sealed off the residence of the surviving vampires. If Selene hadn't taken precautions in advance and Elder Amelia authorized the construction of an underground passage in her manor, they might have been wiped out.

"After that, they guessed that Marcus had defected to the authorities, otherwise the soldiers would not have appeared so accurately and so suddenly."

Max walked out of the warehouse with the medicine box, frowning and asked, "So where is she now?"

[60. No. 60]

"Transylvania." Mike said, looking at his expression, smiled again, and persuaded: "Has she been to a pub recently? If so, then you don't have to worry... If you do meet For problems that cannot be handled, she will definitely ask Boss Xue and you for help."

"Speaking of... no, nothing."

Max thought for a while, but still didn't say it.

Before, Selene suddenly went to another universe to help Barbaria, and exchanged it for two "gene restoration potions"... From the perspective of these things, one of the two potions was probably going to be used in Maku On Si, the other was for William to enjoy.

"Thank you, Mike, I'll come back to catch up with you later."

As Max spoke, he opened the door of a certain ward beside him, and he disappeared into the shadow behind the door in the blink of an eye.

Mike sighed.

No matter how many times I've seen it, it's still amazing...

In the tavern, a Hong Kong police officer had been waiting for a long time.