"No - Captain, please let me go, I'm really afraid -"
"Don't scream, shut up. If you let others misunderstand, I'll beat you to death." Although the bearded captain said harshly, he still relaxed a little.
Pulling the thin man who was still whimpering, he pushed open the door.
It was dark outside and it was difficult to see what was going on, but the bearded captain did not react at all. He was obviously used to such an environment.
While walking on the creaking and broken wooden corridor, the bearded captain also told the thin man to close his mouth.
"If you yell again to attract Lenko's attention, there will be nothing left."
Perhaps it was the bearded captain's words that had an effect, as the thin man's voice was indeed softer.
However, the thin man screamed too loudly when he was in the house, which eventually aroused some people's suspicion. The bearded captain had not walked long, and before he even finished walking through the shabby wooden corridor, he saw a tall silhouette appearing in the gray mist ahead.
Seeing the figure in front of him, the bearded captain cursed secretly, pinched the skinny man's neck hard, and pushed him aside. Then take a deep breath and close your eyes.
When the bearded captain opened his eyes again, his eyes had changed from a cruel wolf gaze to an ordinary smooth one, and his temperament had directly changed from a reckless man to a simple and honest man.
"Captain Barrow?" A nice and elegant voice came from the front.
"Yes, Mr. Lenko, haven't you gone to rest yet?" the bearded Captain Barrow said with a smile.
"I just came back from the experimental field. I'm going to record the growth of the red radish before going to rest." A figure in the darkness came out, but it was a tall young man wearing the same linen clothes as Captain Barrow. But unlike Captain Barrow's slovenliness, this young man looked clean and gentle, with a straight back. Even on such a dark and dark island, the young man's hair was neatly combed.
It is worth mentioning that he has a slender knight's sword on his waist.
Lenko approached Barrow, his eyes unconsciously looking towards the thin man beside him, with exploration and thought in his eyes.
The thin man stopped talking at this time, his eyes wandered, and he did not dare to look at Lenko.
"I was outside just now and heard little Birch yelling something like 'don't be afraid'. Did something happen?" Seeing that the thin man did not dare to look at him, Lenko simply asked directly, but He couldn't help but look at the thin man's body, especially his waist and buttocks.
In this bleak island, which is mostly populated by grown men, there are always some people whose bottom line is starting to go astray. The thin and small Birch could easily be targeted, so when Lenko heard Birch's cry before, he hurried over to look for him.
Captain Barrow naturally heard the implication of Lenko's words. He couldn't help but glared at Birch fiercely from the corner of his eye. This brat is hurting me! Who would like this guy?
Besides, with Lenko, a powerful and self-proclaimed man maintaining order, no one dared to do anything forced in Dock No. 4.
"Nothing, nothing. I just wanted to take Birch to the beach to catch some fish and crabs, but this guy heard others say that there are some fluorescent ghosts on the beach that can devour people, and he was so scared. So he kept making trouble." After Barrow finished speaking, Kicked Birch.
Birch didn't react at first, but when Barrow winked at him, Birch said "oh oh oh" for a while: "Yes, the captain is right. We just went to the beach to grab some food, yes, that's it." .”
Barrow looked at Birch's eyes and couldn't help cursing secretly: This guy is as stupid as a manatee, he can't even lie.
Lenko looked at Barrow, then at Birch, and finally said softly: "I don't care where you go, little Birch, tell me, are you doing this voluntarily?"
Birch's eyes rolled. He wanted to say "no", but he also understood Lenko's subtext. Lenko had obviously misunderstood his relationship with Captain Barrow... Lenko didn't even think about it. Captain Barrow really There were so many opportunities to mistreat him, how could it be possible to make him yell.
He couldn't smear the captain's reputation at this time.
Moreover, that woman... Birch felt hot all over when he thought of the words Little Flea used to describe that woman, and he really wanted to take a look. The premise is that the Mandarin and the others don't discover themselves.
"Mr. Lenko, I think you misunderstood. Captain Barrow really just wanted to take me to catch fish and crabs, and I really volunteered." Birch nodded.
Lenko looked at Birch. He knew that this kid was lying a lot, but when he said "voluntary or not", he was sincere.
"Since you are voluntary, then you must bear the consequences." Lenko said no more, walked directly to the side, leaned against the wooden wall, and gave way to the road.
The meaning is self-evident, at least in terms of Lenko, they have passed.
Barrow no longer held Birch's collar, nodded slightly to Lenko, then motioned for Birch to follow, and walked into the mist.
During the next stretch of the journey, Barrow stopped talking to Birch and walked quickly.
After walking for more than ten meters, a sudden gust of wind blew, and the wooden boards under my feet began to sway a little, and the sound of rushing water could be heard.
Barrow stood very steadily, while Birch was a little bumpy, leaning on the wooden railing beside him, looking down.
Below is a dark water.
They are in a boat.
The wind rocked the ship, but after the wind stopped, everything returned to silence. Barrow then continued to say to Birch: "This wind can't stand, it's nothing like a man on the sea."
Birch replied nervously: "I was not a sea man before. I only went to sea once, and ended up in this damn place."
Barrow patted Birch on the head: "You will take whatever I say? Shut up."
Birch pursed his lips and said nothing.
Only then did Barrow say with satisfaction: "Hurry up and follow us. Before Lenko can react, let's leave the dock first."
After passing through the long wooden corridor, they climbed onto the deck and dropped down the rope ladder. After five minutes, Barrow and Birch finally got off the ship.
Standing on the ground at the entrance of the dock, Barrow raised his head and looked at the huge but scarred freighter, with a slight emotion in his eyes: "Moonlight Bird... Oh, is there still a chance to set sail?"
Barrow shook his head and sighed.
What he didn't know was that on the deck at this time, Lenko was leaning in the shadow of the mast, his ears moving gently.
"Sail? I hope so." Lenko lowered his head and muttered: "I don't want to stay on this ghost island forever."
After whispering a few times, Lenko suddenly raised his head and looked into the dark mist.
"Captain Barrow said he wanted to take Birch to the beach? Oh, but he went north along the inner lake. This is not the way to the beach." Lenko frowned slightly: "Did Birch really follow Barrow? ?No way. Besides, if they are really guilty, what are they doing outside?"
Not only are there ferocious beasts and poisonous snakes outside, but you may also encounter people from other shipyards. Those people have completely fallen into darkness and cannot even be called human beings.
Lenko thought for a moment, hesitated again and again, then picked up the weapon, flashed his figure, jumped off the deck, and finally disappeared into the darkness.
…
This island does not have a recognized scientific name. It is located in a foggy area. It is covered by fog almost all year round, and the sun cannot shine in. There is really not much difference between day and night. It is eerie and foggy all the time.
However, despite the fog, at least the island is relatively safe.
There is a huge inner lake on the island, which contains the remains of some ancient ships. There are a large number of dilapidated or sunken ships, making it like a ship cemetery.
Therefore, some people call this place Ghost Shipyard Island.
The reason why it is not a ghost ship island is because there are several large-scale shipyards in the inner lake, and most of the shipwrecks are piled up in the shipyards.
The Moonlight Figure Bird is parked at No. 4 dock in Neihu.
Other docks are also occupied by some people. Among them, the Mandarin's Po Xue is located in dock No. 1, which is currently the largest and most complete dock in the inner lake.
It can also be seen from this that the Mandarin who can occupy the No. 1 dock must not be underestimated.
At this time, Captain Barrow was taking Birch around the lakeshore to the famous No. 1 Dockyard.
"Lenko, as you know, although he won't talk nonsense, if he lets us go, it will also cause some associations in the minds of other people on the ship." As Barrow walked, he said to Birch, who was beside him with a sad expression: " When we get back, we’ll explain it when we get the chance, so they don’t misunderstand us.”
"I don't even think about it, how could I like it..." Barrow stopped mid-sentence.
Birch naturally understood what Barrow meant, and he did not dare to talk back, but he was saying the same thing as Barrow in his heart.
"Oh, Lenko really has an excessive sense of justice. If it weren't for him, we could have discussed with everyone and gone to grab it directly... How could we have gone there so sneakily to take a look." Birch couldn't help but muttered.
Barrow stopped, turned around, and pressed Birch's forehead hard with his finger: "Are you complaining about Lenko now? You don't even think about it. If it weren't for Lenko, our Moonlight Map Bird could have remained like this in the past six months. Good order?"
Although Barrow also hates Lenko, he has to say that with the intimidation of a powerful person like Lenko, not only has there been no major civil strife within the Moonlight Map Bird, but he has also killed many Xiaoxiao in the past six months. Foreign enemies who want the resources on board demonstrate their strength.
Nowadays, on the Ghost Dock Island, Dock No. 4 and Dock No. 1 are almost two parallel forces, and Lenko's power is behind this.
However, while Lenko brought many benefits, he also brought some unnecessary restrictions in Barrow's view.
For example, Lenko still pays attention to rules and morals.
The reason why they did not challenge Boss Man even though they were powerful was that Lenko's moral sense made him unwilling to take the initiative to infringe on others. Of course, if someone invades, Lenko will not be polite.
The Mandarin also knew some of Lenko's habits, so when he knew that he might not be able to defeat Lenko, he no longer took the initiative to provoke Dockyard No. 4.
This also disappointed Barrow, who was ambitious to occupy Dock No. 1. After all, without Lenko, they might not be able to defeat Dockyard 1 by themselves.
On this ghost island where you can't leave and where the deepest darkness of human nature has been completely unearthed, it's really stupid to be moral. At least that's what Barrow thinks.
And this time, the reason why Barrow was worried that someone would disagree, so he took Birch to secretly check the situation, was because if he told it directly, Lenko would definitely not agree. After all, Lenko would never attack a woman.
This is also the difference in stance between Lenko and Barrow.
Ten years ago, Barrow was still a pirate who roamed the sea. Although he later quit, joined a shipping company and became the captain of the merchant ship Moonlight Bird, he still had the ruthless spirit of a pirate in his heart. Therefore, he doesn't value rules that much.
Lunke was different. Lunke was a knight who accidentally boarded the Moonlight Bird and prepared to go to Fan Continent.
Yes, knight. He himself said that he was a current knight, and his behavior also abided by the code of knights, humility, integrity, mercy, bravery, justice... Although Barrow often felt that Lenko was a bit pedantic, but also because of his pedantry, the people on the ship Everyone trusts Lenko, including Barrow himself.
Therefore, although Barrow does not like Lenko, but Burch blames Lenko, he will still defend him as soon as possible.
In the midst of the rustling conversation, they had arrived at the lake shore near Dock No. 1.
At this point, Barrow became visibly cautious.
Even though the fog and darkness prevent people's vision from seeing too far, this place is too close to Dock No. 1, and any disturbance they make here may attract their attention.
Barrow secretly went to the "Pig Pen" to see the beautiful woman this time. He had no intention of starting a war with the Mandarin now, so he had to be careful and not be too reckless.
"We sneaked around the docks and went to their pig pens."
Barrow took Birch and left the lake shore and walked into the forest. Prepare to bypass the lake and go directly through the back door of the dock.
As the leader of Dockyard No. 4, Barrow and Lenko once came to Dockyard No. 1 to meet with the Mandarin and discuss the so-called "balance theory."
The conversations and games at that time were basically nonsense, and Barrow has almost forgotten them now. But he clearly remembered the layout of Dock No. 1.
Moreover, with Little Flea secretly helping, Barrow knew the movements of Dock No. 1 very well.
Although walking in the dark forest, Birch was not as scared as before, because he often came here to meet little fleas and was very familiar with the forest. It is even clear where there are snakes and birds.
"Should I send out a coded signal to call the little flea out?" Birch said.
Barrow shook his head: "No, Little Flea has already come out to see you today, and running out again within one day may arouse suspicion. After all, his job does not require him to get off the ship every day."
The little flea is the ship's doctor on the Po Xue. However, he did not join the Po Xue on his own initiative. He was kidnapped by the Manchus many years ago.
The last time Barrow came to No. 1 Dockyard to negotiate, Birch saw Little Flea, and then he realized that his long-lost friend had been kidnapped by pirates and was now trapped on Ghost Dockyard Island.
It is said that part of the reason why Birch boarded the Moonlight Bird from his hometown of Cidro Island to go to sea was to find little fleas.
But he didn't expect that he found it in the end, but they were all trapped here, and he didn't know whether it was luck or misfortune.
Since seeing the little flea, Birch often used the secret code of their childhood to call out the little flea. At first, they just talked to each other. Later, when Barrow knew about it, he began to slowly develop the little flea into the one they stayed in. The secret whistle on the dock.
Therefore, they can all know what happened in Dock No. 1 through the little flea.
"I know where the pigsty is, just follow me."
Barrow leads Birch deeper into the darkness. As soon as Barrow took off his front foot, Lenko appeared on the spot.
"We actually came to Dockyard No. 1... Also, what did they just say, pig pen?"
