Ma Long was lying on the bed in the brothel, asking a good court girl to help him apply medicine. The Breeze was caught up by the Skull before, and he revealed his identity as a Nassau black merchant, but the other party ignored him, so after that, Malone... The captain led the sailors on the ship to resist heroically when the other party boarded the ship. However, due to the large strength gap between the two sides, they only lasted for less than three minutes before they were all put down.
After that, there was a lot of punches and kicks. Ma Long was punched in the stomach by Wilton and fell to the ground. He could no longer hold the dagger in his hand. However, the attack did not stop, and he did not know how many more kicks he received. It wasn't until he was dragged into the bottom of the boat and imprisoned that Ma Long had time to check his body and found that his back had become blue and purple.
For a while, like everyone else on the ship, he thought he was dead. On the way back, the Skeleton robbed another merchant ship. Malone witnessed with his own eyes how Wilton and his crew treated the poor prisoners and tortured them. They make fun. Seeing this, Ma Long, an old sailor who had been drifting at sea for decades, was frightened. He even had the idea of suicide.
Until he was released later, he still couldn't believe what was happening.
The first thing Ma Long did after confirming that he was safe was to find a tavern and have a deep drink. After that, he staggered to the theater where he went most often, and finally felt a pair of familiar soft breasts. I found the long-lost peace again.
The next day he slept until almost noon before opening his eyes, and not long after that he saw Karina again.
"Wait, you suspect Jim has defected to Malcolm?"
The prostitute had left the room half a minute ago. After listening to Karina's words, Ma Long shook his head that was still a little heavy after being hungover. His expression was full of surprise, and he said while putting on his clothes.
"Honestly, it's hard for me to believe this accusation without real evidence. Jim is a good kid. When I recruited him, I got to know his neighbors and the places where he worked before. Everyone said he was a good kid. My kid, he worked hard when he was on the boat and never slacked off. Although he was a bit boring sometimes and didn't understand some jokes that all men should understand, this doesn't stop me from putting him on my list of favorite people. Have I told you about his sister?"
"What sister?" Karina asked.
"Jim had a sister who was not his parents' biological child, but was adopted along the way. She was two years younger than him. At that time, their family's conditions were pretty good, and Jim also learned to read at that time. But the good times did not last long, and not long after that. His parents had an accident, and they were the only two people left at home, and the economy began to become tight. Some people suggested that he send his sister, whom he had not been with for very long, to an orphanage or a convent, but Jim firmly opposed it. All the things he owned were sold out, and he started doing part-time jobs here and there, barely able to support two people, and he was only fourteen years old that year."
Ma Long sighed, but when he said this, he suddenly paused.
"What's wrong?"
"Speaking of his sister, I did hear recently that she seemed to have a serious illness. Jim spent a lot of money to treat her. I asked him before if he needed help, but Jim told me The debt has been paid off, and he has a distant uncle who sent him money and helped him cope with this crisis."
"Is it possible that this man is Malcolm?"
"I didn't think about it at the time. I still don't believe that Jim would betray us and tell the Wilton group about the Breeze's route." Malone shook his head. He had already put on his clothes, moved his shoulders, and pulled The injury before the move made him couldn't help but grit his teeth, "Have you talked to him about this matter?"
"Not yet. I don't want to alert the snake. We have no evidence now. Once he becomes alert, it will be difficult to catch him." The businesswoman stood up and poured a glass of water for the captain of the Breeze. "This This matter is very important to us. Although Wilton's group is dead, if the spy cannot be dug out, the Breeze will still be in danger next time, and the most important thing is that every move we make will be revealed by Mal. Kom knows..."
"Wait a minute, Wilton's group is already dead?" Ma Long was surprised when he heard this. He had slept until now and still knew nothing about what happened on the island this morning, "How is this possible? You’re kidding me, right?”
"If you hadn't gotten yourself drunk and insisted on releasing your male instinct, you should have known more, Uncle Malone, and now... you may be the last one on this island to hear this. People who do things.”
"Ha, this is really the best thing I have heard in a while." The captain of the Breeze pretended not to hear the businesswoman's sarcasm, and a smile appeared on his face when he heard the words, "I was cursing those bastards the whole time on the way back. , cursed them all to be swallowed up by the sea, it doesn’t matter even if they take my old life, but now the ending is not bad, how about it, how did they die? Who did it, what method was used, how many survivors are there? To be honest, I still can’t believe it. Wilton must have more than 200 people in his hands, all of whom are good players. How did he die under their protection? "
"You can go out and inquire about this matter yourself later." Karina interrupted Malone, "Back to Jim, do you have anything else to add?"
"Let me think about it...that's about it. During the time I've known him, he has been a good employee, a good brother, and a good neighbor. I personally don't think that kid is spy material."
"On that last point, I'm sure we'll figure it out."
"What are you going to do, send someone to keep an eye on him secretly?" Ma Long took the glass of water and rinsed his mouth, completing his morning wash.
"No, I plan to give him full freedom." Karina said.
"Um?"
"I just pretended to inadvertently reveal the news to Jim. There are two very powerful pirate ships that are considering leaving the Black Merchant Alliance and turning to cooperate with us. If he is a spy, he will tell Malcolm this news."
"Then what?"
"Malcolm will not sit idly by this time. Compared with private cooperation, what he can't tolerate the most is the fact that other powerful pirates are openly on our side, so he will definitely rush in before this happens. If he wants to stop him, he will personally go to the captains of those two ships to persuade them, and we only need to keep an eye on his actions during this period. Once he meets the captains of those two ships, we can arrest Jim. "
