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Chapter 259: Counterattack (Please Favorite, Subscribe, and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 259: Chapter 259: Counterattack (Please Favorite, Subscribe, and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

"The Alano Free Mariners are second only to the Coastline Defense Force, a major force to be reckoned with. Unlike the restrained Coastline Defense Force, they burn, kill, loot, and commit all sorts of evil. Any ship that catches their eye can only hope for the ’best’—to be hijacked and held for ransom."

The Speech Master narrated her duties with the fervor of a professional voice-over artist, spilling details about these forces like beans.

They did not seem like the expected enemies in the plan.

He Ao took a few steps forward and stood at the edge of the railing, looking puzzledly at the speedboats around him.

There were a total of seven speedboats here, with more than forty men.

Although He Ao had never dealt with pirates, he knew that they seemed too many just to take on an ordinary small cruise ship, especially since there were only a dozen or so crew members openly on board.

Yang De also clearly sensed that something was off and said to the young man in charge of communication, "Tell them we’re willing to pay a passage fee, please let us through."

"I know you must be curious as to why we’re yielding to these pirates,"

the Speech Master leaned in close to He Ao again, "Although it’s easy to kill these pirates, dealing with them is difficult. The pirates we see now are just the small troops in the front; there’s definitely a larger mother ship following behind."

Then she pointed to the last few speedboats and said softly, "You see those boats are all carrying fishing nets? They’re specifically for dealing with large ships like ours. If we don’t cooperate, they’ll put nets into the water to entangle our propeller, slow us down, and call for backup."

Immediately following, she continued to explain, "If we were to engage in combat with these pirates and failed to eliminate them promptly, allowing them to entangle our propeller with their fishing nets and trapping us here, and our ship being unarmed... if they bring ships with heavy artillery, or use bombs to sink us and then run away.

On this vast ocean, we would have no choice but to rely on luck to contact a passing merchant ship. This is called ’The King of Hell is easy to deal with, but the little devils are troublesome.’ So, Commander Yang De tries to avoid conflicts with these pirates as much as possible. We’re not afraid of them, but if we can avoid some trouble, then we avoid it.

Are you made of wood? Why don’t you say anything when I talk to you?"

He Ao saw her chattering away and indeed felt a little tired, so he nodded gently to show he had heard.

Then he continued to observe the pirates’ speedboats along the railing.

"Pfft—"

Liu Nan behind him covered her mouth and chuckled.

"This person is too much," the Speech Master bit her teeth in irritation, "If I talk to him again, I’m a little dog!"

Liu Nan, still chuckling: ?

Why does that sound so familiar?

By this moment, Yang De and the young man beside him had finished communicating with the pirates. It seemed that the pirates had agreed to Yang De’s suggestion, and after a bit of haggling, Yang De turned and had a crew member bring over a silver case, opening it to show the cash inside to the pirates.

The pirates shot a rope onto the ship, asking Yang De to put the case on the rope and slide it over.

Everything appeared to be going smoothly.

But at the last step, the leading pirate captain suddenly noticed He Ao, as well as Liu Nan and the Speech Master following him.

Liu Nan’s beauty goes without saying, and even the cute and charming Speech Master was quite attractive.

That pirate discussed with the surrounding pirates, pointing at He Ao and the two women, and finally, the pirate with the megaphone yelled a long string of words at Yang De.

While speaking, he pointed at the trio.

"Pfft—"

At this moment, the somewhat disheartened Speech Master, who was drinking water from a small thermos she’d somehow produced, spat out a mouthful of water when she heard the pirate’s words.

She then stammered, looking at He Ao wanting to laugh but unable to.

At that moment, the young man who had been communicating with the pirates also turned around almost simultaneously, looking bewilderedly at He Ao.

"Can you understand what they’re saying?"

Liu Nan looked at the Speech Master with curiosity.

"I know many languages, but that’s not the point," the Speech Master blurted out incoherently, looking at He Ao, "Those pirates said they want you to serve their boss in his bed, hahaha..."

He Ao: ?

He still had the paper bag from Kaifeng dishes, simulated by the Multicolored Ring, on his head...

Do these pirates have such peculiar taste?

Since coming out of the ruins, he had always kept the Multicolored Ring on his hand, using it to imitate the Kaifeng dish bag that had been damaged in the ruins.

Wait, the Multicolored Ring?

He Ao raised his hand to glance at the ring in his palm.

The side effect of the Multicolored Ring was:

Charm!

Most on the ship were Transcendents or staff from the Research Institute who had seen plenty of Transcendents, and their resistance to such charm was a bit stronger, so there was no reaction for the time being.

But those pirates outside were not!

He Ao rubbed his forehead with a mix of a laugh and a cry, finding the situation too theatrical.

However, he quickly calmed down.

These pirates weren’t necessarily acting entirely because of the charm.

Because soliciting a person is something that is basically not going to be agreed upon, paying protection fees and giving up people are completely different concepts.

This seemed more like a pretext for starting a war.

Even if the ship owner agreed to hand over the person, they would immediately demand more conditions.

From the beginning, these pirates had been toying with Yang De; their goal was to stall for time, waiting for all the speedboats to be ready,

Yang De seemed to have realized this too; his face turned dark as he waved his hand to signal everyone to retreat.

The pirates below, seeing that all the people on deck had withdrawn, roared hysterically, then picked up rope guns, hooked their claws onto the deck railing, and climbed up the ropes.

Yang De signaled for everyone not to move and continued to retreat, then pulled two pitch-black handguns from his pocket and slid them along the deck, beneath everyone’s feet, landing them accurately at the feet of He Ao and Liu Nan.

He Ao naturally understood what Yang De was thinking; he’d never feared these pirates, but rather the nets that the last of the pirates were holding.

Once these fishing nets entangled the ship’s propeller, trapping them here, it would be troublesome.

After all, there were not only Transcendents on the ship but also doctors, nurses, and seamen—ordinary people.

He Ao looked up at Liu Nan, and the two quickly concealed their guns and split up, moving to the ends of the ship on the left and right sides.

The pirates were clamoring as they climbed aboard, assuming they were afraid seeing the two head backward, grasped their guns, and "Doo doo doo" fired a volley.

But both men reacted quickly, with He Ao dodging the bullets in advance and Liu Nan finding cover.

Soon, most of the pirates had boarded the ship, grinning fiendishly as they surrounded the people on board.

The last few speedboats, each with fishing nets, were now almost all boarded, leaving only one or two pirates standing guard by the helm.

This was the reason Yang De wanted everyone to pull back, without showing weakness the other side wouldn’t dare to come aboard boldly.

A pirate climbed up the rope right beside He Ao, brandishing a gun with a menacing grin as he approached He Ao.

In that instant, He Ao drew his gun and chambered a round.

But instead of aiming at the pirate, he aimed at the ones guarding the net boat below.

Bang, bang, bang—