manynovel Chapter 1305: The Joker Pirates Appear Again
Chapter 1305: The Joker Pirates Appear Again
Sabo was not convinced by Long in the end. On the evening of the next day, he originally wanted to take a boat to the Sabaody Archipelago alone.
Kerla was worried that he would do something stupid alone, so a man and a woman boarded a boat together and left the revolutionary army's headquarters. During this time, the leader of the revolutionary army was watching from behind.
The other members of the Revolutionary Army can understand the second-in-command's temporary departure. Sabo is a boy who values feelings.
He used to extremely hate his noble status, but hanging out with Ace and Luffy made him feel like he was alive again. He had his own freedom and did not want to be bound by his noble status.
Sabo and Kerla naturally dressed up in disguise for this trip, changing into ordinary clothes and trying not to leave too much of an impression on outsiders.
Like a young couple trying to make a living, they boarded a passenger ship bound for the Sabaody Archipelago. In the crowded cabin, no one discovered the true identity of the revolutionary army.
Most of the people around him were discussing the execution of the Pirate King's son, and most of them had nothing good to say.
After all, the pirate era was started by Roger. As long as there are capable young and middle-aged people who are forced to survive by reality, most of them will become pirates.
A thief is a thief. He cannot wash away his identity. He commits murder and robbery in pursuit of illusory freedom and may not wake up the next day.
The husbands of many people, the sons of many people, the fathers of many people, generation after generation, died on the road of pirates. If Roger had not appeared, there might not have been so many pirates.
The secret treasure of One Piece has touched the hearts of too many greedy people who want to find the treasure of One Piece and gain the reputation of One Piece. In the end, most of the ships are destroyed and people die, and they can never return to their hometown.
Ordinary people's disgust for pirates is almost ingrained in their bones. In the current era created by One Piece, Roger's mistakes must naturally be paid for by his son, and even if Ace did nothing, he still bears unimaginable sins.
Sabo leaned against Kerla and closed his eyes, not wanting to argue with ordinary people. He knew Ace was innocent, so he wanted to save him!
Kerla stroked the man's face. As Sabo grew older, his nobility gradually became more prominent. A boy who had been exposed to aristocratic education since childhood was different from an ordinary hardworking boy.
With her own behavioral logic, Kerla feels that she is very lucky to have met Sabo. Perhaps all this is destined.
Thinking of the savior of the fishmen who saved her, the resolute image of the hero Tiger has always remained in Kerla's heart. It's a pity that this hero fell on the road of revolution. How great it would be if he could join the revolutionary army.
"It's finally time to change shifts. After this trip, I can go home and rest for a while."
"The war is about to begin. All passenger ships to the Sabaody Archipelago must stop operating. If there are casualties, the people above cannot afford to pay for them."
The two sailors were on the observation post, talking to each other to distract their attention and prevent both of them from falling asleep. If their attention to the sea was weakened, it would be a disaster for the entire ship.
Suddenly, complicated sea conditions arose. If they did not report it in time, the entire passenger ship would sink in the deep sea.
The complex sea conditions on the Great Route are changing almost every moment, and someone must always be watching to remind the helmsman who controls the ship to adjust the sailing direction in a timely manner.
The young sailor's eyelids were drooping and sleepiness was sweeping over him like a tide. He subconsciously opened his mouth and yawned, and his head nodded uncontrollably.
Suddenly, a vague black shadow appeared in his sight, looming against the backdrop of the vast ocean.
"Maybe I saw it wrong," he muttered, raising his hand to rub his sore eyes vigorously, trying to wake himself up.
When he looked again, the black shadow became clearer and clearer. It was a pirate ship flying a skull and crossbones flag with full sails, approaching their ship menacingly.
The sailor's sleepiness disappeared in an instant, his heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, his eyes widened like copper bells, and his breathing became rapid and heavy.
He gripped the railing of the observation post tightly with both hands, his knuckles turning white from the effort. "Pirate ship! There's a pirate ship approaching!" he shouted at the top of his lungs, the sound cutting through the silence of the sea.
When the sailors in the cabin heard the alarm, they were instantly in chaos. The captain, who was in a light sleep, was awakened. He walked to the deck with his clothes on and began to organize the crew to take up arms to resist.
An ordinary small pirate group can be easily dealt with by the armed forces of the passenger ship. If they make a living by transporting cargo, they would not have survived to this day without some ability to protect themselves.
To determine the strength of a pirate group, one has to look at the pirate flag they fly. Experienced sailors who have traveled the seas can recognize most pirate flags.
The pirate ship was obviously hostile and ignored the warning signals from the passenger ship. The two ships continued to approach each other. The captain decisively ordered the cannons to be loaded with ammunition and fired fiercely.
We must not allow the pirate ships to get close enough to engage in boarding combat. We must fully utilize our firepower advantage and use artillery fire to teach the pirates a lesson, forcing them to retreat.
The range of the artillery is limited, so we have to wait until the pirate ship gets close to fire. The captain goes to the front line and makes everyone obey his orders. When the distance is right, he will order the artillery to fire, aiming to severely damage the pirate ship in one go.
As the pirate ship approached, the armed group on the passenger ship finally saw clearly that the skull and crossbones flag hoisted on the thickest and longest mast was a pirate flag with a huge red nose and a skull with an exaggerated smiling face.
When the captain saw the skull flag, he recognized the owner of the pirate flag almost instantly, "Can't be so unlucky, could it be the Joker Pirates?"!
Now there is no time to care about so many things. Some second-rate pirate groups will fly the flags of large pirate groups and use psychological warfare to break down the psychological defenses of the merchants.
In order to avoid misjudgment, the captain put the lives of the entire ship on his shoulders. "The clown flag is definitely a lie. Buggy will not appear in this sea area. Fire all the shells and fire!"
At the captain's command, more than twenty cannons of the armed passenger ship fired deafening roars at the same time, and thick smoke instantly rose from the bow of the ship.
The shells were fired with whistling sounds, and the sea was instantly filled with black smoke, as if a thick curtain was covering the sea surface. The hot shells were fired with whistling sounds, like a beast shot out of a barrel, towards the pirate ship not far away.
The crew thought that this round of bombardment would deal a fatal blow to the pirates, but something strange happened before their eyes.
Those shells flying in the air at high speeds were like fragile glass products. They suddenly began to shatter in mid-flight, breaking apart from the inside, turning into metal fragments that fell into the sea, and all became duds.
"He is a devil fruit user"!
The captain and his sailors were in despair. The first round of bombardment was ineffective, and there was no need to fire the second round. This was useless and would only anger the pirates on the ship.
Sabo opened his eyes in the cabin at this time. He heard the sound of shells shattering in the air and realized that this time the armed passenger ship had encountered a pirate group that was difficult to deal with.
The guests in the cabin were trembling and huddled together in fear at the sound of the cannon. They could not decide their own fate, so the pirates had to decide it for them.