Pirate Forest

Small town basement.

A huge explosion broke the false calm.

The surrounding walls suddenly had some slight movement, and some residents who were already surrounded by vegetation quickly leaned against the wall and shivered with their heads in their hands.

The women each protect their children, using their bodies as the last barrier. They no longer expect the arrival of the navy. As long as their children survive, it is the continuation of their lives.

The men also stood beside their wives and looked desperately at the sand flying around the walls, but their responsibilities as men forced them not to fall down.

The children hid in their parents' arms blankly, crying or confused. They didn't know what happened until this moment, and they just drifted with the panic of the people around them.

The elderly people were sitting on the ground. They had gray hair and yellow and wrinkled skin covering their bones, making them look unusually thin, but their eyes were very calm and indifferent.

The rich man called his guards to protect him and his treasures, telling them that his clothes were a hundred times more important than their lives, and that he was most attached to this world.

Because he is rich and has enjoyed happiness that others cannot imagine.

The poor are desperate and unwilling to find any relief. They have no wives to love, no husbands to rely on, and no children to love.

When you are born, you don't care about your wealth and status. After you die, you have to ask about your poverty and fame.

Poverty is the original sin!

The sealed and dark basement is full of all kinds of life, and everyone is equal in the face of disaster, but no matter whether they are men or women, rich or poor, old or children, they all choose to resign themselves to their fate, and no one thinks of resisting.

"Damn pirates! I will never allow them to trample on my homeland." In the end, the strong men, the rich, the poor who thought they had nothing and were not afraid of losing anything, and the old man who faced death indifferently all remained silent. It's the mayor. Net

"And me, I'm going too! I want to help the navy defeat the pirates!" Another little boy named Al stood up.

Everyone shook their heads at them indifferently, unwilling to "send death".

"Don't say stupid things Al, you can't do it." Her mother just hugged her and cried softly.

"If I stay here and do nothing, I would rather die on the stone ground!" The boy said stubbornly as he struggled to squeeze his head out from between his mother's arms.

The adults looked at him in horror, and then stared at him with a look of resentment that the boy would never forget in his life, but his small waist was straighter than everyone in front of him.

The mother still cried and shook her head and refused to agree. The mayor came over and grabbed the child's outstretched hand and "rescued" him from the mother's surroundings. The mother collapsed and cried bitterly.

"I have lost his father and cannot live without Al." My mother choked with sobs and told the elderly mayor.

"I swear with my life to ensure his safety." No matter how much the mayor promised, my mother would just shake her head.

The boy glanced at his crying mother, grabbed the mayor's hand and led him towards the ground. The mayor will always remember what a firm and strong hand it was. He was brought home by a child.

The two of them gradually disappeared in front of everyone, and his mother's heartbreaking cries failed to bring Al back. At this moment, he looked exactly like his naval father in his memory.

He held his head high and walked forward with high spirits, just like when his father refused to look back when he was a child, his wife held the young child and begged him not to go on a mission.

His father never came back that time, but his heroic spirit remained in his heart forever.

This time, he refused his mother's "prayer" without looking back, and he might not be able to come back.

But he had no regrets, he could never forget how sweet the air outside was, and he was overjoyed even though the dock no longer existed. The environment in the basement was a hundred times scarier.

………………

At sea, there are three warships of the 28th branch of the Navy stationed in the West Sea.

"I can't believe this is your attack. It's a great disgrace to the navy! You're ashamed of your uniform!" The young second lieutenant thought that Colonel Duck would be forced to cancel after the soldiers were assembled and finally agreed to his request.

But what he didn't expect was that their three warships would only dare to linger outside the town, sitting back and watching the pirates thousands of meters away nakedly humiliate them.

"The terrible explosion just now may have been caused by it. It's too dangerous to attack now." Colonel Duck said calmly.

"But aren't those people more dangerous?" The second lieutenant was really furious.

"Are you dissatisfied with my order?" Colonel Duck held a cigarette in his flat mouth, watching the pirate flag fluttering in the wind in the distance. His patience with his subordinates who repeatedly contradicted him was about to end.

"Yes! That's right! I've had enough!" the ensign roared.

The soldiers on the ship ignored all this and said nothing.

Colonel Duck picked up the pistol on his waist and raised his hand to point it at the ensign.

"Do you still want to scare me? I've had enough of this humiliation, come on! Shoot me in the head!!!" He threw away his usually cherished navy cap and stepped on it several times angrily. My faith completely collapsed at this moment.

Colonel Duck's hand didn't know whether to raise or lower it. A tense atmosphere swept the entire fleet in an instant, and the soldiers were finally at a loss.

This is the first time someone didn't lower his head after Colonel Duck drew his gun. Isn't he afraid of death?

The old soldiers knew that this was not the first time. A few years ago, there was a man who was as unafraid of power as the second lieutenant. That time he died, and when they sent his body home, they saw a child who was as righteous as his father.

The child asked a lot about his father, and was excited every time he heard about his father's heroic actions. They asked curiously, "Aren't you sad?"

"No, father, he died for his beliefs, right? Isn't that very handsome? One day I will become a navy like my father! I also want to die very handsome!" The boy's bright smile made people laugh. Their hearts ached.

I really wanted to tell him the truth but in the end I still couldn't straighten my waist that had been bent for a long time.

But they knew something from that day.

There are really people in this world who are not afraid of death.

"Don't you think I dare?" Colonel Duck's eyes narrowed, and he stabbed the second lieutenant in the forehead with his gun, but the second lieutenant still held his head high and refused to give an inch.

"Then prove it to me!"

"Damn it! Why are there always people who only know how to attack? Why do they always want to die? Why do they have to be cool? Why..." At this moment, he couldn't help but think of the man who died a few years ago. He threw away the pistol, grabbed the second lieutenant's shoulder and slammed it. Towards the knees.

"This is not being cool." The lieutenant felt a pain in his stomach and knelt on the deck and vomited a mouthful of sour water.

"Everyone is afraid of death, and I am afraid too, just like I am afraid that you will shoot me." He stood up tenaciously, but was punched away again before he could react.

"Since you are so weak, you should just crawl down." The colonel walked up to him, and the second lieutenant barely raised his head, stepped on his back and couldn't help but scream.

"Ah! Even for a weak person like me, it hurts so much, but as soon as I think of people who are weaker than me who need to be protected, I will rush forward regardless." He was kicked by the leg of Colonel Duck in embarrassment. He stepped on the ground, but for some reason, in the eyes of the navy, this man was standing.

Click!

"So what's the reason?" Colonel Duck's mouth was so angry that he crushed the second lieutenant's back in anger.

He felt like he was about to die. His bones were broken by a foot, as if his whole body was being shocked by electric shocks. He was breathing heavily and intermittently, as if he would die at any time. His heavy eyelids were raised, and the crown that he cherished but was trampled on was dirty. A navy hat dominated his vision.

He smiled as he looked at the seagull symbol of peace on his hat.

When he was young, he admired the navy very much and thought it was the most handsome job in the world.

Sure enough, he still didn't want to give up this job.

How could his faith be really broken for the glory of this guardianship job?

How could he not attack the pirates because he was afraid of death?

He actually didn't understand the colonel's question at all, and to him it wasn't a problem at all.

"Because... we... are... the navy..." After saying that, he closed his eyes. A soldier boldly walked over and touched his nose. He was still breathing but very weak.

"Send him to the ship's doctor." The colonel panted and waved his hands. The mental fatigue was much heavier than the physical fatigue.

This was the third time he heard this sentence.

The first person to say this is himself...