A Pirate's Counting Life

After hanging up the phone, Cyborg Kong walked back and forth in the office. After working together for so many years, Cyborg Kong also understood the temper of the five old stars.

The other party agreed to his request without much entanglement. It must not be for his own sake.Otherwise, he would not let himself remind Mark to pay attention to his words and deeds in the future.

"It's been such an eventful time... I hope I'm overthinking it."

Cyborg Kong sighed and looked at the port solemnly, preparing to remind Mark when he came back.

Three days later, the warship slowly docked. Mark came to Ganggu Kong's office as usual, looked at his serious face, and chuckled.

"What's wrong, teacher? Didn't you catch any fish today?"

"Wulao Xing called me and said that you control Pluto! Do you have anything to say?"

"Hades? What Hades?"

Mark's pupils shrank but he still refused to admit it. Cyborg Kong didn't notice Mark's change and said in a deep voice, "It's not the best. The Five Old Stars are already a little dissatisfied with you. Please be more careful in the future and don't let anything go wrong."

"I understand, teacher. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

Mark turned and left the office. He didn't care much about Wulaoxing's attitude. He was just dissatisfied. He was no longer the little shrimp he used to be. He didn't need to look at the other person's face. If he couldn't do whatever he wanted, then why did he need this strength?Might as well find a small island to raise pigs and plant flowers.

Two months later, in a certain sea area in the first half of the Grand Line, the captain of the Lombard Pirates, Yuqi, started coughing just after the expedition. Everyone didn't pay much attention, and they all teased each other about his poor health.

But when dark spots appeared on the other party's face, everyone realized that the matter was not simple. Soon crew members with the same symptoms began to appear on the ship, and the ship's doctor had to isolate everyone.

"I'm sorry...I can't cure this disease."

After some treatment, the doctor shook his head and looked at everyone with some guilt, and then said with a serious face.

"Everyone needs to wear a mask from today on. This virus can spread through the air and is very dangerous!"

Brooke slowly walked onto the deck, came to an upwind vent and took off his mask. Hearing the coughs one after another in the cabin, a painful expression appeared on his face.

The atmosphere of laughter and laughter in the past disappeared, replaced by dead silence and the sound of a demonic cough.Three days later, the ship arrived at an island. Brooke quickly ran off the ship and went to the town to find a doctor.

But when he described the symptoms, all the doctors were confused. They had never heard of this disease. Brooke took the doctors back to the pirate ship with the attitude of giving it a try.

The doctors didn't care about the identity of the other pirate. If they could develop a solution to this disease, they would be famous in history. Compared with this, the identity of the other party was completely childish.

"Oh, no! I'm not good at studying, it's really embarrassing."

An old man walked out of the room with a wry smile. As the doctors in the room gradually left, Brooke's heart gradually sank.

When the last doctor left the room, Brooke's body trembled and he looked hopelessly at his companions who were coughing in the room. Tears filled his eyes as he recalled how everyone sang and danced together in the past.

"Everyone…"

Seeing the painful expressions on everyone's faces, Brooke swallowed his words of comfort and froze in place, not knowing what to say.

"Cough cough cough, Brooke...I cough cough"

Youqi's words woke up Brooke. Looking at the painful look on the boat, Brooke quickly stepped forward and held the other person's hand.

"I decided to...ahem...drive the ship...ahem...to the windless zone"

Brooke subconsciously wanted to stop him, but looking at Youqi's firm gaze, Brooke's voice couldn't help but tremble.

"Captain! We can go to the next island! If the doctor here is not good, we will find other doctors! Captain, we promised to bring joy to everyone!"

Seeing Brooke's excited look, Youqi's eyes welled up with tears, but when he thought about the contagiousness of this virus, Youqi turned his head away and suppressed a cough and said in a deep voice.

"This is the captain's order!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Youqi began to cough violently. Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Brooke decided to go outside to find someone to persuade him.

"Alas~ This virus is too scary. I suggest you cremate those people..."

Seeing Brooke coming out, an old man walked out under the push of everyone. When he heard what the other person said, Brooke immediately became angry. He changed his usual amiability and said with a sullen face.

"A bunch of quacks! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kill you all!"

The old man's lips moved and he wanted to say something in defense, but when he saw the other party's red eyes and the half-inch sword unsheathed, he honestly shut his mouth.

"Get out! Get out of here!"

Brooke raised his scabbard and hit everyone, driving them off the pirate ship. Seeing Brooke's furious look, the crew also understood that the matter was not resolved.

Brooke led everyone into the room and prepared to persuade Youqi. An hour later, everyone walked out of the room with sad expressions and sat on the deck one by one. The smiles of the past were no longer on their faces.

"Duke... you go contact the shipyard to build a new pirate ship!"

After a few seconds of silence, Brooke issued an order to a thin man. The man hesitated for a second and then slowly stood up and walked towards the shore.

"Everyone will live in towns from now on."

Brooke waved his hand to disperse the crowd. After everyone left, he returned to the room, took out his violin and went to the deck to start playing. A sad music floated in the port.

Everyone in the cabin coughed. After a piece of music was played, Brooke played the violin again, but this time the music was cheerful.

Listening to this familiar music, the coughing in the cabin stopped for a few seconds. Everyone's eyes showed a nostalgic look, and the corners of their mouths unconsciously turned up, but their throats were like ten thousand ants crawling, and the violent coughing made their facial features change. Gotta twist.

The music on the deck came one after another, and Brooke seemed not to feel tired. He kept playing music until a ray of golden light from the sky shone on his face.

"Jia~"

A crisp sound sounded, and the music stopped abruptly. Brooke put down the violin expressionlessly, ignoring the broken strings and throwing it to the deck.

Looking at the sun rising slowly in the distance, I hope in my heart that this is all just a dream.

Everyone returned to the pirate ship one after another and walked to the cabin in unison, preparing to say goodbye to Youqi. Everyone chatted from morning until the sun was about to set.

The ship's doctor sighed and walked towards the door first, and soon only Youqi and Brooke were left in the cabin.

"Ahem...I'm so unwilling!"

There were tears in Youqi's eyes, and Brooke murmured in a low voice.

"Captain Yuqi... I will never forget these words! Take care of your life, Captain! Although our ships are separated... we will definitely meet again alive! Take off this mask! Let's sing together again..."

Brooke excitedly took off the mask on Youqi's face, holding back tears and grinning. Youqi closed his eyes, showed a smile to Brooke, and whispered

"Hey, Brooke...send me off with my favorite song!"

Brooke smiled and nodded, and a few tears slowly slipped down. Everyone stood on the shore to hold back their tears, and shouted loudly to "Binx's Wine"

"Binx's wine will be delivered to you, let me swim in the wind and waves, the waves are raging, the sunset is moving..."

The pirate ship headed towards the windless zone and slowly disappeared from everyone's sight. The tears that had been suppressed finally flowed out. Two months later, the new ship was built.

Everyone set sail again, this time with double their dreams on their shoulders.