Pirates: Ghosts Walking in the Dark

The warm sea breeze awakened Green from his meditation. He opened his eyes and looked helplessly at the endless sea in the distance and a few white sailboats dotted near the sea.

Two seagulls flew briskly past him, leaving behind a pile of excrement that formed a perfect parabola and landed on the rock next to him.

Green turned a blind eye to this scene and was minding his own thoughts.

"Hey! Green, I knew you were here!" A teenage boy ran over from a distance with a smile and sat down next to him, with an expression of 'I knew it was like this' on his face.

Green frowned, smiled and said hello: "What? House, what's the matter?"

The little boy named House was wearing a patched long-sleeved shirt and shorts. The shirt and shorts were obviously not his, and they looked a little too big on him, making him look funny.

But there was no sign of any strangeness on Green's face. The reason was that he was not much better. To be precise, the clothes he wore were not as good as the other's. This could be seen from the fact that he had significantly more patches than the other's.

Although the kid named House was wearing some rags, his brilliant golden hair and the sunny smile that always hung on his face made everyone who saw him easily remember his appearance.

"It's nothing. I didn't see you this afternoon, so I guessed you must be here." House smiled brightly, leaning back against the blood-red sunset, using his two lean arms to support the rock behind him, lazily Said proudly.

The last ray of sunlight disappeared, and stars, big or small, slowly appeared in the dim sky. Behind the two of them, in the darkness at the foot of the mountain, a little light started to shine. It was from the town at the foot of the mountain. Residents began to light lights.

Sometimes Green felt that he could not understand the world more and more. It was obviously backward and primitive everywhere, but there was a hint of weirdness in some trivial places.

Green knows that if he takes himself too seriously in this world, he will lose!

If he hadn't suddenly appeared on this backward island three years ago, and then happened to see the wanted poster plastered on two walls at the entrance of the town, he would never have thought that he just watched the One Piece anime all night long. When I opened my eyes again, I was already here.

He clenched his fists and felt the strength in his body. His body, which had just celebrated his 12th birthday this year, had not yet grown, and he had suffered from hunger and malnutrition for a long time, but he could still feel that this was definitely not a teenager. The power that children should have.

"The legend is somewhat possible. The people in this world have very good physical fitness, at least much better than my original world." Green murmured to himself in a low voice.

House heard his muttering and smiled: "Green, you've started to talk nonsense again, but I think your symptoms have gotten much better during this time. It seems that the doctors in this town are not too idiots!"

Green rolled his eyes and did not answer.

In addition, he also noticed one thing, that is, the wanted poster of Pirate King Gol D. Roger was still posted in the most conspicuous place, which meant that he was still active on the sea.

"The Age of Great Pirates..."

Green smiled. The island he was on was very remote and the news was very backward. Even the news birds flying all over the world rarely came here.

He had also inquired, and everyone had heard of Roger's reputation. He was known as one of the most evil people on the sea. Almost everyone knew about it.

A violent explosion suddenly came from behind Green and House, frightening the two of them.

Turn around and look.

At the bottom of the mountain behind him, he saw streaks of fire rising into the sky, turning the sky red.

"Oops! There must be pirates in the village, let's go and help!" House screamed, turned around and rushed towards the village down the mountain.

"Wait a minute!" Green grabbed his good friend.

"Hurry up, Green, we don't know how many people will suffer if it's too late."

At this time, the fire at the bottom of the mountain became more intense, and some houses were already set on fire.

In the light of the fire, panicked villagers ran around, screaming as they ran.

Behind them, a tall man with a weapon in his hand could be seen vaguely, and Green seemed to be able to see the ferocious smile on the other man's face.

"Don't worry, even if we rush over now, we won't be able to help much, and our sacrifice will be in vain." Green looked calm, thinking about what to do in his mind.

After all, they were just two teenagers.

Although there are many people in this world who have already mastered considerable combat power in their teens, this does not include Green and House, who live a life of starvation.

"This...but..." House looked worried.

Although they have been orphans since childhood, there are many kind-hearted villagers in the village who have helped them.

At this time, seeing the pirates wreaking havoc, they could only watch helplessly, which made him feel uncomfortable.

"Don't be impulsive!" Green looked at the fire at the foot of the mountain, his eyes showing a calmness that was inconsistent with his age.

"We can't stop those pirates. Even the weakest pirates can easily deal with the two of us, so don't think about dying now."

Pointing to the edge of the village, a cold light flashed in Green's eyes: "Let's go there to ambush and look for opportunities to see if we can kill one or two pirates."

"That is the opposite direction of the pirates' attack. I just observed that there are not many pirates there. There are only a few people there to stop the fleeing villagers. We can deal with them to give the villagers a chance to escape."

House's eyes lit up and he quickly pulled Green and ran in that direction.

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go there and ambush."

The two of them quickly approached that direction, and when they passed a hidden spot along the way, they both had something extra in their hands.

In Green's hand was a rough half-meter-long dagger, a homemade bow and a dozen feather arrows.

House had a homemade spear sharpened with an iron sheet in his hand, and he carried a thick wooden board on his back with a handle on it. It looked like a similarly crude homemade shield.

The two of them have lived on this island for a long time, and most of their usual food sources come from hunting. Therefore, although the two of them appear to be thin, their long-term training has given them strength and strength that is no less than that of ordinary adult men. physical strength.

Running down the mountain saves a lot of energy because it is all downhill.

Despite this, by the time the two of them reached the other side of the village, they were out of breath and their clothes were soaked.

After approaching the village, the screams of the villagers and the ferocious laughter of the pirates were clearly audible.

The two clenched their teeth tightly. Only after experiencing the evil deeds committed by pirates will people know that pirates are not only a symbol of freedom, but also synonymous with sin.

The crimes they committed cannot be erased by saying that a man will go to sea.

The two took a short rest, then quickly approached the edge of the village, sneaking silently in the darkness, and soon saw the pirate's figure.

I saw some villagers running in panic, trying to escape in this place where there were fewer pirates, but they were cut down to the ground by the light of the sword that lit up in the darkness.

"what……"

"Help... help!"

In the darkness, a pirate with a knife emerged, with a bloodthirsty and ferocious look on his face.

"Hey, help? No one will come to save you today, just go and die!"

Screams kept ringing out in the darkness, shrill and desperate.

Green silently counted the places where the screams came from and kept them in his mind.

On the side, House couldn't wait any longer. If the two of them hadn't followed Green's orders every time they hunted together, he would have been unable to bear it.

By the sparse firelight, Green discovered something was wrong.

"No! Although these pirates are bloodthirsty and cruel, they are a little hesitant to take action. They don't look like old pirates who have been at sea for a long time."

After thinking secretly, Green came to the conclusion that except for the two who started the attack, all the other pirates were novices.

Green's eyes lit up and he patted House on the right shoulder.

The two have been together since a few years ago, and the tacit understanding between them has long been reached. No words are needed. With just a look or an action, the other can know what the other is thinking.

House took off the wooden shield from his back and moved silently but quickly through the darkness with the shield in his left hand and the spear in his right hand.

Behind him, Green was like a weightless ghost, 'floating' tightly not far behind him, with an arrow already attached to the wooden bow in his hand.

The two of them walked through the village without making a sound, just like they hunted every day.

They walked in the shadows of buildings, never exposing themselves to moonlight or firelight.

Out of hunter's instinct, the two first focused on a pirate near the outermost side.

It was a somewhat thin pirate, with a flower-green turban on his head, a sharp knife in his hand, and hiding in the darkness with bloodthirsty eyes.

He had just killed a villager who was caught off guard. The other person's scream before death and the horror and despair he looked at him made him feel a sense of pleasure in his heart.

That's the pleasure of killing!

He held the sharp knife tightly in his hand, quietly waiting for the next villager who was panicking and continuing his killing spree.

Green's guess was correct. They had just been recruited by the pirate group, and this time they were brought out specifically to see the blood.

And this village was chosen simply because this island happened to be on their route.

"Hehehehe, come on! Come on! One more, let me listen to the cry before death..."

He had already begun to fantasize about where he would insert his next knife to make the other party scream louder and scream longer.

But at this moment, a weak voice suddenly came from behind him, making him think that he had heard wrongly.

"Well? Aren't we all guarding one place? Who doesn't stay in his own place and comes to me?"

He turned back in confusion, and then his pupils shrank. Two short figures appeared behind him, and they were definitely not his companions.

He opened his mouth to make a sound.

"laugh!"

An arrow shot as fast as lightning, penetrated through his open mouth, and intercepted what he wanted to shout.