Pirate's Shadow

At seven o'clock in the morning, Mendela was dreaming. In his dream, there were no pirates in this world, and people worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. He relied on his barely sufficient salary to do nothing all day long, traveling around the mountains and rivers day after day.

He came to a mountain again and was watching the sunset from the top of the mountain. He planned to wait for the sun to completely set and then go to the foot of the mountain to find a local resident to stay overnight.

But, at this time. Suddenly there was an earthquake, and suddenly the mountains collapsed and the ground cracked. The protruding rock platform where he was watching the sunset also fell down. Originally faced with such a situation, he could still escape smoothly. But now he couldn't use any strength and fell directly.

The next moment, he suddenly jumped out of bed. "It turned out to be a dream!" I wiped away the non-existent cold sweat, but still felt a little palpitated.

Thump…thump…

Although I have woken up, the sound of landslides and ground cracking is still there in my dream.

"Who is it? You didn't sleep so early in the morning, causing a lot of noise." Colonel Mendela was a little confused. Could it be that someone was doing construction work outside the base? But he did not receive such notice.

I called my brother and called Kada over, intending to ask what was going on. Why not find someone else? There was basically no one in the base. Except for the people who stayed in the base, he knew that Kadar was always there, and the rest basically lived in their own homes in the town.

"report!"

"Come in." Kada is a good comrade, but he is too serious. If it hadn't been for that incident, he wouldn't have stayed and would have applied to go to sea. In fact, I quite admire him. If I didn't keep urging myself to work harder, I would appreciate him even more.

"Who is doing construction outside?" Mendela was a little angry. Although he didn't care much, he had to talk about this kind of thing in advance so that he could be prepared, such as changing to a softer mattress and preparing a pair of earplugs. .

"Construction? No one is doing construction." Kada was also confused. He patrolled around the base early in the morning and saw no one doing construction.

"Then what's going on with this vibration and sound? That's it, it's ringing again."

"Well, it's Hecifer who's exercising." Kadar resisted the urge to laugh.

"Hecifer? Who is this?" Mendela had no impression at all.

"It's the new marine who joined us yesterday. I gave you all his information yesterday."

"It's him. It's okay then, you go back first!" Mendela remembered that this was indeed the case.

As a newcomer, it’s normal to be motivated. After two or three days, when I saw the laziness of the base, I realized the reality. He decided to ignore it and temper his temper. He was young and not stable at all.

After continuing for another two hours, the shaking finally stopped.

"This young man has some strength. He actually persisted for so long." He still knew how much strength was needed to make such a big movement. Even he might not be able to persist for two hours with this level of training. It's just that the noise is a bit annoying.

"It should be almost done!" Hecifer thought. He worked hard to make noise. After two hours, he was very tired.

"Brother Qatar, what do you think of my performance today?" Hesifer asked when leaving the base, fearing that his efforts were not enough.

"Very good, just keep going like this for a week. Colonel Mendela must have wanted to transfer you. If nothing else, you can go to sea next time for supplies." Qatar originally wanted Hesifa to leave in the morning It would be nice to do it for half an hour so that the colonel couldn't sleep. Unexpectedly, he actually did it for two hours. The effect was much better than he expected.

"supply?"

"Yes, people who go to sea also need living supplies. Although they can be seized from pirates, part of the food can also be obtained from the sea. However, such as fresh water, medicine, etc., they will be returned to the base every half month for supplies Once," Kadar explained.

"Also, when supplying, we will also send back some captured pirates."

"Pirates? I see there's no one in our prison?" According to Kada, there should be a lot of talented people in the base prison, right?

"Because the colonel felt that it was too troublesome to guard the criminals, some of the serious ones were executed directly. The rest were sent to the mine on the easternmost side of the island to dig. They would not be let go until a certain amount was mined." Kadak is no longer sleepy. What he admires most about the colonel is his method of dealing with pirates.

"labour reform?"

"Yes, that's what it means."

"But, we don't have the right to punish the pirates on the spot, do we? Isn't this a bit of an abuse of private power?"

"It's okay, the residents on the island agree to do this. The higher ups won't care about such things. When someone comes to check, just lock a few pirates in the base." Kada said nonchalantly.

"That's it." Hesifer was a little frightened and had a different view of Colonel Mendela. What kind of person does it take to have everyone on the island cover for him, even for such a serious crime as private execution? Moreover, after being dealt with in this way, even if it was concealed, wouldn't the credit of those colleagues who caught the pirates be reduced? How could they willingly give up this part of the credit? The more I think about it, the more I realize that I, a lazy colonel, am not simple.

After returning home and having breakfast with Youjie, Hesifer went to the easternmost part of the island. He wanted to see the miners in person, and was really shocked when he saw them. The number of people was really quite large, and the sight of hundreds of people working together in handcuffs and anklets was quite shocking. Those supervising them should be my colleagues. Although there are only a dozen of them, these prisoners are all honest, and these people should be quite strong.

People who go to sea may be thorny. After all, the colonel's lazy look is unmistakable. It's normal not to like people who jump around happily. But to say that he was also the strongest, Hecifer felt that something was wrong. Moreover, the number of people in a naval detachment will not be too large. Even if there are patrols at sea, there should be pirates who slip through the net and come to the island. But what I saw was that the island had not been attacked by pirates for a long time. It was not that there were no pirates coming ashore. Maybe they were discovered and dealt with quickly after landing.

This man Hecifer remembered a story: a famous doctor handed down from generation to generation can always cure difficult and complicated diseases. So someone asked him if your medical skills are already the best in the world. The legendary doctor replied: I am not the best in the world, my two brothers are better than me. Q: But none of us have heard of the deeds of your two brothers. Answer: My second brother is good at seeing the future development of illnesses from minor illnesses, so he heals people when they have minor illnesses. As for my eldest brother, he can tell whether a person will get sick in the future before he is sick, and he can prevent the person from getting sick before he gets sick. But I can't be like my eldest brother, nor can I be like my second brother. I can only treat people when they are terminally ill, but I am the most famous.

Even if Colonel Mendela is not at the level of the eldest brother in the story, he is probably still a second brother.

"But why do I care so much? Just stick to the plan and strive to go to sea for the next supply." The more Hesifer thought about it, the more he felt that Colonel Mendela was not simple, so he simply gave up.