One Piece's Life

John, 53 years old, wore a wrinkled blue hat and old gray leather boots, but his dark clothes and pants were very clean. The wine was stolen from the wine cellar, and his eyes were fixed on the fishing line from time to time.

I thought to myself that if I couldn't catch any fish today, I would probably have to find something to eat in the old gangster's kitchen today.

I can't help but think of the figure of the young boss lady. I wish I had known her earlier.

I don’t know how long it took, but the fishing line was shaking violently. Old John suddenly became energetic. He walked to the fishing rod and saw in the sea less than 5 meters below. There was a piece of clothing dragged in the fishhook. No, it belonged to a child. corpse.

"It's really unlucky. I didn't catch the fish, so I saw the body first. It must have been a shipwreck. It's better to find a place to bury the body. Wait, the body moved."

The little boy's body swayed and he saw the land not far away in front of him. He was a little excited and found that he had eaten a little too much water and choked.

Suddenly a figure fell from above, his vision gradually became blurred, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and then he didn't know what happened next.

I don't know how long it took, but I found myself on a simple bed, which was made up of just a few pieces of rags that looked like a quilt.

The small room was relatively clean. There was a small window next to the bed. I crawled toward the window and saw a blue sea, a small town not far away, and the nearest place was a small forest.

Fortunately, it's okay as long as there are people. Suddenly a question came to mind, what should I do if I can't understand what they said? I am fluent in Chinese, so I probably need to learn the local language.

Leaning on the bed, I looked around for a while and found that I was in the cabin, but the ship was not at sea. Listening to the heavy footsteps, I knew that the owner of this place was coming. I'm a little panicked. What should I do if the language can't communicate with each other?

The door was slowly pushed open, and the image of a bad old man slowly appeared in his sight. The two looked at each other for a while, neither of them spoke.

Then the old man went out for a while and brought two pieces of black bread and a cup of hot water. After putting them in the room, he didn't say anything. I didn't say anything. I was already hungry, so I walked over and started to eat. stand up.

The noise I made filled the whole room. After a long time, after I had barely eaten, the old man finally spoke and slowly walked to the bedside and said something I couldn't understand.

Although there was a word in the middle that I could understand, I still shook my head. After all, I only roughly know some island dialects, and he seemed to understand what I meant.

Over the next two months or so, the old man slowly taught me how to speak and read. I didn't go to a town not far away. I just stayed in the boat and occasionally went out to see the water flowing under the cliff.

In two months, although I couldn't communicate fluently, I could slowly speak clearly and listen clearly.

I knew that the old man's name was John, but he refused to mention his last name.

The old man didn't ask anything about his origins. He only said to me: In this era, there are many people living in other places.

I found that the old man was in a good mood. His house was this abandoned ship, a two-story medium-sized wooden ship with a total of five cabins that could be used as houses. The old man saw it on the beach more than 20 years ago and requisitioned it as a house.

The boat was dragged by himself to the woods not far from the town. It was backed by a cliff, although it was more than 20 meters away from the cliff and it was relatively secluded.

Although there is food every day, I can guess that it is not from the old man’s own house. The best meal I had was a whole roast chicken that I got from nowhere, and a few bottles of wine, although I was not allowed to drink the wine. .

In the past half month, I found that the old man had been looking at the cliff every night before going to bed. He then returned to his house to sleep for a long time. Today I saw that he was still outside the boat tonight, sitting and staring at the cliff. , eyes full of memories.

I walked out and sat next to him, and asked him: Grandpa John, why do you always stare at the cliff every night?

It took a long time for Old John to wake up from the look in his eyes, and he slowly told the story of his youthful experience.

When he was young, he was a soldier in the local army. Once, accompanied by his superior, an army of more than 100 people began a routine patrol at sea.

Usually there is no fog, but it was foggy that night. The navigator on the ship couldn't tell the direction, and the young officer didn't know how to tell the direction, so he gave random instructions. At first, the crew relied on the authority of the officer and was relatively quiet. .

But with a roar similar to that of a monster, the boat shook, and the atmosphere in the boat suddenly became depressing. The commander, with his face still calm, directed the three soldiers to go out of the cabin to investigate the situation.

Not long after the three soldiers went out, they shouted "Ah", and then it became quiet and there was no movement. I don't know when the sea monster or the Sea King will attack again.

Now the commander calmly took out 5 guns from the box again, gave each of the 3 soldiers one gun, and kept two for himself. He ordered the 3 soldiers this time to immediately attack the suspicious people around them after leaving the cabin. Target shot.

The three soldiers were suspicious and very hesitant, but in the end they all got out. After all, soldiers have to obey orders. This is the honor of every soldier.

Slowly opening the hatch, one of them fired a shot in a hurry and didn't know where to go. The other two also became nervous and angry. The other two were still a little calm. Looking at the deck, there was an extra-long tentacle. Swimming back and forth on the deck, shots were fired immediately.

The monster screamed in pain and immediately retracted its tentacles into the sea. Soon after, the monster became angry, and the three soldiers disappeared silently.

Now the commander was no longer calm and commanded the navigator to start sailing with increased power. I don’t know how long it took. Thinking it was safe, the bottom of the boat suddenly shook violently, and a monster more than 10 meters tall with an octopus head and multiple tentacles immediately appeared in front of everyone.

Even without the commander's instructions, the navigator immediately turned left and full the rudder, and crashed towards the not far away arm. At this time, the sail was broken, and he could only put his only hope here. The monster did not notice this and was still very angry. Gotta start killing.

Old John was so frightened that he kept holding on to the stern of the boat. It was safe to jump into the sea. Anyway, there was an island not far away.

He jumped into the sea without hesitation, but the monsters were still killing him crazily. Less than 20 soldiers survived, and the commander had long since died tragically.

He swam hard to another place, and soon there was a loud "boom" behind him.

I still swam as if running for my life, because I knew that it was impossible to kill the monster, because it was the legendary sea monster.

I only heard angry roars and occasional calls for help. When I got ashore, I found that the Kraken had disappeared.

This is what happened, but because Old John was afraid that he would be regarded as a deserter and the whole team would be killed, but he himself would cause unnecessary trouble if he remained alive, he sat on the island incognito and stayed anonymous since then, and he has never left since.

After hearing about this shocking accident, I asked Old John: "Grandpa John, have you gone to find that sea monster to avenge them?"

Old John thought for a while and then said: "Revenge, how to take revenge? I don't have the power to conquer the sea. I am just a veteran. I have been looking for the Kraken in the past few years, but the traces of the Kraken are too hard to find. , I am already old, I just want to live.”

I was so stimulated by such negative words that I slowly stood up and said to Old John: "If I encounter him in the future, I will kill that sea monster for you." Then I slipped back into the house to sleep.

Not long after I returned to the house, Old John just said to me not far away: "Kid, you can't do it."