Pirate Merchant

Under the sunlight, the sea surface is sparkling, and several seagulls are flying along with the sea breeze on a sailboat, or they may be waiting for the start of a buffet meal.

And Mu Qian, who was wearing a dirty sailor suit, lay on the deck and stared at the sky stupidly.

Twenty-nine days have passed since the bodies of the poisoned sailors on the deck were thrown into the sea, and he has been drifting in the sea for a full twenty-nine days.

As a navigator, although he has a large number of maps of the East China Sea, and has also obtained the captain's nautical chart, the problem now is that he only has one person.

The bad thing is that driving this medium-sized ship requires at least three people to steer and adjust the sails, and he himself does not have rich skills to control it by himself.

So with a map in his head, he can only steer the rudder, let the sea wind blow the ship and him to the east, and he can only hope that he will be blown to the island with good luck.

"Food and water are more than enough, but they have already started to deteriorate, and staying in this kind of place alone, the mental state has already developed problems."

Lying on the deck without any physical exertion, Mu Qian, whose body has become a little thin, muttered.

On the 21st day after the captain jumped into the sea, he could occasionally hear auditory hallucinations, and these days he could hear them more clearly, and he could even see hallucinations of dead bodies on the deck at night.

Humans live in groups. At this time, Mu Qian, who was "exiled" on the ship, had a mental breakdown. He felt that if he continued like this, he would really go crazy, and he would turn the treasure of this ship into a lunatic on the sea.

"An island?! Wait! Is that an island?!"

Mu Qian who emptied his thoughts and ideas as much as possible seemed to feel a change in the temperature of the sea breeze blowing from a distance.

Responding to his fantasy, he sat up abruptly, and when he happily pulled out the binoculars and ran to the edge of the deck to look in the direction of a slight change in temperature, he saw a black spot in the distance of the sea level.

"My God! It's an island! It's an island! It's amazing! This is really amazing!"

The moment Mu Qian saw the island, he cheered and jumped up on the deck, his fangs and claws made him look like a monkey.

At this moment, even if that black spot is an isolated island, he will not feel disappointed! Even if it was an isolated island, he decided to catch an animal to raise it to relieve boredom!

"Someone?! Are there fishermen?! Are there really fishermen?! Hey! Help me! Please help me pull the boat to the shore!"

Under the guidance of the sea breeze, Mu Qian, who was getting closer and closer to the island, saw several small fishing boats fishing with the binoculars. Mu Qian didn't care if they were pirates or not, and waved to them.

However, Mu Qian's luck was pretty good. With his help from those small boats, three topless sailors jumped into the sea, swam to the side of the boat and followed the rope ladder that Mu Qian dropped to the deck.

In Mu Qian's tearful and anxious eyes on the deck, he laughed and comforted Mu Qian, who was a little bit broken, and drove the boat into the village's port.

"Thank you, this is the best meal I've had so far!"

At the home of the village head of Shuangyue Village, Mu Qian, who was sitting at the dining table, swept the simple food on the table like a wind blowing cloud after the surprised expressions of the village head and his wife.

"By the way, Mr. Village Chief, your place is indeed called Shuangyue Village, right? Is there a sword master named Koshiro here?"

After drifting on the sea for twenty-nine days, Mu Qian asked the honest and loyal village chief with his eyes burning brightly.

Loneliness and pressing despair were like a sledgehammer that beat Mu Qian's will and nerves in those twenty-nine days. Before, he didn't know what ambition and desire were, but now the pride in his chest was like It nourished his soul like fuel, and the heavens seemed to care for him and blow him here.

"There is indeed a dojo master named Koshiro, that, can I ask what you can do with him?"

The village chief asked Mu Qian tremblingly, there are too many evil deeds spread by the pirates in the East China Sea recently, and ordinary people like them have been frightened.

"I want to learn swords! If it's him, I think even I can become a great swordsman, right?"

Mu Qian waved his hands and shook his head to prove to the village chief that he is not a bad person.

"Let me take you there. It's not far from the village to the west."

Hearing Mu Qian's words, the village chief replied with a kind smile.

"Thank you so much."

Mu Qian, who was not used to others calling him respectfully, also hurriedly returned the honorific title to the village chief.

During the homely chat with the village head who gradually let go of his guard, Mu Qian soon came to a mansion on the edge of the village, and the sound of shouts, roars and sword swings could be heard endlessly.

"Master Koshiro, there is a foreigner who wants to join your gym."

During the chat with Mu Qian just now, the village chief, who had completely let go of his guard, smiled and said to the squint-eyed man standing in the yard with his hands behind his back, watching the apprentices swinging swords.

"Outlander?"

The gentle and elegant Koshiro turned slightly to look at Mu Qian who was standing beside the village chief in a dirty sailor suit and disheveled, and nodded without thinking too much.

"Okay, but learning to sword is very hard. If you are willing to learn sword, I will be happy to teach you."

Koshiro, who mistook Mu Qian for a down-and-out sailor, smiled and said to Mu Qian that he is kind and willing to help him when he is down.

"Good master! What I'm good at is 996 work! I'm not afraid of any work or training! I don't have Berry, can I use gold bars for the tuition fee?"

Unexpectedly, Mu Qian, who did not expect to succeed in apprenticeship so easily, clenched his fists in ecstasy, celebrated a little in his heart, then took out a gold bar ten centimeters thick as a thumb from the pocket of his sailor pants and asked Koshiro.

Following Mu Qian's act of pulling out the gold bar, not only Koshiro was stunned, but even the apprentices who were practicing swords all opened their mouths and looked at Mu Qian. No one in this small village has seen such a thick gold bar. bullion.

"The tuition fee is free, and the 'tuition fee' you give is too expensive."

Koshiro, who didn't expect Mu Qian to come here, pushed his glasses with trembling palms to calm down and replied to Mu Qian.

"Okay, come in and wash your body first, and change into clean clothes."

After Mu Qian obediently took back the gold bars, Koshiro returned to his smiling and gentle expression and said to Mu Qian, then turned and walked towards the big house inside the courtyard.

Mu Qian followed Koshiro into the big house in the yard, and he saw the green-haired kid lying on the ground who was sprinting back and forth on the wooden floor with a rag, and he couldn't help but lamented his luck again.

"Guina, measure your body for junior brother and prepare a suit of clothes."

When Mu Qian saw Zoro who seemed to be roaring and washing the ground in the battle version, he couldn't help but clenched his fists and secretly celebrated, Koshiro smiled and said to a blue-haired girl who was sitting on the edge of the dojo and was nursing the blade.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Carefully caring and saying the blade, Kuina, who was only eleven or twelve years old, stood up and trotted to the next room, and walked out with a measuring tape after a while.

"Sorry, been adrift at sea"

Standing in place and looking at Kuina who was measuring her arm length, Mu Qian apologized to the little girl who was only as tall as her chest in embarrassment.

"It's okay, big brother, are you a pirate?"

Gu Yina was slightly taken aback by Mu Qian's apology, and then asked Mu Qian enviously.

"No, I am a navigator, but not a navigator for pirates, but a navigator for ordinary merchant ships."

As soon as he heard the word "pirate", he recalled the scene on the deck that had become his nightmare, and his expression became ugly. He shook his head and denied it. After experiencing that kind of thing, he would not think that being a pirate is a what a beautiful thing.