Chapter 40 Unraveling the Truth

Luo Han seemed to be in a talkative mood. After rattling off so much at once, he was clearly thirsty. He picked up the coffee beside him, blew on the floating foam, and then took a few satisfying sips.

"I'm not afraid to be frank with you. The reason I can guarantee that I can increase the speed of your ships by more than 20% is because there are several valuable components on your ships, but the installation and configuration are very poor, and they can't exert their proper attributes at all. Without those valuable hull components, it would be difficult to increase the speed by even 10%."

Hearing this, Fang Senyan nodded and took out ten gold pounds and placed them on the table:

"Very good, Mr. Luo Han. Your stories, eloquence, and coffee are worth the price. In addition, in order to get my ship started as soon as possible, I don't plan to waste any more of your time."

Luo Han sent them out:

"I'll send someone to your ship to start work. At this time tomorrow, you will see a warship flying on the sea, sir."

"I look forward to it," Fang Senyan said with a smile.

The four continued to stroll around Tortuga, a place of deformed prosperity. Fang Senyan was even surprised to see a grocery store here—yes, the "Chicken and Dog" grocery store with its unique name. That old treacherous merchant, Mogul, was comfortably lying on his deck chair, watching the passers-by with a lazy expression. After the decline of Tortuga, the Chicken and Dog grocery store had been resurrected here.

Mr. Gold Mine had long heard about Fang Senyan's history of being cheated by this old man, so he immediately planned to rush up and clamor to "teach him a lesson." However, Fang Senyan stopped him, saying that the time had not yet come. Instead, Black Bro and Reef personally went to experience the old man's lecherousness, and Reef unfortunately fell victim.

As soon as he entered the store, Mogul grabbed Reef and, with tears in his eyes, claimed that Reef was too careless and had stepped on his beloved ant pet that he had depended on for many years. Overwhelmed and unable to bear it, Reef, a gentlemanly guy, had no choice but to purchase the treasure of the Chicken and Dog grocery store—a toothpick supposedly made from the whiskers of a white sacred tiger—before he could escape successfully.

Faced with this situation, Mr. Gold Mine in the distance had already angrily roared the slogan "to make him bankrupt," but he was still stopped by Fang Senyan, who told him to keep the account first and then slowly recover justice when the debt was high enough...

If you come to Tortuga, then the best place to go is definitely the place called "Slaughterhouse." This has nothing to do with pig knives, fat meat, or greasy strong men, but a small auction market.

Many pirates hope to quickly sell and cash out the things they have looted, so they can often find good things there at reasonable prices. However, it seemed that Fang Senyan and the others had come at the wrong time. The auction market was full of stalls selling scattered goods. After inquiring, they learned that a "official" auction would be held every ten days, and the rest of the time it would be in the state of the current scattered market. The last auction was held the day before yesterday, and they would have to wait another seven or eight days.

Fang Senyan strolled around the scattered market, but didn't find any bargains. In the end, he spent three thousand pounds to buy a composite wooden armor for the ship, which was of blue quality and could provide an additional 25% durability for the hull. He didn't see anything else good.

It is worth mentioning that Reef got an unexpected harvest. He actually found a scabbard, yes, a scabbard that could hold a lightsaber.

The material of this scabbard is very strange, a bit like stone, with very strange patterns on it. This thing is not considered equipment, but only called a prop. Its function is very direct: after storing the weapon for one hundred and twenty minutes, the critical strike rate of the weapon will be increased by 3% for 60 minutes after it is redrawn.

After wandering around Tortuga for a while, Fang Senyan looked at the time and said:

"It's about time."

Reef wondered:

"What's about time?"

Fang Senyan smiled and said:

"Those contractors should be running into walls."

Reef was even more puzzled:

"Can you be more clear?"

Fang Senyan nodded and said:

"Well, it's time to tell you about my plan. By the way, you can also refer to it and see if there are any omissions. Our task is to get even one Aztec gold coin that caused the curse of the Black Pearl, right?"

Reef and Black Bro nodded. Fang Senyan continued:

"Now we are very lucky to have obtained the coordinates of Treasure Island, that is, Barbossa's treasure trove, which means that if we want to get the Aztec gold coins, then we can go directly to get them, so the difficulty of getting the gold coins is almost zero."

"But now the problem facing us is: once we touch the gold coins, we will be perceived by Barbossa, and then attract his crazy pursuit. Unfortunately, we have to hold that gold coin for at least three days!"

At this time, Reef added:

"If we analyze according to the original plot, Barbossa and the others are now the kind of undead, and they cannot be killed at all. So it is impossible to fight against them head-on. These ferocious guys will not have any feeling of pain or fear at all. If we spend time with them, we will definitely be the ones who die."

Fang Senyan nodded and said:

"So, the space has given us a whole month to prepare! Think carefully, what do we need to prepare?"

Mogansha revealed a thoughtful look:

"Since the opponent is the kind of existence that cannot be killed at all, then hiding and running away is the only option. In fact, the task requires us to hold the gold coin for three days, which is also reflecting this point. However, our opponents have the fastest ship in the Caribbean! It is completely unrealistic to escape after getting the gold coin!"

Fang Senyan nodded and said:

"So, I have been considering this issue since I got the task. There is no doubt that the enemy has two major advantages for us. The first is immortality, and the second is having the leading speed in the Caribbean. The advantage of immortality cannot be offset. But the advantage of speed can be avoided by some reasonable methods."

Reef pondered:

"Do you mean... the shore?"

Fang Senyan clapped his hands:

"Yes! It is landing ashore. The Black Pearl is a sea ship, not a spaceship. Once we can reach the land, it is equivalent to offsetting the biggest advantage of Barbossa and the others! But the problem is, Barbossa and the others can clearly feel the location of the gold coins we took away, so Treasure Island is obviously not suitable for us to hide and maneuver, and according to the coordinates query, the closest continent to Treasure Island is also one thousand three hundred nautical miles..."

Speaking of this, Fang Senyan's eyes flashed:

"So, what we need is a ship, a very fast ship. This ship must cross one thousand three hundred nautical miles to the land in the shortest time, and in this process, it must not be caught up by the Black Pearl, the king of speed in the Caribbean! So, I tried my best to get a fast sailing ship. This ship does not have to be faster than the Black Pearl, but at least it must ensure that we will not be caught up by the Black Pearl before we can successfully land."

"Hearing Mr. Luo Han's narrative just now, you now understand the purpose of the space giving us a month, right? That is naturally to give us the time to plunder ships, so that we have enough time to rob some top-quality components, and then get such a fast ship!"

"A month... This is enough to show that the speed of the Black Pearl may be much faster than we imagined! As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. So, what we need to understand at this time is how fast the Black Pearl is! Of course, it would be even better if we could also know some of its weaknesses."

Black Bro's eyes lit up at this time:

"Barbossa, the owner of the Black Pearl at this time, will certainly not accept our interview, but there is another person in this world who knows the Black Pearl even better than Barbossa and the others. I don't need to say his name! Jack Sparrow, who has been exiled by the crew's mutiny! But... what does this have to do with the walls you just mentioned?"

Fang Senyan smiled confidently:

"I only had a brief encounter with Jack in the last world, and it was still a meeting full of many doubts. And at this time, Jack has just been betrayed by the crew. Do you think he might trust me and confide in me? That is completely impossible. So, we need a middleman to introduce us. This person's identity must be very special. First, Jack Sparrow trusts him very much, and second, we must be able to gain his trust..."

"In Tortuga, there happens to be such a guy, and he is now so down and out that he can't even afford the cheapest rum, and he is so destitute that he can only sleep in the pigsty! His name is of course Mr. Gibbs! The reason why I said to let those contractors run into walls is because these guys will definitely not let go of this very obvious clue, but their reputation among the pirates may be higher than mine, but they can never come up with something that can impress Gibbs, that is the ship!! A big ship that can let him ride the wind and waves and gallop the seven seas!"

Speaking of this, Fang Senyan paused:

"In addition, if possible, there is one more person we must visit, because he was the one who caused the only sinking of the Black Pearl. That is Beckett, the head of the East India Company. Jack also owed Davy Jones a debt in order to save the Black Pearl, which had already sunk to the bottom of the sea, and he had to serve on the Flying Dutchman for a hundred years!"