Chapter 1 A Wild Ambition

Fang Senyan's chest heaved violently. He bent over, clutching his knees, gasping for breath. Although he knew the power of Ambition was significant, he hadn't anticipated it would be this potent on its first use! He suddenly stood up. In the passage not far away, the two Contractors wielding sailor's knives were staring over with expressions of disbelief. They had obviously witnessed the insane scene just now. Fang Senyan sneered, raised Ambition again, and pretended to aim!

Of course, these two Contractors didn't know that Ambition's attack interval was a full minute. All they saw was Bowen, who was much stronger than them, having half his neck blown off by that terrifying shot! The horror in their hearts was unimaginable. Seeing the dark muzzle pointing at them, they screamed in terror and turned to flee. Fang Senyan didn't immediately pursue, instead leaning against a nearby pillar to set his dislocated right arm back into place.

When he killed Bowen, Fang Senyan had carefully considered the aftermath. From the current clues, it was clear that there was a strategist in the enemy's team, someone who planned meticulously. And this guy must have devised an escape plan before the attack. So, even if he rushed to get help now, he would likely waste a lot of time and come up empty. Therefore, Fang Senyan hesitated slightly and followed the direction those two fleeing guys went! In this situation, the chances of this group ambushing him were small.

Despite the delay, and the fact that these two were more agile than Fang Senyan, Fang Senyan was able to barely keep up with their escape pace in this non-combat state. While tracking, a huge question emerged in Fang Senyan's mind: weren't these people afraid of being exposed?

After all, they were at sea. No matter how big the Flying Dutchman was, and no matter how well these Contractors hid, they could only escape temporarily, not permanently. There were only two possible outcomes after they attacked: kill him or fail to kill him.

If the first situation occurred, then after calling for help, Fang Senyan was confident that he could find them within two hours. He believed that it wouldn't be too difficult for the dignified Third Mate to find them.

And even if they killed Fang Senyan, the death of the Flying Dutchman's Third Mate would surely alarm Davy Jones. He certainly wouldn't be sad or mourn for Fang Senyan, but would instead think that there was a fatal flaw in his control of the ship, and would similarly launch a bloody purge!

Therefore, the only explanation was that if these people could survive for two hours, then they could complete their mission and return to the Nightmare Space! Or there was another, seemingly absurd, hypothesis: they could eliminate all threats within two hours... It was crucial to note that these threats included everyone on the Flying Dutchman, from Davy Jones down to the lowest-ranking pirate!

Fang Senyan's thoughts gradually became clearer:

"These guys didn't expect me, a Contractor, to suddenly appear on this ship, so one of the Contractors, perhaps out of curiosity, or perhaps under someone's instructions, wanted to probe my background... This is why someone came to snoop when I was sleeping. However, unfortunately, his behavior was discovered. Next, their leader deduced that I, who had just been promoted, was likely to conduct a ship-wide search, and this behavior would cause problems for their upcoming plan. Therefore, in order to stop me, he sent people to silence me."

Because he had to track secretly without being discovered by the two pirates, Fang Senyan was keeping a distance from them. When he passed through a passage near a porthole, he suddenly understood why the pirates on the ship had suddenly collectively disappeared. Because on the legendary pirate ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, two nautical miles away, a terrifying scene was unfolding:

All the sails, ropes, and ladders on that ship were writhing wildly as if they had lives of their own. The entire pirate ship looked like a giant monster covered in tentacles, and the pirate leader, Blackbeard, was standing on the crow's nest on the main mast, laughing madly and waving that magical silver rapier! His subordinates were all kneeling on the deck in fear and trepidation, as if worshiping their king!

Obviously, this scene had deeply shocked the pirates on the Flying Dutchman, so much so that they had abandoned their work and rushed to the deck to witness the amazing scene in stunned silence. Fang Senyan also felt a ridiculous illusion of creating history, because the magic sword in Blackbeard's hand had been completed with his help. The scabbard he provided, which originally belonged to Armand, should have played a role similar to a charger! Without this matching scabbard, the magic sword in Blackbeard's hand would only be a slightly sharper weapon at best, but with the scabbard providing energy, it was indeed worthy of the great name of "King of Boarding Actions"!

While Fang Senyan was thinking, he continued to track the two people in front of him. But after all, he had not received professional training in this area, and those two seemed to intentionally create a maze, so after going down another deck, Fang Senyan lost track of them as expected. After wandering around in the cargo hold for a few circles, just as he was about to give up, he heard a voice coming from a cargo hold thirty meters away. Fang Senyan immediately hid behind a pillar in the nearby corridor. To avoid alerting the enemy, he could only peek quietly from the side.

He immediately saw a group of pirate-like people hurriedly walking forward, surrounding a nobleman-dressed youth. The youth looked like he should be a key character, and somehow, this youth always gave Fang Senyan a rather familiar feeling. And among the pirates were the two Contractors he was tracking. Obviously, they were mostly from the same team!

At this time, Fang Senyan certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to rush out and curse the culprit. He was facing a universe-level explosion of enemies. The only outcome of doing so would be to be beaten into nothingness. He really wanted to use his Insight ability to scan the youth, but just as he was about to use it, a faint sense of crisis lingered in his heart. This was undoubtedly his powerful 14 points of Perception playing a role, warning him. This faint sense of crisis represented two things: either using Insight would cause a small crisis, or... there were people among this group who had perception close to or even higher than his own, completely diluting the sense of danger brought by his perception!

Fang Senyan pressed his face against the nearby support pillar. He felt the unique texture of the wood on his face, and even smelled a faint fishy smell of seawater. He watched the group disappear around the corner, and finally gave up the idea of using Insight. The reason was simple:

The risk was not proportional to the reward.

Obviously, this team's purpose was not Fang Senyan. Chasing him was just to avoid risks. Fang Senyan used Insight only to satisfy his curiosity, but once discovered, it could be said that he would fall into a very dangerous situation! Risking his life just for a inexplicable curiosity was definitely not something a rational person should do.

After the group had gone far away, Fang Senyan did not try to use his clumsy tracking skills to track again, but instead walked into the cabin they had come out of earlier. This type of cargo hold was quite common on pirate ships, usually used to store goods with strong smells or bulky items, such as salted fish, freshwater barrels, ballast stones, etc. Even pirate ships would have this type of standing cargo hold, because although they did not transport goods, they still robbed merchant ships. With these cargo holds, they could naturally rob and load the goods from those merchant ships, thereby earning the greatest profit.

The cargo hold that appeared in front of Fang Senyan looked empty, with a strong smell of tobacco remaining. The only thing inside was a few familiar-looking, ornate boxes. Fang Senyan frowned and walked up to take a look. It was the treasure chests that he and Scarface Henry had brought out of Tortuga Castle when they were together. The Fooke family's emblem was still clearly visible - of course, the boxes were empty, not even half a penny was left, and they had undoubtedly been plundered by those pirates.

After seeing the markings on these boxes, Fang Senyan's originally scattered thoughts were immediately connected by this discovery. He suddenly remembered why he felt that the young man in the middle looked so familiar. Because his facial features were surprisingly similar to Lord Fooke, the master of Tortuga Port! Although he didn't have the ice-cold aura of Lord Fooke, the majesty of a superior and the elegance of a nobleman were already taking shape. Obviously, the young man who had just passed by, even if he wasn't Lord Fooke's son, must be his direct blood relative.

The younger generation of the Fooke family's heirs, a group of Contractors from the future world, they boarded an absolutely powerful legendary pirate ship... These three gathered on the turbulent Caribbean Sea. What was the connection between them? Although the young man's identity had been discerned by Fang Senyan, an even bigger mystery unfolded in Fang Senyan's heart. What exactly did they want to do?! Could it be that this team had become so strong that they could directly challenge Davy Jones, the so-called "Sea Demon"? If so, then why did they have to bring this direct blood relative of the Fooke family with them?