Chapter 126: Pirates, Sneaking in for Monthly Tickets

  Finally, Su Wen put away the ugly long sword. At least for now, he didn't dare to use this sword recklessly.

  Lying in bed, Su Wen first took out the Yin Yang and He Swordsmanship to take a look, then began to cultivate the Qi Closing Technique. It has to be said that he seemed to have a natural talent for cultivating the Qi Closing Technique, and in just two days, he had already cultivated the first layer of the Qi Closing Technique to a considerable extent. Now, holding his breath for a minute was still not possible, but seven or eight minutes were manageable.

  The sky was still dark when Su Wen was awakened by a huge explosion.

  "What's going on? Why is the Guangming suddenly swaying?" He put on his clothes and went outside, where Huang Nan and Yixue were just pushing open the door.

  "Su Wen, are you okay?" Huang Nan rubbed his eyes, looking like he hadn't woken up yet.

  "It's not a reef, that was an explosion." Yuxue said firmly, "Let's go out and take a look, something must have happened."

  Three people walked outside and saw an unbelievable scene.

  In the three directions of Guangming Hao, there are three cruise ships that are about one-quarter the size of Guangming Hao, and each of them has a pirate flag erected on it.

  "Pirates? How is this possible?"

  "Heavens! Have we been robbed?"

  "Who can come out and explain what's going on? How dare pirates rob the Guangming Hao?"

  ……

  Su Wen and Yi Xue squeezed their way to the front, and they saw Long Yun.

  "Su Wen, you're here."

  "Uncle Long, what's going on here?"

  Long Yun sighed and said: "A very unfortunate thing has happened. We have been robbed by the world's three largest pirate groups."

  Su Wen was a bit puzzled: "The Brightness is the British royal cruise ship. Wouldn't they have even a little preparation for weapons? Moreover, we should be in the East Sea now, not far from Huaxia, are those three pirate teams crazy or what, how dare they rob the Brightness here?"

  "This is no longer within the Huaxia sea territory." Yuxue discovered where the problem lay.

  "Not bad." Long Yun nodded, "I don't know when, pirates mixed in here, all the weapons and equipment of Guangming were confiscated, and Guangming was also driven out of the Huaxia sea area."

  "It's really tragic enough." Su Wen could only say, "What about the three pirate teams on the opposite side? Dragon Uncle said they are the world's largest three pirate teams, should have some understanding of them."

  Long Yun nodded: "There are many famous pirate gangs in the world. However, these pirate gangs are often small-time. The really formidable pirate gangs, on the other hand, are not so well-known, because the cases they commit are simply not dared to be spread by anyone. So few people know."

  "Have you seen the first pirate gang with a red scorpion flag? This pirate gang is called the Red Scorpion Pirate Gang. They mainly plunder cargo ships entering and leaving Western countries. As far as I know, they gain at least over 10 billion each time they act. The US once sent seven destroyers to chase them, but they sank three of them, which shocked the US government."

  "That side with the skull flag is called the Blood Skull Pirates, they are quite bloody in their actions, not only do they rob passing ships of all kinds, but also go to plunder coastal villages. The most terrifying time was when they killed into a port in France, causing thousands of deaths. The French government offered a reward of 1 billion, but it ended up being nothing."

  The last one with nine snake flags is the Nine Snakes Pirate Group, which is also the most mysterious pirate group. Their leader is a woman wearing a veil, known as the Pirate Queen. No one has seen her face, and no one knows where they are based. Every time they come out, not only do the ships at sea have bad luck, but even other pirates will follow suit. They are the only pirate group that robs other pirates, and it is said that the income from robbing pirates accounts for more than half of their annual income.

  Su Wen was extremely shocked after listening to Long Yun's introduction. He had also seen a lot of news about pirates before, but compared to the three pirate teams in front of him, those pirates were really small-time, and at least he hadn't seen any news where a pirate team dared to come out and rob with such a large cruise ship.

  "This time, the three major pirate groups have joined forces, it's clearly a premeditated plan." Long Yun took a deep breath, "Just now they sent someone to deliver a message, saying that we have to pay them 10 billion US dollars in ransom, or else they'll sink the Guangming."

  "One hundred billion dollars?"

  "Not bad." Long Yun confirmed he hadn't misheard.

  "With so much money, even if we can take it out, how to take it and how much each person takes? Moreover, even if we take out 10 billion US dollars, will they really let us go?"

  "This is also what I'm worried about, if they regret it after getting the money, a chaotic mess, and we'll all be doomed."

  "As long as we don't pay, we are temporarily safe."

  "It can be said like this, but they won't keep dragging it out with us."

  "Long Yun, how about we board the opposite ship and kill them?" Jian Fengzi walked out of the crowd.

  "We are about two miles away from the three pirate ships, it's easy to kill them, but I'm afraid that as soon as we make a move, they will open fire." Long Yun shook his head, he also wanted to kill them, but it was obviously unrealistic.

  "Is there no other way?" Jian Fengzi said helplessly.

  "If we had another person who could hold their breath for more than five minutes, perhaps there would still be a glimmer of hope." Long Yun thought for a moment.

  "Dragon Uncle, what does this mean?" Su Wen asked, others might not be able to hold their breath for five minutes, but he was fine.

  "If we can have three people dive into the water at the same time and sneak onto the three pirate ships, then capture the leaders of the three pirate groups, the crisis will be resolved." Long Yun expressed his idea, "We are currently about two miles away from the three pirate ships. If we swim underwater at a normal speed, it would take around ten minutes, but those who can hold their breath for so long are not ordinary people. I estimate the time to be between five to eight minutes."

  "Go underwater?" Su Wen understood.

  "We swam directly over, and within a hundred meters we would have been beaten to a pulp, but it's different from underwater. The pirates couldn't see the situation underwater, so they naturally wouldn't discover us. But who among ordinary people can hold their breath for more than five minutes? This distance of two li was probably also calculated by the three pirate teams." Long Yun said.

  Su Wen heard this and looked at Long Yun: "Uncle Long, you said that one more person is needed. Are there already two people who can hold their breath for over five minutes?"

  "I and Jianfengzi, we two can."

  "Uncle Long, since you said so, count me in. Although I swim a bit slower, holding my breath for seven or eight minutes is no problem."

  "Who?"

  "Uncle Long, look," Su Wen took a deep breath and didn't take another one until several minutes later. "How is it? Still okay?"

  Long Yun and Jian Fengzi looked at each other, both of them were somewhat shocked.

  "What's wrong, can't it be done?"

  "Alright, Uncle Long agreed."

  Su Wen smiled: "Alright then, let's take action now."

  A hold of the Kōmyō Maru, with Iori and others looking on from the side.

  "Su Wen, aren't you going to change your clothes?"

  "No need, this garment of mine is special, it's like I'm not wearing anything when I'm in water."

  "Alright, have you all remembered the positions of the three pirate ships? Su Wen, your target is the Nine Snakes Pirate Gang, Jian Kuangzi, your target is the Red Scorpion Pirate Gang, and the last one, the Blood Skull Pirate Gang, will be taken care of by me. After infiltrating, do not alert the pirates above first, our goal is to capture the leaders of the three pirate gangs."

  "I understand!"

  "Don't worry, we know what to do."

  Long Yun felt there was nothing more to say and nodded at Su Wen: "Let's get started!"

  Su Wen plunged in and then swam towards the direction of the Jiu She Pirate Group. Many fish swam past his eyes, giving him a very fantastical feeling. About six minutes later, he saw the bottom of a cruise ship, which must be the Jiu She Pirate Group's cruise ship.

  Su Wen walked along the cruise ship for half a circle, found a place with no one, and quietly stuck out his head: "Can't wait any longer, go up!"

  He unfolded his Golden Goose Skill and with a few borrowed forces, he landed lightly on the cruise ship.

  "Is anyone there?"

  Su Wenmao rushed to an entrance of the cruise ship and quickly slipped inside.

  "Who are you?"

  "Damn it!" Su Wen had just entered when he bumped into a pirate head-on. Fortunately, he was quick-witted and grabbed the pirate, pushing and pulling him with ease, knocking the pirate out cold.

  Two minutes later.

  Su Wen walked out of a room, his clothes changed into pirate attire, and his hair was also messed up.

  "Where is the leader of the Nine Snakes Pirate Gang?"

  Su Wen stood in the corridor, feeling a bit bewildered. This cruise ship was not small, and finding that pirate queen was clearly not going to be easy. Fortunately, Su Wen had already disguised himself as a pirate, giving him complete freedom to search slowly.

  "What are you doing here? Didn't the captain say everyone was on guard?" A pirate saw Su Wen.

  "It's like this, the leader has something for me." Su Wen hesitated and said, he had already planned to take action.

  "Scum, the leader is in room 9. What are you doing wandering around here? Are you trying to slack off? Tell me your name, I'll deduct all of this month's bonus from you." The pirate had a very serious look on his face.

  "Damn it, I've run into the pirate leader." Su Wen cursed under his breath, but then looked up with a smiling face: "Sir, I haven't been to the captain's quarters before and was still looking for them. Please spare me this time!"

  "That won't do, we pirates also have organization and discipline, quickly tell me what your name is."

  The little man's surname is Shu, and his name is Haoshu.

  "Ah, great, so you're also a Chinese, no wonder your Mandarin is so fluent." The pirate leader said in broken Mandarin, "Hurry up, don't keep the boss waiting, second floor left turn third room."

  Su Wen heard this and his kung fu disappeared in a puff of smoke.

  By the time they reached the second floor, Su Wen was already laughing: "What a lovely pirate, calling me uncle as soon as we meet, too polite."

  Found room 9, Su Wen pushed the door and walked in, a splash of water sounded, he saw a flawless white back... someone was taking a bath! (....)