The junior captain of Ten Thousand Armies had a serious expression on his face as he said, "What are you talking about? You came here to rob the merchant ship that we were escorting. Not only did we not kill you, but we even gave you a lifeboat. Now, you're saying that I'm trying to kill you? Why don’t you think about it for yourselves? Even if I were to sell all six of you scums, it would not be worth this lifeboat!”
The pirate cried out in anger, "If you wanted to be a good man, you should do good until the end! You should leave us with an engine at the very least so that we can drive back to our base!"
The junior captain laughed and said, "It's okay. I see that your base is only about a hundred nautical miles away. You can just paddle and paddle all the way back."
"Paddle back..." The pirate broke down as he cried out i n protest, "Even if we were to really paddle all the way back, it would take us at least a few days! How are we going to go back alive if we have no food or water?!"
The junior captain asked with a surprised look on his face, "Aren’t you all pirates? Can pirates at sea still be afraid of having no food and water? There are so many merchant ships traveling back and forth on the Gulf of Aden. There is no lack of merchant ships for you to start robbing!"
The pirates were filled with despair when they heard this.
Their weapons had been confiscated, and they did not even have a rope that they could use to climb aboard a cargo ship. Their lifeboat was now without power, and it was also filled with holes. In this situation, not to mention hijacking a cargo ship, but even if a cargo ship were to pass by their side, the surge of waves could knock and overturn their lifeboat.
At this time, the junior captain from Ten Thousand Armies said, "Alright, it's getting late. It’s time to get going."
As he spoke, he instructed his subordinate, "Release the lifeboat!"
The subordinate activated the lift immediately, and the lifeboat began to descend slowly from the side of the ship.
At this time, those pirates who still had an arrogant demeanor before this were all crying, and they looked as if they were all about to die.
When the leader of the group saw that the lifeboat was being lowered, he panicked and shouted out in horror, "Brother, give us some fresh water at least! Otherwise, we really would not be able to make it, then..."
The junior captain was leaning against the cargo ship’s rail as he smiled and said, "I think that it would be more realistic for you to pray that God will give you rain."
The man looked at the surrounding sky. The entire sky over the Gulf of Aden could be said to be cloudless and as clear as the blue sea.
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