Zhang Heng and Anne had already scoured half of the island with their men, but Harry was nowhere to be found.
"Why didn't I notice that he was so good at running away?" Anne was a little surprised. Logically speaking, the further they were from the beach, the lower the chances of finding Harry. Most people wouldn't run this far.
"Looks like he's really lost." Dufresne, the quartermaster, volunteered to join the search party when he heard about what happened. Now, there was a two-meter gap between them, and they kept calling Harry's name as they walked. Unfortunately, they didn't find anything.
Suddenly, a sailor on the left side of the team found something.
Zhang Heng and the others walked over and saw a wooden barrel and two bottles of wine.
"Did the people at the observation point leave these behind?"
"In order to monitor the movements of the Spanish treasure ship, three observation points were set up on the island. But as far as I know, none of them are in this area." Zhang Heng lifted the lid of the barrel with his saber and took a look inside.
"Then, they must have been left behind by Bauer's men when they went hunting this afternoon.
This time, it was Dufresne who spoke. "Bauer hunts on the west side of the island. The wild goats are there, and they don't bring buckets with them." Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Dufresne shrugged. "I asked them about this last night. If possible, I want to roast a few goats before we leave."
"It seems like these were left behind by the people who came to the island before," Anne said.
Although no one lived on Parrot Island, it was still an island recorded on the nautical chart. It wasn't unreasonable for there to be traces of human activity on the island.
Zhang Heng dipped his little finger into the water and took a sip. "The fresh water here is clean and drinkable. It doesn't look like it's from a long time ago." After that, he squatted down and checked the two bottles of wine.
"Are you saying there's someone else on the island other than us?"
"That's impossible," Dufresne said. "After we came to the island, we did a thorough search. There's no one else here other than us."
"Then, how do you explain these buckets of water?"
"Maybe someone just left the island before we arrived …" Dufresne paused halfway through his sentence. If that was the case, they should have found these things when they searched the island earlier.
"She's one of us," Zhang Heng said, handing one of the bottles to the red-haired girl.
"The rum that we drink is usually produced by a distillery in North Carolina and shipped to Nassau for sale. Their bottles are very special. Although the rum from that distillery is also sold to other parts of the colony, the probability of finding it here is very low."
"Wait, why are our people here?" The red-haired girl was puzzled. "Is it Captain Sam's arrangement?"
"It's unlikely. This is not a good location, and most importantly, it's not on the Spanish treasure ship's route. Setting up an observation point here is a complete waste. Most importantly, if he did it, there's no reason he wouldn't tell others."
Zhang Heng paused for a moment. "Everyone better be careful. Something might have happened on the island."
As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps could be heard coming from the bushes in the distance. Zhang Heng immediately pulled out the gun from his waist, and Anne pulled out her military knife.
After a while, a figure stumbled out from behind a tree. Almost at the same time, the red-haired girl ran towards the figure. However, the military knife in her hand drew an arc in the air and stopped in mid-air.
"Harry?"
"Boss Anne!" The latter looked extremely disheveled. His body was drenched as if he had just been fished out of the water, and he was limping. One of his hands was covering the wound on his arm, but when he saw Zhang Heng and the others, he became very excited. "I have something important to tell you!!!"
"Something important? Why don't you tell us how you ended up like this? "the red-haired girl asked.
"It's really an urgent matter!" "We have already been betrayed. Jarvis and his henchmen were pardoned. They stopped being pirates a few months ago. The only reason they are still in Nassau is because they have an agreement with the new governor of Charleston. They will help the governor capture the famous pirates in Nassau!" Harry said anxiously.
"Jarvis? Gunpowder Jarvis? Are you sure you want to press charges against him? He is one of the oldest pirates on the island. He came to the island earlier than Blackbeard. "Dufresne frowned.
Harry nodded. "I heard it with my own ears. I was slacking off … Oh no, I mean having diarrhea, and I came here. There's a cliff not far from here. Jarvis' men hid a boat under it when no one was paying attention. I saw the boat leave with my own eyes. I wanted to see if I could see the people on it, but then someone pushed me from behind, and I fell from above."
Harry was still in a state of shock. "There are rocks under the cliff, but I was lucky enough to fall between two rocks. I didn't get hurt, but I didn't dare to go ashore after that. So, I swam behind a rock and hid."
"After a while, the people who pushed me came down. They searched the place, but they couldn't find me. They probably thought I was dead, so they let their guard down. They were standing near the rock where I was hiding, and I heard their conversation."
"One of them said that he thought he would have to stay in Nassau for a while, but this time, it would be easier. All the most famous pirates in Nassau are on this island, and as long as they catch us all, they will be able to complete their mission ahead of time. I heard from them that not only will the new governor of Charleston pardon all their previous crimes, but he will also pay each of them 20 pounds as severance pay. They have been planning this for a long time, and they leaked our information before we even left the port. "
Harry was very anxious, and he spoke faster and faster. "There is a fleet of navy and pirate hunters behind us, and they have been quietly following us. That boat is to contact them. Actually, it was Jarvis's idea to host this dinner party. He wanted to create an opportunity for the fleet to make a move."
Zhang Heng's heart skipped a beat, and he recalled the incident that Full Sail Brook mentioned to him. During one of his raids, he was targeted by a group of unknown people. Brook thought that they were pirates from other places, but now it seemed that they were pirate hunters working with Jarvis.
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