After everyone left, Blackbeard shrugged at Ding Ning and said bitterly, "Big Brother, you've come specially to ruin my plan. If the people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team."
Ding Ning curled his lips. "All right, don't play those tricks. With your strength at the late stage of the Holy Martial Arts Realm, it will be a piece of cake for you to intimidate these ordinary people. Don't you just want me to feel guilty and not make things difficult for you?"
Edward grinned and did not blush at being seen through. He turned around, took out a box of cigars, and happily handed it to Ding Ning. "Want one?"
"No, I'm not used to it."
Ding Ning waved his hand, took out a hand-rolled cigarette, lit it, and took a deep puff with a satisfied expression.
"Is this hand-rolled tobacco?"
Edward smelled the rich tobacco smell of the hand-rolled cigarette, and his eyes suddenly brightened, looking eager to try it.
"Hmm, try it?"
Ding Ning was not stingy, and took out a cigarette and handed it to him.
Edward casually threw the anchor on the ground and used it as a stool. He sat down on the anchor, took the cigarette, lit it, and took a deep puff. The spicy and mellow aroma that rushed into his mouth made him cough violently. He coughed until his face turned red, but he couldn't bear to let go of it. When the coughing stopped, he exhaled deeply, full of energy, and praised, "What a good cigarette! Not only is it f * cking strong, it also has the effect of invigorating the mind."
Ding Ning smiled without saying anything. He didn't expect this guy to be so knowledgeable. This kind of cigarette was made by him deliberately transplanting a kind of tobacco leaf called "Resurrection Grass" into the Spiritual Medicine Ring. He picked the best part of it, cut it into thin tobacco shreds, and then used the superpower of stripping and decomposing to remove the water and toxins in the tobacco leaf, keeping the original tobacco part.
This kind of Resurrection Herb had the effect of refreshing the mind. Ding Ning deliberately planted it next to some spiritual herbs that could nourish the human soul, so that it had a little medicinal effect. Not only did it have a more obvious effect of refreshing the mind, but it also had a little magical effect of nourishing the soul.
Fortunately, Edward was a late stage Saint Martial Realm expert, so the effect of this tobacco was not that obvious. If an ordinary person smoked this kind of tobacco, it would definitely have an immediate effect on the growth of their mental strength.
Unfortunately, because of his excessive pursuit of perfection, he only took the most essential parts to bake into tobacco leaves. Most of the parts were ruthlessly discarded, causing the output of this tobacco to be unable to increase.
To this day, after processing the tobacco leaves he grew, he could only produce less than a catty of tobacco. He could only make about 30 boxes of cigarettes, barely enough for himself to smoke.
Cigarettes were one of the best mediums in interpersonal relationships, and the friendship between men often came inexplicably. Two men of different nationalities, different skin colors, different professions, and different experiences actually developed a feeling of mutual appreciation after smoking together.
Although Edward did not speak much, his candid personality and righteous conduct, coupled with his extremely profound knowledge and extraordinary conversational skills, made Ding Ning realize that this was definitely a man with a story.
However, he had always believed in the principle of a gentleman's friendship being as indifferent as water. Although he was curious about Edward's life experience, he did not have any intention of getting to the bottom of it. Furthermore, the 146 Anping compatriots were still waiting for him to rescue, so he directly cut to the chase and said straightforwardly, "This time, I've come to ask you about the conspiracy behind the other three pirate groups joining hands to rob the Dawn."
The smile on Edward's face froze. He slowly took a deep drag on his cigarette, and after exhaling a mouthful of smoke, he said with a guilty expression, "Actually, after seeing your Asian face, I guessed your origins. Logically speaking, I should answer your question, but I promised someone that I would never reveal anything.
I promised someone that I wouldn't reveal anything. So, I'm sorry. Even if you kill me, I won't say a word. "
Ding Ning did not speak, but only looked at him with a deep gaze. Edward met his gaze fearlessly, his gaze honest and unafraid of death.
"Keeping promises is a person's noblest character. Since that's the case, I never force my friends. So, I should go."
Just as Edward was feeling nervous, Ding Ning suddenly smiled, patted him on the shoulder, stood up, and turned to leave.
Edward was stunned, looking at Ding Ning's back in disbelief. His mind was in a mess. Was he really going to leave just like that?
"That's right."
Ding Ning suddenly stopped, causing Edward to sigh in his heart. He knew that it could not be so simple.
But Ding Ning's next action made his heart tremble. An indescribable feeling of gratitude made him almost unable to resist telling the truth about what he knew.
"Since you like this kind of cigarette, I'll give you the remaining half of the box. At least we didn't get to know each other in vain."
Ding Ning smiled and threw the remaining half of the box to him. Under Edward's hesitant look, Ding Ning walked away with a free and easy smile. His footsteps were firm and steady, and he never looked back.
Edward clenched the pack of cigarettes in his hand. His face was filled with an indescribable feeling of gratitude. How many years had it been? Although he had countless subordinates, he had never had a friend who was compatible with his temperament. To a certain extent, he was lonely and lonely.
Ding Ning's appearance, although the beginning was not good, later the invisible mutual appreciation between them made him have a long-lost feeling of congeniality. That feeling could only be understood but could not be expressed in words, and it made his empty and lonely heart feel unprecedentedly fulfilled.
But when he thought of the woman who he could not forget even at the cost of betraying his family and becoming a bandit, Edward closed his eyes in pain and whispered softly, "I'm sorry, my friend. I hope you can come back safely."
"Do you think it's possible? This time, he's definitely going to die. "
A clear and cold voice rang out abruptly, causing Edward to tremble. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the woman in a pink robe beside him. Even her hair was pink, and her beautiful face was as cold as an iceberg. A look of pain and struggle flashed across his eyes. "Eiffel, what do you want to do to forgive me?"
"Forgive you? Edward, you're thinking too much. You caused Corani to become a vegetable. I'll never forgive you in this life, never … "
Eiffel's beautiful face was twisted like a devil's, and her eyes were spewing with bone-deep hatred. She lost her composure and screamed.
Edward closed his eyes in pain, and bitterness was written all over his face. He murmured as if he was sleep-talking, "Eiffel, I've only seen Corani as my sister from the beginning to the end. You know, the one I love is you from the beginning to the end. It's just that I didn't expect that after I rejected her confession, she would commit suicide …"
"Shut up. People like you don't have the right to talk about love, let alone mention my sister's name."
Eiffel screamed at the top of her lungs, as if it was an unforgivable sin for Edward to mention Corani's name.
Edward sighed and hung his head dejectedly. This was once the best, most dazzling, and most promising crown prince of the French royal family. At this moment, all the dazzling halo on him had faded, and he was just a pitiful wretch who had lost himself for love.
Eiffel looked at Edward's dejected look, and an undetectable hint of heartache flashed in her eyes. Edward loved her, and how could she not love Edward?
It was just that fate made fools of people. Her most beloved sister also had deep feelings for this naturally dazzling man. As the elder sister, she chose to give up her beloved to him.
However, she never expected that her stubborn and stubborn sister would commit suicide after being rejected by Edward and revealing her true feelings. In the end, she failed to commit suicide and became a living dead, which made her feel so much pain that she wanted to die. She was filled with remorse and blamed all the mistakes on Edward.
In fact, she knew that it was not Edward's fault at all. In the end, it was her own way of dealing with the matter, but she just could not get over the hurdle in her heart.
As soon as she closed her eyes, she would see the pale face of her sister lying on the hospital bed. This knot in her heart became the biggest obstacle between her and Edward, like an insurmountable chasm.
However, Edward's devotion moved her. In order to give an explanation to her sister who had died in vain, she refused her family's offer to marry Edward as a bargaining chip to form a marriage alliance with the royal family. She left home angrily and by chance, became the leader of the Pink Skull Pirates.
It was already a joke that the daughter of an ancient aristocratic family became a bandit and became a pirate leader. However, Edward also resolutely followed in her footsteps for the sake of love and established the Blackbeard Pirates with his own strength, bringing shame to the entire French royal family.
The furious king had publicly announced that he was no longer his father and son, expelled him from the royal family, and revoked all his titles.
It would be a lie to say that Eiffel was not touched, but the tragedy of her sister, Corani, made it impossible for her to walk out of the shadow in her heart, and she would never be able to truly open her heart and accept him.
"Eiffel, those people are demons. Walking with them will destroy you."
Edward took a deep breath, looked deeply at the pink girl in front of him, and warned seriously.
"You don't need to worry about my affairs. You should worry about your own future."
Eiffel did not appreciate it, and said coldly and ruthlessly: "You should know that those people are only dealing with that Anping man this time. They also intend to integrate the entire Somali pirate force for their use. If you refuse them, they will not let you go."
"Are you concerned about me?"
Edward's eyes lit up, and he looked at Eiffel with a fiery gaze.
Eiffel's face stiffened, and then she calmed down and sneered mockingly: "Don't think too highly of yourself. I'm just reminding you on account of Corani liking you."
Edward smiled bitterly and said mournfully, "Thank you for your kind intentions, but others might not know, but you should know very well why I established the Blackbeard Pirates. Other than you, I will not be controlled and manipulated by anyone else. If they want to destroy me, then come. In any case, to me, there is not much difference between being alive and dead."
Eiffel lowered her head and remained silent, her long pink hair covering the tears in the corners of her eyes. This man, can always hit the softest part of her heart when she is unprepared.
When she was a child, she was maverick. She did not like the protagonist Luffy in One Piece, but she liked the big boss Blackbeard, saying that he was evil and sinister.
This may be the unintentional words of a little girl, and it is also in line with the routine of women not liking bad men, but Edward remembered every word and every hobby of hers.
So he gave up his great future, betrayed the royal family, resolutely grew a big beard, and became the real-life version of the Blackbeard Pirate King, just because of a joke she made when she was a child. How can she not be moved by this affection and love?
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