Chapter 194 The Ghost and the Bait

Ma Long was lying on the bed of the brothel, and asked a prostitute he liked to help him apply medicine. Before the Breeze was overtaken by the Skull, he revealed his identity as a black merchant in Nassau, but the other party ignored him. The captain led the sailors on the ship to bravely resist when the other party boarded the ship, but due to the huge gap in strength between the two sides, they were all released after less than three minutes of support.

After that, there was punching and kicking. Malone was punched in the stomach by Wilton and fell to the ground. He could no longer hold the dagger in his hand. However, the attack did not stop, and he didn't know how many times he was beaten. It wasn't until he was dragged into the bottom of the boat and imprisoned that Ma Long had time to check his body, and found that his back had turned black and blue.

For a while, like everyone else on board, he thought he was dead. On the way back, the Skeleton robbed another merchant ship. Malone witnessed how Wilton and his crew treated the poor prisoners and tortured them. They have fun. Looking at Ma Long, an old sailor who has been wandering at sea for decades, he was terrified, and he even had the idea of ​​suicide for a while.

Until he was released later, he still couldn't believe what happened before his eyes.

The first thing Ma Long did after confirming that he was safe was to find a tavern and have a drink, and then he staggered to the brothel he went to most often, and finally found him again in the familiar soft room. The long-lost peace.

He slept until almost noon the next day before opening his eyes, and saw Karina again not long after.

"Wait, you suspect that Jim has defected to Malcolm?"

The prostitute had already left the room half a minute ago. After listening to Karina's words, Ma Long shook his hangover-heavy head, his expression full of surprise, and he said while putting on his clothes.

"Honestly, it's hard for me to believe this accusation without solid evidence. Jim is a good boy. When I recruited him, I got to know his neighbors and the place where he worked before. Everyone said he was a good boy. Boy, he worked hard when he was on the boat, he was never lazy, although sometimes he was a little boring, and he couldn't understand some jokes that men should understand, but this didn't prevent me from putting him in my favorite people list, Did I tell you about his sister?"

"What sister?" Karina asked.

"Jim has a younger sister, not born to his parents, but adopted halfway, two years younger than him. At that time, their family conditions were not bad, and Jim also learned to read at that time, but the good times didn't last long, and it didn't take long after that. His parents had an accident, and there were only the two of them left in the family, and the economy began to become tight. Someone suggested that he send the younger sister who had not been with him for a long time to an orphanage or a monastery, but Jim firmly opposed it, and he sold the family. All the things he had were sold out, and he started working part-time everywhere, so he could barely support two people, and he was only fourteen years old that year."

Ma Long said with emotion, but when he said this, he suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?"

"Speaking of his sister, I did hear recently that she seemed to be suffering from a serious illness. Jim spent a lot of money to treat her. I asked him before if he needed help, but Jim told me The debt has been paid off, and he has a distant uncle who sent him a sum of money to help him cope with this crisis."

"Is it possible that this man is Malcolm?"

"I didn't think about it at the time. I still don't quite believe that Jim will betray us and tell Wilton and the others the Breeze's route." Malone shook his head and said, he had already dressed, moved his shoulders, and pulled The injury before he moved made him grit his teeth, "Have you talked to him about this?"

"Not yet, I don't want to startle the enemy. Now we have no evidence. Once he becomes alert, it will not be easy to catch him." The businesswoman got up and poured a glass of water for the captain of the Breeze. This matter is very important to us. Although Wilton and his group are dead, if we can't dig out the inner ghost, the Breeze will still be in danger next time, and the most important thing is that our every move will be monitored by Mal. Colm knows..."

"Wait, Wilton's group is dead?" Malone was surprised when he heard that, he had slept until now, and still knew nothing about what happened on the island this morning, "How is this possible? You're kidding me, aren't you?"

"If you hadn't gotten yourself drunk and insisted on unleashing your male instincts, you would have known more, Uncle Marlon, and now...you might be the last one on this island to hear about it people who do things."

"Ha, this is really the best thing I've heard in a while." The captain of the Breeze pretended not to hear the businesswoman's ridicule, and a smile appeared on his face when he heard this, "I kept cursing those bastards on the way back. , Curse them all to be swallowed by the sea, even if it takes my old life, it doesn’t matter, but the ending is not bad now, how, how did they die? Who did it, what method was used, how many survived To be honest, I still can’t believe it, there are more than 200 people in Wilton’s hands, they are all good players, how did he die under their protection?”

"Go out and inquire about this matter yourself later." Karina interrupted Malone, "Speaking of Jim, do you have anything else to add?"

"Let's think about it... That's about it. During the time I've known him, he's been a good employee, a good brother, and a good neighbor. Personally, I don't think that kid is a spy."

"On the last point, I'm sure we'll figure it out."

"What are you going to do, send someone to watch him secretly?" Malone took the glass of water and rinsed his mouth, which was regarded as the completion of the morning wash.

"No, I plan to give him full freedom." Karina said.

"Um?"

"I just pretended to inadvertently reveal a message to Jim. Two powerful pirate ships are considering leaving the Black Merchant Alliance and working with us. If he is the insider, he will tell Malcolm the news."

"Then what?"

"Malcolm won't sit idly by this time. Compared with those private cooperations, what he can't tolerate is that other powerful pirates are openly standing on our side, so he will definitely hurry up before this happens. He will personally go to the captains of the two ships to persuade them, and we just need to keep an eye on his actions during this time. Once he meets the captains of the two ships, we can arrest Jim. "