Chapter 1548 The Tiger
"What do you mean by that?" Barbarossa's expression obviously relaxed, and the look in his eyes seemed a little different even in the dim light of the bar and the glare of the laser.
Anna did not expect Lin Nian to suddenly bring up this. She was stunned for a moment and was about to speak, but her mind turned faster and understood Lin Nian's purpose, and then shut up.
"Literally, as an outsider, I have no interest in the Atlantis you mentioned. I am not considering interests, but simply reminding you of a fact." Lin Nian said, "In your eyes, Miss Anna, whose negotiations and identity background seem particularly strange, is actually a dragon-slaying sword in the eyes of another group of people. If you get it, you can get the world——"
"What sword?" Obviously, Barbarossa did not understand the joke, and he interrupted it slightly, a little confused.
Lin Nian directly translated it into English as "Dragon Slaying Blade", which is "Dragon Slaying Blade". Don't think the literal translation is strange. This is the English name of the dragon-slaying sword, which can be directly moved into the original lines to make sentences. But it's a pity that "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" is not popular enough for a British pirate in the Indian Ocean to watch it, so it's a pity that this joke was not picked up.
"You have to change it to curry sticks, whoever gets it will get the throne, and maybe they will understand."
Our senior second dimension Lu Mingfei whispered.
"Anyway, that's the meaning." Lin Nian nodded.
Barbarossa barely understood the metaphor, and looked at Anna who was sitting obediently beside him with a cautious look again. He did doubt Anna's identity. This uninvited mysterious woman looked like someone from Interpol. Even if she was not, it might be a honey trap that her colleagues got wind of and wanted to get information or benefits from him.
But now, Lin Nian gave another explanation, which instantly made all of Anna's abnormal behavior reasonable, forcing him to re-examine Anna and give this strange girl a new evaluation from the beginning in his heart.
"You said she is being chased by another group of people? Shouldn't I stay away from her? After all, a woman who comes from an unknown background and bites her tail behind her is troublesome no matter how you look at it." Barbarossa is very scheming and doesn't show his joy easily. He still looks natural and tries to get more words from Lin Nian.
"How much risk represents how much benefit, how much trouble represents how much ability." Lin Nian said, "You should understand this truth as you are born a pirate. Things are valuable only when they are hot. How can you get rich overnight without risking a lot?"
"Why do you talk like her broker? How much did she pay you to persuade me?" Barbarossa pointed at Anna casually, and when he wanted to point at Lin Nian, he paused, looked at Lu Mingfei who had lifted his sleeves and looked around behind Lin Nian, ready to find a lucky person to grab the gun, and was speechless for a moment, then put away his finger.
It's not that he is really afraid of Lin Nian and Lu Mingfei. Barbarossa has been drifting in the Indian Ocean for 20 to 30 years, and the number of people killed by him has exceeded two digits. The fact that he can live to this day means that he is a ruthless man who is not afraid of trouble, but the fact that he can live to this day also means that he can judge the situation and know how to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Like Lin Nian and Lu Mingfei, he is quite keen to smell the breath of scoundrels in these two people, that is, the kind of people who want to kill you, and you don't have time to negotiate. He will hit you as soon as he turns the throttle. No matter whether he is driving a yacht or a cargo ship, he will always make a hole in your ship.
There are many such scoundrels. If you can avoid it, don't provoke it. Everyone can talk peacefully. Why do you have to use knives and guns?
"She can't afford us to be lobbyists. I said that I have never really taken the initiative to understand Atlantis. I have no interest in Atlantis." Lin Nian said.
Lu Mingfei behind him inexplicably covered his mouth to hold back his laughter. I guess he saw a similar famous scene in a parallel time and space.
"Can I know what kind of people our dear Miss Anna has offended? After all, if I really want Miss Anna to board the ship, we have to take the risk of offending another group of people." Barbarossa asked with his head slightly tilted.
"Have you heard of this name, Wittelsbach?" Lin Nian asked.
Then Lin Nian saw Barbarossa's face change at an astonishing speed. Many people at the table took a breath of cold air. One buddy even forgot that he still had a cigarette in his mouth. He sucked the burning cigarette into his throat, burning it into an idiot. He covered his throat and coughed wildly, looking for ice water to pour into his mouth.
Barbarossa cursed in a barely perceptible voice, and it was obvious that he was quite wary and afraid of the name of Wittelsbach, but another emotion overwhelmed those negative effects. He stared at Anna and asked Lin Nian, "Are you sure, it's the Wittelsbach I know?"
"If you are talking about one of the oldest families in Europe, which seems to be engaged in maritime industrial trade, but in fact its real industry is smuggling cultural relics, artworks, and gems by sea and land, and setting up underground trading auctions in ports all over the country, and the Wittelsbach family that produces geniuses, lunatics, and beauties, then my answer is yes. It seems that he is very famous in your pirate industry?"
Even if he despised the Wittelsbach family strategically, tactically, Lin Nian had already investigated everything about this family through WiFi when he was on the plane, and understood their composition, their approximate sphere of influence, and the industrial chain and network involved.
"Gentlemen, go have some fun yourself. I have something important to talk about with these two friends and, well, our dear Miss Anna." Barbarossa politely asked the people around him to leave. These people of various religions are considered his accomplices.
These people had no objection to mentioning the name Wittelsbach, and everyone stayed away like a tiger or a poisonous snake.
Some things should be left to those who think they are lucky.
The table was cleared, and Lin Nian raised his head slightly to indicate that the conversation could continue.
Barbarossa didn't say anything. He just took out his phone, pulled out a photo and threw it in front of Lin Nian on the table.
Lin Nian glanced at it and saw that it was a logo printed in paint on the corner of a cargo box, the double lion emblem of the Wittelsbach family.
"The Wittelsbach family, the famous lions of the sea, are a group of real thugs who have mastered force and power. They are well-equipped, and the escort ships are equipped with large-caliber cannons removed from aircraft, and the escorts on board are They are well-trained soldiers, and the large amounts of goods they trade often involve hundreds of billions of cash flows," Barbarossa said slowly.
"Isn't that a piece of cake in the eyes of you pirates?" Lu Mingfei asked subconsciously.
"No, no, no, you seem to have underestimated the meaning of Wittelsbach and overestimated the meaning of pirates. That is not a conceptual level thing - you will charge your soaked AK-47 towards a warship flying the flag of a great power. Everyone knows that the containers with their family crests all contain gems, cultural relics, and works of art. As long as they can rob one of their ships, they will not have to worry about it in the next life or even the next life. But guess why so far? No one has ever succeeded?"
Barbarossa looked gloomy;
"Because everyone who has thought about it is dead, not to mention the entire sea, just talking about the Indian Ocean route, no one dares to touch Wittelsbach's cargo. If anyone cares about the cargo with this mark, then within three days No matter where it hides on the sea, it They will all be found by a group of mysterious ghosts, which are the fangs of Wittelsbach, ghost-like killers. The ship will be slaughtered, the dens on the island will be bloodbathed, and all living people, regardless of men, women, old and young, will be kidnapped. Dehydrated fish on a wooden pole!”
"For their enemies, they are a nightmare on the sea, a truly unshakable hegemony. It is better to provoke them than to provoke the fishing boats protected by the great powers. At least the warships must follow the regulations when dispatching, but they, my friends, wearing the double lion badge Those ghosts will eat your liver and intestines clean."
Facts have proved that in the eyes of the secret party, Wittelsbach's name can only be regarded as a corner force of the North American mixed-race family, but in the eyes of a more serious pirate force like Barbarossa, Wittelsbach Bach seems to have a different kind of power.
However, Lin Nian was slightly surprised that Barbarossa actually knew the name of Wittelsbach. He and Lu Mingfei had never heard of this family's name because the Wittelsbach family wanted to contact both him and Lu Mingfei. Less than that, and another group of people wanted to lick Wittelsbach's butt but there was no way.
The gap between such forces in the mixed-race world is huge, and the gap is just one step away. However, no matter what, a mixed-race family with a name is still a dimensionality reduction level for the second-rate or lower forces in the ordinary world. After all, Wittelsbach is still a member of the North American mixed-race family alliance, and he still has influence and dominance.
Barbarossa clicked on the desktop, looked at the double lion family emblem on the phone screen and said in a deep voice, "Are you serious? The Wittelsbach family wants this woman?"
The way he looked at Anna completely changed, but for some reason he forced himself to sit down again and endured the conversation with Lin Nian. Lin Nian could see this change, but he didn't point it out.
"Obviously, yes, it seems that you do know Wittelsbach well enough. I was worried that you didn't recognize this family, so it will be easier for us to talk now." Lin Nian nodded. Barbarossa was visionary and knowledgeable. It saves him a lot of trouble.
"Everyone who makes a living on the Indian Ocean route knows Wittelsbach. Even if they don't know the name, they still recognize the mark on the container. Anyone with that mark on their hands will be found by evil spirits within three days. God gave him a cruel death. There was no way to escape or resist. It was so terrible that it was almost like a curse. , this is something that everyone knows. The Wittelsbach family has increased the expansion of routes in the Indian Ocean in recent years, and their ships can be seen almost everywhere, so it is not uncommon for people who don’t know them to know about them. He will die quickly, and the rest is understood." Barbarossa said slowly.
"You should tell me now what relationship and involvement this woman has with that family."
"I said, you are not the only ones who are interested in Atlantis." Lin Nian leaned back slightly in his wheelchair, "Now, a competitor who is more powerful than you and has a completely different class is also interested in Atlantis." Atlantis is very interested, and they want to get their hands on a woman at all costs, because they believe that this woman is the only one who knows the key to Atlantis. Now you still want to keep it with you Is Miss Anna pushed out?"
"The Wittelsbach family believes she can find Atlantis?" Barbarossa finally lost his composure and looked at Anna with sharp and deep eyes.
Lin Nian raised his eyes slightly and found this Barbarossa interesting. The first thing that surprised him was not that Wittelsbach was also interested in Atlantis, but that he skipped this process and was surprised by Anna himself? In other words, he might have known in advance that Wittelsbach was looking for Atlantis?
Barbarossa looked at Anna several times with a very solemn expression, as if he wanted to see something special in this young girl, "Do you work for Wittelsbach? Or are you one of them? Wait-"
Barbarossa suddenly looked at Anna and narrowed his eyes. His mind seemed to be working quickly. After thinking for a while, he suddenly asked, "Who is Flora to you?"
As soon as the name came out, Anna suddenly raised her head reflexively and stared at Barbarossa, "How did you know this name?"