After giving out orders to the crew, Koujiro got into his cabin then walked towards the table that was placed in the middle of the room.
Pulling out a map of the east blue that he got from the Royal Palace treasury, he spread it down the table then took a look at the map.
According to the map, south of the Dawn island should be only a vast ocean with small islands here and there along the way. Calculating how long it would take for them to reach the next island if they continue heading towards the south with The Helper assistance, The Helper stated that they will reach an island after two weeks of sailing straight towards the south.
Leaving the table after knowing their destination, he took a seat on the couch then learned some stuff about navigation and a few more things about One Piece world with the assistance of The Helper.
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Crow's nest officer(Jin) POV
"Alright, you heard the captain orders, each of you take your own post, Robert steer us away from this island and head south as the captain ordered, get ready to set sail men!"
Jin said after Koujiro entered his cabin, he climbed up to the crow's nest to look around.
The crew got to work rolling down the sails then pulled up the anchor, the sails immediately picked up the wind and Robert steered the ship away from the island while looking at the compass.
Sitting on top of the crow's nest, Jin sat there alone accompanied by a bottle of whiskey and his rifle.
Looking around the horizon every 30 minutes and playing with his rifle in between, time passed by and the sun was going down. Having the best view on the ship, Jin saw a beautiful sunset on the edge of the horizon.
After the sun went down, from the port side of the ship which was south where they were heading to, a huge thunderstorm cloud was approaching from the horizon.
"Jin, there's a thunderstorm heading towards us, should we avoid the thunderstorm?"
Robert shouted towards the crow's nest after noticing the thunderstorm approaching the ship.
"No, maintain the heading, we can take the storm, warn the men to standby on their posts to keep the ship heading straight to the south!"
Jin said after looking into his binoculars, seeing the size of the storm, he knew that they better go straight through it rather than going around it.
"Men! Get to your post! We're entering a thunderstorm! Standby and watch the sails!"
Robert shouted out the orders after hearing Jin's reply.
Entering the storm, the ship immediately got hit by a strong wind and huge waves hitting them rocking the ship left and right.
Sailing straight through the storm with full sails opened, the Queen Anne's Revenge gained speed and cut through the waves that were towering above ten metres tall.
After half an hour entering the storm, Jin spotted a ship getting thrown around by the waves a few hundred metres away from them. Jumping down from the crow's nest, he told Robert to change heading towards the unknown ship then jumped down to the deck and knocked on the cabin's door.
*KNOCK...KNOCK...KNOCK*
Jin knocked on the door.
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Koujiro POV
*KNOCK...KNOCK...KNOCK*
Koujiro woke up from the sound of someone banging on his door. Looking through the window on his side, he saw that they were in a storm. Getting up from the couch, he walked towards the door then opened it.
"Cap, I spotted a ship a few hundred metres from us that also got caught up in the storm, and we're currently pursuing the ship from behind."
Jin said as soon as the door opened.
"Pick a position to shoot from Jin, I'll come up in a second."
Koujiro said and Jin only nodded then climbed back up to his crow's nest readying his rifle.
Koujiro pulled out the Sword of Triton from the inventory then tied the scabbard on his left side belt, walking upstairs towards the stern of the ship where the helm was, he took over the helm from Robert.
"Fold up all the sails! And man the starboard cannons you dumb fuckers!"
Koujiro yelled and the crew scrambled around trying to fold up the sails while some were busy carrying cannonballs and placing them near the cannons.
Pulling the Sword of Triton from its sheath after all the sails are folded up, he controlled the ship to move toward the side of the unknown ship, lining his ship with the starboard side facing the unknown ship, Koujiro stopped the ship using the sword's power.
"Aim at their mast men! Fire when ready!"
*BANG*
Multiple cannons blasted, some hit the mast and the rest punched some holes through the ship's deck.
"Prepare to booaaard!"
Koujiro yelled after seeing the mast collapse, some men threw hooks with a rope tied into them then pulled the ship closer while some men carried a plank to make bridges between the ships.
Sounds of a gun being fired from on top of the crow's nest can be heard every few seconds, Jin from on top of the crow's nest shooting down the sailors one by one while the crew boarding the ship and began killing the sailors.
While the crew was busy killing the sailors, Koujiro controlled the ropes on the other ship to wrap around their feet and hang them upside down pulling them away from his crew, because he had a plan for the captured sailors.
Watching his crew fight from the helm of his ship and helping them a little bit here and there using the sword's power, the sailors gave up after ten minutes of fighting a losing battle.
*FWEEEP*
Koujiro whistled and the crew immediately turned their attention towards their captain with Jin jumping down from the crow's nest.
"Order capt?"
Jin asked after getting down and stood in front of Koujiro.
"Gather the survivors on our ship and line them up, I got a plan for them hehehe."
Koujiro said thinking about what he will do, with the stormy weather in the middle of the night, a perfect scene for a fun little play, thought Koujiro while walking towards his cabin.
Opening the shop after he entered the cabin, he bought an item called 'Super Realistic Halloween Costume' from the miscellaneous section.
Buying a costume of a character from a pirate movie, he wore the costume transforming his entire look into an entirely different person, Koujiro now had tentacles as beards, a crustacean style claw as his left arm, and his right leg resembles a crab leg.
Wearing black boot on his left leg, a red pirate coat with golden trimmings, an orange waistcoat, and a tricorn hat which had the same light blue colour as his coat and a similar thin golden brim along the edge. Its front corn was bigger than the other two and divided so that its silhouette resembled the devil's horns, the name of the character he's wearing was…
"Davy Jones."
Koujiro said with a naval sound unlike his original one, the costume had a voice changer and nerve connectors to the brain for extra limbs.
"Jin, come here!"
Koujiro yelled at Jin after changing his voice back while peeking his head out of the door.
"Whoa, what the fuck?"
Jin was surprised after entering the cabin and saw a humanoid tentacle monster inside his captain's cabin and aimed his rifle towards the tentacle monster.
"Yo...yo...yo, calm down, it's me, I'm wearing a costume."
Koujiro said while moving to the side avoiding the gun.
"What the fuck are you doing? I almost shot you, you weird fuck!"
Jin yelled at him while lowering his rifle.
"Hehehe, relax man, I got a plan, tell the crew about my costume, and did the captives already lined up?"
"Yeah, they are lined up, I'll tell the men about your silly play, I'll whistle at you after everything is ready."
Jin then walked out from the cabin and whispered to each crew member about their captain's little play.
*FWEEEP*
Jin whistled loudly signalling Koujiro.
Hearing the whistle from Jin, he changed back his voice into the naval sound that Davy Jones had.
*THUMP … THUMP … THUMP … THUMP"
Sounds of his crab leg thumping on the ship's floor thundered throughout the ship, combined with the sound of thunder and heavy rain, the scene was perfectly just like a horror movie. The captives were shaking in fear, everyone aboard the ship were looking to the direction where the thumping sound came from. The sound got closer and louder with each slow step of whatever was coming towards them, a silhouette of a horned person eventually appeared and stopped right before the lined up captives.
*RUMBLE … BOOM*
A bolt of lightning flashed for a second revealing the terrible visage of the monster who stood in front of the lined-up captives.
*GASPS*
Everyone except Jin was terrified of the humanoid tentacle monster. It took a few seconds for the rest of the crew to realise it and calm down, playing along with the act, the crew held down the captives before they were able to run.
Standing in front of the lined-up captives with the crew standing behind them, he looked at the frightened sailors from seeing his monstrous figure, approaching one of the captives, he held the sailor's neck with his claw-like left arm and said….
"Do you fear death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare. All your sins punished. I can offer you...an escape."
Koujiro quoted Davy Jones's signature line.
The poor sailor got soo scared of the monster in front of him, he couldn't utter a single word and just kneeled there shivering in fear.
Seeing the man didn't respond to him, he looked at one of the crews that stood behind the captives then told him to cut the captive's neck and dump his body into the sea.
Doing the same to the rest of the captives, the rest joined his crew after seeing what happened to the first man.
"Gentlemen, welcome aboard to the Queen Anne's Revenge! Ha! Ha! Ha!"
Koujiro imitated Davy Jones' laugh and walked back to his cabin.
"Men, show your new crewmates their job around the ship and continue heading to the south after we finish moving the loots."
Jin said, taking over after Koujiro went back to his cabin.
Additional shopping list:
1. Supplies: ¥. 9.000.000
2. Handheld Telescope: ¥. 4.000
3. Compass: ¥. 2.000
4. Davy Jones Costume: ¥. 10.000
Total: ¥. 9.016.000
Loot: ¥. 1.000.000
Remaining Money: ¥. 1.492.054.000