"Isn't that a bit too harsh for a show of force?"
Roger stroked his chin, revealing a smile that sent shivers down Gibbs' and Hector's spines.
"Forget it, let's give them an appetizer first."
"We are the righteous maritime city management, and our law enforcement process must be civilized and humane."
"Crude methods like a show of force do not align with the corporate culture of the explorer."
"We need to bring warmth and joy to our customers, making them willingly hand over their money in a pleasant atmosphere."
Hector and Gibbs exchanged glances, their faces full of question marks.
Joy?
Pleasant?
Captain, are you sure we're pirates?
"Gibbs."
Roger completely ignored the confused expressions of his subordinates.
"Activate our magical little arrows."
"Give the largest chinese cargo ship at the front of the opposing fleet a round of saturated spiritual baptism."
Gibbs was startled at first, then instantly understood.
He rubbed his hands excitedly and scurried over to the grotesque ballista tower.
"Alright, Captain! I guarantee they'll be in ecstasy!"
The next second.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
On the ballista tower, dozens of firing ports opened simultaneously.
A dense rain of arrows, like a swarm of locusts, whistled through the air, drawing bizarre green arcs, and enveloped the largest chinese cargo ship like a tidal wave.
On the chinese cargo ship, the vigilant sailors were dumbfounded.
"Arrows? Is that all?"
A man who looked like a leader spat disdainfully as he watched the soft arrows fly over.
"Everyone's using cannons now, and they're still using arrows?"
"Primitive!"
"They can't even break my eyelid!"
The sailors burst into laughter.
They didn't even bother to dodge, letting the arrows clatter onto the deck or weakly stick into the sails.
After the arrow rain, the ship was completely unharmed.
"Hahahahaha! I thought they were some formidable characters, turns out they're just a bunch of weaklings!"
"With such little skill, they dare to block our way and rob us? Go home and drink milk!"
The sailors on the chinese cargo ship laughed even louder, full of scorn and mockery.
However, on the explorer, Roger's crew looked at them with pity, as if they were watching idiots.
Billy even made a show of crossing himself.
"Amen, may there be no radishes in heaven."
Indeed, less than half a minute later.
Something bizarre happened.
On the chinese cargo ship, the leading man who had just been laughing arrogantly suddenly fell to his knees with a "thud."
He began to kowtow frantically to the empty space in front of him.
"Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor, long live, long long live! Your servant is guilty! Your servant should not have peeked at Widow Wang next door bathing!"
As he kowtowed, he wailed, spilling all his old secrets.
The surrounding sailors were bewildered.
"Boss, have you gone mad?"
A sailor was about to help him up when he suddenly trembled all over, his eyes gleaming.
He spread his arms, as if embracing the sky, a blissful, foolish grin on his face.
"A dragon! Such a big dragon! It's taking me to heaven!"
With that, he took a running start and jumped directly from the ship's rail, splashing a small amount of water on the sea surface.
This was just the beginning.
One sailor hugged the main mast, trembling with excitement.
"Sister-in-law! Is it really you, sister-in-law! Open the door, I'm my brother, I can't be dreaming, right!"
Another sailor hugged a burly man next to him, crying his eyes out, his hands restlessly groping.
"Gao Da, truly Gao Da, sister-in-law, you've become plumper again."
The entire chinese cargo ship's deck, in just one minute, completely transformed into a large mental asylum's recreation area.
Some sailors were performing shamanic dances, some were playing rock-paper-scissors with their shadows, some were rolling on the deck, and some were incredibly dignified, shouting, "Kneel before me!"
The scene was, for a moment, quite surreal.
"Pfft—hahahahaha!"
On the explorer, Billy could no longer hold it in, a mouthful of rum shot three meters out of his nostrils, and he rolled on the deck with laughter.
"Damn it, Captain, your medicine is too strong!"
"How are they crazier than those Japanese pirates last time?"
Just then, in the chinese cargo ship fleet, a guard ship following behind seemed to notice something was amiss.
They hadn't been affected by the arrow rain and remained clear-headed.
"Sorcery! It's sorcery! Fire the cannons quickly!"
"Boom!"
A volley of cannon fire, countless small cannonballs flew over, hitting the explorer's hull with a crisp "crackling" sound, then weakly bounced into the sea.
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