"That's the Black King?"
"So young!"
Fang Yuan did not wear his mask for this appearance; since it was time for the great battle, there was no need to hide anymore.
The crowded pirates quickly cleared a path for Fang Yuan. The Pirate Kings who saw Fang Yuan's true face were immediately astonished, exchanging glances.
While they weren't necessarily dirty or sloppy, they were certainly unkempt. Compared to the handsome and dashing Fang Yuan, they looked like they came from a completely different picture.
"Unseal Calypso?"
Fang Yuan raised his chin toward Barbossa.
"Are you sure that the first thing Calypso does after being unsealed won't be to kill you pirates who dared to seal her?"
Barbossa was stumped and couldn't refute him.
Not only because what Fang Yuan said made sense, but also because Fang Yuan was his Captain.
"Exactly, everyone knows the temperament of the Goddess of the Sea." Chevalle dared not take the risk. "It's too dangerous and too foolish!"
"Shut up, idiot! I'm just making a suggestion; it's better than you telling us to blindly rush to our deaths!" Barbossa was not so patient with anyone other than Fang Yuan, immediately snapping back at Chevalle.
"Enough!" Sao Feng, seeing that another argument was about to start, quickly stepped forward to maintain order. "Even if we wanted to unseal Calypso, we don't know who her mortal incarnation is."
Barbossa moved his lips. He actually had a guess. Even if Calypso was sealed, she definitely wasn't an ordinary person, and there were only a few magical women who suddenly appeared on the sea after Calypso was sealed.
However, Barbossa thought better of it. There was no need to tell the others; although they were all pirates, they weren't part of the same pirate crew.
At this moment, Sao Feng asked Fang Yuan with a smile, "So, Captain Fang Yuan, what are your thoughts?"
The other Pirate Kings also looked over, wanting to hear Fang Yuan's opinion.
For pirates, the strong are respected.
Although Fang Yuan had the least seniority among them, his strength was undoubtedly the greatest.
"First, if we surrender, absolutely no one will survive." Fang Yuan made this point clear first.
The pirates all nodded, especially Sao Feng.
In Singapore, he had originally intended to surrender directly, but the order given by Norrington, the Commander of the naval fleet, was to kill without mercy and accept no prisoners, which scared Sao Feng into running away immediately.
"Second, Calypso is also our enemy!" Fang Yuan held up two fingers, clarifying the central idea for the pirates.
"I obtained Davy Jones's heart before, but it didn't take long for the heart to lose its influence over Davy Jones, causing him to defect immediately!"
The other pirates had already heard about this from Sakazuki and his crew.
"In the vast ocean, only Calypso can break the connection between Davy Jones and the heart!" Fang Yuan aimed the blame directly at the Goddess of the Sea.
"Why would Calypso do that?" Sao Feng frowned.
Barbossa, however, slammed his hand on the table: "Damn it, she wants the Navy to pressure us, so that when we are desperate, we unseal her and beg for her help!"
"We almost fell for her trick!"
As soon as Fang Yuan spoke, Barbossa followed that line of thought and immediately guessed Calypso's intentions.
Now everyone understood Calypso's plan, and the other Pirate Kings were instantly furious.
"So it's Calypso's revenge!"
"If it weren't for The Flying Dutchman, the Navy wouldn't have been able to push us to this point. It's all Calypso's fault!"
"As long as I live, Calypso can forget about being unsealed!"
The Pirate Kings shouted continuously, venting their anger.
They had been living well, eating hot pot and singing songs at home, but the Navy suddenly attacked, so they certainly needed to vent.
Seeing the Pirate Kings filled with righteous indignation, Fang Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
His goal had been achieved.
As long as Calypso remained sealed, she could only play small tricks and couldn't take direct action.
In fact, to prevent the Pirate Kings from acting rashly, Fang Yuan had even sent Jack, one of the Nine Pirate Kings, away. This way, even if they wanted to unseal her, they couldn't gather all the necessary people.
Fang Yuan then continued: "However, constantly hiding on Shipwreck Island won't work. Not only is the Navy blockading this place, but they are also sweeping away your assets along the coast. If they let you out later, your influence will collapse."
"What?"
"Damn it!"
The Pirate Kings' eyes were splitting with rage. Having reached their current stage, they were no longer just simple pirates. Each Pirate King had various businesses within their sphere of influence, used to accumulate wealth and support their subordinates.
Otherwise, with so many underlings, they couldn't afford to let them starve.
Among the Nine Pirate Kings, only the rivals Jack and Barbossa, who had the highest bounties, were exceptions.
Forget supporting subordinates, Jack even needed Fang Yuan's help to find a ship.
Barbossa, due to the Aztec Gold Coin curse, was delayed for ten years, and his original power base had long since been abandoned.
The Pirate Kings could not accept this; if things were truly as Fang Yuan said, they wouldn't be Pirate Kings anymore.
"Therefore, we must go to war!" Fang Yuan stated firmly.
Although the Navy had assembled forty or fifty warships outside and had Davy Jones helping, Fang Yuan's The Jackdaw had powerful firepower, and his 800 undead soldiers were brave and skilled fighters. Coupled with the sheer numbers of the pirates, Fang Yuan felt the chances of victory were quite high.
Hearing Fang Yuan mention war, Sao Feng's expression subtly changed.
He had been terrified by the Navy and instinctively did not want to resort to this method.
But Barbossa, seeing the situation, immediately raised his hand: "I propose we follow the pirate code and initiate the Pirate Emperor vote!"
"The pirate code? We pirates are going to hold a vote?" A pirate leader immediately sneered. "That's ridiculous!"
"Bang!"
A gunshot rang out, and the speaker very simply bought the farm.
An old man who looked somewhat similar to Jack put away his flintlock and snorted at the crowd: "No one can question the pirate code!"
"Captain Dick!" Barbossa was the first to nod in greeting.
This was none other than Jack Sparrow's father, Barbossa's great-great-predecessor Captain, and Dick was also the Guardian of the pirate code.
The pirates fell silent for a moment, and no second person dared to stand up against the sanctity of the pirate code.
"But initiating the Pirate Emperor vote requires nine people, and Jack Sparrow is not here right now!" Sao Feng could only find another excuse to decline.
But Fang Yuan pulled out a silver coin and said to everyone: "Jack has already given his Spanish Gold Coin to me; I can exercise his voting right!"
Sao Feng frowned and turned to look at Captain Dick.
"Does this comply with the Code?"
Captain Dick nodded: "The Nine Pirate Kings use the Spanish Gold Coin as a token. We look at the token, not the person!"
Then he spoke directly: "Now, let all the Pirate Kings take out their tokens to verify their voting eligibility!"
So the Pirate Kings rummaged around and placed various strange little objects on the table.
There were playing cards, scissors, glasses, and the most absurd was Barbossa: he slapped the back of the simpleton Ragetti's head, and Ragetti's fake eyeball flew out and landed on the table.
"Didn't they say Spanish Gold Coins?"
White, who had only become a pirate halfway through, was confused and quickly asked Sakazuki.
"It's just a codename. When the first Pirate Assembly was held, all the pirates were dirt poor. Jack Sparrow's silver coin was already the most valuable thing there." Sakazuki answered quietly.
"Then why not change the name?" White was still perplexed.
Sakazuki pouted: "That's why you're only the Third Mate. Should we call them 'Nine Pieces of Junk'? Would that still sound like a Pirate King?"
White was speechless and could only shut his mouth, denying Sakazuki the chance to gloat further.
Among the Pirate Kings present, the powerful Pirate Kings Sao Feng and Chevalle looked slightly displeased.
The Pirate Emperor was similar to a Federal President elected by the pirates; the person with the highest number of votes would be elected.
The reason why a Pirate Emperor hadn't emerged before was that when the nine Pirate Kings voted, everyone only voted for themselves.
But today was different.
Jack Sparrow's token was given to Fang Yuan, and it was well known that Barbossa had also joined the Black Emperor Pirates. It was obvious who he would vote for.
For a powerful pirate like Sao Feng, having an additional Pirate Emperor naturally made him uncomfortable.
However, Sao Feng and Chevalle exchanged glances, unable to resist the surging public sentiment.
Those with weaker strength, like Madam Ching and Villanueva, were even hoping Fang Yuan would become the Pirate Emperor and stand in front to bear the brunt of the attack.
If they didn't have to maintain their last bit of dignity, they would have voted for Fang Yuan directly.
But it didn't matter. While everyone else voted for themselves, Barbossa's vote went to Fang Yuan.
"I announce!" Jack's father, Captain Dick, stood up and shouted, "The Black King Fang Yuan is officially the Pirate Emperor!"
After speaking, he gave Fang Yuan a meaningful look, and Fang Yuan smiled and nodded back in greeting.
This old pirate looked like an ordinary person, but he actually possessed some strange attributes.
However, Fang Yuan was not worried that Captain Dick would harm him, after all, his son, Captain Jack, was still in Fang Yuan's hands.
"Emperor!"
Sakazuki, whose style hadn't diminished over the years, was the first to cheer.
"Emperor!"
White reacted and shouted along, annoyed that Sakazuki had beaten him to it.
Following him were Barbossa, Madam Ching, and the other Pirate Kings. Sao Feng and Chevalle also had no choice but to agree.
"Give the order, Pirate Emperor!" Sao Feng said solemnly.
In reality, he was already thinking about how to run away if Fang Yuan advocated for war.
"The Navy is here to completely eliminate us, so there is nowhere left to hide!"
Fang Yuan announced loudly.
"The Black Emperor Pirates will charge at the very front. The other pirates must follow quickly. If we can defeat the Navy here, the ocean will be ours to command from now on!"
The Black King charging at the front?
Sao Feng and Chevalle exchanged glances again.
Fang Yuan took on the riskiest position. Maybe they really could fight?
If they couldn't win, they could always slip away.
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