Captain – Chapter 507 – The Same Choice as Always

“What did you say?”

Hearing the young woman’s question, hearing her mention the guide who had disappeared from his life for over a decade, even someone as cold as Enzo couldn’t help but be stunned. After a moment, he questioned her abruptly, impatiently.

Roy knew he hadn’t really failed to hear clearly.

He was just so astonished by this sudden news—or in his words, this “surprise”—that he felt a nervousness born of mixed hope and fear.

So the captain didn’t repeat herself, instead saying directly: “I’ve found my father.”

As the young woman’s words fell, silence immediately enveloped the scene.

Even the previously surging darkness, following Enzo’s silence, gradually became docile, like soft silk, dispersing the bone-chilling cold.

After an unknown length of time, the man finally responded.

He let out a light sigh.

That sigh contained too many emotions—resentment, helplessness, joy… like various vivid yet contradictory paints splashed across a canvas with night as its background, revealing vague images and an unforgettable distant past.

Revealing that person’s silhouette as he departed.

It seems my choice wasn’t wrong, Captain Gerard.

Thinking silently, the man couldn’t help but recall the night many years ago when he gave the moonstone skull to the young woman, and what he had said to her at their parting.

“Because it can lead you to the treasure you desire most, and perhaps that…”

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“That’s what we’re looking for.”

Over the years, though Captain Gerard had many supporters in the islands, those closest to him, like friends or even family, were only Red Beard, his friend despite their age difference, and himself, who owed him a debt of gratitude.

Now, of those who had witnessed the crystal pendant’s handover aboard the Ghost Scythe, who had smiled knowingly and voiced their deepest wishes in unison…

Only one remained.

Thinking of that eternally sleeping old friend and comrade, Enzo suppressed his complex, unclear thoughts and looked at the confident young woman, smiling as he asked: “Then tell me, child, Captain Gerard… in which corner of the world is he trapped now?”

The Night Curtain captain was no fool. On the contrary, his madness concealed exceptional wisdom. With strength alone, he could never have attained his current position.

The position at the forefront of legends.

With such brilliance, and the information he had gathered over the years, the man had long deduced that if Captain Gerard were still alive, he must be trapped somewhere dangerous.

The location might be deep in uncharted waters where no one could enter.

Now, combining the young woman’s words and demeanor, Enzo almost immediately guessed that the purpose of her journey, if not entirely to rescue her father, must be closely related. But the key issue was…

This went against the Great Captain’s will.

That’s why the young woman had asked that question.

If he had to choose between her father and the Great Captain, whose side would he stand on.

But honestly, this question was truly unnecessary.

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At least for him.

Without receiving the man’s answer, Roy still visibly relaxed, turning to wave at her First Mate, indicating that it was over and he could come over.

Because that counter-question had already explained everything.

“This matter can’t be explained clearly in a short time. I can only tell you this, Enzo: I have indeed caused a major disaster, but I’m now working to make amends, and finding… rescuing my father is a necessary stop on this journey.”

Turning back, the captain raised her face slightly and spoke softly.

Hearing this, Enzo was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly, accepting her explanation and her unspoken intentions. Without any visible movement, the profound darkness around began to retreat at an extremely fast pace.

Until it all flowed back into the black ring.

Before long, the dim daylight fell again, illuminating the scenery on the beach.

The pirates, whose vision had been blocked by darkness, experiencing what felt like years of torment, immediately came to their senses. After adjusting to the light, they quickly rushed over, soon gathering around the three people, looking at Enzo with vigilance and awe.

“He’s one of us.”

Roy raised her hand slightly, and with one sentence, set the tone for their future interaction.

Seeing this, the crew members looked at each other. Though somewhat puzzled, they put away their weapons and followed the young woman’s orders to prepare for returning to the ship.

Feeling Roy’s inquiring gaze, Enzo glanced at the young man standing by her side, still hostile, and shrugged: “Let’s go back and talk.”

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“Back to the Mermaid, or the Ghost Scythe?”

He had already started walking toward the shore, but after just a few steps, the man heard a cold question by his ear. He stopped and turned around to see Caine, his gaze slightly cold and unyielding, with a slight curve forming at the corner of his lips.

“From any perspective, I am the victor. Of course we should talk on my ship.”

Without arguing further, the First Mate expressionlessly said: “But Captain Enzo, where is your ship now? It might not be able to pick you up anymore.”

“So, let’s talk on the Mermaid.”

Hearing this threatening suggestion, the man narrowed his eyes slightly and chuckled: “Thank you for the reminder, but I don’t believe a ghost ship without divine power, old and broken, could pose any threat to the Ghost Scythe.”

“After all, those water ghosts aren’t very clever, are they?”

Feeling the tension flowing between the two men, Roy couldn’t help but draw in a cold breath. She knew that her usually calm and rational First Mate was confrontational with Enzo because of the bruise on her face, or perhaps some old grudges.

More precisely, old grudges between Enzo and Caine’s father.

However, this method of verbal sparring… was too childish.

“Gentlemen, stop, stop.”

Raising her hand to Enzo while tugging at her First Mate’s sleeve, the captain said with a bitter smile: “We’re on the same side now. The urgent matter is to quickly go back and notify Richi, to prevent the two ships from actually opening fire. Don’t you think?”

“As for where to talk, I remember the conference room on the Ghost Scythe is much larger than the one on the Mermaid. I also want to go back and take a look, so let’s choose that place.”

“Okay?”

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At the end, Roy looked at her First Mate and asked in a low voice.

Seeing the captain’s considerate expression, knowing she was offering them both a way out and worried he wouldn’t be satisfied, Caine didn’t want to make things difficult for her, so he nodded.

Taking in their interaction fully, knowing they probably weren’t thinking about him at the moment, Enzo smiled and shook his head, turning to continue walking toward the shore, leaving only a carefree, nonchalant silhouette for the two who had just realized he was leaving.

Love is quite troublesome.

The man thought to himself.

As the night curtain dispersed, the supernatural scene on the lonely island, resembling an ancient battlefield, changed imperceptibly, returning to the desolate, ashen state it had been when everyone first landed.

The group boarded small wooden boats, rowing toward the Mermaid. The young woman, sitting at the front, waved vigorously at the youth leaning against the warship’s railing, looking down at them from above, shouting something about ceasefire.

Everything seemed to return to harmony, though now three warships met.

However…

No one noticed that as all the wooden boats left the shore, moving farther away under the dim sky, a tiny black shadow slowly descended onto the beach of the lonely island, finally stopping at the top of the giant skull, overlooking the gray sea.

And the people on the sea and the ships.

It was a raven, but its eyes were completely black, like a bottomless abyss, or like countless black mists gathered into an eternal vortex.

Just like the one hanging over the Death Silence Triangle.