48 Hours a Day - Chapter 221

Chapter 221: 221

“You?” asked a skeptical Dufresne .

 “I’m small enough to squeeze in, which means I can fix the hole without moving the cabinet,” Harry replied .

 Dufresne looked at the carpenter, who then turned to Harry for a good look . Then he nodded .

 “It’s possible… theoretically . ”

 “Mr . Dufresne, please let me try . Otherwise, we’re all going to die here!”

 “How about the wound on your arm?”

 “It’s no big deal . I hurt it earlier while running because I was too afraid . Don’t worry about it,” Harry chucked while swinging his arms to prove that he was fine .

 “Quick! Take off your shirt . ”

 After Harry took off his shirt, Dufresne tore a sleeve off and wrapped it around a cork . He then passed it to Harry .

 “Use this to plug the hole . If you think it’s not big enough, wrap some more cloth around the cork . ”

 “Understood!”

 “You want to become a part of the Jackdaw, right? Finish this task, and I will suggest that the captain take you in as an official crew . Now, be careful . ”

 Harry was elated when he heard that .

 “Leave it to me!”

 Immediately, he took a deep breath and dived into the water .

 ……

 On another note, Jarvis had invested a lot of time making sure he got as far as he could from the Jackdaw . After a long while, he finally managed to get close to the navy ship . From his little boat, Jarvis could see Worden and Chris on the main deck . This was his first time meeting Worden . All this time, he had been contacting Chris . Throughout the entire operation, Jarvis had been leaking the pirates’ plans to Chris, knowing he was a high-ranking officer of the navy . When Jarvis came under the shadow of the hull, he put down the oars and waved to Chris, who strangely avoided eye contact .

 “Are you ashamed?!” Worden harrumphed .

 “No, sir . ”

 Though Chris’s face burned hot, he still managed to hold himself most confidently .

 “Remember, they are a herd of primitive beasts . There’s no shame in fooling them . Think about the people they killed . You shouldn’t feel the slightest bit of guilt! I want you to lift your head and look him in the eyes . ”

 Chris longed to disobey the order, but he did it anyway . Jarvis was still waving his hands at him, glad to have finally caught their attention . It wasn’t too long before Jarvis realized the ice-cold stare coming out of Chris’ eyes . He quickly caught on, sensing that something wasn’t right . Being a legendary pirate of Nassau, of course he could read Chris’s mind . Whether he wanted it or not, he had thrown in everything get to where he was today . There was no turning back now .

 The moment he betrayed Black Prince Sam and the rest of the captains, he knew that he could no longer return as a captain . Besides, most of his men were killed in the battle . Now, he was all alone in the vast ocean . Jarvis initially thought that he could get his immunity documents, thereby severing his past for good . But even if he managed to leave his life behind him, the door to the new world seemed to be permanently shut as well . Right now, he had nowhere else to go .

 “Great! Now, I want you to kill him . Tell Count Lambert that Captain Jarvis was killed in battle . We shall honor our word and allow him to return to a civilized society . That only applies to his dead body, of course . ”

 1Jarvis then saw the cannons on the main deck aiming at him . If he wanted to, there was still enough time to abandon the boat and swim away . After all, the navy was focusing on the Jackdaw and the beach . If he jumped into the water, he could probably dodge the cannonballs . Despite everything that could be said about him, Jarvis valiantly stayed on little boat . He knew that he would never be able to live in this world anymore, even if he managed to survive .

 The cannoneer lit up the fuse once Chris gave the order to fire . The first projectile missed its target . So, the cannoneer readjusted the cannon and retook aim . As luck would have it, the second shot missed as well . The little boat rocked and shuddered violently as the massive cannonballs flew past at supersonic speed! Still, Jarvis sat like a statue, unwilling to yield . The third time around, the cannoneer took half a minute to aim at Jarvis . Finally, he fired!

 The flying cannonball landed directly on Jarvis . Seconds after that, his body surfaced, but no one seemed to care about the man . The death of Captain Jarvis was just a tiny interlude in the long symphony of battle .

 After that, the navy and pirate-hunters started firing on the pirate ships docked onshore . Black Prince Sam used the swiftest way in dealing with the remaining pirates from the Warrior, gathering whatever of his men were left and rushing back his own ship . Casualties were mounting, and right now, they severely lacked men to fight off the navy and the pirate hunters . The cannoneers they had were enough for only two ships, so after a short discussion, they decided to gather all that could still fight into one vessel .

Just when they alighted a small boat and were about to row to the nearest ship, the navy and pirate hunters launched a massive volley of artillery at them . This time around, they received their reckoning .

 They were forced to watch flames engulf their ships . The first one that sank was Brook’s Swordfish . Having been severely damaged by the Spanish treasure ship, the carpenters had only fixed half of the damage . As Jarvis had personally relayed this piece of information to the navy, the Swordfish would naturally become their first target . Brook knew all too well that his ship would be first to go . Still, he could not help but feel upset . After all, they had been through countless battles together, and his heart was like an anchor .

The next to come under siege was the Tigershark . Its strength was only second to the Quidah and was initially one of the ships that Black Prince Sam and the pirates intended to board . Before they could even get there, the enemies had started bombarding it with cannonballs . Luckily, its hull was tougher than the Swordfish . It lasted longer than the former, managing to buy the pirates some valuable time .

 In the end, Black Prince Sam decided that he would give up boarding the Quidah because it was simply too far away from them . Immediately, he asked his men to turn around . Now, their new heading was to the Warrior . Previously, their crew were thinkong of leaving the place after their betrayal had been found out . They were parked closest to the beach . Unfortunately, things had gone south, and now, they were unable to board . This gave Black Prince Sam and the rest a fighting chance instead of running away .

 Though the outcome of this battle was no rocket science, they insisted on fighting for honor, till life’s very end .