Chapter 033: Sharing the Same Sea

Ten billion was no small sum; it moved Rayleigh.

So Rayleigh easily rescued Jack Sparrow and demanded the ten billion. Then Jack Sparrow brought Rayleigh to Wang Bo.

After hearing Jack Sparrow's story, Wang Bo believed only half of it.

He knew exactly what kind of person Jack Sparrow was.

Wang Bo remembered that when he used to watch Pirates of the Caribbean, audiences summed up Jack Sparrow's character in one phrase: 'Among the thousands of monsters on the sea, Captain Jack has offended half!'

That one phrase revealed Jack Sparrow's conduct.

Jack Sparrow, one of the nine Pirate Lords who roamed the oceans, was an out-and-out legendary pirate, the greatest swindler in the Caribbean.

He was neither good nor bad, but a pirate who did many good and bad things to maximize his gains.

In this world, he had provoked Barbossa, another of the nine Pirate Lords; Davy Jones, the Sea Devil; the sorcerer Captain Blackbeard; and Captain Sao Feng, also one of the nine Pirate Lords.

The notorious Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company.

And the Butcher of the Sea, Captain of the Silent Mary, Spanish naval officer Captain Salazar.

The latter, after his father and brother were killed by pirates, swore to eradicate all pirates, but was eventually trapped by the young Jack in the Devil's Triangle and became a ghost.

Now Captain Salazar had not yet escaped; once he did, he would surely not let Jack Sparrow off.

Among these people, which one wasn't a formidable figure in this world?

An ordinary person provoking just one would be killed.

But Captain Jack had provoked them all and still lived well, even thriving, and eventually killed them one by one.

This showed his luck and ability.

Therefore, Wang Bo could only believe half of what Jack Sparrow had just said.

After entering the One Piece world, he was indeed chased by pirates, but who started it was debatable.

He was indeed robbed, but whether they succeeded was another matter.

He did ask Silvers Rayleigh for help, but whether he kept his promise afterward was uncertain.

Wang Bo leaned toward no.

Ten billion berries seemed indeed not much to Wang Bo, not even a drop in the bucket for him personally.

But for Jack Sparrow, it was undoubtedly a huge sum.

Wang Bo guessed that, given Jack Sparrow's character, he would never pay that huge sum, so after being rescued by Rayleigh, he tried every way to slip away.

But unfortunately, it didn't work.

Wang Bo still remembered Rayleigh calling Jack Sparrow a little rascal, which proved that Jack had played tricks on Rayleigh more than once and had even escaped from him on occasion.

Even though Rayleigh was old, his Observation Haki was still strong enough to cover a small island, so Jack's chance of escaping from Rayleigh was close to zero.

But Jack Sparrow was ultimately an ordinary man; he couldn't escape Rayleigh's grasp.

In the end, he had to bring Rayleigh to Wang Bo.

Although all this was deduced by Wang Bo based on Jack Sparrow's character, it was highly likely.

So Wang Bo paid no attention to Jack Sparrow's flattery; that man said different things to different people, was full of sweet talk, and absolutely couldn't be trusted.

So Wang Bo said, "I don't care what you've encountered. All I know is that I gave you the ship and the rum, but you didn't earn the money back for me and even caused me trouble. So I've decided to give you a small punishment."

Jack Sparrow was startled and couldn't help leaning in to ask, "How small is this small punishment?"

"Very small."

"I..."

Just as he hesitated whether to accept, Wang Bo raised his right hand and snapped his fingers. With a crisp crack, Jack Sparrow was turned into a sheep.

Baaa~

Jack Sparrow was both angry and anxious; when he opened his mouth to speak, only sheep bleats came out.

Wang Bo comforted him, "Don't worry, you'll change back in at most a week. Then I'll give you another batch of rum. If you mess up again, I'll turn you into another animal, but this time I'll increase the duration to a month."

Looking at the somewhat fearful Jack Sparrow, Wang Bo continued, "Of course, I can give you a third chance, but the punishment will be turning into some animal for a year. If you mess up the fourth chance, I'll extend it to ten years. The fifth chance, a hundred years."

"I know you don't have a hundred years to live, so you only have four chances to fail."

"Of course, if you can find the legendary Fountain of Youth, you'll have five chances to fail."

"Keep it up, Jack Sparrow."

Jack Sparrow lowered his head, indicating he didn't want to talk; he just wanted to die.

He now understood that this guy was a demon; compared to him, Davy Jones was nothing, as innocent and cute as a little angel.

So this time, he admitted defeat.

...

A week passed quickly. When the last second ticked away, Jack Sparrow turned back into a human. This time he didn't linger; he took a batch of rum and set off immediately.

But before leaving Port Royal, he swore in his heart.

No matter what happened in the future, he would never return to this damn place.

Although Wang Bo was terrifying, he probably wouldn't chase him all over the world.

So as long as he didn't go back to Port Royal, he would be safe and could roam the world, but this time he had to be careful not to fall into the hands of someone like Rayleigh again.

So that world—he'd better not go there for now.

He'd go have fun elsewhere.

Wang Bo didn't care about Jack Sparrow's thoughts; what he cared about were the changes over these past few days.

Perhaps because the fusion of the two worlds was going more smoothly, Wang Bo was astonished to find that the overlapping areas of the seas of the two worlds were increasing.

The waters near Port Royal were expanding.

More importantly, Wang Bo could clearly see that there were more and more things in the sea, and beneath Port Royal, at a depth of ten thousand meters, a huge island had appeared.

In the Pirates of the Caribbean world, there was no island ten thousand meters below Port Royal.

But now there was.

This should be the Fish-Man Island of the One Piece world, a必经之地 to reach the New World, and also the birthplace of most fish-men and merfolk. It was known as the 'Undersea Paradise,' a dreamlike heaven.

From this, Wang Bo could confirm that the seas of the two worlds had entered the final stage of fusion.

Perhaps soon, the two worlds would share the same sea.