Annie! It was Annie!!!
Back when he had read the novel, although Simon had been the most popular character in the comments, Chen Fan's favorite female character had been Annie.
The reason was simple: the red-haired girl possessed what he desired most—courage!
Anyone who had read the novel would find it hard to forget this dashing, free-spirited girl who had bravely pursued freedom.
Well, of course, Annie probably could no longer be called a girl now.
Chen Fan also came to his senses at this point. The king mentioned in the earlier background introduction had to be Zhang Heng. After all, Zhang Heng had become Lord of the Seven Seas before leaving the instance. He had dealt several crushing defeats to the Royal Navy, and his name had long since become known to every household. So the instance Chen Fan was experiencing now must have taken place after Zhang Heng's departure in the Black Sail Arc.
Although Annie had only been in her teens when she first met Zhang Heng, the Black Sail instance spanned more than a decade. Annie had to be at least twenty-seven or twenty-eight by now.
Still, Chen Fan was thrilled to meet one of his favorite female characters. He immediately blurted out, "I want to join! I want to join!"
It was not as though he had not heard what Difrena had said earlier. This was not a suitable time to become a pirate. But the people standing before him were from the pirate crew Zhang Heng had personally built! Besides the red-haired pirate Annie, there were the quartermaster Difrena, Billy, Harry, and a whole group of named characters. Chen Fan had never imagined that one day he would be able to get this close to them.
If he missed this chance, who knew when