Pull off a big score?
Arthur looked at Kang Si'ang with a hint of amusement in his eyes.
If not for the Sea's Gift just now, he would already have thought that the Whale-Slaying Sword was setting him up.
But precisely because of that Sea's Gift, Arthur knew that the "big score" the Whale-Slaying Sword had mentioned was probably truly big.
Perhaps it was precisely this big score that had led the Whale-Slaying Sword to make his initial assumptions and then offer the Sea's Gift.
When someone had a goal in mind, they would rationalize anything that helped them achieve it.
That was something Old Charlie had said, too.
Arthur wholeheartedly agreed.
So, naturally, Arthur did not mind hearing what the Whale-Slaying Sword had to say.
"Master, the reason these pirates in the Eastern Sea learned about what happened in the Western Sea so quickly is that someone has been deliberately spreading the news.
"That fellow is secretive, and he knows what he's doing!
"But clearly, he doesn't understand the 'rules of the sea'... He has no idea what sort of people he's hired, or what they might say after they've had too much to drink."
At this point, the Whale-Slaying Sword smiled smugly.
As the lord of Whale Island, Kang Si'ang could learn about practically anything that happened on the island.
Add to that the sailors' drunken ramblings and their boasting in brothels.
Kang Si'ang could always learn things other people did not know.
Of course, some were true and some were false. They had to be sifted through.
This time was no exception.
Moreover, Kang Si'ang had taken this matter particularly seriously.
That was because the sailor who had rambled drunkenly had died afterward, blood pouring from all seven orifices-the unmistakable power of a contract had prompted Kang