"Shit, what do you want?" Surrounded by a gang of pirates, Danitz mustered his courage and demanded an answer.
"We want to talk to you about Monkey Brando!"
Monkey Brando? Why would they want to talk about him?
Did that bastard let something slip and spill what happened to us before? Danitz's face instantly went deathly pale.
Noticing his guilty expression, the others exchanged sly looks. This fellow definitely knew something.
"Y-you don't mean..." Danitz's Adam's apple bobbed, and cold sweat trickled down his spine.
"Don't listen to Brando's bullshit! I never got..." Just as he was about to incriminate himself, a voice cut him off.
"Did you know that Monkey Brando has been fooling around with the captain every day lately?"
"Bullshit! What do you mean, fooling around?" Another pirate immediately smacked the speaker on the head. "That shameless brat's obviously been pestering the captain!"
"Right, right, exactly."
"Danitz, you're the one who brought him aboard!" Everyone crowded around, talking over one another. "And you even said he was your lackey!"
"Have you betrayed us?"
Phew... So that's what this is about. My secret's still safe.
Thank goodness! I don't have to jump overboard.
Faced with their accusations, Danitz actually breathed a sigh of relief. His good name was still intact.
He ignored his outraged crewmates and privately rejoiced. But a few seconds later...
Wait!
What did they just say? Brando and the captain...
The two of them have been fooling around every day?
*!!!*
Only then did he belatedly realize what had happened.
Danitz's pupils widened. He grabbed the nearest pirate by the collar. "Shit! Explain yourself! What the hell's going on?"
"You've got the nerve to ask us?" The pirate he had grabbed snapped back without backing down. "Weren't you the one who brought him aboard?"
Well...