Novel Star Chapter 577: When do people become crazy?
Chapter 577: When do people become crazy?
"Old man, when you were young, you weren't a powerful man with a great reputation in the sea, were you?"
Sorata looked at the flash of lightning in the old man's eyes and made a joke.
"No, at least not in my day."
The excitement was instantly wiped away. The old man became quiet and shook his head in denial.
"Oh~", hearing what the old man said, Sorata showed interest, "Your era?"
"Yeah!" The old man nodded, "In my time, although I could be considered a strong person, I could not be considered a peak one."
"Then how long did it take for you to come in?" At this time, Ah Hua leaned on the railing with his fat belly and asked curiously: "How long have you been trapped?"
"how long……"
The old man lowered his head, held the brim of the captain's hat with his left hand, and thought for a while.Then he said in an uncertain tone: "30 years?"
"Yeah!" Shaking his head, the old man said again in an uncertain tone: "40 years?"
"Hmm! No," then shook his head, "Or is it only 20 years?"
"In this world with only stars, I don't know how long I have been here."
At this moment, the old man suddenly raised his head and shouted loudly: "How many years, how many years, how many years, how many years?"
From stillness to movement, the old man's spirit was obviously very confused, making him look like a real psychopath.
"35 years, 35 years! Captain."
At this moment, another old man next to the old man reached out and patted his shoulder, then squeezed hard, "Captain, it's 35 years, five months and 22 days."
As he spoke, he took out an hourglass that had been kept in his arms and had been completely rubbed until Cheng Liang was swollen. "Every day that passes, the hourglass will turn over once. I clearly remember that I have turned over the hourglass 12947 times. so……"
He pushed the captain's head hard and stared at the madness in the captain's eyes. The old man said in a positive tone: "It's 35 years, five months and 22 days. Captain, we have been here for more than 35 years."
"Yes, it's 35 years, it's 35 years."
The captain nodded, and the crazy aura on his body disappeared in an instant after getting the accurate answer, and returned to the appearance that Sorata and others saw at the beginning.
And when he turned his head and looked at Sorata and the others again, it was as if he had forgotten what had just happened. His eyes lit up again, and the unique aura of Overlord-colored Haki appeared on his body. Then he asked Sorata the same question. The problem.
"When did you come in?"
Looking at the old man, Kong Tai didn't speak for a long time.
When do people become crazy?
In extreme pain?
In an extreme environment?
In utter loneliness?
Obviously, the old man has experienced all three.
For 35 years, I was trapped in this starry sky that seemed beautiful but could not get out no matter what.
Watching his companions die one by one, until in the end, only he and the only person beside him were left.
Loneliness, extreme loneliness, caused the old man's heart to be torn apart at a certain moment, even though it had been weathered for a long time, and became what it is now.
From here we can see Brook's strength and even greatness.
What is great about him is that he can endure a full 50 years of loneliness alone.
Sorata didn't know how Brooke spent those 50 years, but his amazing will under his arrogant attitude made Sorata admire and appreciate him completely.
No more questions were asked, and no more jokes were made.
Sorata put away the frivolity on his face and said seriously: "Today, we came in today."
Without waiting for the old man to ask, he continued: "We came in on our own initiative."
"Today, today, take the initiative, take the initiative."
Hearing what Sorata said, not only the captain's eyes lit up, but also the eyes of another person, who was obviously in a better mental state than the captain, possibly the deputy captain, also lit up.
"You know where this place is and you can come in on your own initiative. So you can really get out?"
After the words fell, the two old men stared at Sorata with gleaming eyes. Their eyes were like hungry wolves that had seen the little white rabbit and wanted to eat it alive.
If there is no hope, of course the two old men will continue to wait for death, but it is obviously different from what they guessed when they first saw the Liberty.
Sorata and others did not let the fog outside confuse their minds, but took the initiative to enter, which gave them hope.
They remember that they mistakenly entered the fog of the outside world, and after being enchanted, it was already half a month before they woke up.
If the two of them weren't strong enough, they would have become one of the countless bones on the deck in that half month.
In fact, over the years, they have regretted many times why they had to wake up in the first place, otherwise they would not have endured these decades of loneliness in this hellish place.
They thought about committing suicide, but the instinctive fear of death prevented them from committing suicide. After all, who wants to face death if they can live!
"Didn't I say that from the beginning?"
Sorata looked at the two old men, raised his wine gourd with his right hand, raised his head and took a sip, "If you want to go out, I don't recommend giving you a ride."
"How about it?"
Putting down the wine gourd, Kong Tai invited me again: "Would you like to take a ride on my ship, float out of this starry sky, go to the outside world, and experience a new world that you have not experienced in 35 years."
"want."
This time, the two old men didn't think twice and nodded directly in agreement.
Although they didn't know how confident Korata was to take the initiative to step into this restricted area of life that swallowed all life, they could all see the confidence in Korata and others.
It was a long-lost confidence that they were not afraid of anything.
Familiar with.
Because they used to have the same kind of confidence.
So at this moment, they did not hesitate to believe Sorata's words that he could take them out.
"Then you pack up and come over! I'll only wait for you for a quarter of an hour."
Glancing at the dense pile of white bones neatly stacked on the deck, Sorata gave them time to say goodbye to their companions. When he turned his head, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
……
The farewell was made in silence.
The two old men had nothing to take away.
They were not pirates with the purpose of plundering, so there was nothing valuable on the ship. If there was anything of value, in their hearts, they only had the bones of countless companions on the deck.
However, they also knew that they were extremely lucky to be able to board the Liberty. It would be too much to ask Sorata and others to help them take out the bones of their companions.
Therefore, neither of them spoke. They just stood in front of the pile of bones, looking at the bones and saying goodbye silently.