Apocalypse in Water - Chapter 118



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Episode 118

【 Goldtooth Pirates’ Counterattack 】

Bang! Bang!

Boom! Boom!

Boohoo~!

Outside, the sound of a counterattack from the Goldtooth Pirates could be heard.

The pirates opened fire with mortars and other weapons at the apartment.

And then the speedboat, converted into an assault ship, picked up speed and rushed toward the apartment.

But the apartment already had a defensive shield put up.

The Goldtooth Pirates had not anticipated the surprise attack on the apartment at all, so all their counterattacks were delayed.

The sound of guns and cannon fire died down, and the speedboats returned.

“Hey. What the! You surprised me.”

“Apartment kids! You must be scared. You’re just throwing rocks into the sea.”

“Yeah, haha. Just fix the fireboat and I’ll raid your apartment.”

“The apartment has not only food, but also fresh vegetables, freshly squeezed milk, raw meat, and even water.”

“Oh. I heard that too. And I guess there are women in the alcohol.”

“Wow! I’m going to have fun for the first time in a while.”

I could hear the voices of people chatting outside.

Looking down through the window, I saw that the people making noise were not the workers carrying urine bags.

The person wearing a black hood and holding a weapon was a pirate.

One of them looked up at the crane and shouted.

“Hey. Let go again.”

Giving orders, he seemed to be the leader.

I looked down at the dashboard for a moment.

While installing a tower crane in an apartment, I learned how to operate the tower crane from Jinman.

Well, the operation of tower cranes and barge cranes is almost the same.

Then it must be this button.

I pressed the button and then manipulated the joystick.

Wheeing!

The crane’s chain rose quickly.

Then the starboard side of the fireboat, chained to the ship, shot up like a fish on a fishing line.

“Hey!”

People working on a fire boat fell into the sea.

“You! What are you doing! You little punk! I told you to pull out!”

The leader even cursed at them and swore at them.

I pretended to make a mistake and made the jib rattle once.

“Drive properly, you little punk! Take off the chains. F**k! The fireboat is leaking oil.”

As the captain had said, oil was seen leaking from the crumpled starboard side.

I was planning on drilling a hole in the fireboat’s fuel tank, but this turned out to be a double whammy.

I jerked the jib again and pulled the chain up tight.

The fire boat was teetering and nearly vertical.

Then, with a bang, oil started pouring out in earnest.

The sea began to turn black.

“Ah! That idiot. He can’t even drive properly. Who is that guy over there? Is that driver Park?”

“I am here.”

The driver who had gotten out of the crane operator’s seat answered.

“Why are you here? You should be driving over there.”

“The captain changed the shift for you.”

“What do you mean? When did I change you?”

The leader made a face of bewilderment.

The knight replied in disbelief.

“Just now. You sent a replacement.”

“When did I? I never sent a replacement.”

“Yes? Then who is that person up there?”

“What if you ask me that? You! You came down without even checking who it was?!”

“Well, of course, since he’s here… … .”

The knight said no more.

It was because the leader’s fist hit his mouth.

The captain harshly criticized reporter Park.

Reporter Park cried out for help, but no one around him tried to stop him.

Instead, he stopped Knight Park from crawling away.

The foreman shouted at them.

“Who told you guys to come help me? Get on the crane quickly!”

Pirates wearing black hoods came running towards the crane in a panic.

They tried to climb up the ladder, but they slipped and fell on the ladder soaked in grease.

“Are you guys doing some slapstick comedy right now?”

The pirates looked around and made excuses at the captain’s irritated shouts.

“No. The ladder is slippery.”

“Get up quickly, whether it’s slippery or not. Can’t you see that fire boat over there is about to capsize?”

I pulled the crane’s chain and lifted the fire boat all the way to the surface.

As the fireboat floated on the surface like a fish that had been caught, the barge began to tilt under its weight.

But I kept pulling the fire boat up.

“Okay. Let’s drain every last drop of oil.”

I unfastened the chain briefly and then stopped.

And when the chain was pulled again, the fire boat shook and gushed out fuel.

He repeatedly loosened and tightened the crane chain, as if shaking the can to get the last sip.

The fireboat rocked and the barge rocked along with it.

The foreman shouted and waved at the crane.

“That bastard! Stop him right now! No matter what the yellow-tooth boss says, we can just ignore him, but we all know how much this butler cares about the apartment. If the fireboat sinks, we’ll be walking on planks! So get up there even if your legs break!”

At the captain’s urging, the pirates rushed up the ladder like children being pushed on a wave.

The pirates kept slipping and falling, but they tried hard to climb up because this butler was so scary.

From what I’ve heard, it seems like the Yellow Tooth boss is a puppet, and this butler is the real power behind the pirate group.

If you are a butler, are you possibly connected to the Ark Church?

Given that the Ark Bridge appeared on Trash Island at just the right time, it was a very possible story.

Finally, one pirate reached the door of the crane operator’s cabin.

But the driver’s door was locked.

The pirate banged on the door and shouted.

“You punk! If you don’t want to die, open the door quickly!”

“Just a minute. You said you wanted to unfasten the chain?”

I moved the joystick.

Then the chain released without a break, causing the fire boat to capsize and fall into the water.

“You! What did you do? The fireboat sank.”

“You idiot! Can’t you fly straight?! I want to die!”

“Who sent that crazy bastard up here? He can’t even control the plane properly. That bastard is the reason we’re screwed.”

As the fireboat capsized and began to sink, foaming at the mouth, chaos broke out on deck.

From what I heard, it seemed like they hadn’t yet figured out that I was a spy.

I scratched my head at the pirate who was pounding on the door as if he was going to break it.

“Oops! Mistake!”

“What?! A mistake! You sank a ship and now you call it a mistake? Do you know which ship you sank?”

He almost fell off the crane as he held the back of his neck to check if his blood pressure was rising.

The crane’s cab was quite high, so if it had fallen, one of his legs would have been broken.

The pirate barely managed to grab the railing and hit the paddip.

“You’re just a bastard with no father or mother. Alright. Wait! As soon as the door opens, I’ll come in, tear you to pieces, and then roast you to eat you. You know that we Goldtooth Pirates aren’t picky about what we eat.”

He glared at me with his eyes gleaming, as if showing off that he could really eat it.

But the driver’s cab door was made of thick iron, so he couldn’t do anything with his strength.

Since you’re threatening to eat me, I wonder if you’re really related to the Ark Church.

No, maybe the world is going underwater and cannibalism is emerging as a new food culture.

Even if it’s an apocalypse, how can you eat another human?

I think you’ll do anything to survive, but there’s a line you can’t cross.

If you cross that line, you are no longer human.

There were such non-human beings in the previous world too.

I caught those guys and isolated them from society.

But since that’s not possible now, maybe it’s better to kill him.

When I turned my head to glare at him, he, who had been happily slapping me, flinched.

“You! What the hell are you doing! Are you rebelling?”

The guy acted tough, but he seemed startled by my gaze and kept his mouth shut.

At that moment, the foreman appeared at the entrance to the crane operator’s cabin.

As the fire boat sank, it seemed as if he had climbed up the ladder himself.

The leader was holding a stick in his hand.

“Get out of the way, you useless brat who can’t even open the door!”

The space in front of the driver’s cab door was so narrow that only one person could stand, so the foreman pushed his subordinate in.

He was pushed and fell to the deck screaming.

“iced coffee!”

The pirate who fell to the deck with a broken leg could not get up.

“You little punk! Don’t ever open the door! I’ll open it. Just wait and see what happens when the door opens.”

The foreman took the hammer and started to tear down the door.

I operated the crane controller.

The crane swung around, the jib pointing to starboard.

The foreman was startled by the sudden rotation of the crane and hurriedly grabbed the railing, dropping the bucket.

The bullet hit the pirate’s head as he fell onto the deck.

The pirate, who was trying to get up, fell down again and did not move any more.

That pirate who looked at me and licked his lips will never be able to eat humans again.

I got up, opened the driver’s door and got out.

The foreman who was holding on to the railing seemed to have no idea that I would come out.

He just looked at me with a bewildered expression, but didn’t attack me.

It would have been dangerous for both of them if they had fought in front of the cramped driver’s seat anyway.

“You! What are you doing? You don’t even have a urine bag and you don’t have a water purifier?”

The foreman, who had been looking me up and down, shouted.

Water Purifier is the name given to slaves by the Goldtooth Pirates who produce water substitutes.

“Where did you come from? Are you a spy of the Ark Church?”

A spy from the Ark Church?

Hey! What is it?

Wasn’t the pirate group related to the Ark Church?