Chapter 170 Human greed

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The two marines were a little confused.

When we first discovered this group of survivors, they were clearly trembling with fear and hiding in the corner, not daring to come out.

After Captain Peng's repeated explanations and assurances, these civilians finally believed that they were different from the murderers who killed the pirates. After he repeatedly assured them that he would never harm them, these people had the courage to slowly stand up and speak.

Then for some reason, after a few words, the situation turned into what it is now. After these people found out that the navy really wouldn't do anything to them, they immediately started to become arrogant and unreasonable. Now they are even throwing tantrums and asking them for money.

"So you can trust our navy now?"

Without hesitation, Peng En took out all the Baileys he had and put them in the woman's hand. His sincere look made her feel guilty for half a second at that moment.

"Tsk, is that all you have? It's not even enough for me to make by spreading my legs! How stingy! By the way, the necklace on your neck looks nice, give it to me too!"

The woman looked at the Bailey in her hand and said with disdain and discontent.

"Assholes! Don't go too far, Captain Peng En! Don't listen to these people! Their rudeness and greed are written on their faces!"

Peng En looked at the golden medal tied with a thick hemp rope around his neck and fell into a brief recollection.

Before he joined the navy, he had served as a knight of the kingdom. Once, the king's beloved little princess encountered bandits while out for an outing. He happened to be one of the guards protecting the princess. Facing dozens of ferocious bandits, he led the other guards to fight to the death and insisted on fighting until the reinforcements arrived. They attacked from both inside and outside and completely wiped out the bandits. That time, he was stabbed 36 times and had to lie in the hospital for half a month before he could get out of bed. In order to commend his heroic deeds, the king personally awarded him this medal of courage! He has been wearing it for all these years.

"Good! If this can make you trust the navy again! If you are willing to believe that there is still justice in the world! Then take it!"

Seeing the big fool in front of them actually reaching out to take their gold medal, everyone could no longer sit still and rushed forward to grab it.

Except for a little boy hiding in the corner, looking at the scene in front of him with a dull face, he did not rush up to grab the things, but just held on to his small wooden box tightly.

Although the box contained only some shoe-polishing tools and no one would pick it up if it was thrown on the street, it was what he depended on for survival. If he lost it, he would starve to death, so the box was as precious to him as his life.

"Hey! Get out of my way. If you keep squeezing me, I'll get angry! It should be given to me! My weapon shop has been destroyed. I'm much worse off than her!"

"Don't grab it! It's mine! I wanted it! You bastards! Aaaaahhh!!"

At the beginning, everyone was just shouting to prove that their experiences were worse and their losses were greater, and that they needed compensation more than that stinky whore who enjoyed selling her body.

But it soon turned into all kinds of insults and vicious words. The greedy and ugly faces were all exposed, and no one's mouth was clean.

In the end, they started pushing and elbowing each other and fighting.

The situation is completely out of control!

Those who failed to grab the medals even reached for the sword on Peng En's waist, trying to snatch it away, because the sword looked very good and should be able to sell for a lot of money!

Knowing that this stupid navy officer would not attack them, this group of unscrupulous people became completely unscrupulous, and no one took Peng En's identity and terrifying appearance seriously.

"How could this happen! How could it turn out like this!?"

Peng En's eyes were dull, he couldn't understand why things had turned out like this. Even being in the center of the chaos and being beaten and kicked by everyone around him failed to wake him up.

"Captain Penn! Captain Penn!"

The two marines tried to wake him up, and when that failed, they desperately tried to pull him out of the chaotic crowd, but they did not dare to kill these "civilians" and could not escape at all.

There were also many people with ulterior motives who took advantage of the chaos to attack the navy, and even used daggers and glass bottles with sharp edges, obviously wanting to take the opportunity to kill them. Fortunately, these ordinary people were not very strong, and the weapons they fired were blocked or avoided their vital points, but if they defended for too long, they would lose, and the three of them were gradually injured.

They are still too young and do not understand that some pitiful people often have hateful aspects. The people in front of them are the best representatives. Even if they were given a hundred guts, they would not dare to act like a spoiled child to killing gods like Senior and Akin. In order to survive, they can only keep proving that they are not pirates and guarantee that they have never done anything bad. They are forced to deal with pirates and beg for mercy.

However, when faced with the righteous navy that can be morally kidnapped, their greedy and shameless nature will be exposed in an instant.

This is human nature, never gamble.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Just when the two soldiers were feeling desperate, three gunshots were heard at close range, causing the looting crowd to shrink their necks in fear. They stopped what they were doing and began to check if they had been shot.

"Gion! Lieutenant General Gion!!"

The two marines who were beaten black and blue in the chaos were so excited when they saw Vice Admiral Gion and his other brothers appear at the door that they felt like they had seen their own mother, and they instantly burst into tears.

Gion was holding a musket in his hand, with smoke still coming out of the muzzle.

"Raise your guns! Get ready to shoot!"

At Zhiyuan's command, several soldiers behind him picked up the muskets they had picked up on the road and aimed at the dozens of unruly people.

The crowd began to retreat in panic, everyone wanted to hide behind someone else, but they were all smart and no one was an idiot, so the crowd fell into chaos again.

"Everyone, put your hands on your heads and squat! I'll count to three! Anyone who dares to stand up will be shot!"

Gion's domineering roar suppressed the entire audience.

"Yes!"

The Marines responded in unison.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was no need to wait for Zhiyuan to count the first number. These stubborn people who bullied the weak and feared the strong immediately squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands. A few of the taller ones found that they were much taller than the others after squatting. They were so scared that they lay directly on the ground, fearing that the navy would mistake them for being still standing.

The hall fell silent in an instant.

No one dared to speak, and even those who wanted to fart were afraid that it would make a sound, so they had to hold it in.

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