Chapter 4791 — Honorary Vice-Captain
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"Be that as it may, on behalf of everyone aboard this ship, I must thank you properly for saving our lives, Young Hero Lin. Without you, none of us would be standing here safe and sound."
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The sight left everyone dumbstruck, every face wearing the look of one who had seen a ghost. This captain had clearly meant to step in for Ren Zhongyuan and put Wei Zhao in his place—how had the story turned into this?
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And what was this about thanking Wei Zhao on behalf of all of them for saving their lives? What exactly had happened just now?
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The crowd was utterly baffled, and Ren Zhongyuan gaped at Oda Ba, so astonished that he nearly jumped out to demand an explanation—except that before he could open his mouth, a stern look from his Uncle Oda silenced him into sulking retreat.
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"No need. We are all on the same ship; I did it only to save myself," Wei Zhao said with a wave of his hand. Truthfully, had there been any other way to guarantee the safety of Ning Xuefei and the others, then given Oda Ba's conduct up to now, he might not have been so willing to step forward and turn the tide.
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Even if Wei Zhao himself had been willing, Gui Dongxi might not have been so diligent about helping. After all, the foe on the other side was a Sea Dragon with ties of kinship to him. Who in blazes would volunteer to help humans fight their own relatives—even if it was a distant branch of the family that barely counted, they still shared the character "dragon," didn't they?
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"Young Hero Lin is too modest. Whatever the case, I must thank you properly," Oda Ba said, still every inch the picture of sincerity. "I am well aware that a man of your ability is far too good to serve as a mere danger lookout, so I now invite you, in the name of the captain, to join my warship. With your seamanship, I cannot promise anything else, but a vice-captain's post in the future—that I can promise you!"
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An uproar swept the room. The whole affair was growing more incomprehensible by the moment. Not only had Oda Ba stopped scheming against Wei Zhao, he had turned around to court him, bending his own dignity to honor the worthy—and had even dangled a post as lofty as vice-captain!
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The onlookers were merely enjoying the spectacle, but Ren Zhongyuan's jaw had practically dropped off his face. Staring in disbelief at the utterly transformed Oda Ba, he wondered: just what was Uncle Oda playing at?
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What he did not know was that Oda Ba's earlier willingness to help him deal with Wei Zhao had been purely out of respect for his father. But after last night's battle, the value Wei Zhao had displayed far exceeded his father's. If he did not scramble to change course now, that would prove only that Oda Ba was a fool.
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To a man like Oda Ba who had spent his life upon the sea, a navigator of extraordinary talent was worth more than anything else in the world—a seventh-rank alchemist or the like could not even compare. This was a navigational ace who could let him sail the seas free of all worry!
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Oda Ba's invitation moved even Wei Zhao. A vice-captain's post was essentially on par with that of a vice-director of the East Continent Academy. To win him over, the man was willing to pay a bloody price.
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Yet moved as he was, Wei Zhao had never harbored any such ambitions, and so he would not accept this sudden invitation. He shook his head mildly. "I am sorry. My ambitions do not lie there. The captain had best seek someone else."
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Oda Ba's expression stiffened at once. Even if the other man was the promising son-in-law of West Island, he was, as of now, only a mid-Nascent Soul expert. Offering a high post like vice-captain was sincerity enough—and yet it had been refused without a moment's hesitation. Truly, men of caliber were not so easily summoned.