An eerie silence filled Red Bane that you would think it was a ghost ship. It's not that the ship was devoid of people or leased to vengeful spirits. It was because their captain had gone bonkers and everyone was walking on eggshells.
As soon as Ji Yao left the main deck after sending a man to the moon with his lightning strike, they ran into the galley kitchen and hid in there as this was one of the few places Ji Yao came to. More than twenty men fit in that small space packed like sardines.
A stout man with a scar on his left eye took out a smoking pipe trying to smoke and calm his nerves. He reached for the hearth with a piece of paper he wanted to use to light his pipe when his hand was swatted away by the chef.
"You can hide in here but no smoking in my kitchen," he whispered reprimanding the crewmember. Yes, it was unusual for a pirate ship to have a chef but Ji Wen had a fragile egg onboard so he would give him the best of the best.