The ship soon left port, and once the port town was out of sight, another ship came upon them. Hou Jingshu was not the first to spot them. It was someone on the crow’s nest who called down upon seeing it, but she looked in the direction indicated and found that, indeed, there was a small kakam traveling their way.
“That must be the pirates,” said Hou Jingshu.
“The best way to deal with them is to capsize their vessel and pick them off once they’re in the water,” said Zheng Yawen.
“Can I leave that to you?” Hou Jingshu asked Yin Wuhan.
The burly man nodded placed his left fist in his right palm and bowed. “You may. I’ll flip that thing over if it's the last thing I do.”
While their group waited for the ship to come closer, the captain’s men readied their bows and arrows and fired them
