The housekeeper Witchard was still in the suite, and when Xiao Guan and Kong Fanquan came in, Witchard was standing in front of the window and didn't know what he was thinking, and the movements of the two failed to wake him up, until Kong Fanquan's footsteps fell behind Wichard, Witchard turned his head suddenly, and the vigilance in his eyes faded after seeing Kong Fanquan.

Wichard smiled and said, "Mr. Kong, Mr. Yao, you are back." ”

Kong Fanquan said "um", sat on the sofa, and then sat beside Kong Fanquan.

Wichard's eyes fell on the two thick rosters that Kong Fanquan casually placed on the coffee table, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes: "This is?"

Kong Fanquan's gaze also fell on it, and he said casually: "I just asked Abby for the list of tourists who came there." After a pause, "Two copies, one from three years ago and the other from seven years ago." ”

Wichard's pupils shrank suddenly, and he pursed his lips without speaking.

Kong Fanquan chuckled, raised his chin and pointed to the two lists on the coffee table: "What you gave me before was the list of tourists this time, and it even included the list of staff on the cruise ship, coincidentally, these two lists not only contain the list of tourists, but also the list of the staff of the last two times, Wichard, do you want to take a look?"

Wichard's face was tense, his eyes wandered, and the corners of his mouth pulled a smile: "No need, I'm very dizzy when I look at these things, and besides, I can't see anything when I look at these things." ”

"Oh?" Kong Fanquan raised his eyebrows, and reached out to take the list that he had placed on the coffee table, which happened to be the one from three years ago.

Wichard smiled: "Mr. Kong, Mr. Yao, then I will go down first." ”

Kong Fanquan waited until Wichard was about to walk to the door, and then slowly opened his mouth: "Wait." ”

Wichard paused and turned his head to look at Kong Fanquan.

Kong Fanquan said again: "What's the hurry? You have nothing to do when you go out, and it's not safe, so it's better to stay here." ”

Wichard was silent for a long time and said with a smile: "What Mr. Kong said is true. ”

Kong Fanquan also ignored him, flipped through the list in his hand, looked at Witchard who was standing near the door, was a little embarrassed, and pointed to the stool not far from them: "Wichard, sit down." ”

Witchard hesitated, but chose to sit down.

Kong Fanquan's movements in his hand were not slow, and he flipped the list in the blink of an eye, and on a certain page, Kong Fanquan finally stopped the movement in his hand, and his face changed from expressionless to thoughtful, and then hooked the corners of his mouth and casually threw the list back on the table.

The movement of the heavy list falling on the coffee table was really not small, and the stunned crutch and Wichard, who looked down and couldn't see clearly, were taken aback at the same time, and turned their heads to look at Kong Fanquan.

A sneer hung on the corner of Kong Fanquan's mouth: "Wichard, oh, no, this gentleman, I think now you can sue me, who are you?"

Before Witchard could speak, his face was dazed, then his eyes widened suddenly, and he turned his head to look at Wichard, who was not far away from him, and subconsciously got up and ran to the other side of Kong Fanquan to sit down, and the distance from Kong Fanquan was infinitely close to zero.

Kong Fanquan glanced at the abduction, in addition to surprise and a little joy in his eyes, when he turned his head to look at Witchard again, his gaze softened slightly: "Say, what is the purpose of you approaching me?"

Witchard sat in his chair, stiff: "I'm Wichard, Mr. Kong, what are you talking about?"

Kong Fanquan snorted coldly: "I admit that you know Witchard very well, but obviously, you don't know Witchard's attitude towards me very clearly, just writing about it." ”

Wichard was silent for a while: "For example?"

"For example...... I told Witchard to stay in my suite when he was fine, and the real Witchard wouldn't say yes anyway. Kong Fanquan paused and added, "Even when there is danger. ”

Wichard, no, I can't call him Witchard anymore, I should call him Jarvis, Jarvis smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect you to find out that I wasn't Wichard, I thought I had done a good job." ”

Kong Fanquan was noncommittal, and stuck out his head: "Then who are you?"

Jarvis said in a deep voice: "My name is Jarvis, and Wichard is an old friend of mine for many years. ”

He asked, "What about Wichard? Why are you here when Witchard should be here?"

A little pain flashed in Jarvis's eyes: "Wichard, he's dead. ”

Stunned: "Dead?"

Jarvis nodded, and said bitterly: "Things have to start from three years ago......"

Yalvis and Wichard are a pair of old friends, they met on the Victoria, and then Wichard quit his job on the Victoria to come to the Adelaide, and Jarvis also came to the Adelaide with Wichard, the relationship is part, and the more reason is that the Adelaide is treated well. And Yárvis, like Wichard, is the butler in charge of the cruise suite.

However, no one expected that it would be a nightmare.

Three years ago, it was also a voyage of the Adelaide, which was a little different from the usual voyages, that is, the Adelaide, which could only carry about a third of the people in the past, was fully loaded that time, and that voyage was supposed to be Jarvis going to sea and Witchard resting, but before departure, Jarvis suddenly had an urgent matter and could not go to sea, and Wichard went to sea instead of Jarvis.

Who knew that when Jarvis returned, he suddenly got the bad news of Wichard's death.

The cause of death was stomach cancer.

Wichard has always been alone, never married, and has no children, and his relatives have long been out of contact because of Wichard's wandering life, and Yalvis has the closest relationship with him, but by the time Yalvis got the news, Wichard's body had been cremated, and in the end, only the urn was transferred to him by his salary.

Yalvis' grief lasted for a long time, but as time went on, he realized that something was wrong.

The vast majority of the crew on that route, the Adelaide, seemed to have a problem.

There were people like Wichard who died of illness, there were people who died suddenly in an accident, and there were people who quit their jobs and never appeared again, and Jarvis secretly checked for nearly a year before he came to the conclusion that the staff who went to sea that year were either dead or missing.

If Wichard's death was an accident, how can the other people who died explain it? Could it be that they all died of illness or because of an accident? And those who are missing, although Yalvis's investigation does not prove that they died, only that they disappeared into the vast sea of people, but Yalvis has a feeling that those he can't find must also be dead.

What does this mean? Jarvis didn't even dare to think deeply about the fact that there were nearly a thousand crew members on board, and that the death or disappearance of these 1,000 people was inexplicably terrifying.

A year later, Yárvis stumbled upon something else.

The tourists on the cruise ship come from all over the world, and when they are on the ship, they get together, make friends, or play together, but when they get off the ship, they each return to their homes, if nothing else, they may not have the opportunity to meet again in this life, and other tourists are like this, and the staff on the ship are also like this, but an accident, Jarvis actually found that the tourists who took the same route with Wichard also died because of an accident, at that moment, Jarvis had to admit that he was really scared.

However, in order to find out the cause of Wichard's death, Jarvis continued to investigate the matter, the process was arduous, and the results were terrifying, and the whereabouts of more than 3,000 tourists he was able to find were all the result of death.

What really happened on that Adelaide voyage three years ago?

Yalvis endured, waiting for the Adelaide to be fully loaded again.

And so on, another three years.

When he was sorting out Wichard's belongings, he stumbled upon Witchard's diary, and if Witchard died normally, of course he wouldn't go through Witchard's diary, he would only burn it, but when this happened, after only a moment's hesitation, Yalvis opened the diary. There is nothing in the diary, and Jarvis is a little disappointed, but it is not unrewarding, such as the so-called "Mr. Kong" who does not appear in the diary a few times.

Mr. Kong appears very rarely, and there are not many words when he mentions it, but even through a few short paragraphs, Yalvis also felt Wichard's fear of this Mr. Kong.

In fact, not to mention Wichard, even after Jarvis learned about Mr. Kong with only a few passages of text, he was also a little afraid - a person who has not been old for decades, such a being, while longing for immortality, how many people will not be afraid?

However, from Witchard's diary, it is also known that this Mr. Kong does not appear often, and even so, no matter how capable Mr. Kong is, how can Witchard put his hope on Mr. Kong? So before this cruise departed, he really did not know that Mr. Kong would appear here.

Jarvis had already figured out the peculiarities of this route, and his eyes were naturally fixed on it, and soon, he discovered another secret.

The Adelaide, there's more than one.

Yes, in this world, there are two Adelaide that look exactly the same.

Jarvis remembered the refurbishment of the Adelaide three years ago, and in retrospect, it was not so much a refurbishment, but an opportunity to build another ship that looked exactly like the Adelaide.

One Adelaide ran its normal course without any accidents, while the other Adelaide was quietly moored in an unknown port, and according to Yalvis's investigation, the cruise ship had not moved for three years.

At the same time, another Adelaide, which only carried about a third of the tourists, also left the port and headed for Australia.