Chapter 22: Smuggling

"Wow, this is so heavy! On the dock, one of the laborers complained dissatisfiedly about why he chose this box, but he didn't expect that the seemingly small box was so heavy, and he didn't know what the hell was inside.

"Yo, it's okay, hurry up and get it on the boat, there's a lot of it over there. Another companion patted him on the hand as he walked past him and said to him.

"This box is really heavy, I don't believe you can try it. Looking at his companion, who had already gone away, the laborer had no choice but to swallow the rest of his complaint, and thought unhappily: it is better to move this to the ship quickly, and next time you must pick a lighter one.

"It's finally finished!" On the dock, all the boxes were finally loaded onto the ship, and a laborer who had been working for more than two hours straight, stretched his sore hands and feet, hammered his shoulders and sighed.

"It's just that I'm tired to death. A shirtless laborer wiped the sweat from his forehead, took out a box of cigarettes that had been squeezed and distorted from his trouser pocket with his big wet hands, took out one and said to the companion, "How, come?"

The laborer didn't mind taking the cigarette before, took out the lighter and lit it, took a deep breath and said: "Comfortable ——!" Looking at the cigarette in his hand, the laborer quipped: "I always feel that the only pleasure we have at work is a cigarette after this incident, maybe I live for this cigarette!"

The surrounding friends were amused by his words and made fun of him.

"What's in those boxes?" said one of them, pointing to the transoceanic ship that had been loaded and ready to depart.

"Who knows, how can we possibly know about the rich people's stuff. Another said unhappily, apparently he didn't have a good impression of the rich.

"Speaking of which, yesterday I heard that the person who chartered this ship is a very beautiful woman!" interjected a shrewd-looking man who looked like a know-it-all next to him.

"What?"

"Really?"

"What's that beauty's name, and what does it look like?"

Hearing the news about the beauty, a group of old men immediately surrounded the colleague, making it clear that they would not let him go if they did not let him confess all the information they knew.

The man was surrounded by a group of workers, but he picked it up, cleared his throat and said, "Ahem, I've been working for so long, and my stomach is a little hungry......

"I'm please!"

"I'm please!"

"Wrap it up on me!"

When all the movement outside calmed down, Naruto found himself in a rather dark room, and with the only glimmer of light not far away, Naruto peeked around through the cracks in the box, and only crawled out of it when he was sure that there was no one around.

Putting away the artifacts in the box like Kumon again, Naruto began to look at where he was. The stacked boxes took up almost all of the space, leaving only a jump of the aisle for Naruto to move around. Presumably to protect against the wind and waves at sea, the boxes were tied with ropes thick with thick arms and fixed to the shelves.

After rummaging for a while, Naruto didn't find what he was looking for. I thought to myself: it seems that there is no food or items that are often used here, otherwise it would not have been bound so tightly, which means that this is the cargo hold?

Feeling a shaking under his feet, Naruto, who had never been on a boat before, guessed that the cause of the shaking might be caused by the ship from the shore, and held the box beside him with his hand to help him keep his balance. After the shaking passed, he could only feel a slight undulation, which was still within Naruto's acceptable range, and Naruto found a slightly breathable corner and sat down.

In order to reduce the possibility of being discovered, Naruto had abandoned the food he was carrying and only brought two cans of water. Therefore, if you can, you should try to minimize your own movements, and the refining of chakra must also stop cultivating during this time, because without the supply of food, you will not be able to recover the physical energy that has been consumed.

Maybe it was because there wasn't anything important piled up here, or maybe no one thought there were stowaways hiding on the ship, and no one had come to check on it for a long time, so Naruto was able to continue to hide in peace. It wasn't until the light and darkness from the exit changed twice that Naruto's stomach continued to protest and Naruto had to think about how to solve his own food and clothing.

Having been in the cabin, relying on the only source of light to deduce the passage of time—it had probably been two days and nights—Naruto planned to wait until the light was completely gone again before going out to find some food to keep around.

Naruto was a little nostalgic for the food he had left behind for fear of exposing himself, and even the chewless dry food was so delicious to recall. After pouring the last drop of water out of the bamboo tube, Naruto had to prepare to take the risk of finding something to eat.

It would be easier if there was some food in these boxes. Thinking like this, Naruto had rummaged through the boxes one by one. It's a pity that even if Naruto rummaged through all the boxes, he couldn't find anything edible, and the boxes were full of official papers, so there was nothing to eat.

Naruto complained dissatisfiedly, didn't there be some normal tourists on this ship?Could it be that it was all calligraphy and painting lovers?

No, no, even normal tourists don't stuff food into the hold.

Naruto didn't bother to care about what kind of passengers the ship was carrying, and now Naruto's only goal was to fill his stomach.

Sensing the changes around him with his spirit, Naruto took advantage of the cover of the night, and came to the kitchen smoothly. It was almost certain that the only ones still awake were the sailors on the deck who were on patrol at night, which greatly facilitated Naruto's movements.

Gently pushing open the door, Naruto wiped as much of his traces as he could after finding enough food and fresh water, and quietly returned to the dark cargo hold again. I poured the bread down with fresh water, and I felt that the feeling of emptiness in my stomach had finally disappeared, and I sighed in satisfaction.

After filling his stomach, Naruto leaned against the wall and lazily leaned against the wall, not wanting to move. Looking at the dark depths, Naruto didn't know when such a day would end, and if it was based on the plot of the anime, I was afraid that it would take at least half a month to reach the Land of Water. Well, I hope at least I can go undetected before I get to the shore, Naruto thought to himself.

As Naruto stole food more often, the ship's crew gradually woke up to the fact that they had less food. Although it is inevitable that the food will decrease as the travel time increases, the cook, who deals with the ingredients every day and controls all the stocks, finds that the food left on the ship does not match the food that has been consumed, and the cook soon reacts, there are ———— rats on this ship!

Sneaking into the kitchen at night again, Naruto rummaged through it and found that there was almost no food that could be eaten directly, and there were still a few ingredients, but all of them were still raw, and it was impossible to cook by himself, it would be too blatant.

Sensing someone approaching outside the kitchen, Naruto chose to hang himself out of the window for the sake of caution, only putting his hands on the railing outside the windowsill.

"How's it going, have you found anything?" asked from outside the kitchen, but the owner of the voice clearly didn't expect much.

"Nope. Shaking his head, a stout sailor rummaged in the kitchen for a while, and said indignantly: "Damn rat, let Uncle Ben see that he will definitely trample you to death!"

"Don't look for it, it's very difficult to find that kind of thing, hurry up, it's almost time to change shifts, I'm sleepy." The sailor yawned and urged his companion to wait for the shift to change, and he wanted to go back early and get some sleep.

"Cut, this kind of thing is really annoying, where the hell did you say they slipped up from?" Although the rummaging in the kitchen stopped, the sailor continued to complain dissatisfiedly: "Our food has been spoiled by them, why don't you help find it!"

"Trouble is dead, you might as well sprinkle more rat poison if you have that spare time, that would be more practical, right? With that, the sailor outside the room yawned and walked away.

The sailors in the kitchen continued to rummage for a while, but still found nothing, and after searching for a long time to no avail, he had to stop and prepare to leave. The late autumn sea breeze mixed with a little cold, and the moisture of the sea hit his body, so that the sailor couldn't help but miss the warm bed. The window was closed, and the sailor left the kitchen, and after a brief commotion the kitchen was quiet again.

"That's really ......" Naruto thought to Naruto, who was hanging from the railing outside the windowsill, watching the window being closed from the inside by a hairy hand and locking it in passing.

After a lot of waste, he finally climbed onto the deck, touching his empty belly, Naruto couldn't help but sigh in his heart again.

Even if you try to eat as little as possible, you will still attract the attention of the people on board. Recently, the patrols of the kitchen have become more and more frequent, and all the ingredients have been closely guarded, and there is less and less food left in the kitchen.

Listening to the slight complaint coming from his stomach, Naruto could only reluctantly pat it to make it feel more peaceful.

I can only endure it tonight, thinking helplessly, Naruto, who was about to return to the cargo hold, was suddenly stopped by a voice: "Ah, I just wanted to see what the mice on the ship looked like, but I didn't expect it to be unexpectedly cute." ”

I didn't expect to be discovered.

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I a bottle of Red Bull today, and the state exploded, and I wrote 5,000 words in one breath, and then someone called me away, and then, and then when I came back, I was out of state, so I broke off, so depressed.