Soon, all the food was transferred to the Shiratori. As soon as the sails turned, the convoy carrying supplies returned to shore.

Klein watched the Black Dog's boat fade away, and the hope of returning to shore in his heart became less and less. In the end, with a decadent expression, Klein leaned back to the side of the ship and made it to the side of Gappasde.

"Damn, this miscellaneous. We all begged him like that, but we were unmoved, and deserved to be a lowly slave for the rest of our lives. The more Klein thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but scold.

However, Gappast, who was sitting beside him, showed a gloomy smile and said in a flat tone, "Don't worry, Mr. Viscount. In my opinion, at this moment, our hope of going ashore is even greater. ”

"What?" Klein suddenly perked up when he heard Gappast's words, and hurriedly approached Gappast's side excitedly and asked, "Mr. Gappast, what do you mean by this?" Have you thought of a way to go ashore? ”

Gappas didn't answer, but turned his head sideways to look at the rest of the crew on deck. The crew were all elated by the fresh food they had just gotten, and no one paid attention to what was going on here.

Then he looked at Klein, who was excited, and said in a low voice: "The matter of our landing on the shore will eventually fall on the black dog just now. In my many years of experience in seeing people, the untouchable man named Black Dog was already shaken in his heart, and it was only because of his companion that he did not directly agree. ”

"If I'm not mistaken," said Gappas, "he will come by boat alone tonight and carry us to the press without us knowing." ”

Klein was already disappointed, but now that he heard Gappas's analysis, he quickly figured out the key to it.

"So, all we have to do is come here at night and wait for him to come and pick us up." Klein's eyes lit up and he said excitedly. But soon he said depressedly: "But he and we have not agreed, even if he is coming, we don't know when he will come." ”

Gappas smiled calmly and said, "It doesn't matter, he can't come early for the sake of insurance." We waited here after ten o'clock in the evening, and we could always wait for him to come. ”

With that, Gappas stood up and walked toward the cabin. Halfway through, he paused, looked back at Klein and said, "Mr. Captain, since you have fresh food, let's eat more for dinner." When you are full, you have the strength to do things. ”

Hearing this, Klein agreed, and wanted to get up and follow Gappasd with him. At this moment, a black mouse the size of a fist suddenly burst out from his feet, startling Klein.

Klein came back to his senses after a moment, a look of anger on his face. He strode forward and grabbed the rat with his hand, then rounded his arm and threw it out into the sea.

"Damn it, go back to hell." With a curse, the black mouse drew an arc of parabola in the air and fell into the sea with a thud.

Then Klein frowned, raised his right hand and put it in front of his eyes. A bean-sized breach appeared in the tiger's mouth, and red blood was slowly flowing out of the gap.

This scene fell into the eyes of Gappasde, he reluctantly took a water bag and handed it to him, and said with a smile: "Why are you so angry, it's just a mouse." ”

Klein snorted faintly and didn't speak. He took the water bag from Gappas's hand, rinsed the wound casually, and walked forward. Neither of them, either of them took this little wound to heart.

The black rat that fell into the water struggled twice, and finally sank. Before he died, the soybean-sized rat's eyes looked at the sky blankly, and there was a faint trace of red blood in the depths of his eyes.

......

With fresh food, there seemed to be a little more joy on board the Shiratori. At dinner, the chef showed his skills and carefully cooked all the ingredients.

Captain Klein ordered all the wines to be opened so that the crew could enjoy the mellow aroma of alcohol. The feast lasted from five p.m. to ten p.m., and finally dispersed when everyone was exhausted.

Everyone on board was in a depressed mood these days, and at this moment there was finally some relief. It was as if those memories of the city of addition, about death, had begun to fade and no longer appeared around them.

But among all of them, there were two people who were very sober, and that was Captain Klein and the wealthy merchant Gappast. In the second half of the dinner, the two of them quietly appeared on the deck, hiding between the rudder and the side of the ship.

This time they came out lightly, except for some things that could not be lost, they carried nothing. Even some of the gold was thrown away by them in their cabins.

In their eyes, the most precious thing is their own life, and everything else is just irrelevant.

Sitting in the shadows, Klein whispered to Gappasd next to him, "There are two more people on the boat who have a fever and are unconscious, but I didn't let anyone deal with it, so let them fend for themselves." ”

"It doesn't matter, but I thought you'd call the second mate too, after all, he's been with you for years."

Klein's voice came with a hint of contempt: "Hehe, I was afraid that idiot wouldn't be able to let go of the other crew members and shake things out, so I didn't tell him." ”

Gappas smiled indifferently and didn't speak again. This is indeed a good thing for both of them, and it can eliminate all unnecessary surprises and make things safe.

For the sake of insurance, the two did not continue to talk. Time passed slowly in this slightly oppressive silence.

Soon, three hours passed.

There is no wind and waves at night at sea, but after staying on the deck for a long time, you still feel cold all over. Gappas had anticipated this when he came out, and deliberately wore two extra shirts on himself.

Klein was unprepared, with only a captain's uniform on his body, shivering from the cold, and his hands and feet were cold.

Every once in a while, he would stand up and glance towards the shore. In the second half of the night, there was no moonlight, and the harbor in front of me was dim, like the mouth of a monster, waiting there silently.

"Damn, why hasn't that lowly pariah come yet, he won't be too timid to come! Ahh Klein growled anxiously, sneezing involuntarily as he spoke.

Fortunately, most of the crew members on the ship are now asleep, so there is no need to worry about being heard by sneezing.

Gappas patted Klein's calf and whispered, "Don't be in a hurry, come and sit down and wait a little longer." ”