After achieving his goal by hint, Hoffa returned to Chloe, but he did not tell the nun that he had deceived the widow, only that he had borrowed a boat.

The nun did not say anything special about the news.

However, as soon as he had packed their belongings, the nun ran away, which frightened him out.

He hurriedly dropped his luggage and went to look for her, but he couldn't find it for a long time.

But when he returned to the cargo ship in annoyance, the nun came from a distance with a large number of people. There were old and young, men and women, all of whom were homeless.

Hofa was stunned, he quickly handed the suitcase in his hand to a sailor, and walked quickly to Chloe's side: "What kind of moth do you want!?"

Chloe said, "I'm going to take them with me." ”

"No, no. Hoffa flatly refused.

"Why don't you take these people with you? ”

"My little grandmother, this first boat is only about thirty meters, and it is a small transport ship, and such a ship can carry twenty or thirty people at most. There are hundreds of displaced people, and bringing them with them exists only in theory. ”

"There's nothing you can do, Stretch Without a Trace?"

"Magic can't change the nature of things, and even if I could stuff them into the cabin, without enough food, they'd end up worse than they are now. ”

Chloe looked at Hoffa suspiciously, "I don't believe it. ”

"Alright," Hoffa thrust his waist in, gesturing at a few overseers in the distance.

"You can believe it or not, but I also said that this ship doesn't count, you go and ask that guy to go. ”

"Just ask. ”

Chloe said to the man behind her, "You wait here for me. ”

Hoffa watched as Chloe walked towards the overseers as if he were laughing.

On the other side, Ma Xian was at the scene directing the sailors to carry the goods.

After being reminded by his subordinates, he turned his head and scolded: "Hey, why did you bring them here?"

Chloe didn't panic at all, she said calmly, "I'm going to take them with me." ”

"With so many people taken away, what about the supplies, you don't have to excrete on the boat, do you have five loaves and two fish? You have to follow Jesus' example, just follow your own, don't drag us into the water!"

"Hahaha!"

Sailors and armed thugs burst into laughter, and the air was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

"Can you feel sympathy for your own kind?"

"I'm sorry, great good man, but I just know that it's our kind who are going to blow this place up. There are some things that you can keep for the great Führer. ”

"You ......"

"What am I, psychopath, they have a fart relationship with me?" Matthew waved his hand irritably: "Go cool, I'm not your father, there's no need to listen to you." ”

Chloe's face turned white with anger, and Hoffa couldn't stand it in the distance.

He sighed and stepped forward to grab her:

"I know what your profession requires, but you also have to respect the objective facts. Take so many people away, you can't do it, this ship is so big. ”

An old female outcast, standing in front of Hoffa and Chloe, whispered a plea, "It's okay, don't force it, if you can, just take these children away." ”

After that,

"This ......"

Hoffa hesitated.

This request was not excessive, and there were only about a dozen children in the crowd. It's just that their destination is not the safe Switzerland, but the black witch-filled United Kingdom. Bring these oil bottles, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch by then.

But Chloe agreed.

"Okay, I promise you. ”

"Hold on here, I'll be back. ”

She affirmed.

Hey, you two, can't get up yet?

An overseer shouted condescendingly from the side of the ship.

"We don't take everybody, we only take a few kids.

"If I say no, I can't, either the two of you come up, or none of you come up. Matthew poked his head out and said arbitrarily.

His men pulled up the ropes and stopped the two men outside the deck.

While they were at a stalemate, the widow Mary appeared on the edge of the ship:

"Let them come up. ”

"It's just a few kids, and they don't take up much space and food," she said. ”

Chloe looked at Mary with some surprise, and Matthew was also quite surprised

"These people have nothing to do with us. ”

"There's a relationship, Matthew, please. ”

The widow whispered.

Looking at the weak appearance of the widow in front of him, the man softened after all, and he glared at the two of them viciously.

"You're in luck!"

His men untied the ropes, and Chloe escorted the children onto the ship. When passing by Mary's side, she sincerely took the other party's hand: "Thank you, you have done a very noble thing." ”

Mary blushed and lowered her head.

"It should. ”

......

......

The smell of the land is left behind, and the cargo ship sails into the fresh breath of the early morning sea. In a certain area of water shortly after entering the sea, the phosphorescent light of sargassum sparkles from the fruit sac sparked, and the current hit the cliffs of the abyss at the bottom of the sea, stirring up a whirlpool.

On the deck, the children gathered happily around Chloe, after all, children are by nature, and the wars and troubles of adults are quickly forgotten by them.

From time to time, the widow Mary would bring them some food, and from time to time she would talk to Chloe.

After Mary agreed to let the homeless children board the ship, Chloe's attitude towards her was noticeably much better.

She began to speak to Mary and help her with chores, and as dusk approached, Hoffa even saw Chloe sitting on the deck with her, reciting a few poems for her in French.

While Chloe was reciting the poem, Mary sat on the deck with her cheeks propped up, looking at each other with sparkling eyes.

Their friendship seemed to come sooner than Hoffa had imagined.

At dusk, while Hoffa was guarding Chloe on the second deck, the captain of the ship came to Hoffa's side with a few sailors: "Yo. ”

He hadn't seen any of these people, and if you looked at the costume, they weren't the same as Matthew's group of armed thugs.

One of the sailors took out a bottle of beer and handed it to Hoffa, looking friendly.

Hoffa declined his beer and nodded politely, "Hello." ”

"You're a friend of Frank?"

The captain asked.

"Yes. ”

"And so are you..... Is that kind of person?"

The captain's expression seemed to be a thief.

"What kind of person?"

Hoffa was puzzled.

"Frank's kind of ....... Uh......"

As he asked, the captain looked at Hoffa, "Someone who can use a magical black stick." ”

Hoffa understood what he was talking about.

World wars have led to the collapse of various social orders, and in this context, it is not surprising that Muggles knew of the existence of wizards.

"I don't have a wand, but I do be a wizard. He replied.

"..... without a wand?"

The captain was a little suspicious.

"Uh-huh. Hoffa was noncommittal.

A few beer-drinking sailors folded their arms and looked curious.

Captain: "May I ask you, then, can you show us your hand?" ”

Hoffa smiled: "I'm not a trickster. ”

"Show your hand. The captain had an expectant look on his face.

Several sailors next to him also chimed in, "Let's open our eyes." ”

"There's nothing to lose just by looking at it. ”

Hoffa just smiled and leaned on the railing, watching the sun set over the ocean in the distance, motionless.

After some persuasion to no avail, several sailors probably thought that he was pretending to be a ghost, and their expressions became a little contemptuous, and the sailors who did not want to be bored left him one after another.

I didn't take a few steps when I heard an exclamation behind me.

"Huh?"

One of the beer-drinking sailors suddenly found that the beer in his bottle could not be poured.

He held the bottle in confusion and looked at it in the sunset, only to see that the mouth of the glass wine bottle in his hand was entangled like a rope for some reason, and not a drop of wine could flow out.

But just now, the mouth of the bottle was still normal.

All the sailors with beers found out about this problem and shouted in surprise.

The gray-haired boy lying on the railing raised an arm.

"It's best not to drink when sailing, understand?"

They looked at the young man's back, throwing away the bottle in his hand, pushing and shoving back.

......

......

Finally, the sun sinks to the bottom of the sea, and night falls.

The children on the deck were also tired of playing, and they went to the cabins below deck to rest, beckoned by Chloe.

Mary's room for Hoffa was comfortable, with heavy brass pots planted with greenery and tiled floors that resembled worn marble chessboards. The roller shutters resemble gilded iron cages, and the mahogany paneling evokes the scent of lemon oil and cigarillos.

He reclines into an armchair with a fluffy fibre padding that contrasts comfortably with the soft Belgian rug.

But he wasn't carried away by the warmth, the ship's destination wasn't England, and he had to find a way to turn it.

Just thinking about it. There was a knock at the door, and when it opened, it turned out to be Chloe.

Her face was full of excitement and happiness, and when she entered the door, she happily circled: "I have a great idea, Hoffa." ”

"What?"

"When we get back to England, I want to build a monastery there so that the children can live in it. ”

"Hmm. ”

"I think the woman named Mary is still good. Chloe said: "It was much better than I expected, and today she accompanied me to distribute food to the children." ”

"Hmm. ”

"When my convent is built, Mary, I can let her be my deputy. ”

"Really?" said Hoffa.

He didn't tell her that Mary's target wasn't England at all. In fact, the ship is not going to England at all.

Chloe, "What about you?"

"Me?"

"What are your arrangements, wait until you get back to England. ”

After waiting for a long time after asking, Huo Fa suffocated a sentence, "Let's talk about it." ”

The nun said with great interest:

"Why don't you come over after my monastery is built, I can open a male convent and invite a few priests to teach you about Christian ...... by hand."

"Humph......"

Before she could finish speaking, Hoffa chuckled.

"Laughing at what?"

Chloe asked curiously.

"You want to serve me?"

"Hey, no?"

"Did I tell you that my father was actually an Oriental?"

"So what. ”

"There is a saying in the East, that heaven and earth are unkind and all things are dogs, I don't believe in God, and I don't believe that God cares about human beings, so I won't believe anything you say. Hoffa simply rejected Chloe.

The nun's enthusiastic expression froze and slowly faded. The boy in front of her is like a firefighter standing on an iceberg, no matter how she burns, there will always be cold water poured on her head, which makes her extremely sober and discouraged.

She stood up: "I'm back, it's late, you can rest early." ”

"Hmm. ”

Chloe closed the door sullenly, in a bad mood.

The room was silent except for the sound of the engine.

Hoffa sat up from his chair. At this point, Chloe still didn't know where the ship was heading, and thought she had borrowed it, but the ship wasn't heading in the direction of her destination.

How to get the ship to change course and go to England became the biggest problem in front of him.

His motives are unspeakable, and he is reluctant to tell anyone, but he must turn the ship around, and it doesn't matter what the cost.

Thinking about it, his eyes focused on the chart hanging from the wall.

Now they are in the middle of the English Channel, which is only 560 kilometers long, which is not very wide, so to speak, very narrow. At its narrowest point, the Strait of Dover is only 34 kilometers wide.

If you can find a relatively suitable position, you can turn the direction unconsciously.

Maybe just two days, maybe just a day. Perhaps by the time the crew reacted, the ship was already close to the British coast.

When the time comes, he will transform into a thunderbird again, take Chloe to the British Isles, send it to London, and give it to Fatil, perhaps.....

Thinking of the excitement, he bit his lower lip, his body trembled slightly, and punched the palm of his hand.

Having made up his mind, he opened the door without hesitation and secretly went to the captain's room in the night.

The room leading to the captain's quarters was guarded by two armed thugs. Nothing was a threat to the stealthy Hoffa, who rounded the guards and climbed to the top of the cabin like a chameleon. I want to unconsciously adjust the route to a direction closer to the UK.

However, as he stood against the wall at the door of the captain's quarters, he heard someone chatting in the captain's quarters.

"Is Mary resting?"

"Rested. ”

"Where did you sleep?"

"Below deck No. 3, but ......"

"But what?"

"But you can't get there. ”

"Why?"

"Because she lives with the ugly nun. ”

"Shit, really?"

"Really,

"....."

Hoffa poked his head out slightly to see the scene in the room.

Matthew scolded and put his foot on the instrument plate, holding the wine bottle and cigarette, and swallowed the clouds. Beside him sat the same captain he had seen during the day.

Matthew: "If you want me to say, the nun is ugly, but she is still in good shape, and she is the same with her head covered." Are you interested?"

"Don't mess around, Matthew. The kid next to her was a wizard. ”

"Huh,"

Matthew's drinking hand paused: "What did you say?"

"I told you not to make a mess, that gray-haired boy is a wizard!" the captain warned in a low voice.

Matthew's legs on the cabinet snapped back.

"Wizard again!?"

"Yes, I tried it during the day, and he was able to plug the bottle without even noticing. ”

"What the hell are you talking about......

The captain mysteriously took out a glass bottle with a knotted mouth from the cabinet and handed it to Matthew.

Staring at the wine bottle with wide eyes, Matthew breathed a sigh of relief, and he threw the wine bottle away: "That's it, I thought it was some kind of great trick." It's a far cry from real witchcraft. He waved his hand indifferently.

"You've seen some witchcraft. ”

"Of course I did, do you know how Frank died?"

"How did you die?" the captain wondered,

Matthew had a scared look on his face, and he fell into memory.

"I remember three days ago, Frank took us to sea to receive a shipment from the Americas. As a result, at the time of delivery, the entire sea surface was inexplicably frozen.

Then a man with a huge cross-sword on his back walked on the sea, like a statue of a god, unattainable and unstoppable.

With a single sword, Frank's boat was cut off, and Frank jumped into the sea to escape. was grabbed by him stiffly in his hand and cut in half in the blink of an eye.

On that day, all of Frank's smuggling ships were wiped out by artillery fire in less than three minutes. I'm going to ask me what witchcraft is, and that's what the man uses is witchcraft. ”

After listening to Matthew's words, the captain looked at the wine bottle in his hand again, and threw him away in annoyance: "You actually teased me...... Since that's not real witchcraft, the ugly nun and the gray-haired man, what are we going to do?"

"We'll give him some medicine. ”

Frank said lightly, "Increase the dose a little, put it in breakfast and send it to him and that stupid nun tomorrow morning, and throw these two guys and those homeless boys into the sea early, I will look disgusting." ”

"But...... Mrs. Dean......?"

"Huh?"

Matthew made a questioning dragging sound through his nose.

"Excuse me, what about Miss Mary?

"Let her go, her ears are soft, and she will be convinced after a little beating, this time, I should teach him a lesson, let her know, who is the boss here. ”

"I see. ”

In the face of Matthew's rampantness, the captain echoed in a low voice.

An hour later.

The full moon hangs high over the sea.

The captain's cabin fell silent, save for the undulating snoring.

Hoffa quietly stepped out of the darkness and tiptoed past a few glass bottles on the ground.

Matthew was leaning back in his leather chair at the moment, his head tilted back and snoring, saliva running down the corners of his mouth. The captain lay in the gondola beside him, snoring loudly.

Standing beside Matthew, who was sleeping soundly, Hoffa raised his right hand, his fingers growing and lengthening like vines, gradually intertwining into a sharp spiral spike.

He raised his glittering spikes in the air and stabbed them down.

Just a second before the blood splattered on the spot, a screw cap flew from a distance and slammed into Hoffa's head with a thud.

He tilted his hand in pain, and the cone deflected his target, slicing under Matthew's temple. It pierced straight through his ear.

The sleeping man screamed.

"Who..... Who's there!!"

He shoved Hoffa away, rolled over and fell to the ground, and then crawled back to his feet, and saw a pair of stunning golden eyes in the darkness.

The scream woke the captain to the side, and he backhanded a rifle from under the console, pointing it at Hoffa tremblingly.

"You...... Hands up!"