Although everyone thinks that Dena should be back in Duckburg soon, at least the news of her will come back. But two weeks later, Dena still hasn't heard from her. The people of Blackwater searched all over the world, but they didn't find any clues that were used again.

The Blackwater men were not completely in nothing, and soon after Dena's explicit telegram was sent, they found the sailor who sent the report in Dena's place, but the sailor told the Blackwater man that Alice had given him a sum of money to send the telegram within the allotted time. But he doesn't know exactly when Alice and Dena left Iceland or which boat they were on.

However, this did not bother the Blackwaters, who easily obtained a list of various ships that had visited Iceland before and after the telegram was sent, and it took about a month to contact them. Three of these ships have been recorded carrying passengers from the wrecked Atlantic Cruiser, but the people on board have said they have not seen the two men mentioned by Blackwater. They also found the other passengers who had been sitting in a lifeboat with Dena, but they all said that when they arrived in Iceland, Miss Dena and Miss Alice disappeared and did not know where they went.

It was suggested that both Miss Dena and Miss Alice were trained in makeup. In addition, Miss Dena is relatively tall (no way, good nutrition, no lack of calcium), maybe disguised as a man. Also, most of them don't reveal that they are passengers on a wrecked ship, so any ship that carries someone away from Iceland is a target to keep an eye on. Some, such as Mr. Michelle, who used to be a safety coach for Dena, and Mr. Bell, who taught them survival skills, said:

"If they want to leave Iceland quietly. They can even sneak aboard the boat. Avoid all the people on board, the cargo ship has a large hold anyway, and hiding in it for more than a week is not a particularly difficult thing for them. That's what Michelle said.

"Most of the cargo ships passing through here are ships transporting fishery products, so it's not difficult to find something to eat here, for example, whale meat, which is a very common product here, has a high protein content and tastes good, similar to beef. As for others, such as salmon, their meat is also very good. Enough to support Miss Dena and Alice in the United States or Europe. Fresh water is a little more complicated, but it's not impossible, first of all, they can carry some with them, and secondly, they can do it......"

This made it particularly difficult to continue the investigation, and despite the efforts of the Blackwater men to search all the ships involved, they found nothing. It was as if Dena and Alice had disappeared completely.

……

"Mr. MacDonald, we, we still haven't made any progress......" Bond looked at Scrooge's face, and his voice trembled in fright, "We think that there are only two possibilities left now......"

"Say it!" Scrooge said angrily. Although he knew, he really couldn't blame Bond or Blackwater. This series of accidents changed and there was nothing anyone could do. And in a sense, anger at others seems to be a sign of a loser. But Scrooge couldn't help but anger them, because in a sense, it was also the prerogative of those in high positions. Even the occasional anger can make the people below feel unpredictable.

"Mr. MacDonald, we think that Miss Dena has not been in contact with the family for such a long time, either because something happened and she lost her freedom, or ......" At this point, Bond paused, he looked up and secretly looked at Scrooge's face, a little afraid to continue.

"Or what? How dare you talk such nonsense! Scrooge yelled angrily. Of course, he knew what Bond meant by "or", which was a more terrible assumption than the loss of freedom - death in an accident. The white dragon fish suit will inevitably be caught by the fisherman as a fish. In the past, there was a whole support detachment by Dena's side, and of course the danger would have been much smaller, but now ......

Although I know that this kind of possibility is completely existing, but whoever wants to say such an unlucky thing will still be hated.

Seeing Bond standing there in a daze, Scrooge asked with great dissatisfaction, "Do you have another guess?" ”

"Mr. MacDonald, this speculation is very unreliable, I think ......" Obviously, Bond didn't want to keep ramming the gun.

"Whether it's reliable or not, I'll decide, you know!" Scrooge said, staring into Bond's eyes.

"Yes, Mr. MacDonald." Bean-sized sweat rolled down Bond's head, and he didn't dare reach out to wipe it. It's summer, and it's hot, but Bond isn't sweating because it's too hot. Scrooge's office had a primitive air-conditioning system that pumped cool water from the well and passed it through the fan heaters hidden in the walls and ceiling to lower the temperature. So although it was hot outside, it was definitely very cool inside Scrooge's office.

"We suspect that Miss Dena deliberately wanted to take this opportunity to get away from our tracking of her, which, you know, has swam through the Chronicles...... If so, then maybe after a while, Miss Dena will suddenly appear......"

This may be a little more acceptable than the first two. So Scrooge nodded, and then said to Sù Bond:

"Mr. Bond, I hope you can urge your subordinates to look for it seriously, and I hope that the next time you come to me, there will be no more bad news and inferences without any evidence to support it."

"Yes, yes, Mr. MacDonald! I understand! Bond nodded in reply.

"Go about your business." Scrooge said as he lowered his head and continued to look at some of the materials on the table.

"Then I'll go first." Bond said as he gently stepped out.

Watching Bond go out, Scrooge thought: "Bond is also in his sixties, and when he is old, he can't do things as well as when he was younger, maybe it's time for him to retire." ”

As soon as Bond walked on the front foot, Catherine and Carol walked in.

"Scrooge, any news new?" Carol asked.

"Nothing new. However, they speculate that maybe Dena once disappeared from playing with us. Scrooge replied.

"Scrooge, we just found this from Dena's study. I thought maybe you should take a look. Carol said, pulling out a journal.

"What is this?" Scrooge looked up at Carol in surprise.

"It's Dena's diary, she's kept it secret, but I was able to find it...... You look here. Carol didn't have the slightest awareness that peeking at the diary was a shameful act, and turned the diary directly to one side:

“…… The whole family was basically founded by my uncle Scrooge. He's a superman in this regard. It's just that his desire for dominance is so strong that everyone in the entire family is about to become his marionettes. He arranges what everyone should do, just as he is designing the parts on a machine. The rest of the family was used to this, and they all volunteered to follow Uncle Scrooge's orders and turn themselves into a part of the machine. This is also true of the younger generation of the family. Of course, Uncle Scrooge will be old, and he will die one day. I don't think he probably wanted to become Alexander the Great and let his empire bury him. So it's clear that he's working hard to turn this family into a money-making machine that can run automatically. I have to say that the more I know about his designs, the more I admire my uncle, who is indeed a superman compared to us. But I don't want to be a superman, I also want to be superman, and I want to have my career......"

"Scrooge, I think most of what happened this time was caused by that crazy girl herself. This crazy girl actually wants to have some 'career of her own'! It's ......," Carroll said.

Although in the eyes of Catherine and Carol, Dena has become what she is today, and Scrooge's various connivances have definitely played a rather bad role, in other words, Scrooge has a lot of responsibility in this matter. But over the years, Scrooge has become more and more authoritarian, so much so that even Carroll is afraid to blame Scrooge directly.

"This kid!" Scrooge shook his head, "I didn't expect her to be so literary." Hasn't she always looked down on those so-called 'literary youths'? But it's still good to have ambitions to become superhuman. It's just that reality is always tough. Or, let her break in now, so as not to cause trouble in the future. ”

"Scrooge, did you think Dena would come back after she failed?" Catherine asked.

Of course, although Dena thinks highly of herself, she has always been very humble when it comes to learning. If she fails because of her abilities, of course she will come back and continue her studies. Scrooge replied, "I don't think she's learned everything I've done." ”

"Then I'm going to count on her to fail soon." Catherine said, "Hopefully, after failure, she will be able to do her job honestly." ”

"Not so fast. Unless we can find her in advance. Scrooge replied, "Dena is not the kind of child who admits defeat at the slightest setback, and it may be another year before she returns to the family." ”

"And what if she succeeds?" Catherine asked.

"Then she has to achieve more than the other children in the family. It's going to take more time. Maybe years, and then our Dena will come back triumphantly and show it off. Scrooge concluded, "Of course, our search will continue." However, after discovering her, we had better not alarm her and just follow her from a distance. ”