Chapter 17: Restlessness and the Monkey

"Listen to him."

As Ryuji finished detailing the rest of the journey, Perkin's voice came from behind them.

The group turned their heads to see Perkin holding something similar to a notebook there, flipping through it.

Seeing Ryuji turn his head to look at him, Perkin smiled at him, "I knew that it was the right decision for me to invite you here." ”

Ryuji stared at the notebook in Perkin's hand, hesitated for a moment, and gave up the idea of asking Perkin for the notebook to study, which should be a clue for him to find that plant, Ryuji didn't want people to know his goal, and he didn't want to let people know the purpose of his trip.

Seeing Liu Zhi's eyes and glanced at himself and took it back, Perkin nodded with satisfaction, he deliberately took out this notebook, in fact, this notebook is the ship's navigation diary, there is nothing written on it at all, what he really wants to find is in Perkin's mind, he just wants to try Liu Zhi's attitude now.

After all, now that the map was in Ryuji's hands, he wasn't sure if Ryuji was hiding some bad intentions in secret.

It wouldn't be good if Ryuji had any idea about his precious plants and deliberately took them to their deaths.

Now that Ryuji's attitude satisfied him, he nodded and began to talk about where they were going next.

While studying the map with Yanagi, the boat easily found the boulder that Yanoji said was like a snake's head, and half of the boulder was soaked in the river, and if it weren't for the good eyes of the female knife hand, he might have missed it directly.

"Everyone, pay attention, observe the left bank more, and if you find something like a whale, you would rather stop the boat to observe than go in at will." The boat boss shouted loudly.

The boat belongs to the captain's family, and they don't have any captains or captains, the captain of the ship takes his three sons to control the sails, and the helm is at the helm, and he takes care of everything on the ship.

Along the way, even if they went upstream, they could control the ship quite steadily, and Ryuji was more or less mixed with the deputy position of an extraordinary sailor, and of course he knew how difficult it was to do this.

At the beckoning of the captain of the boat, everyone ran to the left side of the boat, and looked carefully towards the shore, and if they saw a large stone or tree, they would study it carefully, and it did not look like a whale.

Liu Zhi shook his head a little helplessly, if the whale-like sign was really so easy to find, it would not be so vague as written on the information.

Of course, Ryuji is also looking around seriously, after all, this is also the key to his journey.

At this moment, Perkin's hired guide walked up to Ryuji.

This is a local native with reddish skin and various lines painted with white and cyan paint.

He glanced Ryuji up and down, "I see traces of a curse on you, you are cursed by the gods. ”

Ryuji glanced sideways at the guide's neck, and found that he had some pendants made of stones and teeth hanging around his neck, and then looked closely at the lines on the pendant, Ryuji shook his head and said.

"The curse on me has nothing to do with you."

was blocked by Liu Zhi, and the guide's face became a little ugly.

But as Yanagi said, even if there is a curse on Yanagi, it has nothing to do with him, and it is not a curse set by the ancestor of this guide, even if the guide wants to ask more, there is no suitable reason.

Some of the angry guides gave Ryuji a blank look and walked over to the jungle expert.

This jungle expert is dressed in long clothes and trousers, wraps himself tightly, carries a backpack on his back, and hangs all kinds of small props on his body, and at a glance he knows that he is the kind of existence that can live for a long time if thrown in the wilderness.

Seeing the guide coming, the jungle expert asked in a whisper, "How is it?" ”

"He won't say anything, but I'm sure he has a curse on him, and that curse should belong to Emperor Atahualpa."

"Golden City? No wonder he wouldn't show us the map, and if I had such a clue, I wouldn't have let people see it. The jungle expert immediately knew what Ryuji was aiming for.

"Shall we ...... then?" whispered the guide.

"Keep an eye on him first, we have to follow this side first, don't bet on both ends and empty at both ends." The jungle expert thought for a moment and said.

At that moment, the jungle expert seemed to feel something staring at him.

Thinking he had been seen talking to his guide, he turned his head to look in the direction his gaze had come.

At this glance, he did not notice anyone staring at him, but a monkey grinning at him in a nearby tree.

"It's a good thing it's a monkey, but how can this monkey be here?" As a jungle survival expert, he knows very well what creatures are nearby, and this kind of monkey should not usually be seen near the river, it is too dangerous for monkeys.

"That's not right, there's something wrong with this monkey." The jungle survival expert wanted to take a closer look, but suddenly he threw everything behind him and cried out loudly, "I saw a whale, come and see." ”

Listening to the jungle survival expert's call, everyone ran to this side, and looked in the direction pointed by the survival expert, and everyone saw that there was a huge stone under the water, which overlapped with the shadows of the trees on the water, and then refracted by the water lines, it really looked like a whale that was about to poke its head out of the water and spray water.

Ryuji and Perkin glanced at each other and nodded in affirmation.

The captain shouted loudly, "Hold on the sails, we're going to turn the rudder." ”

The sons of the boat boss hurriedly pulled the sails, and the boat made a forced turn in place and slid into the nearby river.

At this moment, the jungle survival expert suddenly thought of the monkey from before, and he couldn't help but look back at the place where the monkey had been found in the first place, only to find that this monkey was gone.

Looking at the appearance of the jungle survival expert, the guide couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just a little uneasy."

"Really, if you feel this way, you must tell me in advance, this jungle is full of all kinds of curses, and some people with keen sense will feel it before the curse comes."

The jungle survival expert nodded affirmatively, "You can rest assured, I am an expert in wilderness survival, and I will not be careless." ”

When they spoke, Ryuji also looked puzzled, he didn't think they had found the wrong way, but for some reason, Ryuji always had a feeling of unease when the boat turned into this river.

It's like being faced with an oncoming truck and not being able to run away.

Even the last time he was attacked by the Fish-Man Prophet, he didn't feel that way.

"It's not right, there's something wrong here."