In the deep, damp hallway, only the candles on the walls on either side brought in a little light and heat.

Footsteps rang from far and near, and the sound of "da-da" echoed in the hallway.

"Master Adrian." Two guards outside one of the innermost cells in the hallway bowed their heads to the visitors.

"Open the door."

"Yes."

The cell was much darker than the outside, with only a nearly depleted oil lamp on the crumbling walls, and a faint flame flickering lonely in the darkness.

Wearing only a thin coat on his upper body, Charles sat cross-legged on the ground, the shackles of his body holding him to the wall behind him. The old shaft creaked as the door opened, but Charles kept his eyes closed as if he hadn't heard it.

Adrian walked into the cell, sat cross-legged on the dirty floor, and put the food box he brought with him between the two of them without saying a word. Adrian opened the food box and took out the food inside, dividing it into two parts and placing them in front of himself and Charles.

These are the favorite foods of each of the two.

The last thing that was brought out was a bottle of red wine and a small birthday cake. Adrian poured himself and Charles a glass of wine, then placed a birthday candle on the cake and lit it.

"Happy birthday." Adrian whispered.

Charles remained unmoved, sitting there with his eyes closed like an old man on the verge of death.

Adrian was used to this, and after saying "Happy Birthday", he ate the food in front of him and did not stop until he had drunk the last glass of red wine, and did not say a word again.

"This is a letter from Xiao Chai to you," After eating, Adrian took out an envelope from the bottom compartment of the food box and placed it in front of Charles, "Remember to burn it when you read it." ”

At this time, Charles slowly opened his eyes, and there was no longer any light in them.

Instead of picking up the letter, Charles looked at Adrian, who had already stood up and turned his back to him as he prepared to leave. "Will my last opponent be you?"

Adrian's right hand, which was about to open the door, suddenly froze in midair, even though he had long thought that there would be a day, he still didn't know how to answer, and was silent for a long time before whispering, "I don't know." ”

Charles closed his eyes again, and he thought it would be this answer. "Protect Xiaochai."

"With me, no one can hurt her."

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The dinner was held in a huge circular dining room with a vaulted roof that rises more than 10 meters above the ground, and colorful crystal chandeliers that hang down like a waterfall.

"That's an exaggeration." Mu Han looked at everything in the restaurant with his mouth open, it turned out that what he had imagined was still too shabby compared to what was going on. The purpose of this dinner party is actually to promote Sasha's second anniversary concert, so he thought that most of the guests at the dinner party were some media reporters or fan representatives, but now he found out that the people drinking champagne inside were all well-known figures in various fields of the Nifu Kingdom, and many people Mu Han had seen in the newspaper.

Of course, the most surprising of them all is Crassus Rastigue, and it's hard to imagine that the head of a wealthy family would help a teenage idol who has only debuted for two years to promote it. For a while, some bad thoughts couldn't help but come to Mu Han's mind.

"What a waste." The focus of the little ghost is on the delicacies that are served by the dignified and elegant waitress before they are eaten.

"You're not going to be hungry again, are you?" Mu Han said. Sasha's team was quite thoughtful and let them have dinner before the dinner began.

"In such a hurry, how can you be full." The imp pursed his lips and said.

Mu Han nodded, because the time left for them to eat was indeed not long, and to be honest, he was a little underfed, looking at the delicate little snacks in the restaurant that were served on delicate porcelain plates, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Mu Han and they didn't enter the restaurant, but they just watched for any suspicious people in the corridor outside the restaurant, and in addition to them and those service personnel who came in and out, there were some security personnel wearing black uniforms and black sunglasses in the corridor, in fact, not only the corridor, but the entire hotel could see these security personnel everywhere, because Mu Han They were only entrusted with the safety of Sasha alone, and these people were naturally responsible for the safety of those big people in the restaurant.

Long Lin was the most dissatisfied with this arrangement, because according to his idea, he was protected twenty-four hours a day, and even if he slept, he had to lay the floor outside Miss Sasha's room - the best in the room - so when he was forced to isolate himself from Miss Sasha inside and outside the restaurant, he was all kinds of reluctant, especially when he saw Sasha smiling at those bald old men, he gritted his teeth with hatred, and even unconsciously held the handle of the black and white dragon tooth with both hands, but fortunately, Ye Zi woke him up with a punch, Because the security guards had already focused on him, they could feel their cold gaze even through their sunglasses.

However, what reassured Long Lin was that Sasha was still underage and only drank juice.

"It suddenly occurred to me that if Xiaoxue Baby wants to be an idol, it will definitely be a hot mess." Ye Zi looked at the radiant Sasha and said.

"Have you ever heard Xiaoxue sing?" Long Lin asked.

"No," Ye Zi shook his head and looked at Long Lin, "What about you?" ”

"How is it possible, she doesn't even want to say a word."

"I think if Qi Yue wants to be an idol, there must be a lot of followers, both men and women." Mu Han said, "It's not that the owner of Fengyue Pavilion still took a fancy to him and wanted him to be the top brand of the Cowherd Shop." ”

"If he's a little colder, he's definitely a big hit." Ye Zi said.

"Because one mouth speaks like an idiot." Long Lin covered his face, remembering the appearance of Qi Yue following behind him with a mouthful of "Ye Ye" and "Xue Xue".

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"Ahh Qi Yue let out a big sneeze, wondering who was thinking about herself?

At seven o'clock in the evening, in the president's office, Huo Xiqian, Lan Bai, Bingchen, Dieying, Qi Yue and Luo Xiaoxue, who had just removed the plaster cast two days ago, stood in front of the desk, and behind the desk was Luo Binbin, who lowered his head.

Everyone knew why they were called to this office, they must have a new task, but they didn't understand why Luo Binbin was silent for so long, which was indeed very rare for the elder who had always been resolute.

After a long time, Luo Binbin raised his head against his fists, and his gaze swept over everyone's faces, but when he swept Luo Xiaoxue, his gaze stayed a little, but it was only for a moment.

"Do you know about Ghost Island?" This is the first time that some weakness has been heard in Luo Binbin's voice.

At this moment, everyone understood why Luo Binbin seemed to be a different person, all because this mission was related to the island of death!

"Is it the island in the West Sea of the Kingdom of Nifol?" Bingchen said, "It is known as an absolute forbidden place within the kingdom. ”

"That's right." Luo Binbin nodded, "It's just that at first it was called Ghost Island just because this island has been shrouded in strange fog for many years, and it looks like a ghost from time to time, but since the first merchant ship sank in the sea near the island fifteen years ago, the ghost on that island seems to have woken up from its slumber and sunk more and more ships traveling near the island to the bottom of the sea." ”

"Sounds less like a ghost, more like a pirate." Qi Yue shrugged, "Is there really a ghost in this world?" ”

"At first, I didn't believe that there were alien bodies in this world." Dieying said, her eyes slowly looking forward to it, "I really want to see what the ghost looks like." ”

"Can ghosts be seen with the naked eye?" Ramber touched his chin and thought, "Maybe I can take this opportunity to invent some equipment that can see ghosts." ”

Luo Binbin opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, thinking that maybe he was really old, and his thinking couldn't keep up with the young people, and his previous worries seemed to be a little redundant, but after thinking about it, he didn't seem to have said what the task was, so looking at it again, their breezy appearance was even more disturbing.

However, not everyone is so unserious, at least Bingchen has always been very reassuring. "In fact, there are many people in the royal family who suspect that it is a pirate, and they have sent warships to the nearby waters to investigate several times, but ......" Bingchen paused, "It seems that the whole army has been wiped out several times, which has blocked all the sea areas, and it is hard to imagine what a terrifying force it will be if it is a pirate." ”

"It's not all annihilated." At this time, Jessica, who had been standing at the desk, opened the folder in her hand, "On October 17, 307 year of the world calendar, the kingdom sent warships to the target sea area for the third time to investigate the cause of the shipwreck, the same situation as the previous two times, after entering the dense fog range of Ghost Island, the three warships sent all lost contact, until seven days later, a fisherman on the west coast rescued a sailor on the shore, and it was confirmed that it was one of all the sailors who lost contact seven days ago. When he woke up, he covered his ears as if he had gone mad, looked around in horror, and kept repeating two words in his mouth—"Jessica looked up, and the lenses reflected colorful light," the Kraken. ”

"Kraken? Does it refer to the demon beast species in the sea? Huo Xiqian rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked.

"Almost certainly not." Jessica said, "Although there have been many cases of demon beasts attacking merchant ships in the past, it is rare for shipwrecks to occur, because those merchants will ask professional sea hunters to escort their merchant ships, and as for the demon beasts to sink the kingdom's warships, the possibility is even more remote." And, most importantly, the wreckage of those shipwrecks has not been found so far, as if they did not sink to the bottom of the sea but disappeared out of thin air, I don't think it is possible for the demon beast species to swallow the entire ship into their stomachs. ”

"However, if that sea area has been blocked a long time ago, then why do you want to mention that island again more than ten years later?" Luo Xiaoxue, who had not spoken, asked.

"Because after the blockade of the sea area, there are still merchant ships sinking in that sea," Luo Binbin said in a deep voice, "Every year, but because it is an illegal voyage, it has been suppressed and not announced." ”

"If it's blocked, why are there still merchant ships sailing there?" Dieying was puzzled.

"It must be the official who bought off the sea." Qi Yue said, "I just don't know why those merchants have to cross that sea at the risk of sinking ships." ”

"Because of interests." Jessica said, "That sea area has the most convenient sea route for trade with neighboring countries, if you bypass this sea area, then the time for merchant ships to go back and forth will be extended by nearly half a month, which is unacceptable to those merchants who regard time as money, so as long as there is a possibility of safe passage through that sea area, they are willing to take this risk, at most invite more escort sea hunters, the money for the hunters is completely negligible compared to the money they lose by detouring." ”

"So they don't care about the safety of those crews?" Dieying puffed up and said, "What a bunch of big bad guys!" ”

"So our mission this time is to escort a certain merchant ship?" Bingchen said, "But we don't have experience in escorting ships at sea." ”

"Of course not, I'm not going to let you go to work for those bastards who value their money." Luo Binbin snorted coldly, but then he paused for a few seconds, his gaze swept over everyone again, and then he seemed to make a difficult decision, and let out a long sigh, "But your mission this time is much more dangerous than escorting those merchant ships, because what you have to do is to land on that island of death!" ”