After receiving Ding Ding's approval, Edward's mood was unusually cheerful for the past two days.

When the mood is good, the appetite will naturally be opened, so Edward remembered the big octopus in the space.

"! Forgot about it again. Once again, Edward scrambled to release the large octopus from the space.

After a walk-through rescue, the giant octopus opened its gong-like eyes.

"Woo~" The big octopus let out a mournful roar, and its body shrank back like lightning.

"Don't be afraid, little girl. I'm just collecting a little bit of food, and it won't hurt. Edward closed his large pincers in the tone of a fairy-tale standard big bad wolf.

"Woo......" The big octopus let out another mournful roar, slid its tentacles, turned its head and began to run away.

"Hmph, I'm in charge of my territory. I'd like to see where you can get on my ghost ship. Edward snorted coldly, not in a hurry to catch up. Instead, he stood in place, clasped his chest with his pincers, and quietly watched the big octopus escape.

"Whoa... "There was a sound of water waves in my ears, and there was a lot of water vapor in the air. Only then did the big octopus realize that he was actually in a big boat.

Instinctively, it reversed course and quickly moved towards the side of the ship.

Closer, closer...

Based on the growing sound of the water and the wetter air, the big octopus judged that this was not its own hallucination.

Soon, a wide river unfolded before its eyes.

"Whew~" The big octopus let out a roar, which was a cry of hope.

Its eight tentacles shrank and flicked, and its entire body flew towards the side of the ship like a cannonball.

Victory...... Just ahead!

"Bang!" The big octopus seemed to hit an invisible wall and stuck to it at once. Then it slid down the surface of the wall and back onto the deck.

The big octopus waved its tentacles and slapped the invisible barrier in front of it fiercely. Freedom that is one step away seems so far away to it.

"How can the super invincible defensive shield on my ship be broken through casually?" Behind the big octopus, the voice of the double-pincer demon came again.

After living there for so long, Edward, as the captain, has researched some new permissions, and the current force field shield is one of them. This is also the reason why Edward dared to let the big octopus escape casually. It can be said that as long as this force field defense is in place, the big octopus will never be able to escape from the range of the ghost ship.

As Edward approached, the big octopus decisively gave up the idea of breaking through the barrier to escape. It shifted and fled towards the stern of the ship.

"Run, run, I'm going to collect ingredients if I'm caught?" Edward followed unhurriedly. Anyway, no matter how much the big octopus escapes, it can't escape from his palm, and Edward thinks it's a fun pre-dinner game.

"Huh?" When Edward came to the stern of the boat slowly. As far as the eye can see, except for the dilapidated and decaying deck, the huge figure of the big octopus has disappeared without a trace.

"Humph! Don't think I won't be able to find you if you hide? Edward began to search the entire ghost ship.

The bow, stern, deck, cabin, and aisle, Edward searched one by one, layer by layer, but never found any trace of the big octopus.

Again, twice, three times, Edward searched the ship. He didn't notice that there was an extra pair of gong eyes on the mainsail of the hull.

"Impossible! I've searched all the places, where else can I hide? Edward stood in the center of the hull, wondering where there was anything missing.

A breeze blew, and the canvas above his head shook. What seemed to be the rope that had been held in place suddenly loosened, and the whole canvas fell to him like a dark cloud.

"Smack!" The canvas slapped on the deck along with Edward.

After a few seconds, the canvas changed from grayish white to the same black-gray as the deck, and then the entire canvas shrank inward, returning to its octopus form.

Before Edward could react, the large octopus leaped forward and continued its escape.

I don't know if it's because I've been hanging on the mast for too long pretending to be a sail, but this time the big octopus moves much slower, and it looks like it's weak in action.

The big octopus felt that his physical strength was rapidly draining, and his whole body was becoming weaker and weaker. It burrowed into the cabin and continued to sneak deeper. He now desperately needed to find a safe place to hide and rest for a while to regain his strength.

The big octopus took refuge in a small storage room at the end of the boat, and the small space was filled with its body. It hooked its tentacles around the handle and quietly closed the door......

Edward searched all the way and soon came to this level of the cabin at the bottom of the ship.

As room after room went from room to room, Edward's patience was being worn out.

"! Where did you hide this time? He casually opened the door to the last storage room.

"I'll go!" The scene in front of him startled Edward.

I saw the big octopus curled up in the storage room, his eyes closed. The exposed epidermis is loose and folded, like the skin of an old man in his last years. The exterior color is no longer the same brown and black as the storage room, but grayish, revealing a smell of death.

"Wake up, don't you die!" Edward hurriedly took out two bottles of moon well water, and before he could pour them into the mouth of the big octopus, he poured directly on it.

"! I forgot that the mayor once said that it was a ship of the dead. All living beings who come up to the ship will be sucked into life by the hull and become part of the ship. ”

"Hopefully, it's still too late." Edward took out two bottles of moon well water again and poured them into the mouth of the large octopus.

Moon well water is worthy of being a miracle medicine to replenish vitality, and the effect of the medicine will begin to take effect after a while.

The skin of the giant octopus became tense again, its color changed from gray to brown and black, and its two gong-sized eyes opened again.

"Let you run, fortunately, I came in time to finally get you back. I've worked so hard, it's not too much to ask you to make a barbecue with one tentacle! Edward spat casually.

Unexpectedly, the big octopus trembled and stretched out a tentacle, and covered his eyes with the other two tentacles.

"Huh! You understand what I'm saying? Edward was taken aback.

The big octopus removed the tentacles from its eyes slightly, glanced at Edward, nodded, and covered its eyes again.

"Edward......" Edward looked at the stout tentacle in front of him, which was big enough for him to eat two takoyaki meals, and he couldn't get down for a while. His pliers opened and closed, opened and closed, but could not be cut.

"Damn, don't eat it, don't eat it." Edward said indignantly, "If you don't take it back, I'll change my mind if I don't take it back!" ”

The big octopus swooped and withdrew its tentacles.

Just as Edward was stunned, several tentacles were gently wrapped around his back. The big octopus was already prostrate on the ground, rubbing Edward's pincers with its big head.

"Alright, alright, stop making trouble." Edward nudged the big octopus's head twice, and his mood suddenly improved again.

"I declare that you will henceforth be the first mate of my ship. It's called... It's called... It's called a scarf wearer. ”