There was no special reaction to the sudden change of plans. Anyway, it's a run, and it's not the same anywhere. Only Kokozakura complained that the clothes she had prepared were not enough. She had just recovered from her injuries and was still relatively weak. Worried that the cold environment of Ezo would make her unbearable.

However, between everyone's gossip, the passenger ship has become farther and farther from the shore. Gradually, there was only an endless sea in sight. At this time, I noticed that the sun, which was originally on the right side of the boat, gradually shifted from the back to the left side of the boat. The passenger ship quietly changed course and continued to sail in the direction of Sado Island.

"Ao Zhen, you lied to us!" I grabbed Ao Zhen's neck.

"Go, go!" Ao Zhen pushed me away, "That's what Professor Yuan originally arranged. ”

Everyone was very happy to learn that they didn't have to go to Ezo again. However, I don't think much of Kumi Hara's hollowing out arrangement. With so many people acting together, can they really hide their whereabouts?

The passenger ship is all black, even the sails. It is much smaller than the Tokai passenger ship and the academy boat I took last year. There were also only five or six crew members of the Aquarium. And according to my spiritual sense, their spiritual power level is not high, and they are on par with Shinichi and Aoi.

It seems that if we really encounter a storm shipwreck or a kraken attack, except for Ao Zhen, the rest of us will probably have to feed the fish.

I'm really afraid of something. We had a storm that day. Heavy clouds covered the sun, rain poured down, and the waves, higher than the bow of the ship, crashed directly into the cabin. Wet all our clothes.

We were all very nervous, but Ao Zhen remained calm and repeatedly reassured us that we were okay. As for those crews, apparently these have long been commonplace.

The storm lasted for a day and two nights. When we saw the sun again, we were more than halfway there. We forgot for a moment the horror of the day before and began to frolic on the deck again.

"What's that?" Airi asked suddenly.

We followed the direction of her finger and saw a strange surge on the surface of the sea hundreds of feet away on the port side. I spread out my spiritual sense, and immediately I spotted a huge cloud of spiritual light and shadow beneath the waves.

The light was like a water serpent, or a clawless dragon, but the head seemed to have a lot of forks. What exactly is this?

"Arri, can you find out?"

"I can't find it." She replied, "My spiritual sense can't reach that far. ”

I hurried to find Ao Zhen. She only glanced in the direction of the surge, and immediately frowned. "What is this?"

When the captain on the side saw it, his expression immediately became solemn.

"Look, it's coming this way!" One of the crew shouted.

I saw that the surge was getting closer and closer, and it was a hundred feet away.

"Yaki Orochi!" Airi exclaimed.

"According to Miss Nezha's description just now, it's the Yaqi Snake!" The captain said in a stiff Toei language.

The whole ship was nervous. I saw the surge circling dozens of feet away from the right side of the boat. We stared at the surface of the sea, and although we saw the great light and shadow, our eyes did not see anything below the surface.

Seeing the surge go farther and farther, the captain breathed a sigh of relief. "If it wasn't for the Seventh Princess on the boat just now, I'm afraid our boat would have capsized!"

We all looked at the captain. He explained: "It's still a baby snake. He must have detected the breath of a dragon on the ship, so he didn't dare to act rashly. ”

We all relaxed. I asked, "But why can't we see him?" Is this Yaki Orochi invisible? ”

"It's not." Airi said, "The body of the Yaki Orochi was originally like water. He is born of the sea. ”

"Transfiguration?" I've heard of this argument, but I've never understood what it means. "Isn't he a dragon?"

Ao Zhen looked at me, "The dragon clan is the result of the transformation of the aura between heaven and earth. Have you ever seen an animal without spiritual powers look like a dragon? ”

After more than half a day, we finally arrived in Sado and stayed at the Whale Sea Dragon Clan Hall by the harbor.

The hall wasn't big, but it looked empty. The few aquarists in the hall were all in a hurry. There was an eerie tension everywhere.

During Ao Zhen's conversation with the head of the hall, we walked around the courtyard. Saw that there was no one in most of the rooms. Aside from the aquarium in the clubhouse, we are the only residents.

The comptoir was also empty, even more bleak than when we passed through it last year.

"What's going on?" Shinzakura asked, "Is something wrong?" ”

After a while, Ao Zhen came out of the steward's room, her brows slightly furrowed. "The chief manager just told me that recently, the Yaqi Great Snake Yuan Lu Zhi clan has repeatedly appeared in the area of the Gaozhi coast, and from time to time they have come ashore to harass them. And Sado Island is only 100 miles from the shore. In order to prevent the recurrence of the looting of Oki Island by the Yaki Orochi clan more than ten years ago, the Dragon King of the Whale Sea evacuated most of the water tribes in the guild hall. ”

"The manager advised us to leave the island as soon as possible. If you stay, try not to stay in the Dragon Clan Hall. When the Yaki Orochi attacked, the sea would suddenly swell. The low places will inevitably be lost. We'd better find a place on higher ground. ”

"It's over! The Dragon Hall can't live anymore. Shinichi said, "So where do we live?" Do you live in a Ezo family? ”

"The people of Ezo don't necessarily have a place to live." Ao Zhen said, pointing to the mid-mountain not far away, "There is an abandoned castle of the Gaozhi people. The Dragon Hall uses it as a reserve place. Let's go there! ”

We walked through the islanders' villages and saw that everything was as usual. The mood gradually relaxed. Maybe it's just a false alarm?

From the foot of the hill, you will soon come to the abandoned castle. Although the castle looks very dilapidated from the outside, it is still very neat from the inside. There is a large atrium, and there are some small rooms. The castle is not guarded by the water tribes of the Dragon Clan, but by two local islanders who are hired. Fortunately, they were all able to speak the Yamato language.

I walked up to a huge window in the atrium (more like a large door hole to be exact). Outside, there is a large stretch of beach with a steep slope. This side of the castle is located on top of the cliff, which is completely integrated with the cliff.

I climbed the steps and jumped out. In a few breaths, it flew above the beach and back to the top of the castle.

From above, the island is much larger than it seems, but the islanders are mostly concentrated in a small lowland area that connects the two mountains.

The two islanders in the castle prepared us with a bunch and plenty of food. Fall asleep listening to the sound of the waves outside every night. Although the living conditions are not very good, if you don't live for a long time, you still feel very comfortable.

Nothing happened for a few days. We have visited almost every village between the two mountains. Aoi and Shinichi are two Yamato people who have collected a large bag full of various crafts made by the locals.

"When will I be able to go back?" One day, Aoi finally couldn't help but ask.

No one could answer her, but everyone's faces showed varying degrees of anxiety. Since leaving Dewa, we have severed all contact with the land.

Ao Zhen went to the Dragon Clan Hall these days, and he didn't find any news about the war between Izuwa and Izumo. Even our biggest opponent at the moment, Yuan Lu Zhi, who is close at hand, has not made any moves.

On this day, as soon as we returned from outside, we saw a few local islanders waiting by the castle in relatively elaborate clothes (with more feathers on their heads than others).

Seeing us return, several islanders stepped forward and bowed in local etiquette. We also hurry up and return the gift.

Two people in the castle hurriedly stepped forward to introduce us: "These are the elders of the tribe. They were commanded by the High Priest to come and ask for advice from guests from afar. ”

We were confused. So two people from the castle acted as interpreters for us.

The elder asked, "Is there a princess from afar among the guests?" ”

We looked at each other. Airi's identity is confidential. It must not be made public. So Ao Zhen said: "I am Ao Zhen, the seventh princess from the Dragon Clan of the East China Sea. Is the elder asking me? ”

The elder shook his head and turned his gaze to a few of us, "The priest is talking about a Terran princess from afar. ”

"Then there won't be!" I say.

The elder came up to me and looked me up and down. Suddenly asked, "Miss is the queen of the sea god Susanoo?" ”