The rain stopped, but the clouds did not clear, and the gray island was still cloudy.

On the beach, Akes helped carry his luggage and walked ahead, while Berryman followed closely with a wooden crutch.

"We're just leaving? Does the monster care? Berry Man was very unwilling, and the image of the massacre of the Mork people is still vivid.

"That monster can't be killed...... Unless you have a better way. Ax strode forward.

Berryman tightened his crutches, he lowered his head and clenched his teeth, but did not speak.

"What did the chief say to you?"

"Didn't say anything."

"Ax! Don't lie to me! Berryman raised his voice, "The Chief already knows that we let the monster out, and he used to live in the Institute, so he must know what we don't know!" Maybe he has a way to deal with monsters. ”

Ax stopped, and he looked back at Berryman, "You don't have to worry about that. ”

"I don't care what you call it!" Berryman shook off the canes in his hands and limped up.

He walked up to Ax, looking up at him a head taller than himself.

"Why the hell did I come all the way here!" Berryman pointed to the sea, "Merlin has disappeared at sea!" I brought it! I can't go back like this until I find out! ”

He pointed to the tribe again, "That monster killed your whole people!" It was me and you who put it out! ”

Ax didn't dare to look into Burryman's eyes, his fists clenched so tightly that even his nails sank into his flesh.

"How many corpses have we seen along the way? From Saka to the Institute, to the Tribe, those innocent lives, don't you hear them crying? We're going to do something for the dead. Berryman calmed down, "We can't just leave, we can't. ”

Akers let out a long sigh, then he closed his eyes and shook his head heavily, and he said, "The chief has told me a lot ......"

He said he didn't blame us for trespassing on the institute. And let me send you back to the city in a good way. He also told me how to kill monsters. ”

"What is it?" Berryman asked.

"Dynamite." "The existence of this institute is top secret, and there is so much evidence in it," Akers said. Once someone else discovers, the self-destruct device can be activated to destroy the evidence. As long as the research institute is blown up, the monster will naturally not survive. ”

"Then how can you guarantee that the monster will definitely go back? It never came, how could it be back after waiting so many years to finally be free. Berryman was puzzled.

"Nope." "The chief told me that it can't stay out of the institute for too long, that it needs to suck in the gray mist to survive. The crater doesn't emit gray fog during the day, as you know. ”

"The gray fog gathers in the institute at night and doesn't disperse during the day, so it can't leave the institute for too long during the day."

"I see, then you are in such a hurry to send me on the ship, you don't want to solve it yourself, right?" Burriman stared at Axes with burning eyes.

"Your legs are like this, if you encounter a monster again, you won't be able to run away."

"I know, I'm a burden right now, but I can always help, right?" Burriman said, with a look of supplication in his eyes.

Arks knew that Berryman would not stop there, so he had to agree for the time being, "Let's put our luggage on the boat first, with the luggage can be limited to mobility." ”

"Okay."

Seeing Berry Man limping, Ax had no choice but to help him on.

"What else did the chief say?" Berryman asked.

"He also said that this is the sin of the Mork nation."

"Sin? Why? ”

"Do you remember when the cruise ship encountered a storm at sea, 83 people died at the bottom of the sea?"

"Yes."

"The chief, who was on the same boat at the time, said that the 83 people had not fallen into the sea because of the storm, but had been killed."

"Killed? What's going on? Berryman's face was shocked.

"The chief was young at the time and didn't know what was going on, but he found out about it later......"

At that time, two countries discovered the gray fog, a gas that can make people sleepwalk, and they felt that if the gray fog could be used in the war, their country would definitely win the war.

Therefore, in order to collect the gray fog, the two countries reached an alliance, and each sent researchers to the gray Mu Island, a total of 114 of them, on the Blue Whale.

But the relationship between their alliance is as fragile as a piece of paper, and the country wants to monopolize the gray fog, so it orders the researcher to kill his colleagues abroad.

That night, the nation took advantage of the opportunity to kill foreign researchers, dump their bodies to the bottom of the sea, and falsely claim to have encountered a storm. But he also lost a lot, and only 31 people survived.

The remaining 31 people arrived at Gray Mu Island, when the crater of gray fog was not so big, and the gray fog was not large enough to spread to the entire island. They built this institute on top of the pit and slowly dug the pit to get more ash mist coming out.

Later, because of a leak of gray fog, the people in the institute contracted sleepwalking, they were scared, they sent out a distress signal, but no one responded at all.

Some of them wanted to leave Grey Mul Island, but they found that those who left had drowned in the sea and their bodies washed back on the island, but only one person actually left, and she was Vier, Ax's grandmother.

They thought they must have suffered retribution, and the 83 people they killed on the ship turned into ghosts and cursed the sea, so that they could not leave the place even if they died. Just when they were desperate, Weier was sent back because of the state's forced arrangement.

They discovered that the reason Vale was able to leave safely was because she was wearing a sapphire pendant. They all want to snatch it up.

Hakhaton (Ax's grandfather) was murdered while protecting his wife and children, and Vile was killed, only Ax's mother escaped.

Later, a monster crawled out from under the giant crater and killed many people, and the survivors locked the monster in the research institute and became the Mork people who lived here.

And the Mork nation has a mission since then - not to let the monster leave the institute.

"I can't imagine that you Mork people are the descendants of the 31 people who survived." Berryman sighed.

Are there really dead souls in this world?

Can their resentment curse the entire sea?

Burriman didn't know, all he knew was that the secret of the island's curse had been solved, but the Mork nation had come to an end.

"It's just a nation of sin." Akers pointed to the white yacht docked on the shore, "Here we are." ”

They got on the boat and put their luggage on the boat, and Ax checked the boat, but luckily there was enough gas to get back to the city.

"Where is the self-destruct device activated? How long does it have to delay before it explodes? Berryman asked.

"Probably...... You'll have five more minutes to leave the institute. Right on the main console, I can see if it's back at the institute by monitoring it. Akers used "I" instead of "we."

"Then let's go and blow that beast up to the sky!" Burriman said.

"Wait a minute, that monster needs to stay in the institute for a long time. I haven't slept all night, I'm a little tired, so let's sit down and rest. Akers sat down on the edge of the ship's railing, his legs out of the railing, and a tired smile on his face.

"It's fine." He also sat down, in fact, he was already exhausted, and he hadn't closed his eyes once since he entered the institute.

Berryman turned his head to look at Ax beside him, and saw that he was staring at the sea in a trance, letting the wind blow his hair up.

In an instant, I realized that the man in front of me was carrying so much, he was carrying the hope of the Mork nation, the lives of tourists, and the responsibility of protecting Berryman.

Burriman remembered that he had imposed the tourist's death on Axes, but he knew that the tourist's death was not caused by Ax.

He wanted to apologize to Arkes, but he couldn't open his mouth, and the word apology seemed a little difficult for him to say. But he was sure that he would never do such a thing to Akers again in the future, and he felt some regrets.

Perhaps Berry Man hadn't realized that Ax had unknowingly become his comrade-in-arms and had saved his life.

Although Akers is informal and usually loves to laugh, he is actually very delicate in his heart, and he is used to hiding his sadness behind laughter.

He looked at the lifeless sea and smiled, his gaze crossed the cursed sea, to a sunny beach, where his parents, Asuna, and their Mork people, each with a smile on their faces.

"Did you bring a camera?" Ax stood up from the deck.

"Brought it, what's wrong?"

"Let's take a picture. Hey! Akers regained his usual smile, "Maybe once we get in, we'll have to live in the belly of a monster for the rest of our lives." ”

"Nonsense, our lives are hard."

Berryman stood up against the railing, took out his camera and fixed it on the table on the deck, setting a delay to take pictures.

He and Akers stood together, and a few seconds later, they "clicked" and finished taking pictures.

"It's almost time for us to go." Akes still looked at the sea, reluctant to pull his gaze away.

"Let's go!" Berryman turned, just about to walk under the boat.

Ax raised the butt of his rifle and knocked Berryman to the ground.

"I'm sorry, I can't let you accompany me to my death."

When Axes explained the timing of the detonation of the self-destruct device, he actually lied.

This self-destruct device was activated at one point, and when the chief wanted to blow up the institute when he was younger, he activated the device.

The power of the explosion was so powerful that it could affect the tribe and even blow up a corner of the island. He has a wife and children on the island, and he has a clan on the island, and he can't be ruthless.

He turned off the self-destruct device when he was about to explode with 10 seconds left, but before the alarm could be turned off, he turned off the electric switch.

This would explain why the sirens went off when they powered the institute.

That is, the current self-destruct device, its explosion time is only 10 seconds!

No one can escape the institute from the main console in 10 seconds!

And the last task given to Ax by the chieftain, and the last mission of the Mork nation, was to activate the self-destruct device of the Institute.

Akers walked up to the camera, picked up the photo he had just printed out and looked at it, "I'm still more handsome." He smiled, and he smiled more than ever.

……

"Boom!"

A loud bang woke Burryman, and he crawled to his feet feeling groggy in his head.

He saw a mushroom cloud set off on the gray island in front of him, and the ship had already opened, and the explosion caused a strong wind to blow from the island, pushing the boat quickly.

For a moment he understood what was happening, and he trembled and held on to the railing to the stern.

"Why! Why! ”

Burriman's eyes were red, and his whole body was like a broken marionette, and he sat on the ground, and the raging fire on the island seemed to burn his heart.

At this time, the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, revealing the blue sky behind them. The sun has come out after a long absence, and the warm sunlight is shining on the sea, sparkling.

He found that he was wearing an Ax sapphire pendant around his neck, which glistened golden in the sun.

The ship sailed on its own, carrying him a little bit away from the island.

Next to the camera, Burriman found a photograph of them together.

In the picture, they are in the background of the sea, and Ax is smiling with his arm on Burriman's shoulder, his thick arm almost crushing Burriman.

They look like two brothers.

Berryman smiled, for the second time he laughed.

"In the end, you saved my life." Berryman looked up at the warm sun and said:

"Thank you."