#24. Emperor squid

It was obviously a joy for a girl to change her clothes and be bumped into by a man, but on Lena and Ballard's body, Heine just saw such a scene.

Ballard threw his clothes down on the bed without changing his face, saw the bedding that was wet by Lena, and threw her aside in disgust.

When Lina's state of water hibiscus did not exist, she packed up her bedding and turned to leave.

When I came to the door of the room, I left a word.

"Wash your own clothes after you change them."

Ballard's indifference shook Heine's heart.

But even more shocking is yet to come.

Hearing Ballard's message, the corners of Lena's mouth twitched and she raised her middle finger at the door.

"I didn't wash it myself."

Then a new pair of high heels flew in from outside the door, and the two shoes smashed into Lena's chest one after another, and the two muffled "bang" sounds hit Heine's soul directly.

- What a solid chest......

It was also by virtue of this movement that Heine finally recovered from the shock.

Seeing that Lena was slowly preparing to take off the last piece of clothing to cover her shame, she immediately covered her eyes and turned around.

"Wait! I'm still here, hey! ”

Hurriedly ran out of the room and closed the door, and heard the sound of changing clothes from inside, so he leaned against the door with a long sigh of relief.

"Actually, you don't have to be so surprised, she used to run around in a pair of underwear on the floatboat, and she got used to it when she saw more."

“……”

Suddenly, Heine became interested in the daily thieves of the former Dream Halberd.

After explaining to Heine, Ballard returned to the deck.

At this time, Captain Fisher had regained most of his former momentum, and stood on the high platform in high spirits, looking in the direction of progress with a telescope.

Sensing that the new owner was back here, he hurried to meet him.

Words of thanks for the opportunity to sail were necessary, but Ballard wasn't interested in his thanks, and he was now somewhat concerned about why Fisher was so excited.

The legend of "Poseidon's Wrath" alone, he didn't think it would make Fisher have such a big reaction.

Knowing Ballard's thoughts, Fisher spread out the charts, smiled heartily, and pointed to one of the sections of the route.

"I don't know why you're going to the far sea, sir, but at the current pace, at dusk, the Pioneer will be able to reach the first interesting area."

"Oh?"

Fisher's words succeeded in piquing Ballard's interest.

"Interesting area? How so? ”

The smile didn't shrink in the slightest, but Fisher's voice was lowered in response to the question.

"In areas that are recognized as accident-prone areas, anything can happen, such as being overturned by a sudden wave or being attacked by a huge sea monster."

“……”

To be honest, Ballard didn't really think much else when deciding on the route, but only made two considerations:

The first is the problem of supplies, and he believes that if he stops at the island, he should be able to replenish some supplies.

The second is that they have been on the ship, even the old crew will have a depression-like situation when they do not land on their feet for a long time, which can be regarded as a kind of adjustment.

As a result, Fisher had only said that the road he had to take was a danger zone, and he felt that the only thing he could do now was to change his course again.

"Is it too late to change lanes?"

"If you want to challenge the sea during the storm season, it's still too late."

It was obvious that Fisher was not joking, but rather a little anticipatory to Ballard's decision to put the Trail Blazers up against the rough seas.

It's as if he'd rather face the sea during the storm season than the eerie danger zone.

With a sigh of madness, Ballard asked questions about the danger zone.

"Since Mr. Captain would say that, it must have been the experience of navigating this place safely, is there anything we need to pay attention to?"

Nodding, Fisher pulled something resembling a cross from his pocket.

"Pray that nothing happens."

“……”

Lina, who had changed into clean clothes and came to the deck with Heine, happened to hear the conversation between the two.

The former looked at Lena worriedly, while the latter responded to her with a casual look.

"Oh, if you encounter a monster or something, just blow it up."

Well, casual to sensational.

"Be honest with me!"

Lina's words couldn't be silenced, so Ballard immediately scolded her when he heard it.

Of course, Lena's response was the peacock opening of Shame Lem, and Heine didn't quite understand why Ballard was scolding Lina at first.

After all, no matter how scary it is, Lina's way of dealing with it is relatively appropriate.

Until she saw the picture of Lena really going to fry seafood with a spell.

A large amount of seawater was instantly evaporated into water vapor by the explosion of the spell, and it took half an hour for the thick water vapor that permeated the hull around the hull to completely blow it away.

The waves shook the huge hull of the Pioneer as if it were in the middle of the waves, and the terrifying shaking amplitude made Heine not hesitate to believe that if the seafood was fried using Lina's most common spell, it would definitely create a huge wave that would overturn the Pioneer.

No wonder Mr. Ballard scolded her.

Tugging hard at an octopus tentacle as thick as herself, she nibbled on the ripe part as she said to Heine.

"I don't have the strength to see it...... Come and help pull it up. ”

"Oh...... Oh! ”

Running to her side and tugging the tentacle upwards with all her might, Lena nodded in satisfaction, then let go and walked over to Ballard.

"Wait...... Ahh——!hhh ”

By the time Ballard went to sea for the second time to catch Heine, Lena had already started grilling squid whiskers with the crew.

Confirming that Heine was not yet drowning, Ballard picked up Lena and opened his mouth to scold.

"I didn't say it, so you should be honest!"

Turning her face to the side, Lena pretended that she hadn't heard anything.

If Lena could be obedient, the people of the Dream Troupe would not have put the word "willful" on her so easily, and seeing that the lesson was fruitless, Ballard had no choice but to use the killer weapon he would only use when he had to.

"After solving the Leviathan, let's stop by the village, I remember that your brother and your sister miss you a lot."

Lena's body froze in mid-air at the word village, and Ballard mentioned her brother and sister again, and she trembled as if she had touched Pikachu.

The one when you put 100,000 volts.

The originally bright eyes also dimmed, and the whole body began to exude an aura of despair.

"Yes, there is something to say...... Don't mention those two people......"

This trick had been told to him by a former member of the group, Ballard had joined a little later in the previous generation, and it was not quite clear why Lena was so afraid of her brother and sister.

But what he could know was that as long as he mentioned those two people, Lena would be honest for at least half an hour.

It's the same as slimes' effect on older young women, and it's quite easy to use.

Bringing the honest Lena aside, Ballard was going to replace Captain Fisher, who was at the helm, with the idea of having something to eat with.

Before he could call Fisher, however, the captain rolled out of his steering position onto the deck after spotting the tentacle.

He stared at the tentacles that were eaten by large chunks with a shocked face, and only after a while did he whisper a word out of his throat.

"This, this...... Could it be ...... Emperor squid? ”

As he spoke, a low, whistle-like sound came from the direction of the sea.

At the same time, the observer standing on the mast also pointed down and let out a rapid shout.

"Down, down! Underneath the ship! ”

Boom!