Chapter Twenty-Six: The Bar with a View
β...... They are officially referred to as 'forsaken', but are often referred to as 'orphans'. Jiang Wei deliberately lowered her voice, sounding a little eerie in the long, narrow corridor.
Harris looked at both ends of the corridor, he knew that he was about to hear an unbelievable secret, he became nervous for a long time, and continued to look down at Jiang Wei, waiting for her to continue.
Jiang Wei continued: "This 'orphan' does not refer to those whose parents are dead, but to those who have been forgotten by their parents, they are forgotten by this world, at a special point in time, all the information about them, the memory of them will disappear, the 'forgotten' refers to the people who have been forgotten by this world, I believe you have carefully checked Sun An's information, you can't find his past, right? Everything you can find is re-established after he was forgotten, and those materials are not necessarily true." β
In other words, there is a group of people in the world who have no identity. Harris nodded, he didn't get Sun An's past on it, only his name, appearance, general physical characteristics, and how many bad things he had done in the past, which was enough to track him, but it was impossible to know him anyway.
"It's not who they are, it's that they all have a special ability, which is what people often call superpowers, and the kind of bubble you see is that person's ability. Jiang Wei said this, turning her head to look at the corridor behind her.
Quite a few crew members came this way, all coming out of the ballroom, ready to report to the captain.
The two stopped talking, and continued to walk forward with a tacit understanding, since they had been seen, then staying here and waiting for those crew members to come over and talk before talking, it was likely to be regarded as plotting something, it was better to deal with the captain's side first, and then find a place to talk slowly.
Harris was a little excited, he had seen the bubbles with his own eyes, he had experienced the corrosive power of the bubble liquid, the wounds on his hands were still hurting, the eroded hair was still falling, everything was so real, it was not a fantasy.
The bridge was busy, the ship was here, the first mate, the second officer, and the third officer had all left to deal with the problems of the ballroom, the crew was in and out, and the walkie-talkie was constantly ringing, and it was very lively.
Harris and Jiang Wei waited here for a while before the captain could pay attention to them.
Unexpectedly, the captain easily accepted Harris's statement,
"I only listened to some of them at first, and I didn't have time to listen after the power went out. The captain pulled an in-ear communicator out of his pocket.
This was one of the conditions he agreed to Harris for them to get on board, and he asked to listen to the task force's communications so that they could be stopped before they could do anything out of the ordinary, and Harris did not give him a microphone so that the team's communications would not be interfered with.
The captain's request is not difficult to understand, the situation is a bit complicated, the ship is Chinese, the port is in Africa, the action team is almost all Chinese, the time is pressing, in addition to the identity certificate, they have no documents, the captain called back to ask for instructions, and the reply was more vague, so he had to make his own decision.
Harris recounted what had happened in the ballroom and his statement, and to his surprise, the captain readily accepted the statement, and promised to communicate with the crew and passengers to avoid further trouble.
The commander breathed a deep sigh of relief, the captain was so open-minded, he saved him a lot of follow-up trouble, even if the mission failed - it seems that the probability of failure is very high at the moment - he would not quarrel with his superiors, let alone worry about the Minister of Defense calling him to "talk" again.
Next, they will continue to search for Sun An on the ship, but before that, Harris will continue to collect information from Jiang Wei.
As soon as the two of them left the bridge, they received a message from the team members that they had returned to the temporary headquarters, and also found the words that Sun An had left on the back door of the kitchen.
Harris thought about it, returned to Cambridge, and told the captain the news, suggesting that the captain withdraw all the people near the bar to avoid further casualties.
Then, they walked to the deck, where the sea breeze would blow away all their conversation, without worrying about anyone eavesdropping.
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At the same time, Liu Fei came to the corridor where the viewing bar was located.
There are still twenty minutes before Sun An's appearance time, Liu Fei plans to sit in the bar and wait, so as to wait for work, prevent Sun An from coming here in advance to do something, and also drink a little wine to pass the time.
There was no one in the hallway, deserted like a ghost ship, and the hull didn't creak like an old-fashioned wooden steamer, but the occasional strange noise was creepy.
The lights of the viewing bar were on, and the sign hanging on the door said "OPEN", but there was no one inside, Liu Fei looked inside through the window on the door for a while, and didn't find Sun An, so he pushed the door open.
"Dingβ"
The welcome bell rang at the door, crisp and pleasant, echoing through the empty bar.
The ship is medium-sized, not comparable to the city-like mega luxury cruise ship with an entire shopping street on board, with a bar on the lower level of the cafeteria, a duty-free shop and a small restaurant where you can order food.
The viewing bar is about more than 30 square meters, and the windows here are larger, so there is a layer of roller shutters used to protect it inside, which has been pulled down at this time, and the whole bar is closed, Liu Fei guessed that Sun An did this because he was worried that someone would sneak attack him from the window, so he didn't have to worry about Sun An sneaking up on him from the outside.
It's a fair battleground, at least as it seems.
After checking and finding nothing suspicious, Liu Fei walked into the bar in the corner and took a bottle of beer that had not been opened, so he would not get drunk and would not have to worry about Sun An being poisoned.
He didn't even touch the other wine.
Finding a safe corner to sit down, he blew out a bunch of bubbles and floated in front of him, took a sip of beer, and waited patiently at the hall door.
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Harris and Jiang Wei stopped at the same time, looking at Sun An who suddenly turned around the corner in front of them in surprise, motionless.
Sun An wore a set of pajamas stolen from nowhere, and looked like a patient wandering the hospital.
"It's easy to borrow and repay, and it's not difficult to borrow again. He walked over, smiled and pulled out the automatic pistol from behind his waist, pinched the barrel and handed it to Harris.
Harris took the gun, inserted it back into the holster under his armpit, and looked at Sun An vigilantly.
"Don't worry, it's not your turn yet, I have to go and get rid of that pump first, for the sake of you borrowing a gun for me, give you a suggestion, while there is still a chance, get off the boat, bring enough food and drink, find a lifeboat, leave now, there is a positioning system on the lifeboat, you can live, that is more important than anything else, see you later." After Sun An finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the viewing bar.
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