"You're lucky not to be drowned!" Luca had seen the kind of fishing boat that Phil mentioned, not to mention the storm, even the turning waves on the shore, which were not easy for the kind of small wooden boats to deal with. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Phil lowered his head, as if he still had lingering on the storm, and after a long while, he calmed down again and continued:

"It was indeed fortunate that after the fishing boat was torn apart by the waves, I tied myself to a plank with Linde, and after only one day at sea, I came across a merchant ship. ”

"The men on the merchant ship rescued us, and although what we said was completely unreasonable, they didn't have much doubt. It's normal for a fool and a ten-year-old child to probably not be able to say anything. ”

"When it came time to change out of wet clothes, I realized my biggest mistake. The growth inhibitors I brought out of the lab, I put them in glass bottles and hid them in the innermost pocket of my clothes. After a long day of wind and waves, all the bottles had been broken, and there was not a single one left. ”

"Most of those inhibitors went into the ocean, and the rest of the small part was probably absorbed by my skin, and I didn't realize the effect of these agents on me until two years later, when someone noticed that I hadn't grown at all, and I realized it. ”

"After we were rescued by the merchant ship, we disembarked on a small island far from Sword and Spear Island, and with Linde's strength and the knick-knacks I made, we were able to make do with a meal. ”

"But I haven't grown up since, and Linde has grown too fast without inhibitors - you know, when I took him out of the lab, he was about your size, but he wasn't even a year old. ”

"We had to change islands every two years. The frequent changes of locations made Linde very anxious, and I had to exchange all the money I earned for various herbs, most of which were used to calm his spirits. ”

Ten years later, his height finally stopped increasing and his mood stabilized. It's a good thing he didn't look like a real giant - I haven't seen a real giant either, but in those books, they say they're over five meters tall, which is an exaggeration, right?"

"Even though we kept changing places, life was much better, but honestly, it was really tiring not to have a stable place to live. ”

"Six years ago, Linde and I came to Huifan Harbor, and I really wanted to give myself a punch: why didn't I find that place earlier? In Huifan Harbor, not to mention that you won't grow up, even if you have six arms, no one will trouble you, for us at that time, it was simply heaven!"

"But once the days are comforted, they can make people have unrealistic illusions. I thought that if I could get my own laboratory out, not as complete as the Imperial Laboratory, as long as I could have some equipment and study it, maybe Linde's intelligence could return to normal, and maybe even reverse the effect of growth inhibitors in my body. ”

"But it requires a lot of silver, and the little money I've saved over the years is not enough to see. So I managed to become a gull for Sunset Express, of course, not for that salary, although it was not very small, but it was still too far from the number I needed. ”

"Once you enter Sunset Express, you will be exposed to a lot of valuable information. Although according to the rules, I can't get past them and exchange this information for money, but they don't prohibit me from using this information to do some business. ”

"The cotton production here is reduced, the grape harvest is abundant, and this kind of information is not worth much, but as long as you make some investment based on this information, you can make a lot more money than I can make in the tavern. ”

"Why don't you ask me why I'm not in the potion business? No kidding, the personal imprint of what I make is so obvious that once the Imperial Laboratory gets it, it's easy to guess that it's from me, and I haven't sold much in total over the years. ”

"It's probably because the quiet days have passed for too long that I let my guard down. For thirty years, the Aurora Kingdom, and later the Empire, had not been able to find me, and I thought they had forgotten about it. So when Sunset Express sent me to Yato Island, I didn't even think about it. ”

"But I didn't expect that the Imperial Laboratory had already known about my whereabouts and Linde's whereabouts, and they didn't do anything, just because I had been staying in Huifan Harbor. ”

"Not long after I arrived on Al Tow Island, the Empire's envoy followed, along with a reply email from Sunset Express headquarters. They proved through official channels that the information I registered with Sunset Express was all fake, so the headquarters had removed me from the Yougull, and in this imperial territory, as long as the director of the store nodded, they could attack me at any time. ”

"The director didn't get that reply, and stole it out as soon as it was delivered. It would only take a few days, but I thought it would be enough time difference for me to find a boat and run to another island. ”

"I probably didn't run for my life for so long that I forgot the most important details. They really didn't dare to attack me without the permission of Sunset Express, but Linde didn't get this kind of shelter, and he was taken that night. ”

"Well, if you are a little smarter than Linde, you can just think about it and you will know how they found me. ”

At this, Phil couldn't stop pounding the table.

Lukka grabbed him by the arm, stopping him from hurting the Silent Death—Daniel's face had become less pretty.

"Did Linde's size remind them?" Luca guessed.

"Of course not! Although Linde is big, but not to that extent, some normal people can grow to more than two meters! Moreover, when I was leaving, I destroyed all the information about him in the laboratory, and they couldn't tell if Linde was the half-giant who ran away. ”

Phil suddenly raised his head and stared at Lukka solemnly.

"Captain Lester, you leaked Linde's whereabouts and me!"

"Hey, are you trying to slander again?" called Luca.

Phil didn't flinch at all, looked into Luca's eyes and said, "I've thought about it for a long time, and there is only one thing that can reveal my whereabouts: those smoke bombs I sold you!"

"But those smoke bombs, I used them against Black Sails, what does it have to do with the Empire?" Luca, of course, refused to admit it.

"Are you sure all those smoke bombs exploded? Even if they are all blown up, as long as someone picks up one or two pieces and sends them to the Imperial Laboratory for analysis, it is easy to determine who made them! What was the relationship between Black Sails and the Empire at that time, do you still need me to tell you?"

Lukka suddenly felt a little guilty, but after a few seconds, he immediately reacted:

"You still say that you are not a slanderer, and you didn't make the molten gold potion as well?"