Chapter 229: The feeling of being spied on
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The northwest wind in the winter was still very violent, blowing cold on Luca's face, but the cold was much less moderate than before the solar crisis was resolved, and it was no longer the kind of cold wind that was like being cut through the skin by a knife, but it just sent the Silent Death forward quickly on the sea.
As soon as it entered the Sunset Sea, the figure of the shrimp appeared not far away, and it jumped happily on the surface of the sea, splashing almost to the height of the fifth deck. If it weren't for the cold, Lukka would have wanted to swim with him for a while.
By the time the Silent Death returned to Tata Island, time had entered the new year.
New Year's celebrations are quite a grand event even in pirate territory. However, by the time Lukka landed at the docks, the activities had long since ended, and he could only tell from the colorful ribbons that had not had time to clean the streets that he had not had time to clear a few days ago.
Kate hurried to the docks to greet her, the Sunset Islands' communications were all delivered by manpower, Lukka and the others couldn't make a phone call to inform them in advance, and the pirates on the island only learned that their lord had returned after the Silent Death appeared in sight.
"Is everything alright?" Lukka said, leading the group towards the lord's quarters.
"There's nothing unusual on the island, but there's a lot to report to you in the past two months. Kate replied as she walked.
"A lot of things, it should be about the war, right?" Lukka predicted that a lot could happen in two months for the war going on.
"Part yes, and some of the trivia on the island. But first of all, I want to congratulate you, that crisis was solved so beautifully!" Kate suddenly stopped and bowed slightly.
"yes, especially the last wave of diamond skins, it's a stroke of genius!" Gray chimed in.
"Why are you here?" Lukka realized that he had been following everyone all along.
"Why can't I be here? The position you promised me is the secretary of the port, how can I work without being here?" replied Gray, as if he had no idea that the other party already knew his identity as a spy.
In his opinion, since Lukka didn't poke the matter out in the first place, he would definitely not expose it on the street now.
"No, how do you know about diamond skins?" Lukka really considered throwing this guy into a cell now.
"Not only do I know, but the daily newspaper of Sunset Express is clearly written, but I also want to ask, did you bring the reporter with you?" Gray asked very seriously, and it didn't seem like a fake.
Naturally, Lukka wouldn't trust a spy who had been lurking on the island for years, and he turned his attention to Kate.
Kate nodded: "The daily newspaper on December 26 last year added four pages to describe in detail the process of your handling of the solar crisis, but I don't know if it's true or not. ”
"Where's the newspaper?" Lukka tensed.
"I've put one on the table in your study, and I'll see it when I get back to the station. Kate pointed ahead.
Lukka raised his head only to realize that he had been chatting all the way, and he was now less than thirty meters away from the lord's residence.
At the end of the road, the lord's residence was already very different from when he left.
Although the explosion was quite loud, the station was one of the strongest structures on the island, and the overall structure was not too damaged.
Now, the rooms on the third floor that were blown away have been restored, and the entire building is basically intact, except for the slightly different colors of the newly built stone bricks and tiles.
Lukka walked straight to the study on the second floor, which was barely indistinguishable from before the explosion, the cabinets that had been knocked to the ground had been lifted up and laid out as they were, and the decorations that had fallen to the ground in the explosion had been replaced with new ones.
He sat down behind his desk and reached for the daily newspaper that Kate had mentioned.
Originally, Lukka thought that the report in the daily newspaper was only because someone saw the sun return to its original state, and knew that he was dealing with the matter, based on the legend of Crimson Shadow in the archipelago for the past two years.
The spell of diamond skin is not a new thing, many people have seen him use it, and it is normal to write it in it.
But after Lukka read the four pages of the text from beginning to end, he felt a chill behind him.
"What?" asked Ollie with concern.
"See for yourself. Lukka handed over the newspaper.
"It's like they've been following us all the time!" Ollie read it, then passed the newspaper to the others.
"At this level, if you go to be a spy, you must be much better than that sloppy ghost!" Daniel said after reading it.
"Can you see me here?" "That sloppy ghost," Gray muttered quietly, "if you want me to say, it is possible that someone inside you revealed this, and maybe I'm not the only spy!"
Lukka said without hesitation: "Impossible. ”
"Even if they wanted to get the word out, they wouldn't have a chance to leave the ship!" shut up, not disagreeing with Luca this time.
Lukka pondered for a moment, then looked up and said, "I think that the stag that didn't get the message may have something to do with this report." But it's not easy to judge right now, it's just a very bad feeling, as if we were being watched from the beginning. ”
"yes!" said him by shutting up over his shoulder, "and I didn't even let go of such a trivial thing as me stuffing peanut shells in your drawer!"
"You still have the face to say!" Lukka shoved the parrot off his shoulder, "it's useless to be anxious now, everyone knows the source of this newspaper, let's go back to the port of sails." ”
"Are you leaving now?" asked Kate, "there's a lot going on this island." ”
"Don't be in a hurry in the next day or two, after the matter here is dealt with, has the situation of the war changed?" Lukka said, taking a war briefing from Kate.
"So far, the information we have received is basically the same as your judgment. Captain Haken has been harassing the Imperial Navy according to your plan," Kate said, glancing at the calendar on the wall, "In the next day or two, he will return to Hong Kong to resupply, do you want to see him before leaving?"
"Yes. Lukka nodded, "Oh yes, there's one more thing. Ask Captain Marlowe of the Senate to come over, and I have something to ask him about. ”
Kate was stunned for a moment and replied, "Captain Marlowe? He's not on this island right now." ”
"What? where can he run away when he's so old?" Lukka shut up before he could say anything.