When you stand on the other side of the country of waves and look at the country of waves from afar, the first feeling you have is that this is a place full of ominous atmosphere.

A faint mist shrouded the entire island of the country of waves, and the scene of the port of the country of waves loomed even during the day.

Deeper on the island, a brick-red cylinder stood tall and billowing smoke from the cylinder.

Chimney...

Other than that, you won't be able to see more about the country without cutting it.

Jumping down the hillside, without delay, he went straight to the harbor to find the ship.

But when the portmen heard that they were going to go to the island of Ha no Kuni by boat, they all shook their heads and said that they couldn't go.

"Why can't you go?"

Zai Bu didn't wear the costume of a ninja in the fog hidden village, after all, it was easier to investigate the situation in the country of waves by hiding his identity, and he was wearing a very simple dress, with a square scarf covering his face.

"This..."The boatman looked at the young man in plain clothes in front of him and said, "You don't know yet, this sea area is full of sea devils." ”

"Sea Devils?"

"Shh

When he said these two words in a normal voice without hesitation, the boatman immediately made a silent gesture.

"Don't say it! It can be heard. ”

The boatman said, glancing at the water beside him, as if something in the water was listening to the conversation between the two of them.

"In that case, how dare you do the business of boating?" Zai Bu didn't discuss what the sea devil was, and directly asked what the problem was.

"This—" The boatman hesitated for a moment before saying, "You may not believe it, but the Sea Devil only attacks ships bound for the Land of Waves." ”

"If you're going somewhere else, I can give you a ride."

"But not that island!"

What the boatman said was categorical, as if there was no room for any negotiation, which made Zai Bu a little interested.

"What do you mean by attacking only ships bound for the land of waves?"

"It's literal, in short, it's not going, saying nothing about going, you don't have to say it anymore."

The boatman seemed to be afraid to talk about the sea devils on the beach, waved his hand, turned his head and went back to the cabin.

The other boatmen in the harbor all refused like this boatman, and there was no way, no choice but to go back to the town and inquire about other ways to land on the island.

...

In the tavern of the town, Zai Bu finally found a person who was willing to tell him the reason.

The man in front of him with a big beer belly, a brown waistcoat and a beard is the owner of a small town tavern.

He was not afraid of the sea devil, and even took the initiative to tell the outsider about the sea devil again.

"The appearance of the sea devil must have been more than a month ago, and since then, the boatmen who set off from here for the country of waves have either disappeared inexplicably or swam back like crazy."

"The crazy boatmen said that the sea devils had attacked their ships, and the news of the sea devils spread around the town."

"But I haven't seen a sea devil with my own eyes, and I don't think anyone living in the town has seen one."

Nodding his head, since someone has seen the sea devil and survived, he can get some news from these crazy boatmen.

Although it sounds crazy to ask for news from a madman, he is a ninja and can use simple illusions to try to recreate what these boatmen once saw.

But when he didn't ask the mad boatmen for their addresses, the tavernkeeper shook his head.

"Gone, they're all gone."

Shen hidden, which means to be hidden by gods and monsters, to be entertained by them, and to disappear from human society, and their whereabouts are unknown.

When the tavernkeeper said this word to describe it, even the tavernkeeper, who had been very talkative just now, whispered a lot.

Although this time it is mainly to investigate the rebellion of the Fog Hidden Village who fled to the country of waves, Zai Bu has already gained some interest in the Sea Demon incident that happened here.

"If you give me two thousand taels, I'll tell you about what I've seen with my own eyes."

Without too much hesitation, under the insatiable gaze of the tavern owner, he took out two thousand taels from his arms and slapped them on the bar.

"Thank you for your patronage." The tavern owner smiled and put the money away, it seemed that he had made a lot of money selling information here.

"Actually, Pochi is a poor man, he is a regular customer of mine, and I visited him at his house after learning that something had happened to him."

"He lost his ship during the voyage and swam home like mad, and immediately after that he contracted an unknown fever, and remained bedridden, losing consciousness for most of the day, and babbling gibberish at night."

"His wife said that he would repeatedly dream in his dreams at night that a behemoth thousands of meters high was walking or crawling slowly and moving slowly, and there were 'green frogmen' swimming around this behemoth."

"In the midst of these dreams, he would say strange words like 'Cthulhu' and 'Laleye.'"

"But when I went, it felt like he was overly frightened and had malaria."

"But under the doctor's diagnosis, it was determined that his disease was not malaria, because his body temperature was not high, so the doctor could not treat him."

"This went on for seven days, and on the night of the seventh day, he suddenly disappeared from his home and was never to be seen again."

"And there are many people who suddenly disappeared like him, all the boatmen who escaped from the sea devils, and they all suddenly disappeared from their homes on the seventh day, and then they were never found again."

The tavernkeeper's account was over, and without clearing his mind, he asked a sharp question.

"Aren't you scared that so many people have disappeared for no reason?"

The tavern owner first shook his head for a moment, then scratched his head with a smile and said, "Haha, to be honest, I'm still a little scared in my heart, and I've thought about leaving here, but I can't stand this." ”

As he spoke, the tavernkeeper took out a gold coin from his pocket and placed it on the bar, but as soon as the coin appeared, it was taken back by the tavernkeeper.

"The people of the country of waves are generous, and every time they come to the town to spend, they will spend a gold coin, and they can make a lot of money doing business here."

"Before, there was a drunken man from the country of Wave who directly took out a gold crown and bought all the wine here with me, and I sold it to him on the spot."

"Later, many people in the country of waves wanted to exchange the equivalent gold coins for that gold crown, but I didn't change it, because I guess it was a national treasure of the country of waves, and it should be very valuable."

"How? Do you want to see that gold crown to open your eyes? Only a thousand taels is enough. ”

The tavern owner wanted to continue to extort money from Zai Bu Chop, but Za Bu Chop was not interested in what the gold crown looked like, and shook his head directly.

Seeing that Zai Bu didn't continue to pay for it, the tavern owner was not unhappy, and continued to pretend to be mysterious and said: "Actually, many people in this town are doing business with the people of the country of waves, all to make money. ”

"Now that the people of the country of waves are developed, they are all a gold coin, who doesn't want to earn this money."

"I even suspect that the boatmen disappeared by themselves, and they just saw that the people of the country of waves had made a fortune and secretly ran to the island."

"As for the sea devils or something, it's actually all a lie, they just want to eat alone and not let others get rich."

As a ninja, Zai Bu immediately noticed the loophole in the boss's words, and asked directly, "Isn't the boatman no longer doing business to go to the country of waves?" So how did those people from the country of waves get to the town? ”

The boss was slightly stunned, then lowered his head and whispered: "Guest, you are really keen." ”

"Of course, the boats here don't go to the country of waves, but if you go to the port at five in the morning, there will be boatmen from the country of waves."

"Their boat never has an accident, so you can ride with confidence."

"But their ship only goes once a day, and if they want to go, they must at least stay overnight in the country of waves."

"If you're going to take this boat, you'd better be prepared for what the people of the country of waves look like."

"How so?"

"There's something wrong with them."