"Whew!"

Walking out of the town, Red Lotus immediately took off the Diver's hood on her head, took a big breath of the fresh air around her, and got close to the strong fishy smell unique to the Diver's skin, which even ninjas would not be too uncomfortable with.

Uchiha Itachi took this opportunity to ask Red Lotus about the doubts in his heart just now.

"Those people..."

"Although the kingdom of God is only an island in the eyes of those of us, it is an absolute holy place in the minds of the esoteric people, where they can pay close attention to the Father Dagon, and when the final day comes, the inhabitants of the kingdom of God can go to another world to serve their evil gods."

"Every year during the mating season, esoteric believers from all over the world will select some devout believers to come to the kingdom of God and become new residents of the kingdom of God."

"Actually, this is just a way to maintain the normal number of people in the kingdom of God, because the assimilation rate of people in the kingdom of God and deep divers is relatively fast, and if you don't replenish ordinary people from the outside, only mermaid monsters will be left on the island in the end."

"And the town you just passed by is used to confuse the outside world, and the people there are not allowed to enter the kingdom of God."

"So the people there will be very envious of the esoteric cultists who can enter the kingdom of God."

After Red Lotus's explanation, Itachi somewhat understood the principle of the operation of this Dagon Esoteric Sect.

Using the sea to proselytize, expanding the influence of the sect and increasing the number of believers, and then attracting devout believers to the kingdom of God, after mating and assimilating with the divers, the race of the divers will grow stronger and stronger.

But what's the point?

Suddenly, Uchiha Itachi remembered what Red Lotus had just said about the final day, what was the "final day"?

"This is a legend circulating within Dagon Esoteric Buddhism, and it is also the ultimate doctrine of Dagon Esoteric Buddhism."

"Legend has it that when the stars return to the right place, the mysterious ancient city of Lalaye will rise to the surface, and the evil god Cthulhu will awaken from his slumber and bring destruction to the world."

"Only by becoming a citizen of the kingdom of the gods, serving the evil gods among Lalayya, can we avoid this catastrophe."

"And the Dagon Esoteric Cult currently seems to be growing the race of deep divers, but its ultimate goal is to summon Cthulhu, resurrect Cthulhu, find Lalaye and the like."

"In short, it's the fantasy that cultists often have."

Red Lotus said these words lightly, as if she didn't take it to heart, but the Uchiha Itachi and Loquat Juzo next to her were silent.

The air was silent for a while, and Loquat Shizang, who was standing in front of him facing the sea and with his back to the red lotus, suddenly said, "Since this cult is so attractive, how can you prove that you are not one of those esoteric sects now?" ”

"Wouldn't it be dangerous for us to be brainwashed by that esoteric sect in the course of your investigation?"

Loquat Shizang's sudden words startled the red lotus on the side, because the red lotus didn't expect that this careless looking man would be so vigilant that he would suspect himself as a connector.

However, Honglian also immediately retorted: "You are too underestimating me when you say that, I am also a ninja anyway, and it is impossible for me to be easily brainwashed like ordinary people." ”

"And I only have Lord Orochimaru in my heart, and it is my ideal to be loyal to Lord Orochimaru, and this body of mine is all thanks to Lord Orochimaru to live to this day."

"It's a bit rude for me to say that a cult can attract me, isn't it?"

Red Lotus's words already had some gunpowder in them, and Loquat Shizang was silent for a few seconds before turning around, pretending to be fine, waving his hand and saying, "Oh, I'm just talking casually." ”

"Joke, joke, understand?"

Red Lotus snorted coldly and turned around, put the fishy deep diver's head on her head again, turned the huge ugly fish head to the two and said, "Let's keep walking." ”

...

Following Red Lotus to the shore, the three of them saw several small boats parked on the shore, and a candle was lit on the port side of the boat.

However, Red Lotus said that these boats were reserved for other esoteric cultists who had brought the kingdom of the gods, and the number of them all corresponded one-to-one, and if the number of ships was insufficient, the esoteric cultists would be able to find out that someone had sneaked into the island.

So under the leadership of Red Lotus, the three of them walked along the shore to the reef beach next to them, and finally found a boat of about the same size in the corner of the reef beach, which was the boat that Red Lotus had prepared in advance.

Boarding the boat, Loquat Juzo and Uchiha Itachi did the same, and also lit candles on the port side and then the red lotus slid the oars to sail the boat to the shore.

...

The moonlight wasn't that bright tonight, with occasional faint clouds passing by, swallowing up the only natural light source on the sea.

In the dark sea with thin moonlight, the only two candles on the boat became the only slightly reliable source of light to illuminate the surroundings.

Loquat Juzo and Uchiha Itachi sit side by side on the boat, opposite Red Lotus, dressed as a deep diver, sliding the oars with a slightly clumsy but not inefficient move.

It can be seen that Red Lotus is still deliberately imitating the movements of the deep diver.

In such a dark environment, Uchiha Itachi's gaze, which remained in a sitting position, was most likely to fall on Red Lotus.

The slight flickering candlelight shone on the deep diver's camouflage, and it was the first time that the Uchiha Itachi had been able to observe the deep diver's skin up close and positive for such a long time.

The belly of the diver is grayish-white, but the back and fins are grayish-green.

The skin is not as smooth as that of humans, and it is covered with bumps that resemble those found on a toad, and it looks creepy.

On the skull, which is characterized by solitary living, it has a wide and slightly puffy forehead, the protrusion and distance between the two eyeballs are like that of frogs, and the mouth is like the O-shaped mouth of a fish.

Uchiha Itachi admired Red Lotus a little, he had such an excellent hands-on ability, and he was able to make this deep diver disguise lifelike, and it didn't affect the action too much.

Just as Uchiha Itachi was admiring the craftsmanship of the Red Lotus in his heart, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of an even deeper black shadow swimming past in the pitch-black waters on the side of the boat to his right.

For this dark shadow, Uchiha Itachi knew very well that it was not due to the swaying candlelight caused by the shaking of the ship's hull, or the visual illusion caused by the slight waves on the sea.

Something did swim over there!

And judging from the length of the dark shadow lurking underwater, this thing is not small, at least about the same length as a person's height.

Before he could stabilize his mind and continue to think about what it was, it was still on the same side of the ship, and under the light of the candlelight, another black shadow swam past.

At the same time, Uchiha Itachi felt the loquat Juzo sitting next to him slightly agitated, and it was clear that he had also seen something in the water.

Suddenly, a series of "grunt" bubbles emerged from under the surface of the water.

The sound of this string of bubbles grows faster and faster, and then suddenly disappears at a certain moment.

I saw a gray-green wide forehead coming to the surface, and underneath that wide forehead, a pair of protruding frog eyes were slowly shifting their gaze to the face under the Uchiha Itachi's hood!