Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Voyage

The spacious living room is filled with a pale golden glow that comes from the gold dust added to the crystal chandelier. The deep lustrous marble floor is filled with natural textures, and the scent of spirits and perfumes mingles in the heat.

Dada, Dada......

The heavy fur coat pressed against the old man's scrawny and decaying body, and he was beating the rhythm on the long table with his withered knuckles like chicken paws, accompanied by music.

“am rhein, am rhein,am deutschen rhein......”

Vincent reveled in the melody of "Watching the Rhine" until he was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Rebalco, do we have any new guests?"

In the Greenland Sea, the icebreaker Yamal is like a steel shark, biting the ice to pieces.

"Captain, I'm afraid so."

The strong Russian looked serious. In the past, this giant ship was their private kingdom, but now there are some uninvited guests in their kingdom.

Vincent struggled to open his eyes and scan the guests in the casino lobby through the camera.

"Table 1, Table 7...... Fresh faces. ”

The two red-haired girls at table 7 who appear to be twins are very eye-catching, but what attracts Vincent even more is the silver-haired old man at table 1. The black suit is cut just right, and the tall figure looks like a champion athlete in his twenties and thirties.

I'm so envious. In a few years, he may be too old to get off the ship, but that person seems to be forever young. But when he reaches his age, it probably won't be much better.

Vincent waved his hand, his eyelids drooping again. Nothing noteworthy.

"It's not just them. The bodyguards of the guests are not quite right......"

Rebalco pointed to a bodyguard in the shadowy corner. Asian, with a loose black coat to hide his extremely burly figure, but his face is very young and a little delicate.

"There was no such person among Mr. Farris's three bodyguards last year. And this, the bar, and the waiter serving the wine...... I'm not impressed. ”

Instead, while he was still in service, Rybalko had already done it. But now he is only the first mate of this sea casino, and the mysterious old man Vincent is the master of the kingdom.

Vincent suddenly came to his senses, like an old squirrel that had spent the winter being targeted by a sparrow on a stored pine cone.

He's Lieutenant Vincent von Andrés, and he still has a mission to do. He guards Nazi's vast legacy and the search for the island of eternal life is a lifelong mission given to him by the Führer. Could it be that his identity has been dug up, how is it possible?

......

On the deck of the first deck of the Yamal, Caesar, dressed as a waiter, wiped his wine glass with a square scarf, his expression a little subtle.

The academy followed the clues of Bocklin's "Island of the Dead" and eventually settled on the Yamal, or the hidden owner of the ship.

But the key clue actually comes from the Gattuso family, to be precise, from his stallion daddy.

Vincent the Elder was an extremely cautious man, using only cash or gold for large transactions, and using hundreds of pseudonyms. Unless news comes out about the Isle of the Dead, he won't show his head at all.

This invisible man that even Norma can't lock, the family can not only confirm his existence, but also shake out his true identity, crew identity, and voyage records.

"Why?"

"Family heritage, family heritage."

Caesar turned off the communications, and no one knew how much his father was still hiding.

Pompeii, thousands of kilometers away, was unimpressed. The secret technology of the thirties and forties, in the face of scythes, meditation, hypnosis and other spirits, is not much different from papier-mâché. As a famous Italian family, most of the secrets of the "allies" at that time were transparent to the family.

News from Chu Zihang: Operation to seize the ship begins.

From the moment the academy locked on the Yamal, old Vincent didn't have any chance to pounce. The imaginary enemy of Avalon's plan is Odin, and the next generation and below can only be regarded as a relatively ferocious wild animal in front of the top team of the academy, similar to polar bears.

On the top floor of the icebreaker, Rebalco, who was issuing deployment instructions to the security team, suddenly lost the ability to communicate. Just three seconds later, there was a muffled clatter from the bottom of the icebreaker.

"Iceberg! We've hit an iceberg! Run! ”

Most of the passengers who had gambled on the head had not yet reacted to what was happening, and Lu Mingfei had already sunk into the dantian, letting the word iceberg spread all over the hall.

To intensify the effect, he yelled twice more in English and plastic Japanese, and then ran towards the stern.

The crew in charge of security reacted immediately, and this is pure nonsense. The nuclear-powered icebreaker is not a delicate big toy like the Titanic, and the Yamal has no such concerns, it should be that the iceberg is afraid of this ship.

But before they could restore order, all of them fell into a fainting, and it looked like they were all stunned.

Ange sat at the table as if he had never left. He waved goodbye to his fellow passengers with a peaceful, calm smile on his face.

"I've lived too long, and maybe sinking into the pure sea of ice with this old ship would be a good way to die."

"Neurotic!"

The passengers rushed for their lives under the watchful eye of Angers, scrambling for a vantage point on the lifeboat.

On the top floor of the icebreaker, Vincent certainly didn't believe in the nonsense of hitting an iceberg, but the Yamal's speed did slow down quickly after the loud bang. Hell, the other party was coming at him at all, and the hull of the ship might have been really opened by a mine at this time.

The only and correct way to deal with this madman is to run away!

Old Vincent's withered body burst with a rooster-like vigor and ran to the vault to pack up his belongings, such as "Island of the Dead", while he abandoned the dozens of famous paintings hanging on both sides of the corridor.

"Rebalco! Let Semyon lead people to guard the eighth floor, and don't let anyone come up! You take two elites, go start the helicopter, and fill the tank! ”

Vincent, halfway through the run, thought of something, and turned back to Rebalco with a wrinkled finger.

"One million euros per person, I'll give you two million!"

Alexander Rybalko shrugged. Born in the special forces, he has good helicopter piloting skills, but the risks of flying over the Greenland Sea are still quite high, but there is nothing to dare to do if you have enough money.

......

Chu Zihang, who was dressed in a black diving suit, climbed up the deck along the rope ladder and commanded remotely while wiping off the icy water.

The greatest advantage of having real power in the executive department is that he can make most of the action plans on his own, even if they sound completely unreliable.

On the other hand, he could simply dispense with the task report that he did not want to submit. Or create a new empty folder and lock it by Norma and archive it to the top secret file of the Executive Department.

Valley wounds

For example, the plan to seize the ship this time was ostensibly by him to arrange explosives, combined with the power of Jun Yan, so that the icebreaker lost part of its power. The actual operation is to let a certain dragon king give the Yamal two punches, and destroy the turbine unit just right through the power transmission of metaphysics. Not only is it efficient, but it is also easy to repair afterwards.

After the mission is successful, the commissioners will be amazed that they are worthy of Minister Chu, and they can easily do what we can't do, but they don't know that Lord Ye has a debt in his heart.

If it weren't for love, plus something after Luo's promise came true, Xia Mi would have paddled the whole process, instead of being a nanny for the college. Project Avalon? Arctic luxury January tour only.

"The target is moving from the 11th floor to the rooftop, and the exit to the 11th floor is blocked in pairs. Caesar, have you reached the rooftop? ”

"I see the target."

Caesar thought that he had encountered too many monsters in the past two years. The Wind King, the Water King, Odin, Luo Yin or something. He had almost forgotten that his routine should be as light-hearted as it was today.

While the gamblers fled in a panic, Caesar "ran" along the façade to the rooftop. Inherited from his mother Gurveg, Frostfall creates a solid layer of local ice between the soles of his feet and the outer walls.

"Former Major of the Alpha Force, Alexander Rybalko, don't mess around. We know your past and know your past. ”

Caesar's right hand turned a translucent icy blue, and the frost covered and fixed Rybalco's hands inch by inch.

When the elder Vincent ran to the rooftop with a clanging sound, the first thing he saw was the helicopter that had turned off and the elite bodyguards who were frozen on the ground.

Vincent gasped for breath and immediately turned back, the dry hair on his forehead suddenly and neatly broken. The air was thick with transparent blades, humming. It occurred to him whether he would see Satan or the Führer when he died, or neither.

Caesar switches the spirit to a vampire scythe, controlling Vincent's actions and not attacking.

"You are real! True Aryans! ”

"The ship doesn't belong to you now. Hopefully, you'll be able to provide useful items and information in the future, and don't yell so loudly. ”

Knowing Vincent's details, Caesar showed no pity for him. This "poor" old man should have been put on trial sixty years ago.

......

The fleeing passengers boarded the "rescue boat" arranged in advance by the Academy, and the experts of the Equipment Department began to repair the hull failure. Most of the passengers noticed the anomaly after calming down, but just wanted to get away from it as soon as possible.

After the disarming of former special forces such as Rybalco, they were temporarily centralized. The staff were calmed down by the academy after a brief period of confusion and continued to work as usual, as if nothing had happened. The method of appeasement is naturally to throw money at all costs.

"You can't do this to me, not even the Aryans!

The one over there, let me see your power again, the Führer has not been able to find you in his life! ”

In the lavish parlor on the top floor, the two long rows of Russian girls in red dresses and dazzling white skin that Vincent usually hires have been shunned. All that was left was the old Vincent, who was tied to a chair by the flowers, and a group of half-bloods who were eyeing each other.

It is undoubtedly a good thing for the principal to lead the team. Replaced by the vice principal, his attention was completely distracted in the beautiful girl link.

In Vincent's large suitcase, the commissioners found the unframed "Island of the Dead". The content of the picture is different from the other pictures on display, the color is more low and depressing, and some details on the island reveal a chilling silence and solemnity.

As for the white figure covered in the shroud on the canoe, just gazing at him could not help but remind one of death and nightmares, and the fear of the black sea inexorably seeped into the heart.

Signs are that they are on the right track.

"The Yamal sails the Arctic Circle year after year, in search of this island of death?"

Chu Zihang quickly flipped through Yamal's logbook, the ship's trajectory in the past few decades has covered almost the entire Arctic Circle.

"No, its name should be the Isle of Eternal Life, Avalon. If you want me to take you on a quest for Avalon, give it up, and the secret of eternal life will eventually belong to the Führer! ”

Lu Mingfei felt that Vincent urgently needed a brain meltdown. Don't worry about your broken Führer, it's better to wish him a higher talent for painting in the next life if he is resurrected.

Chu Zihang was noncommittal. If Vincent knew how Odin was given eternal life, he would have understood that the island of eternal life was not in conflict with the island of death.

"We're a little pressed for time. Professor Masashi Toyama, please. ”

Masashi Toyama, who was harmless to humans and animals, nodded, his eyes squinted like two crescent moons, and he put on the glasses that burned the dream tapir circuit custom-made from the alchemy workshop. Dream tapir is the superior branch of hypnosis, and this pair of glasses can make his psychological counseling more deeply rooted in people's hearts.

"Vincent von Andrés, relax, relax, I just wanted to have a casual chat with you, please forget for a moment about the troublesome things like Avalon, eternal life, etc.

Now, let's go back to the spring of 1935, when you were strolling along the banks of the Rhine before you had joined the army. Tell me, what you see, what you smell......"

"Light ...... The surface of the water has different light, light moisture, and fresh vegetal scents throughout the day. ”

Half an hour later, the elder Vincent wept bitterly and spat out all the information he had. Without leaving his mother, he tore off the nazi armband on his arm and stepped on it repeatedly. Most of the people present subconsciously stayed away from Masashi Toyama.

"A super icebreaker like the Yamal is essential to advance the plan, and that's Norma's opinion."

Chu Zihang sorted out the information that Masashi Toyama pried out and spoke.

"Vincent has collected a wealth of folklore and marine data over the course of his decades of voyages.

There are a few keywords, 'aurora', 'whales', and 'Christmas'.

In the past, Odin's actions were accompanied by storms, followed by aurora and thunderstorms. And in some local Inuit legends, there is an island hidden at the end of the aurora.

It is also worth noting that the whale population is particularly large. Some fishermen consider the leader of this group of whales to be the god of the sea. ”

Chu Zihang paused slightly. Professor Schneider's nightmare is a dragon in the Greenland Sea that looks like a baby whale, codenamed "Leviathan". The failures and secrets of the academy ten years ago are now gradually no longer hidden from them.

"As for the special time of Christmas, because there is still a long time before Christmas, it is impossible to investigate and verify it for the time being.

But the grand aurora of Christmas, the disappearance of the ship, this clue is worth further pursuit. ”

The clues that the academy can continue to pursue are the aurora phenomenon and a large whale colony.

Ange on the side just listened, but didn't speak. Chu Zihang did not appear to be overly radical or conservative because the enemy was Odin.

Ange always believed in Chu Zihang's potential and the talent to become a great dragon slayer. However, there were some changes in the young man that he couldn't be sure of, for better or for worse. Either way, it's time for young people to take matters into their own hands.

As for Caesar...... What he wants to cross is a completely different trial from Chu Zihang, something rooted in his bloodline, glory and even a curse.

"Let's go to these Inuit villages to investigate, and Vincent has gathered most of the rumors from these villages."

Running around at sea, trying to run into auroras and large whales doesn't sound like a smart solution.

Starting from the source of information and the locals, you may be able to obtain more valuable information.

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