"Captain, it's almost six o'clock, and there's only one hour left."

The sailor on the side whispered to Alger, the "hanged man".

On the deck of the Blue Avenger, all the sailors gathered at the bow of the ship, looking out at the quiet and mysterious nameless island not far away, which seemed to be plated with a layer of gold in the evening sun.

"I see, wait."

Alger nodded with a grim face.

In another hour, "Queen" and "World" landed on the island, and it was a whole day to lose contact, which was also the longest wait time they had agreed before.

After that, the ghost ship would depart, and being stranded on this remote and unvisited island would mean death for the mid-sequence extraordinaries who did not have the ability to travel long distances.

The "Gazers" are too powerful, and their hunt failed, and even their lives were lost? The one-third of the income that belongs to her is still on the "Queen", and she and the "world" are both important combat forces of the Tarot Society...... That young, almost girly "queen", is going to experience another death?

Thinking of the other party's face with a nonchalant smile all the time, Alger pursed his lips, looking at the sailors around him who were also worried about the safety of the two of them, or worried about the "final payment" of this mission, and were about to speak.

Bang –

There was a muffled sound from below the bow, and he looked over to see a thick plank almost the size of a dinghy as the waves crashed against the solid waterline of the ghost ship, scraping twice, and slowly drifting away, in the direction of the island not far away.

It's low tide and the floats should be away from the island...... Quirky?

"Fish it up."

Alger casually gave the order for the "Blue Avenger" to grab the plank to the deck via a cable to take a closer look.

The cable beside him curled up, and instead of going downward, it returned to the mast, as if rejecting the captain's orders.

Although ghost ships generally have the characteristic of "escaping control", they are usually very well-behaved and obedient when the captain or designated commander is on board, and this kind of direct disobedience to orders is extremely rare!

Seeing that the plank was about to float away, Alger looked back at the sailors, and was about to give the order for them to go into the water to retrieve them, when suddenly there was a gray mist in front of him, and a blond-haired figure bowed his head and prayed in it:

"Dear Mr. Fool, I have returned safely to Byam with the World, and I would like to inform Mr. Hanged Man that he and his ghost ship are ready to return, and that I will sacrifice him later for the final payment of this journey."

Whew-

Alger heard himself breathe a sigh of relief.

But then a doubt appeared in his mind:

How did they cross thousands of miles and return to Byam, where the extremely fast "Blue Avengers" had to travel four days to reach in one day?

As far as he knew, with the exception of a very small number of mid-sequences, fast travel was the prerogative of the demigods!

Calming his guesswork for a moment, he cleared his throat and announced that he would leave the island after ten minutes of preparation.

"Those two employers will leave on other boats, we don't need to wait, of course, the balance will be settled on time, and after returning to the 'City of Generosity', we will have a three-day holiday!"

The crew cheered after a brief moment of stunnedness, and while some still wondered how their captain knew of the other's whereabouts, the extra income and vacation quickly dispelled the doubts, which was what Alger had hoped for.

He looked back at the surface of the sea, and saw that the plank had floated far away, as if there was an extra force pushing it, and shook his head, letting go of his curiosity.

But when he looked at the island for the last time, Alger suddenly noticed a subtle shadow on one side of the island, and his heart moved, he picked up the monocular on his waist, pulled it to the maximum, and looked at the position.

Under the cliff, among the reefs, countless strips of wood and thick planks are gathering together, meshing and tightening with each other at an astonishing speed under the assembly of the invisible hand, and in the dozens of seconds he observed, a keel has gradually taken shape, looking at this scale, at least a huge warship nearly 100 meters long!

It's a ghost ship that is assembling itself!

Alger felt a cold sweat on his back, and he lowered his binoculars and looked at the plank that was drifting away in that direction, and suddenly understood its anomaly and the reason why the "Blue Avenger" refused to give orders.

"Set sail, immediately!"

Ignoring the crew's efforts to pick up items on deck, he shouted, and the three mainsails of the ghost ship opened in an instant, the sails tightened, adjusting their angles in the sea breeze, and then staggered the sailors at a speed that caused them to stagger, crossing an arc with a very short radius, and leaving the island at full speed.

That's a lot faster than any voyage, or even a battle!

Leaving the "Queen" and "World" early, the revived ghost ship may come to help their high-sequence extraordinaires...... Thoughts crossed Alger's mind, struggling to put them together.

Wait, Miss Queen, you already know that Gelman Sparrow is the "world"?

He suddenly realized a fact that he had been accidentally ignored, and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I'm afraid the scene where they recognize each other won't be very friendly......"

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"Hmph, Klein, Sherlock, Gelman, and the 'World' ......"

With a cold smile on his face, Angel sat in the hired carriage leading to the outside of the city, and the unfriendly aura emanating from his body made the drivers shrink their necks inexplicably.

It's Thursday, the day after she and Crane return to Byam, and the Hangman's ship won't arrive until the weekend, and she's heading to the rebel harbor in the suburbs to find Elaine to see how her "investment" works.

Of course, this is all an excuse, and the real intention is to leave Klein and "dry" him for a while.

The reason is that Angel is full of sulking at this time, both for himself and for Klein.

"There are so many clues in front of me...... 'world' is in Beckland, he is there, and when he comes to sea, the 'world' also leaves Beckland, and after he gains 'Creeping Hunger', the 'world' sells the extraordinary characteristics of the Faceling, and that is because of the ability to repeat himself...... The most important thing is that every time I attend the tarot meeting, I can find a reasonable excuse to avoid him, I thought it was my own clever plan, it turned out that he was also going to participate in the tarot meeting......"

Looking back on the events after the reunion with the other party in Beckland, and even the time when they came to sea together, Angel was extremely remorseful and angry.

regretted that he hadn't found out for so long, and he actually let the other party open his mouth to explain before he reacted, and his anger was that Klein had concealed it for so long, and he was afraid that he had seen a lot of jokes in secret.

"I also asked Mr. Hanged Man to support him on the 'Blue Avenger', and I was even complacent about it, it turned out to be under his nose...... Wait, won't the hanged man also know that he is the 'world'? Am I alone in the dark? ”

Thinking of this, Angel clenched both fists.

I'm so angry, at least, it's going to take at least a whole day to forgive him!

She thought indignantly.

……

After getting out of the carriage and off one of the few roads on the island of the Blue Mountains, Angel made his way through the jungle to the rebel smuggling harbor hidden deep in the jungle, where there were a few more pirate ships and smuggling ships than when he left a week ago, making the small harbor seem bustling.

It didn't take much effort for her to find her and Elaine's "redhead", the £2,000 three-masted sailing ship had been repainted bright red above the waterline, and several sailors were busy on deck, pulling the saillines and carrying their belongings.

Elaine, with long brown hair and a slightly rounded face that makes it difficult to remember details, is directing the lifting of heavy loads on the docks. She was dressed in a tight shirt, trousers, knee-length boots, and although her red hair and handsome beauty were no longer conspicuous, her figure was still tall and attractive against the background of her clothes and trousers, so that passing sailors glanced at her from time to time, and there were even more bold crew members on the smuggling ship docked in the distance whistling and excited.

Mischievous thoughts welled up in her heart, Angel approached softly, and used the "hypocrisy" ring to transform into the appearance of "Lieutenant General of Disease" Tracy, she was already wearing masculine clothes and pants that were easy to move, and after her face and body changed, it was difficult to see the difference between it and the Tracy she saw that night.

"Elaine, I didn't expect you to ...... here"

There were still a few meters away from the other party, and in order to avoid alarming the vigilant "hunter", Angel stopped and said in Tracy's tone and tone.

The body of the seductive woman in front of her stiffened, her arm muscles suddenly tensed, and her neck turned back as if it was rusty.

To Angel's surprise, Elaine did not immediately run away or attack immediately, her face was completely different from the original expression of surprise, panic, and even some joy of reunion after a long absence.

"Tracy, you, how did you get here......"

Her gray eyes looked at Angel in a blur, which made the latter's heart suddenly tighten.

Wait, Elaine is acting a little wrong, I'm here to scare her......

Angel subconsciously took a step back.

Fortunately, Elaine quickly reacted, and the expression on her face returned to normal.

"No, Theresie can't possibly know what I look like now...... Are you Miss Angelica? ”

Angel, who knew that he had been exposed, nodded, and his face and figure instantly returned to his original appearance, of course, in order to hide his identity, his hair color and pupil color changed slightly.

"Sure enough, it's you...... Are you here to check on the progress of the Redhead's preparations? ”

After adjusting her mood, a confident smile quickly appeared on Elaine's face.

But she had behaved like that just now, and she must have thought I was Tracy...... Angel sneered, and under the guidance of the other party, began to visit the sailboat he had invested in.

(End of chapter)