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Echizen Ryuya came back with a bag full of oranges, Ryoma was stunned to see it.At this time, he became more generous, and distributed them to the other people present one by one, and asked, as if thinking of something, "All of your people are here?"

"Ah, actually," Dashi said, "one of our friends had a fever last night and was still resting in the room..."

"Bring everyone here, we have to go." Long Ya said briefly, explaining it as "in a hurry".

As for the Elizabeth and her crew, they stayed behind and set sail with the technicians sent by Nok Doron to repair the malfunctioning instruments.According to the people on the Red Pearl, similar "spiritual events" have occurred more than once in this sea area recently. They are still investigating the specific reasons. Maybe it is because of the climate and magnetic field chaos, but human factors cannot be ruled out. .

This so-called "human factor" is very meaningful.

When Mr. Hunter came to report to the Ministry of History, he said very cryptically: "These...multiple forces are gathered here, and it is best for us not to intervene."

Atobe understands the stakes and treats it as ignorance.When Long Ya said that there was no way to bring them back to the mainland and they had to continue on their way to the destination island, he did not express any objection.Just wait for the Elizabeth to return to normal before going to pick them up.

Although everything on the Red Pearl is mysterious, their hospitality is really good.

After a sumptuous lunch, most of the optimistic teenagers have forgotten the depression after the accident. It's a pity that this is not a vacation cruise ship, there is no court on board, and it is a little itchy to touch the racket.

"So where are we going now?" Taocheng stretched his waist and asked.

"I heard what they said was an island in the southern country..." Shido held his chin and frowned slightly, "Just looking at the name, isn't this a very common holiday island?"

But since it is related to the mafia family, it must not be that simple.

"Always be more cautious," Taocheng said while looking back for someone, "Isn't it, Echizen—where's the person?!"

Ryoma sat on the railing swinging his legs, staring at the orange in his hand in a daze.

Unexpectedly, she was patted on the shoulder from behind, caught off guard, her body lost her balance and swayed, she was about to fall forward, her arm was grabbed and pulled back.

"Be careful." Long Ya said lazily, she didn't let go of her hand, but hugged her waist, like a parent watching a child playing, "It's very dangerous to sit here."

After finishing speaking, he directly snatched the orange, bit down on the skin and meat, and chewed: "Don't you want to eat it? If you don't want it, it will be mine."

"It doesn't matter." Ryoma replied softly.She didn't resist as much as before, looked at the arms around her waist and frowned slightly, ignored it, but asked, "Where did you appear from?"

"I've been on this boat for more than a month, how can I not be familiar?" Long Ya smiled and raised her eyebrows, "It's you, why are you running around on other people's territory again? Didn't I remind you all just now? pass?"

"Didn't you say it's okay on deck?"

"That's what it means..." He dragged his voice and shrugged, "Forget it, my boss is so easy-going, and he doesn't care about children. I'm just afraid of accidents."

Accident?

Ryoma thought for a while, "You mean, like what happened on the Elizabeth—"

"Hush." ​​Long Ya raised her index finger, interrupting her too straightforward words.The ring clasped on the finger was reflected by the sunlight, attracting Ryoma's attention.

There was a small gemstone embedded in it, and she couldn't see the specific texture, and she didn't understand it, but she just felt that the appearance was very simple, more like an ordinary stone.

If you met such a person on the street, you might think that he is a member of a heavy metal band who wears a string of earrings and various silver ornaments on his clothes.

Long Ya grinned: "I heard your complaints."

"Cut." Ryoma turned his head, pretending to be disdainful.

"I haven't finished talking yet, don't be distracted." He lowered his voice again, because his face was very close, and the sound of breathing was obvious, "I didn't want to drag you into it."

When she heard it, her heartbeat slowed down inexplicably: "...Huh?"

"If it's someone else," Long Ya said slowly, "I wouldn't suggest to the boss to let you on board. Anyway, you don't have to worry about food and drink on that kind of cruise ship, so even if you don't do anything, just leave you at sea. Rescue will wait."

Longma's scalp was numb, unexpectedly, he was a cold-blooded person, and he couldn't tell from his appearance.

She moved aside calmly: "Then how did you change your mind?"

"Of course it's because—" Long Ya looked straight into her eyes and paused, "Hey, maybe it's because I'm worried about my sister."

No, I always feel that being with you is more terrifying.Longma secretly slandered.

Are they on a pirate ship?

"...So it's more reassuring to keep it by your side." Echizen Ryuya concluded.

No, I don't see that you have the idea of ​​caring for others.

"Are you familiar with your boss?" Long Ma seemed to ask casually, but he couldn't help but be concerned about how long her elder brother, whose authenticity was uncertain, had been with this group of people.

Long Ya spat out the orange cores into the sea twice, and her tone was very relaxed: "It didn't take long, I was still working in Hawaii at this time last year, and suddenly someone found me and gave me a little commission... Then we got to know each other Mister Nock Doron."

Ryoma nodded half-understood, but still didn't understand why he chose to work for the Mafia.

It was because she was kidnapped that she got to know the future heir of an old Italian family... Wait, could it be because of Long Ya that she was involved in that population smuggling case?

It's not impossible, after all, the looks of the two of them would be related to anyone who saw them.The participants at that time, in addition to the gangs in the United States, there were also overseas... what organizations?

Thinking about it this way made people shudder. She couldn't help touching her arm, and felt the hairs on the capillaries stand on end.

"Is it cold?" Seeing her reaction, Long Ya smiled slightly.After that, he straightened up, looked at the sea in the distance, and gradually raised his eyebrows.

The sky in the distance is gathering dense clouds and dark storms, and some discordant thunder can be faintly heard beyond the waves.

"That direction is not—" Ryoma looked over, also surprised.

"Yes," Long Ya replied, the smile on her face gradually faded, and she was rarely serious, "That's where we're going."

"It looks very dangerous." She paused, tentatively, "Did you choose this kind of sea area specially?"

Doing private transactions without being noticed?

"Perhaps, I'm not familiar with it either." Long Ya said lightly, "Little one, I advise you not to know too much."

You don't need to tell me.

Ryoma closed his mouth, and looked down at a small dark mark on the toe of the shoe that had been wet by something at some point.

Is it water?Is it raining, or is the sea too wet?

"Let's go, little one." Long Ya left her waist, held her wrist and signaled, "Go back to the cabin first, it's going to rain."

Most likely a storm, he added.

Ryoma wasn't very scared, after all, she had already experienced it once last night, but at this moment she suddenly remembered that Fuji had not yet recovered, and planned to see how he was doing, so she jumped over the railing without hesitation.

"last question."

"Huh?" Long Ya turned her head and looked at her with a half-smile.

"If an accident happened as you said, you wouldn't do nothing to save him, would you?" Long Ma asked seriously.

Watching, watching, Echizen Ryuya's expression also straightened up, raised his hand and stretched out three fingers to his temples, and tapped lightly: "Of course, if something happens to you by my side, the stinky old man will know Don't kill me yet."

It sounds like that's the case, and it's a little convincing.

Ryoma temporarily put down the burden in his heart, and decided to trust him once.

After learning that there were patients, Nok Doron enthusiastically arranged rooms for them, and even asked the chef to make a nutritious meal for them.When Ryoma pushed the door in with a basket of oranges in his arms, Fuji was just putting down his porridge bowl, slightly surprised.

"Why so many...oranges?"

At sea, fresh fruit is very rare.If Long Ya said that they had been at sea for a month, then most of these fruits were exchanged from the docked supply points.

"My brother gave it to me." Long Ma replied, adding silently in his heart, I don't know where he got so many.

Maybe he likes to eat it himself.

In any case, when she saw these oranges, she was quite friendly, which made it easier for her to believe that Long Ya was a good person.

"Your brother..."

Bu Er scooped up a spoonful of porridge, put it on his lips and blew it, not rushing to swallow it, and thoughtfully put the word on the tip of his tongue for a while.

"I heard from Eiji that it sounds really romantic to meet an elder brother whom I haven't seen for many years at sea." His tone sounded a little teasing.

Ryoma shrugged, "Maybe."

"But," Buer changed the subject, with worry faintly revealed between his brows, "but you don't remember?"

See, the seniors also find it strange.

Longma dragged the stool by the table over, sat down by the bed, put the fruit basket on the bedside, and picked a big red orange.She felt that Buer should not be such a rough person, and it would be better to peel off the orange peel.

"Thank you." Fuji smiled, "But I'm not that weak, am I? Why are you both so careful? A Tao wanted to feed it to me just now."

Ryoma raised his eyes and said, "Maybe it's because Fuji-senpai you have a weak and false appearance."

"Is it false?" Fuji sighed, looking a little hurt, "I am very sincere to you."

"You are really sincere when you lie to people to drink dry juice."

Ryoma blinked, but finally couldn't help it, and burst out laughing.

"When are we going ashore?" He asked again after a while.

"I said there are still two hours," Ryoma said here, looking at his watch, "Well, it's almost there. If the island they're going to doesn't float around."

She put the split orange petals in the palm of her hand and held them up, as if offering an offering.

Fu Er showed a slightly troubled expression, picked two pieces from her hand, and tried to stuff them into his mouth: "Is this very sour?"

Ha, Long Ma became slightly proud: "Sweet and sour."

Bu Er's expression became gloomy, he stopped talking, and chewed slowly.She threw the rest into her mouth generously, then clapped her hands, stood up and went around the window to draw the curtains.

As soon as they opened it, they saw a sky full of dark clouds covering their heads, occasionally interspersed with grayish white light.Dazzling lightning flashes criss-cross among the clouds, ready to fall at any moment.

"Is it coming soon?" Ryoma was very suspicious, but considering that it was not suitable for the wind to blow, and he did not dare to open the window, he had to look out on tiptoe with difficulty.

"It's okay." Fuji said, "You can open a crack to see."

Ryoma did as he did, and took advantage of his own body to get out and looked ahead of the Red Pearl. In the distance where black clouds circled, an island surrounded by heavy rain loomed in the mist.

It's getting closer, it's getting closer.

boom!

There was a sudden explosion above the head, which shocked the whole ship into silence.Ryoma quickly retracted, closed the doors and windows, and tidied up the curtains.

"Have you seen the Caribbean ○, Fuji-senpai?"

"Are you saying that we are approaching some dangerous place?" Fuji could figure out something from her secretive expression, but her expression was still calm.

Maybe he'd heard they were on a Mafia ship, maybe they hadn't dared to tell him yet.But he's a smart guy, and he can't fail to guess.

Ryoma stammered: "Then what, I think, we have to do well..."

Be prepared for any eventuality.

Before the words were finished, another thunderbolt struck, and with the dazzling light, the lights in the room suddenly disappeared, and the vision fell into a thick darkness.Then the whole ship shook violently, the person standing lost his balance and staggered, and some vague shouts came from everywhere.

Ryoma fell backwards, Bu Er quickly lifted the quilt and grabbed her, and then the two of them were swayed into the curtain together, hit the wall through the soft cloth, and slid down.But not only did the shaking not stop, but it became more serious, and the whole world began to spin.

She felt that she was hugged tightly by Buer and pressed to the ground, and was confined between the bed and the corner by the curtains, her brain was thrown into confusion, and there was only one thought left in her mind.

The Red Pearl...wouldn't just fall apart like this?