The gamble is on.

Osamu Dazai kept a close eye on this process, as if he wasn't going to miss any detail.

After the bet was placed, everyone communicated, and it would take another night for the result to come out. During this time, they could easily enjoy the tense moment before the bet was released.They can't leave this floor to prevent the repentants from escaping, but they can enjoy the best drinks, the best beauties, the most delicious food, and various games on this floor, everything is like a fantasy kingdom, until the end before the results come out.

The sky will soon darken. In the dark, the disputes on the island must be very fierce. It is difficult to observe the details, but this is the exciting part of the gambling market. When no one knows, no one knows what happened. After dawn , You can also start a live broadcast to monitor the movements of the people on the island before the final approach time.

Some people have begun to laugh at Zhongye's innocence and stupidity, and they have already suspected that Zhongye hired a trader, but there are too many 50 people, and no one can protect 50 people at the same time, and they are not gods, and someone will die if they are not careful.But young people are always young and energetic, anyway, they are still young, and they can start over after losing everything.

The surrounding atmosphere began to become ambiguous. They were already very relaxed on this occasion, and some of them had already started to touch their sexual partners with them.

Marianne was also in a good mood, and she couldn't help but take the hand of the companion she had brought.Her female companion looked down at her, like a delicate and beautiful foreign doll.

"Clap clap clap."

Osamu Dazai clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

"Anyway, there is still a long time, do you want to hear an interesting story?"

If any other person said such a thing, most of them would only be ridiculed.Because it is Dazai Osamu, his excellent face, soft voice, friendly tone and expression quickly won the approval of other people, especially women.

"There was once a woman who didn't want to become old and ugly, so she bathed her whole body with the blood of a young girl to maintain her beauty. And this method is really effective. Even after 50 years, she still maintains her original beauty."

Someone laughed: "You're talking about Countess Lee Kester, the protagonist in European novels, that's not a real person."

Everyone laughed.

Osamu Dazai shook his head: "No, no, no, the novel was written by a later person. In fact, many novels have prototypes, such as the prototype of Bluebeard is the French Marshal Gilles de Ray. There are indeed women who do this, and there are indeed people who have succeeded—— —If you think about it this way, don’t you think it’s mystical?”

The atmosphere was heightened, some people thought it was like a ghost story, but some people were actually interested in it and wanted to really try it.

Ms. Marian asked the attendant to bring the blood-red wine without changing her face, and she raised her glass in the direction of Osamu Dazai meaningfully, and drank it down in one gulp.

Dazai laughed.

He raised his hand as if brushing his hair, but actually straightened his earphones that were deep in his ears.

"Then tell a story that everyone has never heard. This is the sea, so I will tell a story about a ghost ship."

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…………

At this time, Atsushi Nakajima was looking for a girl who wanted to escape—Izumi Kyoka. After he released Izumi Kyoka, Izumi Kyoka helped him find the logbook.Finally, they found the navigator's diary in the navigator's room—put it in an unexpected place.It looked like a steel plate wall, but he could take out a notebook when he stretched out his hand. If he hadn't had a good nose, and the notebook smelled of old, corrupt wine and mold, he might not have been able to find it.

The problem is that in addition to this logbook, he found three different logbooks in such difficult-to-find places.

"It's written here—"

Atsushi Nakajima quickly flipped through the content, then picked up the bug that Dazai gave him, and reported to Osamu Dazai.

In 1876, a passenger ship lost contact and was suspected to be sunken, but after several salvage efforts, the keel was not found.

In 1902, the ship reappeared. Surprisingly, it was still able to float on the sea, but it was empty and there was no one on board.Some people suspect that when the ship passed a certain island, all the people on board landed on the island in order to obtain food, and then lost the ship.But when the ship that came across it went back and sent people to look for it, the ship disappeared again.I don't know where it drifted with the ocean current.

However, around 1928, this ship reappeared, and it still appeared in the waters of that area, and it was still sailing!Naturally, there was still no one on it.

"This is also an old story," someone interjected. "There are many such stories on the sea, and many ghost ship stories have evolved from this. The year you mentioned may be a bit wrong, but the story I have heard is roughly the same."

Osamu Dazai smiled: "So have you thought about it, why do ghost ships appear again and again? Even if they sail in the same ocean current, from a normal logic point of view, no matter how strong a ship is, it is impossible to float for so long without maintenance. There are reefs, there will be collisions, not to mention the possibility of encountering other ships."

"Not to mention, a boat is a floating property for people at sea. You may not understand it on land, but for people living at sea, especially on islands, a boat means that more marine resources can be exploited , to expand your own property income, is quite an expensive asset.”

Others became interested in the story.The person who spoke before asked: "Then you mean..."

Osamu Dazai is very good at telling stories. He made people who were not interested in the story turn their heads and wait for him to continue.

"Because - this ship is not an unmanned ship. During the drifting, someone found it, took it as their own ship, and used it after a little repair. But the new captain didn't know that this ship had its own The idea. At a fixed time, the people on board will be taken on a specific route, which is a new route for those who have never been there, so the crew members who do not have enough food will start to panic and be at a loss. They They will find that no matter how much they adjust their course, they will not be able to return to the place they are familiar with."

Everyone shuddered as they imagined such a scene.Although it can be explained... such as the automatic navigation system or something... But, for those who don't know, sitting on a boat and not being able to steer a boat, which keeps taking them to the ocean in unfamiliar areas, is indeed a terrifying thing.

"Then there is the hell on earth under the shortage of food. People will continue to kill each other for the only food left. Or after discovering that there is a problem with the ship, they will desperately try to find a way to get away from the ship and go away from its sailing direction. When the ship again After it is empty, it will attract a new captain according to the fixed ocean current."

Everyone was infected by the atmosphere of this horror story, and some people couldn't help asking: "Why, why did the ship do this?"

Osamu Dazai chuckled: "Ah, it's like asking why there are tides and why people eat, because this is a law. We can't understand it, but it doesn't mean that the law doesn't exist."

Someone retorted: "You are all guessing, thinking that saying this can make us feel terrible? We are not children."

Everyone laughed again, as if they wanted to break the tense atmosphere before.

Osamu Dazai asked: "What if I said that I found the logbook? What if I said that there are three logs, which record that the ship sailed at different times, was driven by different captains, or returned to a certain 'island' repeatedly? What if it's like a spider's silk thread, some kind of 'creature' on the island, luring 'sacrifice'? The boat will always send blood and slaughter, so this kind of creature feels that it uses the 'boat' as a bait, and keeps throwing it , to get a new sacrifice?"

Osamu Dazai stood up, took a glass of wine casually, and walked towards Marian leisurely.

Odasaku almost stood up, but finally maintained his sitting position, secretly holding the gun in his hand, ready to strike at any time.

"When did you discover that this ship gave you enough benefits by sending sacrifices to the island? I think it was a failed voyage. Are you the captain? No, you are a captive, as beautiful as you... That's a matter of course. They're all dead, you're alive, and you've discovered the secret of the ship."

As he said that, Osamu Dazai spun around in place, as if he was dancing.

"I have to say, it's a genius idea to redecorate the ship to look like a cruise ship and get a registration certificate to make it sail. It can attract more humans and make everything look reasonable. Even the sacrifice When something goes wrong, there is a boatload of people to help you cover it up. It’s a pity they don’t know that their own greed and desire are also the food of the curse spirit.”

—That’s right, Curse Spirit!

There are curse spirits on this island, and the allies of curse spirits are humans!I'm afraid no one would have thought of this!Even conjurers won't notice anything until they approach the island!And if you go to the island, even if you are a magician, you can't leave without a boat!

"Nonsense." Madam Marianne was unmoved, and put down her glass calmly, "I admit, I was flattered by your disguised compliments, but it's a pity that these are all your imagination. In 1876, how many A cruise ship like this? Or can I convert a wooden boat into a cruise ship?"

Everyone burst into laughter, Mrs. Marianne was right, it was a loophole to choose an early age to make the story vivid, this is an extremely advanced and luxurious cruise ship!

Osamu Dazai sighed: "Yes, you are right. If a ship looks like a cruise ship and rides like a cruise ship, it should be a cruise ship."

As he said that, he suddenly took out a gun and fired several times at the ground!

Everyone was startled and avoided him for a while.

But soon something even more surprising happened. The holes in the steel plates on the ground quickly disappeared, just like the ripples of water droplets falling into the sea quickly disappeared.

Everyone was stunned, they couldn't believe their eyes.

Osamu Dazai squatted down and touched the floor: "Like this steel plate, it looks like a steel plate and feels like a steel plate, but it is not a steel plate."

Nakahara couldn't stand Osamu Dazai's going around: "Tell me what's going on? What's wrong with this ship?"

Osamu Dazai stood up, as if he was a ghost, ready to be blown away by the wind at any moment.

"It's not a supernatural power, I can't lift it. Excluding all the impossible, the only possibility is the truth, no matter how outrageous. This ship is also a curse spirit—or part of the curse spirit. The curse spirit is the fear and curse of human beings." This is probably the product of human beings' fear of the 'ghost ship', and the properties used for gambling on this ship are not only pure money, but also their own life."

"Of course, it would be too obvious if the person who left the ship died immediately. But most people's spending on this is only a part of the entire life assets. After all, there seems to be no such thing as borrowing on the ship. Only the most advanced gambling table— —Whether the people inside win or lose, the amount on the gambling table is already equivalent to their entire life. You just use this as a ratio to take their lifespan, am I right, our dear Bloody Mary?"

The life of the poor is used as the main meal of the sacrifice, and the life of the rich is used as dessert to enrich one's own youth and the life of the ship. Drinks - served, it is they, all on board is the hors d'oeuvres of the ship's culinary voyage.

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