Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 164 Dinner
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"...In short, this is the order you gave me, and I have followed the order."

Shalf received Alger in the living room of his residence, and the freckled maid poured light tea for the two.

The artisans are out of work today, and the sleeves of their shirts are not rolled up.He took the initiative to pick up a cup of tea and took a sip, complaining in a subtle tone:
"When I was in Intis, I generally wouldn't drink this tasteless and cheap tea."

"I didn't expect their price to double at sea, so I couldn't afford to drink them! I heard that after being transported to the southern continent, they can be doubled again if sold to aboriginal nobles who want to increase their value. Shipping by sea is really huge profits. ! I want to go to sea to do business.”

The pirate captain Alger smiled slightly:
"There are risks and opportunities, and at sea, the risks are often higher."

"Buy a boat and lease it to a shipping company to do business. As long as the boat doesn't sink, I can make a steady profit." Sharf still didn't give up.

The cost of a boat is high, but the craftsman who receives private work does not take it seriously.His improved guns were selling very well, and the military factory had paid him a staggering 1000 pounds in dividends, and it was still increasing.After arriving at sea, Extraordinary people and pirates from all walks of life also came to sell Extraordinary characteristics or buy items.With the identity of a member of the Pilgrim Sect, and the protection of a Sequence 5 powerhouse who is only [-] meters away from his residence, Sharf has no worries about his own safety.His amassed wealth was staggering enough to support this costly endeavor.

Alger spoke in time, interrupting Scharf's good expectations for the shipping industry:

"Please show me the extraordinary items you have completed."

Sharf swallowed back the words he hadn't spoken angrily. He reached out and took out a brown box from the hidden compartment of his sofa armrest, and put it on his lap.

Alger leaned forward a little, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the freckled maid standing beside Sharf, staring at him with piercing eyes.

bodyguard?It might be a low-sequence Extraordinary, or it might be an ordinary person carrying a spiritual weapon... Alger secretly guessed.

Since he didn't consider killing people for money, and he has cooperated two or three times, Sharf still trusts the trading ethics of this ghost captain.

"This is the item created with the 'Faceless Man' Extraordinary characteristic you brought."

Shalf opened the box, and what Alger saw was a silver mask.

It seems to be made of metal, with exquisite patterns, and it is a little exaggerated when you look closely, but it will definitely be liked by noble ladies who like delicate objects.The mask only has the upper half of the face, like a prop used to hide one's identity at a masquerade ball, which matches the characteristic of "changing appearance" very well.

Algerto took a look at the delicate pattern and thought it was the personal hobby of this craftsman from Intis.He didn't want to touch it casually. After looking at it carefully for a while, he sat upright again.

"The customer who placed the order will like it." Alger said confidently.

"Of course, of course, this item can change your appearance and do things that are inconvenient for your true face. Who wouldn't like it?"

Sharf covered the box and put it beside him, and casually made a joke: "I even couldn't help wearing it myself, and turned the excess fat and meat into beautiful abs."

"Unfortunately, it costs a lot of money to keep it, but you can get a thousand pounds if you sell it."

When Alger heard this, his eyes lingered on the other person's stomach for a few seconds - probably because the life of being a rich man was so good, he felt that the craftsman was a little fatter than when he met last time.

"I'll bring my payment with me on my next visit," he said.

The generous Miss "Justice" spent 5500 pounds to purchase this item, including 4500 pounds for "The World", 1000 pounds for Sharf, and "The World" also paid itself an intermediary fee.

These are the agreed rewards, but "Justice" also purchased other items from himself, so they will settle the sacrifice together when the time comes.Don't bother Mister Fool many times over these trivial matters.Alger felt that he was very measured.

Unexpectedly, Sharf said: "Hurry up, maybe I will leave Bayam in a while."

"You want to move?"

"No...it should be a business trip." Sharf narrowed his eyes and took another sip of tea, "An elder in my family asked me to go on a business trip to the Southern Continent. return."

He didn't want to say more: "So, if you want to complete this order smoothly, you'd better hurry up."

An elder... The artisan is leaving Bayam for the Southern Continent... Alger didn't want to miss such a good processing and reselling point. He nodded immediately, explaining that he would bring the reward as soon as possible, and expressed his willingness to cooperate for a long time. Hope Sharf can tell him the new address.

After reading the goods, Alger chatted with the other party for a while, and thought of other things by the way.

"Is Mr. Garland De in the orphanage now?"

"He's not here now." Sharf replied, "Do you have something to do with him? If it's not important, you can tell me first, and I'll pass it on."

Alger deliberated for a while and made a decision: "Okay."

He was the first to submit the same information to the Church of Storms, and the church did not prohibit spreading it, so it would be a good thing to use this information to make some extra money.

"Mr. Garland De entrusted me to investigate some things before. He is from the Southern Continent. It is said that his family wrote to him and told him that a large number of cases of missing persons and trafficking occurred in the town where he lived. Ren related."

"Buying and selling people?" Sharf asked in surprise, "Isn't the Northern Continent already discussing the abolition of slavery?"

"Intis' bill has been introduced, although it is already illegal, only a fine is required. Slave trading is rare now, and even if there are, only beautiful children are worth buying. The scene of the big nobles going out with dozens of servants like before is no longer seen. .”

Alger nodded, and at the same time reached out to pick up the slightly cold tea, and drank it in one gulp: "As you said. Without buyers, human traffickers will also reduce the frequency of trafficking, so this large-scale trafficking is very suspicious. "

"Cult priest? Uh, I mean, the Rose School kind."

"The stronghold of the Rose School of Thought is in the Southern Continent. They have no shortage of sacrifices, and there is no need to make money for the slave traders."

Sharf understood: "You mean, it is the Northern Continent who is buying slaves?"

Alger shook his head and didn't elaborate, but he took out a briefing that was folded into small pieces and handed it over.

"Please give it to Mr. Garland De."

Sharf made a look, and the maid stepped forward to take the briefing with both hands, and then returned to Sharf without saying a word.

"Then I'll take my leave."

The pirate captain put down his glass, wrapped his hair in a turban, and got up to take his leave.

After going out, Alger stretched himself in a good mood, looking forward to the arrival of the information fee of 70 pounds.

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The passenger ship docked at a port on the colonial island, so there was fresh seafood and specialty wine for dinner.

Although it only stops for one night, there are many people who are willing to disembark and go to the port to eat. The kitchen provides a private oven and self-service fresh food. Guests who need it can go to another oven to experience baking by themselves at a specific seat. Dinner fun.

Outer God removed the iron pick from the oven, covered it with an iron dinner plate with raised edges, poured cooking oil on it, and pressed the cut squid on the red-hot iron dinner plate with a spatula.The squid whiskers made a sizzling sound, and began to shrink and curl, shrinking to one-third of its original size in the blink of an eye.

After 10 minutes passed, he temporarily removed the spatula, brushed a layer of the sauce he had just prepared on the front and back of the squid, and then continued to press.

Seasoned with coarse salt, and patted two cloves of garlic. After another 10 minutes, after several times of brushing with sauce and frying with seasoning, the squid finally exudes a "qualified" aroma.

The King of Decline shovels the garlic and fried squid into the plate, carefully cuts it into finger-sized pieces with utensils, and uses a fork to pick up a squid tendril exuding a tempting sauce.

He suddenly reached out and picked up the plate containing the grilled squid. At this moment, the ship shook violently.

The whole ship seemed to have suddenly tilted dozens of degrees to the right, the chandelier was shaking, and the dining room was flickering.Everything on the table slid down, and there were one after another screams of pain in the restaurant, as well as the shouts of the busy chef who was cut by the kitchen utensils.

The grill that was still burning with charcoal fire flew out in front of him. He adjusted the movement of his wrist so that the plate remained parallel to the ground, and firmly put the squid tentacle into his mouth.

After the ship slowly returned to its original state, he also finished his barbecue, stood up, walked to the deck outside, and casually asked the nearest crew member:
"An enemy attack?"

The crew members were doing evacuation work, upon hearing this, they immediately replied with extremely fast speech:
"There are two pirate ships, perhaps wanting to rob this port, and just discovered our ship."

"Sir, we have the ability to deal with them. Please return to your room and wait for the good news."

He was anxious but not flustered, and his speech was very orderly. It must have been an emergency speech prepared by the captain in order to prevent further chaos in the passenger ship.

Outer God looked at the sea, and there were indeed two three-masted sailing ships parked very close under the night. Although the guns on the opposite ship were ready, there was no trace of the hull being bombarded by the artillery. A premeditated impact deterrent.

"Can you tell who they are?" He asked.

The crew hesitated for a moment: "It's two medium-sized pirate gangs. We have sent a telegram to the nearest navy, and the captain is negotiating with them. Please go back to the cabin, we will lift the anchor soon."

The Declining King glanced at the pirate ship tens of meters away, turned around and walked towards the stairs leading to the cabin. When he passed the corner, his figure suddenly disintegrated.

……

On the deck of a pirate ship with flying red skulls.

Robbing a passenger ship with limited armed forces and far from the coast is a fat job at sea. Not only can you get a lot of cash and valuables, but you can also hold these passengers for a huge ransom.

One gunner felt itchy on the back of his neck, so he reached into his collar to scratch the lice. He turned his head unexpectedly, and saw a small wooden figure with his head tilted sitting on the wine barrel at the side and rear.

"What the hell?" He muttered suspiciously, first looked back at the passenger ship, and after confirming that it would not be able to start for a while, he stood up and picked up the strange little wooden figure.This villain is the size of a palm, and its joints can move. It should be a toy.But I don't want the dolls that little girls play with, without skirts and faces.

He fiddled with the little wooden figure a few times, turned around and shouted to the others, "Hey, whose is this?"

The other pirates either ignored him, or looked up in disapproval, but no one answered.He grabbed the little wooden figure and walked to the side of the boat, and threw the toy far away into the sea.

Pfft!
Cold seawater suddenly poured into his mouth and ears, rushing straight down his throat.

He turned pale with fright, and immediately waved his arms to try to float up, but he didn't want his joints to be rusted and unable to move, and his body was as heavy as if filled with lead. He could only watch himself sinking into the sea in despair.

He tried his best to raise his head for the last time, and looked in the direction of the ship, only to see "myself" standing on the side of the ship, with the same appearance and clothes, looking at him with a smile.

that's me?
Who am I then?

I'm……

His thoughts were stagnant, his body was heavy, and he sank underwater like a stone without even a single bubble coming out.

None of the pirates on board paid attention to what happened here, and the "gunner" quickly returned to his position. He reached into his pocket and took out a wet little wooden figure.The little wooden man's body was covered with sea water, but he kept dancing, as if he was very happy.

It showed a happy smile, turned its head 360 degrees very quickly, looked around the entire deck, and immediately selected the next prey.

A bosun stood up, kicked away the debris at his feet and walked to the cabin, perhaps wanting to go back and get some food.It also stood up silently, followed behind the opponent, suddenly stretched out its hand, turned the bosun's head half a circle, and turned it to the back.

There was a slight cracking sound from his neck, and the eyes of the two met, and suddenly they showed exactly the same smile.

The bosun stretched out his hand and turned his head back, approached the cabin with a smile on his face, and extended his hand to the oncoming staff officer.

Soon, a smile appeared on the staff officer's face.

……

On another pirate ship, a pirate who was bored waiting for the result of the negotiation was observing the situation through a telescope. He watched the captain of the passenger ship standing on the bow, shouting loudly with the head of the Red Skull Pirates, as if they were still in a stalemate.

He turned the camera and scanned the ship of the Red Skull Pirates, and saw that everyone on the deck was staying in their respective positions, preparing meticulously, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Hello." He elbowed another pirate standing beside him, put down his binoculars, pointed at the ship of the Red Skull Pirates, and said, "Why are they so quiet? Don't you think it's a bit strange..."

The pirate next to him in the gray shirt turned his head straight:
"What's weird?"

The three gunners behind him turned their heads back at the same time and asked in unison:

"What's weird?"

The first mate, second mate, and everyone else of the pirate group poked their heads out from all corners of the ship, stared straight at him, and asked questions together:
"What's weird?"

The pirate was so frightened that his face paled, and the telescope slipped from his hand.He moved half a step to the side, suddenly fell to the ground, twitched a few times and then became silent.

The others surrounded his body three layers inside and three layers outside. Seeing that he was frightened to death, they pulled out his spirit body and asked persistently:

"What's so strange?"

The pirate spirit said: "How could the Red Skull be so well-trained..."

A corpse with a pale face came out of the cabin. Seeing this scene, he commented very plainly:
"It's weird everywhere."

Everyone turned their heads back together, and a small wooden figure poked its head out of the pocket of the pirate in the gray shirt, and the pirate complained:

"grown ups!"

"He, say me, it's weird!"

The corpse that used to be the head of the pirate group said: "It's really strange. I clearly remember that you haven't seen Amon. The instincts of your two pathways still have this kind of intercommunication."

"You are a faceless man, a master puppeteer, you must learn to manipulate and disguise, and don't learn the scary way of a thief."

"Manipulate, and, disguise?"

They repeated it in unison. Except for the gray-clothed pirate, everyone else started to make different movements. Even the pirate who was scared to death stood up again holding the binoculars.

But just like a person who wants to draw a circle with his left hand and draw a square with his right hand needs a short period of exercise. These people walk around, trying to simulate the original behavior, but they keep bumping into each other, stepping on the left foot and stepping on the right foot. Walking forward facing the wall, lying on the ground, rolling and kicking his legs and unable to stand up, it seemed that he had strayed into the Ubisoft world. The "faceless doll" made frequent mistakes, and even accidentally fired a shot at the Red Skull Pirates in the distance.

A jet of water exploded very close to the ship of the Red Skull Pirates, shaking the ship.

The corpse watched the water column rising and falling in silence, and turned to look at the gray-clothed pirate. The little wooden figure in the pirate's pocket slowly hid in his pocket.

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The sound of distant gunfire and the sudden shaking of the ship caught the attention of the captain of the Red Skull Pirates. Johnson, the "Sea Wolf" with a bounty of 900 pounds, immediately stared fiercely at the captain of the opposite passenger ship.

"How dare you launch an attack!" The gunfire came from behind, and Johnson instinctively felt that something was wrong, but his first reaction was to slander loudly in an attempt to frighten the captain of the passenger ship, "There is nothing to talk about, sir, prepare Pray to your god!"

When the gunfire sounded, the captain of the passenger ship showed a vague surprise on his face, looking forward to the arrival of the called naval assistance.

But the sky and the sea in the distance were dark and dark, and there was no sign of any reinforcements.

Could it be an internal strife...?
Suddenly, hurried footsteps sounded from behind Johnson, and the first officer with a blindfold on one eye hurried over and whispered a few words in Johnson's ear.

The captain of the passenger ship caught the flash of surprise on Johnson's face, and he immediately made a gesture behind his back, and the crew member closest to the cabin door stepped out of the door immediately, notifying the crew to lift anchor and prepare for battle.

At this moment, Johnson suddenly pulled out his revolver and fired a few shots with bang bang. The people on the passenger ship did not expect this at all, and several people were shot immediately, bleeding profusely.

"You are lucky!"

Seeing this, the resentment in Johnson's heart was finally reduced by more than half. He followed the first officer into the cabin, and the ship of the Red Skull Pirates began to turn the bow, and the black muzzle sticked out.

The captain of the passenger ship covered his injured arm with one hand. After their figures disappeared, he finally let go of his hanging heart. He shouted without thinking: "Call the ship's doctor!"

Teng Teng Teng Teng Teng Teng, Johnson rushed into the cabin, looked at the large ship of the Black Blood Pirates crowded in the distance, cursed and cursed a few times, and was about to order the firing, when he felt a sudden intuition and stopped.

He turned his head abruptly, looked at his first officer, and kicked a gunner on the deck without warning:
"Farley! You drunkard, why don't you have a bottle in your hand today?!"

While speaking, Johnson had drawn out his knife, and hinted with his eyes that the people around him should keep an eye on the gunner.

The alcoholic looked at his hand slowly—multi-threaded operation caused the "faceless doll" to process information very slowly—then slowly reached out and grabbed the half of Langzi at his feet. Johnson saw the wine bottle, his eyelids twitched, and kicked him over again.

At the same time, he finally noticed the abnormality, saying that the black blood had betrayed the water, but the other side just kept walking up and down on the deck. He wasted so much time, and the other side didn't even fire a single shot!

Farley, who was kicked to the ground, looked forward, kicked his legs, and waved his hands in the air, as if he was so drunk that he couldn't stand up with Ben.But he didn't expect that after a while, he stood up straight sideways as if being pulled by an invisible thread.Johnson's hair stood on end, and he swung a knife to cut off his head, but the surrounding light sources suddenly decreased—everyone on the deck turned towards him and took a big step closer!

"You found it!"

"Playing, it's not good enough!"

"Make up, kill you!"

Dozens of them reached out to Johnson at the same time. Johnson shouted and swung the knife frantically, but soon got stuck in the bone seam of a subordinate and could not be pulled out.Those hands grabbed his hair, tore off his ears, gouged out his eyes... and quickly stripped all the organs that could be removed from his body, turning him into a mass of unrecognizable rotten flesh .

Then, they turned, and the two ships began bombarding each other alternately.

Soon, the shells concentrated in Black Blood's ammunition warehouse, and also made a huge gap in the Red Skull. They sank and exploded at the same time, turning into two burning wreckages. Naturally, no one survived.

Everyone on the passenger ship who was extremely vigilant and quietly turned the bow of the ship witnessed this scene completely, and the ship doctor even forgot to bandage.

"What happened? Why did the pirates who came to rob us just now fight among themselves and die together..."

Looking at the two wreckages, the secretary muttered to himself in shock.

"It's not important. What's important is that they were wiped out and we were unscathed. ... Count the personnel and set sail immediately after confirming that they are correct."

The captain's eyes were filled with disbelief and deep gratitude for his survival after the catastrophe.

Outer God returned to the deck, and a hurried crew member walked towards him.When the crew saw him, they immediately spoke:
"Sir, why are you outside?"

"Please hurry back to the cabin, the threat of pirates has been resolved, we are about to leave this port!"

Outer God nodded, staggered with the crew, and returned to his guest room.

He opened the palm he had been holding tightly, and a translucent spiritual body floated above his palm. The only captain Johnson who was not swallowed was floating in the air in a daze, with the terrified expression before death still on his face.

"Do you know what information is on the sea recently?"

Hearing this question, the pain on Johnson's face lessened, and he began to answer dreamily:
"I know……"

"There are heretic activities in Bansi Port, and they have been dealt with by the Church of Storms. Docking is prohibited..."

"Daniz Dubwa killed the second lieutenant of 'Admiral of Blood', 'Steel' Maveti, and many other subordinates..."

TBC
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Unexpectedly, the first person to be informed of the decline is you, Danitz! .jpg
Human beings also need to be educated, mythical creatures can also be educated, living Extraordinary items can still be educated, this is considered healthy!
After all, Gehrman's name hadn't come out at this time, at least until... some time later.

(End of this chapter)