On the cruise ship, Douglas's words still lingered in Ahes' mind.
"'If anything happens to me, please protect my family.' Could it be that Douglas was threatened by someone? If so, wouldn't the Book of Ashes and the Book of Eternal Life...
"Thinking of this, Ahes clenched his fists.
Now the Book of Eternal Life and the Book of Ashes have most likely fallen into the hands of the enemy. Although Ahes does not have to worry about the Book of Ashes and the Book of Eternal Life being destroyed or contracted by others, it will be difficult for him to get them back.
"In short, we must first follow what the Lord of Greed said and take refuge in the Twilight Kingdom." Ahs thought to himself.
While I was thinking about it, a radio suddenly sounded on the cruise ship.
"All tourists on the cruise ship are asked to come to the lobby to assemble. I repeat, all tourists are asked to assemble in the lobby. This is an order," the broadcast said.
Arriving at the lobby, many tourists had already arrived, and Ahes came into the crowd nervously.
"Dear tourists, welcome to take this cruise to Vaskili." The person who was probably the captain stood in front of the crowd and said, "Now, there is a small episode that requires all tourists to cooperate with us."
As he spoke, a man came out of the room behind the captain wearing handcuffs and leg irons.
"Please shake hands with him one by one. Remember to use your right hand to shake it. Do you understand?" After the captain finished speaking, the man walked towards the crowd with a scared look.
While shaking hands with the man, Ahes noticed several crew members walking around from the back of the crowd.
"It seems that that person is a death row prisoner. They want to use this method to check the Book of Ashes. The crew is probably secretly checking everyone's luggage to find other clues about me." Ahs thought to himself.
But now that he does not have the Book of Ashes and the Book of Eternal Life, and his face has changed, it is impossible for them to find out.
After shaking hands, a knife was used to cut a wound on each person's arm. This was also to check whether there was any Ahes in the crowd. If the wound regenerated quickly, it would prove that the person had the Book of Immortality.
Of course, in the end, no one on the ship, including Ahes himself, triggered any of the above conditions, and one of the crew members also came to the captain and said something in his ear, and probably nothing was found in the luggage search.
Come.
The luggage was packed by Claire, and Ahers believed that Claire could not put anything in it that might reveal her true identity.
"I'm sorry for wasting everyone's precious time. You can go back now." Finally, the captain said to everyone with a smile.
"Wait a minute, Captain!" Just as everyone was about to leave, a crew member suddenly said, "During the inspection just now, I found that the number of tickets was wrong."
"Wrong quantity?"
"There are a total of 72 tourists on the ship now, but we only collected 71 tickets. In other words, one person came on board by evading fares." The crew member continued.
"Is that so? In that case, I will take up a little more of everyone's time. Next, I will read out the names of each ticket purchaser. Those whose names are read can exit." The captain frowned and took it from his pocket.
He made a list and said.
While he was meditating, Ahes saw a person quietly following another person and trying to slip out.
"Hey, that guy, stop!" A crew member noticed the guy following behind, grabbed the guy's collar and picked him up.
Under the fat coat is a gray-haired guy wearing a mask.
"It seems we have found the fare evading rat. Hey, bring that guy over here!" The captain stepped forward and said. The condemned prisoner was pulled over again. The captain grabbed the condemned prisoner's hand and pressed it on the man's right hand.
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The condemned man showed no reaction.
"Isn't it Ahs?" the captain said, taking off the man's mask.
Under the mask is a fair face.
"Wait, I can explain, I just forgot to buy a ticket when I came up." The man immediately opened his arms and said.
"Forgot to buy a ticket? Haha, you are really good at telling jokes, miss, so it's not too late to make up for the ticket now. After all, we don't want to throw you directly into the sea to feed the sharks." The captain smiled and said, "Then, please make up the ticket.
, one hundred karmas cannot be less.”
"Uh, um, wait a minute." She said, scratching in her pockets, like a student who had been stressing to her class teacher that she had brought her homework but couldn't find it.
"One hundred karmas is not a small amount, why is it so hard to find?" the captain said with a cold snort.
"I, is it okay after I get off the boat?"
"Okay, throw her into the sea." The captain said impatiently, and several crew members immediately stepped forward, grabbed her arms, and dragged her to the deck.
"Ah, don't." She struggled immediately and looked at the crowd of onlookers, "Whoever can lend me a hundred kilk, I will return it to him after getting off the boat. No, not just return it, I will
I will pay him back two hundred or three hundred!"
But no one paid attention to her.
"Ah, don't be like this, I am from Vaskili, I really have money there, and I will really pay it back after I get off the ship!" she shouted unwillingly.
Seeing that the crew was about to throw her over, Ahes suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the captain, and took out a check for one hundred kirks.
"I paid for that guy's ticket, let her go," Ahs said.
The captain glanced at Ahes and then signaled the crew to let go of her.
Naturally, Ahes had no intention of spending a hundred dollars to help a stranger at first, but she said that she was a Huskili. In this case, Ahes could ask her to help guide the way after getting off the ship. Apart from Helvo, she
Si and Bill Coster have never been anywhere. The most important thing is that because of Bai Wanling, Ah Si has an inexplicable liking for the gray-haired man.
The onlookers wanted to watch a good show, but they were intercepted by Ahes, so they naturally asked for trouble and left the hall. The captain and crew also returned to their posts.
"Ah, thank you so much, sir, you saved my life. If I were really thrown down, I would have died." The gray-haired girl came to Ahes and clasped her hands together and said.
"Let me ask you, are you really a Vaskili?"
"Well, that's not it. I'm a Percival."
"..." Upon hearing this, Ahes almost had the urge to throw her into the sea again.
"But don't worry, I will definitely pay you back the money. When I get to Vaskili, I can go to the bank to withdraw the money." She patted the bag hanging on her waist and said calmly, "I am a writer.
I am also a traveler. If I really want to say it, I don’t have a hometown."
"Forget it, what's your name?"
"Lucia, Lucia Walsh, what about you? What's your name?"
"...Karsus, Karsus. Gardner." After thinking about it, Ahes made up this name. Anyway, there are many surnames like Gardner, and he also