Chapter 549: Your captain is missing?

"You said there's something wrong with the black cat, Wenza, and we shouldn't use it anymore?"

Klein asked quietly, glancing at Anderson, who was sitting in the corner, trying to take out cigarettes and matches several times and then secretly putting them back into his pocket.

In reality, the topic they were discussing wasn't secret, and with the hearing of a Sequence 5 Reaper, any sound uttered by the sea monster wouldn't escape his ears. However, speaking in a low voice always gave people the illusion of privacy.

"It sent me a letter for Catalina."

Angel replied with a dark face.

Although Wensa said that she and the other party were old acquaintances, the matter was not resolved for her yet... She had to leave the black cat alone for at least half a month, right?

"Okay, let's use another messenger first..."

Klein answered casually, handing Angel his suitcase. An activated charm was thoughtfully stuck on it, making it waterproof and preventing the clothes inside from getting wet.

"So, you've been staying with this 'strongest hunter' for the past few days?"

Angel, who was sitting aside with his suitcase, asked, using the "deep sea water membrane" as a last resort, and returned his voice to normal so as not to be heard by the other party.

"Well, I took the initiative to ask him for help. I thought my bad luck would disappear after leaving that sea area, but I didn't expect that I would almost die there as soon as I landed on Tuscat Island..."

Perhaps worried that smoking here would cause a sea monster to sneeze and blow him into the deep sea, Anderson stuffed the cigarette into his pocket for the third time, leaned over and answered proactively.

From his introduction, Angel learned that this "strongest hunter" was almost killed on the spot by an accidental explosion due to bad luck, that he hunted a few pirates to make money and offended a demigod, and that he encountered the "Death Report" as soon as he went out to sea.

In the end, the unfortunate hunter paid 1,500 pounds, plus the clue to a magical item, to get the opportunity to solve the problem from Klein. Finally, with the help of a Beyonder of the "Monster" path living on the island of Oravi, he erased the bad luck imposed on him by the "Angel of Destiny" Ouroboros.

"The one that cost you thirty pounds?"

Angel asked Klein casually, successfully seeing his expression stiffen slightly.

"We're almost there."

He said with pursed lips.

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After swimming out of the sea monster's mouth, the three of them soon landed on a remote deserted island. There wasn't even any plant life here, and the rugged reefs were beaten by the waves, as if they were about to sink to the bottom of the sea at any time.

On the other side of the island, there was a sailing ship painted gold and equipped with a huge main gun.

"That's the Golden Dream?"

Anderson placed his hand on his forehead to block the setting sun, squinted his eyes and observed for a moment. Suddenly, he became alert and looked at Angel and Klein.

"What is your relationship with that 'Vice Admiral Iceberg'?"

He asked in a low voice.

"We have had some cooperation," Angel replied, looking at Klein. "Didn't you tell him the details?"

After receiving a letter from Klein detailing the disappearance of "Vice Admiral Iceberg" Edwina, Angel rushed to the rendezvous point without stopping to investigate with him. He thought Klein had also told Anderson, who was accompanying him, about the incident, but unexpectedly, the hunter seemed to know nothing.

"He's different from you, a little, um, not sociable..."

Anderson answered immediately, but changed his words under Klein's cold gaze, using a more neutral descriptor.

While the three were chatting, the "Golden Dream" had already discovered them and quickly sent a small boat to greet them.

When they climbed up the rope ladder to the deck, a group of sailors came to them as if they had seen their saviors.

But they soon recognized the recently famous "Crazy Adventurer" German Sparrow, and their welcoming expressions were a little stiff, as if they were thinking of the not-so-good rumors about this adventurer and the "female pirate generals."

Then, someone recognized the "Shipbreaker" Angelica Thatch, and their surprise at her beauty was quickly overshadowed by their concern for the safety of their ship, and their eyes were filled with doubt.

In the end, only a few high-ranking members of the "Golden Dream" stepped out to greet the three men. Leading the group was none other than Angel's old acquaintance, "Flame" Danitz.

This equally unlucky hunter's eyes lit up when he saw Klein, and when he saw Angel beside him, he smiled with joy. But when his gaze finally rested on Anderson's face, his eyes widened and he shouted:

"Anderson Hood! Why are you here?"

They knew each other? Pirate hunters and pirates?

Just as a strange thought popped up in Angel's mind, Danitz continued loudly:

"This guy is not a good person. He is always attacked by passing pirates in the Misty Sea because of his outspokenness. Then those guys become his bounty."

"Isn't that what hunters are supposed to do? I heard you were an 'arsonist' a few years ago. Are you still a Sequence 7 now?"

Anderson scoffed and retorted, instantly angering Danitz. The latter's golden hair trembled like flames. He looked around and saw that his side had a significant advantage in numbers. He felt more confident and continued:

"You may not know this, but he was born into the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. He once attended a church school in Lenburg, where he was a classmate of the captain. However, due to poor grades and repeated failing exams, he was expelled, and that's how he ended up becoming a treasure hunter."

Hearing this, the sailors around all showed contemptuous expressions.

You know, they are the "top students" who are taught by "Lieutenant General Iceberg" every night!

As for their identities as treasure hunters, they deliberately ignored it.

Anderson, who was being stared at by all kinds of people, looked slightly changed. He was silent for a moment, his eyes swept across the faces of the sailors, and suddenly he laughed.

"But I once pulled your captain's hair in school."

He spoke in a flat tone.

The deck of the Golden Dream suddenly became quiet.

Seeing that the sailors on the ship seemed ready to cut the strongest hunter into pieces, while Klein was acting like a "crazy adventurer" on the side, Angel could only cough lightly, interrupting the angry glares of everyone and asking:

"Where did your captain disappear?"

These words seemed to awaken the sailors of the Golden Dream, reminding them of the most important thing at the moment. Danitz nodded quickly, his distorted expression returning to normal as he looked at the burly man wearing a monocle beside him.

The latter took the initiative to step forward and introduce himself:

"Hello, I'm the first mate of this ship, Blue Walsh the Gourmet."

The pirate, whose bounty was as high as 6,200 pounds, introduced the other main crew members and led everyone into the cabin and to the door of the captain's room.

"The captain entered her room three days ago to conduct research. The room was locked and the windows were shut. We usually don't disturb her, but she hasn't appeared since two days..."

Listening to the first mate's story, Angel entered the spacious room.

In addition to the common furniture such as chart tables, desks, and lounge chairs, the most common items are bookshelves and the books stacked on them.

"These were dinner and beer that the sailors had brought her before she began her research, but she hadn't touched any of them... So we suspect she disappeared that same night."

On the messy desk lay a dinner, the toast dry and the bacon grease congealed, and next to it were pens, ink, various white papers with notes written on them, and a thick parchment book.

Groselle's Travels...

Angel saw the title written in ancient Fusac language and immediately recalled Edwina's introduction when he first came to this ship.

Indestructible... Found in a deep-sea shipwreck... Several owners have mysteriously disappeared...

Could it be that "Iceberg Vice Admiral" Edwina has also become one of them?

Angel picked up the book and flipped through it, soon seeing the end of the story that had been recorded previously.

Of course, this doesn't mean the story has reached its end, but rather that the parchment after that seems to be stuck and cannot be unfolded, so we can only see the scene where "Groselle" gathers the team and prepares to challenge the "King of the North", and then... it ends.

But this time, she was surprised to find that two more pages of the book, which were originally glued firmly, could be turned over!

This unusual scene made Angel alert. She opened it carefully and quickly browsed the contents. She soon discovered that this was not some evil change, but a real "continuation".

The new content tells the story of a pirate lady who got lost on the ice field. She escaped the pursuit of the "King of the North", met and joined Groselle's team, and prepared to challenge the ice dragon together to avenge herself.

Could this be... about Edwina? Her research was designed to include her own story in this travelogue thousands of years old?

Experimenting with the remaining pages, Angel found they were still firmly stuck, like a sheet of thickened parchment.

She handed Groselle's Travels to Klein, who was checking the draft papers, and then looked at Danitz and asked:

"Did Edwina say she was going to study this book this time?"

She already suspected that the other party's disappearance was related to this travelogue.

Unexpectedly, Danitz did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked at the first mate "Gourmet" Blue, "Flower Tie" Jodson and others beside him, and shook their heads together.

"We don't know."

Their expressions seemed to say: We never ask about advanced research.

This is too righteous. Do you still have the nerve to laugh at Anderson... Angel curled his lips, and thought with some shame that he usually looks like this.

"I have some ideas," Klein suddenly said at this moment, "Prepare candles and ritual items for me. I want to pray to the hidden existence."

Pray to Mr. Fool?

Angel understood. She opened her suitcase and took out the candles, Eve powder, and other materials she always kept, handed them to Klein, and drove the other sailors, including Anderson, out of the captain's room. She exchanged a tacit glance with Klein, then left the room and closed the door behind her.

Only then did she realize that in addition to senior members such as "Gourmet" Blue, the corridor was also crowded with other sailors.

They all looked over here with worry and anticipation, waiting for the final result.

It seemed that they all cared about their captain. It was obvious that although their intentions were not so pure, they were much more normal than the sailors on the ship of "Vice Admiral Disease" Tracy... Angel retracted his gaze and asked a female sailor to lead the way to an empty room. He changed out of his dress that was soaked by sea water and put on the spare set of white women's shirt and beige slim trousers in the suitcase.

This outfit is somewhat similar to the one she wore when she pretended to be "Lieutenant General of Disease" Tracy. It highlights her feminine charm while being practical.

After putting on short boots and transferring weapons and talismans to his body, Angel returned to the door of the captain's room and was surprised to find that the atmosphere here was a bit weird.

"...Isn't the person you should be most wary of Gehrman Sparrow, the legendary adventurer who slept with every pirate admiral?"

Anderson Hood was whispering devilishly in a low voice, and the sailors standing beside him, including "Flame" Danitz, nodded involuntarily.