Chapter 104: Tail Ship 22
"A painful drop."
"A pleasant drop."
The boy spoke warmly and earnestly, but it reminded him of the cold tongue of a snake. After the vague intimacy, he distanced himself from him, smiled slightly, and gave him his final instructions before his departure, "I value promises very much, and you must do the same."
Must... He smiled bitterly.
From the moment he was brought on board, his life was no longer in his own hands.
At this moment, he understood what the boy said at the beginning: "I need you to die immediately."
What the Lord wanted was a ghost market, a territory that he had carefully selected. Which ghost's territory was managed by humans? He picked the place and the dog to guard the gate, and then let the dog die. The dog's life, the dog's breathing, the dog's future... he didn't care at all.
Because, it's just a dog.
This was the Lord of the Capital. He spoke the most heartless words in the gentlest tone... Even now, when he thought back, the feeling the boy brought to him was still like the wind in the sky that day, gentle and bone-chilling when it first came, and as cold as ghost blood after it swept through, sinister, dark and painful.
In the room.
No one said a word as they had never heard of these stories.
"——The resurrected ship. That's it." Joan repeated the agreement he had made with the Lord. "That's what he said at the time, 'I hope I can open this gift with my own hands when I come back.'"
"As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared."
"He threw a piece of hope into the sea, leaving me to pick it up in a mess. So many years have passed, and I have made countless attempts. Will said that the two tears were somewhere on the ship, but I searched every corner and found nothing."
The boat owner's voice was filled with fatigue.
"Later, a foreigner reminded me. He said that in his country, there is a saying, 'If the mountain doesn't come to me, I will go to the mountain.' Since I can't find those two tears, why not expect them to come out on their own? Those damn tears might just be very cheap."
"That's why you hold the "Search for Tears" competition every year..."
"Yeah, how many people think I'm crazy? Looking for tears in the ghost market, I've never heard of anything more outrageous than this."
"I sat a bunch of simple-minded people down and told them to reminisce about the most joyful and painful moments in their lives. Their dry laughter and cries were like slapping me in the face. God! I must be crazy to keep doing this."
"It's not your fault. Tears... are too hard for a ghost."
"It's not like they didn't shed tears. Over the years, they each wrote tragic and joyful scripts, and shed a few sour tears. But it didn't work. The greatest use of tears for the ship is to bring two drops of 'rain' that don't belong to the sky. Go out and take a look. There are still traces of those times on the deck."
"alright……"
The ship owner exhaled slowly and looked at everyone.
"That's all for the story segment. Now it's your turn to speak up."
"We must win this [match]... Oh my god, I'm actually starting to say 'must' all the time..."
Discussions started to emanate from the room. Drake turned around. He had already considered Jiang Yuelu as one of his own. "You know what? We plan to take action in this match."
“…”
Jiang Yuelu was suddenly hit by the explosive news and was a little dazed. He looked at Drake strangely.
He remembered that his father had mentioned the follow-up plan, but because they did not agree to join the resistance organization, the cunning old man (the baby) did not tell the truth.
But now, Drake confessed to him lightly.
He didn't know who was more stupid. The second-in-command in front of him, or the father who adopted the second-in-command as his adopted son and entrusted him with important tasks?
No matter what, he still pretended to be ignorant, like an innocent little cabbage: "Oh? Tell me more."
"You have integrated into our team and started to care about the resistance." Drake said with a smile: "See? This is the charm of the resistance organization!"
Jiang Yuelu: “Yeah.”
Drake was very happy to see his changes, and said with relief: "Everything starts from the rules set by the Lord. After so many days, you should know that on the ghost ship, you can only trade with happiness. People like us who are in the land of despair have a lot of suffering in our hands, but there is no place to use it."
"If despair could be used as a unit of exchange, each of us would become a millionaire. Unfortunately, our Lord sees only happiness."
"But there is one day every year that is different. On this day, you can not only trade your pain, but even get a ticket that is only open to happiness."
Drake: “That’s game day.”
Next, he explained to Jiang Yuelu the details of the game.
Competition is just a more appropriate description. In fact, this event is more like an exam.
"Exam?" Jiang Yuelu couldn't sit still after hearing this.
Why is there another exam?
Derek looked at him oddly, "Uh, yeah, test. What's going on?"
"No...just continue."
"This large-scale "exam" is open to all ghosts. After entering the examination room, every ghost will receive an identical "exam paper." Drake asked him to pay special attention, "But don't think that you will be given a few pieces of paper to write down your answers. This is different from the stupid exams in the human world."
Idiots who have taken this kind of exam: "..."
"The test paper is more like a pass that allows you to go to a test site that is unique to each candidate. They claim that everyone's test site is the same, and we have sneaked in to confirm it before, and it is indeed the same place."
"Where?"
"Hmm... how should I put it? It looks like a residence. An ordinary restaurant. There's a half-eaten birthday cake on the table."
"No one?"
"No. He left half of his meal behind, as if he was interrupted by something and left in a hurry."
"But..." Drake suddenly lowered his voice.
"But there's one thing that's very strange. Everyone who went in said that it looked like there were people in that restaurant."
"Did they see it?"
"No, that's what's weird. I didn't see anything, but the spoons and bowls moved by themselves, and the phonograph playing Happy Birthday suddenly started."
Jiang Yuelu hummed: "It sounds very strange."
Derek: "Yeah, most of the guys sent in are battle-hardened. They shouldn't be scared by a restaurant, but when they come back they all--" He widened his eyes.
"Damn it! I've gone off topic. Why am I talking about this!"
He hurriedly returned to the topic.
"Listen carefully, this is all the information we can get about the venue. As for this exam, the process was very crude at first, not even as good as the early fighting arena. It was later..." Drake put on a contemptuous expression, "Then the owner heard about the wizard academy exam from somewhere, and suddenly had an idea to change it to this."
As a student who had participated in two exams in the academy, Jiang Yuelu felt that it was quite true... He cleared his throat, "Exam results are nothing more than pass or fail. Is this the same?"
Derek was stunned, "You know a lot about this."
"I have experienced some... um... exams."
"The ship owner said that passing the standard means harvesting two completely different tears, one for happiness and one for pain. No one knows what kind of tears can be shed in a shabby restaurant, and no one knows how the ship owner tests it. Anyway, he can tell whether it is true or not after just one look."
“All in all, the whole boat was special on that day.”
"Despair is no longer restricted, and pain can be traded at any time. Perhaps only on that day will the name 'Ghost Market' be truly worthy of it. It will not discriminate between the rich and the poor, and all ghosts can participate."
"As for us, we plan to wave the flag on that day and knock those bastards off their positions, so that there will be no more voices of those bastards on the entire ship."
"You see, that's what we're going to do," Drake said proudly.
"Oh, my dear child, what are you going to do?"
The sound that appeared out of nowhere echoed in the wine cabinet, and Jiang Yuelu and Drake fell silent at the same time. The latter whispered to comfort him: "Don't worry, we are protected by the tree god——"
"Tree God?"
With a sarcastic question, the space in front of him was mercilessly torn apart, and Drake opened his eyes wide in horror. Both of them were exposed to the public.
The leaders of Happiness stood in a row, half of their faces hidden in the shadows. Their distorted shadows were cast on the back wall by the flickering firelight, and their gloomy and bloody figures looked down at the small wine cabinet. Without moving a finger, the eyes could kill these two noble eavesdroppers.
The captain sat in the middle, like a king.
Majesty is his most magnificent scepter.
"Tree God?" he repeated dangerously. "You want any other faith on this ship, Drake? Is this the Bible your old man is so desperately promoting?"
Drake's face darkened. "Old man, is it your turn to insult Dad?"
The ship owner didn't get angry but laughed instead.
"You can only say these two words stubbornly."
Drops of cold sweat appeared on Drake's forehead, and his mind was filled with swear words.
Damn it!
Why was he discovered? They even knew his real name!
Come to think of it, today was smoother than ever before... They had easily reached the secret reception room, something they had never done before with Gurian. And before long, these guys were talking about the past, as if they knew what they wanted to hear the most... Oh my God.
Is this... a trap?
The ship owner and his men chuckled, "You just realized it, poor kid?"
Drake's expression became solemn. He took a deep breath and slowly and solemnly tied the red ribbon on his head.
He said to Jiang Yuelu in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Next, I will try to stop them first. And you, do your best to escape and tell Lao--"
A cloud of black smoke rose from his feet like a giant snake, and in less than a moment it wrapped around his entire body and tightened his neck. He couldn't utter a word.
Derek rolled his eyes exaggeratedly, looking as if he was on the verge of death, while the ship owner opposite him just smiled calmly.
"These days, I have given you very high permissions, so that you overestimate your own abilities and think you can move freely in the commercial district. Do you know why I let you come in so brazenly?"
"A dog walks into a trap and speaks on his own. What a foolish beauty! More beautiful than any duel in the ring!"
He smiled slightly, admiring Drake's red eyes as he suddenly realized something, "Thank you for your efforts for Happiness. Now I know... You plan to do it during the game, right?"
“I………………killed…………”
Drake's mouth was also brutally torn. The boat owner turned to Jiang Yuelu.
"We met once in the ghost market, and it wasn't a pleasant experience."
"I consider myself a fair and calm boss, but you are obviously not a rule-abiding and lovable customer." His expression changed. "Therefore, the punishment you suffer will be more severe than his."
He changed from a king to a ruthless judge, wielding the gavel at Jiang Yuelu.
"Bang!"
Sparks flew, creating two cracks beside him.
The two men's hands appeared on the left and right, blocking Jiang Yuelu's way. Immediately following, a string of runes shining with amazing luster swirled around Jiang Yuelu's body, like a golden bell or an iron vest.
The secret runes flashed with signs of healing, and were the work of Medicine King Gu Tongjia.
Tong Mian shouted in a low voice: "Retreat!"
A pair of white pupils appeared on the other side. The young Luoyin official had already accumulated a lot of anger. He raised his hand towards the surprised group of happy leaders and said in a coercive way: "Get out!"
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