Chapter 552 Fish Meal
Above the vast ocean, a huge cruise ship was cutting through the waves and sailing forward. Dorothy sat on a seat on the stern deck, feeling the sea breeze and recalling everything about the pirate era of conquering the sea. Through the information she got from Beverly, Dorothy learned the origin of Mon Carlo and had a deeper understanding of this city.
'Mon Carlo was once a pirate town established by the great pirate Edward Gibbs during the pirate era. Later, Edward accepted the amnesty from the church and stopped being a pirate. He disbanded most of his fleet, severed his relationship with the Afterbirth Order, and stopped plundering openly. However, he did not join the church or become a navy of a certain country. Instead, he maintained a certain independent status. This seemed to be due to the content of the contracts he signed with the church and the countries.
'In order to adapt to the new situation, Edward changed his main business into smuggling. Mon Carlo became the largest smuggling center in the Conquest Sea for a while, and became a smuggling city. At the same time, he was running a large amount of gray and black illegal business. Later, after the situation became more stable, he was forced to restrain himself a little under the pressure from the main continent, reducing the scale of smuggling in the open and making the smuggling business more hidden. At that time, Mon Carlo was replanned and developed, making it a gambling city, providing gambling services for countless wealthy people from the north and south continents. Mon Carlo's reputation in the secular world gradually rose, and it has become the largest casino in the Conquest Sea area today.
'Edward was the biggest pirate leader among the pirates that the church had recruited. It was said that when he abandoned Haiyuan and converted to Christianity a few hundred years ago, he had vigorously promoted the new salvationist policy for the church, setting an example for countless pirates who conquered the sea. It was because of his leadership that countless refugees who did not trust the church started a wave of reconversion. He also gained the independent autonomy he wanted because of this, and also made the church tolerate his less-than-compliant actions in the future. For the church, as long as Edward did not cross the line, the church would not care too much about him.
'According to Beverly, Moncarlo is now a relatively independent free port city-state, operating a number of black gold businesses, mainly gambling, supplemented by smuggling and money laundering. At the same time, it is also one of the vacuum zones of the Stonemasons Union. Many of the trades there have the shadow of the Dark Gold Society behind them. Edward still rules Moncarlo today. He has contacts with many forces but does not obviously lead to any one party. Even the Dark Gold Society, which has a relatively close cooperation, and Edward has a mutually beneficial relationship. Although he often negotiates with the Dark Gold Society for cooperation, he has never stopped communicating with the Stonemasons Union.
'In short, Edward is a man who is good at pleasing everyone and making profits by maneuvering between various parties. He is good at balancing and has maintained the rule and development of Moncarlo for a long time. However, Edward seems to have reached a certain level now and is gradually unable to cope with various affairs. The situation in Moncarlo may change.'
After recalling what Beverly had explained, Dorothy took another bite of the banana in her hand. She had to say that the clockwork man was really reliable in providing secret intelligence. As soon as she asked Beverly about the secret intelligence about Monte Carlo, he responded with all the necessary information, and he didn't even ask for money. He was much more generous than her father.
"The Pirate City of Mon Carlo? I wonder what the big man from the Black Dream Hunter Group came here for? I wonder if you can find him there..."
Dorothy thought to herself while eating a banana. The fundamental reason why she came to Mon Carlo this time was the information she got from the little fox. It said that a big man from the Black Dream Hunting Group called "Withered Wings" would go to Mon Carlo to participate in an auction. He was carrying a divine object that originally belonged to the Faith of Butterflies.
Dorothy was very happy after getting the information from the little fox, but after more careful confirmation, she was in trouble for a moment. The reason was that the information the little fox gave was too simple. The information that could be provided about the person named Ku Chi was just a code name, and nothing else. Not to mention his real name, she didn't even know the gender and age of Ku Chi, and what he wanted to buy. Dorothy was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but she had no choice but to do this now.
"I can't help it... This piece of information is the only clue I have about the Shadow Blessed Item. Now that the auction is about to start, I can only bite the bullet and get through it. Although there are a lot of things that I can't figure out, I can only slowly collect information and find a solution after I get there..."
After finishing the banana in her hand, Dorothy thought helplessly in her heart that with the current amount of information, she did not hold out any hope for any success in this trip to Monte Carlo. She had already made plans to return home after the trip. If it really didn't work out, she could only treat this as a trip.
After thinking it over, Dorothy prepared to find a place to throw away the leftover banana peels. Just as she was scanning the deck, preparing to look for a place to throw away the garbage, she suddenly heard a cheer coming from not far away. Dorothy turned her head and looked in the direction where the cheers came from. Then she saw a large group of passengers gathered at the side of the ship, looking out together, and cheers broke out from time to time in the process of watching.
Looking at the crowd gathering in the distance, Dorothy couldn't help but frowned, and then she muttered to herself in confusion.
"What's that doing over there?"
"Woo woo... they're fishing over there, Miss Dorothy. There are so many fish down there, and so many people are fishing..."
At this time, a familiar female voice sounded beside Dorothy. Dorothy turned around after hearing it, and then saw the figure of Nefernis.
At this time, Nephthy was standing on the deck next to Dorothy. She was wearing sandals and a pair of light blue trousers. She was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, a straw hat and sunglasses. She was holding a plate with a roasted fish on it. With her other hand, Nephthy was holding a fork, eating the roasted fish. The rich aroma reached Dorothy's nose.
"Fishing? This... this is a cruise ship, right? How can you fish on a cruise ship?"
Listening to Neveu's words, Dorothy continued to be confused by this. The side of the cruise ship was too high and the water flow was fast beside the ship. It was definitely not suitable for fishing. Even if the fishermen had long enough fishing lines, they could not catch any fish on a moving ship. Once such a big ship moved forward, the water flow alone would scare away the fish. What fish could they catch?
"I'm not sure about that, but the fish have been gathering there since a while ago, so many that they are floating out of the water. Some of the experienced anglers among the tourists couldn't sit still and took out their fishing gear and ran to the side of the boat to fish. They always caught one. Now, because there are so many fish, some people have borrowed grills from the kitchen to grill fish on the spot."
Nefernis said this and then pointed to the other side of the deck. In the direction Nefernis pointed, Dorothy saw another group of people gathered there, barbecuing around several barbecues. The fish that had just been caught on the side of the boat were immediately killed and processed, and then sent to the barbecue. The fish gave off a tempting aroma under the seasoning and high temperature.
It seemed that those anglers had caught so many fish that they simply treated other tourists to the fish they caught. In this way, the entire stern deck became a fishing and barbecue party. Many tourists were enjoying it. Dorothy could see many people like Neveu holding plates and eating barbecued fish while wandering on the deck.
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