Chapter 48 Recalling, Opportunity, I Know It Was Just Hearing Yuan Jianxing…
The captain felt that his career had encountered an unprecedented challenge.
At this moment, he deeply regretted taking the job from Kangming Group at the urging of the first mate for a reward of several hundred thousand.
People just can't earn money beyond their abilities.
Well, as expected, something bad has happened.
It's one thing that the first mate is nowhere to be found, but given his skill level, if the port water conditions were better, he might be able to single-handedly manage to stop the cruise ship in the correct position.
But……
The captain glanced furtively at the person next to him.
However, just a short while ago, when the person brought by Badger Tooth stood in front of the passenger seat, he clearly heard the other person mutter to himself:
"You're lying, this is completely different."
"Okay, okay, tell me which one is forward?"
"What do you mean by operating with both hands simultaneously? It's a miracle the engineers didn't kill this designer."
These words stunned the captain.
However, just as he was trying to inquire about the man's background from Badger Tooth and subtly suggest that the man might not be able to fulfill the duties of the vice helmsman, the man simply placed his hands on the control panel and began operating it with practiced ease.
His movements were so skillful and his subtle operations so adept, it was as if he had been guided by a master.
Noticing that Badger Tooth was quite satisfied with the man's performance, the captain, despite his many doubts, swallowed them down.
Anyway, if the mission isn't completed, one of us will just die, so taking someone down with us will even things out.
Once they were alone in the cockpit, the man suddenly spoke up: "Captain, may I ask you a question about the upcoming journey?"
"This person's voice is really nice," the captain thought subconsciously.
But then he abruptly closed his eyes, trying to banish this absurd idea from his mind.
In the myth of Grace, there is a female monster with a human head and a bird's body that lures nearby sailors with her enchanting songs, causing ships to lose control and sink.
And what difference is there between the guy standing next to him now and that monster?
The captain instinctively tightened his grip on the control ball, focusing intently on the distance ahead as he answered, "Please ask."
Following the instructions from Nakahara Kenshin on the communicator, Fu Ze first fine-tuned the ship to its optimal position before letting go of the control panel and calmly saying, "It's said that this mission will be carried out in two trips, and some of the cargo will be carried underwater during the second trip. Who will be in charge of that?"
Underwater operations are not like those on water, where there are various cranes to assist in the work. The degree of control is very low, and any mistake is almost irreversible.
"You don't need to worry about that." Seeing that the question was one he could answer, the captain secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "We have prepared a small engineering intelligent robot, Icarus VII, equipped with a searchlight."
Just as the captain was trying to explain its various features to Fu Ze, the other party nodded first.
"I see, that's not bad."
The captain was somewhat surprised.
He was quite shocked when Badger Tooth asked to use robots to carry cargo on the bottom of the ship.
Nobody has ever done this before!
Although he did some research on this "Icarus VII" after the meeting, he still had serious doubts about the success rate of the plan.
Finally, at the urging of the first mate, the captain, with a "whatever the client says, that's how it is" attitude, agreed.
He didn't see Fu Ze as the kind of nerdy guy who was obsessed with robots, yet he recognized the feasibility of the plan the moment he heard it and gave it a "not bad" rating.
It's true that you can't judge a book by its cover.
Even so, the captain was still a little uneasy.
"Then what are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing." Fu Ze brushed a stray hair behind his ear. "I just remembered something interesting."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Jianxing on the other end of the communicator pursed the corners of his mouth slightly.
He also remembered some things, and it was most likely the same thing that Fu Ze remembered.
However, for him, that was not something to be happy about.
Rewind two weeks. If someone had boldly declared that someone would definitely break the CEO's undefeated record, Hara Mihoshi would have outwardly humbly stated, "No one can win forever, but he will do his best," while inwardly scoffing at the idea and demonstrating the answer to that question through his actions.
dream.
However, this person appeared just like that, in an identity and manner of action that Yuan Jianxing had never imagined.
From silently causing a major traffic jam at the central hub, to stealing Snake Eyes right under the executive's nose, and finally searching for someone throughout the city at the top of the red-light district in a manner that could be described as "igniting the dawn," that person has stirred up one feat after another that is worthy of being recorded as a landmark event in V City's history.
Meanwhile, Yuan Jianxing became a dark footnote to the opponent's glorious achievements.
For Yuan Jianxing, this is an indelible stain on his life.
However, after that person was killed at the Trial Bureau, he never had the chance to understand and defeat his opponent to avenge his humiliation.
This person became an insurmountable obstacle for Yuan Jianxing.
This incident also prompted him to make up his mind to come to L City to deal with the Kangming Group.
Although Hara Mihoshi's motivation wasn't "avenging his opponent," he had to admit that he was harboring a strong desire for revenge.
It's as if if he could eliminate that person's existence, it would be equivalent to eliminating that person on a higher level.
It's a bit of self-deception, but what else can he do?
Snatch that person back from the jaws of death? Obviously not.
Did they actually use a more sophisticated technique to fake their death?
...Stop!
Yuan Jianxing suddenly closed his eyes tightly, took a silent deep breath, and then said to Fu Ze in the same tone as before:
"Find out where Icarus VII is currently located. I'll find an opportunity to tamper with it."
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“Here,” Badger Tooth called out to Fu Ze.
Fu Ze strolled leisurely towards the location of Badger Tooth: "How was it? Did you successfully complete the mission?"
He appeared very calm, showing no signs of having just been scolded by Hara Mikihoshi on the communicator for his haphazard operation.
After confirming the relative position of the distant poster and himself, Badger Tooth was quite satisfied, and even Fu Ze seemed more pleasing to the eye.
"It's really good."
Standing next to Badger Tooth, Fu Ze gestured towards the poster and asked, seemingly casually, "By the way, who's this guy?"
Instantly, a sharp gaze was cast from behind Badger Tooth's glasses.
"You don't recognize him?"
"Should I know him?" Fu Ze asked very frankly. "You may not know this, but I've never really had any impression of people who are better looking than me."
Badger teeth: ...
He pushed up his glasses and couldn't help but ask, "Have you never been beaten for speaking like this since you were a child?"
“That’s why I’ve always pretended to be taciturn.” Fu Ze shook his head regretfully. “Now it’s time to unleash my true nature.”
As Yuan Jianxing's strategic cough became increasingly pronounced over the communicator, Fu Ze finally calmed down and focused his attention on the important matter at hand: "What do we need to do next?"
Just as Fu Ze was speaking eloquently, Badger Tooth had secretly received feedback from Rhinoceros Horn.
He rested his hands on the railing, feeling relaxed and content, and said, "Wait."
Wait? Wait for what?
Fu Ze immediately looked around and spread his senses as much as possible at the same time, trying to capture the fluctuations from the [Key] in the changes around him.
In the next instant, Fu Ze felt a surge of energy from the [Key] that was a thousand times greater than the wisp of energy he had captured from the snake's eyes erupt from the top of the mountain outside Dala Harbor.
Then, the force, like a sharp arrow, shot straight toward the location of the cruise ship, finally hitting the hold containing the twenty boxes of contraband with relative accuracy.
Although invisible, Fu Ze could sense that the moment it touched the bottom of the ship, the force seemed to have some kind of consciousness and dispersed on its own, like a self-aware "cocoon," wrapping the box from left to right.
With a startled cry from Nakahara Kenshin over the communicator, Fu Ze noticed that the waterline, which had been almost level with the warning line on the outside of the ship, had suddenly risen a little.
So it was all taken away by [teleportation]? All of them?
He immediately cut into Badger Tooth's blind spot and rhythmically tapped the communicator in his ear.
Yuan Jianxing, who had been hiding in the ship's hold, immediately relayed the current situation to Fu Ze: "They didn't all disappear, only five boxes."
"They disappeared one by one from left to right."
Fu Ze paused for a moment, then subconsciously looked in the direction Badger Tooth was staring.
Sure enough, the group of lights that were originally connected in a regular line on the cliff lowered down a bit, as if they had suddenly been loaded with some heavy load.
Soon the lowered parts separated from the main group and began to move in a regular pattern.
Judging from the route, they drove along the mountain road.
The remaining lights moved forward, precisely filling in the missing parts.
The moment the lights stopped moving, Fu Ze saw the waterline rise a little further.
At the same time, Yuan Jianxing's voice came through the communicator again: "Five more boxes are missing."
There were a total of twenty boxes of contraband. Five boxes were transferred at a time, and they have already been transferred twice. So there are two more chances.
I must use these two remaining chances to find out the limitations of [teleportation]!
Fu Ze's gaze shifted back and forth between the distant mountains lined with convoys, the huge posters hanging outside the harbor, and the ships bobbing up and down with the sea.
What is it?
What could it be?
What is it?!
At other times, Fu Ze might have been able to calm down and analyze the connections in detail.
But with the power of the [Key] taking effect around him, he felt his head was about to explode.
The cocoon silk that would normally only appear during the "death and rebirth" period suddenly broke through the soil and grew wildly in Fu Ze's mind.
They rubbed and vibrated against each other, as if a deity were roaring with all its might—
【key】
Fu Ze felt his vision blurring. If he hadn't braced himself against the railing with both hands, he probably would have collapsed onto the deck by now.
At the same time, beads of sweat seeped from his skin, first gathering into clumps, and then silently slipping into his clothes.
Just as Fu Ze was trying to break free from the interference of the cocoon silk, he felt his feet float again.
There was no doubt that five more boxes of contraband were missing from the ship's hold.
He wasted his third chance.
Damn it!
hateful!
Why?! Why must I suffer this torment?!
Ultimately, what's the point of all this "life-and-death" struggle?!
Just as Fu Ze's nerves were stretched to the limit and about to snap, Yuan Jianxing's voice came for the third time:
"I see."
At this moment, Fu Ze was so exhausted that he could hardly hear what Yuan Jianxing was saying, but he felt very at ease just hearing Yuan Jianxing's voice.
"Whatever you have in your hand right now, throw it down when I count to three."
"one."
Fu Ze bit his tongue, forcing reason to override the noise and regain control of his actions.
"two."
He began to quickly recall what items he had that met Yuan Jianxing's requirements, and reached into his pocket.
"three!"
Fu Ze immediately pulled his hand away, and something shiny fell out with it.
"My insignia!" He pretended to instinctively bend down to reach for the thing.
Knowing the power of [Mirror Image], Badger Tooth immediately grabbed Fu Ze's wrist and warned sternly, "Don't move!"
Fu Ze had no choice but to reluctantly withdraw his hand, looking resentfully in the direction where the insignia had disappeared.
However, after a few clanging sounds, he did not detect any unusual splashing sounds.
At the same time, the ship rose up again.
This first experiment is over.
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