In addition to the dozen or so bloody severed fingers, several eyeballs, ears, and some other human organs also rolled out of the trash can.
Fei You didn't react at first, but when he did, he immediately ran to the side and vomited loudly. After all, guessing it was one thing, and seeing it with one's own eyes was another.
Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian's reactions were much calmer than before. After all, in the past hundred days, one of them had observed countless copies, while the other had personally experienced countless copies. They had broad knowledge and were not surprised by anything.
Xiao Tangqiu frowned: "As expected, it seems our guess was correct."
After the pirate ship was afflicted by the so-called curse, not only did the food on board continue to disappear, but it was also thought that they could no longer catch any fish. With so little food and ammunition, how could this guy, even if he was the ship's chef, have hidden food? With the entire ship's food supply gone, where did he find it? It's obvious that he targeted the most abundant person on board: the people.
Perhaps he had some moral integrity at first, perhaps he had struggled and hesitated, but in the end, his desire for food overcame everything, overcame the last shred of conscience in his heart, and he raised his chef's knife towards his former companion...
Tang Mianmian rubbed her chin, a bit doubtful. "This guy is killing and eating people so openly, don't the others resist? He may be quite strong, but a chef on a pirate ship should be considered a civilian position, right? How can he defeat those other pirates with practical experience? Not to mention there's not even one... There must be at least seven or eight people here, right?"
Xiao Tangqiu nodded. Even if the chef was skilled, he couldn't possibly handle so many pirates on his own. The only possibility was—
"Perhaps he didn't deal with seven or eight pirates at once by himself. Instead, he used his identity as a chef to lure them into the kitchen one by one, perhaps tricking them into hiding some food," Xiao Tangqiu analyzed with a frown. "He might have tricked them into sharing some food with them in exchange for a favor. Then, he would lure the pirates into the kitchen and share the food. By then, the ship would have been in chaos due to the lack of food, and even the captain couldn't control the situation. Even if one or two pirates were missing, no one would have noticed, and even if they did, they wouldn't have pursued the matter."
"That makes sense!" Tang Mianmian nodded. "But how did this guy die later? And his body was stuffed into a wooden box? Did he hit a wall and was killed instead of trying to kill someone? And why is his body filled with gold coins? Did he not only secretly hide the 'food', but also secretly take all the missing treasures?"
Xiao Tangqiu smiled bitterly: "I don't know about that. I'm not a famous detective who can discover the whole truth based on a few clues."
At this moment, Duan Hongzhen suddenly asked, "What about the rest of the people? Where did they go?"
Xiao Tangqiu quickly realized that no matter how powerful this chef was, he couldn't kill everyone on the ship. So where did the rest of the people go?
Fei You had already finished vomiting. He weakly asked, "Don't we still have the wine cellar to check out?"
"Let's go and take a look."
The wine cellar was not locked, and there was not even any room for Duan Hongzhen to move. Xiao Tangqiu pushed the door lightly and it opened.
The choking dust blew in his face again, accompanied by a smell so foul that it stung his eyes. Xiao Tangqiu felt like he was about to suffocate.
The voyage at sea is very long and fresh water resources are not easy to preserve. Sailors and pirates would choose to use wine, which is easier to preserve, instead of fresh water. Therefore, there was only wine but no fresh water on the ship. In order to better preserve the wine, the wine cellar on the ship was very well sealed, so the flavor inside did not evaporate or lose and was the most intoxicating.
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