"Hey… Brando."
Just as Luo En was deep in thought, Tracy suddenly asked again, "What are your plans after returning to Bayam?"
Miss, why did you suddenly become so chatty? Luo En grumbled inwardly.
However, a moment later, he felt relieved. Sailing at sea was very boring. Compared to before, when they didn't utter a word, chatting like this now was not bad.
"Of course, I'll sell those materials," Luo En said in a relaxed tone.
"And then, continue being an adventurer at sea?"
"No." Luo En shook his head.
"After experiencing something like this again, I probably won't do it anymore…"
"Then, would you consider changing professions?" Tracy's voice carried a hint of eagerness.
"Changing professions?" Luo En was a little surprised, then looked at Tracy thoughtfully.
"A pirate?"
"Mm." Tracy nodded nervously.
"No, thank you." Luo En refused with a smile. To be honest, he hadn't expected Tracy to invite him, although he had guessed long ago that she was most likely a pirate. But they had both tacitly avoided bringing up the subject.
Now, Tracy's words were equivalent to making it clear. Luo En wasn't sure what her purpose was, whether she was genuinely inviting him or if it was some kind of intimidation…
And, ultimately, he really didn't want to be a pirate.
"Why!" Seeing Luo En refuse, Tracy's voice immediately became sharper.
"The sea is too dangerous."
"Dangerous? Does that mean as long as you don't encounter danger, it's fine?" Tracy stared at Luo En with shining eyes. She had another reason to completely "protect" him.
As long as she kept him locked up and protected, preventing him from getting hurt, it would be fine.
"Well, you can't really put it that way." Luo En felt a bit unnerved by her gaze, his mouth twitching. "Life at sea isn't really suitable for me…"
He felt a hint of unease and changed the subject:
"However, speaking of that, you reminded me. After we dock, I still need to go see the Captain."
"Captain!?" Tracy snapped out of her reverie, her tone instantly turning cold: "Edwina Edwards?"
"Mm."
"What do you want with her! She's a pirate too!" Tracy's question blurted out.
"Academic research," Luo En said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Besides, the Captain isn't just a pirate. She should be considered an adventurer."
"Didn't I take some pictures? I plan to…"
"The Captain will definitely be interested in those…"
Luo En was still chattering away. He actually noticed that Tracy was a bit off, but he couldn't figure out why.
The reason he brought up Edwina now was essentially to bolster his own courage. In Luo En's view, the reputation of Iceberg Admiral was quite well-known among pirates.
Although he didn't think Tracy would harm him, there was always a chance, after all, that warehouse full of Beyonder materials was too tempting.
Revealing that he had a good relationship with Edwina might make this true pirate beside him feel some apprehension.
However, Luo En had no idea how grating his "borrowing power" for self-preservation sounded to Tracy.
"I…" Tracy clenched her fists, her voice gradually growing softer, "Academic research… academic research that I'm not good at…"
Tracy thought Luo En was subtly saying she wasn't as good as Edwina, which was why he rejected her invitation.
'Captain! Captain! It's always that bitch.' Her gaze gradually became dangerous. She had completely stopped listening to Luo En's subsequent words.
You rejected my invitation because being a pirate is too dangerous.
But then you turn around and go look for another pirate Captain, and even seriously differentiate her from me, calling her an "adventurer"!
And you use academic research, which I'm not good at, as an excuse.
What adventurer? They're all pirates! What's the difference? You just simply think I'm not as good as her, right!
Tracy's thoughts spiraled into a strange dead end.
"Are you alright?" Luo En asked, a little uncertain, seeing Tracy fall silent. "You're… a bit strange today."
Normally, Tracy always had an arrogant expression, but today she was inexplicably a bit talkative…
It didn't feel like she was excited because they were about to escape danger.
"No, it's nothing. Since you don't want to be at sea, I won't force you." Tracy suddenly looked up, a smile returning to her face, her azure eyes showing no extra emotion.
Just as Luo En thought his suspicions were a false alarm.
Tracy secretly swore in her heart.
'You'll never see that bitch again in your life.'
…
After sailing for a while longer.
"It seems we're almost at Bayam," Tracy, standing by the porthole, suddenly said.
"Is that so?" Luo En stretched.
This dangerous journey could finally come to an end.
"Brando, why don't I take the helm?" Tracy suggested, looking at the tired Luo En. "I've almost recovered."
"Alright." Luo En readily gave up his position. In terms of navigation, Tracy was indeed much better than him, a half-baked amateur.
Watching Luo En's retreating back as he left the cockpit, the smile on Tracy's lips became dangerous and twisted.
You can't escape!
…
"Schemer, what do you want to say?"
"What plan…"
"Damn it…"
Luo En woke up from his fitful dreams, rubbing his throbbing temples. He felt utterly weak. "Strange… why do I feel even more tired after sleeping?"
"And I had a weird dream. It seemed like a Schemer was saying something… I can't remember."
"Cough cough!"
"Sick?"
He coughed a few times, his head splitting. "This illness came too suddenly… and my spiritual intuition is being interfered with…"
"Wait!" Luo En suddenly realized something. He instinctively looked up, meeting the gaze of Tracy, who had appeared at the doorway at some point. She stood there silently, her expression unreadable.
However, before Luo En could react.
She took a step forward and hugged him.
"Let go," Luo En tried to push Tracy away, but found he couldn't move her at all.
She was even stronger than he imagined!
Damn it, Lucky One didn't have any active skills.
"Don't move~"
Just as he tried to resist, Tracy's sweet yet distorted voice came from behind him.
"You want…" Luo En hadn't finished speaking when he felt a sharp pain in his neck, and his vision went black as he lost consciousness.
"Hmph."
Tracy coldly glanced at the camera in the corner, walked over, and stomped on it without hesitation, crushing it to pieces.
"From now on, I am your Captain," she quietly declared.
"Meow!"
Lachi, who had been in a deep sleep, also noticed the anomaly and seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
However, as soon as it got up, it discovered that its coordination and explosive power, which it had always been so proud of, seemed to have vanished. The entire cat slumped weakly onto the ground.
Clearly, it too had been affected by the illness…
In terms of Assassin abilities, it was ultimately no match for Tracy. The illness bypassed its intuition, and by the time it reacted, it had already been hit.
"Indeed, you are not an ordinary cat…" Tracy coldly watched the limp Lachi, watching it struggle then faint.
"As a cat, you are very impressive," Tracy praised it, "But, compared to me, you are still far off."
Long ago, she had vaguely sensed that there was something off about this cat. Everything today confirmed her suspicions.
"You really are hiding a lot from me, but it doesn't matter. We have a lot of time, we can talk slowly."
Tracy looked at the unconscious Luo En with satisfaction and closed the door.
…
"A change of pace isn't bad either."
Tracy, wearing Luo En's jacket, stretched, her slender and voluptuous body curves fully displayed at that moment.
A strange scent permeated the air.
"You really are special," she murmured, stroking Luo En's face.
In reality, she hadn't done anything excessive to Luo En; she had merely used Luo En's clothes for a rehearsal to test her own acceptance level.
Previously, she had always sought pleasure from various beautiful women, but this different experience was unexpectedly good.
She hadn't felt the slightest discomfort.
Looking at the still unconscious Luo En, the corners of her mouth curved slightly upward.
She was very satisfied with the result of this attempt.
"Indeed, I should be the one on top," she whispered.
"The most important step will have to wait until you're awake."
The environment here was simply too squalid and did not fit the sense of ritual in Tracy's heart.
Although this time was dangerous, for Tracy, the harvest was great… besides Luo En, there was also that warehouse full of Beyonder materials.
Now that Luo En was hers, those Beyonder materials were naturally hers too. She had truly killed two birds with one stone.
Tracy walked to the window, gazing at the approaching coastline: "Bayam is almost here…"
"But…"
"Now, our destination is the 'Black Death'.
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