As a Hunter with a Shadow Cloak, Dhaniz's hiding and monitoring abilities had always been good. Back then, he had even helped the German Sparrow ambush Steel Maveti. At this moment, he didn't reveal any traces of himself. He only found it a little boring and desperately wished for Anderson to come and take over as soon as possible.
When will such a life end? Vice Admiral Ailment, quickly appear. No, no, not now. I'll wait for Anderson to come … Dhaniz examined himself and rationally ended his "prayer."
He was worried that a pirate admiral at the level of Vice Admiral Ailment Tracy would discover him hiding in the shadows, and he lacked the courage and confidence to do so.
Of course, if he wore the boxing glove, none of this would be a problem.
As long as he made decisions quickly enough, cowardice and fear wouldn't be able to catch up to him!
"You seem very vexed?" Suddenly, a voice sounded in Dhaniz's ears.
Dhaniz jumped in fright as he suddenly jumped out of the shadows. An orange-red flame quickly took form in his hand.
At the same time, he cast his gaze towards the source of the voice and saw Anderson hiding in a thicket. There were branches with green leaves sticking out of his head, almost fusing with the environment.
"… Dogsh * t!" It was unknown if Dhaniz was cursing Anderson or himself. After venting his anger, he said, "When did you come?"
"Two minutes ago," Anderson replied with a smile. "You hid well. I didn't even manage to find you immediately. All I could do was follow your habit of hiding and casually ask a question."
For a moment, Danitz didn't know if he should be proud or cursing angrily.
He asked with mixed feelings, "If I had maintained my composure, you wouldn't have been able to discover me?"
"In theory." Anderson smiled without minding it at all. "But as an experienced Hunter, there's more than one solution."
Dhaniz was just about to ask what other solutions there were when he suddenly saw Baz extinguish the candle in the room and prepare to sleep.
After nearly a minute, in the darkness, the blurry figure of the intelligence peddler, Baz, appeared by the window. With a light leap, he landed in a dark spot outside the room.
That was where Dhaniz was hiding. He, who had merged back into the shadows, was almost stepped on by his target.
Baz then followed the shadows and walked towards the beach.
"… Bullshit!" Only then did Dhaniz show himself. He pointed his middle finger at his target's back.
Anderson also left the thicket. As he plucked the branches on his head, he smiled at Dhaniz.
"Looks like we'll get something tonight."
Dhaniz cast a glance at the strongest hunter of Fog Sea across him and nodded vigorously.
"I hope it's Vice Admiral Ailment."
He immediately took Anderson with him, and with the help of the shadows that existed in the night, he followed the intelligence peddler at an appropriate distance.
"He's not stupid after all …" Anderson chuckled after observing for a while.
Dhaniz scoffed in his heart but did not respond.
Since he wasn't wearing his boxing gloves, he knew very well that this wasn't an occasion to taunt and provoke each other!
Fifteen minutes later, Baz arrived at the beach. He stood on the beach and stared at the deep blue sea illuminated by the crimson moonlight.
He didn't wait too long before a massive silhouette appeared in the depths of the sea. Gradually, it formed a black ship with a white flag fluttering in the wind.
On the flag, two gloomy blue flames were "burning" inside a pitch-black skull.
The Black Death!
Vice Admiral Ailment Tracy's flagship, Black Death!
Dhaniz instantly became excited. If he hadn't turned into a shadow, his pupils would definitely have widened in a bid to take in more light and see every detail of the ship.
He subconsciously moved forward a distance, hoping to confirm if Vice Admiral Ailment Tracy was on the ship.
The gigantic sailboat approached, and the two in the shadows could gradually see the sailors busying themselves on the deck.
Is there a dock here to dock? Or should I give Baz a small boat and let him row over himself? Just as these thoughts flashed through Dhaniz's mind, he heard Anderson suppress his voice.
"Leave this place."
Ah? Dhaniz's greatest strength was that he was good at obeying the instructions of those in authority. Be it Edwina Edwards or German Sparrow, he would at most grumble, but he would never compromise his actions. At that moment, although he wore a puzzled look and had the intention to retort and stand by his thoughts, he first used the shadows to silently leave the beach.
When he could no longer see the Black Death and could only hear the faint sound of the waves, Dhaniz left the shadows and appeared in the forest.
He anxiously asked, "Aren't you going to confirm if Vice Admiral Ailment is around?"
Anderson sized up Dhaniz and chuckled.
"Never underestimate Beyonders who are famous at sea but have lived to this day. Every pirate admiral is a target that needs to be treated with caution. You absolutely can't be careless."
Dhaniz subconsciously replied, "Admiral of Blood Señor, Admiral Hell Ludwell …"
They were pirate admirals who had been easily finished off by a crazy adventurer.
They were all Pirate Admirals who were easily dealt with by a crazy adventurer.
"…" Anderson was momentarily at a loss for words to refute Dhaniz. After a few seconds, he said, "Therefore, isn't Vice Admiral Ailment Tracy, who was also attacked by the German Sparrow and managed to survive, more important?"
Dhaniz thought about it carefully and felt that Andrewson's words made sense. He was about to speak when he felt an itch in his throat and coughed.
After coughing a few times, his throat began to swell, and the smell of rust came out.
"See, I told you to be careful." Anderson also clenched his fist and pressed it to his mouth. He coughed lightly, but his reaction wasn't as drastic as Danitz's. "Tracy must have spread all sorts of diseases in the area around the ship. Once anyone approaches, they will quickly be infected and exposed. Heh, such a large-scale use of her powers means that she has completely digested the Sequence 5 potion and has a chance of advancing to Sequence 4."
"Why wouldn't she have advanced to Sequence 4?" As he was far from the source of the infection, Dhaniz quickly calmed down as he instinctively retorted.
"Then, you're either on the Black Death, or you've contracted the Black Death and are about to die." Andrewson turned his body halfway and cast his gaze towards the invisible seaside. "Tracy's usage of the disease was a bit of a trick. She likely only maintained the disease in the area directly in front of her and ignored the other three directions. Then, with the help of the wind, it affected the people on the shore."
Having said that, Andrewson clapped his hands and revealed a smile once again.
"Doesn't our encounter prove that Vice Admiral Ailment is indeed on the ship? You can inform German Sparrow. "
Dhaniz didn't hesitate any further as he immediately set up a ritual to summon the messenger. Andrewson used the excuse of preventing any accidents to walk out of the forest.
…
At three in the morning, it was pitch-black in Baekeland's East Borough apart from the moonlight and stars.
Klein was wearing cotton pajamas and a nightcap that protected his hairstyle. He sat on the bed and received the letter from Reinette Tinekerr without asking any questions.
After opening it, he calmly got up and took out a fountain pen from his pocket. He wrote on the back of the letter:
"Return to the port city and await further instructions.
After watching Miss Messenger leave, Klein unhurriedly changed into a shirt, a vest, a bow tie, and a black trench coat.
Then, he took four steps counterclockwise and arrived above the gray fog. He used the Topaz Spirit Pendulum to divine the danger level of this operation and received almost no revelation.
Without any hesitation, Klein returned to the real World. Standing in front of the mirror, he picked up his half top hat and wore it.
In the room outside, marionettes Qonas and Enuni opened their eyes on the bunk bed.
…
On the Black Death, in an empty room, a figure quickly outlined itself. He had black hair and brown eyes, and his facial features were cold and stiff. It was none other than German Sparrow.
Under the dim crimson moonlight, Klein swept his gaze and casually found a chair to sit down. He enjoyed the night view of the sea outside the window.
In the captain's cabin a floor away, Vice Admiral Ailment Tracy, who was wearing a white shirt and beige trousers, watched in disgust as Baz left the room. She reflexively tugged at her collar as her expression gradually turned solemn.
She had just learned that Blazing Dhaniz and the Strongest Hunter, Anderson, had been staying on Theros Island recently with an unknown motive.
They are all related to German Sparrow … That fellow is looking for me? Tracy narrowed her eyes and walked to the window without any hesitation. She was prepared to instruct the sailors on the deck to turn the ship around and leave the waters.
At this moment, her thoughts suddenly froze, as though she had fallen into a state where she knew she was dreaming, but she couldn't escape no matter how hard she struggled.
Not good … Black flames suddenly drilled out of Tracy's body in an attempt to burn away any external influences.
However, the flames were able to "flow" smoothly in the beginning, but later on, they became intermittent as they constantly dripped to the ground like withered petals.
A strong sense of despair surged in Tracy's heart as her thoughts turned sluggish.
She couldn't care less about anything else as she hurriedly condensed a layer of translucent ice crystals on the surface of her body, allowing the invisible threads to coil around her in layers.
At this moment, the door to the captain's cabin creaked open. German Sparrow, who was wearing a silk top hat and a black trench coat, walked in.
Right on the heels of that, he politely closed the door.
Amidst a light creaking sound, the entire captain's cabin immediately became extremely quiet. There was no longer the sound of the waves, as though it had been isolated from the real World.
As for the invisible spider silk that wrapped around Tracy, it seemed to misunderstand the orders as it tightly bound Vice Admiral Ailment, preventing her from moving or using her Beyonder powers.
"Distortion!"
Tracy's thoughts recovered as her brain no longer felt frozen.
"W-what do you want to do?" She couldn't hide her horror as she looked at the approaching German Sparrow.
What she couldn't understand was why Klein had given up on the attempt of turning her into a marionette when she clearly didn't have the strength to resist.
The reason why Klein did this was because he was worried that Vice Admiral Ailment and the Demoness of White had a very close blood relationship. This way, Tracy's death would be sensed by the demigod who was good at curses, allowing her to avoid it ahead of time.
Tap. Tap. Amidst the sound of footsteps, Klein stopped in front of the Demoness.
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