Blind Spot
Chapter 333 - 308 go to 4

Chapter 333: 308 go to 4

"Wait! Can you do me a favor?" Haini, at an angle invisible to Li Chengyi, exchanged a knowing look with her bestie on the nearby deck, both of them flashing a smile of mutual understanding.

"What is it?"

"The button on my back... it came off... could you help me fasten it?" Haini asked softly.

"....." For Li Chengyi, this was his first encounter with such an openly enthusiastic and bold girl.

Compared to Zhuang Yijing, this one had already started getting to the point. The speed was astonishing; had they known each other for less than two hours?

Even though the touch was indeed pleasant, he was a bit overwhelmed by the swiftness of it all.

After all, if she could be this quick with him, it meant she could be just as quick with someone else.

This meant that Haini was not the type of partner he had in mind.

Meanwhile, the two of them were sticking close to each other, being sickeningly sweet.

Elsewhere, in the first-floor café of the ship.

The man in the blue suit, Johnny Depp, lit a cigarette and looked through the window at the silhouette of Haini.

"The plan now includes two more people, what should we do about it?"

He touched his right ear, inquiring through the hidden earpiece.

"It won’t make a difference. We’ll be arriving in about an hour, just make sure to coordinate without setting off the radar’s automatic scan," replied a shrill female voice through the earpiece.

"Understood," Depp responded. "Half of the bodyguards on the ship and the only Reinforced Human are under my command, everything is under control."

"Good."

After ending the communication, Depp took one more glance towards Lekra to ensure everything was normal before walking away from the window.

On the other part of the deck.

Li Chengyi politely declined Haini’s invitation to visit her cabin.

After buttoning up for her, he took a glass of juice from a waiter and walked to the stern to rest.

Some people on this ship were a bit odd.

"What’s interesting is, do the ship’s owners truly dare to let us on board?" Chen Jiahan appeared by his side and whispered.

"They probably didn’t expect us to actually come aboard," Li Chengyi answered with a smile.

"Did you notice that there are only a dozen bodyguards on this ship? That’s too few. Aren’t they afraid of encountering sea pirates? This is international waters," Chen Jiahan said, puzzled.

"Maybe, they just don’t need any bodyguards at all?" Li Chengyi took a sip of his juice.

This ship was pretty interesting.

That Johnny Depp and the Lekra siblings were all very interesting.

"There’s a ship coming."

While Chen Jiahan was still pondering the meaning of Li Chengyi’s words, he suddenly heard this statement.

He looked in the direction of Li Chengyi’s gaze and saw a flotilla of mismatched speedboats of various sizes speeding towards them from the left flank of the cruise ship.

The speedboats cut through the water, trailing white lines, with two or three people standing on each.

In total, eight speedboats, with over twenty people combined.

The people were all dressed in uniform brown and yellow waterproof suits, their tight fit showcasing their muscular builds, and they were armed with black heavy guns.

Most striking of all was the woman standing on one of the speedboats in the center.

With her long blue and purple hair tied into several braids, a smoking figure clad in the only black protective gear, and three stripes of war paint on each cheek.

It was her presence that stood out.

Even from a distance, Li Chengyi and Chen Jiahan could feel that the woman’s aura was completely different from the rest.

"Reinforced Human," Chen Jiahan stated aloud. "Need any help?" he looked at Li Chengyi.

Chen Jiahan had seen Li Chengyi sticking close to Haini just a moment ago.

"Let’s wait and see," Li Chengyi replied casually.

By then, the cruise had also spotted the rapidly approaching speedboats, and the armed bodyguards had emerged, broadcasting warnings to the advancing boats.

But the other party ignored them completely and kept closing in.

Haini and a group of girls were asked to seek refuge in the cabins, while the men, weapons in hand, prepared to take aim and shoot.

Lekra, as the host, was now standing with Depp, staring at the speedboats with a grim look.

"How can there be pirates in these waters?! There weren’t any before!?"

"Now’s not the time to talk about this. Get ready for battle," Depp said with a stern face.

Bang!

The first gunshot echoed among the waves.

Immediately after came a burst of gunfire that erupted en masse.

Li Chengyi and Chen Jiahan were at the stern; they didn’t go back, and nobody paid any attention to them.

About fifteen minutes later, the gunfire ceased, and quietness settled in.

"Let’s go. Let’s check it out," Li Chengyi said.

"..." Chen Jiahan glanced at him; in his mind, after so much time, surely everyone must be dead, so what was there to see?

However, for him, as long as the ship was okay and could get them to their destination, that was all that mattered. The rest was unimportant.

After all, they were just passersby; dead is dead.

Yet, when he followed Li Chengyi through the deck and the side passages of the cabin to reach the front deck,

Even with Chen Jiahan’s mindset, the scene before him caused some stupefaction.

The deck was covered with bodies, bloodstained.

The dozens of passengers from before, including the bodyguards, were now reduced to less than ten survivors.

And there were Lekra and Haini, the siblings, standing to the side with faces full of sorrow, looking tragically at the bodies of their friends and confidantes on the ground.

Yes.

Apart from the siblings, everyone else on the ship, including Depp, had been killed.

That is to say, aside from the two of them, the rest were only bodyguards and crew members.

The sound of Haini’s crying at this moment was particularly grating.

Seeing Li Chengyi and company approach, the Lekra siblings were somewhat surprised.

But they quickly came closer.

It seemed they noticed the lack of reaction from Li Chengyi and his partner, a hint of hesitation flashing in Lekra’s eyes.

Obviously, anyone who could remain calm after seeing so many bodies was either a fool or had seen too much.

"I’m sorry, such a terrible thing happened... My friends, they all..." Lekra said somberly.

"It’s okay, we’re in international waters. Something like this happening is unpredictable for anyone," Li Chengyi consoled, his expression equally regretful.

Clearly, there was definitely something off about the Lekra siblings.

Just now, while chatting with Chen Jiahan, Li Chengyi had already asked Rainbow Candy to help investigate the Lekra siblings’ background.

But the information he got was somewhat surprising.

Because the Lekra siblings were simply unlucky stars.

All of their relatives had died out. None of their friends had survived more than half a year either.

Of course, now it seemed that Lekra was certainly no ordinary character.

He appeared amicable on the surface, but in reality...

"If you understand, that’s good... It’s a pity... It’s a pity about Johnny Depp and the others..." Lekra’s eyes began reddening again.

Li Chengyi took a deep look at him, consoled the faking-crying Haini a few words, then decisively went into the dining room to rest.

"That guy..." Watching Li Chengyi leave, Lekra went over to his sister and started speaking in a low voice.

"Don’t! I like him! If you kill him, don’t blame me for not being nice!" Haini immediately stopped crying and warned in a low tone.

"....It’s been fifty years... Haven’t you had enough of that type?" Lekra said helplessly in a low voice.

"This is called fidelity! What do you know," Haini retorted.

Lekra could only give up.

Actually, after so many years of the same routine, he too was getting tired.

But considering they escaped from that circle, they had to put on such a disguise, otherwise, if discovered...

Whether it be White Star, Yi Country, or Sutan, even the slightly larger countries had people from that circle.

As the class that had ruled for a long time, they passed the test of a so-called immortality surgery, which greatly extended their otherwise brief lives.

Because of their lengthy lifespans, the people of this circle called themselves the immortals.

Thus differentiating themselves from the mortals of Mortal City.

The Lekra siblings were individuals who had fled from the immortal class.

Their original family had been obliterated in political strife, leaving only the two of them reliant on each other.

After coming out, they changed their last name to Kajadela and established the so-called Kajadela family two hundred years ago, then continued to play the roles of family members generation after generation, until now...

"I really don’t know how much longer days like this will last... When will we be able to walk in the sunlight like normal people?" Haini said repressively.

"Soon, very soon..."

The clue to the Eternal Wishing Book in the Blind Spot, they had found out, existed within the Hall of Oblivion.

And in the clues, the Hall of Oblivion was mentioned to be in Naxi, but they had been searching Naxi Town for a long time. They went there every year, and they even acquired some properties there.

Still, they found nothing.

"Next up is blood splitting, how much do you need on your side?" Lekra asked in a low voice.

"Not much, I need sixty percent this time," Haini replied.

"All right, use it sparingly. Setting up something like this takes at least half a year. We almost got caught last time."

This was the downside of immortality surgery. After successfully undergoing the procedure, as the price for greatly extending their lifespans, they had to ingest a certain amount of fresh human blood every month.

Just like the vampires of legend.

In fact, many vampire legends originated from rare immortals like them.

The two siblings had always wanted to find the Eternal Wishing Book, hoping to eliminate this side effect completely.

This wasn’t without hope because, as mentioned, many of the immortals who have appeared in recent decades have benefited from improvements to the immortality surgery, many of which are more mechanical, hence not having the vampiric side effects.

Time slowly passed.

Because of Haini’s request, Lekra was not prepared to make a move on Li Chengyi and his companion.

He could only return disappointedly to his cabin to rest.

Before he left, he couldn’t help but take another look at Li Chengyi and his companion.

He inwardly lamented their luck.

If it weren’t for his sister’s interest in them, he would have casually killed them earlier and turned them into blood bags.

After all, both of them looked to be in good shape, so the quality of their blood might have been high.

But now it was different.

Haini was very kind to every mortal she liked, not only forbidding their killing but also providing them with a decent reward afterward.

’Lucky bastards. Your fortune saves you.’ Lekra maintained his outwardly nice, sad expression, but couldn’t help internally criticizing.

Chen Jiahan was all right, unable to perceive the emotional change. But Li Chengyi inexplicably turned his head to look at Lekra.

’Displeasure +1’

’Interesting...’

The sounds of conversation, although interfered with by waves and obscured by the cruise engine, still couldn’t block Li Chengyi’s keen senses.

He had heard Lekra and Haini’s conversation.

He hadn’t expected these two were also after the Hall of Oblivion. This just got interesting.

’But think about it, it’s also normal. If the Yi Country officials could find out, wouldn’t other organizations be able to do the same? So this secret naturally couldn’t be known only to Yi Country.’