Dorothy's Forbidden Tome

After discovering the truth about his inexplicable encounter with the church fleet, Costa was filled with resentment and confusion. He wondered how the thief unknowingly affected the course of the Shining White Pearl. , I have clearly checked the cockpit many times, but have not found any problems?

Just as Costa was confused, Joad on the other side had already made the tea. After taking a sip of tea, he looked at Costa again, and then spoke.

"By the way, just now, some of my subordinates heard from the passengers on the ship that a strange thing happened on the Shining White Pearl during the trip. A thief who claimed to be Thief K actually stole it openly at the exhibition. Take a priceless sapphire? A group of people can't stop her, Captain Costa, is this really happening?"

Joad said this with a hint of curiosity. Hearing Joad's words, Costa was stunned for a moment, and then quickly spoke.

"Ah, you said that thief K... Indeed, this is a very clever thief. The jewelry collector Mr. Massimo and I were deceived by her for a while, so she stole the dark blue If we had been a little more cautious back then, we wouldn’t have been tricked by her.”

With a normal tone, Costa said this to Joad, and Joad said to Costa with a meaningful look in his eyes.

"So, were you there when that thief K committed the crime? Then, did you find that that thief K showed some superhuman abilities, such as extra strength and speed? Or Did she cause some unbelievable phenomena? Also... do you think that the strange failure in the boiler room of the Shining White Pearl has something to do with that thief K?"

"Extraordinary strength and speed or something else... Um... Let me think about it. Although this thief K is very skilled and can perform many difficult moves, he still looks like an ordinary person. In the category, when I was in the circus, I also saw some similar ones. If there is any incredible phenomenon... there is nothing. At most, she released a kind of smoke when she finally escaped. It's just a bomb, like a magician's smoke bomb.

"As for whether she might have something to do with the boiler room... I don't think so, because we searched the whole ship immediately after the thief K escaped, and found that there was one less lifeboat, so the thief K should be in the boiler room." He fled in a lifeboat before the problem happened, so it shouldn’t have much to do with the boiler accident, and the thief K’s goal is to steal gems, so there’s no need to tamper with such a dangerous thing as the boiler.”

Costa explained to Joad, proving that the magical-sounding thief K is actually just a smart thief with superb technology. After listening to Costa's words, Joad nodded after drinking tea.

"That's it... From this point of view, the boiler accident has nothing to do with her. It's a pity that there is one less clue to find out the specific cause of the accident.

"Captain Costa, the communication with you has given me a detailed understanding of the situation of the Shining White Pearl. Thank you for your cooperation. You are also very tired in command today. Go down and rest."

"Thank you for listening, sir."

After replying to Joad at the end, Costa quickly exited the captain's cabin, and after closing the door of the captain's cabin, Costa couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Arriving on the deck of the cruiser, Costa faced a group of passengers sitting on the deck, a haze appeared in his eyes.

If it wasn't for a short-term alignment of interests, Costa would not have covered up Thief K in front of Joad. Now that Costa has chosen to board the church's ship, it is inevitable that the church will not think that extraordinary events have happened on board. , will definitely do its best to cover up the fact that the thief K is a Extraordinary.

No matter how much Costa hated that damned thief in his heart, he had to help him now. When lying for that thief, Costa's heart was tormented.

Currently on the church ship, Costa and Thief K are both grasshoppers on the same rope. Although he is extremely reluctant, Costa still has to help Thief K. With deep detection, no one can escape.

Now Costa is very clear that the grievances between them and the thieves will not be resolved until after Vanaha, and in this final confrontation, they have already grasped the opportunity.

'Wait, thief.'

Thinking of this, Costa clenched the buttons in his pockets, and the forward fleet will soon arrive at the long-lost land.

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I've been a bit busy these two days. Today, there are only about [-] words of half-updates. Tomorrow, depending on the situation, it may be half-updates. The day after tomorrow, the number of updates will definitely resume.

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Time flies, and a day passed quickly. After sailing at full speed for a day, the church fleet carrying the passengers of the Shining White Pearl finally saw the long-lost land and arrived at Wanaha Port.

At noon, the refugees on the deck could already look at the seaside city on the sea level in the distance. Amidst the cheers of the crowd, the fleet gradually began to approach the port, and the normal shipping work on the port had been terminated at this time, freeing up The most ship berths are provided for the fleet to berth.

Vanaha is a small to medium-sized seaside city located in the southern area of ​​Casatia. Although the port is not large, it is enough to accommodate the church fleet to stop and disembark passengers. Under the orderly command, the church ships rushed After the boarding ladder was connected to the port, the passengers on board walked down the boarding ladder one after another.

After experiencing the frightening process of the shipwreck, and spending a day in the poor environment of the decks and corridors of the church fleet, all the refugee passengers on the ship were looking forward to the moment of disembarkation. He couldn't help showing a happy smile.

Although the original wonderful journey had been ruined by the ship accident, everyone felt lucky to have survived in the end. After getting off the ship, the passengers of the Shining White Pearl left the port one after another and walked towards the city. Go, now they need to figure out their next plan, whether to find a way to continue the journey to Ivig, or go home, or stay there and wait for the investigation team of the shipping company, and report to them claim compensation.

No matter what, above this bustling port, there is a sense of joy of surviving the disaster, and somewhere in this joyful atmosphere, there are a few gloomy gazes hidden.

Somewhere in the corner of the port, a man wearing a dark windbreaker and a hat is hiding here, his eyes under the brim of the hat are lowered, and he is staring at the many people who are getting off the boat not far away. Passengers, if you take a closer look, you can see that this man is none other than Massimo in disguise.

In the shadows, Massimo stared at the crowded crowd on the pier, his nose was fine, and he was distinguishing the smell of the crowd in front of him.

Not long after the ship docked, Massimo got off the ship first, and has been here since then to carry out secret surveillance, monitoring all the people who got off the ship, he wanted to use his scent to find out the hidden secrets among the many passengers. Tracks of the thief among the passengers.

Since the church fleet has many ships, the passengers who disembarked from the Shining White Pearl were assigned to different ships, so the thief K is likely to be on a different ship from Massimo and Costa. Under certain circumstances, even if they use the breath-seeking symbol, they may not be able to find the thief K, so Massimo and Costa need to wait for a time when the passengers on several ships gather together to use the breath-seeking symbol to search, and at this time It's time to disembark at the port.

At this moment, Massimo is waiting at the key entrance and exit of the pier, watching the disembarked passengers passing by before his eyes, carefully distinguishing their smells.

At this moment, in another place, Costa is coordinating with the church members on the side of the port to carry out some counting of passengers and the number of crew members. Every passenger who disembarks needs to register with him for a simple cabin number to confirm whether there is any missing This, such follow-up work, is his duty as the captain of the Shimmering Pearl, and at the same time, he can also use this opportunity to get in touch with every passenger who disembarks and smell their scents.

In this way, in light and in darkness, Costa and Massimo analyzed the breath of the passengers who disembarked in all directions. They had already recorded the strange breath on the button in advance, and now they are waiting for the breath to come here. Appeared again among the group of passengers.

'Come on, come on, that smell... that smell on the buttons...'

Walking back and forth between several check-in desks, while looking at the passengers disembarking, they murmured in their hearts, the breath on that button is the only key to them reversing the passive situation, it is their only The hope of being able to regain the deep blue heart.

As time passed, more and more disembarking passengers left the pier after registration, but up to now, Massimo and Costa still haven't identified any trace of the breath on the button, accompanied by the still There were fewer and fewer passengers on board, and the two of them couldn't help feeling anxious. They were anxious about why the thief with the dark blue heart hadn't appeared at the scene yet?

The busy registration work continues. Originally, the crew on the Shining White Pearl and some priests are registering the information of the disembarking passengers one by one on the side of the temporary workbench. Some members of the Knights of the Sacrament lead the soldiers to maintain Following the order of the scene, some nuns brought the brewed tea from the boat and put it on the table of the registration personnel.

"You've worked hard, please have some tea."

"Oh, thanks."

A nun in white clothes who was helping at the scene smiled and brought tea to the seat of the registrar. After the registrar replied thankfully, she left with satisfaction. On the way back, she passed behind Costa who was walking aside. , at this moment, a tiny flying insect inadvertently flew out of her sleeve, without anyone noticing, the flying insect flew to the side of Costa who was directing the work, crawled It got on his clothes and got into his pockets, while the nun walked away as if nothing had happened.

At the corner of the port on the other side, a similar flying insect also flew out of the darkness and flew towards Massimo who was peeping. After approaching him from behind, it stopped on Massimo's hat .

No one at the scene noticed this tiny change, and the busy registration work continued until after a long time, all the passengers on board finally registered and left, and when the last passenger left, Massimo Neither nor Costa was able to smell a man with the right scent.

After witnessing the back of the last person leaving, the eyes of Massimo and Costa stopped at the same place, and their stiff eyes could not reflect the turbulent waves in their hearts.

"Are there... any passengers on board now?"

"It's gone, thank you for your help today, Mr. Costa, the work has been completely done."

The priest on the side responded to Costa with a smile. Hearing the priest's response, Costa was stunned for a while. While calming down his heart, his eyes began to tremble slightly.

'There are no passengers...but that guy hasn't appeared yet. Could it be that he has noticed something and has a way to deal with it? Is he still hiding on the boat...plan to leave after we evacuate here? Or He's gone the other way!'

Costa thought in this way in his heart, and Massimo, who was not far away, was also full of surprise and confusion.

And at this moment, in his pocket and above Massimo's hat, some kind of intense energy flowed through the two previously hidden flying insects, their abdomens burst open, and one of them A small group of dark red mist exploded and dispersed in the air.

Made by Nest of Eight Points, the dark red substance with the spirituality of "cup" and "shadow" blended into the air around Costa and Massimo, besides bringing a subtle pungent smell , its obvious "cup" spirituality was also quickly perceived by the Extraordinary who had the "cup" spiritual perception on the spot.

After feeling this spirituality for a long time, Costa's eyes widened, and his face began to distort slightly involuntarily. He looked at his pocket in disbelief, at the faint dark red mist slowly overflowing, his entire expression It's worse than eating shit.

"This is from that night..."

After spending a lot of effort to calm down his expression, Costa straightened his tie with slightly trembling hands, and then spoke to the priest beside him.

"Ah... Now that the registration has been completed, I will go back to rest first, and may the Holy Mother visit you all forever."

While speaking, Costa was planning to start to leave, but at this moment, behind him, a familiar voice sounded.

"Don't be in a hurry, Mr. Costa, you've been busy for so long today, why don't you stay and have dinner with us?"

At this time, behind Costa, on the edge of the front deck railing of the tall cruiser, Joad, an officer of the Knights of the Holy Order in uniform, was standing there, with his hands behind his back and staring at Costa with solemn eyes. There are three officers and men wearing the captain's uniform, and they are staring at Costa below with serious expressions together with Xiangjod.

In their eyes, a faint orange light emerged from the edge of the pupil.

"By the way, we still have a lot of seats for dinner. Mr. Costa can invite more friends, such as the one over there." While talking, Joad turned his gaze to the far corner, staring at the Surprised Massimo in the side shadows, Massimo was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground after being glanced at.

Facing this situation, Costa couldn't help but clenched his teeth and clenched his fist.

"Rogue...k..."

Amidst his gnashing of teeth, Costa's extraordinary ability began to activate, and the sea water on the side of the pier began to stir up abnormal waves. The nuns and priests on the side quickly moved away from him after being surprised, and several knights on the deck Obvious spiritual fluctuations also appeared on the officers, and two of them directly drew out their sabers from their waists.

Immediately afterwards, the originally calm and peaceful Navaha Port made a loud noise.

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In the afternoon, the outskirts of Navaja.

On a reef coast far away from the city of Navaha, the waves of the conquering sea kept beating against the rugged reef. There was no trace of a person on the barren reef coast, only seabirds in the sky Calling and circling.

On the coast where there is no one, a hand stretched out from the beating white waves, grabbed the reef on the shore, and then, under a burst of force, a body was ruthlessly crushed by the hand Pulled to the shore, it was a one-armed man, and after a closer look, it was actually Massimo!

"Huh...huh..."

Panting heavily, the drenched Massimo staggered up on the reef. At this moment, he was extremely embarrassed, his clothes were damaged in many places, and his hat didn't know where he went. There are obvious scars everywhere, the entire right hand is missing, and the huge wound is covered with scorched flesh.

"Damn...how did things...become like this..."

Gritting his teeth, Massimo held his broken arm and staggered forward on the reef. Amid the burning pain from the wounds all over his body, his steps were very unsteady, and it seemed that he might go straight at any time. fall.

Just now, because of the inexplicable spiritual mist erupting around him, he and Costa were targeted by church personnel at the port. Under the strong detection ability of the other party, their fragile "shadow" barriers disappeared in a short while. It collapsed, and Costa and Massimo were completely exposed in front of the church.

After knowing that they were exposed, Costa and Massimo did not choose to be caught without a fight, but resisted and fled on the spot. They unanimously invoked their abilities, aroused the sea water in the port, and turned it into a torrent whip to attack Joad and the others, and then wanted to Use this opportunity to escape.

However, the difference in strength at the scene was too large. The church fleet had four chalks sitting in the port at that time. In addition, there were a bunch of priests, nuns, and soldiers of the Knights around them. Under the attack and suppression of multiple forces , it is impossible for them to escape completely.

After a chaotic fight, Massimo was not targeted at the first time because he was far away from the pier and all church forces. After using some life-saving measures, he successfully passed He escaped by jumping into the sea, but the price was painful. When he finally dived into the water, he was hit by a thrown flaming long sword, and his entire right arm was burned off.

Massimo escaped successfully, but Costa was not so lucky. His position was too close to Joad and the others. Although he resisted with all his strength, he failed to escape successfully under all-round targeting.

What is Costa's situation now? Massimo doesn't know whether he was directly killed or captured by her. After he jumped into the sea, he used his full ability to manipulate the water to swim at high speed under the water surface. After swimming towards the ocean for a long time, I chose to turn a corner and swim back, and swam to the deserted coast far away from Navaha Harbor to re-land.

Stumbling to the shore, Massimo walked forward on the rocky beach. At this moment, his heart was full of resentment and confusion.

He didn't understand why he and Costa were tricked again...that thief K...why he could break their plan every time and push them into a desperate situation step by step, why did that thief k... K wants to deal with them exclusively.

With deep doubts, Massimo dragged his heavy body and walked slowly towards the land. Now he needs to find a place to hunt and recover his physical strength and spirituality. Now he needs to rest and recover, and then he will have a long-term plan for the future. .

And just as Massimo walked on the rocky beach for a while, his nose moved slightly. At this time, he, following the effect of the breath-seeking talisman on his body that had not dissipated, smelled a very familiar breath, the breath on the button!

Hearing this breath, Massimo was slightly startled, then stared wide-eyed and looked in the direction of the breath, what he saw was a young man in a windbreaker standing on a rocky beach in the distance, at this moment He was smiling and looking at the bewildered Massimo.

"Oh, look who is here, isn't this Mr. Jewelry Collector of Haiyuan Sect?"

"You are... Rogue K?!"

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Conquer the North Shore of the Sea, the outskirts of Navaja.

In the afternoon, under the hazy sky, on the beach far away from the urban area of ​​Navaha, the cold sea water ruthlessly washes against the reef coast, and the force of the sea tide pours into the gaps between the rocks and sand, and the sound of the waves is overwhelmed. After a while.

On the gravel tidal flat, Massimo, who was seriously injured and had one arm broken, was standing there in astonishment. He looked at the young man who appeared not far away and was smiling at him. At this moment, he could There was a familiar smell on that man's body, the smell of the button found in Binns' hands, and the object pointed to by that breath was none other than the thief K!

"Rogue K...you are Rogue K?

Sure enough...you are a blood-dark road spider guy!"

Looking at the young man in front of him, Massimo gritted his teeth and said that Costa had told him before that the thief K might be an extraordinary person who can disguise himself. The person was completely different from the body, gender, and appearance of the person I had come into contact with on the Shimmering Pearl ship before. This can only be done by Extraordinary people on the path of blood darkness.

"Isn't it already obvious what I really am? Don't be so surprised, Mr. Massimo."

With a slight smile, the young man looked at Massimo and whispered in Ivigan. Listening to his words, Massimo spoke again in a resentful tone.

"You bastard...how on earth did you escape from that boat unknowingly? How on earth did you know that I was here? The spiritual mist that exposed us just now was also done by you! What did you do? what?"

"Oh, you have so many questions, Mr. Massimo, you don't really expect me to answer your questions one by one, you are a dying person now, even if you know these things what's the point?"

With a contemptuous look, the young man looked at Massimo and said, and Massimo's eyes became more angry after being ridiculed by the other party, and then he was quickly suppressed again. He stood up weakly, He raised his head and sneered at the young man in front of him.

"Hmph... It seems that we have been carried into your hands from the beginning to the end. You are now humiliating me in front of me because you want to enjoy the taste of the winner."

"That's natural~ After all, who let me win in the end? It's impossible for you, a half-crippled person, to beat me. This feeling is the enjoyment I deserve."

Spreading his hands, the young man looked at Massimo with a very mocking expression and said, and Massimo's expression twisted slightly after hearing his words, and then he spoke with a sneer.

"Oh... yes, I'm afraid I can't beat you now that I'm seriously injured, but first of all, you shouldn't be too arrogant, and unfortunately, you didn't do this.

"Don't be so self-righteous! Thief K!"

Suddenly, Massimo uttered a roar, and at the same time, he waved the only remaining arm on his body. Under the wave of that arm, the gravel ground under the young man's feet began to move slightly, several times A jet of water broke through the rocks, rushed out of the ground, and stabbed straight at the young man.

"what!"

Faced with such an unexpected situation, the young man's face showed a look of astonishment. He hurriedly dodged to the side, narrowly dodging the water jets that stabbed at him, but the water jets around him also changed. The water fence restricted his movement, but Massimo's counterattack had just begun.

"Hide well, but it's useless!"

Accompanied by Massimo's words, the water column around the young man exploded one after another. Under the control of some strange force, it turned into streams of water rushing towards the young man. In a short moment, the young man's body The whole body is covered by the suspended water body, and his whole body is wrapped in a big water ball.

All of a sudden, the young man turned from the land to the water. He was completely trapped in the water polo suspended in the air. He struggled vigorously, but because there was no point of focus, it had no effect at all. The mouth kept spitting out, and a look of pain appeared on his face due to suffocation.

When the young man was unprepared, Massimo created a prison of water with the water flowing from the ground, trapping the young man to death in it. No matter how hard the young man struggled, he could not get out of this water prison. After seeing this situation, he directly laughed loudly.

"Ha! You are careless, Rogue K!

You never thought that there is water under your feet that can be manipulated by me!

"You didn't show up until I was far away from the sea, because you were afraid that I would directly control the water in the sea! But let me tell you, there are pores washed out by the sea everywhere under this reef tidal flat! That is to say, you Your feet are full of water that I can use! You made a mistake!"

Looking at the young man struggling painfully in the water dungeon, Massimo said loudly, the previous aggrieved and angry face was swept away.

"Don't bother, thief, once you are controlled by the water prison of the Canglangsinger, no matter how powerful you are, how agile you are, you can't break free! You can't escape the water flow even if you are a bat! Heart of Deep Blue, maybe I can spare your life!"

Facing the young man who was struggling in the water prison, Massimo continued to speak, and when he was concentrating on maintaining the control of the water prison over the young man, he rushed out after a few rocks not far behind him. Several men armed with guns pointed their revolvers at Massimo and fired at the same time.