Volume 3 Hello, Eri Chapter 273: Dragon Carnival (Part 4)
Under the dark night, the indigo cargo ship entered the Japanese territorial waters at a speed of 20 nautical miles, leaving behind long waves. The side of the ship had the company logo of MOL, which means it belongs to Mitsui OSK Lines, Ltd. This logistics and transportation company is one of the three largest shipping companies in Japan, with 845 transport ships of various types. It is a chaebol group with a staggering scale and strong capital.
But not long ago, the transport ship named Grandi was temporarily removed from the company's internal control list after a voyage to the port of Genoa, Italy. Someone planned to rent the giant cargo ship at twice the market price and pay a huge deposit and additional insurance equal to the value of the merchant ship itself. This leasing method is almost equivalent to buying it directly.
The Grandi has been in service for a long time. After a brief discussion within the company, the company agreed to the lease. The buyer is so generous that the strength behind him is not small. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has no intention of suspecting what the buyer wants to do with the ship. It would be best if the Grandi sank in the hands of the buyer, so that they can use the funds twice the price of the ship to buy a bigger and better ship. In terms of shipping, the carrying capacity of the ship often determines how much money can be earned, and large ships have better risk resistance.
Now the Grandi has come to the familiar Japanese waters again, but it is no longer on the monitoring list of Mitsui & Co. This is the buyer's requirement, which reserves the Grandi's right to enter Japanese waters without asking about its purpose. It won't be long before the ship can reach the waters near Tokyo Port, but it is not in a hurry to enter the port. The ship has sufficient supplies and will continue to circle around the sea.
The number of containers on the ship was half of what it was when it was fully loaded. Such an ocean voyage was obviously a loss-making business, but Pompey Gattuso was obviously not a man who cared about money. He was on the observation deck outside the cabin, and a leisurely sun lounger provided him with the ultimate enjoyment at the moment. Percy stood next to Pompey, responsible for refilling the empty wine glass of the owner.
As a nominal secretary, Percy spent more time with Caesar and Pompey than with Frost. Normally, when he appeared with Frost, he would also serve as a butler, with a white towel on his arm to represent his status as a waiter.
But Percy didn't have to do that with Pompey, the real head of the family. Pompey was only wearing a pair of beach shorts and flip-flops, walking leisurely, while Percy was dressed in a suit like a bank clerk, with light blond hair hanging down like silk, covering one of his eyes. The exposed eye was ice blue like Caesar's.
They were in a very good position. Under the light of the searchlight, they could rarely see the sea at night. In front of them were colorful containers piled up on the cargo ship. It was like overlooking the city from a helicopter. There was an illusion that they were sitting in the clouds.
"We will arrive at our destination in three hours." Percy looked at his watch and reported to Pompey in a low voice, "According to the information released by the Tokyo Meteorological Bureau, Tokyo will continue to experience large-scale rainfall for at least the next two weeks. Combined with the previous heavy rain, Tokyo will be soaked in heavy rain for more than a month. Meteorologists say this may be the most extreme weather in Japan's history, enough to go down in history."
"The God is about to wake up, and the world must make some changes to welcome her rebirth, just like the birth of every monster in the movie story, it must be earth-shattering." Pompey drank the light golden liquid in the cup slowly. The taste of the wine was very strong. Even he had to shudder violently to eliminate the raw momentum. His calmness was gone instantly. He stuck out his tongue and asked Percy, "What kind of wine is this?"
"Amazon River Cassava Wine." Percy took a look at the bottle in his hand. Although it had a label from a famous winery, he could tell at a glance that the cork had been moved when he took it. No one would dare to move the wine cellar of Pompeii, so it could only mean that he poured it in himself. "The last time you brought something back from the Amazon jungle, you said you had to let it sit for a while before enjoying it. It doesn't look like it tastes very good."
"Oh... I remember now. An eight-year-old native girl gave it to me. The water for brewing wine was scooped directly from the Amazon River. I couldn't refuse her kindness, so I could only say I would take it back for collection." Pompeii felt as if his mouth had been washed by toilet cleaner, and he gasped for air. "Sometimes, the things a beautiful woman gives you may not be good things! They may also be poison!"
"It's just raw water. Even if there are some small germs in it, it won't be a problem for you. If you find it too astringent, we can change it to something else." Percy handed the towel to Pompey.
"No, I promised her to drink it, so I must do it. This is a gentleman's promise to an eight-year-old girl!" Pompey vowed and grabbed the bottle from Percy. "Any news about Angers?"
"No, it is said that the Japanese also have no information about the principal, because the principal disappeared as soon as he landed. As a person whose word spirit is time zero, there is no way anyone can track him even if they search all over Japan."
"Given his experience, I think he should have some old friends in Japan, and he still needs to find his beloved students, which will keep him busy." Pompey panted like a dog every time he took a sip of the damn raw brew, but he still kept his promise and tried to finish the bottle of wine. "Let him continue to lead the way for us. He doesn't seem to realize that the knives of the Seven Deadly Sins are useless. This time the opponent is God. Norton didn't consider the long-dead White King when he forged the weapon to slay the dragon. Don't worry, just play with him for a while, and then we will appear when he needs us, just like the savior at the end of the story."
"Will our weapons be more effective than the Seven Deadly Sins?" Percy asked. Although he knew the purpose of this trip, he was not sure what to do specifically.
"I'm curious too." The sudden voice was like a vague breeze. A boy suddenly appeared between Percy and Pompey. No one noticed when he appeared. He picked up the goblet that Pompey had not finished drinking and gently clinked glasses with Pompey.
"Mr. Li." Percy bowed slightly.
"I prefer you to call me Li Wu Yue. At least you look older than me." Li Wu Yue raised his eyes to look at Percy. He was a young boy, his height just above Percy's waist. From this angle he could see Percy's eye blocked by his hair. The dark golden light was as dim as a candlelight.
The golden pupils that never go out, Chu Zihang has such a performance in Kassel Academy, which represents extremely high blood purity, but also means the instability of blood. Unlike Chu Zihang, Percy only has one eye showing an unusual golden pupil, and unlike Chu Zihang, which is so dazzling that it needs beauty contact lenses to cover it, his eye has a very dim luster.
"Thank you." Percy nodded. There were not many people who could gain his respect. Although Li Wu Yue looked like just a handsome boy of twelve or thirteen years old, Percy was also one of the few people who knew Li Wu Yue's true identity.
"Take more medicine. People who don't have a long life should be kinder to themselves. You are very important." Li Wuyue looked at Pompey and raised the wine glass in her hand. "Go on."
"Make a little noise next time you come. Being so elusive can easily trigger my old age heart disease!" Pompey covered his chest with a look of fear on his face. "Gattuso's researchers have jointly developed an ultimate weapon with the Russian Space Agency. We codenamed it... Divine Punishment."
"God's punishment?" Li Wuyue looked up at the sky. "I never believe in the sky. It is just illusory air and wind. It is very clean and has no special ability."
"The thing I'm talking about comes from low-Earth orbit, which is outside the atmosphere, 1,020 kilometers above your head. It's not within your sphere of influence. Countries generally call it a space-based kinetic weapon. It's made of highly insulating tungsten as the main metal material, filled with super-heavy materials, and made into the shape of a spear. When this thing is dropped from the sky, the gravitational potential energy will be converted into kinetic energy. The 20-ton, no-more-than-five-cubic-meter Sky Punishment can easily smash the ground rock formations, and there's even a certain chance that it will cause a small-scale plate drift. Its attack on volcanoes will cause significant geological effects, and it can also cause extinct volcanoes to erupt again."
"It's still a little difficult to fully understand based on my understanding of human knowledge, but it sounds really amazing." Li Wu Yue nodded, not quite understanding.
"Just think of it as a meteorite with greater penetrating power. If a large meteorite fall is a nuclear bomb attack, then we have turned the nuclear bomb into a sniper rifle." Pompey made a gun gesture with both hands and fired a bullet forward. "No living thing can survive against that kind of weapon. Any biologically active chemical substance will be destroyed instantly."
"With this kind of thing, there's no need for me to fight with God?" Li Wu Yue looked a little embarrassed. He came here to have fun. If God was killed instantly as soon as he appeared on the stage, both the audience and the fighters would find it boring.
"You are another reserve trump card. We always have to have a backup plan. The Divine Punishment is indeed powerful enough, but it has its flaws. It needs time to take effect. Although the strike range can cover several kilometers, if the target is not there when it falls, there is no way to kill the God. If necessary, we will need you to delay the God." Pompey patted Li Wuyue's shoulder.
"It sounds like you guys are going to blow me up along with God."
"Do I look like an irresponsible scumbag?" Pompey said seriously, "Without you, we won't be able to find a way to deal with Odin. That guy travels between different Nibelungen worlds, and the Scourge has no way to attack him. The only way to deal with him is to go to the Nibelungen and fight with him. You are the most powerful dragon king we know, and you are also very aggressive."
“Don’t make me sound like a cheap slave gladiator.” Li Wuyue frowned. “I just want to kill someone else, or be killed by someone else, no matter if it’s White King Odin or someone else. I don’t care whether your punishment can kill the White King or not. Before you do anything, I will fight with her. I didn’t have this opportunity before.”
"Dugu Qiubai's life is really boring, isn't it? I always feel that one day you will die from your own arrogance." Pompey laughed frivolously.
"If I were a pure human being, I would probably be a philosopher, like the Greek idealists many years ago, thinking about the meaning of my life."
"You hold supreme power and authority, but your face is filled with expressions like 'I'm desperate for this world, I'm so bored, I'm so empty, I just want to die.' Your behavior even made me doubt whether what I'm pursuing is still useful. "
"People always yearn for things they haven't got. When they are short of money, they desire money. When they are trampled on, they desire status. When they see beautiful people, they will be jealous and wonder why they are so ugly. People who have these things will only have more troubles. For example, my money is not enough, my status is not the best, but there are still people who can step on my head and make me bow down. Over and over again, greed is endless, and it will always bring more troubles to oneself."
"Congratulations, you are really starting to look more and more like a philosopher. As a dragon, you can be said to be an expert in human studies among dragons!" Pompey hugged Li Wuyue, "You said that you broke the shackles your father gave you, and from then on you no longer have weaknesses, but aren't you still like those ordinary people you said? There is nothing you can't desire, you have no emotions, but you still turned into an empty dragon seeking happiness because your heart cannot be satisfied."
"You're right. I study your knowledge and learn from you humans. It's like looking in a mirror. All I see in the mirror is a boring and uninteresting me, with no expression and no thought about tomorrow. Lack of pursuit is really a terrible thing. I always have to find something to do to feel the real meaning of being alive." Li Wu Yue said lightly.
"If I introduce you to Kassel College, maybe they will really be willing to be friends with you, a philosophical dragon! You know, that place is great. There are a lot of lunatics like you, especially the equipment department! The people there like to shout that this is art! Then they make a big explosion, watch the brilliant flames fall on his shoulders like fireworks, and cry with joy, thinking that the ultimate explosion is the meaning of his life. You will definitely get along well with such people!" Pompeii was beaming with joy.
"No thanks." Li Wuyue gently pushed away Pompeii's furry hand on her shoulder. "I study you and get close to you, but that doesn't mean I like you humans. Isn't there a saying among you? People always hate people who are similar to themselves, because they don't see the advantages of this person, but the ugly and shameful parts of themselves. They stand on a high place and curse at that person, just to cover up their own equally despicable and dirty selves. I can't make friends with you. It makes me feel sick."
