Chapter 677: Chapter 460: Mysterious Black Ship_2
Watching those people hurriedly leave, Dong Tianyu mocked with disdain, "That’s it?"
"Alright, stop acting like you didn’t just get lucky; Fabian definitely took the loss this time.
When Fabian started making trouble for you, I knew he wouldn’t get any advantage over you, but I didn’t expect you to break the situation in such a clean and efficient way. You’re impressive."
Hearing Robinson William’s praise, Dong Tianyu didn’t get carried away. Instead, he spoke calmly to the others, "With no outsiders to interfere, there’s no point in me staying here any longer. I’ll leave now; otherwise, once that guy is fished out, it’ll be another bother."
After saying that, he briefly bid farewell to Mr. Thompson, Master Ye, and Robinson William, then boarded his own small transport plane, ready to leave directly from there.
Just as Dong Tianyu was starting the small transport plane, preparing to take off, the lookout tower on the ship suddenly sounded an alarm.
Because the plane was already started, Dong Tianyu didn’t plan to get involved in the upcoming events. Just as the plane began to slowly climb to a higher altitude, his communication device suddenly rang.
Without guessing, Dong Tianyu knew it was Ye Liuyun calling, but when he picked up the phone and pressed the answer button, the voice on the other end was Robinson William’s.
"Zachary, look at two o’clock. Can you see a large ship emitting black air?"
Hearing Robinson William’s words, Dong Tianyu immediately frowned. A ship emitting black air?
Was there a ship on fire?
Or was it a steamship, needing to burn fuel, hence the black smoke from its chimney?
Dong Tianyu adjusted the cockpit in the direction Robinson William had indicated.
Normally, if there are no confirmed landmarks, the direction mentioned as o’clock is usually positioned based on the map: north on top, south at the bottom, west on the left, and east on the right. The two o’clock direction should be asking Dong Tianyu to look northeast.
After Dong Tianyu adjusted the cockpit’s orientation, he indeed saw the ship Robinson William was talking about, with black smoke coming from its body.
Contrary to Dong Tianyu’s previous assumptions, this ship was neither a steamboat nor was it on fire.
But the decaying wooden structure of the ship, coupled with black smoke occasionally puffing from the body, felt even worse than Dong Tianyu’s initial guesses.
Sitting in the cockpit, Dong Tianyu saw the eerie ship advancing straight toward them and quickly said to Robinson William, "I see it. That ship isn’t normal; it’s heading straight for you guys."
"Forget about everything else for now. Hurry up and get the ship moving; you should leave this place immediately. I haven’t gotten closer, but that ship gives me a bad feeling, so it’s best you don’t let it get near you."
Hearing Dong Tianyu’s warning, Robinson William also realized the seriousness of the situation, and without caring about Master Ye or Mr. Thompson next to him, nor the people who were still instructing the rescue at the railing, he rushed to the control room and ordered the captain to start the ship and leave the area as fast as possible.
When the ship began to move, the few who had been concentrating on rescuing Fabian on the deck were suddenly jolted. The two leaning on the railing nearly fell into the water because they lost their balance.
Fortunately, Madeline, who had been watching from the side, acted promptly, grabbing the back of their clothes, preventing the two from falling into the water due to the rocking of the ship.
After the two regained their composure on the deck, they turned to Madeline, who was standing beside them, and demanded angrily, "Fabian’s actions were indeed excessive, but hasn’t he already been thrown into the water as punishment?
You were the one who volunteered to come to the rescue, and the crew responsible for rescuing are already in the water. They were about to bring the man up, and now you start the boat—what are you trying to do?
If you want Fabian to die, don’t hypocritically arrange a rescue. Since you’ve arranged for people to dive in, and now you’re starting the boat, are you going to harm even those crew members who were willing to save a life?"
Ye Liuyun might also be puzzled as to why the boat was starting at this time, but when faced with the other party’s questioning, Ye Liuyun just spread his hands and spoke somewhat irresponsibly:
"You’re asking me? How should I know? You said it yourself, that I took the initiative to rescue people. Then you felt uneasy and took over the rescue.
"Now, speak from your conscience, although I didn’t physically help with the rescue, I didn’t sabotage or deliberately delay your efforts to save people, right?
And I’ve been standing by the whole time without going far or calling anyone else. Now that the boat is moving, how can you blame this on me!
To be honest, I’m also in the dark about what exactly is happening now."
Seeing his team member preparing to argue further with Ye Liuyun, Samuel Jenkins quickly pressed his teammate’s shoulder, halting the teammate’s next move.
He had seen through it: as far as rescuing people went, Ye Liuyun would neither obstruct nor assist. His main tactic was to not give them any solid reasons to fault him.
However, given the chance, Ye Liuyun would find all sorts of ways to stall, his primary aim being to make it impossible for them to rescue people without being able to find fault with him.
Earlier, Ye Liuyun had taken his time to reason with his teammate, also as a way to subtly delay things.
Having seen through Ye Liuyun’s plans, Samuel Jenkins stopped his teammates from continuing to argue with Ye Liuyun and directly said to him, "Contact the captain now and ask him why he is starting the boat at this time."
When Ye Liuyun saw the other party catching on, he didn’t continue the argument. He was initially displeased with Fabian’s immediate attempt to seize control upon arrival, but who allowed the man to have connections? Even if the power grab failed, he couldn’t just get rid of him.
What Ye Liuyun hadn’t expected was for Fabian to manage to infuriate Dong Tianyu just as he was leaving, and Dong Tianyu wasn’t one to indulge others; he took action and tossed Fabian into the water as if he was a little chick.
At that moment, Ye Liuyun was the first to react, seizing the job of rescuing. Like Samuel Jenkins thought, he intended to use delay tactics to prevent Fabian from being rescued alive to the boat.
But Ye Liuyun’s intentions were seen through by the other four who came with Fabian, who snatched the rescue job out of his hands.
Ye Liuyun had thought he had no opportunity to intervene and could only watch as Fabian, despite suffering, was eventually pulled alive back onto the boat. But the sudden departure of the boat was an unexpected pleasant surprise for Ye Liuyun.
Initially, Ye Liuyun wanted to use the argument as a chance to delay further, but he never expected his little trick to be completely seen through by the others, and now he could only contact the captain reluctantly, inquiring about the reason for the boat’s departure.
What Ye Liuyun didn’t expect at all was that the person answering the phone wasn’t the captain, but instead his own brother, Robinson William.
Fearing that the few people might catch him in a fault, Ye Liuyun had directly turned on the speakerphone when making the call. When they heard that the call for the captain was answered by Robinson William, their minds immediately conjured numerous possibilities.
But before they had time to ponder further, Robinson William spoke in a very serious tone, "You’re calling to ask why the boat is leaving right now, right, Madeline? You have the speakerphone on. I’ll now tell them the reason."
"The speakerphone is on now."
"You all must have already heard the alarm that was sounded from the lookout tower. There’s a large ship, beaten up and emitting black smoke, coming straight at us from two o’clock.
Because of the eerie behavior of that ship, for the safety of our own boat, I ordered the captain to start moving immediately.
I’m not stopping you from rescuing people, but we can’t gamble with the safety of everyone on this boat.
If you insist on rescuing them, I won’t stop you. Madeline, give them a lifeboat. Let them use the lifeboat to rescue the person, and then row back after saving them."
