Chapter 1154: Chapter 1123: Massacre
"If that’s the case, then these people are caught between good and evil, which means they will use any means necessary to achieve their goals. Shao Weihua is your number one enemy, and they choose to stand against you. Even if they use various methods, it’s all for one purpose, so in other words, they won’t truly become your opponents. Even if they have the intention, the old man in your family won’t let them do that. Therefore, these people can be ruled out."
Xiao Lin looked at the Black Doctor with a knowing eye. "I think I understand what you’re trying to say."
A person who won’t truly become an opponent can be ignored, but the Black Doctor doesn’t understand ’Black Crow.’ In the minds of these people, there’s no concept of mercy. Even if they won’t really take your life, the process is realistically intense.
"Look!" Troy suddenly shouted loudly, pointing to the sea on the left ahead. "Is that a ship?"
The cargo ship looked quite large, appearing as though it had been anchored for a long time with no sign of movement, resting there lifelessly. The blue and white hull was battered by the waves. Standing on the deck, Xiao Lin slowly searched the cargo ship with binoculars.
"This should be Mr. Su’s cargo ship," said Yelü Shou, confirming the location based on the coordinate map. Although it was slightly off course, it was still within range. But such a large cargo ship couldn’t have been blown off its original mooring by the wind, could it? It had deviated by a full 450 nautical miles.
"The middle part of the ship is empty, no containers, no crew on board." Xiao Lin put down the binoculars. The ship they were on was approaching the cargo ship at full speed. Surprisingly, the other ship didn’t sound any warnings. They were about to collide. Could it be that they weren’t aware?
As their ship neared the cargo ship, it began to slow down. Xiao Lin and the others stood side by side on the deck, sensing the anomaly. The closer they got, the stronger the scent of blood in the sea breeze became. This was different from the smell of blood on the ground; it was more nauseating. The first to react was Troy, whose intelligence level was approaching that of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, discerning right from wrong instinctively and in a state of being active and playful. As the ship was one step away from the cargo ship, he had already stepped onto the rail, ready to jump onto the taller ship opposite, but the Black Doctor grabbed him by the collar and yanked him back.
"What are you doing?" Troy exclaimed, with his hands flailing in the air and one foot still hooked on the rail, held horizontally in the air with nowhere to exert his strength.
Yelü Shou looked at the two of them beside him. Honestly, he wasn’t yet clear about the Black Doctor’s capabilities, he only felt that he was an extremely dangerous person, ruthless and heartless. Perhaps his profound understanding of medical principles always allowed him to use this knowledge to leverage strength or use counter-structure force to easily subdue someone. This is quite simple, anyone who has trained a little in martial arts knows this.
"We don’t know what the situation is above. If you go up recklessly, there’s no way to get back if something happens," said the Black Doctor sternly.
"I’ll go up and take a look, you all stay on the ship," Xiao Lin said, gazing at the cargo ship in front of him. The Black Doctor’s words reminded him: making a mistake once is a blunder; making the same mistake twice has no one else to blame.
With that, he propelled himself up using the railing under one foot, grabbed a mast with one hand, and continued his ascent. After two jumps, he was already close to the lifeboat on the cargo ship, and Xiao Lin held his breath and side-flipped outward. His right hand caught the edge of the lifeboat, and he landed easily inside.
Yelü Shou and the others, watching him climb onto the cargo ship, breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Lin glanced at his ship, lowered a rope ladder, then turned and wanted to head to the control room. But before taking the first step, he stopped and stood back in place.
Only by boarding this cargo ship could he truly feel the nauseating smell. The first scene that met Xiao Lin’s eyes was the bloodstains, the slowly drying bloodstains. The entire cargo-filled deck was marked with dragging blood trails and pools of dried blood, leaving him hesitant to step down.
One could say that the ship was safe. Judging by the congealed bloodstains, it was at least three or four days ago. There should be no living person on the ship except for the dead. There were blood traces on the deck, but no bodies, and signs of dragging indicated that the perpetrators had ample time to deal with bodies that could easily be found after their actions. But why hadn’t they cleaned up the bloodstains after handling the bodies? Wouldn’t that have been better? Even if there were coast guards passing overhead, they wouldn’t issue warnings or inquiries just by seeing the bloodstains. This puzzled him deeply.
"Oh, my God, what happened here? A massacre?" Troy, the second person to climb onto the deck, clutched his twisting, churning stomach and finally leaned over one side, started vomiting over the sea. Following him were the Black Doctor and Yelü Shou. After they boarded, the captain distanced their ship and docked at a distance.
"Have a look around to see if there’s anything notable. Black Doctor and Troy, follow me. Shou, go to the engine room. We’ll meet in the control room in ten minutes." Just as the words were spoken, Shou was already headed toward the bottom of the cargo ship.
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