C75 (2/2)
On the day that Yao Ling and the rest were about to leave the pier, Chen Keshen wanted to make another trip to the city to make his last mass purchase. Ashley had recovered her energy, and after being cooped up on the boat for several days, she wanted to go out and take a walk as well.
Because they bought so many goods, the boss lent them a delivery truck and two waiters. On the way back to the dock, he accidentally hit someone and killed them.
A car accident was not a big deal, but there was a human life at the end of it. This was going to be troublesome. In an island like this overseas island, even if it was just a life, it could still be settled with money. Besides, he did not commit murder, it was just a car accident. At most, he could just compensate the families of the victims with a large sum of money.
However, they were also troubled that the old man who had been killed had no family.
One of the onlookers said that the old man was a vagabond who raised monkeys to earn money by playing monkey.
At this moment, the monkey-wielding man was lying dead on the ground with blood flowing out. On his body was indeed a small monkey. The little monkey didn't seem to be injured, but it seemed to understand that its master was dead. It was blinking its big watery eyes and lying on its master's corpse as if it was in tears.
There were no police here. The one in charge of maintaining law and order usually was a local minister and his militia, which were similar to gangs. Jensa explained the situation to the militia and offered compensation. When these people heard about the death of a single homeless person, they immediately knew that the money would naturally fall into their pockets when they came to the road of wealth, so they gave them some compensation and prepared to let them go.
Ashley thought that the monkey was too pitiful. After his owner died and he didn't know if he could survive on the island, he felt sorry for the monkey and wanted to bring it back to the ship to be domesticated.
His brother had been killed by the monkey. He did not have a good impression of this creature, but he could not refuse Ashley's suggestion. He could only helplessly say that he had no objections.
Back on the Indra, Yao was also surprised to see them bring back a monkey. However, after listening to Ashley explain the cause of the matter and seeing that there was nothing abnormal with the monkey, he did not take it to heart. After all, this ship was stinky, had a lot of animals, so adding another monkey was not a big deal.
After Ashley's encounter, everyone seemed to have a little more confidence in Mae's divination, and the future danger he was measuring seemed to have come true this time.
Under Mae's meditative guidance, the Indra turned southeast, and Mae said he had a hunch the island might soon appear.
Since the journey was boring, Yao Ling went fishing by the sea with Chen Sanxian to pass the time. Captain Tempo said that it was easy to get into trouble due to high winds and high waves. However, there were also many wondrous sights here.
There were seals and other sea beasts on some of the nearby islands and rocks. There were also many sharks and dolphins. It was even said that there would be a small group of orcas appearing here.
However, the most mysterious legend was the White Demon. That was a huge white beast that would take advantage of high winds and waves to attack the ships that passed by, causing many people to die in the past few decades.
This White Demon was very cunning, moreover, after capsizing the boat, he had to stay in the vicinity and wait. When he encountered those who had escaped, he would chase them down and ensure that there were no survivors. However, in the end, there were people who had seen its appearance. Some were white whales, and some were unknown sea monsters. As for what it was, it was unclear.
After all, nine out of ten of these legends were made of water, just like the big octopus that killed Mae's grandson on the island of Burry. Didn't it also become a Shark Monster by the islanders? Perhaps it was because the sea was not in a good condition, that the sailors on board of shipwrecked ships would often be attacked by sharks or something in the water, and those witnesses or those who managed to escape with their lives would be spread.
Ashley made tea for everyone and carried it to the dining hall. He thanked Wei Wuji for saving their lives and could not help but ask him a crucial question: ”Will those battling crabs stay in my body?”
Wuji smiled as he comforted her, telling her that the Gu worms had been taken back after they had eaten her sore and would not enter her body to harm her. Only then did Ashley feel at ease.
Suddenly, the sailors gathered on the deck and looked into the sea. As if they had discovered something, the captain of the ship came in and beckoned them out. Not far ahead of the Indra floated the corpse of a huge whale.