Chapter 499 – Land! (1/2)
Ship’s resting area.
Dong Xuebing looks around for a phone. He wants to contact China to inform them that he is still alive but could not find any communication devices.
Suddenly, Dong Xuebing hears footsteps outside. Someone is coming!
Dong Xuebing quickly tidied up the room and stood behind the door.
The door opened, and the middle-aged man, who was smoking on the deck earlier, entered.
Dong Xuebing mumbled STOP in his heart and squeeze himself through that man and the door to the corridor. He looks around and quickly walks towards a dimly lit corner before resuming time.
“Eh? Where’s my bread?!”
“… Bro, what happened?”
“Which one of you touched my coffee and bread?! Eh? Why are my clothes gone?”
“Huh? I don’t know. Why…”
“You have been guarding outside! What do you mean by you don’t know?!”
“Bro, I don’t know. No one had entered your room earlier!”
The shouting continued for around three minutes before it quiets down. Dong Xuebing looks out from the corner, where he was hiding, and noticed no one is along the corridor. He crept his way to the end of the corridor and entered a dark room. There’s no one around, and he closed the door behind him. After that, he sat behind the door and rest.
One hour…
Two hours…
Three hours…
Dong Xuebing fell asleep, and it was dark when he woke up. He does not know what time it is and wonders why the ship had not docked. Eh? The ship had stopped? He froze. Although the ship is stable, he can feel the difference whether if it was moving. Is the ship docked? He quickly tidied his clothes and pressed his ear against the door.
It’s quiet. No one is talking or walking around.
Something’s wrong. Dong Xuebing has a bad feeling.
Just as Dong Xuebing is wondering what happened, he heard some gunshots. Bang! Bang! Bang! It sounded it was fired from the deck!
Gunshots, screaming… it was chaotic outside!
“Arrghh!”
Bang, bang, bang!
Bang, bang, bang!
Bang! A bullet hole suddenly appeared on the cabin’s door. It was just beside Dong Xuebing and almost hit him.
Dong Xuebing knows he cannot hide here anymore. Something must have happened on the ship. He sticks his head out of the room, and no one is along the corridor. The gunshots and screams are from the deck, and it’s getting closer. He quickly rushed to the stairs at the end of the corridor and lowered his body to avoid getting shot. He climbed up slowly and opened the door at the top of the stairs.
Bang, bang, bang!
The gunshots are louder!
Dong Xuebing saw the sparks from guns firing in the dark when he peeped outside. Two men were lying in a large puddle of blood on the deck. The bullets had killed them, and a few crew members are firing towards the diagonally opposite direction. Splash! One of the crew threw his pistol aside and jumped into the sea to escape. The cargo ship had docked, and Dong Xuebing can see the lights from a nearby city. A few Japanese Police Officers are firing at the cargo ship from land, and two Officers had almost reached the ship.
Gunfight between the cops and smugglers?!
Police had surrounded the smuggling ship?!
Dong Xuebing does not want to get involved. He only wants to return home and tell his mother, Sister Xie, Aunt Xuan, and the rest that he is still alive. Furthermore, he cannot speak Japanese, and he is onboard the ship. He cannot explain why he is on board to the Police.
The best way is to leave!
STOP!
The world becomes quiet, and time stopped!
Dong Xuebing quickly runs out while checking how much time he has with MENU. He started running across the deck. The port is not the usual port, and it is located in a secluded place. This place looks like a fishing village, and a few bullet heads had stopped in mid-air. The sparks from the gunfire, the night, and the stars formed a beautiful picture.
Dong Xuebing jumps off the deck onto the shore.
He is excited to step on solid ground after being trapped on that reek rock for almost two weeks. This is what he had been thinking every day while on the reef.
Dong Xuebing is finally on land!
He can finally return home!
Dong Xuebing quickened his pace and ran past the defense line formed by more than a dozen Japanese Police Officers. He hid behind a small warehouse behind the port before resuming time!
Bang! Bang!
Gunshots continued!