harleyscars Chapter 100 It's easy to invite a god, but difficult to send him away.
Chapter 100 It's easy to invite a god, but difficult to send him away.
"What? You want me to leave?"
Lorne's forced smile startled Danitz, who took two steps back.
"No, I wouldn't dare."
Despite having a higher rank, Danitz felt a chill run down his spine every time he saw Lorne make that face.
It felt like being targeted by a sea monster from the deep sea.
"Heh~"
Lorne slowly approached, and Danitz moved inching along the wall. After taking four or five steps back, he suddenly froze.
"Meow~"
Rachel had somehow appeared behind him, blocking his escape route. Her amber cat eyes gleamed eerily in the dim storage room. The encirclement formed by the man and the cat made Danitz's legs tremble.
He forced himself to stand tall and said, "Brando, don't go too far. This is our territory."
"Oh? Hehe—"
"Didn't you invite me here in the first place?"
"You know this is your territory!"
"You, you want to..." Danitz's Adam's apple bobbed violently. The fear and anxiety that had been building up over the past few days reached their peak at this moment.
Lorne's hand suddenly landed on his shoulder, startling him.
"Don't be nervous, 'Boss'," Lorne deliberately used that title to provoke him. "Aren't I your underling?"
Danitz's Adam's apple bobbed, and he swallowed hard. "That was just a joke."
"Hmm...just kidding," Lorne chuckled, then suddenly blurted out, "Danitz..."
"Ah, I'm here!" Danitz snapped to attention as if by reflex.
"You want me to leave simply because you're afraid I'll reveal what happened those two days and ruin your reputation, right?"
"Gulp!" Danitz swallowed hard.
Seeing that the other party seemed to agree, Lorne continued:
"You came to see me today not only on your own initiative, but also probably at the behest of other crew members."
"Hmm..." Danitz didn't dare to hide it and nodded slightly.
Seeing this, Lorne's expression remained unchanged as he continued to smile:
"I've received a lot of unnecessary attention since I boarded the ship, and as a guest, I don't like those stares."
"Now there's more to the story about his secret rendezvous with your captain..."
He paused deliberately, looking with satisfaction at the cold sweat beading on Danitz's forehead.
"I'm afraid it won't be long before someone comes looking for trouble with me."
"so……"
"I hope you can handle this matter well in the days to come, so that I can spend this time at sea in peace."
His voice suddenly softened:
"Listen, it's not hard. Just help me cover for them and draw their attention."
"This..." Danitz shrank his neck and turned to look at Lorne, his eyes filled with a hint of pleading.
"Brando, I've been very considerate of you these past few days. Even the fish your cat stole are on my tab, really!"
"Others initially even thought that you and I had that kind of relationship..." He scrutinized Lorne's expression and continued:
"Now, you and the captain have been... again these past two days."
"The first mate, second mate, third mate, and even 'Iron Man' and 'Bucket' already consider me a traitor. I'm afraid it won't be long before all my men betray me."
"If I'm covering for you, then I'll, then..." Danitz made a face that looked worse than crying.
Upon hearing this, Lorne did not soften his heart. Instead, he leaned close to Danitz and spoke earnestly, as if coaxing a child:
"If you do as I say obediently, I will leave the Golden Dream as soon as my training course is over..."
He patted Danitz on the shoulder meaningfully: "Only then will you be able to live a peaceful life."
"Ugh~ Ah~"
After saying that, Lorne turned and left gracefully, leaving Danitz standing there frozen, as if his soul had been ripped out.
Stepping out of the storage room, Lorne's demeanor softened once more.
"It's quite difficult to portray the aura of a villain..."
"Shouldn't this lesson be enough?"
He glanced down at the orange cat at his feet: "Laki, do you think I went a little too far?"
"Meow~" Rachi stopped and gave a speechless look, flicking her tail impatiently.
"It's clearly Danitz who's not being fair. I saved his life, and he actually wants to kick me out."
"But why do I feel like I'm the bad guy now?"
"Oh!"
After a moment, Lorne chuckled softly, seemingly having come to terms with it: "Indeed, the environment changes a person!"
"After staying in this hellish world for so long, I think I've actually become a little evil."
"But...Danitz was so scared, am I really that scary?"
"Meow~" Just as Lorne was pondering, Rachel suddenly came to Lorne's side, stretched out her right paw, and made a beckoning cat gesture.
"Okay, I'll get you a fish for afternoon tea."
"You greedy cat."
……
"Hey, you must be Monkey Brando?"
After helping Laki with afternoon tea, Lorne was relaxing on the deck when he suddenly heard someone calling his name. He instinctively turned around and saw a burly sailor waving at him.
"Looking for trouble?"
"Could you watch the fishing net for me? I'm in a bit of a hurry." Before Lorne could answer, the sailor hurriedly shoved the wet net rope into his hands. "Just for a moment!"
Before Lorne could refuse, the man had already disappeared around the corner of the cabin. The fishing net in his hand was heavy and emitted a pungent smell of rotting fish and seaweed.
strange?
Before Lorne could even think, the fishing net in his hand suddenly began to tremble violently! A powerful pull came from beneath the surface of the sea, almost dragging him down.
"What the hell is that...?"
He took a deep breath and pulled the fishing net upwards with all his might. His muscles taut beneath his thin shirt, the net rope digging deep into his palms.
……
"Something's not right."
The sailors hiding in the shadows also sensed something was wrong, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.
He gave Lorne a tattered net that would soon break apart, at which point he would step forward to criticize and find fault with him.
Let's make this arrogant brat, who dared to provoke the captain on his first visit, look bad.
But the current situation has exceeded his expectations.
"What's caught in this net? A reef?"
As the Golden Dream moved slowly, the tension on the other side of the fishing net increased, and even Lorne, an extraordinary being, found it difficult to cope.
"Forget it, it's just a net. At worst, we'll hold Danitz accountable."
Realizing that continuing to struggle with this broken net might be dangerous, Lorne decisively let go, only to find a sharp pain coming from his wrist.
His arm was entangled.
"Damn it!"
"But Laki isn't here..."
……
"Oh no! Something's happened!"
The sailor who had been observing from a distance suddenly changed his expression and rushed forward, shouting, "Hold on! I'm coming to help you!"
Lorne was a guest after all, and he only wanted to deflate the other party's arrogance, but he didn't expect it to actually cause an accident.
"I'm stuck!"
"Get the net off!" Lorne roared.
"It's no use, it's completely entangled." The sailor came to Lorne's side and fiddled with it for a while, his face full of anxiety.
"Then pull with me!"
Upon hearing this, the sailor quickly came up behind Lorne, grabbed Lorne's waist, and pulled him out together.
"Push harder."
"what!"
Lorne braced his legs against the hull and exerted force. The power of the "machine" made his muscles taut and clearly defined.
"Splash!"
With a loud splash, the fishing net finally broke through the water. A whole bunch of random things were hauled up.
Lorne and the sailors slumped onto the deck due to the inertia, panting heavily.
"Huff... huff..."
What's that? Something in the fishing net caught Lorne's attention.
Interspersed among a pile of broken rocks and rotten wood was a huge, key-like object.