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The Lost Tale: A Boy's Spirit: Chapter 157 The Man Called "Snake"

"I'm asking you a question, do you have money in your family?!"

"Oh...I know, I know," Xiangzi said with little interest.

"Answer eNre?r 21 Sanmingzhu's question!"

"Would you believe me if I said I had no money?"

"Rich people always say they have no money."

“But I have no proof that I’m rich.” Xiangzi shrugged and sighed. “There’s no point in asking this question.”

She pouted.

"If you kidnap me, you might inherit billions of yen in debt."

This is the truth!

Xiangzi borrowed so much money that he couldn't even count it all to pave the way for Mujica. If he couldn't pay it back, he would be blacklisted by the bank for life.

"!!!"

The pirate looked as if he had just realized something.

I always felt this guy wasn't very smart.

However, the pirates quickly realized that they had...

The man raised his gun and waved the muzzle at Xiangzi.

"This is a gun, see?! It'll blast a hole the size of a bowl right through you! You'll die!"

"Yes, yes, I know."

Xiangzi couldn't help but secretly roll his eyes.

But just then, a murderous aura emanated from behind Xiangzi.

Mu had been eagerly waiting behind Xiangzi for a long time, clutching the Soul Gem in his hand. Several strands of translucent silk extended from the Soul Gem, wrapping around his fingertips, ready to pounce.

However, Xiangzi stopped Mu.

“(Shh, let him do it for now.)” Xiangzi’s voice appeared in Mu’s mind.

"Why?" Mu asked, puzzled.

"(There couldn't have been only one pirate. Since one sneaked aboard, there must have been many more.)" Xiangzi calmly looked at the pirates ahead. "(Looking around like headless flies is too much trouble. He'll lead us there.)"

“（......）”

Xiangzi is right.

But is it really necessary for them to get involved in this mess?

"(I know you'll think it's unnecessary, but if we have the ability, we should shoulder certain obligations.)" Xiangzi turned around, winked at her, and chuckled, "(Anyway, ordinary people can't hurt us, nor can they cause us much damage, right?)"

“I will do whatever Xiang says.”

"(Although I'd prefer you to agree to it on your own initiative.)" Xiangzi gently squeezed Mu's hand. "(But just think of it as playing house with me like when we were kids, this time.)"

When I was a child.

Mu lowered her head, as if lost in memories.

"Hey! What are you all standing there for! Aren't you afraid of dying?!"

"Mr. Pirate, what do you intend for us to do?" Xiangzi raised his hands, indicating that he had no ability to resist, but his words were not unforgiving. "After all, you haven't given any instructions, so we don't know what to do, don't you think?"

So it's not that they don't seem very smart, it's that they really aren't very smart.

"Uh—" The pirate seemed surprised to be turned the tables on him. He grinned, "Yes! Follow me, I'll take you to the speedboat!"

The pirates gestured with their gun barrels, indicating that they should turn around.

"I'll tell you where to go, and you'll go there. Don't even think about running away."

"understood."

Xiangzi and Hemu walked ahead, with a gun pointed at them, along the side of the ship.

Are you planning to kidnap them?

They're not planning to hijack the ship... It's just a cruise ship. If they had guns, they wouldn't be afraid to hijack it, right? Or are they... afraid of something?

Xiangzi turned his head and secretly glanced at the nervous pirate.

They looked like ordinary female students, posing no threat whatsoever. That guy had a gun; they shouldn't be so nervous.

call out----

A whooshing sound suddenly came from the upper deck, interrupting Xiangzi's thoughts.

Bang!

Then came a loud explosion, which startled the pirates behind them.

"What?! What happened?!"

"Hmm?" Xiangzi frowned.

"(Xiang, this is...)"

"(fireworks?)"

Just as they were wondering, another whooshing sound rang out.

call out--

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A fiery red meteor shot into the sky, finally blooming under the clear starry sky.

Bang!

A large crowd had gathered on the top deck, where students from the banquet hall had come to watch the fireworks display in the sky with great excitement.

Wow, there are fireworks to watch tonight!

"A banquet and fireworks display! And this is only the first day! I don't even want to think about what will happen later!"

"How beautiful, summer fireworks."

......

"The aft deck has made contact with the other side and engaged in firefight."

"The other side has a large number of people, but only thirty armed guards."

"Send five men to guard the upper deck and prevent them from entering crowded areas. The rest of you, split into two teams: one team to support the aft deck, and the other team to go to the forward deck to see if any have slipped through the net."

"Roger that!"

......

Da da da----

The gunshots were drowned out by the sound of fireworks, and even if someone heard them, they wouldn't mistake the popping of beans under the shockwaves of the fireworks for gunshots.

On the aft deck of the cruise ship, the pirate captain, who had just boarded, was forced to remain seated by a sudden barrage of fire.

"Damn, boss, something's not right!"

"I can't even lift my head!"

His men, cowering behind cover, shouted at him.

"I told you to call me captain!" The pirate captain could only find cover to hide in, occasionally raising his gun out of the cover and firing a round of blind shots.

Bang bang bang!

Several bullets landed on his bunker not far away.

"Damn! How could they react so fast!" He spat, gritted his teeth, and moved to another spot out of the light. "They're so well-trained! What kind of dogs does the Tsurugaki family keep?!"

boom!

"what----!"

A scream came from behind a nearby bunker.

"Who got hit!" the pirate captain shouted.

Less than a minute after boarding, there were already fewer people on board. Did they really make the right choice coming here?

The pirate captain gritted his teeth and slammed his fist on the ground.

"I--!"

"Still alive? How badly injured?" the pirate captain asked, his voice booming.

"Boss! This! They're using non-lethal bullets!" A strong reply came from behind the cover, sounding nothing like someone who had been hit by a bullet.

"Non-lethal warhead?!"

He was slightly relieved that his own people were safe.

However, the non-lethal bullet felt like a thorn stuck in his heart.

"Using non-lethal bullets, the private soldiers of the Tsurumaki family, I feel like I've heard of that before!"

"That was—! Originally a group of freelance mercenaries, they later took command of a smuggling ship that no one dared to mess with in the North African waters. In recent years, after Stringless stopped getting involved in related shady industries, they disappeared without a trace—"

The captain, holding a gun, came to the aft deck.

Exposed to the light, the middle-aged man with a full beard looked down at the pirates pinned behind cover with a contemptuous smile.

"—The man known as 'Snake'!"

The Lost Tale: A Young Man's Spirit: Chapter 158 Hi, I'm a Hostage

Meanwhile, the bow deck was shrouded in darkness.

While most people were gathered in the restaurant or on the upper deck enjoying the fireworks display, the lights on the deserted bow deck were turned off by some unusual means.

However, what the pirates didn't know was that by smashing all the lights, they were only digging their own grave.

By the time they want to regret it, it will be too late.

"what--!"

The pirate's elbow snapped with a sickening crack, and the rifle fell to the ground.

But it wasn't over yet. The figure grabbing the pirate's arm swept his leg across his lower body, and the pirate, losing his balance, crashed to the ground with a thud, his head hitting the ground, and instantly lost consciousness.

Bang!

A firework exploded in the sky, and at the same time, several bullets shot out from the darkness, the muzzle flashes illuminating the pirate's ferocious face for a moment.

However, the golden phantom merely turned her head, and the bullet grazed her hair, flying towards the boundless sea.

"You dodged it?!"

Boom!

Another dull thud followed, and the pirate who had just fired was slammed against the wall.

A purring sound, like that of a large feline in a fit of rage, came from the darkness. The pirate who had just crashed into the wall was thrown out of the darkness by someone.

"I can't see it, I can't see it at all!"

"What the hell? What are we fighting?!"

Immediately afterwards, the sound of someone falling to the ground echoed in the darkness. The pirates, trapped in their own web, felt as if they had heard a ghost knocking on their door when they heard that sound, and their adrenaline surged rapidly.

The dilated pupils illuminated everyone's positions clearly in the darkness: ten people and two speedboats, likely launched from the fishing boat anchored at sea.

The pirate ship, disguised as a fishing boat, was modified with a fish cargo hold that could accommodate more than thirty people. It could also tow two or three small speedboats, which was enough to meet the needs of a fishing trip.

However, no matter what, such a configuration makes it impossible for them to sail far; their main base must be in the waters around Ryukyu.

Are there pirates in these territorial waters? Aren't they afraid of the Self-Defense Forces?

Chu Hua silently crept into the darkness beside a pirate and knocked him unconscious with a simple chop to the neck.

Bang.