novelGlobal #310 - Chapter 309: Ten Forbidden Things Exist!
#310 - Chapter 309: Ten Forbidden Things Exist!
Third Floor Square
Standing on the high platform, the middle-aged man, seeing the square gradually quiet down, strained his voice and shouted, "Good morning, I apologize for not letting everyone have a peaceful morning."
"You... what do you want?" Someone mustered their courage and asked, "I have a lot of money, as long as you don't kill me, I can..."
Bang!
A gunshot rang out.
Before the man could finish his sentence, a bloody hole appeared in his head, and he fell to the ground with a "thud."
"Ahhh!"
"Dad!!!"
The surrounding people retreated in horror, a young teenager looking at the corpse on the ground, letting out a heart-wrenching cry.
"I really hate people speaking without my permission, and I also hate noise. I'll count to three in my head, and after three, whoever continues to speak, I'll reward them with a bullet."
As soon as he finished speaking, the pirates standing around the square raised their guns, aiming at the crowd.
In an instant, the square fell silent, parents with children desperately covering their children's mouths, afraid that crying would break out.
The middle-aged man smiled with satisfaction: "That's right, obediently listen to me, and you can survive. After all, I still need to use you to exchange for supplies with the Federation. Every death is one less share for me, understand?"
No one spoke.
"I just like the obedient ones." The middle-aged man's lips curled up slightly: "Now, everyone stand according to your room number, the leftmost is 5001, line up from front to back, one team per floor, understand?"
Silence.
"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as you understand. Since you understand, then move! Are you waiting to be shot?!"
Ta-ta-ta--
A series of gunshots rang out.
Scaring everyone to stand up immediately, and squeeze towards their respective positions.
...
On the deck, a ghost-faced man, also wearing a ghost-face mask and a tight black suit, stood with his hands behind his back, calmly watching the waveless sea.
Unlike the previous ghost-faced man, the mask worn by this ghost-faced man had more exquisite carvings, and there were other ghost-faced men standing behind him, his presence was very high.
It was obvious that he was the leader of these ghost-faced men.
At this time, this ghost-faced man was holding a walkie-talkie, seemingly waiting for something.
"1225."
A voice came from the walkie-talkie.
The ghost-faced man said in a deep voice: "First ban."
"Sir, why do we have to check room by room? Now that everyone on the cruise ship is gathered in the third floor square, we can definitely force those people out by directly attacking them."
An puzzled voice came from the walkie-talkie.
The ghost-faced man sneered: "You're really naive, do you know why I'm cooperating with these pirates, and why I don't dare to show my face in public?"
"Are you afraid of being exposed?"
"If that's what I'm worried about, wouldn't it be better for me to just sink this cruise ship and kill everyone?"
"Then you..."
The ghost-faced man narrowed his eyes and slowly explained: "The reason I'm doing this is because this cruise ship's family name is 'Ying'. At this level, the Ying family will only hold those pirates responsible.
But if we kill all the passengers on the cruise ship, it would undoubtedly be trampling the Ying family's face on the ground. At that time, the Ying family will investigate thoroughly, and we won't be able to hide..."
Ten minutes passed in a flash.
"1315."
A voice came from the walkie-talkie.
The leading ghost-faced man's eyebrows curved, and he turned to look at his subordinates standing aside: "Who are the people living in 1315?"
"Wait a moment." The ghost-faced man held a tablet in one hand, swiping his finger across the screen, and quickly brought up three faces, namely Iwata Ken, Matsumoto Jun, and Takagi Aya.
The leading ghost-faced man took the tablet handed over by his subordinate and checked the three people's information: "Northern Union people who have lived in the Second District for many years? They can really make things up!"
"Sir, are they the people we are looking for?"
"Two eighth bans and one seventh ban, if there are no accidents, they should be the people we are looking for." The ghost-faced man waved his hand: "Let those pirates bring the three people from 1315 over."
"This... will they come obediently?"
"They have no choice."
...
Third Floor Square
Four thousand passengers stood neatly in rows.
"Very good."
The middle-aged man nodded with a smile, pacing back and forth on the high platform.
Standing at the end of the first row, Xiang Nanzhi secretly poked Li Chenqiu with her hand: "Do you think you've seen this man before getting on the ship."
Li Chenqiu turned his head and honestly replied: "I don't have any impression."
"How could you not have any impression? Don't you look in the mirror when you pretend, this guy pretends just like you, just like the relationship between father and son."
Li Chenqiu's face darkened, and he turned his head to look at the middle-aged man on the high platform.
It would have been fine if Xiang Nanzhi hadn't said anything, but now that she mentioned it, he really felt that this guy's pretense... no, his imposing manner was a bit similar to his own.
Li Chenqiu said silently in his heart: "It seems a bit similar."
Just then, a young man wearing a vest ran onto the high platform, came to the man, covered his mouth and leaned in front of the other's ear.
It seemed that he was saying something.
The middle-aged man nodded, and then shouted loudly: "People living in 1315, come over here!"
Standing in the queue, Iwata Ken lowered his eyebrows, a cold light flashing in the depths of his eyes.
Matsumoto Jun asked in a solemn tone: "Iwata-san, we..."
Iwata Ken didn't wait for Matsumoto Jun to finish speaking, and silently walked towards the high platform.
The other two saw this and followed without hesitation.
Xiang Nanzhi, watching the backs of the three from a distance, said in a low voice: "Those few have some strength, it seems that these people are here for the three of them."
Li Chenqiu nodded in agreement.
Iwata Ken and the other two came to the front of the high platform.
The middle-aged man glanced at the three of them indifferently: "Take them away!"
The vest youth nodded, his eyes falling on the three of them: "Follow me."
...
In front of the deck, the leading ghost-faced man leaned leisurely on the railing, humming a strange tune in his mouth, looking very happy.
"Sir, why does the higher-ups attach so much importance to a blank sheet of paper? Does this paper have any other use besides being very strong?"
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, we are only responsible for exec..." The ghost-faced man's voice suddenly stopped, his pupils rapidly dilated at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he stumbled to the left.
"Sir!"
The subordinate beside him quickly stepped forward to support the ghost-faced man who was about to fall, the others who didn't know what was happening gathered around.
"Sir, what's wrong?"
"Did something happen?"
"This... how is this possible?" The ghost-faced man muttered to himself, his voice filled with undisguised horror.
Just now, his ability sensed the existence of a tenth ban.