Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 848 Boarding the Ship
It's unbelievable that a dog, an ordinary dog, could possess such immense power after experiencing such a bizarre event.

What just happened was so sudden that he didn't even have time to observe the dog's true form using the [text description] before his memory was completely altered. The only gain from this attempt was that the dog was a king's pet.

This dog itself has a desire for division; its essence is that of being stuck to time and then peeled off, which perfectly contrasts with the division belief that flourished in the Scar Age. The restlessness of the door also coincides with the time when history fell. Xia Shou boldly guesses that the owner of this dog must be a king from the Scar Age.

However... whether he was the first King of Rift or the later King of Rift, remains unknown.

Furthermore, why do the seals on the doors loosen when history falls apart? What is the underlying principle?
The current clues are still too scarce, and it may be necessary for Scar Age to investigate personally before there will be any progress.

Xia Shou decided to go to Sparrow's ship with Su Weiyu first, and then think about this matter slowly on the way to the Scar Era. After all, the time flow rate of the two eras is so different. If you think about it in the present world, it may only take a few hours, but several months will have passed in the other world.

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A day later, Summer arrived at the Gulf of Mexico, where Sparrow was recruiting crew members.

A ship remarkably similar to the Black Pearl from the movie was moored not far from the shore. A group of men and women were chatting under a makeshift shelter on the shore. Everyone was dressed in non-modern clothing, not like pirate clothes, but very retro, yet with a very unified style.

"This is where they test you. After testing your abilities and abnormality level, they'll ask about your personal skills. If you meet the requirements, they'll put you on the ship. Of course, I just slipped on," Su Weiyu said.

Xia Shou pressed down on the mask on his face. It was a V-Via mask he bought online to hide his identity, while Alice, who was floating behind him, was hidden by her unpredictable eyes.

The Eye of Impermanence can make spirits within one's field of vision appear or disappear in the mortal world. Other spirits need to be seen, but spirits attached to oneself do not seem to need to meet this condition to hide directly.

In this way, Alice was hidden, and with the mask on, no one would recognize him as Natsume. After all, the witch's trump card is known to outsiders as having a maid ghost floating behind her.

Xia Shou did this not because he was deliberately trying to hide his identity. He was going to reveal his identity to Sparrow. After all, while he was dozing off on the plane as Faust, he had already negotiated a price with the club. In order to earn those epic fragments, he also had to let Sparrow know that he had boarded the ship.

However, concealing her identity is essential, since Alice's appearance is strikingly similar to the foster mother of the First King of the Scarred Age. If Alice is not hidden upon arriving in that era, it will likely alert the king there before long.

"I'm here to register," Xia Shou said as he walked under the shade of the canopy.

"Take off your mask," a man said irritably.

“I’ve reached an agreement with Sparrow. Have Sparrow come to see me.”

"I'm in charge here! Take off your mask."

"Isn't Sparrow the captain?"

"So what if he's a captain?" the man said with a disdainful smile.

Su Weiyu interjected, "This guy is the first mate, the second-in-command on the ship. He's the one who came up with the idea of ​​the Russian roulette. I heard he's incredibly strong, a level 5 superhuman! But he can't compare to the level 5 finishers in the bureau. Although they're both level 5, his brain isn't very sharp."

Xia Shou frowned and asked softly, "Why isn't it working?"

"It seems like they are particularly concerned with empathy."

"I feel the same way?"

"Yeah, I found out from the gossip of other people on the ship. This guy has a lot of dark history, so he has a lot of hostility towards normal people, but he is very easy to get along with people who have similar experiences."

The most typical example is that this guy was forced to drink horse urine before, and he approves of anyone who has ever drunk horse urine. Also, his wife ran off with someone else, and his mistress ended up sleeping with Sparrow, didn't she?

"Holy crap, this is the first mate? I thought the first mate Sparrow mentioned had already broken up with the crew! How can they still work together after all this?" Xia Shou felt like he'd stumbled upon some juicy gossip. "Who knows, he's not exactly mentally sound, so his thinking is definitely off too? But some crew members said he's waiting for Sparrow to find a woman so he can cheat on him too, which is why he's stayed on the ship."

In short, he treated his crew members who had suffered similar fates to his very well.

But he's much harsher on other crew members who haven't had the same experience, unless you do something in front of him, like drinking those first-prize drinks in Russian roulette—apparently, he sponsors the Level 3 banned item prizes.

"Isn't this person's mentality incredibly twisted?"

"In short, don't mess with him. This guy got special treatment when he was in prison, so if he doesn't like someone, he'll find a way to force them to comply. He's a complete psychopath," Su Weiyu said seriously.

Xia Shou suddenly felt a little reluctant to get on the ship. The thought of being on the same boat as this madman made him feel uneasy.

Just then, Xia Shou suddenly saw Sparrow appear not far away.

Xia Shou immediately raised his hand and shouted, "Sparrow! You're Sparrow, right?" Xia Shou pretended to be introduced and acted as if he didn't know the contact person well.

Sparrow strode closer, leaned forward, glanced at Xia Shou, and tentatively asked, "Who are you?"

Xia Shou walked to the other person's side and lowered his voice, saying, "57896."

This string of numbers is the secret code that Xia Shou agreed upon with the other party at the choir club. Being able to say this code means that he is the witch's trump card.

Upon hearing the number, Sparrow's eyes lit up. He nodded vigorously and said to his first mate, "Ryder, he's the one I've chosen. Let him board the ship."

"No way!" The first mate slammed his fist on the table and stood up, glaring angrily at the captain.

"Damn it! I'm the captain!"

"I said no, and that's final." The first mate grinned, making a disgusting face, which infuriated Sparrow, who then cursed loudly.

"damn it!"

Sparrow angrily turned away, temporarily abandoning his argument with the first mate.

He glanced at the empty space behind Xia Shou: "Where's your maid? Never mind that for now, you go wait there and get to know the others. I'll handle this guy."

Seeing this, Xia Shou became curious again about why Sparrow kept such an unruly crew member. The relationship between the two seemed quite delicate, as if there was some unspeakable secret hidden behind it.

Xia Shou wisely decided not to linger and headed towards where the other crew members were gathered.

Almost everyone on the ship was a stranger. When Xia Shou approached, everyone looked at him with curious eyes, but everyone's attitude was quite normal, without the rudeness and barbarity of pirates in his memory.

After all, none of the people here are real pirates; they're probably technicians who were brought aboard by Sparrow.

Xia Shou glanced around the crowd a few times, then suddenly stopped looking as if he had seen someone he knew.

Those three...aren't they the people we encountered in the War of Divine Law a while ago?

What are they doing here?!

At the same time, Hu Ling and Hippolyta also noticed Xia Shou's gaze and turned to look at him.

(End of this chapter)