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Chapter 410 Caesar and the Brigade, the Joining of the Lake Hunters (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The local time is 16:00 on August 26th, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Two hundred meters above the Pearl Tower, a white-haired boy in a hoodie sat on a two-meter-long shark, gripping its dorsal fin. The cold wind from the city lashed his face, whipping his snow-white hair high into the air.

The shark's body was covered by a layer of dark blue water, which kept it suspended in mid-air, like a small airplane, flying straight forward against the cold wind.

Soon after, Agubaru brought Caesar down to the bottom of the city.

In a deserted alley, it quickly shrank to the size of a tiny Nobel shark and jumped into Caesar's pocket.

"Shark is hungry and wants to eat," the little shark mumbled, popping its head out of the pocket.

“Don’t rush, let’s find a hotel first,” Caesar said. “Why is it that every time you arrive in a new city, the first thing you do is look for food?”

"You don't understand. Food is the soul of a city," the little shark snorted. "A shark can judge whether a city has a soul just by the first bite it takes. For example, you people of the Little Garden have no soul. You eat things that are worse than pig swill. If I were a person from the Little Garden, I would have jumped into the sea to feed the sharks long ago!"

"Cultural heritage is the soul!"

"Can culture be eaten? Sigh... You're just a kid who hasn't experienced the harsh realities of the ocean world, you wouldn't understand the profound thoughts of a shark," Yagubaru said, shaking his head.

“In this world, I always feel that being a minor is such a hassle,” Caesar muttered. “Even though the hacker from the Phantom Troupe helped me create a fake identity, I still get bombarded with questions when I register at the front desk. It makes me think I might as well just sleep on the streets; at least then I wouldn’t get all those weird looks…”

He lowered his voice, "I suddenly miss Li Qingping a little. I wish he were here with us. Li Qingping started traveling the world at such a young age, he must have a lot of experience in this area."

The little shark glanced at him. "Isn't Li Qingping also a minor? Doesn't he also get bombarded with questions?"

"Really?" Caesar was taken aback and looked down at the little shark in his pocket.

“That’s right. In your little world, you’re an adult at 16, but in the outside world, you’re an adult at 18. Li Qingping is only 17,” the little shark said. “Shark is more mature. Shark is already an enlightened shark who has lived for hundreds of years.”

"Hey……"

"What are you sighing about? Shark hates people who sigh the most," the little shark said indignantly. "Look, this is what happens when you don't pay attention to food. What's the use of culture? If you don't eat much, you won't grow tall, and then people will treat you like a child."

I won't argue with you.

"Caesar, my friend has booked a hotel for us. We can just go to that address."

"Which friend?"

"A large fluttering moth."

"Here we go again... Is Mr. Black Chrysalis really still alive?" Caesar murmured softly.

The little shark waved its fins and said in a serious tone, "For a shark, it's like Schrödinger's black pupa; it's alive when you observe it and dead when you don't."

"I don't understand. Tell me where the hotel is, and let's put our luggage down first."

"Go south for two blocks, there's only one hotel on that street, it's easy to spot."

Before long, the man and the shark registered at the hotel front desk, got their room keys, and settled into a king-size bed room on the fourth floor without any major incident. Caesar leaned against the windowsill, turned slightly to the side, and looked at the sea and sky outside the window.

Suddenly, he raised an eyebrow. He saw a flock of black crows flying in the sky from a corner of the harbor. Their hoarse cries echoed through the sky before disappearing in an instant.

“Aguru, those crows…” Caesar murmured, staring at the flock of crows swirling like a dark cloud, “Could it be…”

“Yes, it’s the leader of the White Raven Brigade,” Yagubaru interrupted. “That annoying raven man is here too!”

“Great!” Caesar smiled. “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the captain, Agubaru. Let’s go outside and say hello to the captain, and then have a meal together.”

"Are you serious?"

“Of course I’m serious,” Caesar said. “And how can you say that about the captain? He helped us defeat the Royal Court team, otherwise we would have died in the Little Garden world.”

Yagubalu silently wiped his head with his fin.

It thought to itself that its other mecha had just committed a blood feud with the leader, but now that it was in a different mecha, they were happily chatting and joking together. This kind of dissonance would drive anyone crazy...

Fortunately, these days will soon be over. After rescuing the main body on September 1st, Ji Minghuan will gather the abilities of all the mechs into himself. At that time, he will be free of worries and will only need to arrange the route for his world travel.

"Okay, okay, let's go chat with the group leader." It sighed, "The group leader must be in a good mood right now, which is why he came to Iceland for a trip."

"Well, let's go then."

As he spoke, Caesar took the room key for the power supply, stepped out of the hotel, looked up at the white snow-capped mountains in the distance, walked for a while under the gray-blue sky, passed the rows of colorful wooden houses, and arrived at the port of Reykjavik.

At this moment, a flock of black crows was scattered on the harbor railing. In their dark red pupils, some reflected the city scene, and some reflected the view of the sea.

"Isn't this the Commander?" Caesar looked at a crow perched on the railing, leaned down slightly, and whispered as if to tell a secret, "Commander, can you hear me? Please respond if you hear me."

"Crowman, don't be ungrateful! Get your shark out here right now! Caesar is calling you, didn't you hear him?" The little shark in the pocket popped its head out and pointed its fin at the crow's eyes.

The next moment, the raven suddenly raised its head, its dark red pupils reflecting Caesar's face. After a while, the raven transformed into a feather and scattered away.

Instead, Qi Yuanli's figure appeared among the scattered raven feathers. He sat on the harbor railing, the sea breeze blowing and ruffling his slightly curly black hair.

After a while, he looked up, silently glanced at Caesar, and then at the little shark in his pocket.

Then he greeted him, "Isn't this Your Highness? It's been a long time."

“Commander, the country is gone, so what prince is there to speak of? Could he be a wandering prince?” Caesar tilted his head and smiled slightly.

"It was Black Chrysalis who sent you to Iceland, right?" Qi Yuanli thought for a moment, then asked.

"Black pupa?"

Caesar was taken aback.

Inside his pocket, Agubaru quickly patted Caesar's chest with his fin.

Caesar looked down and saw Agubaru manipulating the dark blue water, its form shifting and gradually coalescing into a barely visible line of text:

"Say it quickly."

Caesar raised an eyebrow as he looked at the line of water-like text floating in the shadows.

He didn't quite understand. He hadn't seen Black Chrysalis at all these days, so how could Black Chrysalis have sent him to Iceland?
Besides, wasn't Mr. Black Chrysalis already buried? It was clearly Agubaru who summoned them to Iceland.

Despite still having a lot of questions in his mind, Caesar raised his head and said:

"Yes, it was Mr. Black Chrysalis who sent us to Iceland."

“I see… I roughly understand.” Qi Yuan thought for a moment, “The condition for Black Chrysalis to cooperate with Xia Pingzhou is that after Xia Pingzhou successfully takes revenge, he will help him complete his exploration of the Salvation Society.”

He paused: "But why is Black Chrysalis so obsessed with the Salvation Society? What is his motive?"

“I don’t know.” Caesar lowered his head and thought for a moment. “Uh… perhaps it’s because Mr. Black Chrysalis’s mother died at the hands of the Salvation Society? Ah, no, I let it slip.”

Qi Yuan didn't care. He already knew the true identity of the black pupa and that the black pupa's mother, "Su Ying," had died at the hands of the puppet father of the Salvation Society.

“Is that so?” Qi Yuanli murmured. “So leading us to Iceland was not Xia Pingzhou’s original intention, but rather a condition for his cooperation with Hei Yong.”

In Caesar's memory, Xia Pingzhou's presence in the White Raven Brigade was so weak that he couldn't even remember which one Qi Yuanli was referring to for a moment, before realizing that it was the expressionless man next to the girl in the kimono.

"Commander, what happened to Mr. Xia Pingzhou?" he asked curiously.

“It’s nothing,” Qi Yuanli said calmly. “Caesar, have you seen him in this city?”

“No.” Caesar shook his head. “Abaguru and I have only been here a short time.”

“I understand. It seems that to find Xia Pingzhou, we must find the black pupa,” Qi Yuanli said.

"Did you two have a fight?" Caesar asked, looking at him curiously.

“He betrayed us and killed two members,” Qi Yuanli said. “We are looking for him. If you see Hei Yong, please tell him that I want to meet with him.”

“Well, Mr. Black Chrysalis has really done a lot of bad things…” Caesar said with a sigh, touching his right index finger with his left index finger. “I thought he was really dead before, and I almost cried.”

He shook his head, then suddenly curled the corners of his mouth, “But I also guessed that he wouldn’t die so easily, after all, he was the great benefactor who saved me and Agubaru from the Garden of Shadows.”

Qi Yuanli suddenly looked up and stared into Caesar's eyes.

"what happened?"

"How did the Black Chrysalis contact you when you were still in the Little Garden?"

Caesar had initially intended to say, "It was Agubaru who contacted him; I don't understand the specifics," but after a moment's thought, without Agubaru's prompting, he said instead:
“Mr. Black Chrysalis has an acquaintance in the Royal Court team, and he asked that person to pass on the message to us.”

Agubaru was taken aback. He was just about to pat Caesar to remind him, but he didn't expect the kid to be so clever.

"Who?" Qi Yuanli then asked.

"Koyojena, the Royal Court team member who has already escaped."

"Is Keojiena one of Black Chrysalis's people?" Qi Yuanli asked expressionlessly. "Then it's not hard to understand why she abandoned the prince and queen and deserted the battlefield."

“Well, that’s all for today, Commander,” Caesar said. “Agubaru and I have been traveling and are getting hungry. We need to go find something to eat.”

"If it's convenient, would you like to come with us to the Hofs Glacier?"

"Hofs Glacier?" "Yes, Xia Pingzhou will also be going there."

Caesar nodded: "Sure, if you need me to help you capture Mr. Xia Pingzhou, I can help you too."

He had barely finished speaking when, for some reason, the little shark in his pocket suddenly poked his chest with its fin, causing him to clutch his heart and let out a soft cry of pain.

“Okay, then we’ll call you when we set off,” Qi Yuanli said.

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

After saying their goodbyes, Caesar led Agubaru toward a German-style drive-in restaurant in the harbor. Chrysler sat on the railing, silently watching them leave, and then his figure vanished like a raven feather.

The sea breeze blew the black raven feathers towards the sea, and the feathers swirled and fell onto the surface of the water.

A moment later, as Caesar stepped into the drive-in restaurant, he suddenly raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Wow, it's you guys again?"

He looked up and saw several familiar figures sitting in the restaurant: a girl in an ochre kimono, a boy in a jumpsuit, and a young man in a purple English suit—the three members of the White Raven Brigade.

“Isn’t this little Caesar?” Anlens turned around and asked with a smile.

"Your Highness has arrived! You little rascal, why don't you kneel down and kowtow?" the hacker said, resting his chin on his hand, taking a small bite of a roasted pork knuckle, and then patting Anlens on the shoulder.

The girl in the kimono showed no reaction to Caesar's arrival. She kept her head down the whole time, staring silently at the table with an indifferent expression and empty eyes.

“We’re here to find food,” Caesar said.

"You've come to the right place; the food here is pretty good," Anlens said casually.

"I'm relieved to hear that, Mr. Gambler... oh no, Mr. Anrons."

Caesar quickly sat down across from them, picked up the menu, flipped through it, and soon chose what he wanted to eat. He ordered a Wellington steak for himself and a roasted pork knuckle with sausages for Agubaru.

If it's not enough for it, we'll order some takeout to supplement its meal when we get back to the hotel, otherwise it will be too conspicuous.

Caesar looked up and spoke to the waiter in English. Then, after the waiter left, he suddenly paused and looked down at his pocket.

Only then did he realize that Yagubaru didn't react at all—in the past, every time he ordered, Yagubaru would pop its head out, point at the dishes on the menu with its fins, and say that it wanted this and that, and wanted to eat them all.

But then, the little shark in his pocket became as quiet as if it were dead.

"Aguru, are you alright?"

He looked worriedly at the little shark in his pocket.

The little shark poked half its head out of its pocket and stared intently at the kimono-clad girl sitting across the table.

Caesar had never seen such a peaceful and serene expression on Agubaru's face before, as if he had become a shark. Caesar couldn't help but poke the shark's head, as if he were performing an exorcism to drive away the evil spirits from the shark's head.

After a while, he sighed and looked up at the kimono-clad girl across the table, together with Agubaru.

However, Origami Ayase seemed oblivious to their gazes, her eyes remaining fixed on the table for a long time.

"Why are you unhappy?" After a short while, the little shark suddenly asked.

In the silence, the girl in the kimono ignored it.

"That's not a good idea, Agubaru. He looks like he has something on his mind. Don't disturb him."

Caesar persuaded him, taking the fries from the waiter and placing them on the table while using his other hand to stuff Agubaru's head back into his pocket.

But the little shark poked its head out again, staring at the girl in the kimono and asking:
"Shark is asking you, why are you unhappy?"

Only then did the girl in the kimono finally react. She raised her head, her empty eyes fixed on the little shark.

In the silence, the man and the shark stared at each other for a moment.

In the end, it was the little shark that looked away first.

Stared at so intently, the little shark suddenly became a bit incoherent. "Based on my experience as a shark, all animals in the world will die—humans are no exception; so whether you spend a day happily or sadly, it's still just another day."

It paused, then lowered its head. "Life is short, so try to be happy."

The girl in the kimono stared at it quietly for a while, then silently looked away and continued to stare blankly at the table.

"Mr. Hacker, what's wrong with Miss Ayase?"

While munching on fries dipped in ketchup, Caesar turned to the hacker sitting next to him and whispered a question.

"She's heartbroken," the hacker said. "What else could it be?"

"Heartbroken?" Caesar was stunned; the word was somewhat unfamiliar to him.

“That’s right, we’ve all been betrayed.” Anlens clutched his chest, putting on an act like a theatrical performer. “It was a truly painful experience. Xia Pingzhou broke all our hearts. In other words, we’ve all been heartbroken.”

"Oh, Mr. Xia Pingzhou is such a scumbag!" Caesar said indignantly, taking a big bite of his fries, seemingly understanding but not quite. "He actually made so many of you heartbroken?"

He suddenly remembered something and quickly added, "Although my father was also terrible in matters of the heart and had a mistress, it would be more accurate to say that I am the mistress's child, which is why the Queen hates me so much."

He paused, frowned, and said seriously, "But my father only has my mother as his mistress! But everyone in the troupe is Xia Pingzhou's mistress. Isn't he too much of a womanizer? No wonder Miss Ayase was heartbroken!"

The little shark rolled its eyes.

“Right, right?” Anlens shrugged.

“Yeah, no wonder he was being hunted down by all of you. Now I want to hunt him down too,” Caesar said, munching on a fries.

The hacker sighed and rubbed his forehead, "Kids shouldn't talk about feelings."

"Aren't you a child too?" the little shark retorted.

"Come on, I've studied under the Casanova Kitten. I'm different from my peers," the hacker said. "I'm a dating expert now. Don't underestimate me. Don't call me."

"Don't let your studies turn you into a traitor," the little shark said quietly. "I'm going to tell your captain about it later."

"What does a shark know? Shut up." The hacker said coldly. "Every time I monitor your lives, I find that you're either eating or on your way to eat. You're just two gluttons. And you think you can teach others how to do things?"

The little shark got angry and said, "How dare you insult my life's ideals like this? What's wrong with being a cooking bucket? I want to travel the world and eat all the delicious food in the world. I have nothing to say to you shallow people."

After saying that, it hugged its fin, snorted coldly, and stuffed its head back into its pocket.

After a while, it popped its head out again, suddenly raised its fins, and manipulated a stream of dark blue water to dance in mid-air.

With a "whoosh," the water flowed and changed, drawing a line of text in front of Origami Ayase.

The girl in the kimono didn't look up; her beautiful eyes were empty and lifeless. The words formed by the flowing water swayed back and forth in front of her before finally settling slowly onto the table.

Only then did she see what the crooked, illegible writing meant.

"Shark, I'm treating you to dinner."

With a whoosh, the line of water on the table transformed into new text:
"Shark never used to treat people to meals, so don't be ungrateful."

With another "whoosh," the text changed again:
"It's okay if you don't eat, but don't be unhappy. Shark doesn't like seeing unhappy people."

The girl in the kimono stared at the line of dark blue text that swayed slightly on the table.

After a while, when she looked up again, the little shark had already put its head back in its pocket. The restaurant was quiet, and seagulls and crows flew by in the harbor outside, dropping black and white feathers.

Two days later, on August 28th, inside an abandoned train station in Haifan City.

As dawn broke, a dark red train was parked on the tracks under a pale blue sky.

The train stretched as far as the eye could see, and at this moment, at least half of the carriages were hidden in the shadows of the tunnel, making it hard to imagine how magnificent it must be in its entirety.

At this moment, four figures were sitting inside the brightly lit carriage No. 7. They were seated in two rows: Lin Yilong and Gu Zhuoan in one row, and Su Wei and Gu Qiye in the other.

"What do you mean?" Lin Yilong asked. "Don't waste my time. If you're going to leave, hurry up."

“They told us to wait here for a while.” Su Wei wiped her glasses. “Lin Yilong, you’re a good kid in every way, but you’ve taken after your master in terms of personality; you’re a bit too impatient.”

“Father-in-law, I don’t think this is my fault,” Gu Zhuo’an said, arms crossed, with a hint of helplessness.

Gu Qiye remained silent. He didn't know how to act as if nothing was wrong and chat with Mu Long in the same setting, so he simply kept quiet.

After a while, they suddenly heard footsteps inside the station, so they looked out the window and saw three distinctive figures.

One of them was wearing a blue Republic-era long gown, holding a folding fan, with a sharp, piercing glint in his eyes; the other was wearing a black overcoat, with a ghost mask covering his face, revealing only his eyes, making his expression impossible to discern.

The man in the lead was wearing a black suit, with medium-length black hair and a long, fiery red braid tied at the back of his head. He had a heroic face and clear, handsome features.

“They’re here,” Su Wei said.

"I'm sorry, I still have some trivial matters to take care of with the family," Lin Xingshi said, glancing down at his bandaged fist before looking up. "That's why I'm late."

(End of this chapter)