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Good heavens... taking advantage of the fish's vulnerability!

[Carlos: I'm still heartbroken. Renyi: Oh, move aside, don't interrupt my business.]

[This is the style of a high-performing team!]

[Our boss will indiscriminately destroy everyone... including the fish.]

Granny Li's amber pupils narrowed into slits, the firelight in her pipe flickering. Instead of answering immediately, she tapped Carlos's tail lightly with her bone staff, trying to bring him back to his senses.

"Did you hear that? Silly boy, they're not trying to help you out of kindness!"

Carlos didn't react at all after taking the hit.

Ren Yi remained unmoved, instead adding frankly, "Cooperation and mutual benefit. He provides the information, and we solve the problem."

Grandma Li stared at him without saying a word.

This silence is valuable.

But as long as the table isn't overturned, there's still room for negotiation.

He readily agreed, his tone softening considerably: "Then let's start with the potion."

"Potion? Yes, there is."

The old woman's voice was hoarse, and her withered fingers tapped his throat from a distance—

"The usual deal. You'll exchange your voices for it."

sound?

He tilted his head to the side, his fingers stroking his chin.

...This is such a weird setting...

Why does it reek of low-quality plagiarism?

"A fairy tale, 'The Little Mermaid'," Klaus leaned forward half a step, covered his mouth with his hand, and whispered in his ear.

He suddenly realized.

Oh, the fairy tale of The Little Mermaid.

"That can't be right, Mother-in-law."

A gentle smile appeared on his face as he meticulously laid out his logic—

"In fairy tales, mermaids trade their voices for legs to go ashore... but we trade our legs for our tails to get into the water. Isn't that completely reversed?"

Under Grandma Li's puzzled gaze, Ren Yi earnestly suggested:

"Returning goods incurs depreciation; shouldn't you be giving us some compensation?"

"..."

The smoke rings that Grandma Li had just exhaled were frozen solid.

Then this human, with an air of self-righteousness, went even further: "For example... a mithril location as a bonus, or something?"

The next second, "pia!"

The bone staff struck Renyi's buttocks squarely.

"A glib-tongued two-legged beast!"

Grandma Li roared, her pipe nearly shoving into Ren Yi's nose, "Buy it or get out! You think you can squeeze a kickback out of me? Are you a mermaid?!"

He rubbed his aching hip bone casually.

Not only was she not angry, but she smiled even more brightly.

It seems that this sea monster has no ill intentions and is not averse to bargaining with humans. Its words also imply a certain tacit approval of Carlos's companions.

Renyi nodded to Nathan.

Nathan understood, stepped forward, and respectfully handed over a small bag containing the pearls that had been given to him by Renyi last time.

I hope I haven't let you down.

Grandma Li roughly tore open the knot at the top of the bag. In the dim light, the round beads inside the bag collided with each other, each one round and full, in excellent condition.

"Hmph... at least you guys are sensible."

She gave a satisfied hum, pulled six palm-sized bottles from her robe and tossed them aside, issuing a muffled warning:

"Valid for three days."

"Just so you know, there might be some side effects, but you'll be fine once the effects wear off. Anyway... you won't die."

The potion is in hand.

The dark green liquid sloshed in the bottle, bubbling ominously, looking like nuclear wastewater, with some egg-like sediment at the bottom.

Ivan has always been a man of action.

He picked up a bottle, uncorked it, tilted his head back, and gulped it down.

"Hiccup... It tastes just like spoiled vodka..."

He had just smacked his lips, and before he could even taste the flavor, his expression suddenly changed.

Then there was a series of cracking and popping sounds.

His body grew taller, his skin turned grayish-white, a row of fins arched up on his back, and his gills on both sides of his neck became fine and sharp. He couldn't close his mouth for a moment and drooled.

Its legs transformed into a thick shark tail and slammed onto the floor with a "thud".

Nathan and Aurora also changed accordingly.

But when it was Sita's turn—

One second, two seconds...

A minute had passed.

Sita was still the same Naga, except for her grimacing face because the potion tasted so bad.

"Um?"

Granny Li narrowed her amber vertical pupils and circled around Situ twice, as if she had seen something strange.

"You don't feel anything?"

Sita shook his head.

Grandma Li poked at the scales on Sido's tail, her eyes sparkling with interest: "The arrangement of these scales...it's not from the sea. Interesting, so interesting...you, stay here and let me study you for a couple of days."

"Don't worry, I won't touch her, but you'll still get your share of the benefits," she added.

"...Never mind, you can stay on the ship."

Renyi made a decision immediately: [Deep Sea Shadow] was safe enough, and they couldn't beat the old lady if she wanted to make a move.

Klaus, who had been standing there in a dilemma, suddenly brightened up.

opportunity!

"Boss,"

He cleared his throat, but the despair in his voice was still undeniable:

"Siddhartha remains unchanged, which suggests a serious problem with the stability of this batch of medicine. For the safety of the team, I request to remain on board for observation, just in case."

Most importantly... refuse to consume unknown substances!

However, Ren Yi remained calm, but suddenly a familiar-looking object appeared in his hand—

Flexible biological catheter

The two-meter-long, semi-transparent flexible tube, wrapped twice around Renyi's hand, undoubtedly exuded an evil aura in Klaus's eyes.

"Mr. Schmidt..."

"Do you want to know how I 'feed' medicine to those unconscious, unable-to-swallow wounded?"

One minute later.

"vomit......"

Klaus clung to the door, his legs as weak as freshly cooked noodles—

It's like noodles in a true physical sense.

Without giving him time to contemplate life or for Ivan to stop drooling, Ren picked up Carlos, who was still in a daze, and flicked his silver tail.

"Walk."

The others immediately followed suit amidst Sita's silly, amused laughter.

"etc......"

Grandma Li's hoarse voice came from behind.

Stop arbitrarily and ask with your eyes if there are any other instructions.

She fumbled in her sleeve for a while, then pulled out an inconspicuous stone and tossed it over.

"Don't let this kid die... If he gets caught, show this to Arthur, and... remember to return the stone to me when you're done."

Her cold, vertical pupils held a complex mix of emotions, like a tangled mess.

I reached out and caught it. The stone felt slightly cool to the touch, with a rough surface and no energy fluctuations, just like an ordinary seabed rock.

Rough stones

[Review: Although you know it can't be an ordinary stone, unfortunately... it is! PS: If there's anything special about it, it's that it's stronger than concrete.]

He smiled, didn't ask any more questions, and stuffed the stone into his pocket.

"rest assured."