One person: Starting with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, his grandmaster uncle emerges from seclusion.

"On behalf of Behemoth, I apologize to everyone."

"Of course, everyone's abilities certainly deserve this special invitation."

The sea breeze whipped up white waves, lapping against the hull of the cruiser.

Jarrett stood on the edge of the high island superstructure, the walkie-talkie in his hand already handed to his adjutant behind him.

He rested one hand on the railing, the sea breeze ruffling his meticulously styled blond hair.

At this moment, Behemoth's special commissioner felt quite pleased with himself.

In his view, the brief conflict just now was nothing more than a "muscle flexing" by both sides before formal negotiations.

Although his dogs were beaten badly, it didn't matter.

Importantly, he is now in a superior position, with the world's most advanced military force behind him.

This is called great power rivalry!

This is the perfect combination of gentlemanly conduct and military deterrence!

"Friends of China, let's let the unpleasantness of just now go with the wind."

Jarrett maintained that impeccable aristocratic smile.

"We have all come here for the grand event on Nathan Island. Since the journey is so long, let's turn hostility into friendship."

He thought that these words gave the other party enough face while subtly revealing his own confidence.

Following the old routines of international diplomacy.

The Chinese people below will definitely go along with it, exchange a few polite words, and then the matter will be considered closed.

however.

The deck of the cruise ship was eerily quiet.

Zhang Tianyi remained seated in that beach chair.

He stared at the water for several seconds.

"Gone with the wind?"

Zhang Tianyi finally raised his head and pushed up his sunglasses, which had slipped down to the tip of his nose.

He looked at Jarrett, who was high above him, and his expression showed no sign of "making peace" but rather was full of disdain and impatience.

"You blondie, are you a little hard of understanding human language?"

Zhang Tianyi slowly stood up and stretched:

“You’re driving this huge metal hull right across the bow of my boat. And the horn was blaring like crazy just now.”

"I've been guarding this top-quality grouper all morning, and it was about to bite, but you scared it away with your lousy boat!"

As Zhang Tianyi spoke, he pulled Chen Duo, who was standing next to him and focused on eating popsicles, over.

"besides!"

Zhang Tianyi pointed at Chen Duo, whose face was full of confusion and whose cheeks were still puffed out, and loudly accused her with righteous indignation:

"Look, look!"

"Your few beat-up planes were buzzing around in the sky, scaring my naive, kind-hearted, and naive apprentice so much that he couldn't even bite an ice pop!"

"Can this matter be resolved with just a verbal apology?"

"Do you think I, a Taoist priest, run a charity?!"

These words were spoken.

Jarrett on the cruiser was stunned.

The group of foreign soldiers behind him, who were on high alert, were also stunned.

Naïve and kind-hearted? Unworldly?

Jarrett's eye twitched twice; he simply couldn't understand this approach that completely disregarded diplomatic language.

But it's not over yet.

Zhang Tianyi had just finished speaking.

"Exactly! This is so unfair!"

Zhang Chulan seemed to have received some mysterious signal and understood instantly.

He immediately took out his phone from his pocket and opened the calculator interface.

"Master! We must settle this score properly!"

Zhang Chulan cleared his throat and, like a professional actuary, began to report the accounts to his superiors:

"That fish you didn't catch earlier, even if it's considered a top-quality wild fish, plus the cost of nutrient loss, wouldn't it be reasonable to price it at two hundred thousand US dollars?"

"Junior Uncle has suffered mental trauma. The cost of psychological counseling and compensation for lost youth will be at least 500,000 US dollars!"

Zhang Chulan then pointed to Wang Ye and Zhuge Qing, who were soaking wet beside him:

"And then there are my two brothers! They're proper disciples of the Xuanmen sect, so the lost wages, dry cleaning fees, all added up..."

"Drip drip drip..."

Zhang Chulan proudly held up his phone screen and shouted at the cruiser:

"Round it down! One price! One million US dollars!"

"Credit card or cash? WeChat transfer is also fine, but you'll have to pay the transaction fee yourselves!"

……

The sea breeze blows.

An eerie silence fell between the two ships.

Wang Ye silently covered his face and turned away.

He really wants to jump into the sea and swim back to Beijing. The skin on this grandfather and grandson's bodies is a million times thicker than the armor of this cruiser!

On the cruiser, Jarrett almost couldn't maintain his aristocratic fake smile.

blackmail?

These Chinese people, on the high seas, right in front of fully armed mercenaries, are trying to extort money from Behemoth's warship?!

This is absolutely absurd!

But Jarrett was, after all, a high-ranking member of a powerful conglomerate who had weathered many storms.

Looking at the unbridled group of people below, he felt a sense of vigilance rising within him.

Something unusual must be going on. The other party is so confident and fearless; they must have something to rely on.

"One million US dollars..."

Instead of getting angry, Jarrett suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! My friends from China, you are so humorous."

"This little bit of pocket money isn't even enough for Behemoth to buy fuel."

Jarrett straightened his suit collar, his eyes revealing an arrogant air of wealth and power.

He felt that these natives were simply trying to gain some benefits and save face.

As long as he can use money to bring someone down, he will still have all the initiative in his hands.

"If this can quell everyone's anger, I will personally pay for it."

Jarrett opened his arms, making a warm invitation:

"However, since we've become friends through this conflict, would you all do me the honor of boarding my ship?"

"I've had the head chef prepare the finest French cuisine. How about we settle this compensation for emotional distress while we eat in the conference room?"

Jarrett's plan was very shrewd.

As long as these people board his warship and enter his territory.

He's surrounded by heavily armed and enhanced soldiers. Whether it's round or flat is up to him.

This is called luring someone into a trap!

"Get on the ship?"

Zhang Tianyi stroked his chin, a very amusing smile playing on his lips.

He turned his head and glanced at Zhang Chulan: "Grandson, they're treating us to dinner."

"Master, this foreigner is clearly up to no good. There might be some ambush on this ship," Zhang Chulan warned in a low voice.

"It's good that there's an ambush."

Zhang Tianyi snapped his fingers, his nonchalant expression instantly transforming into the excited anticipation of a predator:

"I'm tired of eating seafood on the cruise ship these past few days, so I'd like to change things up."

"Let's go! Grab our gear, let's go eat the brunt of this!"

Chapter 254 We've requisitioned this warship; you can all squeeze onto the smaller yachts.

Zhang Tianyi led his group across the connecting bridge and boarded the huge cruiser.

As soon as I stepped onto the deck.

The atmosphere around us immediately changed.

Two rows of fully armed Behemoth special forces soldiers, wearing black helmets, stood in two lines, their guns fully loaded.

Each soldier emanated a faint, subtle fluctuation of supernatural power.

Although the cold gun barrels weren't directly aimed at them, the oppressive, chilling feeling was palpable.

This was a show of force deliberately arranged by Jarrett.

He stood at the end of the deck, holding a glass of red wine, smiling as he looked at Zhang Tianyi and the others.