Sir! Don't close the net!

"What's wrong? Ah~ you want a sense of ritual, right?"

Li Yili suddenly realized what was happening and stopped unzipping the zipper. She reached her hand through the open backpack opening and groped around. Because she moved too much, the backpack zipper opened even more, and the small, white hand that she had seen earlier drooped out.

Out!

Alma swallowed hard, her hand trembling as she reached out to put her drooping hand back in place, when she felt a gaze upon her. Her heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively looked up. From inside the backpack, a pair of silver-white eyes were staring intently at her.

But those eyes were dull and lifeless, not at all like the eyes of a living person.

Corpse!

Alma felt a chill run down her spine and abruptly grabbed Li Yili's flailing arm, her pupils dilating in shock. "Um, Minister, you're too kind, too kind. I'm your secretary, I'm just doing my job."

"Really? Speaking of which, being a secretary is my job, hahaha—" Li Yili pulled her hand away and zipped up the suitcase with a smile.

Alma stiffly withdrew her hand.

She now suspected that the suitcase on Li Yili's lap didn't actually contain any local specialties, and that this whole "gifting local specialties" act was just a ploy to make her see what was inside the suitcase.

Just as Alma was hesitating whether to laugh it off and let the matter slide,

Then a clear bell rang.

They have arrived at the dock.

Li Yili slung her suitcase over her shoulder, whistled as she got off the bus, and Alma got up and followed her, but her gaze kept drifting toward the suitcase on Li Yili's back, and she couldn't help but mutter to herself.

There was a body in his suitcase. There was a body in his suitcase.

While muttering to herself, Alma also became wary of the people around her, in case someone accidentally bumped into Li Yili and caused the suitcase to fall to the ground...

The scene was too gruesome to imagine. The next day, no, the headline of the day was: "Shocking! Li Yili, the Physics Minister of Sheep Village, murders and transports a corpse!" Murder and transporting a corpse! And not just simple transporting of a corpse, but carrying a corpse around everywhere. A complete psychopathic killer!

But what made Alma feel like she had a stroke was that Li Yili, who could very well be labeled a psychopathic killer, was swaggering around as if nothing had happened, completely unconcerned about being exposed.

Li Yili noticed Alma's various little movements, but didn't care. Even if someone actually knocked his backpack to the ground, he could pull off a magical illusion and make Nakya make a grand entrance.

The Mercury Queen remained docked, showing no signs of setting sail. The pirates continued to roam the deck, scrubbing the filthy surface.

Li Yili scratched the back of his head. If Heidi came to her senses and went back to sea on a day he wasn't around, he would be very upset, because the whole thing was like saying that it was because he was there that she couldn't figure it out. But he would also be conflicted if Heidi didn't go back to sea. Considering the time, Heidi hadn't gone to sea for half a month.

Why is it?

Li Yili usually forgets embarrassing things, but Heidi's bare back under the starlight is recognized by his brain as content that needs to be encrypted and saved, so he can't forget it.

Li Yili stopped in front of the Mercury Queen, feeling somewhat guilty.

So, could it really be because he touched Heidi's back without her permission and even plucked a scale? Or did his secret plan to make a pendant out of the scale come to light?

"Oh, Mr. Li Yili—you're back so soon—"

Jones, who had been lying on the edge of the Mercury Queen ship since early morning, raised her hand and waved to Li Yili.

“Ahem—Mr. Jones, I’m a highly efficient person. What I hate most is unnecessary dawdling and growth,” Li Yili said with a smile, raising her right index finger to Jones.

“I understand, Mr. Li Yili,” Jones said, tapping his ear with his right hand and gesturing to the pirate sailors around him with his left, signaling them to lower the rope ladder.

“Mr. Jones, actions speak louder than words,” Li Yili reached out and grabbed the rope ladder, then stepped aside and gestured for Alma to proceed, “Ladies first.”

Alma was both surprised and somewhat fluttery; she had to admit that Li Yili was quite charming when she was serious.

"Thank you."

Alma nodded, but the moment she grabbed the rope ladder with her right hand and was pulled upwards, she realized what was happening. She released her grip, gracefully landed with her skirt over her hand, and respectfully made way for them.

"Minister Li Yili, I can wait for you here."

Li Yili's gaze lingered on Alma's skirt for a while before she clicked her tongue in frustration.

Chapter 110 A Gentleman Like Me

As soon as Li Yili's left foot landed on the deck, before her right foot even touched the ground, the pirates swarmed forward. Their bizarre smiles, combined with their ugly faces, made them look like a bunch of monsters ready to devour a poor entrepreneur.

"Mr. Li Yili, do you have..."

"That one, that one."

"That's right, that's right, we can hardly sleep without that."

“I didn’t bring any rum,” Li Yili said, raising her eyes.

"Oh--"

In an instant, the people surrounding Li Yili let out disappointed cries and turned to leave, leaving Jones alone.

Li Yili smiled with relief, and just as she raised her hand to express her feelings about their friendship, Jones lowered his voice and said, "Alright, Li Yili, their attention isn't on this right now, you can give me the rum."

……

"I didn't bring any rum. I rushed here as soon as I got back. Aren't you touched?"

Jones's ugly face contorted at a visible speed, and Li Yili could tell that Jones was doing his best to make himself look less disappointed.

“Alright, Mr. Jones, I have a new understanding of our friendship,” Li Yili pinched the bridge of her nose, “So, has your boss been thinking of going out to sea these past few days?”

“Uh… I think it’s really hard to say,” Jones gestured for a while, then shrugged. “Why don’t you just ask our boss?”

Jones then gestured with his lip toward the captain's cabin, whose door was still open.

"By the way, that door has never been closed since you left last time, Mr. Li Yili."

Li Yili's heart skipped a beat, and she turned her face away with a flicker in her eyes. "Huh? Really? That's quite unexpected. Does this mean Miss Heidi is opening her heart to me? Haha—I'm so happy."

“Mr. Li Yili, you don’t seem... very happy…”

“That’s not the point!” Li Yili immediately raised her voice and slapped Jones hard on the shoulder. “You should have seen what happened here today, right?”

Jones

Her expression changed, and after hesitating for a while, she lowered her voice, her face full of helplessness, "Mr. Li Yili, I can't help you with this."

Li Yili narrowed her eyes. "Is there anything at sea that pirates can't handle?"

Jones gave an awkward laugh.

“Mr. Li Yili, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, it’s just that I really can’t make the decision. You have to ask our boss. Mr. Li Yili, I see that you get along well with our boss, so you should go and talk to her directly.”

Li Yili's expression was somewhat stiff.

I'm not sure if we can still get along well after I've plucked one of her scales.

“Of course… I just didn’t expect this matter to be so important that I would need to talk to the famous Pirate Queen Heidi Serra,” Li Yili said, spreading her hands and winking as if to make it seem like a real wink.

"There's nothing we can do. Who knew that Yirun would get involved in this mess?" Jones said, his left hand on his waist. He turned his head and shook his head helplessly as he looked at the sea wall that stretched straight to the sky.

"Yi Run?" Li Yili raised an eyebrow. "Who?"

“Ahem—Mr. Li Yili, don’t you know the Seven Kings of the Sea?” Jones coughed heavily, his face full of disbelief. “She was our former second-in-command.”

"Actually... before coming to Instars, I didn't even know who Heidi Serra was."

Li Yili's sincerity made Jones feel a tightness in his chest, and he almost subconsciously retorted, "Are you really from this land? Even a three-year-old knows about the Pirate Emperor."

"I know, I know, so the former pirate emperor's orders don't work on the former second-in-command anymore, right?" Li Yili picked at her ear and muttered to herself.

Earthlings only know Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King.

"This...I don't know..."

Jones instinctively wanted to shout that any pirate in the sea would obey Heidi Serra's orders, but thinking about his current situation, Jones lacked confidence and gave a vague answer. However, as if he felt that such a vague answer would damage Heidi's reputation, Jones immediately emphasized it loudly.

"But that doesn't mean Erun disobeyed the boss's orders. Erun was clearly bought by Austin, but she didn't attack the Mercury Queen while working for Austin, which proves a lot!"

"Yes! That's right! That's exactly it!"

After saying that, Jones secretly glanced in the direction of the captain's cabin.

Li Yili scratched the back of her head. "Ha... Mr. Jones, time really hasn't left a single mark on you."

“Ah, thank you…” Jones blinked, scratched the back of his head with a silly grin, “I’ve always thought I look much younger than I do when I look up.”

Li Yili's lips twitched. "I'm not praising you."

"Hey!"

“Never mind… I only have one question,” Li Yili said, hands on her hips, with a long sigh.

"So...you have to talk to..."

"How much longer do you plan to linger at the dock?"

Jones opened his mouth, then slowly lowered his raised hands. The pirates who had been eavesdropping all turned their faces away.

"This……"

Jones's eyes flickered for a while before he opened his mouth with difficulty. He had just uttered a single word when a cold voice fell from above them.

"Then it depends on what you can prove that something exists above the sea."

Li Yili turned her head and saw Heidi standing on the side of the ship's wheel, looking down at her, her long hair swaying slowly in the wind.

“That’s a really exciting answer, but unfortunately, I never thought about proving that there is a place above the sea,” Li Yili said, arms crossed. “Just like I would never try to prove that the sun rises and sets, I would go to the place above the sea.”

“I will do it very soon.”

Heidi paused, then after a long while, a slight smile appeared on her lips. "This is the best news I've heard today."

The pirates were stunned at first, and then showed expressions of disbelief.

They weren't naive enough to think that Heidi's idea of ​​going to sea simply meant leaving the harbor.

"However... soon, very soon. Those who make promises with such vague timings are mostly scumbags. A gentleman like me despises this kind of behavior the most."

Li Yili raised her right index finger and confidently lifted her chin.

"Within a week, I will be on the sea, if I can do it..."

Li Yili paused, her confident smile gradually turning meaningful.

"Miss Heidi, how about granting me one wish, a wish that transcends morality and ethics, a wish arising from pure desire?"

Jones and all the pirates wore expressions that read, "Ah, he's scum."

“Mr. Li Yili, not to be rude, but what do you think of our boss…”

"Okay, I agree."

Chapter 111 So let's begin building the submarine.