This MC is so original

Faced with Lu Xiu's warning look, Apep suddenly became dispirited and nodded in agreement obediently.

After warning Apep, Lu Xiu took out a sign and stuck it in front of the Ender Dragon's head. He wrote on it a message asking it to protect Nashida. Then he looked at the Great Mercy Tree King and said, "Great Mercy Tree King, please remind it when it wakes up. The Ender Dragon will understand when it sees this sign."

The Great Ci Tree King nodded and agreed: "Well, leave it to me. Lu Xiu must be careful when he goes to Fontaine."

"Don't worry, I'm just traveling and collecting intelligence. I'm not really going to start an uprising. Goodbye."

After saying goodbye to the Great Compassionate Tree King, Lu Xiu returned to Jingshan Palace. When he arrived, Nashida was already waiting there.

Seeing Lu Xiu coming back, Nashida smiled and said, "Lu Xiu, I've arranged a room for you. Go and have a good rest. Don't forget to relax before going to bed, such as going to the toilet quickly or something like that. This will help you get a good night's sleep."

Lu Xiu couldn't help but laugh and reached out to grab Nashida's little face and pulled it.

"You look so childish, but you speak like an adult. Nashida, you should relax."

Nashida let Lucius pinch her little face, still maintaining a gentle smile on her face.

"I'll remember to go to the bathroom."

"Uh, that's not what I meant..."

Lucius reached under Nashida's armpit, picked her up and put her on his shoulder, explaining as he walked out.

"What I mean is, you can completely let your subordinates handle the current matters. You just need to control the overall situation and then relax. Working so hard will only tire yourself out. For example, you can use the Void Terminal to watch movies or TV shows."

"Well, there's nothing like that in Xumi. It's mostly circus performances and the like."

"It's okay, I'll upload some for you. What kind do you want to see?"

"Well, then let's just use the ones you uploaded when you first came to Xumi. It's just right for me to learn more about human reproduction, which will be helpful for developing Xumi's subsequent fertility policies."

Lu Xiu:?

Oh no, it seems like I have raised this grass god astray.

The two of them left Jingshan Palace while chatting intimately.

Osel looked at their departing backs with some envy, then turned to Ba Che and said.

"Wife, I want a daughter too!"

Ba Che:?

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"Lu Xiu, are you really not going to say goodbye to everyone and leave?"

At the edge of a desert adjacent to the sea, Dixia looked at Lu Xiu beside her and couldn't help asking.

Lu Xiu smiled and shook his head: "No need, I'm just traveling, it's not a farewell. We will definitely meet again in the future. If the farewell is too sad, then I really won't be able to leave."

"Hey, too."

Dixia also grinned, reached out and put her arm around Lu Xiu's shoulders and shook him hard.

"We agreed. Remember to bring me some of Fontaine's specialty drinks. When you come back from Fontaine, we'll have a nice drink together!"

"Well, I'll definitely get you drunk then."

"Hey! I'm a famous wine lover in the desert. Do you think you can get me drunk?"

The two chatted for a while, and Lu Xiu looked up at the simple port not far away: "Why hasn't the ship arrived yet?"

Dixia explained helplessly, "There's nothing we can do. Although the desert area is closest to Fontaine, the port here has been abandoned for a long time. The only ones using it are smuggling caravans. If Lu Xiu hadn't mentioned that you wanted to pass through here, I would have almost forgotten about this place. I still had to use my connections to find someone to get a ship."

Just as the two were chatting, a clear bell sound suddenly came from the sea, and then a medium-sized ship slowly approached the shore.

Dixia was immediately delighted: "Look, the boat is coming, let's go over."

The two of them arrived at the port. A burly man with eyebags was smoking a pipe. He glanced at Lu Xiu and said coldly, "Is this the 'cargo'?"

Dixia nodded: "Send it to Fontaine."

"Come on board."

The conversation between the strong man and Dixia was very brief. After confirming that Lu Xiu was the person they wanted to pick up, they immediately prepared to set off.

Before Lu Xiu got on the boat, Dixia hugged Lu Xiu tightly and patted his back heavily.

"Safe travels."

"Well, don't worry."

After saying goodbye to Dishiya, Lu Xiu boarded the ship. At Dishiya's wave, the ship gradually moved away from the port.

After he could no longer see Dixia, Lu Xiu began to wander around the boat.

The deck was very ordinary and there was nothing worth seeing, so Lu Xiu prepared to go into the cabin to take a look.

But before he could even walk in, the burly man he had met earlier stopped Lu Xiu and coldly warned him, "Guest, your room is on the first floor. Don't go the wrong way. The second floor is full of important people. If you offend them, I'll have no choice but to throw you down."

Lu Xiu responded with a confident smile: "Don't worry, I won't offend them. Even if I do, they will be the only ones thrown down."

The burly man couldn't help but grin: "Haha, what an arrogant guest."

After reminding Lu Xiu, the strong man turned and left, and Lu Xiu also walked into the cabin.

He first took a look at his room. It was simple, very simple, with only a bed and a window, nothing else, not even any lighting equipment.

Lu Xiu walked out of the room with disgust, complaining, "What kind of ship is Dishiya contacting? If it wasn't Dishiya who contacted me, I would have thought it was some kind of slave ship."

"Huh? Why are you here?!"

Suddenly, a very familiar voice came from beside Lu Xiu.

When Lu Xiu turned around, he saw Tartaglia, who was covered in cold sweat, and was greeting him with a forced smile.

"Lu, Lu Xiu, what a coincidence, why are you here too?"

Chapter 289 Let’s Be Partners of Justice

"Oh wow? I didn't expect to encounter the enemy just after I started my journey. Should I say you are unlucky or lucky?"

Lu Xiu moved his shoulders, clenched his fists and walked towards Tartaglia with a smile on his face. This immediately frightened Tartaglia so much that he showed a terrified expression and retreated repeatedly. He only stopped when Lu Xiu forced him into a corner.

"Wait! Mr. Lu, don't be like this, we are not enemies! Didn't we fight side by side when we were in Inazuma?"

"Rice wife?"

Lu Xiu stopped and thought for a moment. When Dr. Inazuma rebelled, Tartaglia did attack the doctor. Although they did not have any communication at the time, in a sense they did cooperate for a while.

"But, have you forgotten how many times you've messed with me before?"

Tartaglia quickly admitted his mistake with a wry smile: "It was my fault for deceiving Mr. Lu Xiu before. I apologize! But this time is different. Mr. Lu Xiu and I have the same goal. We can work together!"

"Same purpose?" Lu Xiu looked at Tartaglia doubtfully and asked, "Are you also going to Fontainebleau for a trip?"

Tartaglia smiled mysteriously, shaking his head. "Mr. Lu Xiu, there are only two of us here. I've just checked, and there's no surveillance equipment on this level. Those people won't know about our conversation. Why are you pretending?"

"No, I really don't understand what you're talking about."

Seeing that Lu Xiu still refused to give in, Tartaglia had to expose Lu Xiu's purpose of getting on the boat herself.

"Mr. Lu Xiu, I know you came on this ship specifically. You must be here for the kidnapping case, right?"

"Kidnapping? Who's trafficking whom?"

Lu Xiu was really confused at this time. He was just traveling by boat, so how did he get involved in such a mess?

Seeing that Lu Xiu was still determined to keep the secret secret, Tartaglia continued to expose the truth, saying, "Of course, it's about the recent kidnapping and trafficking of the Fontaine woman. I've been commissioned by the [Servant] to investigate this case. Mr. Lu Xiu, you must be investigating this case as well, right?"

"After all, one of the destinations of this ship includes Xumi, and I heard about the great things you did in Xumi a while ago. You must have accidentally heard about this kidnapping case in Xumi, so you came to help, right?"

Tartaglia poked Lu Xiu's chest with his elbow, as if to say, "I understand you."

Lu Xiu was speechless. He was busy fighting with the scattered soldiers in Xumi and had no idea about the kidnapping case.

"You misunderstood. I'm not here because of any kidnapping case. I just want to go to Fontaine for a trip."

"what?!"

Tartaglia seemed to have heard something incredible. He scratched his ears in confusion and asked again in disbelief.

"Are you really here for tourism? Why don't you choose to fly here, but take this shabby boat?"

In Tartaglia's imagination, even if Lu Xiu didn't fly himself, he would never take such a shabby boat that helps people smuggle. This doesn't fit his identity!

Who is Lu Xiu? A friend of the four gods!

He is an extremely important benefactor to all four countries. Can a person of this level take a smuggling boat to Fontainebleau?

Tartaglia would rather believe that she would never be able to return to Winter Solstice than to believe that Lu Xiu would really take this smuggling boat for tourism.

"Whatever you think, I'm here for tourism. I didn't expect this boat to be a stowaway, though. After all, I asked a friend to help me contact it."

When Lu Xiu learned from Tartaglia that this was a smuggling boat, he was stunned for a moment. He originally blamed Dishiya in his heart, but then he thought that it was normal for Dishiya, a desert mercenary, to contact the smuggling boat, so he didn't take it to heart.

"Okay." Tartaglia now reluctantly accepted this fact, but he still wanted to win over Lu Xiu as if he had not given up.

"Mr. Lu Xiu, do you want to do something big with me and be a partner in justice?"

Lu Xiu raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "You mean, you want me to help rescue the abducted people?"

Tartaglia nodded and said seriously, "According to the intelligence I've gathered, most of these trafficked people are young girls... Their parents, upon discovering their children were missing, sought help everywhere in Fontaine. Finally, a [Servant] learned of this and asked me for help. Although I disliked this guy, since this matter concerned several families, I agreed."

"[Servant] is the executive officer of your Fatui? This code name sounds a bit strange. The Queen of Winter isn't very good at using codes."

"Forehead..."

Tartaglia didn't dare to respond. Although he also felt that some of the Fatui's code names were more or less problematic, at least his code name sounded nice.

Lu Xiu could also see that when Tartaglia mentioned "servant", there was a hint of disgust on her face, even more so than when she mentioned "lady".

"Why do you seem unwelcome among the Fatui? You hate [Ladies], [Skirmishers], and [Servants]. Aren't you worried about being subjected to workplace bullying?"

Tartaglia spread his hands and said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter. I joined the Fatui to become stronger. I don't care about things like cold violence."

Seeing him like this, Lu Xiu stopped teasing him and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I have nothing to do on this ship, but you have to promise me that after these children are rescued, they will not get involved in anything related to the Fatui."

Lucius believed in Tartaglia's character, but not in the [Servant]. Why would a Fatui executive, upon hearing that some children were kidnapped, ask another Fatui executive whom he disliked to help rescue the children?

There feels like something fishy here.

Tartaglia didn't doubt it and immediately raised her hand to promise Lu Xiu: "I promise that after rescuing these children, I will send them back to their families and prevent them from getting involved in matters related to the Fatui."

After receiving Tartaglia's assurance, Lu Xiu nodded in satisfaction and asked, "Okay, what are you going to do next? Since you've already sneaked up here, you should have a plan, right?"

Tartaglia chuckled, leaned over and whispered, "Mr. Lu Xiu, do you know about the [dinner] part of this ship?"

"What do you mean?"

"Dinner on this ship will have an ordering process. Each dish is unique and can only be ordered by one person. Can you guess what these dishes will be?"

Chapter 290: Disgusting Dinner

Lu Xiu was not a dull person and had read a lot of related novels, movies and TV dramas. Naturally, he immediately realized that the dinner that Tartaglia was talking about was referring to the kidnapped girls.

"Tsk tsk, the design is so fancy."

"Who made those damn nobles have special interests and hobbies?"

Tartaglia's words were also filled with disgust for this kind of nobles.

"When does this dinner start?" Lu Xiu asked Tartaglia.

"No rush. Not everyone is eligible to participate in the dinner. Mr. Lu Xiu, what was your status when you boarded this ship? Your status on board determines whether you are eligible to participate in the dinner."

When Lu Xiu heard this, he spread his hands regretfully and said, "Goods."

Tartaglia was stunned and smiled awkwardly, "I'm also a commodity. So it seems we can only continue with my old plan and find a way to sneak in."

Lu Xiu immediately became interested. In the past, he never thought about such behavior and always acted recklessly. But this time he was here for a trip, so he decided not to act recklessly and try another way.

"Of course, we need to get identification from other guests to prove that we are high-ranking officials, and then we can join the dinner."

Lu Xiu suddenly remembered something and asked Tartaglia, pinching his chin, "As long as you can prove that you are a powerful person, that's enough, right?"