Captain – Chapter 511 – Connecting Everything Together

“You mean that the guide…”

After a long pause, Roy finally snapped out of her daze. She stared intently at those smiling, brilliant purple eyes and asked incredulously: “Was my father?”

“A guess, just a guess, child.”

Seeing the young woman’s flickering gaze and thoughtful expression, Enzo shrugged and smiled: “And to confirm a guess, we need evidence – as much as possible, detailed, and convincing evidence.”

“First of all, I can at least guarantee that Captain Gerard definitely had the ability to find that twisted path, or to see through the truth behind the fog.”

“Even if that boundless fog was created by the legendary Captain Edward himself.”

Hearing this, Roy composed herself. The more she thought about it, the more plausible the guess seemed. So based on what he said, she asked: “The question is, how do you know my father’s whereabouts? Before he left, he never mentioned it to anyone.”

This wasn’t speculation, but fact.

Captain Gerard’s departure was truly like becoming a ghost, vanishing into thin air. No matter how the three powers searched, they couldn’t find the slightest useful clue.

He hadn’t left any information about that journey to anyone, neither to his lover nor his comrades. Even the Founder, who claimed to know most of the world’s secrets and established the Black Raven Society, didn’t know his plan.

The Great Captain should know something, but with his personality, he would never reveal it to anyone.

Therefore, Enzo had even less reason to know.

Sure enough, faced with the young woman’s question, the man just shrugged his shoulders and said irresponsibly: “How else would I know? Of course I guessed.”

“So you’re using one guess to confirm another guess?”

Seeing this, the captain’s newly kindled hope was doused by cold water. She questioned him through gritted teeth, like a wild cat wanting to bite.

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“No, no, no, of course it’s not all guesswork.”

Although he found teasing the young woman quite amusing, this was serious business after all. Enzo stopped joking and said earnestly: “I do have evidence.”

“What evidence?”

Hearing this, Roy paused, reluctantly put away her “angry face,” and assumed a posture of attentive listening. In her mind, the man before her was the only person who had persisted in searching for traces of that ghost after so many years of his disappearance.

He could also be said to be the person who understood him best in the current world.

To find him, Enzo had traveled to countless dangerous places, faced terrible horrors. After more than a decade, it would be more surprising if he had no findings at all.

“The fact that when he left, his ship was heading west.”

After hearing this so-called evidence, Roy remained silent for a long time.

Until Enzo continued lazily, saying this was the only thing he could confirm after more than a decade of investigation, that the ship was heading west whether when it left the islands or when it was occasionally spotted along the way…

“And this counts as evidence?”

Finally, the young woman interrupted him, unable to bear it any longer, saying in extreme disappointment: “Not to mention whether he would change course midway, even if the ship really was heading straight west, does that necessarily mean he entered the Triangle? Why not say he went to the end of the world?”

It’s worth noting that although the Death Silence Triangle was the most famous dangerous area to the west of known waters, it wasn’t the only one. The barrier to western exploration of the civilized world consisted of nearly ten large and small, strangely formed dead zones.

How could you be certain he would pass through the Triangle?

Faced with the young woman’s questioning, Enzo didn’t defend himself. He continued smiling and said: “Little Roy, you shouldn’t be asking me this, but yourself.”

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“Think more, try to connect what you know…”

“Together.”

Looking at the confident man and listening to his somewhat mysterious words, Roy slightly furrowed her brow. She thought to herself that it was his evidence, but now he was asking her to think more and verify it. What kind of…

Her dark golden eyes widened slightly, seemingly filled with countless flashing lights. Enzo’s words acted like a trigger, evoking numerous memories within the young woman.

Connect everything… together?

With furrowed brows, Roy pinched her chin, sinking into deep thought.

And with her silence, the meeting room also quieted down.

Since the evidence presentation began, apart from the two people closest to Captain Gerard, everyone else had maintained silence, because this matter belonged only to them.

Yes, he did head west.

With her gaze constantly flickering, the young woman’s thoughts flew, gradually exceeding the limits of the mortal world. In the depths of her eyes, a brilliant light was faintly ignited.

Countless images flashed before Roy’s eyes.

During this time, she paused at the moment when she was cursed by the devil and about to fall asleep, briefly freezing on the image of that ghost waving to her mother and calling out her name.

Then, the young woman saw that the ship did indeed set sail towards the west.

Someone as remarkable as that ghost… would never make decisions that wasted time and energy, nor would he take detours to avoid anyone.

Therefore, his target was in the west.

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For some reason, when this thought settled, Roy had already confirmed this point. Not because of the admiration she had buried in her heart and was unwilling to mention at all, but because as things developed this way, everything really did connect together.

Just as Enzo said.

“You’re right, he was heading west, but why would he come to the Triangle?”

Knowing this was her self-question, the man didn’t answer, but his gaze gradually softened. Smiling, he asked guidingly: “Yes, what is there here?”

“There is that shield named Aegis.”

Her eyes brightening, Roy turned her face slightly to look directly into the man’s eyes. Without waiting for him to ask, she continued, her tone increasingly certain: “It’s the token that dispels thunder to ensure safe passage through Storm Corner, the key to the Cursed Sea.”

“He wanted to use it to reach the island where the devil resides.”

Crisp applause sounded, and the man’s face was full of appreciation as he asked her: “Correct answer, but Little Roy, if that’s true, why wasn’t the divine artifact taken away?”

“Maybe because the devil wanted to keep this barrier, or perhaps because at that time my father hadn’t yet fallen out with him, so when he came here he discovered…”

“Captain Edward had specifically left another secret passage for this chess piece of his.”

Like lines from a script, these two legends who had journeyed through different eras towards the same goal successively deduced the details.

“And Captain Gerard perhaps also foresaw his possible failure, knew what path his child would take, knew that if you were to resist that devil, you would necessarily pass through this solitary island, so he left guiding words.”

“Although… he never wanted you to embark on this journey.”

After hearing Enzo’s analysis, thinking of what those captains had said when they surrounded her on the Ghost Scythe about her father’s wishes for her not to take the pirate path, the captain pursed her lips, feeling a slight ache in her nose.

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For her sake, that man had willingly faced the devil, ultimately meeting a fate more tragic than death. She didn’t know if she could still hate him.

Actually, there was no right or wrong between them, only deep, sorrowful helplessness.

Because of that devil, because of the original sin they bore.

“So, stumbling into that burial ground was actually my father’s arrangement.”

Not dwelling too long in sadness and memories, Roy quickly rallied her spirits. She forced a smile at the others who were looking at her with concern, then turned to Enzo and said: “But Enzo, you and I both know that the Cursed Sea is in the east.”

“Logically speaking, without divine intervention, my father had no reason to be able to reach it from the west.”

“The sealed devil shouldn’t have that ability.”

“Unless…”

Seeing Enzo still silent, with a mysterious smile in his brilliant purple eyes, the captain recalled that many years ago, when she had just been appointed, she had spent some time with him after attending her first legendary meeting.

At that time, she wasn’t as competitive as she later became, and had pestered this idol quite a bit.

The youth, not yet shed of immaturity, had clung to the Night Curtain captain, wanting to hear his adventure stories and fantastic experiences, secretly learning valuable management experience and naval battle techniques. During that period, Roy had also heard him mention some extremely absurd speculations.

Remembering Enzo’s casual remark back then, and how she not only disbelieved him but accused him of making things up, Roy also smiled and softly recited.

“This world is connected, like a torus, or perhaps…”

“A sphere.”