Captain – Chapter 545 – Are You Satisfied Now

Four minutes was very short—not enough for that heavily damaged, night-like warship to escape far, yet four minutes was also very long, enough for that man’s thoughts to change countless times.

And that could bring infinite variations and threats greater than the warship before it.

Threats that even the giant serpent was unwilling to gamble on.

Therefore, after a moment’s consideration, the specter took one last look at that youth, then turned its three heads back and continued moving, pursuing the increasingly distant Ghost Scythe.

If there were no accidents, the stars of this drama would be it and that Night Curtain captain. Once he was dealt with, the other people in this death zone would naturally have no way to survive.

I will return, and then devour you.

This was the emotion Richi sensed from its giant pupils before the serpent departed.

Even having “visited” the world after death, allowing the youth to be unafraid of the fear brought by bloodline, being marked by such a specter still made him feel as if thorns were on his back.

You’d better hold on…

Richi didn’t tell the girl beside him about the specter’s intent, only silently praying, hoping those two warships, or rather Captain Enzo, could hold out.

At least, don’t hastily perish in the serpent’s belly before the Taranhof restored its power.

“Longfellow, hurry and fix the ship. This ghostly place isn’t suitable for a long stay.” Sighing lightly, the youth turned his head slightly toward the water ghost not far away.

Without the pressure of the giant serpent, the perished water ghosts either reassembled their bodies on deck or directly seized and pieced together some aquatic creatures, climbing back from outside the ship’s rail.

After receiving orders, they immediately began urgently repairing this broken ship.

If stuffing various old objects into holes could be considered repair.

“How did you calculate that we could still hold on for four minutes?”

Following Richi toward the captain’s cabin to discuss the next arrangements, Vivian, who had been frowning in thought for a long time, couldn’t help but question him.

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With the warship in ruins and crew nearly wiped out, no matter how you looked at it, they couldn’t possibly last more than a minute, let alone hold back that specter.

So she was very puzzled by the youth’s cold words.

“I made it up.”

To this, Richi shrugged, speaking carelessly.

Faced with this extremely irresponsible answer, the girl first blinked somewhat bewildered, then gradually raised her eyebrows and gave a rather heavy “Hmm,” obviously not very satisfied.

“Of course, it wasn’t entirely nonsense.”

As if he had already guessed she would want a more precise explanation, the youth’s pale brows drooped slightly as he continued: “Because four minutes was the time I thought could persuade that serpent to leave while being most convincing to it.”

“As for why it would believe…”

Before Vivian could ask further, Richi turned his head first, looking at her and asking: “You should still remember that before we went to that waterfall, we had turned back to that island.”

Hearing this, the girl nodded thoughtfully.

Just as mentioned in the captain’s meeting, the reason the Mermaid had arrived at Burial Island first was because they had specifically gone to observe another world boundary.

But what they hadn’t mentioned was that before that, they had turned back to that solitary island again.

They had taken everything they could carry from the small wooden house where the Lady had once lived. At this moment, those unknown strange objects were piled up in the bottom of the ship’s hold.

Of course, this was also Richi’s suggestion.

In his words, the Lady couldn’t use them anyway, so leaving them there would be wasteful.

“You mean it was scared away by those things?”

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Although she had given this deduction, the girl still frowned slightly, feeling it wasn’t quite real.

Could the aura of those dead objects really scare away the giant serpent?

“Those things certainly couldn’t threaten it.”

Saying this, the youth smiled cunningly: “But as long as it has this kind of doubt in its heart, even just a trace, it’s enough to convince itself to leave.”

“Because it doesn’t need to gamble, especially when in this situation there are people far more worthy of attention than me, threats that need eliminating. It’s really that simple.”

This was small cleverness, and also a pirate’s wisdom.

“Fine, let’s say that’s how it is.”

Stopping before the captain’s cabin, the Blood Craver lowered her eyelids slightly. After hesitating for a while, she still couldn’t suppress the emotions in her heart and said: “I have another question.”

“Go ahead.”

Pushing open the wooden door, Richi had only taken one step inside when he noticed the girl’s strangeness.

He turned back, looking at that face which was as pale as always but somehow carried an additional darkness, asking gently, his tone containing not half a trace of surprise.

“If it was for her, you shouldn’t have held back earlier.”

Vivian’s voice was somewhat cold, revealing no particular emotion.

But her words had made things very clear.

Whether continuing to serve as captain of the Taranhof and personally entering this dangerous war, or not hesitating to fall into desperate straits to hold back that giant serpent, all of this ultimately still couldn’t be separated from his former captain.

That person was coming, so he followed.

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Only by holding back the specter as much as possible would that person have a chance of survival upon return, so he had opened fire on it.

But having done all this, why did you hold back again?

Weren’t you willing to return to hell again to protect her?

As if recalling the recent scene of him standing beside that person on the Mermaid, the girl pressed her lips together slightly, feeling that all the warmth during this time had been false.

All like veils covering up exploitation.

The silence between the two didn’t last very long.

What broke the quiet was not the youth’s helpless words, but his light laugh.

“What’s so funny?”

Hearing the girl’s cold words, Richi looked directly into those equally clear blood-red pupils, watching her forcibly maintained coldness, and asked: “Where did you see that I was doing this for her?”

It could be seen everywhere.

The girl really wanted to say this, but seeing the mischievous smile at the corner of his mouth, she fell silent for no reason.

“Many things can’t be viewed from just one side.”

Seeing this, Richi stepped forward several paces, coming to her side, looking at that increasingly distant giant shadow, his voice slightly hoarse: “There are too many reasons why I would come.”

“Because of her, because of you, and even because this matter is too interesting.”

“How can this be explained clearly?”

The Blood Craver also turned, following his gaze, the youth’s soft words still echoing in her ears.

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“Similarly, I hope she lives because of old feelings, but there’s also the Lady’s expectations and the hope of breaking your curse. In this matter, one should do their best.”

“Of course, I know what you want to hear isn’t these miscellaneous analyses.”

Hearing Richi suddenly lose his calm demeanor and become frivolous and unserious, Vivian’s gaze flickered slightly, and the complex emotions in her heart somehow dissipated.

In their place came a stability rarely felt in hundreds of years.

As if finally certain of certain things.

“Then listen well, my dear Vivian.”

Because he rarely spoke this way, the youth seemed more like he was imitating someone from the past, so it sounded slightly unnatural: “Whether in the past, from now into the future, she will never be more important than you in my heart.”

“So…”

Suddenly, as if their heartstrings had been plucked, the young man and woman before the captain’s cabin simultaneously looked up, involuntarily gazing toward the distant sky, toward that churning black mist.

As if in that inverted whirlpool, something, someone was returning to the present world.

“So what?”

The Blood Craver asked with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, only this time it didn’t sound particularly displeased.

Sighing deeply, reaching out to gently take the girl’s slightly cool hand, Richi squinted his eyes and said after a moment: “So, regardless of how this drama ends, we must leave, lest we can’t exit the stage in time.”

“Are you satisfied now.”

Translator Note

A new ship on top a of another ship?