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"Yes, once the ship sets sail, this flag will fly in the wind. To me, it is as important as my life!"
Although he was pushed hard, Beidou was not angry. After all, he was the one who got on someone else's boat without even saying hello. And the other party was the owner of this boat.
"Listen, I'm Hokuto Seiji from the TAC team. Last night when I was on patrol in my plane, I saw this ship flying in the sky."
"A ship flying in the sky? Do you really know what you are talking about? You mean this ship?" Shinoda pointed at the iron chains tied to the hull. More than ten iron chains as thick as arms were connected to the anchor sunk deep into the seabed, firmly tying the ship here. "Don't even mention whether the ship can fly. With such iron chains tied, do you think it can move at all?"
Beidou knew it, of course; he had seen these chains from the very beginning.
"So, you didn't undo those chains last night?"
"Of course not. In fact, these chains have been tied to the hull for many years. I don't know how long they have been tied before, but at least since I rented the Polaris two years ago, these chains have been there."
Beidou had checked and found that these chains had no joints, so they could only be cut off to unlock them. Moreover, ordinary people could not open such chains as thick as their arms without large tools, let alone put them back together after opening them.
It was no wonder that the entire TAC team, including the captain and Nan Xizi, did not believe what he said. Because even he himself could not believe it.
"You said this ship was called the Polaris?"
"Yes, is there a problem?"
"no problem."
Meanwhile, Mr. Takeda from the magazine "Star Monthly" has arrived as scheduled. After interviewing the three "little stars", the poster shooting went smoothly. Reiya and Sakura changed into several magical girl costumes that appeared in the TV series before, and Tomoyo also changed into the school uniform and several Western clothes in the story, contributing a lot of usable materials to the camera's draft.
These are the posters and videos used to promote and hype up their concerts over the next month.
Ling didn't pay any attention to what happened to Hokuto Seiji, as if she just treated it as a chance encounter.
Then there was a trip to Izu Hot Springs.
Ling also booked a private hot spring room. After all, she was a bit of a germaphobe, soaking in a hot spring that had been used by countless people with strangers. The pool in a private room always made people feel cleaner and quieter.
The crew members were not so pretentious. They were already satisfied to be able to enjoy the hot springs in the public bath in Izu.
This wasn't the first time that Reiya, Sakura, and Tomoyo had taken a hot spring bath together, but the hot springs at home didn't have this feeling after all. The surroundings were unfamiliar scenery, and autumn leaves fell into the pool, which was quiet and beautiful.
Tomoyo's skin is the whitest among the three. When she stands naked, she looks like a doll made of snow. Reiya and Sakura both have healthy skin. However, if they soak in the hot spring for a while, they will turn red.
The perfect warmth soaks into the skin and the whole body relaxes, it really is like heaven.
While soaking in the warm pool water, Lingye was thinking that there was no magma under the ground in her secret realm, so there was no way to get a hot spring, which was a pity.
It was a great day and everyone on the crew was very satisfied.
But Beidou was not satisfied, and today was a terrible day.
He and Saburo Shinoda don't get along.
Beidou thinks that he is a very popular person and can quickly get along with both children and adults.
But for some reason, he and Shinoda never got along. Because of the Polaris, they had quarreled several times during the day. They were really incompatible.
The last time he felt this way was when he faced his stupid brother who always deserved a beating in the Kingdom of Light. Even their personalities of getting into fights at the slightest disagreement were exactly the same.
To put it nicely, it's bravery; to put it bluntly, it's stupidity.
"I dropped out of college. You wouldn't understand, everyone in school was enjoying their youth, but I had no direction, so my classmates called me a fool. So I dropped out, and when I came here and saw this anchored cruise ship, I was immediately attracted, and I realized that this ship was what I really wanted. I want to go sailing! The sea is the world of my dreams!"
"No matter what, there is something suspicious about this ship. We must investigate."
"Investigation, investigation, is this all you can say? Do you think you are so impressive? Ha, the TAC team, sounds really impressive. It's up to you. If you want to investigate, I will let you investigate as much as you want tonight. I'm going back to the cabin to rest. Just don't disturb me and you can investigate however you want."
Chapter 140 The Cruise Ship Takes Off Again
The sun had already set. Beidou spent several hours checking the cruise ship front and back, inside and out, but found nothing noteworthy.
Beidou didn't give up and secretly communicated with Ace, but the same thing happened.
This is just an ordinary stranded cruise ship.
Night fell on the sea. The Polaris was transformed into a restaurant and bar, and was brightly lit at night. However, due to the arrival of Beidou, the "bad guest", Xiaotian was not open tonight and closed early.
"What time do you usually open?"
"It's twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. What's wrong? Do you have any objections?"
"No, just asking."
Beidou remembered that he spotted the cruise ship flying in the sky at around 2 a.m. last night while on patrol.
Shinoda's tone was very bad, and Beidou felt more and more that the other party was unreasonable and always spoke like a provocation.
Shinoda also felt that Hokuto Seiji was unreasonable. Just because he was a member of the TAC team, he came to his ship and caused trouble. How could this make sense?
It just so happens that he is indeed a member of the TAC team. Hokuto Seiji of the TAC team has appeared in the news many times, and it cannot be fake. Citizens have the obligation to cooperate with the TAC team's investigation and cannot drive him away.
The ship is flying in the sky? What nonsense is this? Have you damaged your brain by fighting super beasts every day?
Speaking of dreams, I have indeed had such a dream. I hope that the Big Dipper can set sail, hang a flag and go to the sea, or even fly to the starry sky and the sea, towards the direction of the North Star.
But that was just a dream. Shinoda knew very well that the Polaris, which was tightly bound by iron chains, could not move at all.
"Forget it. I'm going to sleep. You can investigate as much as you want. But let me make a deal. I'll only give you one night. Don't delay my restaurant's business tomorrow. I still have to pay the rent. Get off the boat early tomorrow morning."
Xiaotian was very rude and went back to the engine room. In the past two years, Xiaotian slept in the engine room of the cruise ship, learning all kinds of knowledge about driving an oil tanker every day. He used this room as a study and bedroom.
The engine room is the heart of the cruise ship. Since he, who is guarding here, did not start the cruise ship, how could the cruise ship start at will? So he sneered at what Beidou said.
"Crazy, it's totally unreasonable."
Beidou didn't care whether others thought he was crazy or not. After one day's contact, he was sure that Shinoda was a fool. If someone dropped out of college and couldn't continue studying, what else could he be but a fool? It sounds nice to say "I have lost my goal" or "I have lost my way in life", but in fact, isn't it just that I failed too many courses and was ordered to drop out?
But even though he was a fool, at least he had nothing to do with the Yabo people and was a real Earthling. Then the problem was with the ship itself.
It would be best if Shinoda didn't come to disturb him. He thinks the other person is in the way.
Beidou walked through the bar hall of the cabin. The ceiling of the hall was frosted glass with the pattern of the North Star painted on it. After leaving the hall and walking up the gangway, he saw the captain's room. The captain's room was empty, as if no one had been there for a long time, and the door handle was covered with dust.
Beidou pushed open the door of the captain's room. It was a little messy inside. No one had cleaned it up since the ship ran aground a few years ago. It had remained the same as it was then. There was a notebook with a blue cover on the table. Beidou blew away the dust on the notebook and found the words "Sailing Diary" and "Stella Polaris" written on the cover.
This is the logbook of the Polaris.
The date on the diary is 1969, which means the ship stopped here three years ago.
I remembered what Shinoda said before, that he rented the boat two years ago, so the time matches.
But the logbook was right here, and the other party didn't know when the ship was stopped, which was another piece of evidence that he was a fool. That guy probably couldn't read English? Maybe he didn't even know that this was a logbook. No wonder he was expelled from the university. If I were a teacher, I would be so angry that I would expel him.
The last time the diary was recorded was July 1969. The captain did not record the reason for the ship being stranded here. It was nothing more than the economic downturn and the cruise business was not making enough money. After that, it probably became a zombie ship. Such large garbage is not uncommon in recent years. If the mooring fees are owed for a few years, the court will value it as scrap metal and clear it out.
I guess the boat owner must be secretly happy that a fool can take over the lease and pay the mooring fee and rental fee, right?
Beidou closed the navigation diary. There was nothing noteworthy in it.
But at this moment, Beidou suddenly felt something was wrong. What was wrong was the view outside the cabin. He couldn't see the land at some point!
Beidou hurried to the window of the ship, and he was finally able to see the land, but the land with bright lights was already far away under his feet - this was the perspective of the plane.
The ship is flying again!
When did it start?
Beidou didn't even feel the extra weight of the lift, and even now the ship didn't shake at all. It felt exactly the same as if it was moored on the shore. The only difference was that it was actually flying.
It was very high. Based on Beidou's frequent experience of flying planes, he estimated that the altitude had exceeded 3,000 meters. This was not an airplane, and there was no airtight cabin with a constant air pressure. Normally, if one ascended 3,000 meters in a short period of time, the rapid change in air pressure would cause discomfort to the eardrums, and even cause altitude sickness.
The temperature also drops rapidly with the altitude. A drop of 3,000 meters is enough to drop the temperature by more than 10 degrees. The temperature in late autumn should be below zero.
But Beidou felt nothing.
Beidou was stunned for a few seconds, then he pushed open the door of the captain's cabin and climbed down the gangway. As expected, there was no wind or cold even outside, which was completely contrary to the established rules of the environment he was in. But Beidou didn't care about these, he ran to the engine room on the lower floor.
"Shinoda! Shinoda, come out and see!" Beidou shouted loudly as he ran.
Before he could run to the machine room, the door had already opened.
Shinoda came out yawning, "What the hell are you making such a fuss about? Look at what time it is now."
Beidou checked the time. It was ten o'clock, not the early morning when he saw the ship flying into the sky yesterday. But these were all minor details.
"Look, the boat is flying! Now we are in the air!"
"Huh? What are you talking about in your sleep?"
Having said that, Shinoda still ran out with Beidou, but when the two ran onto the deck, the scene before them was surprising.
The one who was surprised was not Shinoda, but Beidou.
Because there was still sea outside, the Beidouxing was parked on the water, still locked with iron chains, with no signs of movement.
"Beidou, is it fun to play tricks on people again and again?"
"No, but I just saw it clearly."
"You are a member of the TAC team. You must believe in science. Do I need to remind you? A cruise ship weighing hundreds of tons cannot fly into the sky! Whatever you want to do is up to you, but please don't drag me into your fantasies!"
If it was daytime and he had the energy, Shinoda might have beaten Beidou up, but at this moment he had just gotten out of bed and was still half asleep. He just wanted to go back to bed as soon as possible. Other things could be discussed later. Sleeping was the most important thing.
Well, let's save this beating for tomorrow, that's all - if he remembers it when he wakes up. Shinoda yawned and went back to the cabin.
"Strange, really strange." Beidou didn't know that he had been invited to a fight. He leaned his arms on the railing, still in doubt.
"What's weird?"
"Ah?" Beidou was startled. When he turned around and saw the person who spoke, he was relieved. "It's Lingye. How come you are so elusive and why are you here?"
"I saw Brother Beidou on this boat this morning, and wondered if something had happened, so I came to check it out."
Although Beidou was dressed as if he was on vacation, Ling knew that Beidou would never take a vacation. He was a workaholic, and even on vacation he would definitely be investigating something.
"During the day? You are here during the day as well?"
"Well, I was just talking to that brother named Saburo Shinoda about the Polaris. It seems you are pulling their flag."
“So it was that time.”
Beidou gets angry when it comes to Saburo Shinoda.
I always feel that this guy and I are born to be incompatible.
"But Brother Shinoda is a good person. He dreams of sailing on the sea. People who have dreams are amazing."
"Him? Great? Ha!"
Beidou didn't want to talk about it, but he told Ling about the Polaris. He couldn't trust himself anymore, and he wanted to talk to someone. Ling was the best person to talk to.
"You said the ship took off? When?"