The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 178 - 179: Accepting Blackmail

The sight of the three of us eating left Captain Jack with raised eyebrows; he probably has never encountered such ’monsters’ who consume raw eyeballs to this extent.

I even heard the big guys behind us making retching sounds, but they managed to maintain professionalism and suppressed the next action in their throat, not puking up dinner in front of ’guests’.

Although I felt that eating these things was of no use for me and Bi Shi, Captain Jack enthusiastically entertained us, and he certainly wouldn’t let it go if we didn’t eat.

Once I swallowed the eyeball meat in my mouth, Captain Jack continued, "This stone comes from the place you are about to go to."

His gaze fell on the stone in front of me, and the expression of slight surprise had vanished from his face, replaced by one full of superiority.

I’ve seen this expression on different people’s faces; they think they know the whole truth and often show this expression when facing those who don’t know the truth.

In blunt terms, he thinks he knows what we don’t, so he sees us as a bunch of ignorant fools who can only follow his lead, and this sense of superiority makes him happy.

In fact, this mentality can be summed up in three words: arrogant show-off!

If we wanted to, we could take him down now and hijack this fishing boat.

But Chen Qinghan just signaled me not to act yet.

He might want to know more information; the place Captain Jack mentioned might have piqued his interest.

Chen Qinghan has already sent a location signal to his superiors, and I believe his superiors definitely wouldn’t want ’Shield’ to master too much extraordinary energy and power.

Just right, we got picked up by this pirate ship, so we can take the opportunity to probe, though we don’t know if there’s a signal at the place we’re going to.

Looking at Captain Jack’s stance, it seems that it’s not a place just anyone can go to.

As for why he would let three mysterious individuals ’enjoy’ this honor, his explanation is that he admires our courage and abilities.

Aside from Professor Liu’s friend, based on his words, so far among those who have ventured to and from the Sea of Sunken Ships, we are the only three survivors without disabilities and still clear-minded.

This is the best proof that we have the qualifications to accept the next challenge.

It feels like walking past a school gate and suddenly being pulled inside to take a test.

Resulting in a good test score, the examiner pats my shoulder and encourages me, saying, keep it up, little student, this was just a small test; in a few days, there’s a bigger one.

Ugh, I don’t even want to take the exam, you can’t force me into a prestigious university just because I score well!

Bi Shi snickered softly, "They want to use me as cannon fodder again, watch how I scheme and make a killing."

Captain Jack, considering himself shrewd, detained He Su in the infirmary, posted a guard at the door, using this to blackmail Bi Shi.

Because when we were rescued by the fishing boat, Bi Shi refused to let others take He Su, carrying her up to the big ship herself, showing apparent care and concern, making Captain Jack mistakenly think they were relatives or good friends.

Although the reality is a bit different from what he thinks, Bi Shi still cares about He Su’s assets and power; in this regard, He Su is indeed an important person to her.

However, whether this threat works depends on our cooperation. Chen Qinghan wants to see the place Captain Jack mentioned, and Bi Shi too wants to know if that place has more energy sources like the music box, so we cooperated with the blackmail.

Yet, Captain Jack didn’t think the team leader was Chen Qinghan’s weakness, so he put a micro explosive device on my ankle.

In his words, even if we found the world’s best bomb disposal expert, dismantling it would still cost me a leg.

I suddenly became interested in this bomb, wanting to know how powerful it is, eager to detonate it quickly.

If this thing was on Chen Qinghan, I would somewhat be cautious, but if it’s on me, I would be worry-free.

Captain Jack thought he had a grip on my lifeline and thus didn’t restrict my actions anymore, so after leaving the restaurant, I decided to stroll around the fishing boat instead of returning to my room.

I didn’t know why Captain Jack perceived me as weaker than Chen Qinghan and Bi Shi.

Just because they have a great treasure sword and a Ghost Face Conch, and all I found was a broken rock?

Bi Shi went to the infirmary to visit He Su. Chen Qinghan accompanied me on a walk, and when he heard my small complaint, he shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, maybe precisely because he is most wary of you, he put the bomb on you, so once you exceed the controllable range..."

Get eliminated?

I sneered at this, but Captain Jack’s cautious seriousness towards this trial indicates that the mysterious area he mentioned must be important and dangerous.

The fishing boat sailed for a full day and night, with no land in sight; we continued moving into the deep sea. If it were a regular route, we should have encountered other ships, yet there was nothing but the open sea, with no other boats in sight.

They must have intentionally avoided other ships because theirs carried something that couldn’t be exposed.

"Professor Chen, do you want to know whose eyes we’re eating?" Standing on the aft deck, I quietly asked Chen Qinghan.

"Do you know where it’s kept?" Chen Qinghan slightly lowered his head, looking at me, his eyes had returned to normal, yet I felt that if seen closely, a red ring could be discerned around his pupil.

But it overlapped with the black iris, so it wasn’t very obvious unless viewed very closely.

"Hey, hey, hey? What are you guys doing?" Bi Shi always interrupts my business with her discordant voice.

"Huh? How are you out?" I put down my raised heel and glared at her unpleasantly; I was so close to checking if the inside of the red ring was a green circle, but she interrupted.

"I just finished visiting Mary Su, came out to find you and saw you harassing a decent woman."

"Ugh~ I was just observing his condition, alright, hurry and say what you have!"

Bi Shi glanced at Chen Qinghan, saying nothing, Chen Qinghan wouldn’t have misunderstood her meaning, so he volunteered to return to his room to rest.

"Hurry up, say it, why all the secrecy?" Once Chen Qinghan’s figure disappeared at the door of the cabin, I hurriedly urged.

"I eavesdropped on where that thing is kept, do you want to go see?"

"What thing?"

"Are you so cold and ruthless, having just eaten the window to someone’s soul?"

"Why avoid Chen Qinghan on this matter?"

"Remember when I mentioned the Tower Clan? Do you know what they are best at?"

"Can you spit it out in one go, not like squeezing toothpaste, can you?"

"Tsk...they are experts at beguiling hearts, controlling minds, not just human minds, but any creature with a brain can be beguiled, honestly, I suspect that the energy body controlling Old Shi is a Tower Clan...or another form of their existence."

"So?"