aircannonsinc Chapter 104 Bullshit, how are you going to compensate me?!
Chapter 104 Bullshit, how are you going to compensate me?!
Thanks to the supplies they received, dinner on the "Golden Dream" was exceptionally plentiful today.
Sausages, fresh fruits and vegetables, some canned goods, and the sailors' favorite spirits...
Lorne also drank a few glasses of wine along with the crowd, of course, with Danitz watching over him.
"Glug!" Lorne took another big gulp of wine and looked at Danitz, who was taking a sip of wine.
"This isn't like you, boss. Back in Bayam, you used to drink straight from the bottle!"
"Mind your own business~" Danitz pouted, though he also wanted to drink recklessly if he could.
Due to the strict requirements imposed on the crew by the iceberg admiral, ordinary crew members rarely have the opportunity to drink excessively. Only on days like today, when supplies are replenished, are crew members not on duty allowed to drink freely.
But in order to keep an eye on Lorne, he had to reluctantly give up the opportunity to drink his fill of strong liquor and instead sip the beer that he had previously looked down on.
Lorne could naturally see what Danitz was afraid of, and spoke up to comfort him:
"Actually, you don't need to be so afraid. It's very difficult for extraordinary people to get drunk."
"That's hard to say..." Danitz muttered to himself.
The atmosphere between the two became awkward once again.
Emboldened by the alcohol, Lorne started to bring up the topic.
"Since you are so afraid of the future..."
"How about I do a fortune telling for you?"
"Fortune telling?" Danitz was somewhat surprised; he never expected Lorne to bring up this topic.
"You can even do fortune telling?"
"I'm a professional... let me see..." Lorne said, grabbing Danitz's left hand and examining it closely under the light.
"What kind of divination method is this?" Danitz asked, puzzled, as Lorne pulled his hand towards him.
"Palmistry, that's a skill..."
To be fair, becoming a "machine" did enhance his divination abilities considerably, but Lorne wasn't sure if it had any effect on special "divination" like palm reading.
But... the result of Danitz's palm reading exceeded his expectations.
"This...this!"
"My God!" Lorne gasped, grabbing Danitz's hand.
"What! What happened?!"
Upon hearing Lorne's words, Danitz was somewhat startled and hurriedly urged him on.
"Don't rush me, let me take a look." Lorne tried hard to recall the knowledge about palm reading in his mind.
Wow, this career line on the palm is amazing! Is this really the palm of a fourth boatswain?
Even with some twists and turns, his future is just too...
Although Lorne was only an amateur fortune teller and had hardly ever read palms, Danitz's career line really surprised him.
This soaring future... which true god has taken a liking to him and made him a favorite?
"Impossible..." Lorne looked up at Danitz.
This guy doesn't look like someone who would be chosen by the gods at all.
Looking at the anxious Danitz, Lorne raised an eyebrow: "Your palm reading is one in a million."
"Ugh!"
He sighed softly, deliberately using a sorrowful tone: "Your life is quite special!"
"what?"
Upon hearing this, Danitz, who had been cheerful, suddenly became nervous. Fueled by alcohol, he barely overcame his initial fear of Lorne and excitedly questioned him.
"Really?"
Lorne, with a mischievous thought in mind, said in a half-joking tone, "You have the appearance of hard work in your life, and your future job may not be what you like."
"Perhaps it's not what I like?" Danitz pondered the words. "Does that mean I'll leave the Golden Dream?"
"How is this possible!" Danitz exclaimed in disbelief. He was very satisfied with his life. He had adventures, gold pounds, a few sailors, and a captain... Everything was perfect except for Brando, that spoilsport.
But wouldn't everything be fine as long as Brando leaves? There's absolutely no reason for me to leave!
"Fate is unpredictable, and I can't know for sure. I guess it was some kind of accident..." This is the truth. Although Danitz's career path did indeed have a soaring prospect, it also had its share of twists and turns.
"Unexpected events... I've had unexpected events everywhere these past few days..."
"Wait! You didn't tell everyone what happened to me those days, making it impossible for me to make a living at sea and forcing me to change careers, did you?" Danitz suddenly realized something and looked at Lorne, who was smiling in front of him.
No matter how you look at it, this is the most likely scenario at present.
"Am I that kind of person?!" Lorne was unwilling to take the blame.
"Besides, divination works if you believe in it, and it doesn't work if you don't."
"You don't need to worry about this too much."
"That's like saying nothing at all..." Danitz muttered to himself, but with Lorne beside him, he didn't dare say it aloud.
Their conversation was drowned out by the surrounding noise. But the alcohol did seem to ease the tension between them, and the conversation gradually turned to the attack that day.
"Speaking of which, on the day of the attack, I was lucky enough to find a few houses." Lorne recalled his experience of using the door-opening spell and falling into the basement of a house.
Fueled by alcohol, he started boasting.
"A house? How is that possible?" Danitz shook his head, his face full of disbelief.
Even if no one lives in the house, you can't say that the house belongs to you.
"Although Bayam is a colony, its management in this area is still very strict."
You don't believe me?
"I even found the supporting documents, from several buildings."
???
"Huh? Really?!" Danitz also became interested. He had been at sea for so many years and had heard of finding money, guns, and even children, but this was the first time he had heard of finding a house.
"Where did you find it?" he asked, taking a swig of his drink.
"It's over on Xiangshu Avenue, around number 13, right?"
Xiangshu Avenue? No. 13?
What a coincidence, the house I bought is also over there.
and many more!
Danitz, slightly numbed by the alcohol, suddenly regained consciousness.
This address sounds familiar... Danitz shuddered.
"You didn't find the identification documents hidden in the basement wall, did you?"
Uh, it really is...
Strange? How did Danitz know that...? Lorne was a little curious.
When he saw that Danitz's face was still pale despite having been drunk, he suddenly realized something...
Could it be that those houses are...?
It can't be that much of a coincidence!
No, that's not right. The things that happened that day happened near the meeting point arranged by Danitz, so it's not impossible that the meeting point was arranged near his house.
Because people are on the Golden Dream, that's why the house looks like it hasn't been lived in for years...
"That's right." Seeing Danitz's anxious look, Lorne simply nodded in agreement.
"What did you do with those supporting documents...?"
"I pawned those documents to Roy King for some money," Lorne said, deliberately using a relaxed tone.
That's a lie. Lorne couldn't just steal someone else's house; he's not that bad.
So, before he left, he deliberately dug another hole and buried those documents again.
I'm just saying this to tease Danitz.
"It was only a few hundred pounds in total as collateral, not much, but it was free anyway..."
Before Lorne could finish speaking, Danitz stood up excitedly. At that moment, anger successfully overcame fear.
"Bullshit, only a few hundred pounds? Those houses are worth at least ten times more."
"How are you going to compensate me?!"
"Ahem... Danitz, it's a secret... a secret," Lorne reminded him.