After departing from the port of New Testament, the "Bronze Giant" cruise ship will sail on the Atlantic Ocean for six days, ending in the Port of Lipson in Leon.
Two-thirds of the way through the voyage, that is, in the evening of the fourth day, the Bronze Giant will stay at the port of "Avalon Island" for half an hour for tourists heading to and from Ocean City to board and disembark.
During the chat, Sean learned that the destination of the old lady Sarah and her family was also Ocean City.
"I heard that it is like a giant aquarium. From anywhere in the city, you can see the underwater world outside through special glass." Sarah smiled and touched Anna's head. "Anna likes marine life the most. So we have to take her with us no matter what.”
The reason why she is particularly shy may be because Anna's personality is somewhat similar to her grandfather.
Mr. Nash liked to watch silently when his wife was talking to others, and only occasionally added that the enthusiastic and cheerful Sarah was the more talkative of the two.
Sarah was particularly hospitable. After a short chat, she took out the canned pickles and red sausage she had brought and gave them to Sean and Moonlight: "They may not be on board," she smiled, and then added mysteriously, "-Even if Yes, it’s not as delicious as the one I made.”
Unable to resist the old lady, Sean and Yueguang had no choice but to accept it.
Sean and Moonlight both have elderly people at home, and Sarah and Nash reminded each of them of the warm feeling of getting along with the elders in their families.
After Anna clamored to go to the deck to play, Sarah and Nash finally stopped chatting and led their granddaughter towards the deck.
At this time, Olivia stepped out of the cabin, holding her slender hands on the railing, looking at the sea illuminated by the sun and the seagulls flying beside the ship. Under the brim of her octagonal hat, her red eyes blinked slightly, looking curious and kind. Fresh.
The cabin door on the other side of Sean opened, and a young couple came out, seemingly arguing about something in a low and sweet voice.
The man has black hair, blue stubble marks on his face, and is wearing a striped shirt; the woman has a round face, a slightly chubby figure, and speaks a little slowly. The young couple seemed to be immersed in their own world. Even when Sean, Sarah and others were having a heated chat outside the door, they had no intention of participating.
Sean was infected by the relaxed atmosphere of the people around him while traveling. He put aside the ominous premonition that suddenly appeared before and decided to enjoy the leisurely moment.
After dinner that day, Sean summoned Moonlight and others into his room. While ensuring that there was no eavesdropping, he informed his teammates in detail about the secret mission entrusted by Arthur Merlin...
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The voyage lasted two days unknowingly. Because they lived close together, Sean and others became more and more familiar with Sarah's family.
By chance, Sean met the young couple next door, the boy's name was Kyle and the girl's name was Sissy.
However, Sean felt that he and Kyle had some disagreements. The other person seemed to be a stockbroker in New York City. He kept talking about professional terms such as valuation and annualized rate of return. He seemed to have no interest in anything other than talking about economics and investment topics.
Not only that, he is also very arrogant, as if he knows a lot of things, claiming that "searchers" are just a bunch of magicians, and that the search industry is a scam...
Whenever Kyle talks, his fat girlfriend Sissi will look at him with admiration.
"As expected, he is a person who lives in a world of two people..." Sean shook his head and never talked to Kyle again.
During these two days, Sean and Moonlight met Vivian wearing an emerald again. However, intimidated by "Winnie's little book" in Sean's pocket, Moonlight no longer dared to take the initiative to strike up a conversation with her, and could only smile helplessly from a distance.
During several accidental observations, Sean discovered that Vivian had a special temperament - she was always alone on the deck looking at the sea ahead, as if there was something worth seeing in front of her.
When others ask her to chat, she will respond politely, but she never takes the initiative to talk to others.
Therefore, she seemed particularly lonely among the crowd.
But at the same time, she seemed to enjoy the solitude.
"If Aaliyah travels alone..." Sean couldn't help but think, "It should be like this."
At this time, the "Bronze Giant" has sailed into the deep sea, and the surrounding scenery has become monotonous.
Thankfully, the weather at sea was good and the voyage didn't look like anything terrible would happen as Sean had predicted.
However, Yueguang's condition suddenly became not quite right.
Sean, Moonlight, Evan and Olivia have been mostly moving together these two days. At this time, the four of them are in the dinner hall and have just had a delicious dinner.
At this time, an eight-member band was playing on the small stage in the banquet hall.
Under the lamplight, the moonlight squinted at the fat man playing the piano on the stage.
Moonlight shook her head from time to time: "No! The expression of emotion just now was wrong! It should be several consecutive accents!"
"You have problems with your fingering, what kind of wild pianist..."
"Haha," Yueguang sneered, "I even played a wrong note. Are you paying for it to have fun?"
"Oh my gosh, I can play better than him with my feet!"
Then, Moonlight grabbed her hair: "No! Sean, I can't help it. I must go on stage to play the piano tonight!"
Ever since she listened to music for the first time in the banquet hall yesterday, Moonlight has been thinking about playing the piano all day long.
Back in a familiar environment, Moonlight's addiction to playing the piano has gotten out of control.
Sean sighed: "Moonlight, yesterday we negotiated with the band and the people in the banquet hall, and they clearly refused. Have you forgotten?"
Moonlight shook his head: "No, I can't help it anymore..." As he said that, his hands seemed to be raised involuntarily, as if he was about to start playing the spiritual piano on the spot...
Sean sighed, feeling that his partner was too willful sometimes.
But on the other hand, he also understood Yueguang's feelings - when he saw an article with lots of typos, he would go crazy and have the urge to rewrite it himself.
"I'll get the pianist out of the way, and the rest is up to you."
Sean has requirements for using his special abilities, but these requirements are not rigid.
Holding a glass of champagne, as if he wanted to enjoy the music, he walked to the middle of the guests in the front row.
A strand of his ectoplasm floats like a strand of hair. Due to the existence of the divine root, Sean's use of ectoplasm is close to that of an expert in this field - a spiritualist. This form of spiritual essence is almost invisible even if an explorer turns on his spiritual vision at this time.
The strand of ectoplasmic hair avoided everyone and connected to the body of the fat piano player who was playing the piano.
Sean carefully conveyed a mist of grief...
The pianist had just broken up with his girlfriend before boarding the ship, and he was feeling some sadness in his heart. A small amount of grief mist activated those emotions...
Thinking of the past days with his girlfriend and the decisiveness when they broke up, he burst into tears, his hands trembled, and the performance stopped abruptly.
The other members of the band suddenly noticed that the sound of the piano was interrupted, and they all stopped in confusion and looked at the piano player.
The pianist sat in front of the piano and cried: "Lina... Wuwu, Lina..." He pulled out of the piano stool and ran to the telegraph room.
At this moment, he no longer had the intention to play the piano, and the sadness surging in his heart reminded him of one thing - he loved Lina deeply.
"I must tell her my feelings!" With such a determined mood, he dropped what he was doing and ran to the telegraph room...
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After ten minutes of astonishment, whispers, and Moonlight's negotiation with the banquet hall director to "take the overall situation into consideration," Mr. 1902 sat in front of the piano with a satisfied smile on his face, intertwining his fingers and stretching them. .
After making sure that the previous pianist rushed out not to jump into the sea but to go to the telegraph room, Sean returned. The moonlight on the stage nodded slightly to his partner and started playing.
The moon could not be seen in the banquet hall at this time, but when the moonlight started to play, people seemed to be able to see the brilliance of the moon shining in.
The smooth, light and emotional piano sound flows gracefully throughout the banquet hall.
The eyes of some travelers who often made transoceanic voyages, who had listened to the moonlight performance, and who lamented the retirement of the "Platinum Star" and never seen the pianist again, all opened their eyes.
"The Pianist on the Ocean!"
"He's the pianist of the ocean!"
Some people's faces turned red with excitement, and their whispers even turned into low-pitched screams.
People seemed to see a lost legend reenacted before their eyes.
Only then did Sean and Evan realize that Moonlight's landing was such a huge regret and loss for the tourists on the boat.
This also explains why Moonlight must play the piano - not only for his own enjoyment, but also for the sake of his former listeners.
Some women covered their mouths and burst into tears.
Not knowing the whereabouts of the moonlight, they thought they would never hear such music again in their lives, but today it sounded like a dream on the stage, making them feel excited and nostalgic for the past...
Seeing his friends who were amazed and moved by the music on the stage, Sean felt that the little sin just now was worth it.
At this time, Vivian and the mysterious woman in red were also in the banquet hall.
After hearing Moonlight's performance, they were all shocked and fell into deep intoxication...
After finally sending a loving telegram to his ex-girlfriend, the fat luthier calmed down and wanted to come back to apologize and continue the performance he had just interrupted. After seeing and hearing Moonlight's performance on the stage, he chose to stand in the audience. , silently being an audience...
After the dinner, Moonlight, who was dripping with sweat all over his body, stood on the deck smoking with his shirt sleeves rolled up and his coat wrapped around his head.
"It's so happy!" Moonlight shouted towards the black sea, "It's like going back to the past!"
"Actually, you can take Winnie on a trip to sea in the future and play the piano on the boat." Sean suggested.
"Not a bad idea..." Moonlight nodded repeatedly. He turned to his "student" and said, "How is it, little Ivan, how is the teacher's performance?"
Ivan nodded: "When you play the piano, you do look like a master, but..." The clown hermit turned to Yueguang, who looked proud, "As soon as you speak, you lose the title of master..."
Sean laughed.
Moonlight herself laughed, shook her head and took a puff of cigarette, as if to say: You don't understand the master's psychological world.
Olivia was silent on the side. When there was no one on the deck, she didn't wear a hat and let the sea breeze blow her short hair.
Someone came over. In order to prevent the other party from noticing the special marks on her head and face, Olivia moved a few steps and stood next to the railing in the dark.
Sean turned around and saw Vivian walking over.
The girl in the white dress had a slightly red face. She pinched the emerald on her chest habitually and said to Moonlight: "Mr. Moonlight, I have heard rumors about you a long time ago. I didn't expect to have the opportunity to listen to your performance live. I…I’m so lucky.”
Moonlight looked at Sean, who patted the pocket containing "Winnie's Little Notebook".
The pianist restrained his inappropriate thoughts and turned around in a gentlemanly manner: "Miss Vivian.
"Our meeting again is a kind of fate."
"However, this kind of fate is like the chance encounter between a seagull and the wind. After a brief encounter, they will inevitably go their separate ways.
"Forgive me for not being able to accept your love - I am already married."
As she spoke, Yueguang raised her left hand, showing off her wedding ring that she usually didn't bother to wear.
Vivian chuckled: "You really like to joke, but I don't have that intention!
"Actually, I'm also learning the violin, so I really admire you as a skilled musician!"
Moonlight lowered her hands in embarrassment: "Uh... thank you for appreciating my sense of humor."
After asking for some music questions, Vivian bowed deeply towards the moonlight: "Thank you for your advice."
The girl in the white dress turned around and left.
Several people were impressed by Vivian's friendliness, politeness and sense of proportion.
Sean patted his partner on the shoulder: "Good performance, the previous record can be cleared."
Moonlight beamed with joy: "That's right! I must let Winnie know that her previous view was wrong - in fact, I am a reliable, steady, and dedicated gentleman!"
Sean nodded perfunctorily.
As the night deepens, the dark ocean and sky are connected.
The brightly lit cruise ship plowed through the waves, seeming to be the only vitality in this dark world.
The chill of the night wind was getting stronger, and the four of them got up and walked to their cabins.
As soon as they stepped onto the gangway, they heard a woman's scream clearly amidst the sounds of the sea and wind.
The sound was obviously coming from the third floor corridor.
"What's wrong?!" Sean and others looked at each other nervously, and rushed forward in unison.
They arrived at the scene quickly, and people nearby who were awakened by the screams also walked out of their cabin doors and gathered around, seeming to be whispering.
Sean saw the mysterious woman in red and her burly bodyguard standing in front.
Through the sparse crowd, Sean saw the stockbroker Kyle's girlfriend Sissi, who was sitting on the ground with her feet slumped, covering her face and crying.
Not far in front of her lay a corpse.
Sean and others took a few steps closer and took a breath after seeing the body lying on the ground clearly.
Vivian was lying on the narrow deck of the gangway, with a silver boning knife stuck in her chest, and her chest was stained red with blood.
Her lake-blue eyes had lost their sparkle, and the emerald necklace on her chest was missing.
