The figures of Ukes and Adair falling into it cannot be seen on the vast sea, only the ripples caused by the movement of the passenger ship.
Xia Lulu chose to put out the fire in the restaurant first, while Adam tried to wake up the unconscious Zoron.
When Zoro woke up, looking at the severed arm left by his friend combined with his last memory, this cold man also shed tears.
"It's all my fault, Yukes. If it weren't for me taking over the mission from those people, nothing would have happened to you."
Although it was out of time, Adam still asked his question: "Could it be that the mission you mentioned is to kill us?"
Zoro calmed down and replied: "Yes, they arranged for me to live with you just to make it easier for me to take action, but when I saw that you are all women and children, I had no way to deal with you."
"Ukes saw my hesitation, so he deliberately provoked you on the deck, but none of us thought that you were actually Vic's apprentice."
"Having discovered this, we naturally won't be disadvantageous to you, but I didn't expect that they still have a backup plan and are ready to deal with us all.
"So now I think the news about your order for the Sea Bull Banquet has also reached their ears. In this way, Adair's poison can be used to eliminate you effortlessly, and the joining of Ukes and I should be an unexpected surprise."
"They showed up immediately after we were poisoned and prepared to kill your companions. Naturally, Ukes and I chose to help you."
"Fortunately, we don't know why you had this white-haired woman among the three of you, and she is so powerful, otherwise we would all die here today."
Adam broke out in a cold sweat listening to Zoro's words. He didn't know why he was assassinated.
"Could they be from the guild?" Adam first thought of this possibility, but he immediately rejected it because they had already avoided the guild when they left the dungeon, and Xia Lulu was still with them at that time.
Then Adam thought of the only possibility, which was the store owner White, but why would he let people assassinate them? Adam and he had known each other for a long time, and White had never done anything extraordinary except being greedy for money.
Adam, who couldn't think of an answer, could only ask Zoro, who was in a daze looking at his friend's broken arm: "Then do you know who arranged this assassination mission?"
"I don't know. We can only contact the conductor who issued the mission, but I think Zhong Ni should know the identities of these people."
"Youkes and I are from the Rizhao Empire. My sister and I are orphans and have always been dependent on each other. Fortunately, I have extraordinary talent in swordsmanship so that I was accepted by the teacher."
"Although I have excellent swordsmanship, I can't get an official position. The reason is because of my sister. Fortunately, the teacher doesn't care about this and has always taken good care of my sister."
"She suffers from a rare myasthenia, and the purpose of my going to sea is to make money to treat my sister's illness. Although it is not a terminal illness, I will only be discriminated against in an empire that respects martial arts."
"Yukes and we are the emperor's concubine. Although he is a prince, he can only be a puppet in the political struggle. Therefore, when he heard the news that I was going to sea, he secretly slipped out of the palace and prepared to help me. At the same time, it’s also about finding your own freedom.”
"Soon we gained a reputation at sea for our skills, and passenger ships began to hire us as shipkeepers to protect the ships."
"Although the income was much more, it was still far from enough. At this time, Zhong Ni, who had cooperated with us several times, introduced us to the work of assassination."
At this point, a bitter smile appeared on Zoro's face: "This way, my income will be much more, and I will be just a few steps away from buying the potion that can cure my sister."
"So I originally wanted to finish my last job with you, save enough money, return to my hometown, cure my sister, and take her and Youx to travel around the world, but I didn't expect retribution to come so quickly."
"I am the one who has done all the bad things, why should I take away Ux's life?" Zoro said this and burst into tears again.
"I think he must have found his own freedom." Xia Lulu, who had put out the fire, said to Zoro after hearing what he said.
"What did you say?" Zoro stopped crying and looked at Xia Lulu in front of him and asked.
"I think what he wants most is to be able to freely control his life. To be able to freely choose to die for his best companion, or to go back and live as a puppet. He chose the former, didn't he?"
Xia Lulu seemed to be deeply touched. She patted Zoro on the shoulder: "You still have a sister. It is what you should do to cure her and move forward with Ukes and your dream."
Seeing the light in Zoron's eyes again, Xia Lulu continued: "Okay, let's deal with Youx's relics."
At this point, she called over the female teacher who had detoxified everyone and turned her body purple, and asked if she could still remove the toxin from this arm.
The female teacher quickly shook her head and said, "No, I can't. I can't swallow even a drop."
Adam thought for a moment and took out Coco's backpack, took out the storage space containing Jinobi's body, and put Ukes' arm in it.
Seeing his behavior, Zoro was a little puzzled. Adam explained: "I'll keep it safe for you first. It just so happens that our destination is also the academy, and we may have to stay there for a while. When she recovers, we will ask her to take care of her arm." The toxins are removed.”
After collecting the storage space, he continued: "I can't give you this, because it also contains an important companion of ours. Please forgive me."
Zoro naturally had no objection, and he was extremely grateful for the other party's help.
"By the way, I have another question, which is what kind of potion you want to buy." Xia Lulu asked.
"Its life is boiling blood. This is what Zhong Ni told me. Although it is very expensive, once you take it, your body will be transformed and you will gain powerful strength."
"Boiling blood? Sure enough, then Zoro, I ask you what is the price?"
"What price?" Zoro was a little confused.
"I tell you, the price is that your sister will turn into a monster like them that can only be active at night, and is extremely thirsty for blood. If it is not satisfied, it will lose its mind and become a beast with only instinct."
Xia Lulu looked at Zoro and said seriously: "Boiling blood is what the vampires use to mass-produce low-level soldiers. Thinking about their appearance, I guessed that there is definitely a vampire behind them."
"And you are a vampire who is the same as me or even more advanced than me. Now you have one more goal in life. Find the mastermind behind it and avenge Youkes."
Then Xia Lulu said to him with an extremely sincere expression: "It doesn't matter, we will help you."
