Chapter 50: Return to Jinhua Wheel

  It's obvious that Nie Kun is the one on the kayak. The old eunuch is blind, it's impossible for him to leave the Golden Flower Wheel, let alone paddle a boat, he has the ability to take you to America.

  "Can't you paddle any faster!" I watched as the kayak approached slowly, and I was tempted to whip him.

  Oni no Yaiba concealed all his presence, hiding behind a large stone. If I didn't know he was there, I wouldn't have been able to detect his existence at all. This greatly boosted my confidence; anyone who could conceal even their killing intent was undoubtedly an expert of the highest order.

  After a tense and anxious wait of more than half an hour, Nie Kun finally approached within 100 meters of the small island.

  "Hey, hurry up! Over here!" I jumped up and down, waving my arms.

  At this time, a big hand patted on my back, and the voice of Oniichan came: "Don't be so jumpy, like a big monkey."

  I was shocked and exclaimed, "You... weren't behind the stone?" I pointed at the big stone and looked back at the bewildered face of Koinu, not knowing what to say.

  Oni's hand brushed against my clothes and he said calmly, "I just had a stomachache and went to the back of the tree to take care of it. You didn't run into any danger, did you?"

  "Your mom's... how didn't she die!" I was furious, and to think I had been so careless. With one push, I shoved Gui Ye Jia away, this guy had a broken leg, yet he agilely dodged out of the way, did a one-legged stance, as if nothing had happened.

  He bounced back behind the big rock, his landing was very light, it's a pity he didn't become a flying thief.

  At this time, Nie Kun arrived at the beach, simply tied up the boat and ran towards us. As soon as he saw us, he shouted loudly: "I'm exhausted! What are you guys doing? Why is there a volcano here? Where's your boat? Where's Xu Lai?"

  "What the hell is that smell, you guys really stink, did you fall into a toilet or something?!" Nie Kun hurriedly covered his nose, with a face full of disgust pointing at the blood and mud on me.

  I'm too lazy to deal with this unknown situation of the green gangster, and I'll run all the way to the speedboat with Gu Ye, untie the rope and escape from this small island.

  Nie Kun hastily ran over and jumped onto the boat, constantly asking questions with his mouth.

  I'm fed up, interrupting him: "Go back and I'll tell you slowly, all you need to know is that there was a lot of gold here, but it's gone now. There was a lighthouse here, but it's not here anymore. There was a secret base of the Japanese devils here, but it's not here anymore. Xu Lai used to be here, but he's gone too."

  Nie Kun was shocked and muttered to himself, his mind couldn't keep up with the turns, what's this about gold, what's this about a base?

  No matter what state Nie Kun was in, we had just paddled out a few strokes when suddenly, Ghost Night's face changed greatly, and he violently pressed our heads down into the kayak, shouting "Duck!" He himself sprang up at once.

  Bang! Bang!

  One bullet hit Ghosht's bulletproof vest, and another shot hit the inflatable boat.

  Inuyasha almost simultaneously with the arrival of the bullet, without any hesitation, quickly fired several shots back.

  Within twenty-four hours I've had too many unexpected experiences, quickly calming down, shouting at Nie Kun: "Block that hole, leave here quickly!"

  After that, Nie Kun, who was still in a state of shock, hastily took off his leather shoes and used his big toe to block the small hole pierced by the bullet. Together, we exerted all our strength to row towards Jinhua Island.

  Oni no Ya swiftly switched to a submachine gun for suppression, his marksmanship far surpassing mine. The attacker who had ambushed us never found an opening to counterattack again.

  At a critical moment, the kayak shot out like an arrow from a bowstring and sailed over 100 meters away in the blink of an eye.

  "Who did you guys provoke, even I almost lost my life!" As soon as they reached a safe area, Nie Kun burst out uncontrollably.

  "Hmph, how would I know? Go back and ask Old Third Shuai."

  "What is it with him again!" Niekun cursed continuously.

  Next, I roughly told him what had happened, downplaying the more absurd aspects, but just this was enough to make Nie Kun's jaw drop. He stared with wide eyes, muttering "Gold, gold, gold..."

  About Xu Lai's death, he didn't show too much sadness, nor did he ask many questions. Indeed, those who have been in the underworld for a long time, brotherly feelings are all fake. However, Nie Kun would occasionally steal glances at me and Gui Ye Jia, I secretly thought that this guy probably thinks Xu Lai was killed by our joint conspiracy. Measuring others with one's own yardstick, if I told him the truth, he would instead think I'm deceiving him.

  Three people worked together and slid much faster. It's estimated that it will take at most twenty minutes to return to the long-awaited Golden China Wheel.

  I took off the tape from my body, which was heavily contaminated with blood and mud. The shell was also damaged, I didn't know if it could still play normally. There was also that little Japanese notebook, as well as the documents inside, after confirming everything was there, I carefully put them away again. I had a feeling that things on this small island were not resolved yet, and many mysteries remained unsolved.

  "How is Cai Lingyu?" I asked Nie Kun.

  "Haha, thinking of the girls~ Don't worry, Jin Hua's wheel hasn't exploded, she can't run away!" Nie Kun pointed at Jin Hua's wheel and suddenly let out a soft "hmm", his face stiffening.

  In the distance, a black silhouette rapidly drove towards where Jinhua was parked.

  "It's a ship!" I exclaimed.

  "We've been found out, we're saved!" Nie Kun reacted.

  Oni no Ya stopped rowing and said in a low voice, "Don't be too happy, who sails at midnight without turning on the lights?"

  When he said that, I felt a sudden jolt in my heart. There's something wrong with this boat. We unanimously decided to temporarily stop rowing and observe the situation from afar before making our next move.

  A few minutes later, the ship was getting closer and closer. Under the light brought by the volcanic eruption, I gradually saw the appearance of this ship, which was a cargo ship.

  "Hurry back to the island!" I urged hastily.

  Nie Kun was unclear and asked: "Is there a problem with this boat?"

  "Open your eyes and take a look, isn't this boat very familiar?" I ignored him, picked up the oar and started rowing in the opposite direction.

  Nie Kun furrowed his brow and stared for a few seconds, suddenly inhaling a mouthful of cold air, exclaiming: "It's that cargo ship that received the gold for Xie Lao San!"

  "How did it find the Kinwa Wheel?" Oniyasha wondered.

  I also have this question, is there a signal being sent out from the Kinwa wheel? Weren't all communication devices destroyed by Koinoketsu?

  No matter what, the three of us were in a small rubber dinghy. If the other side came over, even if it was just one of them, they could easily crush us and we would have no way to fight back. In terms of speed, our paddling couldn't keep up with their motorized boat, so it's impossible for us to reach Jinhua Whirlpool before them.

  The only way is to quickly retreat to a small island to hide.

  Ten minutes later, a black cargo ship docked alongside the Jinhua Ferry. When I turned my head to look, two ships had already set up wooden planks. More than ten dark shadows rushed into the Jinhua Ferry like flying and then disappeared on the deck.

  "I hope nothing happens to Lao Taiping." I had a bad feeling about this.

  "Don't worry, Corpse Old Man is older than the three of us combined, he's encountered all sorts of dangers and has plenty of ways to escape." Oni no Yaiba had great confidence in Corpse Old Man's abilities.

  The three of us arrived at a secluded beach, hid the kayak and sneaked into the dense forest to secretly observe the movements on the Jin Hua ship.

  At the same time, we also have to be careful of snipers from somewhere. The island peak named Er Nai Feng by Xu Lai has been completely covered with magma, only where we are is slightly better.

  Neither of us made a sound, staring at each other in tension.

  Half an hour later, a dozen or so figures suddenly appeared on the deck, each carrying two wooden bucket-like objects, and quickly ran back to the cargo ship.

  I'm in trouble, the wooden barrel contains highly confidential documents of the National Government. I'm done for, my captain rank is gone, and I won't be able to get promoted again. I don't know how Tian Wenliang will deal with me after we go to Taiwan.

  The wooden board was pulled away, almost without any pause in time. The cargo ship sped eastward at full speed, and we watched it leave our sight completely, disappearing into the darkness.

  We held on for another half hour, and only when we were certain that the cargo ship had no intention of coming back did we finally let out a long sigh of relief.

  What I'm most worried about is that they'll also drive away the Jinhua Group, and then we'll really have no place to stand.

  "Go back." Kiyotsune said in a low voice.

  I nodded and carefully carried the kayak back to the water's edge.

  All along we paddled in silence, with an uncontrollable surge of unease emerging from our hearts.

  At last, after twenty minutes, we returned to the long-awaited Jinhua Wheel.

  Along the rusty vertical ladder, the three of us climbed onto the ship one after another. As soon as we stepped onto the deck, a strong smell of blood hit our noses. My face didn't look good, and I exchanged glances with each other, then there was a click, and the guns were cocked.

  A sweep of the deck revealed nothing out of the ordinary. I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and made my way cautiously down to the cabin stairs, with Kiyotsugu bringing up the rear, still nursing his injury.

  "What's this?" I saw dozens of sailors' corpses with their hands and feet bound, heads down, kneeling in two rows in the corridor.

  Blood had accumulated half a centimeter thick and flowed all the way down to our feet.

  "Grass, even our own people are killed, it's too cruel!" Nie Kun pulled up a sailor's hair, this person's eyes were dull and expressionless, with a horizontal cut on his neck. Nie Kun used a bit of force, and instantly a stream of blood shot out from his neck and splashed onto his face, he shouted "bad luck".

  "These sailors who were killed are from the same batch we caught." said Kiyotsune calmly.

  Next, the three of us quickly searched the cabin again and found several sailors' corpses who had attempted to escape and were shot dead in the corner. After counting the number, we found that except for Ryūsuke Sakai and Ling Yu Cai, everyone else was present. Strangely, Sherlock and Xie Lao San also disappeared together.

  It's clear that these people were taken away by the cargo ship, and I don't know what will happen to Cai Lingyu and the others. Fortunately, the passengers on the Jinhua ship are still locked in the dining room and have not been cleared out.

  "Where did Lao Taijian go?" I became puzzled and searched all over the Jin Hua ship, but couldn't even see his shadow. Had he also been taken away?