The First Volume: The Hollow Spirit Chapter 49: Smoke and Dark Silhouettes

  On many foreign ships, there are Chinese crew members who do the dirtiest and most tiring jobs. This is not because Chinese people can endure hardship, but because Chinese crew members are cheap. They receive low wages, and if they don't listen, they will be fired immediately, and ten more will come to replace them. If an accident occurs during navigation and a Chinese crew member dies or gets injured, the compensation required is also the lowest.

  According to the rules, Chinese crew members are not allowed to enter foreign crew members' cabins casually, let alone the captain's cabin. If something really happens, there will be other foreign crew members accompanying them. It seems that in the eyes of many foreigners, Chinese people are a group of thugs and thieves. Foreigners have never seriously thought about their own mistakes and crimes.

  Wang Ya Zu turned around, the gun already in his hand, and loudly said a French word: "Départ." The Chinese sailor turned around, looked at Wang Ya Zu, and curiously asked in Shanghainese-accented Mandarin: "Is there something, sir?"

  "Seriously, a Chinese working on a French ship should at least understand the most critical commands even if he can't speak French. Not knowing the word for 'set sail' is unbelievable. Whether you're an assassin or a spy, you're unqualified. If you want to live, raise your hands obediently and don't move. At this distance, I'm confident I can blow your brains out with one shot."

  Wang Yaowu's gun was pointed at the opponent's head, and the best way to deal with a desperate killer was to shoot him in the head. This was the best solution. Otherwise, even if he was shot elsewhere, the opponent would still have time to detonate the explosives on his body, and they would both perish together.

  "Sir, this is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. I'm new here, I don't understand French. Sir, have mercy on me, I have a wife and children to support at home, if I die, my whole family will starve to death. If you don't believe me, you can ask the captain, they've all seen my wife and children." The sailor seemed to be scared out of his wits, constantly begging Wang Yaowu to believe him, asking Wang Yaowu not to kill him.

  "It's better to wrongly kill a thousand than to let one go. If I mistakenly killed you, then sorry, I'll find a way to compensate your family with a large sum of money, enough for your wife and children to live a good life, at least have enough food to eat." As he listened to his compatriot's plea, Wang Yaowu not only didn't intend to put away his gun, but also cocked the hammer with his thumb, making it possible to shoot even faster.

  "You bunch of Chinese, you are always so cruel to your own kind. In my first year in China, I only needed to find a so-called matchmaker and spend some money to marry a Chinese woman as my wife. She didn't ask me what I did or investigate my true identity. But what I didn't expect was that after successfully completing seven missions, I would be discovered by you today, a Chinese person. However, don't worry, most of your Chinese people are just a bunch of pigs, and you're just a smart dog. All Chinese will eventually be trampled underfoot by our great Yamato nation."

  Wang Yaowu was about to kill someone, under such strong pressure, the other party suddenly exposed their identity and said a lot of nonsense to provoke Wang Yaowu. Unfortunately, Wang Yaowu's reaction was just a cold laugh.

  "Do you want to enrage me? It seems like you're already ready. Actually, if you had just persisted for a little while longer, I would have put my gun away. Although I've killed many people, I don't like killing indiscriminately - that's my contradiction. Unfortunately, you're too confident, confident enough to think you can kill me. So let's see whose hand is faster!"

  Just as Wang Yaowu finished speaking, the Japanese killer moved. In an instant, he lowered his head and dodged Wang Yaowu's first shot. As he leaned against the right side of the ship, he casually threw out three black shadows. Wang Yaowu couldn't see what they were, but he knew he had to dodge. However, in the moment he dodged, the Japanese killer threw something else, and the passageway was instantly filled with smoke.

  Four shots, Wang Ya Zu didn't care where the enemy was, he fired four shots at a smoky area, the gunshots were meant to remind Anthony. According to Wang Ya Zu's understanding of Anthony, upon hearing the gunshots, Anthony's first reaction would be to close the door, find something to block the bullets, draw his gun and hide in the cabin, waiting for rescue from outside.

  Two dark shadows fell to the ground, and Wang Ya Zu took a glance at them with the faint light. The shape of the shadows seemed like a cross. After the previous battle, Wang Ya Zu immediately thought of the Japanese ninja's cross-shaped dart. It seemed that the Japanese ninja's killing hand was not over yet, and this one was the final killer. However, unfortunately, they encountered Wang Ya Zu, who was very confident, believing that he was the nemesis of Japanese spies arranged by heaven itself.

  He fired two more shots, as a large black shadow flew over, but it was just a piece of clothing. Wang Yaowu's Browning pistol had no bullets left, only seven rounds. The ninja killer wouldn't have brought a gun on board, the target was too big. Shuriken and smoke bombs were barely possible, the opponent wanted to consume Wang Yaowu's bullets from the start, which Wang Yaowu also knew very well.

  Without firing all the bullets of Browning pistol, in such a dark and smoky place, how could the killer face him directly? The noise on the deck was too much. Wang Ya Zu thought from the beginning that it would be difficult for people upstairs to hear the gunshot, and if they couldn't hear the gunshot, they wouldn't be able to come and support. But as long as Anthony heard it, he would be prepared. Wang Ya Zu was worried that the killer would ignore him and go straight to kill Anthony under the protection of smoke. If Anthony died, not only would Wang Ya Zu's previous investment be in vain, but the French concession consulate would also push all the responsibility onto his body.

  The true dark shadow finally appeared, Wang Yaowu pulled out another shotgun from his back, but the gun was just raised and was shot flying. Wang Yaowu didn't even have a chance to fire a single shot. In the darkness, something that was still a black shadow stabbed towards Wang Yaowu's neck, but not everything was dark, there was a small reflection.

  Japanese ninjas use shuriken, while Wang Yaoyu uses a dagger. Wang Yaoyu still wears a Zhongshan suit in this weather, and the advantage of wearing a Zhongshan suit is that the sleeves are wider and longer. A dagger can be hidden in the left sleeve, a dagger that can save lives at critical moments. Although it's a bit unnecessary to do so normally, and it's also very dangerous, when it comes to the crucial moment, it can indeed be used to save lives.

  The ninja's shuriken hadn't even scratched Wang Yaowu's neck when Wang Yaowu's dagger pierced the opponent's heart. With a wounded heart, the assassin had no strength left in his body. Wang Yaowu's empty right hand didn't grab the sharp blade of the approaching right hand, but instead crossed over to grasp the opponent's left hand, and the opportunity for mutual destruction was also blocked by Wang Yaowu.

  The smoke dispersed, Wang Yaowu put the corpse aside and couldn't find a flashlight so he temporarily didn't bother to care about it. He barely picked up two guns from the ground and after putting them away, Wang Yaowu arrived at the door of Anthony's cabin. Leaning against the wall, he quickly knocked three times on the door. The response was three gunshots, with all the bullets hitting the cabin door. Wang Yaowu was tired and sat down on the ground, leaning against the wall.

  "Antony, take care of him, he should be the last killer. If there are more killers coming, I have no way to deal with them, we can just die together on the boat. Or die on the boat on your way to France, go see your God. Anyway, as a Chinese saying goes: 'If it's not good fortune, then it's bad luck that can't be avoided!' You won't want to stay in the cabin all the time, will you? If so, I've already thought of three ways to kill you inside the cabin."

  Wang Yaozu suddenly wanted to smoke at this time, he didn't know how to smoke, but now he thought of the people in the stock, the relaxed look when smoking, it seemed that smoking could make him forget many things. Unfortunately, Wang Yaozu didn't have any cigarettes on him either, so he could only sit on the ground panting, relying on meditation to recover his spirit and energy.

  "King, although you've saved me several times, sometimes I really dislike your tone of speaking. But what makes me even angrier is that the group of people on the deck are they deaf? So many gunshots and still no one has come down, I'm starting to suspect that even the captain has been bought off by the Japanese. King, do you have the strength to go with me up to the deck and see which ones are Japanese spies or assassins?"

  He had already boarded the ship, and there was no turning back. Wang Ya Zu nodded, stood up immediately, and patted the dust off his buttocks. If even the captain had been bought out, then the people on deck would also be doomed. He and Anthony wanted to survive, so they must kill all the assassins. Only this way could they leave the ship alive.

  Smoke and Silence Volume 1: Empty Spirit Chapter 49: Smoke and Shadows