Chapter 73 73: Undercurrent
Midnight.
After a tiring day, most of the sailors have fallen asleep.
Even if we are returning home, the daily workload is not light.
In addition, there are only a few entertainment activities on fishing boats, and the Internet charges are exorbitantly expensive, so it is better to go to bed early.
But Old John couldn't sleep and was tossing and turning in bed.
The rest room is small to begin with, and his tossing and turning will definitely disturb others. Since he can't sleep anyway, he might as well go for a walk.
After saying hello to the cabin crew on duty, he walked to the deck, intent on seeing the strange fish he caught today.
I heard from the captain that even the experts didn’t recognize such an abstract fish, and the boss even gave a death order to send the fish back safely, and then everyone on the boat would be rewarded.
Such a solemn warning made the captain quickly arrange for two people to take turns to watch and add water every once in a while, hoping that the fish could survive the last two days of the voyage and not die.
It will be cloudy tonight, obscuring the stars and moon.
The lights on the fishing boats cannot illuminate the gloomy blind spots. They are either so bright that it is dazzling, or they are so dark that you cannot see the five fingers.
But this is not a problem for old John who is familiar with the world.
With his eyes closed, he can find the direction.
Walking to a deck cabin specially arranged for the release of strange fish, Old John looked around and found no one.
"Peter, where did you go fishing again?"
He called out, but no one responded.
"Did you go to the toilet? Hmm, why is the door not closed?"
He could see that a crack was exposed in the cabin, and it was dark inside, but vaguely, under the waves, There seemed to be some vague movement in the noise.
Old John suddenly understood. It seemed that he was putting water on the fish inside.
"Peter, can you see clearly without turning on the light?"
As he said that, he pushed the door open and walked in. He found the switch based on his memory and turned it on.
The cabin is not big, with a bucket in the middle and some debris around it, but there is no one there.
The lid of the bucket also fell to the ground. The so-called movement was just the sound of the ship shaking and the water in the bucket splashing onto the floor.
Old John carefully approached the bucket and slowly looked over.
You can see the bottom at a glance.
No fish.
The strange fish is missing!
Old John was so distressed that he didn’t feel sorry for the money, but after all, he had half of the credit for the fish, and he hadn’t even had time to take a photo with it!
After all, he was indeed fishing at that time, and the fish did come out of the sea. If you package it with this description, wouldn’t people outside think that the fish was caught by himself?
Heartbroken!
No, he wants to find out who stole the fish!
Old John was also a character who had watched several "Detective Hannibal" movies back then, and he quickly found clues from the water stains spreading on the floor.
Picking up a mop as a weapon, he quietly followed the water stains out of the door and walked towards the corner.
The lights in this location were blocked and very dim. Old John took out the mini flashlight he carried with him, turned it on, and continued to follow the water traces.
Soon, he heard what seemed to be movement in front of him.
Old John held his breath and quickened his pace.
But the people in front seemed to hear his footsteps and quickened their pace.
Old John didn’t care so much and just started running.
There was a thump, like something heavy falling on the deck.
As soon as Old John looked over, he saw Peter lying on the ground and the strange fish.
“Peter?”
Old John asked tentatively, he was more inclined to think that this guy was pretending to be faint. "Hey, stealing this fish is a very serious problem. I will report it to the captain."
Peter, who fell to the ground, did not respond.
And the strange fish also behaved unexpectedly docilely, just lying there, its eyes seeming to be staring at Old John.
No, it's staring behind me!
Old John heard a heavy breathing in his ears, rising and falling with the waves.
Under a cold sweat, Old John was about to run away when suddenly he felt a sharp blow to the back of his head. He immediately lost consciousness and fell prone on the deck.
The creature that attacked him was a one-eyed monster that looked like an alien.
The strange fish opens and closes its mouth, as if it is speaking some silent language.
The one-eyed alien silently walked to Peter and picked him up.
It can be seen that Peter's entire face and brain have disappeared, as if they were eaten alive by something.
Gulu.
Peter's body was forcefully swallowed by the alien's wide mouth.
The strange fish's mouth kept opening and closing, and slowly, it spat out a weird, twisted thing that was as black as ink.
As this thing was separated from the body, the body structure of the strange fish quickly collapsed and shrank, and in less than ten seconds, it became a dried fish.
The one-eyed alien picked up the black ball with both hands and slowly put it into his mouth.
Guka Roar.
Accompanied by waves of indescribable sounds and body changes, the one-eyed alien eyes seemed to have a little more wisdom.
Its long tail and abdomen squirmed, and an "egg" the size of a football was born and attached to the ground.
The one-eyed alien spit out a mouthful of black saliva towards the egg. Within a moment, the saliva was absorbed by the egg, and then, as the eggshell trembled, the contents inside broke out.
It was a monster that seemed to be a mixture of crab, spider, and scorpion genes. Its body was larger than a human head.
As if driven by instinct, the insect groped for the head of the unconscious old John, fixed his neck with its tail, forced the other person to subconsciously open his mouth, and then inserted an organ from his mouth, accompanied by the old man With a roll of John's throat, something entered him.
After the injection was completed, the bug fell aside as if it had lost its vitality.
Throwing the insect's body into the sea, the one-eyed alien followed the darkness, quietly groped its way into the cabin, and lurked quietly.
More than an hour later, Old John slowly woke up from his coma.
He gently touched the back of his head and felt a bloody scab, which made him throb in pain.
Peter and the strange fish that were still lying in front of us disappeared.
He had a guess in his heart.
Peter teamed up with someone to steal fish, but was broken up by himself, so the two separated. Peter pretended to be unconscious in front to attract his attention, while the other person went around behind him and gave him a hard blow.
At the same time, I am also fortunate that this is the high seas. If I die and throw myself into the sea, I will really die without evidence.
“Is this a warning to me not to tell others?”
“But now if I don’t say anything, I will become the number one suspect. It would be worse if Peter bites me back, no, I still have to Report it to the captain quickly.”
Clutching the wound on the back of his head, a somewhat dizzy old John staggered back to the cabin and applied for an emergency report to the captain.
Fortunately, Peter didn't frame him first, so Old John relaxed a little, but his chest felt very tight, I don't know if it was some sequelae.
The captain who was awakened paid great attention to the report and immediately launched an investigation. Sure enough, he found that the strange fish was missing, and Peter himself had also disappeared.
So the whole ship began to search.
The search continued until dawn, but no trace of Peter could be found.
Now there is no evidence, and Old John’s confession does not seem so true.
And inexplicably, a few sailors were attacked by someone unknown, and they were found in a coma, which made people panic all of a sudden.
In the end, the captain used his prestige to appease everyone. Anyway, there is still one day left before the city of Mai. When they reach land, he believes that there will be a way to find out the truth.
(End of this chapter)