It was 2:45 AM, on the outskirts of the City of Queens.

A light drizzle fell, and a thin mist rose. The three or two streetlights in this relatively remote private port tried hard to illuminate the surroundings, but their light only extended a few meters before being completely swallowed by the dark sea.

“Whoosh—!”

Accompanied by a long blast of the foghorn, a ferry, entirely black with white streamlined stripes on its side, broke through the dense fog like a joyful tiger whale leaping out of the sea, entering the illuminated area.

A red-haired woman in a black dress stood on the deck at the bow of the ferry, gazing towards the port.

As the ship slowly approached the port and docked, footsteps sounded behind her. Immediately after, a Black woman, taller and more robust than an average man, approached her with two wine glasses.

“I remember the boss telling me your name is... Jessie Woolley, right? Want a drink?”

The red-haired woman glanced at the wine offered by the Black woman, but did not take it, nor did she speak.

Stupid human... As a bodyguard, shouldn’t you always stay sober?

Why drink?

“I know what you’re thinking, sweetie, but don’t be so rigid, okay?” The Black woman laughed awkwardly. “Who knows how long our guest will play before meeting the boss. We might have to work together for a long time! Don’t you feel uncomfortable with the atmosphere always being so cold?”

Seeing that the red-haired woman still wasn’t speaking, she added, “Oh, by the way, do you like rabbits very much?”

This time, the red-haired woman finally reacted, but her reaction seemed a little too intense.

“What exactly do you want to say?”

As she spoke, her expression darkened, and a rusty fire axe quietly appeared in her hand. Faint blue flames, as if real, danced on the axe blade.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa!” The Black woman took two steps back, spreading her hands. “Don’t get agitated. I didn’t mean to offend you. It’s just that my childhood neighbor raised a type of rabbit, and that breed of rabbit was called Jessie Woolley.”

“I guess you might have liked that type of rabbit, which is why you thought of this name.”

She knew this couldn’t be the red-haired woman’s real name, but rather a temporary one.

Before departure, Constantine’s deputy, who was also the Black woman and the boss of the Mafia members on the ship, had told them that the red-haired woman who would be accompanying them tonight was a urban legend of unknown power.

And these Psychic, who often dealt with urban ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) legend, knew that, normally, these urban legend who interacted with gangs, as per custom, would not use their real names.

This was largely due to the rampant demonic urban legend within M Country.

Exposing one’s real name meant exposing a fatal weakness to others.

“...”

The red-haired woman silently observed the Black woman for a few seconds, then quietly put away the fire axe, took the wine glass from her hand, brought it to her lips, and symbolically took a small sip.

“Hey, good evening everyone! Are you the friends from above who are here to pick me up?”

She had just put down the wine glass when she heard a light shout from a distance.

Following the sound, she saw a man, dressed in a deerskin velvet coat, wearing a large gold chain, and sporting sunglasses in the middle of the night, appear at the port at some point. From his attire to his demeanor, he exuded an exaggerated air.

The next moment, the sound of wind suddenly appeared, and the man leaped from the port, landing lightly on the deck. He looked around, and his gaze quickly locked onto the charming red-haired woman. Then, he took a few steps forward, wrapped an arm around her slender waist, snatched the wine glass from her hand, shook it twice, brought the glass to his lips, and, pressing it against the spot where her lip print was, he drank the rest of the wine in one gulp.

Putting down the wine glass, under the red-haired woman’s disgusted gaze, the man took out a pair of small, exquisite gold earrings from the inner pocket of his coat and placed them in her hand. “Thanks for the hospitality. This is a welcome gift for you.”

After speaking, he swaggered into the cabin.

“Let’s go, everyone, we’re heading out to sea! Everyone come to the cabin later, there are small gifts for everyone!” The man’s light shout came from afar.

“Oh, right, where’s the cockpit? I heard this is a ship with a urban legend legend, modified with Alchemy? I’ve never seen anything like this before! I want to broaden my horizons.”

Miss Rabbit, “...”

She wondered if it was her imagination, but she always felt a familiar yet annoying aura from this guy.

Nanling Yaohua, “...”

Although it was agreed early on that the performance would be exaggerated, wasn't this a bit too much?

That was an indirect kiss!

Watching Lu Yibei’s actions towards the red-haired woman, she felt a little unhappy.

Although she had already done similar indirect kissing actions several times on the plane while Lu Yibei was sleeping...

Although she couldn't truly touch Lu Yibei’s lips...

How could she be happy seeing Lu Yibei being so “generous” to a stranger she had just met for the first time?

——

After finishing his role as Jin Chan Lang in front of the unknown reception staff and distributing the small gifts he had prepared earlier, Lu Yibei sat alone in the cabin, replied to Miao Miao Jiang’s message, and then wiped off some sweat.

For a shy, socially anxious young man like him, playing an exaggerated and high-profile person like Jin Chan Lang was indeed a bit tough.

However... the feeling of being admired after spending money was truly quite satisfying.

This was probably why some wealthy individuals were willing to spend a fortune while watching female streamers live-stream?

If you added the precondition of “not spending your own money,” it would be even more satisfying!

That Guardian adult shouldn’t mind the expense of buying small gifts for the reception staff, right?

Reporting the expenses at three times the purchase price shouldn’t be a big problem either, right? Compared to the procurement staff of certain indescribable departments, three times was already very restrained.

Moreover, starting with small favors, gradually eroding their minds, and ultimately achieving the goal of making the target “eat their short mouth, take their soft hand” – wasn’t that one of the common tricks used by that adult and his direct subordinates?

This small matter has been handled, so next... it’s time to try entering the cockpit and getting a feel for this ship that has been modified with Alchemy!

Lu Yibei thought expressionlessly, stood up, put on his coat, and was about to leave the cabin when he saw the red-haired woman, who had appeared at the cabin entrance at some point.

He subconsciously waved to the woman, “Hi! Hello...”

Before he could finish his sentence, the woman flashed in front of him, pushed him down, then pressed him onto the sofa, her nose touching his forehead, and sniffed vigorously.

After a brief recollection, the figures of the guest and the Disaster finally overlapped in Miss Rabbit’s mind. She felt it was very necessary to carefully confirm the “scent” of this guest before heading to Free City, otherwise she wouldn’t be at ease.

Lu Yibei, “???”

No way? I just casually flirted a bit and gave a small gift, and she’s already coming on to me? Is this the local custom of M Country?

Seeing the red-haired woman shamelessly throwing herself at him, Nanling Yaohua was instantly anxious. She quickly floated behind her, used all her strength, grabbed a corner of her dress, bent her torso into a bow shape, and pulled hard backward as if pulling a radish.

“Bang!” A muffled thud sounded.

The next second, the red-haired woman’s body flew backward, passing through Nanling Yaohua, and slammed heavily against the cabin wall. Her metal arm, which flew out with her, then seized her throat, pressing her firmly against the wall.

A sudden sense of suffocation swept over her. Miss Rabbit’s face turned pale, her scarlet eyes glared at the man not far away, and she clenched her fists.

She was restraining herself.

Restraining the urge to cleave this guy in front of her in half with an axe.

Getting up from the sofa, Lu Yibei “whooshed” as the hook of his Alchemy prosthesis retracted. After tidying his slightly disheveled clothes, he stretched his recently reset Alchemy prosthesis while eyeing the woman who was glaring fiercely at him, and pouted.

“Miss, please have some self-respect. I gave you a gift not because I intended to have that kind of relationship with you, but simply because I admire your beauty. Personally, I absolutely cannot accept a physical relationship without an emotional foundation. Please leave!”

Who ♦ wants to have a physical relationship with you? Don’t be so conceited, you bastard! Miss Rabbit thought furiously, supporting herself against the wall to stand up, rubbing her throbbing neck, tidying her dress, bowing slightly, and hastily left the cabin.

It was meaningless to conflict with this dear guest anymore. She had already carefully discerned that there was no aura of Disaster on this guest.

Watching the red-haired woman leave until she disappeared into the cabin, Lu Yibei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Just then, a small notebook with writing on it quietly appeared before him.

“You shouldn’t have given her a gift in the first place!”

“How was I supposed to know that the older sisters in M Country were so uninhibited!” Lu Yibei shrugged expressionlessly.

“Rustle, rustle!” Nanling Yaohua began writing furiously again.

“You shouldn’t have drunk from the wine glass with her lip print either!”

“Uh...” Lu Yibei’s eye twitched slightly. He lowered his voice and explained, “Wasn’t that to play Big Brother Yu Yinchuan more realistically? You haven’t seen it before? The senior gave it to me, a third of that guy’s monthly spending bill here was spent at the Angel Rose strip club...”

“People with that kind of habit definitely need to be a bit more unrestrained!”

“Besides, I only learned a little bit from Shui Ge, and you haven’t seen how terrifying he gets when he’s wild at the underground human club.”

How terrifying could it be? Nanling Yaohua tilted her head and picked up her pencil.

Just as she was about to write something, the foghorn, which had been silent for a moment, roared again.

“Whoosh—!”

And so, the tiger whale left the port and once again headed out to sea...

The sea journey from the City of Queens to Free City had begun.