MTL - Deep Sea Embers-Chapter 35 calm and normal

The sea calmed down.

Alice saw the tentacles fall on the deck, and some kind of flesh and blood debris with powerful power also fell at the captain's feet, and the vitality quickly disappeared from these flesh and blood, and at the same time, the surrounding of the Lost Homes. Some kind of behemoth entrenched under the sea of ​​​​the sea also began to dive at an accelerated rate-with a tentacle as a "price", it quickly left the sea area where the Lost Home was located, and it even seemed to be in a panic. flee.

In the process of this huge shadow diving back into the deep sea, the sea returned to calm at an astonishing speed, and the dark cloud in the sky like a deep black color also completely dissipated.

...that might not be a cloud at all.

Alice looked up at the sky, she still remembered the appearance of the cloud before, she recalled the outline of the cloud when it dissipated, and finally vaguely corresponded to the shadow under the water around the ship before.

The thick cloud in the sky seemed to be a shadow, a shadow cast in the sky by some giant creature in the sea.

The sound of crackling flames came from the edge of the deck, interrupting Alice's distraction. She hurriedly looked in the direction of the captain, only to see that the captain had returned to his usual appearance. This tall man had a smile on his face. With a happy smile, he had noticed Alice standing not far away, so he waved to the puppet lady.

Seeing Alice walking in front of him, Duncan kicked the big fish on the deck, and his tone rose slightly: "Look, I caught a big fish!"

"Big...big fish?" Alice's expression was a little dull. She looked at the mass of things at Duncan's feet. The posture is staring at the sky, and the sharp fangs and sharp teeth are glowing with a metallic cold light between the eyeballs.

With Duncan's kick, half of the eyes on the broken tentacle blinked suddenly, but then all closed.

"Yeah, Big Fish," said Duncan cheerfully. "Look, it's a waste of my life to get this thing up."

Even though it was just a doll, Alice still felt as if a "muscle" trembled in the corner of her eyes at this moment. She opened her mouth to speak, but she didn't know where to start to correct the topic.

She looked at the "fish" at Duncan's feet.

A large, ugly fish lay there—dark in color, with a pitted skin, a strange grayish-white pattern near its fins, bone spurs extending from its head, and a pair of lifeless fish eyes meeting her gaze.

There are also many "small fish" scattered around the deck.

Alice suddenly lost all expressions and words. She stared at the scene in front of her with wide eyes, at the "fish" lying on the deck, and at these things that were not "fish" a second ago.

Miss Doll, who lacks life experience, still doesn't understand what "doubting life" means, but at this moment, she does suddenly have doubts about everything, she even wonders if she is "dreaming" - that tentacle, Where did those flesh and blood fragments go?

Perhaps her momentary sluggishness was too obvious. Duncan immediately noticed Alice's abnormality. He raised his eyebrows and looked at the doll: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

"I..." Alice opened her mouth, but just when she was about to correct something, the rules that Goathead had told her before suddenly appeared in her mind.

On the Homeless, Captain Duncan is the absolute authority, and his words are absolute "facts" - if the real world goes against Captain Duncan's words, then the captain's judgment prevails.

"No problem!" Alice reacted suddenly and said quickly, and then, as if to hide the overly tense part of her tone, she quickly changed the subject, "By the way, Captain, the storm just now was really scary... …”

"Storm? You mean that wave?" Duncan looked at Miss Doll in confusion, "That wave is indeed not small, but it's far from a storm... But also, you haven't seen any real storms. ."

Alice: "...you're right."

Captain Duncan called the storm that covered almost the entire sea a "wave", so it was a wave, and Captain Duncan thought the things he caught on the boat were "fish", and those things were fish.

"...I think you're a little nervous, are you really okay?" Duncan still sensed something was wrong in Alice's tone, he looked at his "crew No. 1" with some concern, "Is it seasick? Seasick?"

"I'm fine, it's just that the boat shook a little bit..." Alice looked at the concerned captain in front of her, but she didn't know whether to feel more at ease or more fearful, so she could only change the subject bluntly, "By the way. , you caught these... 'fish', what are you planning to do?"

"Why don't you ask?" Duncan suddenly laughed, "Of course it's eating!"

Alice's expression instantly froze: "...Eat?"

"Otherwise? Didn't you find that the ingredients on the Lost Homes were too monotonous?" Duncan was clearly in a good mood, "I plan to disassemble the big one, stew some of them and roast some of them, and use the smaller ones for the rest. Salted to make dried fish…”

He happily talked about his next plan, but although he was very confident, he was actually not sure whether he would succeed or not - his cooking skills were only average, and he had no experience in handling such huge sea fish, and The method of making dried fish only has a little theoretical knowledge and no practical experience at all.

But how do you know if you don't try?

The only problem...is don't eat it and break your stomach.

Duncan still retained some rationality in the joy of the great harvest. He cautiously looked at the big fish at his feet, guessing whether this gift from nature would be poisonous.

The safest way is to find a hapless one to try it first.

He first thought of the goat head in the captain's room, then instantly ruled out this option, and then glanced at the cursed puppet on the opposite side - this puppet was also not feasible.

Alice has no stomach at all.

Finally, he looked at the pigeon on his shoulder.

The pigeon also tilted its head to look at him.

Ai Yin doesn't look like a normal creature, but if you have to find a living creature with flesh and blood on the boat, it seems that there is only this pigeon left...

Moments later, Duncan left the deck with his "harvest"—lunch time was approaching, and he couldn't wait to improve the meals aboard the Lost Country.

Alice stayed in place for a while, then came to the door of the captain's room.

She didn't intend to come to Goat's Head. Since the last time she saw the "first mate"'s nagging ability, she even had a deep sense of awe for the entire captain's room.

Whenever possible, she didn't want to take the initiative to step into the door of the captain's room.

But what happened today was so weird that she felt it was necessary to consult with the experienced Mr. Goathead to see if this was a normal phenomenon on the Lost Homes.

She didn't violate the crew rules, just inquired about the situation, she shouldn't be taboo.

After hesitating for more than ten seconds, Alice finally gathered up her courage and pushed open the door of the captain's room.

The next second, she was horrified to see that the goat's head had already turned in the direction of the door and was staring at it - it seemed to be waiting for her to come.

"What's going on out there?" Goathead said in a rare and succinct manner.

Alice noticed something wrong from the other party's abnormal performance. She quickly closed the door behind her back, came to the sailing table, and told the other party everything she saw.

And after her voice fell, the goat head fell into an extremely abnormal silence - for a minute, it did not say a word.

Mu Duo's sheep's head couldn't make an expression, but Alice could clearly feel... things seemed to be beyond the judgment of the "first officer".

Alice became nervous all of a sudden, and she leaned forward subconsciously: "Isn't this something that happens normally on the Homeless? Could it be that the captain really..."

"Everything is normal on the Lost Country," Goathead finally woke up from the silence, and it answered quickly, interrupting Alice's words as if to plug some kind of loophole for the first time, "Listen, everything is lost on the Homeless. Normal, always normal, great Captain Duncan as always!"

"Then... I'm just looking at your reaction..."

"It's a little bit beyond my expectations - but it's because of my lack of imagination and cognition," Goat Head's words quickly flowed, it seemed to be returning to its usual state a little bit from its surprise, and then, Its mood was clearly starting to run high, and even the tone became heated and excited. "Yes, the great Captain Duncan - he should be greater and stronger! There is nothing abnormal, Miss Alice, listen, Homeless. Business as usual! Let the captain do what he thinks is right and stop talking about this topic...you just need to remember this fact from today:

"The Lost Country kitchen has fish, and fish is a delicious ingredient."