Chapter 205: Beautiful Sea Hospital
The towline is reeled in, the fishing net is retrieved from the deep sea, the colorful fish pile up on the deck, swishing their tails, and then are sorted and thrown into different compartments.

Caesar squatted down and threw the caught sunfish back into the sea, then took the time to look at the rising and falling tide table on the boat.

He stood up and shouted towards the stern, "Wait a little longer! There is still half an hour before the current at the bottom of the low tide stops! Replace the bottom net and leave the coral area!"

The other fishermen looked at this leader in surprise, who was completely different from before.

He no longer stayed in the cab as before, but took the lead in commanding all important work.

His fishing experience is so rich that he doesn't look like a 24-year-old at all.

"Boss, you are so awesome today!"

The only person of the same age on the fishing boat came over in admiration and said, "Didn't you see Kim's expression? It was as if she had eaten a mouthful of rotten eggs. It was so funny!"

Caesar shook his head and patted the other man on the shoulder. "But he is really good at fishing."

He glanced at Kim, whose back was turned, and changed the subject, "Lend me your phone."

"Oh, oh!"

The young man took off his gloves and handed him the phone.

After taking it, Caesar walked around the boat to make sure that theirs was the only fishing boat in the nearby waters.

Then he entered the cockpit, squatted down, completely concealed himself under the steel plate, and entered the numbers one by one.

……

click!
There seemed to be some sound.

Caesar looked up and subconsciously wanted to drive the kamaitachi, but he suddenly realized that he had lost his spiritual power.

He did not stop moving, his slightly sturdy fingers rapidly pressing on the call interface.

"Damn it!" Caesar complained. For the first time, he felt that Norma was wasting her life by setting the number so long!
Just as he was about to dial...

A huge force suddenly hit his shoulder!

The phone fell off and slid away.

Caesar's pupils shrank, and he fell to the ground on his side, quickly looking behind him.

It's a black fish!
The same subspecies they killed last night!
It bared its sharp teeth, splashed on the waterless deck, and bit the phone that was still on the dialing interface.

Caesar stood up, picked up the long fishing tool next to him, held it with both hands, and swung it like a baseball.

The huge force went along the tool and numbed my wrist.

The black fish, without a foothold, was in a stalemate in the air!
Caesar roared, exerted force on his waist and abdomen, and after rotating his body half a circle, the black fish finally fell out!

But as soon as it landed, it rushed over again like a bullet and chewed the phone in half before Caesar could regain his strength!

[It's not directed at me.]

This thought flashed through my mind, but now is not the time to think about it in detail!
Caesar raised his hands and chopped from behind the black fish.

The hardwood material whistled in the air, but it could not leave any damage on the black scales, not even a scratch!
Tools that are not alchemical items immediately reveal their weak side!
The pain angered the black fish.

It opened its mouth and jumped into the air, its side fins sliding through the air as it bit directly into Caesar's face.

Caesar dodged sideways.

When the black fish bit again, he picked up the harpoon lying in the corner, waited for the right moment, and stabbed the longest metal thorn in the middle into the black fish's throat.

"hiss!!"

The black fish screamed in a distorted manner.

Caesar gritted his teeth, his arm muscles bulged, and under the cover of the roar of the engine, he roared and slammed the harpoon hard onto the deck!

Bright red blood flowed out of the black fish's mouth. It struggled for another three or four minutes before finally stopping.

Caesar took a breath.

He stood up and waited cautiously, but nothing happened after a long time.

"It seems that killing this fish is not the main condition for replacing the body."

Caesar pondered, gripping the wooden handle and grinding it downwards.

I felt a sensation on my palm like piercing cowhide, but the black fish remained motionless.

After making sure it was really dead, Caesar began to look for where the other party came from.

The cockpit was not big, and he easily found a palm-sized hole under the side iron sheet.

The borders are jagged, obviously bitten open.

Caesar opened the door and walked outside. The entrance faced the pile of fish on the deck that had not yet been sorted.

[Was it caught by chance? ]

Caesar was ready to try again.

But before he could ask to borrow the phone again, a panicked shout interrupted his thoughts!

"Oh my god! Look what are these?!"

Caesar frowned, strode to the side of the ship, and looked down -

In the sea around the fishing boat, large and dense black shadows were seen swimming under the blue sky, just like a group of insects under the shade of trees in summer.

Caesar felt a shadow in his heart.

"So many fish!" Someone happily used a net to catch them.

Caesar's eyebrows jumped and he yelled at him: "Stop!"

But the man pulling the net just looked at him with contempt, exerted force with his arms, and pulled the net onto the boat.

The agile monster left the water.

In the net bag, the black fish scales sparkled colorfully in the sunlight.

"Damn it!"

Caesar was too far away from him to stop him, so he could only rush towards him and yell angrily: "Throw it back if you don't want to die!!"

But it's too late!
The sharp teeth bite through the net ropes!

Its agile tail flapped on the deck and then jumped quickly towards the heads of the people around it.

"WTF?"

Someone tried to block it with his arm, but a big hole was bitten in his flesh in an instant, and the bone was swallowed into the stomach with a snap, leaving only flesh on one side connecting to the arm.

The bloody scene caused screams.

A black fish took the opportunity to get into his mouth!
The fisherman covered his stomach, his white vest gradually turned red, his chest heaved like mountains, his ribs broke with crackling sounds, and his skin was pushed out by the black fish.

The white bones look just like blooming flowers!

Everyone was shocked!

After a brief silence, screams echoed throughout the fishing boat, even drowning out the sound of the engine.

"Get out of the way!"

Caesar strode forward, pulled back all the people blocking his way, and used a harpoon to slam the black fish into the sea when they jumped up.

"Kim! Start the boat! Go back to shore!"

He raised his head and shouted loudly.

Kim, who was standing there in a daze, suddenly came to his senses and ran towards the cockpit with a pale face.

A man lying on the ground rolled over and screamed, a big bump appeared on his back. The black fish covered in blood plasma jumped out again, bit a big hole in another man's face, and half of its body was buried in his skull.

Caesar gritted his teeth.

"Throw down... those people who have been penetrated by black fish!"

"Wait...wait a minute!"

The young man of the same age was kneeling on the ground, holding his stomach. Hearing this, he looked up in horror, "Boss! I can still be saved! I can still be saved... You can't do this to me! This is against the law!"

"...I'm sorry." Caesar lowered his eyes and looked at him seriously, "This is all my fault."

The young man's eyes suddenly became dead silent.

His eyes bulged outwards due to the pain, and he cursed loudly with resentment: "Bitch! You must die miserably!"

Caesar did not object.

He just pursed his lips and shouted to the hesitant fishermen around him: "Hurry up! I will take full responsibility for any police investigation!"

After hearing this, the hesitant fisherman nearby finally made up his mind.

puff~
puff~
The white waves are filled with blood-red.

With the sound of bodies falling into the water, after seven bodies were left behind, the black fish on the deck were finally cleared away one after another.

But before Caesar could breathe a sigh of relief, an obscure metallic twisting sound suddenly came from the fishing boat under his feet.

"Oh no!"

Another fisherman shouted.

He held the railing and lowered his head, his eyes full of confusion and fear, as if he had seen an incomprehensible scene.

"They... are eating fishing boats?!"

Caesar's face changed and he rushed to the side of the ship to look.

I saw strange black fish biting the metal plate at the bottom of the boat, densely packed like disgusting barnacles! There were also large black shadows trying to rush over here!
"Fishing net! Give me the fishing net!" he roared around.

The fishermen who were at a loss nearby immediately gained confidence and tremblingly handed over the net at the stern of the boat.

Caesar grabbed it, quickly tied heavy objects to the four corners, and spread it flat on the side of the boat.

The net bag sank the strange fish below it - no matter how strong their bite force was, their bodies were too light in the water and would still be restrained and pulled down by the laws of physics. The fishermen nearby followed suit immediately.

The fishing boat took advantage of the opportunity when the strange fishes struggled to break free and sailed at full speed to distance themselves from them.

Caesar then ordered the others to pick up tools and poke all the strange fish that were biting the boat off the boat.

The sound of metal twisting and monster roaring mixed together, and black waves were surging on the sea surface.

But there were too many black fish, and they were so strong that they might even bite the tools off.

The black edge continued to spread upwards.

The fishing boat began to shake, the draft on the left side increased, and it looked like it was about to capsize.

I could faintly hear someone crying.

"Don't stop! Poke them in the side!"

Caesar's eyes widened as he looked at the others with a scorching gaze.

suddenly!

It was as if we had crossed an invisible boundary.

These monsters suddenly opened their mouths and dived into the deep sea.

……

By the time they had gotten rid of all the black fish, the fishing boat under their feet was already full of holes and had been bitten to pieces.

Fortunately, the hull did not suffer irreparable damage.

Caesar wiped the blood off his face and strode to the bow to look out.

The surroundings returned to calm once again, as if the experience just now was just an illusion.

Amid the cheers of everyone who had survived the disaster, a tall statue standing at the port came into view...

##
The bathroom in Adam's home.

Chu Zihang exposed his upper body, turned his back to the mirror and observed the location of the wound.

It was located on the lower right side of the back, about 15 centimeters long, the crack was one finger wide, and there was a large area of ​​redness and swelling next to it.

Chu Zihang opened the medical kit expressionlessly and used a cotton swab to remove the fibers and dirt stuck in the flesh. For the places that could not be reached, he poured alcohol along the spine.

The cold alcohol stimulated the blood and milky tissue fluid, which mixed together and dripped onto the floor, appearing particularly turbid.

Chu Zihang paused for a moment and was about to put the clothes in the sink to wash, but suddenly he heard the sound of a door opening impatiently.

The body's mother's voice echoed through the living room and in circles in the bathroom.

"Adam! You're home, right?! Stop hiding! Someone in the neighbor's house saw you!"

Chu Zihang froze for a moment, and seemed unusually at a loss.

He even subconsciously wanted to hide, but his angry footsteps were approaching here quickly.

"Damn it! How dare you skip class! If the teacher hadn't called me I wouldn't have known you were so bold!"

The woman looked at the figure behind the frosted glass and pushed the bathroom door open with force.

But the reproach that was about to come out of her mouth was blocked back into her throat the moment she saw her son.

"…Oh my God! Adam! What happened? Who bullied you?"

The woman was stunned when she saw Chu Zihang's "bloody" body. After she came to her senses, she immediately ran towards him anxiously.

"No, nothing." Chu Zihang was about to step back when a pair of big hands held his shoulders tightly.

The woman turned him around and looked at the wound on her son's back. She almost couldn't breathe and her eyes went dark with anger.

"Who did this?! Who on earth did this?!"

Chu Zihang was silent.

The woman felt heartbroken seeing him like this, thinking that her son was beaten and threatened by gangsters on his way to school.

"Let's go! To the hospital! Now!"

She squatted down, held Chu Zihang's buttocks and picked him up, then hurriedly pushed open the bathroom door.

"Wait! No need!"

Chu Zihang struggled uncomfortably, "It will be fine with a simple treatment...it's not a serious injury."

“You must be joking!” the woman yelled, her voice suddenly choking. “Isn’t this serious?! From childhood to adulthood, I have never let you get hurt this badly!”

Chu Zihang opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

The woman asked him to lie on the back seat, stepped on the accelerator and drove to the hospital as fast as possible.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter, mom is here, nothing will happen..."

She kept on talking, looking in the rearview mirror every once in a while. Chu Zihang looked normal, but her face was terribly pale.

20 minutes later, the woman slammed on the brakes and pushed open the car door without even having time to turn off the engine.

She picked up her son again and ran quickly to the emergency room with big strides.

"…I can walk on my own."

Chu Zihang felt this was weird.

The woman patted his butt and said, "Be good and listen! Now is not the time for you to show off."

……

People were coming and going in the corridor.

No matter what time of year, the hospital is always crowded.

But when they saw the wound on Chu Zihang in the woman's arms, they all stood aside and made way.

There was only one couple walking in the center with their backs to them, looking lost.

The woman frowned and suddenly snorted as she passed by the two men.

Chu Zihang looked up.

——It was a middle-aged blonde woman and a sturdy, dark-skinned, bearded man.

Their eyes were lifeless and empty, and no one knew what they were thinking.

Chu Zihang frowned and asked vaguely: "What happened just now?"

The woman thought her son didn't see clearly, so she tried to divert his attention and relieve his pain. She said in a cold voice, "It's someone from Jon's family."

Chu Zihang suddenly realized.

According to the old man this morning, Adam's father William died in an accident while sailing with Ian Jones.

Chu Zihang immediately became concerned and asked, "Why are they here?"

"The little bastard who killed your father is dead. I heard he jumped off a building. It seems his body is in this hospital now."

The woman's voice sounded somewhat pleased.

As she spoke, she suddenly frowned and said with disgust, "What bad luck!"

Chu Zihang didn't respond.

He narrowed his eyes and decided to find a chance to check on Jon and his wife, as well as Ian's body.

Because he suspected that Ian, who caught the black fish, was possessed by the mastermind hiding in Brixham.

Even if the other person is dead, his current identity is most likely someone around Ian!
——This is the clue that is closest to him and easiest to catch!

##
It's noon.

The hypnotic teaching finally came to an end.

Lu Mingfei wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, stretched and woke up from his sleep.

The warm sun shone on his body, making Lu Mingfei, who was frightened in the early morning, feel that life was not so bad.

He took out his lunch box from his schoolbag, opened the lid, looked at the rice inside that was squeezed into the shape of a "sleeping bear", and scratched his cheek embarrassedly.

The meat and vegetables are placed evenly on both sides, and the curry is poured in the middle of the rice like a quilt.

Every detail in the bento reveals full of love.

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt sad, for himself and for the boy whose body he occupied.

He used a spoon to dig out the bear's arm and stuffed it into his mouth. The chicken curry tasted good, but he felt a little tasteless.

But he didn't have much time to reminisce. While he was lost in thought, the person at the next table suddenly used a fork to scoop away the largest piece of beef in his lunch box.

Lu Mingfei's eyes were bulging with pain.

Just as he was about to teach the other party a lesson, he saw the people at the next table pointing out the window: "Come back to your senses! Anna came to you for dinner again, and I called you several times but you didn't respond."

"Anna?" Lu Mingfei asked in confusion.

He turned to look.

A girl was standing on tiptoe outside the window, waving at him.

Seeing Lu Mingfei finally looking at her, she narrowed her eyes and smiled happily.

The brilliant halo made the girl's golden hair warm as if it was melting.

Lu Mingfei widened his eyes in disbelief.

This is... a childhood sweetheart?!

(End of this chapter)