Liang Jian: I have a canteen

The cruise ship sailed slowly on the sea, and the absence of a few Japanese passengers did not affect the ship's voyage.

The waves were small and the wind was gentle, but because of the cold weather, not many people were sightseeing on the deck.

At that moment, the first mate on the watchtower suddenly spotted something strange in the white waves.

I picked up the binoculars and looked at the strange thing.

It seems like a person.

It's white, a big lump.

The first mate squinted, switched to a higher-powered telescope, calmed his anxiety, and discovered...
It looks like a person!
It looked like it was already dead, because the body had turned white from being soaked in water.

unlucky!

The first mate didn't care about the display and just let the body float on the sea.

A while later, it seems that the object, which appeared to be a corpse, was discovered by the passengers on the cruise ship and the sailors were informed.

And most importantly, the body looks like it's getting closer and closer to the cruise ship.

Just then, the captain suddenly sent an order through the microphone, instructing him to arrange for men to retrieve the body.

At sea, the captain's orders must be obeyed unconditionally.

Although this rule, passed down from the Age of Exploration, has changed somewhat over time, it is still largely the same. When at sea, the captain's orders are still very effective.

It's just to rescue someone, not to send them to their death.

Although reluctant to do it, the first mate still arranged for someone to lower a small boat and head towards the white corpse.

The cruise ship was nice, and the small boat was equipped with a very advanced engine, so the first mate and two sailors quickly approached the body.

More and more people came out to watch the excitement from the deck.

Daytime on a cruise ship is boring, especially in winter.

So when they heard that the sailors were rescuing people, many people came out to watch the spectacle. These people included Xu San and Xiao Lisa, of course.

And there's Elisa.

Elisa reappeared with a telescope she had somehow acquired.

It was hanging around her neck at that moment.

"Shall we make a bet?" Elisa, who was standing next to Xu San, suddenly spoke up.

"Are we betting on whether that person is alive or dead?" Xu San asked, staring at the sea with a smile.

"Huh!?" Alyssa was a little surprised. "How did you guess that? I haven't even said anything yet!?"

"This is probably the only thing we can bet on right now!" Xu San continued laughing, then pulled a silver dollar from his pocket. "Let's make a small bet! Anything bigger and I'm done!"

Elisa looked at the silver dollar in Xu San's hand, then took out a five-yen note from her pocket. "It should be about the same after conversion."

"Okay!" Xu San didn't worry about whether the exchange rate was right or not. However, without Japanese yen, he could probably buy three roast chickens at this time, which was slightly cheaper than the silver dollar.

"Then you bet on whether I live or die!" Elisa put away the yen and asked.

"Dead!" Xu San answered readily.

“Then,” Elisa drawled, “I have no choice but to bet that he’s dead!”

“Conan,” Lisa asked, “how can you be so sure he’s dead?”

"It's a matter of probability!" Xu San looked at Lisa. "The probability of this person surviving on this vast ocean is very low!"

Little Lisa nodded, agreeing with Xu San's words.

The rescue went relatively smoothly. The cruise ship's life-saving equipment was very professional, so it didn't take much effort; the three people in the small boat retrieved the floating body. (End of Chapter)