Liang Jian: I have a canteen

Xu San scratched his head. "It seems that Brother Ji Yun graduated from Waseda University. So, you're his junior."

"Mr. Ji Yun is a few years older than me. When he left the school, I was still in Kii."

"Will you be in primary school?" Xu San asked after calculating the dates.

"Pretty much. Our Kii clan doesn't have elementary schools, but we do receive literacy education from a very young age. After all, ninjas need to gather intelligence, and you can't do without being literate," said Genhime casually, her eyes slightly unfocused.

"You must have been a bad student back then."

"I was number one in my grade, number one in every subject, otherwise they wouldn't have paid for me to study at Waseda University. You know, tuition fees in Japan are very high," Genki said earnestly.

"Sigh~~~" Xu San sighed deeply, "It was better when I was in school, I didn't have to worry about all that messy stuff."

“Yes!” Huanji replied. “Back then, they almost never assigned me missions. If it weren’t for the daily ninjutsu training, I probably would have forgotten I was a ninja.” As she spoke, Huanji took out a small telescope from her pocket, looked for a while, and then said, “David is out!”

Xu San could get a general idea without using binoculars. "What do you plan to do?"

"Let's go take a look." Huanji put away her binoculars, but her gaze remained fixed on David until he turned into a blind spot before she asked, "Do you want to come along? Maybe we'll see something interesting."

"Do you want me to go?" Xu San did not answer directly.

"I'm not coming back!" Huanji said firmly.

"Why?" Xu San asked.

"Your curiosity."

"When do we leave? I'll go back and make some preparations."

“Anytime.” Huanji turned to look at the hatch. “What about that girl?” “Drug her.” Xu San was direct, using a simple method to deal with Xiao Lisa.

"Aren't we going to send her back?" Huanji asked.

"Hans and Elisa are not ordinary people either; they may be doing some shady things."

"What about little Lisa? Is she the same?"

"I don't know, but knocking them out is the easiest way." Xu San said, turning and walking towards his cabin. "Wait for me, it should be done in about ten minutes."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you outside."

As Huanji spoke, she walked down in the opposite direction from Xu San, crossed the corridor, turned a corner, and arrived at the deck.

By this time it was completely dark, and with the power outage, there was practically no one on deck, except for patrolling sailors.

To avoid attracting their attention, Princess Phantom deliberately hid in the shadows.

Huanji gracefully disappeared into the shadows beside the ship's railing, like a streak of ink blending into the night.

The deck on the powerless cruise ship seemed exceptionally empty, with only a few scattered patrol lights piercing the darkness in the distance. The sea breeze was stronger than during the day, making the mooring lines clatter and the signal flags on the masts flutter wildly.

Moonlight peeked through the broken clouds, casting brief patches of light on the damp deck before being quickly swallowed by the surging darkness.

She leaned against a rolled-up piece of canvas, smelling the mingled scents of the sea and rust. The muffled thud of waves crashing against the ship's hull echoed beneath her feet. The rhythmic rocking caused the lifeboat in the shadows to shift slightly, creaking and scraping. In the distance, two sailors walked by, talking in hushed tones, their flashlight beams sweeping across the puddles and reflecting the splashing water.

As the footsteps faded into the distance, silence returned to the deck, broken only by the mournful whistling of the wind as it passed through the ship's railings, like the whisper of some living creature. (End of Chapter)