Mystery: Lucky One

Klein answered the question for Frank Lee: "When did you become so uncreative?"

He hit Alice's soft spot perfectly. Alice frowned and started mumbling:
"No way, it's obvious that he wants to plant everything he sees in the soil... Uh, it seems a bit uncreative..."

Alice frowned and thought hard.

This was not something that would yield results immediately. Alice thought that she might need inspiration more than time, so she gave up after a short while and turned to Frank Lee and said with a solemn oath:

"When we return...when we return, you will be dead!"

Alice uttered harsh words, and then took her anger out on Klein:

"But you're dead now!"

As she spoke, a strong wind blew up the waves, drenching Klein who was standing by the side of the ship.

The "Future" began to sway in the wind and waves, and at the same time, a sharp, malicious laugh sounded in the air.

"Hahaha!

"Hahaha!"

The laughter continued to echo, sometimes hoarse, sometimes chaotic, sometimes like talking, and sometimes like singing. The sailors on the deck fell to the ground one after another, covering their ears forcibly, but still twisted and struggled in pain.

Fish scales began to grow on the body surfaces of some Beyonders.

Klein was also affected. Alice, who had just frowned and looked in the direction of the Death Announcement, retracted her gaze and glanced at the ship. Her laughter disappeared in an instant.

The fish scales and granulations turned back into normal skin, and the pain just now disappeared without a trace. The shaken spirits calmed down along with the surrounding waves. The sailors who had squatted and lay down with their heads in their hands stood up again along the original trajectory. Except for German Sparrow's clothes that were splashed with water, everything was no different from before the waves rose.

"Do you have a way to make a complete body grow from part of a corpse?" Alice asked calmly as she looked at Frank Lee who had stood up.

Frank Lee nodded subconsciously.

He could...then let's put the matter of teaching him a lesson aside, as the "Undying King" was more annoying. But it seemed that, regardless of whether Agaritu really received a spiritual warning or not, he was indeed... a madman.

"Well," Alice smiled at Frank Lee, "please."

Then, Alice looked at Cattleya, who had just taken a breath, and asked calmly:
"When can we reach that sea?"

She was pissed...but what did that have to do with when we arrived?
Oh, she's going to wait until we're on our way back to do it...she wants us to get there as soon as possible?

"Tomorrow." Cattleya answered without thinking.

Didn’t they say there were still two or three days left… Klein couldn’t help but look at them in astonishment.

I don't remember it happening so fast... Did I scare her? Should I comfort her... No, forget it, that would be even scarier, so let it be.

"That's good." Alice also smiled at Cattleya, then turned and left.

…It seems that Alice is still very intimidating when she gets angry.

Klein looked at Alice's back and thought for a moment. He gave Cattleya the same smile and quickly chased after her.

"Why don't you dry my clothes too?" he asked Alice in a low voice. Alice turned her head to look at Klein. His clothes were still dripping with water, leaving a trail of water on the deck where he walked.

Alice shook her head, then raised her head and said to him seriously:
“It’s called soilless cultivation.”

...?
Klein stopped in astonishment and watched Alice's back gradually disappear into the distance.

Is she sick?!
……

Alice didn't know what happened that night, but the next morning, when she walked into the restaurant, she had forgotten what happened the night before and happened to meet Cattleya.

Cattleya was wearing a pair of heavy glasses. When she saw Alice, she pushed her glasses down and said to Alice:
"Get ready, we will arrive at that sea area soon."

……ah?

Alice watched Cattleya leave the restaurant in confusion before she casually packed some food. After looking around, she sat down opposite Klein in a daze.

"...are we there yet?" she asked, poking at the beef-flavored potatoes on her plate.

“It seems so.” Klein didn’t seem to react.

Alice couldn't help looking him up and down. He had changed his clothes completely, wearing a round-necked shirt, a brown jacket, wide-leg pants and a dark baseball cap.

This was the attire of the natives of Bayam. It made him look more like an adventurer than a suit, but in Alice's impression, Klein always seemed to be wearing formal clothes... Uh, didn't he have any other formal clothes?

Alice looked at Klein with pity. As he looked puzzled, she put the beef-flavored potatoes he had never eaten before on his plate. Then she said to him lovingly:
"eat more."

“……?” Klein showed an expression that said, “What’s wrong with you again?”

Alice patted his shoulder gently, as if to encourage or comfort him. Then, she turned around and prepared to leave under Klein's puzzled gaze.

Just then, Alice saw a pirate come in with a big green fish in his arms and walk towards the corner.

Sitting in that position was Heath Doyle, the second mate of the "Future", whose face was so pale that it was transparent and whose nose was somewhat incongruous.

Snapped!
The nearly one-meter-long sea fish was placed in front of the "Bloodless Man".

Heath Doyle stretched out his hands, held down the big fish, bent his body a little bit, lowered his head inch by inch, and pressed his face against the scales, as if kissing it.

Suddenly, the fish stiffened, and then like a candle encountering flame, it melted quickly and turned into a disgusting pool of flesh and blood.

The blood and flesh flowed into Heath Doyle's mouth like liquid and covered the outer layer of his skin.

In the squirming that was too daunting to watch, the big fish's bones, flesh and blood all disappeared without leaving any trace. Heath Doyle's face became very clean, but his lips suddenly turned bright red, like a blooming rose.

Hey, why does this scene look a bit like...

Alice stood there and turned to look at the "Creeping Hunger" in Klein's hand.

She had only watched the Creeping Hunger eat once, and the two scenes were indeed very similar, especially since Heath Doyle was a Rose Bishop and Sequence Five was a Shepherd.

But, doesn't it mean that they have to eat humans? Alice blinked and asked Klein curiously:
"Have you ever tried feeding 'Creeping Hunger' anything else?" (End of chapter)