On the Ark.

While rubbing the spot where Lappland had bitten him, Lin Ye asked in confusion, "Syracus's method... you're not thinking of killing people, are you?! No, absolutely not!"

“Who said we were going to kill people?” Lappland said unhappily. “We Syracuses don’t kill people every day, okay? Most of the time we’re reasonable. Only the lowest-level mafia members are unreasonable. But most of the time those low-level mafia members will be eliminated.”

Do you think the Mafia can reason with people...?

"Then tell me what to do?" Lin Ye said. "According to your Syracuse methods, what should we do?"

"It's simple. It's just two damaged doors, nothing life-threatening. You can just pay for it." Lappland crossed her arms and pursed her lips. "In Syracuse, things that can be solved with money are nothing. Especially when we're on the move, even if we demolish an inn during a battle, as long as we throw a bag of gold coins in front of the owner, he won't say a word. He'll be grateful."

Lin Ye thought about the scene and felt it looked pretty cool, so he nodded: "In that case, I'll leave it to you to handle."

“You should have left this to me a long time ago. I’m the best at this kind of thing.” Lappland agreed smugly and then extended her hand to Lin Ye.

"what?"

"Give me the money."

Lin Ye's eyes widened: "I'll pay?"

Lappland retorted matter-of-factly, "If you're not paying for it, am I supposed to?"

Lin Ye: "..."

The final solution was still to pay compensation, but it wasn't like Lappland had suggested—throwing a bag of gold coins in front of the shopkeeper and watching him be grateful. After all, Lin Ye had received a proper education and was a successor who had grown up under the red flag. He couldn't do something as shameless as Lappland. Of course, not having that many gold coins, and even if he did, he would definitely be unwilling to use them for compensation, was also a reason.

In the end, Lin Ye had to pay compensation and apologize, and explain the reasons in general, before the hotel owner reluctantly accepted it. Although it took a while, it was already quite good that it was resolved. It was clear that the hotel owner hadn't wanted to let Lin Ye and the others off easily before, but considering Lin Ye's sincere apology (and Lappland's threat, which made him realize that the others besides Lin Ye were not easy to deal with), he compromised.

"So you were looking for those Luperans and that Easterner on the fourth floor, huh?" The hotel owner sighed. "You should have just said so earlier. I could have given you the key. Why did you have to resort to these methods? My doors aren't expensive, but they're definitely not cheap either..."

"I've already given you the money back, can you hurry up and get to the point? Oh dear."

"what!"

Lin Ye gave Lappland a chop to the neck, and Lappland turned around and bit Lin Ye in retaliation.

“Alright, alright, I’ll just get straight to the point.” The hotel owner started flipping through the reservation booklet. “Let me see, those Rupo people… well, they definitely didn’t check out. The last time I saw them was yesterday when they came to check in.”

Skadi nodded slightly: "They really did run away, without even taking all their things. It seems they left in a hurry, which also means our whereabouts were discovered."

Lin Ye added, "There's nothing we can do; dogs' sense of smell is always more sensitive than that of ordinary people."

Lappland turned her head and glared at Lin Ye, making Lin Ye afraid to continue speaking.

"As for that little girl from the Oni tribe in the East," the innkeeper said, adjusting his glasses, "she checked out this morning."

Lin Ye was taken aback: "This morning?"

"Yes." The hotel owner nodded. "It's not wrong to say it was last night. Although it was past midnight, it was still the middle of the night. There were still several hours before dawn when she came to check out, so I have a pretty deep impression of her."

They checked out in the middle of the night?

Lin Ye didn't quite understand what was going on, so he couldn't help but look at Skadi, wanting to hear her opinion.

Skadi asked the hotel owner, "Do you have an exact time?"

The hotel owner shook his head: "No, it was just too late, and I was really tired, so I rested on the counter and watched her come downstairs and tell me she wanted to check out... ugh."

"what happened?"

"No, I just felt something was strange." The hotel owner frowned and said with some doubt, "I felt particularly sleepy at that time, I don't know why. I usually keep watch at night, so even if I'm not energetic at that time, I shouldn't be that sleepy. I remember I was very confused at that time, wondering why she would check out at that time. I wanted to ask her, but I was too tired, so I didn't even ask. I just took the key and watched her leave."

"Looks like you're not sleeping very well," Ifrit said. "I have some sleeping pills here, do you want some?"

Lin Ye tapped Ifrit on the head: "Don't add 'aww' after it, or I'll tell your mom."

Ifrit rolled her eyes and didn't say anything.

“I don’t need sleeping pills, I just… sigh, I don’t know what happened.” The hotel owner sighed. “Tonight is Halloween, and I’ve been running this shop for so many years. I finally have the chance to encounter such a holiday, but I didn’t expect something like this to happen. I have a bad feeling about this, but I don’t know if it’s just my imagination.”

Suddenly he started complaining. Is this what it's like for an older man?

Lin Ye didn't know what to say, so he could only offer some words of comfort to the innkeeper, give him some extra money, and then leave with the four of them. But as they were leaving, the innkeeper called them back.

"Although you damaged my shop and I'm not very happy, it's Halloween tonight, so I wish you a happy holiday," the hotel owner said. "Enjoy the holiday."

Lin Ye was touched that the hotel owner would still bless them after they had done such a thing. So he thanked the hotel owner very sincerely. The hotel owner waved his hand and didn't say anything more.

“So, what should we do next?” Lappland said. “We can’t just go from house to house in this town.”

Lin Ye couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Forget it, if you demolish the whole town, I really can't afford to compensate you."

After he finished speaking, he thought for a moment, and then said to Skadi, "Show me that woman's picture again."

Skadi handed over the photo, and Lin Ye examined it carefully before saying softly, "It doesn't look like it."

"what?"

Lin Ye said, "This woman doesn't seem to be with those Lupo people."

Skadi frowned. "How did you know?"

“Logic, and intuition,” Lin Ye said softly. “I always felt that she wasn’t a bad person.”

……

……

Author's BB: I'd like to recommend Shun Cen's new book.

Synopsis: ————I was suddenly transported to another world.

Qiu Ning finds himself needing to merge different worlds together, such as incorporating "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" and "Demon Slayer" into the "Type-Moon world".

Then he suddenly discovered that he could not only merge stories from other worlds, but also send characters from his own world to other worlds.

Anime, movies, novels, games—it seemed as if the doors to all worlds had opened to me at this moment.

The fusion progress is as follows: *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1* (in progress) — *Demon Slayer* (awaiting) — *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2* (awaiting) —

Special Link World – Yu-Gi-Oh! DM [Original Yugi/Dark Yugi, Seto Kaiba] – Deadpool

Fusion World Designer

Chapter 382 It's despicable to lust after someone's body (3K)

Lin Ye didn't know why he had this feeling, that the woman in the photo wasn't a bad person, but that's just how he felt. He wasn't sure if it was a man's intuition. However, his intuition inevitably drew criticism from Ifrit.

"Do you think all pretty girls aren't bad people?" Ifrit said, pursing her lips. "Most men think that way."

Lin Ye looked at Ifrit with great surprise: "Who taught you to say these things?"

“Saria,” Ifrit said, shaking her head. “Back when we were still in the research institute, annoying men would often send Himer things like flowers, plants, cookies, and snacks.”

"and then?"

"Then Saria threw those things away." Ifrit shrugged, seemingly a little regretful. "The flowers were fine, but the pastries were quite delicious, yet Saria still threw them away. Saria told Himer that these smooth-talking men were not trustworthy, that they valued Himer's body more than her heart? I think that's what she said, that they weren't sincere, but despicable."

Then, Ifrit asked Lin Ye with some confusion, "Hey, what do you mean by 'valuing the body'? What's so attractive about a body? Why would Saria say that?"

Lin Ye was speechless. He hadn't expected Saria to educate Ifrit like that... No, judging from the description, it seemed Saria had spoken to Himer in private, but Ifrit happened to overhear it, and Saria hadn't explained it to Ifrit afterward. Come to think of it, how could he possibly explain something like that? He simply couldn't bring himself to say it.

So, facing Ifrit's inquisitive gaze, Lin Ye coughed twice and said seriously, "You don't need to worry about the rest. All you need to do is continue to lust after other men; any man who does that is despicable."

The explanation only left Ifrit even more confused.

Skadi, who was standing to the side, asked softly after hearing Lin Ye's words, "Then are you?"

Lin Ye didn't react for a moment: "What is it?"

“Why do you think she’s a good person?” Skadi asked. “Just based on a photograph? Isn’t that a bit too hasty? Or do you really believe that all beautiful women are bad, like Ifrit said?”

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly, and he said speechlessly, "How could you think of me like that? Am I that kind of person? I've never even met her, why would I be lusting after her body... Never mind, let's skip the topic of intuition. If we analyze it from a rational perspective, why would the Mafia leave photos of their accomplices in their rooms? It just doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it."

After listening to Lin Ye's words, Skadi remained silent for a moment before asking, "If they're not accomplices, then what are they?"

Lin Ye didn't answer Skadi immediately. Instead, he turned to Lappland and asked, "If you were a member of the mafia... oh, you were a member of the mafia. Don't sneer at me. I was talking about the past. If it were you in the past, whose picture would you have carried with you?"

Lappland thought for a moment and said, "Texas."

"...I didn't ask you that. I meant, do you carry photos of your accomplices with you?"

“Yes, I will.” Lappland nodded. “Texas is my accomplice.”

Lin Ye: "..."

Damn it, I forgot that the person next to me doesn't play by the rules.

"Never mind, forget I asked." Lin Ye ignored Lappland and looked at Skadi again. "But in my opinion, the probability of this photo in the envelope being from one of those Rupo people's accomplices is not high. It's more like a mission target."

"Mission objective?"

“Yeah, like hiring someone to kill someone, right?” Lin Ye said. “That’s something the Mafia often does, isn’t it? The client just gives the Mafia a photo of the person they want to kill, and the Mafia takes the money and takes care of everything. And those photos are usually in envelopes, so I think the girl in this photo is unlikely to be an accomplice of those Lupo people; she’s more likely the target. That also explains why that woman checked out in the middle of the night; she probably discovered something and left in a hurry.”

After listening to Lin Ye's analysis, Skadi pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly: "There's some truth to that."

Lin Ye smiled and said, "Of course that makes sense."

"But if that's the case, why did those Lupo people not target the same floor as us, but instead go after us?" Skadi asked.

Lin Ye's smile gradually faded, because he hadn't thought about the question yet. However, since Skadi had brought it up, he considered it carefully, but unfortunately, he couldn't come up with anything. It really didn't make sense. It couldn't be that the Mafia had mistaken the door for something else; there weren't any Mafia members that brain-dead in this world.

"Why think so much?" Lappland said, pursing her lips. "Just find all these people and ask them one by one, then we'll know the answer. That's the simplest way."

Lin Ye sighed: "You make it sound so simple, but we still need to find them first. This town may not be big, but it's definitely not one we can find just by driving around a few times. Besides, tonight is Halloween, all sorts of ghosts and monsters will be out, so there won't be much of a chance."

Lappland tilted her head and thought about it, and it seemed to make sense. Normally, she might have been able to find those people by smell, but today was Halloween, and there were far too many people gathered in town. She wasn't a real dog; she couldn't possibly crawl around sniffing everything out. Thinking about it that way, if those people really wanted to hide, there was really nothing they could do.

"Should we go back early?" Nightingale asked. "If we go back to the island now, they shouldn't be able to do anything to us, right? Besides, Miss Skadi is there too."

"Huh? Go back to the island?" Before Lin Ye could even express his opinion, Ifrit was the first to jump out and object. "How can that be? I finally managed to get out of here, I've already bought clothes, and I haven't even had a chance to play yet. And now I'm going back? How can that be? They're just a few thieves. If they really start fighting, I'll just burn them down. What's there to worry about?"

Lin Ye shared the same view as Ifrit.

Going back is absolutely out of the question. We've finally made it this far, and tonight is Halloween. And all this trouble because a few mafia members might cause us… well, thinking about it, it's definitely not a small matter. In his past life, Lin Ye would be terrified if his deskmate told him, "Don't go home after school, meet me in the woods by the playground," and he'd even skip class to avoid a beating after school.

However, in this life, similar experiences have happened more than once or twice. So his heart has become somewhat numb, and this time the opponent is obviously not as terrifying as the Reunion Movement. Moreover, Skadi is by his side. Logically speaking, as long as he clings to Skadi's coattails, nothing should happen. There is really no need to leave the town in advance.

Of course, Lin Ye wasn't staying because he wanted to participate in Halloween. His main reason was to help Nightingale find the legendary medicine that could cure her leg ailment. Otherwise, he wouldn't have come here; wouldn't it have been much better to stay on the island and sleep in? However, he couldn't reveal this reason yet, because he didn't want to give Nightingale too much expectation. After all, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. Until he was certain that the medicine could cure Nightingale's leg ailment, Lin Ye felt it was better for Nightingale to enjoy the holiday.

But he needed a reason to convince everyone to stay, so he thought for a moment and then held up the photo in his hand again.

“Suppose the Mafia has the wrong target, and their target isn’t us, but this girl,” Lin Ye said, “then this girl must be in great danger right now.”

Skadi frowned: "You still want to save her?"

"If you have the opportunity, why not give it a try?"