MM Racing Chapter 98 Traitor Danitz
Chapter 98 Traitor Danitz
"Ratchet, keep watch for me," Lorne instructed, gently patting Rachel in his bag.
"Please help me out, I'll add a fish to your lunch later."
"Meow~ woof~"
Upon hearing this, Rachi reacted. It drooped its head, jumped out of the bag, and walked to the storage door, looking around warily.
Although the divination had already been performed, since he was still on a pirate ship full of pirates, it would be better to have Rachel stand guard just to be on the safe side.
A cat wouldn't attract much attention.
The storage room was filled with the smell of wooden barrels and cured goods.
Lorne, who rarely had a moment of free time, once again thought of the notebook related to Antigonus. Since he had been constantly on the go, he naturally hadn't had time to study the notebook he had picked up again when he left Tingen.
He had a premonition that the strange things that had happened to him before were mostly related to that notebook.
"It's quite difficult to decipher it myself..."
Although he has now learned some occult languages, it is still quite difficult for him to fully decipher them with his current level of expertise.
Most importantly, that notebook is definitely related to something extraordinary. If I try to use it rashly, I might attract something else, like some evil god who peeps at people taking a bath.
"If we could get the captain's help, it would be much simpler..." Lorne muttered to himself.
He had observed her carefully over the past two days and found that Lieutenant General "Iceberg" was not only extremely knowledgeable, but also had an extraordinary thirst for knowledge. Given her personality, it was impossible for her to remain indifferent to such ancient texts. With her assistance, the deciphering progress would definitely be greatly accelerated.
Thinking of this, Lorne took out the playing card from his bag—the 3 of diamonds.
After multiple verifications, the card was indeed harmless and seemed to be a key to some other space. Lorne estimated that the interior space was several tens of square meters, and the notebook was now safely stored inside.
"Never mind..." Lorne sighed softly and put down the cards.
Although he wanted to ask the captain for help in studying the notes, it would be too risky to just take them out directly. Although the notes were sinister, they were one of his most important assets.
"It's too suspicious to suddenly bring out something of such high value, after all, I'm just a newbie in the occult..."
Lorne shuddered as he recalled the scene where the notebook had conjured up a potion recipe out of thin air. Even though he trusted the captain's character, it was best to be cautious in such matters.
"Perhaps we could show them a few pages of the handwritten copy first."
When he first obtained the notes, he copied some of the contents for easier study. Testing the captain's reaction with these copies was probably the safest approach.
……
The next day, when Edwina came to instruct Lorne as usual, he handed her the prepared copy.
"Captain, I'd like you to take a look at these..."
"Where did you get this content?" Edwina reached out and took the copy from Lorne, glancing at it.
"It's an excerpt from an ancient book," Lorne replied, following his pre-prepared explanation. "I used to be very interested in history and the occult, and I came across this ancient book by chance in college."
"In a way, it was this that indirectly led me into the extraordinary realm." He paused, a regretful expression on his face, "Unfortunately, my professional knowledge is limited, and the deciphering work has been progressing slowly."
Upon hearing this, Edwina didn't say much, but simply nodded slightly, seemingly agreeing with Lorne's statement.
Looking at the other person's calm expression, Lorne suddenly had the same feeling as when he was facing his homeroom teacher in school.
"Antigonus..."
Before long, Edwina pronounced the key word accurately.
Impressive… Lorne clicked his tongue in amazement – as expected of a world-renowned scholar, his speed of deciphering is simply astonishing.
"I glanced at it briefly. Antigonus should be a family name, and there is a lot of history related to the Quaternary period."
A hidden family from the previous era? Connecting this to the potion recipes that had appeared in the notebook, Lorne seemed to understand something.
"Well......"
He suddenly realized the captain was scrutinizing him with a probing gaze, and quickly said seriously, "Thank you for your explanation."
He then changed the subject, saying, "Speaking of history, the versions circulating today are probably all embellished, aren't they?"
"Hmm." Edwina nodded slightly. "You're right. As far as I know, many major historical events are related to extraordinary events, and extraordinary changes determine the course of history."
"But..." Edwina sighed softly, "Both governments and churches strictly control any history related to the extraordinary..."
"I don't know the true history either; I can only glimpse a corner of the truth from some of the materials."
She gently stroked the edge of the paper, her gaze sharpening again. "The materials you provided have rare academic value."
……
In the following days, in addition to continuing to tutor Lorne, Edwina and Lorne also studied the contents of Antigonus's notes together.
Edwina was only interested in knowledge, and she didn't ask too many questions about the information that Lorne was trying to keep secret. The two of them cooperated tacitly.
However, it was obvious that the frequent private conversations between their captain and Lorne were unusual and naturally attracted the attention of the other pirates.
Outside the storeroom, a lean pirate held his breath, his ear pressed against the wooden door. He had been squatting there for almost half an hour, but apart from intermittent whispers, he hadn't heard any useful information.
"Damn it, what kind of exam takes this long?" he cursed under his breath, growing increasingly suspicious.
In his mind, although Captain Edwina was enthusiastic about teaching her crew, she would never spend so much time on one person.
Moreover, Lorne appears to be just a novice in mysticism, and even if he were a guest, it would be impossible for him to receive such special attention from the captain.
"Could it be...could it be that the captain and this Brando..." An absurd thought arose in his mind.
No, no way, how could the captain possibly… The sailor shook his head frantically.
But no matter how much he denied it, the seeds of panic had already been sown.
Adhering to the principle of "if we're going to panic, we'll panic together," he quickly spread the news throughout the entire ship.
Before long, a large group of pirates, including "Bucket," "Iron Skin," and "Bow Tie," gathered together to discuss countermeasures. To this end, they risked being punished by copying words and temporarily stopped what they were doing.
"Let's just go and ask that pretty boy directly," someone suggested.
"No, Brando is still a guest, and wouldn't doing this be like alerting him?"
The atmosphere became deadlocked for a moment.
Just when everyone was at a loss, "Flower Bow Tie" Jodson spoke up:
"We can find Danitz."
"That's right!" Everyone suddenly realized, "Danitz brought the person on board."
"Danitz has consistently defended him..."
"That's right, find that traitor Danitz!"
"Danitz has betrayed us!"
A group of people surged menacingly toward Danitz's location.
……
Dani was standing under the main gun barrel, arms crossed, directing his crew.
"That area wasn't cleaned properly!"
"Shit, do you want to copy an Old Fussac dictionary?"
Seeing his busy subordinates, his mood improved slightly.
"Ugh, that wretched Brando..." he sighed.
It was clear that as long as Lorne remained on the ship, he would be unhappy.
Even though he knew that Lorne wasn't the type to break his word.
But what if he accidentally reveals what happened in the past few days?
If the embarrassing incident had spread on the Golden Dream ship those days, it seemed that he would have had no other way to prove his innocence except by jumping into the sea.
"Smack!"
Just as he was feeling down, a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder.
"Who is it!" Danitz turned around and found himself surrounded by a group of colleagues.
Everyone spoke in unison: "Danitz, we want to talk about Monkey Brando."