Chapter 690: Miss Messenger

Under the sunlight, the Golden Dream emitted golden lusters as if it was

a mobile treasure.

Danitz stood inside the captain's cabin, pacing about endlessly. He

attempted to recall everything that had happened over the past few days

in a bid to find a clue.

Three days ago, his captain, Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina, wanted to do a

study in which she might not appear for ten to twenty hours. Therefore,

all corresponding classes were canceled. In regards to this, Danitz and

company didn't find it odd. These happened frequently.

They were delighted that they didn't need to attend classes; hence,

there was drinking, singing, and a bonfire party held on the ship. They

were only short of burning down the Golden Dream, but they had a great

time.

But with the passage of time, everyone gradually felt that something was

amiss, including the somewhat slow Danitz. Their captain, who should've

finished her studies within 24 hours, didn't appear the next day. She

didn't even get anyone to send her food or light beer which was used as

water!

After patiently waiting for half a day without seeing Vice Admiral

Iceberg Edwina, the sailors mustered the courage to knock on her door.

To their horror, there wasn't any response.

Under the first mate, Bru Walls's lead, the pirates opened the captain's

cabin and found it empty!

They then went to the collector's room and other places, but they failed

to find her.

Based on past experiences, their initial guess was that their captain

had suddenly thought of something and left the Golden Dream in a rush

while using some mystical technique or emulating someone else's Beyonder

powers without leaving a letter behind.

Later, Danitz and company attempted to contact her using methods like

the Soulfall Ritual, but they failed to receive a response. All they

could do was search the captain's cabin and other places as they

convinced themselves to wait patiently.

Three days passed, but Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina didn't appear nor

reply. It left the sailors panicking.

"Dogsh\*t, any results from your divination? Didn't you claim to be an

expert?" Danitz turned towards Flowery Bow Tie Jodeson in frustration.

Jodeson, with his black hair that was dyed gold, rubbed his temples and

said in a rather mellow voice, "They failed. Every divination method

used to find her has failed.

"But for now, it can be confirmed that Captain is still alive. It's just

that her whereabouts are unknown."

The first mate, Walls, who had short, grayish, curly hair, nudged his

monocle and said, "We need to seek help. None of Captain's collections

have been lost. She didn't even bring her essential mystical items with

her when she left. This means that the situation was very sudden and

unexpected."

"Whose help can we seek?" another boatswain whose waist was swollen,

Barrel Daniels asked anxiously.

Bru Walls raised his silver-patterned knife to his aquiline nose and

said, "Return to the western shore."

Between the lines, he was hinting at seeking the Church of the God of

Knowledge and Wisdom that backed Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina.

"That won't do. To go from the pirates' playground to the western shore,

we will need to pass the Sonia Sea, the North Sea, and the Berserk Sea.

Then, we will cruise through the Fog Sea for a very long period of time.

Captain can't wait that long! Anything might happen to her at any time!"

Flowery Bow Tie Jodeson said. "We have to immediately find someone we

can quickly contact and provide us with help on short notice."

Danitz wanted to curse "dogsh\*t," when he suddenly had a "light bulb"

moment.

There was only one person he could quickly contact, and that was Gehrman

Sparrow. Furthermore, this crazy adventurer had never hid the fact that

he was good at divination and also had a mysterious background!

*Perhaps that madman can find Captain. He's often able to do the

impossible...* Danitz tugged at his collar as he felt his worry

and frustration ease a little.

He raised his chest and looked around. Then, he cleared his throat and

said, "I have a candidate. I can immediately contact him. Besides, he's

very good at divination..."

Just as he said that, Gourmet Bru Walls, Flowery Bow Tie Jodeson, Iron

Skin, Barrel, and company turned their heads at him in unison. With

their eyes red, they roared, "What are you waiting for!?"

"..." Danitz silently left the captain's cabin and returned to his room.

He unfolded a piece of paper, picked up a fountain pen, and followed his

captain's teachings by writing a greeting followed by some pleasantries.

Suddenly, he stopped writing. He felt that the excessive politeness and

small talk didn't match his goals for seeking help.

"Dogsh\*t!" Danitz cursed as he tore up the piece of paper.

Right on the heels of that, he wrote on a new piece of paper:

"Help!

"Captain has vanished!"

"Well... Although Gehrman Sparrow is a madman who can't be comprehended

with common sense, he probably won't be able to understand such a

letter... Dogsh\*t!" Danitz cursed himself again as he ripped up the

second letter.

He calmed himself down and contemplated for a few seconds before penning

a third time.

This time, he simply wrote what happened after his captain's

disappearance. He also included the location of the Golden Dream, and he

minced his words by asking Mr. Gehrman Sparrow if he could provide help

to a cooperating partner.

"Divination needs something..." Just as Danitz folded the letter, he

suddenly realized that he had forgotten something. He rushed back to the

captain's cabin and found a pearl earring that Vice Admiral Iceberg

Edwina often wore.

After doing all of this, he took out his notebook that was filled with

all sorts of mysticism knowledge. He flipped to the corresponding page

and unfamiliarly set up a messenger-summoning ritual with his past

experience.

After placing a gold coin on the altar, he took two steps back and

recited in ancient Hermes, "I!

"I summon in my name:

"The spirit that wanders about the unfounded, the friendly creature that

can be subordinated, the messenger that belongs to Gehrman Sparrow."

Howling winds resonated as the candlelight on the altar rapidly

burgeoned before being dyed a pale whiteness.

Reinette Tinekerr appeared at a decent speed, still wearing her

complicated black dress while holding four beautiful and identical

heads.

Danitz imagined that the messenger would bite the gold coin and the

envelope containing the paper and earring like the last time. But to his

surprise, the four heads in Reinette Tinekerr's hand automatically

turned around, surveying the area before finally looking towards the

captain's cabin.

A few seconds later, two of the heads in Reinette Tinekerr's hand bit

down onto the gold coin and the envelope.

After the strange messenger vanished, Danitz exhaled and wiped his

forehead, feeling a baffling sense of pressure.

Oravi Island, in the room of another hotel.

Klein was just about to get Anderson Hood, who had won quite a fair bit

of money, to purchase the tickets to City of Generosity Bayam when his

spiritual perception was triggered.

He quickly activated his Spirit Vision and saw his headless messenger,

Reinette Tinekerr, appear by his side at some point in time. In her

hands were four beautiful heads.

*She's not like the skeleton messengers who I can detect the moment they

appear. My spiritual perception is triggered only after she completely

enters the real world...* Klein received a letter from the teeth

of one of Reinette Tinekerr's head while in thought.

At the same time, he noticed that Anderson's spiritual perception was no

way weaker than his. He too had reacted.

"This is a... messenger?" Anderson asked in disbelief, as though he had

heard of such things but had never seen them before.

Klein nodded without expression as he tore open the letter.

Eh, a pearl earring? Klein unfolded the letter in puzzlement.

By his side, Anderson came over out of curiosity as he sized up Reinette

Tinekerr as he tsked.

"There's an indescribable sense of bloody beauty..."

Just as he said that, his hands suddenly rose up to grab himself by the

throat. The grip was so tight that his tongue extended out as he foamed

at the mouth. As for Reinette Tinekerr, who had nothing above her neck,

she didn't show any further reaction.

Klein turned his head over and seriously studied the situation before

looking at his messenger. He then silently mumbled, *Resembles Miss

Sharron's abilities... Miss Messenger belongs to the Prisoner pathway?

No, I can't be sure. She's a spirit world creature, so being good at

such things is very normal...*

Realizing that Anderson was about to suffocate, Klein leisurely said,

"That's enough, he still needs to lead me somewhere."

One of the heads in Reinette Tinekerr's hand turned over as she glanced

at Anderson with her bloodshot eyes for a second.

Following that, each of the heads' mouths spoke one after the other.

"Still..." "Can..." "Lead..." "You..." "By..." "Making..." "Into..."

"Zombie..."

As she said that, Anderson's hands finally stopped and left his own

neck, leaving obvious, deep finger marks on it.

Phew... Phew... The Strongest Hunter panted as he bent his

back, retching.

Klein quickly scanned the letter and saw that it was from Danitz. This

"famous pirate" wrote to him, saying that Vice Admiral Iceberg had

mysteriously vanished and was in need of help.

Just as he moved his gaze away from the letter, Klein was surprised to

see Reinette Tinekerr was still around.

*This doesn't make mystical sense... Shouldn't a messenger disappear

after sending the letter, appearing only when summoned again?*

Klein deliberated and asked out of curiosity, "Is there anything else?"

"Awaiting..." "Your..." "Reply..." "Letter..." Reinette's four head said

one after the other.

"How do you know that I'll reply?" Klein glanced at Anderson, who hadn't

recovered, and confirmed that the Strongest Hunter didn't notice the

words that didn't match Gehrman's persona.

The heads in Reinette's hand said once again, "Her..." "Disappearance

is..." "Very..." "Odd..."

"How do you know that?" Klein instantly imagined that Miss Messenger had

secretly read Danitz's letter.

The heads with the long blonde hair simply rolled up and said a phrase

each, forming a complete sentence.

"I..." "Investigated..." "The ship's..." "Situation..."

*My messenger is a part-time scout? Miss Reinette Tinekerr, will you be

a hired goon in the future? I wonder if I need to make additional

payment...* As Klein lampooned in thought, he said, "No rush.

I'll reply later."

He planned on heading above the gray fog to use Vice Admiral Iceberg

Edwina's earring to do a divination.

Reinette Tinekerr didn't say a word as she vanished silently.

"Ahem..." Anderson finally recovered as he stood straight. He gave

Gehrman Sparrow a flabbergasted look. "Your messenger... Your messenger

is a demigod!?"