The targeted reinforcement was indeed fast and effective. In just over half an hour, Zhang Lei's diarrhea had stopped. However, Zhang Lei was not in a hurry to go out. Although activating his supernatural ability once was nothing to him now, it was best not to waste it.
"Brother Peng, tell them to bring another serving of the same as before. I refuse to believe I'm not lucky enough to have this taste!" Zhang Lei pulled up his pants and swaggered out of the toilet. "It's okay, I was just not used to it before, but the taste is still pretty good. I ate everything before and then I finished it all!"
Zhang Lei is quite wealthy now, so we'll eat one portion and poop the rest!
Perhaps fate was not on Zhang Lei's side, for the Silver Sword team members who were monitoring him outside pushed open the door and walked in.
"Captain, I think we may have been discovered! We found that someone from one of those fishing boats that were delivering goods has sneaked aboard, and they've been secretly in contact with Michiko!"
"Looks like things aren't going to be quiet again, but it was expected that we'd be discovered. How many of them are there? Alright, everyone stop eating there and come over here to discuss this!"
Although it was called a discussion, Li Zaixing basically made all the decisions. At most, the Silver Sword team members would offer some suggestions, and Liu Yun might have some opinions. The others were already used to it, after all, they didn't have much experience.
"Although I don't know how the enemy confirmed we were on the ship," Li Zaixing paused. Indeed, Michiko and the others' movements were under surveillance, and they hadn't found any opportunity for them to confirm that they were on the ship. "But we were prepared long ago. After all, our decision to board the Isabelle was a half-hearted move!"
Li Zaixing asked, "Do you have a number of how many of them managed to get on the ship?"
"We don't have a precise number, because we were mainly checking Michiko's group. If they hadn't contacted Michiko, we probably wouldn't have known that other members of their group had infiltrated the ship!" The team member who came in answered truthfully. It wasn't his fault, because they were on shifts, and if we're talking about responsibility, probably everyone would share it.
"Hmm, I guess there won't be too many, otherwise the ship's crew would have reacted. You see, they don't seem like they're going to take action immediately?" Liu Yun chimed in from the side. Among the people from the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, he was the only one who could say something at this time, so even if it didn't make much sense, he still had to say a few words.
"My view is that they will most likely gather a large number of people in Hawaii, the next stop. If we disembark in Hawaii, they will ambush us there. If we don't disembark, because there are probably more tourists staying in Hawaii and more empty tickets, they can also buy tickets and board the ship. Their strength on the ship will be much greater than ours!"
“Now that we’ve been discovered, there’s no point in remaining silent. Third brother, turn on the radio and notify the back home to send people to meet us in Hawaii. We can’t go to Japan, but we can get to Hawaii!”
Apart from Liu Yun interjecting, it was basically Li Zaixing putting on a one-man show. Everyone seemed to have gotten used to it. His abilities were indeed quite good, and Linghu was just holding a nominal leadership position at this time.
"Captain Li!" Zhang Lei gulped down the food he had just picked up. "Hawaii is in the United States, right? Do you think they might team up with Japan to attack us because of their relationship with Japan? It wouldn't be convenient for our people to be up there!"
"Yes, that's very possible!" They've always been fighting against Japanese superhumans because what China wants is Japanese technical personnel, and the battles fought within Japan are against Japanese superhuman organizations. But don't forget, the US is far more committed to containing China than Japan; Japan is merely one link in the chain of US containment strategy. The US absolutely doesn't want China to acquire technology that could advance precision manufacturing by a decade.
Zhang Lei's words seemed to have sparked the enthusiasm of the Guoyi Bureau members, who began to chatter amongst themselves, and Li Zaixing's plan gradually changed.
The Silver Swordsmen are used to obeying their captain's orders. Their spirit of participation is to obey orders seriously. In the past, the people from the National Bureau of Foreign Affairs believed that they lacked experience, so Li Zaixing actually made the decisions. Now, Zhang Lei said something crucial, making them realize that they have a voice. Their thinking is no longer constrained by those rules and regulations, and their opinions do have some eye-opening aspects, even though many of them are absurd ideas.
"It's decided then. We'll disembark in South Africa, our next stop, where the US and Japan's influence is relatively weak!" Linghu and Li Zaixing agreed simultaneously. "Until then, let's try to deal with them properly on the ship!"
Episode 3: The Bloody Road to Growth, Chapter 55: Fatty Xiao Bailang (Part 1)
The final comprehensive plan put forward by Guoyi Bureau and Silver Sword was to send people from China to Hawaii first, but not to take action there. Instead, they were to try to buy up as many tickets as possible in Hawaii to prevent the balance of power on the Isabelle from shifting.
In reality, no country in the world would easily offend the owners of the Isabelle, let alone their interconnected chain of interests. So, as long as you're on the Isabelle, everything has to be done according to the unspoken rules.
The unspoken rule on the Isabelle is that, in any case, the passenger is always right—of course, this only applies to the distinction between passengers and non-passengers.
Since those Japanese people boarded the ship secretly, meaning they didn't have tickets, they weren't protected by this unspoken rule. If they clashed with Zhang Lei and the other passengers, and were discovered, then Zhang Lei and the others would inevitably be protected.
Furthermore, their actions constitute illegal immigration. Regardless of the type of vessel, including those used by smugglers, illegal immigrants have no human rights.
"These people will only cause trouble sooner or later. After we get to Hawaii, they'll become our enemies!" It was easy to guess that they also planned to make their move after arriving in Hawaii. These people were probably just there to maintain the balance of power and, incidentally, to find and monitor Zhang Lei and his group. Otherwise, it would be a bit weak to have just Michiko and her few companions.
“We don’t need to keep them alive, do we? Nobody said we can only defend. Let’s find out where they’re hiding. If we can take them out, we’ll wipe them out tonight!” A fierce glint flashed in Linghu’s eyes.
"In my opinion, why not reveal their secrets to the Isabelle? There are several superhumans guarding this ship. If they're not strong enough, we can lend a hand!" Zhang Lei felt that his recent efforts to strengthen his nerves had made his thinking much faster, and his mind seemed more agile. It seemed that the new vortex in his brain had little impact, except that his memory had slightly decreased, while his logical thinking ability had improved. It seemed that the methods he had explored for repairing his brain should have some effect.
"Haha, I didn't realize you were such a remarkable person!" Linghu patted Zhang Lei on the shoulder twice. "Good job, you've got potential!"
"Of course, haha!" Zhang Lei accepted the praise without hesitation. In terms of both future prospects and financial future, Zhang Lei was top-notch.
Just as the group of people were inexplicably chuckling, there was a knock on the door.
"Open the door, Linghu! I know you're in there! Open the door, it's me!" A rough, booming voice came from the doorway, seemingly echoing. This guy had a doorbell but didn't use it; he just pounded on the thick cabin door until it shook the house.
Apart from the two Silver Sword members who were on duty for surveillance, everyone else was inside the house; it was a lavish dinner party, after all. The voice outside clearly didn't belong to those two Silver Sword members. During a mission, those two wouldn't deliberately fake a voice to make such a joke. Only a few people from the National Bureau of Investigation and Statistics would do something like that; it was absolutely impossible for the Silver Sword members to do it.
Everyone in the room tensed up immediately. Although it probably wasn't those Japanese people, the unknown was even more nerve-wracking, wasn't it?
"Don't be nervous, I recognize who it is!" Linghu Zaichong said as he walked to the door and opened it.
"Xiao Bailang (Little White Wolf), I could smell your stench the moment I boarded the ship!" Linghu gave the person at the door a big hug.
"Me too! Your stench can be smelled from miles away. It's not convenient to talk here, let me go inside!" The voice sounded like it was coming from a subwoofer, and it really did have its own echo.
Linghu walked into the room, but Xiao Bailang definitely squeezed in. The cabin walls were all metal, especially the door frame, which was reinforced. When Xiao Bailang came in, everyone was worried that the creaking door frame might collapse from the pressure. However, after he came in, the door seemed to be less tightly closed than before.
Linghu was already quite robust, but compared to this man who came in, he was just a weak little blade of grass.
"Bai Lang, how did you find me? I didn't want you to see me this time!" Linghu said, sitting down on his own.
Xiao Bailang didn't stand on ceremony. He casually pulled over a chair and plopped down on it. It looked as if a mountain of flesh had been placed on four straw sticks. The four straw sticks groaned and snapped outwards at the same time.
Xiao Bailang didn't fall down. If Zhang Lei hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have imagined what it would look like for such a fat person to squat in a horse stance.
"Damn, what a lousy stool! It's not sturdy at all!" Xiao Bailang muttered as he walked to the large bed next to him and plopped down on it.
The bed immediately began to groan, but it seemed it could hold on for at least a while. Xiao Bailang sat on it, and the whole bed seemed to be piled up!
“That’s nonsense. If it’s not a specially made chair, what chair could support your weight? You look even fatter than you did two years ago. And your strength seems to have increased quite a bit, right? Qi$%^Book*(Net!&*$Collection and Organization” Linghu said, his words carrying an indescribable feeling. In short, one could tell at a glance that these two had been friends for many years.
"Hehe, you too, you look even stronger. You're on a mission too? Why didn't you say anything before boarding? If I hadn't been right next door sensing your energy fluctuations, I wouldn't have known you were already on board! The moment I felt that self-monitoring energy fluctuation, I knew it was you! But what a coincidence, if I hadn't been next door, the energy fluctuations on this ship wouldn't have traveled that far. Hehe, so this means fate brought us together. You're using your energy to train your body again, aren't you?" Xiao Bailang looked like a fatter, wider Maitreya Buddha. When he laughed, it wasn't just the bed, it seemed like the whole ship was shaking with his fat.
"It's not me, let me introduce you. This is Zhang Lei, a new member of the National Bureau of Exotic Affairs. He also has the same superpower as me, as you sensed earlier." Linghu pushed Zhang Lei to the front.
"Oh, young man, not bad, not bad! Another self-examination, our country has four if you count him!" Xiao Bailang really liked to laugh. Although he was fat, he was not bad-looking. His smile always gave people a kind feeling and had a special charm.
"Four?" Zhang Lei knew himself, there was another deputy captain, and then there was Linghu, but he had never heard of another one.
"Sigh, let's not talk about him anymore. Are you still working as someone's bodyguard?" Linghu's face darkened, and he quickly changed the subject.