RNP Chapter 148 Reasonable Guesses
Chapter 148 Reasonable Guesses
Chapter 148 Reasonable Guesses
In the hotel room, Lorne sat with his head down, his expression somewhat unnatural.
"My moral standards are indeed out of step with this world. I even had a stroke of luck just now—"
"I actually thought that she had feelings for me, which is why—"
"After all that, it's still the same old materials." "I saved her so many times, yet—"
Frankly speaking, although being ambushed and knocked unconscious by his fellow passengers while carrying a ship full of treasure and not far from land is a typical case of murder and robbery from a normal perspective, it is still a classic example of such a crime.
However, as a normal male, even if Lorne himself didn't have any abnormal thoughts, he still had some...
For example, it could simply be that Tracy tied him up in a fit of anger after her invitation failed, or it could be because he had previously bandaged her wounds.
He may appear indifferent to being exposed, but in reality, he keeps quiet and doesn't retaliate.
Or perhaps, after being saved by him, he fell in love with him, invited him to become a pirate together, and after being rejected, he became a yandere and... well, Lorne felt a little embarrassed when he thought of this.
After all, this idea is really... well, you know. But wasn't I also tied up and stripped naked? So there's some basis to it.
"It seems that taking off my clothes was just to check if I was hiding any magical items, just in case." Lorne finally came to the most "reasonable" conclusion.
"That's true. Since the other party is a famous pirate, how could he possibly be a simple-minded person obsessed with love?"
Even if some behaviors seem similar, it's probably just a disguise.
After about two minutes, Lorne calmed down after venting his emotions through a brainstorming session.
To be honest, he still couldn't quite believe that Tracy was really cold-blooded and ruthless.
After all, when we were exploring the ruins, she did come down to find me, although she said it was because she was afraid I would keep the treasure for myself.
"Throat," Lorne sighed.
He picked up his satchel, rummaged through it, and took out a pendulum. He had previously used coins for divination, which had a higher probability of being wrong, so he planned to use the pendulum to do it again.
This time he planned to be more direct.
"Tracy wants to keep all the materials for herself."
"Tracy wants to keep all the materials for herself."
"Tracy wants to keep all the materials for herself."
After being asked seven times, Lorne opened his eyes. The pendulum in front of him swayed slightly and then began to rotate clockwise—this meant affirmation.
"Haha—." Lorne laughed.
Indeed, in this dog-eat-dog world, what does a life-saving grace mean? Compared to immediate gains, a life-saving grace is nothing at all.
Moreover, the other party was a notorious pirate.
"Skilled at using his looks to lure his prey—" Lorne recalled the information Danitz had just given him.
Looks like I've been scammed.
"Just a little bit of hardship—" he muttered to himself.
"A little bit of hardship."
"A little bit..."
"No!" Lorne tightened his grip, trying to convince himself to calm down, but he failed.
"The more I think about it, the angrier I get."
He glanced at the satchel beside him and forcibly suppressed his anger. No matter what, the 3 of Diamonds playing card was still there, and Lorne had also stuffed a lot of attributes and materials into the portable space inside. He had still made quite a bit of money on this trip.
Lorne looked at the 3 of Diamonds and couldn't help but feel a little relieved. He had never revealed this card before, and judging from the state of his bag, Tracy probably hadn't searched it carefully either.
"She probably just glanced at it quickly, saw nothing of value in the bag, and subconsciously ignored it," Lorne analyzed.
"Luckily, I didn't conjure up the canned food in front of her," Lorne recalled. On the life raft, he always took out the supplies before Tracy woke up, explaining to others that he had just found them by luck. She would at most marvel at her good fortune, but probably wouldn't have thought of storage space.
"What a pity, my Ripper is gone." Lorne didn't see his shotgun in his luggage, so he guessed it was still on the ship.
"First-edition weapons are very valuable—"
If that lever rifle is ever mass-produced, a handcrafted first edition like this would be very valuable.
Before I traveled through time, those first-edition gunsmiths' creations were always hot-selling items at auctions.
"Wait, what if my patent has already been registered?"
The physical object has already been stolen by the other party, so it's not impossible to replicate the blueprint using the physical object. In fact, Lorne himself has taken this approach.
"And my coat and shirt—"
He had been wearing that coat ever since he transmigrated, and he never expected it would end up in Tracy's hands.
However, there's something Lorne can't figure out for the time being:
"Why didn't she kill me? There's a warehouse full of materials; wouldn't it have been better to kill her to silence her in this situation?"
"Could it be that they want my special characteristics, since they can't be preserved on the ship, so they want to wait until a safe place to extract them alive—"
"Brando, how are you?"
Danitz's knocking interrupted Lorne's thoughts.
"It's alright, come in."
Upon hearing this, Danitz pushed open the door and peeked out.
"Danitz, is it safe here?"
"Don't worry, it's absolutely safe," Danitz said confidently. "This hotel is owned by our contact, and I checked on our return; we weren't being followed."
"That's good. Now, let me ask you, were there any other people on that ship?" Lorne looked at Danitz.
"Probably not." Danitz shook his head, then briefly recounted the process of bringing Lorne back.
"She's probably gone to find someone to help her—" Lorne roughly guessed where Tracy had gone; after all, there were so many materials, she couldn't possibly transport them all by herself.
It seems the "lucky one's" ability kicked in; they were actually saved during this brief window of opportunity.
"Danitz, are you alone? Is the captain here?" Lorne asked again.
If Edwina were there, she might have been able to retrieve those materials.
"No, the captain and the others are still at sea." Danitz shook his head.
"Is that so?" Lorne was somewhat disappointed.
"Alright, alright."
"I know what you want to ask, I'll tell you."
Facing the gossipy gaze of the young woman, he briefly recounted his and Tracy's experiences to Danitz, deliberately omitting details about the primitive island and the high-ranking beings.
He only said that he and Tracy explored a ruin and unexpectedly made some discoveries.
Unexpectedly, Tracy became greedy and wanted to keep it all for herself, so she knocked herself unconscious.
Lorne concealed his gains. Although he trusted Danitz, he had to be cautious after being betrayed.
"Tch, you two, a man and a woman, have been adrift at sea for so long and nothing's happened," said Lorne, after listening to his calm explanation.
Disappointment was written all over Danitz's face.
After all, if Lorne had really had something happen with the girl with the disease, then he wouldn't have been competing with me for the captain's position.
Although, based on their previous experience on the "Golden Dream," there shouldn't be any friendship between Lorne and the captain that goes beyond friendship.
But what if?
This "lucky guy" is too bizarre.
If Lorne really does become a couple with the girl with the disease, then Danitz probably feels as fortunate as the other crew members of the Golden Dream.
After all, Lorne couldn't possibly provoke their captain while under the supervision of a pirate general.
"Huh?! What did you say?" Lorne narrowed his eyes.
"You seem disappointed?"
"Ahem, what I mean is, I never expected the 'sick girl' to be so insidious." Danitz quickly corrected himself.
Indeed, the captain is the best.
"Cough cough—" Lorne suddenly coughed violently twice.
Are you sick?
"Hmm." Lorne nodded slightly, then pointed to his neck. "I was taken down by Tracy's ability to use her disease."
"Look, there's a rash on my neck."
"Are you sure this is a rash?" Danitz looked at the red mark on Lorne's neck and it didn't look like a rash at all.
"What else could it be? A bite mark?" Lorne joked.
"It really does look like a bite mark." Danitz thought to himself as he looked at Lorne's neck.
"However, now that I'm back, I need to see Roy King again."
"Why do you want to see him?"
"Promotion." Lorne's expression was grave.
"I always had a feeling that Tracy would come looking for me again."