"My specimen couldn’t possibly be your sister..."
The little girl was stunned, then cried even louder.
Lin Suo said nothing, walked over to Tifa, and unlocked her chains while speaking.
"You’re human, she is a Sea Demon, there’s no possible blood relation, humans and demons can’t possibly..."
Lin Suo paused, catching a glimpse of the splendid fish scales behind his little assistant’s ears in the corner of his eye; the blue scales reflected a dazzling spectacle in the sunlight.
The Sea Demons were corrupted from mermaids; Mermaids are inherently kind, rarely exhibiting corruption, making them extremely rare—one in ten thousand.
Therefore, Sea Demons are even rarer than Giant Dragons.
Other similar creatures include the Evil Naga, naturally malevolent, believed to be corrupted Elves, who then merged with Curse Wizards to produce an Extraordinary Race.
However, all the Sea Demons were dead, even dismembered by him...
"Little girl, the nature of Sea Demons is hard to change, consuming flesh and devouring souls, even if she was your sister, she can’t be restored to her original form. If you’re sad, I can give you this specimen."
The little assistant stopped crying momentarily, only to cry even louder.
By this time, Tifa had finally freed her hands, ignoring Lin Suo, rushed over and hugged the little assistant, easing her chains while comforting her, and shot a stern glare at Lin Suo.
Lin Suo only felt uncomfortable all over before suddenly realizing something.
"Sister Tifa, your hand is healed? How come it’s been so long since you left Koster, and now you turned into sea thieves..."
"The arm was healed using a Level Six healing compound from the Purple Bauhinia Family, capable of regenerating limbs, but the price was joining the sea thieves and helping them find an island."
Lin Suo raised his eyebrows.
"It’s the deserted island where I was trapped a long time ago; they took people there. Lin Ni and I planned to go to the new capital of the Mermaid Kingdom to take shelter, but sensed her sister’s Bloodline fluctuation and came to see."
"Who knew we’d be captured by your men."
She rolled her eyes as she spoke.
Lin Suo shrugged his shoulders, avoiding the topic.
"So this girl is Lin Ni? Since she’s from the Mermaid Clan, how come she lived with you in Koster..."
"That’s her business, don’t meddle."
While the two talked, Lin Ni · Xinya recovered from her burst of heartbreaking sobbing and clung to the specimen container.
Lin Suo didn’t even know how to speak to her.
The little girl seemed more accepting than he was.
"Mr. Rhein, I don’t blame you, even our Mermaid Clan has a kill-on-sight attitude towards Sea Demons; she must have attacked you, right?"
Lin Suo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"If you can think that way, then that’s great."
"When she betrayed the Mermaid Kingdom back then, I had a feeling this day would come. Mr. Rhein, can you return my sister’s body to me? I want to bring her home for burial."
Lin Suo was utterly at a loss, poker-faced.
He certainly couldn’t pull out a piece of intestine or a piece of stomach and give them back to Lin Ni in bits and pieces.
That would be completely absurd!
It was Tifa who noticed Lin Suo’s difficulty, being older came with its advantages, providing him an out.
"Lin Ni, let it go... For a Sea Demon so powerful, having an intact head left is good enough."
The little assistant’s swollen eyes brimmed with tears again.
Her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
After settling Lin Ni in Lin Suo’s bunk, the two walked together to the captain’s quarters.
"Hey, what exactly did you do to Lin Ni’s sister?"
Lin Suo spread his hands,
Tifa was speechless too, her lips parted as if she was under a silence spell.
"Let’s not talk about this, you mentioned earlier that you wanted to go to the new capital of Mermaid Kingdom, can you find it?"
"Lin Ni can find it, and I’m also going because of the deserted island issue."
"Oh, in that case, are you guys leaving soon or will you hang out with me for a few days?"
"Who wants to hang out with you?"
Tifa pushed Lin Suo’s shoulder and walked ahead, Lin Suo hurriedly followed.
"Old lady, I just played with you for one night, there’s no sentiment, don’t be too narcissistic."
Lin Suo looked melancholic, showing the shyness of a young boy.
"Really embarrassing."
Tifa gave her a cold look and decided not to speak at all.
Lin Suo felt it was boring and stopped teasing her.
It was really too suffocating these past few days, seeing a familiar face, couldn’t help but joke around a bit, it was good for relaxing, and if not, it was also fine.
At least having a friend to chat with, sharing each other’s stories felt good, and it would be even better if they could play a round of Gwent.
Lin Suo walked out from the monitoring cabin.
The three pirate leaders and what Tifa said were almost the same, squeezed out the last bit of value, and he sunk them into the sea.
The shark-men were feasting happily.
As for the other captured pirates, they were also fed to the Synthetic Beast.
Just as he thought about returning to his room.
He suddenly remembered the bed was occupied by Tifa and Lin Ni.
"Guess I’ll just make do tonight."
Lin Suo took out a big bed from the Space Belt, fixed it on the deck, pulled up a semi-translucent drapery, leaned on the pillow, and listened to the sound of the waves, silently meditating.
Lin Suo glanced at Tifa lying beside him.
Muttered, "A woman whose heart doesn’t match her words."
Today is a bright sunny day.
The Sun shone through the curtain on the woman’s long eyelashes, her cheeks were rosy and exquisite, lips slightly smiling, quite enchanting.
Lin Suo couldn’t help but stretch his sinful hand towards her cheek.
Tifa, like an exploding tigress, grabbed his wrist and directly flipped him overhead, tossing Lin Suo out.
Only the echo lingered.
After dealing with the sea wolves, the road ahead was much smoother, they just had to cross this sea area in a straight line.
Because it just happened to be "on the way".
Tifa and Lin Ni stayed a few more days, not sure if the little follower was happy, but Tifa was very satisfied, she felt more youthful by the day.
Her cheeks were so smooth they seemed to drip water.
Until the sixth day...
Tifa and her little follower left via underwater navigation.
Leaving Lin Suo alone sitting at the bow, counting his spare beds and sighing.
He had set off with five beds, and now only half a bed was left...
At this moment, the sky in front of Wave Breaking turned pitch black, a sign they were reaching the second last station.
Ahead was the stop [Nightfall Sea Area]—"Land of Eternal Night!"