"I haven’t used this Mad Tree-man Mask in a while. I didn’t expect it to help solve quite a bit of trouble this ti. Indeed, every piece of equipnt has its use... And the affluent identity brought by the VIP player status is also very useful. It relieves of financial worries and allows to easily solve many problems with gold coins..."
Wang Zhifan felt a bit of emotion at the mont. Originally, when that port inspector insisted on detaining their ship without rcy, he was thinking of violently breaking through and leaving. But in the nick of ti, he suddenly rembered the magical mask he owned, so he tried this disguise and swapped the port personnel. Unexpectedly, after a lot of rigmarole, he managed to hoodwink them, successfully granting the pirate ship the qualifications to enter Princess Harbor normally.
As for why he removed the mask and withdrew the disguise to return through a dream traversal, it was because he mimicked another inspector to complete the ship’s entry procedures at the Harbor Authority, and then quickly took leave, paying several gold coins to find a colleague to cover for him.
After all, he knew well that even if he disguised himself as that inspector with the Mad Tree-man Mask, he couldn’t actually beco the other person. The longer he stayed in the original environnt, the more problems could arise. It was best to take leave and run, as staying in the harbor was not an option for long anyway. Once the ship set sail, everything here would beco irrelevant.
"Steven Borg... I just found out over there that this person is nad that, but unfortunately, I’m not familiar with the text here. Otherwise, I could have done more... Also, I need to dispose of this guy’s body quickly. Should I chop it up and throw it into the sea, or just burn it to ashes?"
At this mont, Wang Zhifan was pondering how to dispose of the body of the inspector he had stuffed into a large cabinet, while looking at a slightly peculiar brass naplate in his hand. He had found it while searching the body after killing the inspector shortly before. Unfortunately, he did not recognize the characters on the naplate and had to subtly inquire from another inspector on the small boat to understand it. This experience made him decide to take imdiate leave to avoid further complications.
Before Wang Zhifan could think of the most prudent way to handle the body, a middle-aged Caucasian man wearing a captain’s hat quickly walked into the captain’s cabin. He was the captain of the Sea Parrot. The man had a puzzled expression and said to Wang Zhifan, who was sitting in the captain’s chair with one hand just tucked into his pocket:
"Sir, if what happened just now involves any of your secrets, I won’t pursue the matter further. However, we can now enter the harbor. What do you plan to do next?"
The Sea Parrot’s captain seed to have filled in the gaps in his mind about Wang Zhifan’s strange actions and didn’t want to ask further.
"My friend, it’s not that big of a secret, but it’s not the right ti to tell you... We’ll continue according to the plan."
Seeing this, Wang Zhifan quickly reassured the other person. He still needed this person’s help for his subsequent activities in the harbor. The earlier situation of misunderstanding was only because it was a decoy left behind.
"Hmm, I understand... May I ask if this secret is about your true identity?"
The Sea Parrot’s captain nodded as he listened, scanning Wang Zhifan with a curious gaze as if trying to see through his secrets.
"You can think of it that way."
Wang Zhifan responded with a smile on his face, as if what the other guessed was true.
The two then chatted for a while in the captain’s cabin, and the two ships were eventually guided by sailors slowly into Princess Harbor, docking at special berths.
It was then ti to disembark and handle subsequent matters. Wang Zhifan first entrusted the Sea Parrot’s captain to arrange for harbor professionals to repair the ship and then went to the cabin, where he stood in front of the pirates to deliver a final briefing.
"Everyone! I assu you know by now that we’ve entered Princess Harbor. For the next few days, you are free to engage in activities in the harbor. But three days from now, you must return. As long as your spending in the harbor isn’t too extravagant, I’ll cover the costs."
As he finished speaking, the pirates standing in front of him visibly breathed a sigh of relief, clearly fearing that he would continue to guard the ship like at sea, making them too afraid to escape.
"Old Man, Big Guy, co with , I have sothing to say to you."
After announcing to the ordinary pirates that they could move freely, Wang Zhifan specifically nad two pirate henchn he paid close attention to.
These two had been frequently called in for talks with him over the past few days at sea, so they naturally had no doubts and quickly followed him out of the cabin and onto the deck.
Previously, Wang Zhifan would always choose the captain’s cabin for these discussions, but this ti he changed the location, leading them to the ship’s railing where he imdiately began.
"Old Man, what do you plan to do during these three days?"
As Wang Zhifan spoke, he walked up to the ship’s railing and looked out at the bustling harbor scene, addressing soone without turning his head.
"Old Man of course plans to eat, drink, and be rry for three days, then co back to help you find Forbidden Fruit Island, Captain."
Even though Wang Zhifan didn’t look back, the old man replied with a smiling face, his eyes seemingly filled with excitent about the carefree life at the harbor.
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