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Chapter 160 Dead people are more useful than living people
Chapter 160 Dead people are more useful than living people
Under the cover of night, Lorne and Danitz each supported one side of the unconscious "Bloody Hand" Luca, and silently passed through several secluded alleys, arriving at a newly rented bungalow in an even more remote location.
For safety reasons, they did not return to the previous hotel. After all, it was a safe house on the "Golden Dream," and if they were exposed, it would cause a lot of trouble.
"Bang!"
Luca was roughly thrown onto the cold, damp floor.
"What do we do now?" Danitz asked, catching his breath and looking at the pirates on the ground.
"No rush."
Lorne didn't rush to make a move. Instead, he took a coin out of his pocket and tossed it into the air.
When he saw the coin land heads up in his palm, he made up his mind.
This guy named Luca truly deserved to die.
"Let's get started."
"How are you going to do this?" Danitz asked. "Just like the plan, of course - be a double." Lorne took out the "Disguise" charm that was emitting a faint glow from his pocket and examined and played with it on his fingertips for a while.
After a few seconds of silence, he no longer hesitated and infused his spiritual energy into it. The patterns on the talisman instantly lit up, emitting a dazzling light.
He crouched down, and with a heavy heart, pressed the talisman directly onto Luca's face.
"Sizzle!"
Accompanied by a sound like raw meat being branded with a hot iron, a blinding white light burst forth from the point of contact between the talisman and the cheek!
"Aaaaaah!"
Luca, who was in a coma, was suddenly awakened by a heart-wrenching, inhuman scream, his limbs convulsing violently.
Wisps of white smoke, mixed with the acrid smell of burning flesh, rose from his face.
A moment later, the white light dissipated. The face that originally belonged to "Bloody Hand" Luca had disappeared, and he now looked exactly the same as Lorne had before.
"Dog shit!" Danitz stared at the bizarre and magical scene before him, taking a half-step back in astonishment. "This talisman... is it really that powerful?"
An uncontrollable thought popped into his head: if I knew what kind of face the captain liked, could I—
No, no, no, that hurts too much! Smelling a burnt smell in the air, Danitz decisively abandoned the idea.
"Not bad, the effect is really good." Lorne also exclaimed in amazement. He stood up and looked him over carefully. "But judging from his appearance, although he is not dead, he doesn't seem to be in much pain."
He crouched down and carefully examined the "stand-in," then worked on some details. For areas that couldn't be perfectly disguised, he used his dagger to destroy them, creating old scars befitting an "adventurer's" identity.
"What do we do now?" Danitz asked, looking at the newly created "Monkey Brando." "Should we just use this stunt double to claim the reward?"
"No." Lorne shook his head.
"My goal has never been money," he stood up, looked at Danitz, and said, emphasizing each word, "but rather to completely rid myself of the 'sick girl'."
That's true. Danitz understood Lorne's main purpose, and the reason he was so eager to help, besides the fact that the two were friends, was...
This was also because Lorne made him a promise: if the plan succeeded, all the money would belong to Danitz.
Lorne knew very well that the necessary benefits would definitely have to be given. As a pirate, Danitz was already showing great loyalty by refusing to exchange himself for the ten thousand pounds bounty.
His main goal was Tracy, so he could be quite generous with money.
Under Danitz's slightly surprised gaze, Lorne continued:
"A living double can't fool Tracy. As a pirate renowned throughout the five seas, she's not so easily fooled. Even if you can fool her subordinates, you definitely can't fool her herself."
"But a dead person is a different story."
"A dead man?" Danitz was startled.
"That's right, a dead man." Lorne's voice turned somewhat cold. "A dead man can't speak, he can't reveal any weaknesses."
Sometimes the dead are much more useful than the living.
He pointed to the unconscious "Pin" on the ground: "Once Monkey Brando is dead, his body has been handed over, making it impossible to verify, and Tracy can't find my real whereabouts."
Then, there will be no way to prove it with the dead. Even if she has any doubts, she will only be able to believe that I am already dead.
Otherwise, as long as she still believes I'm alive, I can forget about ever operating safely at sea again.
After listening to Lorne's account, Danitz hesitated for a moment before raising a crucial question: "I heard that the bounty is for me alive." "Don't worry, that's not a big problem," Lorne analyzed. "Tracy's main goal is to silence me. Whether I'm alive or dead, it doesn't make much difference to her. She just wants to torture me herself and experience that kind of pleasure."
A corpse might mean less reward money, but it's better than nothing.
"But your paths are different, aren't they?" Danitz raised another question. "He's a 'madman,' and you're a 'monster.'"
Even if we remove his extraordinary characteristics, we'll probably still reveal flaws—
"That's alright." Lorne interrupted him, confidently saying, "When we were adrift at sea, Tracy only knew that I was an Extraordinary, but she didn't know which pathway or sequence I belonged to."
From beginning to end, I never displayed any extraordinary abilities in front of her.
Although the "lucky one" didn't have any extraordinary abilities to show, Lorne silently complained to himself.
"Generally speaking, Sequence 9 and Sequence 8 don't have any obvious extraordinary abilities. This Stand is Sequence 8, which fits the situation where I've never shown my abilities."
I'll use some spiritual materials to treat him a bit more, creating some illusions; it shouldn't be a big problem."
After explaining, Lorne looked at Danitz: "Are you close to that guy named Alger?"
"No." Danitz shook his head. "That guy was a pirate too, but we only knew each other and had met a few times."
"Listen... pirates, huh?" Lorne seemed to be deep in thought.
"This plan needs a middleman. Someone with access to the bounty distribution channels and the ability to hand over the 'corpse.'"
"This matter is quite risky, and we absolutely cannot handle it. Considering your reputation, we also cannot entrust it to your acquaintances or contacts."
"That Alger name is quite fitting—he knows you know me, but you don't really have a relationship with him. Most importantly, he wants to work with you to harm me—"
"Then it'll be him." Danitz was somewhat eager to try; as a pirate, he didn't feel much guilt about this kind of thing.
Besides, he had already offended the "sick girl" by rescuing Lorne in the first place, so adding more now wouldn't be a big deal.
Right now, what he cares about most is that ten thousand pounds!
Just as Danitz was getting excited, Lorne poured cold water on his enthusiasm.
"But that guy is quite meticulous," Lorne recalled Alger's past performance.
"Although he knows you have the opportunity to hunt me down, he might not believe you if you go to him rashly."
"Just say it's to thank him for telling me about the bounty," Danitz suggested.
"No, you're pirates. Do you really believe that reason yourself?" Lorne shook his head. "The middleman will definitely take a cut. It's one thing if you don't go to collect the reward yourself, but it's too suspicious to give up the opportunity to make money to someone you don't know well."
"What should we do then?"
Lorne pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke:
"Danitz, why don't you let him take advantage of the situation once?"