Mysterious: The Innate Sacred Body of Destiny

Chapter 157 Danitz: Brando, who started a relationship and then abandoned it?

Chapter 157 Danitz: Brando, who started a relationship and then abandoned it?

"Brando?"

Upon hearing the somewhat familiar yet deeper voice than usual, Danitz paused for a moment.

"Who else could it be?" Lorne took off his glasses, a helpless smile on his face.

"Bullshit!" Danitz's eyes widened. He walked into the room, circled Lorne twice, as if he'd seen some rare animal, and exclaimed, "You really—used that 'Disguise' talisman?!"

"No, that's not right!" He quickly moved closer to examine it carefully and found that Lorne's facial features had not changed much, except that his eyebrows had been shaped to be more dashing and that he seemed to have put on some light makeup.

"Your hair—has turned black!"

He then realized that the reason he hadn't recognized him at first was simply because Lorne's entire style had changed so drastically, transforming him from a somewhat lazy adventurer into a cold and aloof character, which had taken him a while to adjust to.

Seeing Danitz's exaggerated reaction, Lorne was quite satisfied.

He certainly didn't use that extremely risky "disguise" talisman. Putting aside the risks, he was far from being at his wit's end.

This time, he simply gave himself a haircut and dyed his hair. Thanks to Emperor Roselle, the world's cosmetics, beauty, and hair dyeing industries have developed quite well.

This allowed him to successfully purchase the right hair dye in Bayam.

He then dyed his hair black, shaped his eyebrows, and put on a hat and glasses.

Originally, he wanted to switch to sunglasses to try out a Terminator style. But he wasn't big enough, and the sunglasses were a bit too flashy, so he switched to regular glasses instead.

It's a pity there are no colored contact lenses in this era, otherwise he would wear one on each side.

However, even so, this simple change of clothing completely transformed her aura.

Although he doesn't stand up to close scrutiny, even Danitz, a familiar face, didn't recognize him at first glance. Bounty hunters who have only seen the wanted poster would probably find it difficult to recognize him at first sight as well.

Just then, Rachel walked in from outside. She glanced speechlessly at the two men, shook her fur, jumped back onto the bed, and curled up to sleep again, seemingly uninterested in her owner's new look. "I always felt a little uneasy, so I changed my appearance," Lorne explained. "By the way, why did you rush back so quickly? Was something wrong?"

"Ah—that's right!" Danitz slapped his forehead, his expression instantly turning serious. "Brando, something terrible has happened! There's a bounty—."

He quickly recounted in detail what he had heard from Alger about a pirate who had put a 10,000-pound bounty on him.

However, to his bewilderment, after hearing this news, which would have terrified any desperate man, Lorne showed no surprise whatsoever. He simply listened to the news coldly, without any extra emotion.

"Why aren't you reacting at all?" Danitz couldn't help but ask.

"Hmph—" Lorne sighed softly and explained, "Because I already know this news from Roy King."

"Otherwise, guess why I was in such a hurry to change my look."

To be honest, Lorne was worried about Danitz after learning about the bounty.

After all, Roy King already knew, and Danitz would find out sooner or later. Although he wanted to trust his companion, it was ten thousand pounds. He had just been betrayed by the pirate Tracy, and Danitz was also a pirate; who knew if he would be tempted? But now, Danitz had taken the initiative to come back and remind him of this, which meant he was generally trustworthy. If he really wanted to frame him, there was no need for him to reveal this.

Furthermore, as a "Catastrophe Priest," he could sense catastrophe to some extent, but he did not sense anything from Danitz, which suggests that Danitz should be credible.

Thinking of this, Lorne breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Have you made contact with the captain yet?" he asked, addressing the question that concerned him most.

"We've made contact," Danitz nodded. "The captain has agreed to your request. But because the church's ship is at sea, the 'Golden Dream' won't be able to get close for a while."

Upon hearing this, Lorne frowned slightly. That meant he couldn't leave for the time being.

At this moment, Danitz's gossipy nature suddenly resurfaced, and he asked with a wink, "Ten thousand pounds is no small sum; ordinary pirates simply can't come up with that amount."

"Do you know who has put a bounty on your head, you sick girl?"

"It's probably her," Lorne replied. "Besides the captain, she's the only big pirate I know at sea."

"Damn, ten thousand pounds, that breaks the record for private bounties—is the 'sick girl' really that rich?" Danitz exclaimed.

With that warehouse full of extraordinary materials, Tracy certainly wasn't short of money, Lorne thought.

But is the £10,000 bounty on me really just to silence me?

Logically speaking, the fewer people who know about this, the better.

But Tracy has now posted a £10,000 reward, which feels like Tracy is desperate to find herself.

If it's hatred, this is too much!

Danitz hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively, in a tone that was both gossipy and playful, "You and the 'sick girl'—really nothing more than that? She put a ten thousand pound bounty on your head."

Could the truth be completely different from what Brando said? Perhaps he's not as serious as he seems at all—Danitz thought.

The "sick girl" wasn't after the treasure for herself at all. It was Brando who had a thing with her and then wanted to abandon her. That's why she was tied up. After she escaped, someone offered a high bounty on her head.

Although a one-night stand is nothing unusual between pirates and adventurers, the other party is a famous pirate. She felt deceived, so it's quite possible that she knocked Brando unconscious and kidnapped him.

If that's really the case, then when I saved Brando, didn't I indirectly break up a couple?

As Danitz was lost in thought, Lorne's expression also became somewhat strange. He remained silent for a moment before saying helplessly, "What else could it be but murder to silence them?"

"Silence? Silence what—" Danitz's words were cut off by Lorne's glare.

Lorne sighed and said in an extremely serious tone, "To be honest, I don't know what Tracy is trying to do either, but I have a feeling that once she catches me, I'm afraid I'll never see the sun again."

"Never see the sun? Life imprisonment?" A scene suddenly flashed through Danitz's mind: Lorne locked in a basement, barely clothed, while the sick girl stood coldly to the side, holding a whip.

How envious! No, wait! How terrifying!

"You seem to be thinking something very impolite." Lorne keenly sensed something, and a cold glint flashed on his glasses.

"I wasn't thinking about anything!" Danitz waved his hands repeatedly, changing the subject:

"Oh, by the way, you look pretty good now, even better than with disguise."

"The Disguise Talisman—it's a good thing." Lorne took out the Disguise Talisman from his pocket and carefully examined it.

"Unfortunately, it's risky and a one-off event."

"Wait, I don't need to use it myself at all." An interesting idea suddenly popped into his mind.

One idea that might be able to get rid of the diseased girl once and for all.

"Danitz, the guy who told you about the bounty, he wants to team up with you to hunt me down, right?"

Danitz nodded.

"You didn't directly refuse, did you?"

"I...I didn't directly refuse." Danitz looked somewhat embarrassed, "but that was also to get rid of that guy as soon as possible."

I"

"Good idea!"

"What?"

Lorne flashed a sinister smile that matched his current attire as he looked at Danitz:

"I have a money-making idea, would you like to hear it?"