JOJO, The Escape from Real Diavolo

Chapter 138 Candle Dragon Tour Group

"A ship is coming. We're lucky."

"Hehe, not bad... I rowed for six hours! The sun almost dried me out!"

"..."

Chen Miaowen's main avatar never made a move; he simply watched the sun pass overhead. Although the creation of Heaven did not currently exist, when he closed his eyes and opened them again, he found himself seemingly still in the same spot, even though an hour or so had actually passed. The sun's trajectory overhead was also very clear... Time was flying by.

Some of his clones got tired of rowing and jumped into the sea to drown themselves, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. His hundreds of thousands of clones had long since changed dynasties, and he couldn't possibly use them all.

Even with all these clones working together, they rowed for seven or eight hours without finding land, but instead spotted a passing ship.

"Boss...have you noticed that every time we board a ship, there's always a battle...So, do you think there will be Stand users on that ship this time?"

"Even if there were, we could only go up."

Chen sighed, then retracted all his clones and began waving from the rickety wooden boat.

"Help! Help!"

So they were rescued, but to Chen Yi's surprise, the captain on the ship was wearing sunglasses, which startled him.

Upon further inquiry, it turned out to be simply due to the captain's hobby; he didn't resemble the person on the ship at all.

"But...who is that captain? He seems really strange..."

"Ahem...Sir, could you tell me what happened?"

"..."

They simply used the excuse of being shipwrecked at sea to cover it up; Chen even got himself soaked to the bone for this reason.

Although the captain might still find it hard to believe, he accepted it.

"Well then, I'll prepare everything for you, help you change your clothes...emmm, although you've come because of the disaster, you're still a guest, so I don't need to charge you anything. But I need to introduce you to this ship, the 'Far Wind'..."

Chen was somewhat dazed. He realized that this was the first time since boarding the ship that someone had introduced him to its origins and story. "Is this what a normal passenger ship is like?"

This passenger ship is much cleaner than the previous one. Although it is not as magnificent as the prince's ship, Chen believes that this is the most normal ship.

The scale was moderate, and it took about half an hour for Chen to pretend to take a bath, change into his newest clothes, and admire everything on the ship.

"Sir...you may know about what happened these past two days, right? The 'day taken away by the gods' incident...is that why you met your end? You don't need to deny it, everyone knows about it."

The captain suddenly led Chen to a secluded corner and continued to speak softly.

"You must have been affected by this too... it's been affected all over the world."

"Ahem... So you're telling me this because you've found the problem?"

"No, no, I just want you to avoid talking about this issue for the rest of the time... After all, there's a tour group from the East on this ship, and they'll cause a ruckus if we bring it up... Just two days ago, we departed from Mauritius, and after two days, we were approaching the Maldives. At that time, those two days of unconsciousness caused panic among the passengers..."

"But soon after, a group of people appeared and began to spread their theories, saying things like... 'Zhulong is stealing our time,' 'Zhulong is the god of time,' and so on..."

"Wait... Maldives? Yes, where is it again?"

"Uh... sir, it's on a southern island downstream from India."

Chen turned his head around,

"Please continue."

"Well, later these tour groups started making noise and spreading rumors, which caused the order on the ship to become even more chaotic. Some passengers were even lured into joining the group..."

"But now, the old order has been restored, and you have resolved this matter. However, in order to prevent the matter from recurring, you must let me, the newcomer, know everything and try to dissuade me from mentioning what happened these past two days."

"Yes, sir, you are very intelligent, and it is very easy to deal with you."

What a smart idiot... But what is Zhulong? Am I that Zhulong?

Chen thought for a moment and realized that the tour group would probably have an insane desire for his abilities. He nodded to reassure the captain.

"It's okay, I won't cause any trouble. To be honest... I'm just annoyed by these two missing days. Like you think, my death is probably related to those two days of unconsciousness... but I don't want to try to understand everything before the disaster... I'll just live my life from now on."

"Thank you, sir. Well then..."

The captain led Chen away from the corner and into a nearby cabin, and began to show Chen his accommodations.

"This is a shared apartment... You have a middle-aged man as your roommate. If you don't accept this..."

"It's alright now."

"Okay, then I'll be going now."

Once the door closed, Chen began to observe the two-person dormitory-like accommodation. The windows were clean, and the beds were neatly made, but that only applied to his upper bunk. His lower bunk had a roommate who was wrapped in a blanket and peeking at him with his eyes peeking out.

"...Hello."

"Hey..."

Chen didn't want to talk to him, only offering a polite greeting to make eye contact. But the middle-aged man persisted, rambling on and on.

"Hehe, you must be one of the victims? I've never seen you before!"

"What kind of woman do you like? I like women with long legs."

"..."

Chen had already started getting into bed, preparing to lie on her side with her buttocks facing the man and ignoring him.

"Ah... I haven't introduced myself yet? I'm Lao Wang from the Zhulong Tour Group."

It was only this sentence that piqued Chen's interest.

So he turned his body back to the side.

"What a coincidence? You were part of that troublemaking tour group? I thought the captain had been completely dealt with by you, the kind who kills and disposes of bodies..."

"Ahem, we paid to board the ship, how could the captain possibly do anything to us? Speaking of which, friend, you're the one who boarded without paying...aren't you afraid the captain will take care of you?"

Chen was stunned.

"Why did he have to get rid of me? He seemed like a good person, even willing to help the lonely and helpless..."

"Well, why don't you come down first? How about we talk about what happened these past two days?"

It's hard to refuse such a warm invitation; it means that if you refuse, you'll be constantly harassed by the other party.

So Chen jumped out of bed, appearing relaxed and carefree.

"Impressive skills, just like..."

"Stop flattering me... Let me ask you a question first. The captain knows you're from a tour group, right? But why did he arrange for me to be here? Is he testing me? Or are you some kind of eccentric?"

"Haha...this is more than just a problem, my friend."