Chapter 20 – “We will eat you.”
Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)
Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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Shan Ming was merciless in his hand-knife attack so the military doctor was unconscious for more than three hours before waking up.
He was tied up and thrown on the ground. When he woke up, no one paid attention to him. So he sat up with difficulty and silently observed the people on the plane.
Job and Pell were handling the food.
There was a lot of food on the plane. But that was prepared for the rich businessman, his bodyguards and mistresses. Once the number of people who open their mouths to eat becomes twenty-six, all consumption adds up. According to the normal food intake, it is only enough for a day and a half.
So the food was managed in a unified way and distributed strictly according to the plan. As long as there was enough water and they would not starve to death, these things would be enough for them to eat for six or seven days.
For the remaining days, they can only resolve it by themselves.
The professional fishing gear and the uninflated kayak on the plane were all used by the rich businessman on vacation. But now they have become a tool for them to fill their stomachs.
When the plane made an emergency landing on the open sea, they had to find food by themselves. However, after all, the Pacific Ocean is rich in products, so they shouldn’t starve to death.
Tiger Shark urgently found a person who could speak Burmese and finally was able to communicate with the captain to determine the route. He drew up a plan for fuel usage.
Shan Ming was sitting on the sofa supervising Shen Changze doing push-ups.
When the child reached the twelfth set, he couldn’t do it anymore. He gritted his teeth and couldn’t get up for a long time. Shan Ming knocked on the coffee table, “It must be twenty.”
The military doctor frowned and observed for a long time. He finally couldn’t help but ask, “Are you training him?”
Shan Ming seemed to only realise that he had woken up. He glanced at him, “You’d better move and talk less from now on. We’re going to starve for the next two weeks and you’re a prisoner. You can only get the least food. If you die of starvation…” Shan Ming showed his white teeth, “We will eat you.”
The military doctor was unmoved. Instead, he fixed his eyes on Shen Changze. He carefully looked at every inch of the child’s skin. It was as if he wanted to dig holes in him.
That look made Shan Ming feel very uncomfortable. It was as if in his eyes, the child was a frog waiting to be dissected. Shan Ming said angrily: “Are you a fucking pervert? What are you looking at him for?”
The military doctor glanced at Shan Ming. Shan Ming noticed an inexplicable fanaticism in the usual indifference calm gaze. It made him feel uncomfortable all over.
Shan Ming is really curious about the identity of the child. He knows that the military doctor can give him many answers, but he can’t torture the military doctor to find out. Neither he nor Ayer are willing to offend the government of a big country. Shan Ming regretted it a little. He should have asked Tiger Shark to bring some ‘Truthrum’ when he sent a boat to pick them up. The boat must have been out to sea by now.
Shan Ming felt a little irritable. He shouted at the child: “Keep doing it. If you can’t finish by twenty, there will be no food for you.”
Gritting his teeth, the child raised his head and said, “I don’t want to eat that man.” After speaking, he looked at the military doctor with some fear.
The military doctor said urgently: “Shen Changze! Don’t you want to know where your parents are?”
The child stopped and looked at him suspiciously.
“I can tell you that they…”
There was a splash of cold water. It was poured on the military doctor’s head. Ayer shook the empty glass in his hands, “There’s so much nonsense. If you talk any more nonsense, you’ll be gagged to death.”
The military doctor exhaled. Transparent drops of water slid down his jade-white cheeks. He blinked his eyelashes a few times and looked at Shen Changze quietly. He stopped talking.
Ayer said: “Your name is Tang Tingzhi, right? A 23-year-old genius scientist who has made outstanding contributions in the fields of biology, neurology, pharmacology, genetics, and medicine. Hmph, it sounded like an evil scientist. All the weapons are in our hands, you’d better be a prisoner honestly. Don’t talk and move less. Otherwise, we have plenty of time to deal with you during the boring voyage of more than ten days.”
Jim leaned over and looked at Tang Tingzhi with obscene eyes. He laughed and said, “Ayer, although we can’t understand what you are talking about, this beauty doesn’t look very honest. Why don’t you let me play with him?”
Ayer glared at him, “He is an important hostage. You are not allowed to touch him.”
Jim couldn’t hide his disappointment and said angrily, “Boss, we have a lot of time now. You should explain to us what is going on, right? Who is this person? Why is he against us? And why now that we’re at sea, why can’t we go to Indonesia as originally planned? Instead, we are drifting on the sea. You…” Jim gave Shan Ming a vicious look, “What are you all talking about in a language we don’t understand?”
Jim’s volume was not low. Everyone who was resting in the next room heard him. Everyone also wants to know what really went down. It feels very bad to be led by the nose without knowing anything.
Looking at the probing eyes of the crowd, Ayer knew that this would happen sooner or later. He felt a drum in his heart. If he could not successfully appease these people, there would definitely be conflicts among them.
When they encountered the ‘monster’ in Yunnan, China four years ago, almost all of their cherished comrades had died, including his and Shan Ming’s foster father. There were only a few old people left in the regiment, such as Tiger Shark. The others were all newly recruited. They are even more powerful than the previous members, but they lack trust and loyalty to each other. The background for each of them was also unclear. If not for the support of Tiger Shark and others, Ayer, who was only 18 years old at the time, would have never been able to lead these international exiles.
Therefore, Ayer spent a lot of thought on the distribution of interests and the coordination of conflicts among members for fear of internal conflicts. Most of the current ‘Peregrine Falcon’ members are united for the sake of profit. It was unlike the ‘Peregrine Falcon’ original members where they all were comrades in arms to live happily and die happily together.
Faced with such collective suspicion, Ayer felt a headache. In fact, what happened this time was entirely the fault of Shan Ming’s impulsive act. But Ayer didn’t bother to blame Shan Ming on it because he knew that Shan Ming would not admit his mistakes. Telling him that was equal to telling him nothing. So he best finds a way to remedy the situation.
Ayer and Shan Ming looked at each other.
They both know that they can’t tell the truth. All of them will be implicated because of one person’s mistake. These people will sell Shan Ming and the child out whenever necessary and they will never show mercy. Ayer clapped his hands, “Everyone, enter the room.” He drove everyone into the suite and then made up a story related to the border drug trade. He cleverly pushed everything to the head of the former client who would have no evidence against him to cover things up.
Shen Changze continued to grit his teeth and persist in physical training under the supervision of Shan Ming. But he secretly glanced at Tang Tingzhi when Shan Ming didn’t look at him.
After flying for seven hours, the plane landed on the open sea between the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu Islands in southeastern Indonesia.
After eating little food, the captain and the uninvited passengers were all exhausted. They each looked for a place to rest.
There was only one big bed on the plane and everyone agreed to give it to Goddess Pell. Shan Ming hugged the child with him and slept on the sofa, while everyone else found a place to huddle.
Compared to lying in smelly and cold places with dead people, having a clean and quiet place to sleep is already a very superior environment. So no one complained about it.
In the middle of the night, the child turned over and whispered, “Baba, I’m going to go pee.”
Shan Ming made a “hmm”.
If the child is asleep after Shan Ming falls asleep, he should not move casually. Or else, he would easily wake up Shan Ming. So he must tell Shan Ming when he got up at night so as not to be pointed with a gun to his head.
The child got up from the bed and looked at Shan Ming’s closed eyes. He said softly, “Baba, are you not going with me?”
Shan Ming said briefly, “Get lost.”
The child quickly jumped off the sofa and walked towards the toilet in the direction of the cabin. His heart beat like a drum and he prayed that no one was there.
Tang Tingzhi was tied up near the toilet. He didn’t eat at night. His head was lowered listlessly and he seemed to be asleep…
To the child’s disappointment, there were two people watching over him. They were resting not far from him.
Hearing footsteps, both of them opened their eyes.
The child stretched out his tiny finger and put it near his mouth. He made a “shush” motion.
Both adults thought it was funny and didn’t care what a five-year-old child was going to do. Seeing the child squatting in front of the hostage, they knew that the child wanted to talk to the hostage. But in their view, the child’s curiosity didn’t need to be bothered so they didn’t need to care about it.
Tang Tingzhi opened his eyes when he heard the movement. He stared at Shen Changze with piercing eyes.
He looked at the hostage with fury and he whispered, “Do you really know where my parents are?”
Tang Tingzhi also lowered his voice, “I know. I’m here to rescue you. As long as you follow me, you can reunite with your parents.”
The child pursed his lips, “You lied to me. I know you are bad guys.”
“Not everyone who wears this kind of clothes is a bad guy. Don’t you want to see your parents?”
The child lowered his eyes sadly, “I wanna know… Where are they? How are they doing? Do they miss me?”
Tang Tingzhi said blankly, “They are doing very well and they want to see you very much. But you have to go back with me to see them. That person is not your father. You know who your real father is.”
The child said angrily, “I know he’s not my father. He told me to call him Baba. If I don’t call him like that, he won’t let me eat. He is also a bad guy!” The child lowered his head, “But… Baba would protect me. He always protected me…”
Tang Tingzhi looked at the child’s immature eyes. His heart was beating wildly with excitement and he said softly, “Shen Changze, come closer to me.”
“Ah?”
“Come here.”
The child looked at him warily, “Why should I?”
Tang Tingzhi was stunned. He had never been in contact with a child and he didn’t know how to get along with him. He couldn’t think of a reason to let the child approach him with his hands and feet bound. He just wanted to smell the child’s skin. If he guessed right, he must be able to distinguish the purest and most perfect dragon blood smell.
Seeing that the child was not moving, he could only lean forward to get closer to the child with difficulty. He was trying to put his nose closer to the child’s skin.
The child jumped up vigilantly and yelled, “What are you trying to do?! Bad guys, don’t come near me!”
When Shan Ming came all the way from the sofa, he saw Tang Tingzhi trying to get close to the child and the child quickly jumped away. He raised his eyebrows and strolled over.
After the child saw Shan Ming, he felt unlucky and ran into the toilet.
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*GLOSSARY:
- ‘Truthrum’ = Truth serum
Next update: 2023.–.–
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