"They have guns but they are useless. These people want to capture me alive!" The tied-up Charles immediately noticed the weapons in their hands.
Just as the manta ray raised its tail with a poisonous needle and was about to stab Charles' back, the sound of flesh tearing was heard, and the entire transparent manta ray was torn directly in half, and a huge bat monster appeared on the roof.
Extremely harsh sound waves burst out from the bat's mouth, and as the tiles on the surrounding roofs quickly cracked, the people who had gathered around covered their ears and retreated backwards.
When the crisis was slightly relieved, Charles spread his wings and prepared to fly towards the dock.
But the other party was obviously not so simple. A tentacle like a black dead branch stretched out from behind a nearby window and directly wrapped around Charles' neck and pulled down hard.
The next second, the familiar sound of chains "click, click, click" was heard, and seven or eight anchor hooks followed closely and hung directly on Charles' body.
Just as Charles struggled hard, trying to break free, a pink paper crane flew in front of Charles, and with a "puff", it turned into a pink mist on Charles' face.
A sweet smell came, and Charles felt an irresistible sleepiness. His whole body went limp, and he fell powerlessly towards the roof below.
The last second within his sight was the pair of bronze boots with a metallic luster walking towards him.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but Charles woke up slowly, and his body had turned back into human form.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself tied to a stool with chains.
There were more than a dozen guys standing around, wearing different clothes and with serious expressions. There were both men and women. Judging from their exposed tattoos and various scars, it was clear that these people were not to be trifled with.
"Who are you? Why are you arresting me? Aren't you afraid that Swan will cause trouble for you if you arrest someone in the British Isles?"
The people in front of Charles did not answer, they spread out and then an unexpected person appeared in front of Charles. It was Swan, the Governor of the British Isles.
Compared to the one he had seen in the Governor's Mansion before, the Swan in front of him looked extremely bad. Several pimples had popped out of his fat face, and there were some ulcers at the corners of his mouth.
"Cooperate with me!" Swan rushed up and said some nonsensical words to Charles.
"What do you mean? Who are you?"
"Who else could it be? I am Swan! The one in the Governor's Mansion is the substitute I found!!" Swan seemed very angry.
Looking at the dark and humid environment around him, Charles said slowly: "Is this Governor Swan's attitude towards seeking cooperation?"
A fat hand reached out and lifted Charles up from the chair, and the saliva from his mouth splashed onto Charles' face from time to time as he roared.
"Stop talking nonsense! If you don't cooperate with me to deal with the Pope, you will die here today!!"
Dealing with the Pope? Charles' expression immediately became serious, and Tuba's warning voice in the tablet flashed past his ears.
"Wait, what's going on? Aren't you and him partners?"
"Ha! Cooperation? He's the reason why I'm in this situation now!!"
Swan put his fat face almost in front of Charles, stared at him and said loudly: "Do you think I don't know that Julio is behind the Explorers Association? Do you think I want to offend all the forces on the sea? Do you think I don't want to slowly occupy one island after another? I can't help it! He forced me to do this!!"
"I thought he gave me so many powerful technologies as a reward for my assistance, but it's not that good!! This is all part of his plan!! I occupied so many islands, but the people on the islands all regarded me as an enemy, but he brought a large group of charlatans to harvest their faith!! Do you know how many new members the cult has added during this period? If you don't cooperate with me, sooner or later all the people on your island will become crazy like them!!"
"You should also know how vicious this guy is. We are now in the same boat. There is only one way to get rid of him, and that is to go to the Cathedral of Holy Light and kill him!!"
Looking at Swan who was in a very unstable mood, Charles thought for a while and said, "Okay."
This was a pretend agreement. No matter whether he would cooperate or not, Charles had to get out of here first. He didn't like the feeling of having his destiny controlled by others.
"Very good, come on, tell it your agreement." Swan took out a shriveled human head the size of a small orange.
Looking at the distorted facial features on the little head, Charles did not say a word. He knew without thinking that this seemed to be a relic of some kind of signed contract. Once signed, there would be no room for regret.
Seeing Charles' expression, Swan's expression slowly turned cold.
"How dare you deceive me? If you don't join me, sooner or later the Pope will use you against me! I won't let that happen!"
Swan said as he put a double-caliber pistol to Charles' head. "You're going to tell me or not?"
"Is this really necessary? Maybe we can discuss it slowly." Charles tried to calm Swan down.
"Click!" The thick gun barrel was stuffed into Charles' mouth.
"I don't have time! Everyone wants me dead now! Does he think I don't know? He's going to use me and throw me away? It's not that simple. I am the true king of the North Sea!"
"I'll count to three. If you still don't agree, I'll smash your head! 1... 2..."
The atmosphere in the room became oppressive, and Charles could even see the madness in Swan's bloodshot eyes.
Swann's stubby fingers moved toward the wrench.
At this moment, a woman in a long skirt with her eyes bandaged stepped forward and said, "Governor, be careful! Someone is modifying our memories!"
The moment the sound was heard, the ceiling collapsed instantly and the room was plunged into darkness.
Swan extended the gun forward without hesitation and pulled the trigger. "Dang!" The sound of the bullet hitting the wall was heard.
"Damn it! This guy ran away! How did you guys do things? Go chase him!" Swan's angry voice came from the darkness.
The crowd around them instantly dispersed and chased in all directions.
Following the blindfolded woman was a thin man. They had not walked far when the blindfolded woman raised her hand and a tentacle inserted directly into the back of the man's head and stretched out from his mouth.
"It's okay now. Come out." The blindfolded woman lifted her skirt and Charles came out.
After checking all around to make sure it was safe for the time being, Charles looked at the woman in front of him in surprise. "Anna?"
A smile appeared on the woman's face. "How did you recognize me? Didn't I pretend to be someone I wasn't?"
(End of this chapter)