In the elevator leading to the island's surface, everyone stood in silence, allowing the red dots beside the elevator door to jump up one by one.
The attention of everyone present was on the man who was silently wrapping the bandage back on, their minds filled with all kinds of thoughts.
"How is it possible that one person becomes another person?"
"West is now the first mate? Then how do I settle the money I owe him?"
"I'm afraid no one would believe this kind of weird thing even if I brag about it in a dock bar. Why not just retire? If I continue to work, I'm afraid I'll make money but not live to spend it."
The only one who would speak in this situation was Charles, and he looked at his first mate with a very complicated expression.
To be honest, although he and Bandage were close friends, he had only seen this guy's face a few times. After spending such a long time together, he had come to regard Bandage as his face.
After considering his words in his mind, Charles said, "Bandage, have all your memories returned
Bandage shook his head, "No... just... the memory just now... came back... nothing else... I don't know... after being touched by the tentacles... I encountered... something..."
Charles patted him on the shoulder comfortingly. "It's better to come back as soon as possible. When we get back to the ship, I will give you a diary. You can write down everything that happened every day so that you don't forget it again."
Charles felt that recording things like bandages were more necessary than himself.
Bandage nodded silently.
"Ding Dong~" The elevator door opened and the crew members rushed out.
When the dark sky and messy woods appeared in front of him again, everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. They were finally safe and had finally walked out of that strange cave.
"Don't let your guard down, we haven't finished our work yet." Charles said, and led the crew quickly into the forest.
He knew there was one thing he hadn't done yet, which was to unite with his past self and kidnap his even more past self.
At this moment, the present Charles becomes the former future Charles.
"Think about what we did in the future. We will review it again later. If you can't remember, ask your companions. We will be going back soon. Don't cause a paradox that will ruin everyone's work."
After hearing Charles' words, the crew members ignored the thrilling experience they had just experienced and helped each other recall what had happened before.
Fortunately, only an hour had passed before, and the memory was still there when they came to the place where Charles had appeared in the future.
Everyone has already remembered what they are going to do and what they are going to say next.
"I'll say it again, I'll speak first, then the Pope will appear, and finally it's your turn. Don't say anything you shouldn't say." Charles, standing on the tree trunk, directed the other crew members.
"knew!"
"Don't worry, Captain."
"This is the third time. I've memorized it."
When Charles heard the scout Audric say that they were coming soon, he immediately squatted on a branch and waited quietly.
"Who are you? Did you just catch me?"
Hearing the familiar voice behind him, Charles took a deep breath, turned around, and spoke the lines he had prepared long ago to his past self.
"You're wrong. This is not Lily's parallel world."
"Of course I know what you are thinking, because I am your future self."
What happened next happened slowly in the order that had happened before.
The past West excitedly asked where he was. The Pope changed into black clothes, and everyone went to collect tires together and began to prepare to ambush Charles who had just arrived on the island.
"Bandage, take these people to the entrance of the V4 shelter first, we will be there soon." Charles said to the first mate who had wrapped the bandages around his head again.
"Hmm..." He turned his bandaged neck and looked not far away, where he was still worried about his impending "death".
"Bang, bang, bang!" Three gunshots were heard again.
The two Charltons followed the bandage and led the ambush team to the woods to prepare.
The other crew members, led by Bandage, walked towards the forest.
The current crew members and the past crew members immediately split into two groups and followed the taciturn Bandage silently.
The present crew members kept their mouths shut due to Charles's order, not making any sound, and they didn't even look at their past selves to avoid causing a paradox.
The crew members from the past showed their anxiety directly on their faces. They looked at their future selves and muttered to themselves.
"Whoosh~!!" Suddenly a black shadow whizzed past in the air, causing everyone to shrink their necks in fear and quickly grip their weapons.
"Mr. First Mate, there's something flying in the sky!" West walked to the bandage and reminded him hesitantly.
Bandage didn't look up. Having experienced it once, he certainly knew what was flying over there. "Don't worry about them..."
As if to confide his anxiety, West asked the bandage nervously: "Mr. First Mate, can you tell my future self what exactly happened?"
"You will experience... a lot... a lot... so much... so much... that... you yourself... can't remember them all..."
"Then can I return to Hope Island again? I'm not really afraid of death, I'm just afraid that my mother will be sad. She was very opposed to me becoming a seaman before. If she sees that I can't come back, she will definitely be very sad."
Bandage looked at his past self with a complicated expression. "You will... return to Hope Island... but... it will take a little... long..."
West's eyes lit up when he heard this. He came close to the bandage and said excitedly, "Really? Can I really go back? First mate, you are not lying to me, are you?"
"I don't... lie..."
Although Bandage's words were not convincing at all, West chose to believe them without reason.
"That's good. As long as I can get home, it doesn't matter even if it takes a little longer. First mate, when you go back, please tell my mother that I have something urgent to do and I will be back when I am done."
"Hmm..." At this time, Bandage saw a beam of light shooting straight into the sky, and he knew that the captains' mission was accomplished.
Hearing the Bandage's reply, West bowed deeply to the Bandage in gratitude.
"Mr. First Mate, you are such a good man. Not only did you teach me how to steer, but you also helped me deliver the letter. Thank you so much!"
The future chef Planck couldn't help himself when he saw this scene.
Just as he was about to explain everything, Feuerbach and Dipp clapped their hands quickly, directly covering this guy's mouth, and the two of them held him and continued to move forward.
(End of this chapter)