Dipper rushed into the captain's room first and picked up a diary that was scattered on the ground.
Just as he was about to hand the logbook to Charles, the drawer next to him suddenly opened, and a black shadow instantly fell on his face.
"Dipper!!" The shocked Charles rushed forward and was about to tear the thing off, but Dipper's body suddenly dispersed and turned into a ball of dark blue mist.
The black mass fell to the ground without support and twisted its body towards Charles.
Charles instantly pulled out his revolver and kept pulling the trigger at the thing.
The sound of gunfire continued to echo in the room, and after Charles' continuous shooting, the black mass finally stopped moving.
"What is this?" Dipper, who had regrouped into human form, looked at the sticky black jelly on the ground in surprise.
Charles carefully picked up the drawer and put it on the ground. It looked like it had been hollowed out by something, and the darkness in the depths stretched to who knows where.
"Be careful, it seems something has made this place its nest. I feel like things in the sea are not that simple." Charles reminded his boatswain.
"It's okay, I can turn into mist, this thing has no effect on me." Dipper said confidently.
Charles glared at him and reached out to snatch the logbook from his hand.
"Do you think I don't know where this thing came from? Go stand at the door and beware of that thing appearing again."
Seeing Dipper not daring to say any more nonsense, Charles lowered his head and looked at the diary in his hand.
"September 3, 734
We just left the British Isles. Today is the first sea trial of our boat that can be launched into the water. I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep that night…”
"734 years? It's been 71 years since now. How could it be that long?"
"Wow~" Charles turned to the second page of the diary in his hand.
"September 4, 734
The sea trial went well, but I am not satisfied with the crew's performance. I need a smarter crew."
… …
"September 9, 734
The new crew members are all very good, especially the ship's doctor, whose tongue I really enjoy, especially when..."
Charles flipped the papers faster. He was here to find out why the submarine appeared here, not to see the erotic experience of a dead person.
In just a few minutes, Charles had flipped through most of the log, most of which recorded trivial matters.
Just as he turned to page 95, a word in it made his pupils shrink.
"Today, I met with the respected Pope with other captains. I was so excited. You know, he has the ability to communicate with the God of Light. The moment he looked at me, I felt that my whole soul was sublimated."
"The Pope?!" Charles turned around, rushed to the Skeleton Captain and tore his head off.
He reached his hand towards his eye sockets, and three rusty steel needles as thick as pencils appeared in his hand.
"It's actually the Church of Light! I should have thought of it earlier!"
At this point Charles felt that things were getting complicated.
"Why did the Pope send someone here? Does this mean that this guy already knew the location of the key?"
Dipper, who was standing alert at the hatch, approached carefully, "Captain, what's wrong? Did you find any important clues?"
Charles ignored him, his mind racing.
Although Charles still doesn't know what the Pope's conspiracy is, based on the other party's behavior, he can only speculate on his plan from the darkest angle.
Charles even had the urge to go back immediately, mobilize the power of Hope Island, Icha Island and the Crown of the World, and cooperate with the Church of Futan to destroy the Church of Light.
But he knew that this impulse was wrong. It was just a guess and there was no need for him to be so extreme.
"Fortunately, the situation has not reached its worst point. That guy is now fighting with the Futan Cult. This is a good opportunity."
"The Church of Light has just finished a war and is now in a weak period. If I go back now, I can unite my forces to contain the Church of Light."
"It is best to find out what the Pope is trying to do. Using violence is always the last resort."
After being reminded of the clues on the submarine, Charles changed his mind about his next strategy against the Church of Light.
Charles looked confused as he looked at Dipper beside him with a gloomy expression on his face. He secretly glanced at the logbook, wanting to know what news made the captain so excited.
"Don't just stand there, keep watching the door and report anything unusual immediately."
Charles knew that these things were indeed very important, but his most important task now was to find out whether the key to the surface was underneath.
If I really find the key, I will have one more card in my hand when negotiating with the Pope.
Charles lowered his head and continued to read the diary in his hand.
"September 13, 734
We received a top-secret mission from the Pope. Due to confidentiality reasons, I cannot write it down on paper, but it is definitely something that makes me excited and unable to sleep. No, I have to hold it in. I can’t write it down…”
"November 1, 734
We finally reached the top of the trench. After discussing with each other, the eleven submarine captains decided to send the Sea Lion to dive first. The specific results will be decided based on the intelligence he brings back. "
"November 3, 734
It has been two days, which is beyond the time we agreed on. Something must have gone wrong with the Sea Lion. There is danger below..."
"November 6, 734
Three submarines have already disappeared, and we can’t continue to waste them like this. If we continue to lose one submarine after another, our lives will be short, but the mission entrusted to us by the Pope will fail!"
"We decided to dive together so that at least we could look out for each other."
"November 7, 734
"It was very dark down there, and I felt someone was watching us in the dark, but in order to avoid panic among the crew, I didn't tell anyone else about this feeling."
"November 8, 734
"Something is wrong. I can't contact other ships, and we are still diving. How deep is this place? No, don't think I'll give up! For the Pope! For the God of Light!!"
"734, 13th month, 9th day
Someone committed suicide with my gun, and I don't know how he stole it. I asked other submarine captains, and they told me everything was fine."
"734, 13th month, 34th day
Today I solved a mutiny. The first mate and his subordinates conspired to seize my ship and escape from here. Haha, you are right. The first mate is really stupid. No wonder it tastes a bit bitter. "
(End of this chapter)