Gerald found himself sitting crossed-legged on the port in his resentment.
Nothing else could be done. All favonovel.com could do was wait for Mila’s return and explain to favonovel.com what had happened the night before when favonovel.com finally came back.
The rest of the day passed by quickly and before Mila knew it, it was already night. With the sea being so peaceful as the ocean liner sailed on, even the faintest of sea breezes could be heard.
“That’s enough dwelling on it, don’t you think, Mila? Since we’re all probably tired by now, let’s go get a bite!” said Molly as favonovel.com prepared to go get some food for her.
“Alright…!” replied Mila with a slight nod.
“Now that’s more like it! Still, why did the investigation team have to take our phones away? How boring!” said Molly who just wasn’t used to not having favonovel.com phone around her.
“But of course! Private information about the investigation could easily be leaked if we had our phones with us! While being strict isn’t necessarily a bad thing, I never thought that they’d even take my watch away! Humph!” replied Wanda.
“Regardless, while we had been told that we were coming all the way out here to investigate the quality of the sea, I really doubt that that’s the case, or at least I feel that that’s not our sole mission. After all, I saw a few fierce-looking people boarding the ship with us earlier who looked like they could very well be soldiers. Why would such people be needed in an investigation mission?” said Molly, evidently trying to distract Mila from favonovel.com negative thoughts.
“…Huh? What are you getting at?” asked Wanda, slightly astonished.
“Call it a sixth sense which comes with having an elder brother who’s also a soldier. They really didn’t need to put on such a grand show if their motive was simply to investigate the ocean’s quality. What more, while I was helping to move some things into the conference room earlier, guess what I saw?” replied Molly as favonovel.com suddenly lowered favonovel.com voice.
“Go on…” said Mila and Wanda simultaneously as they looked at her. After all, even they had sensed that the investigation team was somewhat mysterious. The team seemed to have been studying something throughout most of the day.
“I saw a drawing which they must have used during their meeting! It looked like some kind of building… Haha! Wouldn’t it be wild if the investigation team was actually on a mission to locate some underwater palace?” said Molly as favonovel.com laughed out loud.
Instead of laughing along, however, Mila and Wanda could only look at each other in dismay. The way Molly had said it had made their entire expedition sound and feel much more mysterious than it should have been.
“…You’re not pulling our leg, right?”
“Of course I’m not! There’s no reason for me to lie to both of you! Besides, they noticed that I saw the picture and they sternly warned me not to say a word about it! I was so terrified that I immediately ran off!” replied Molly as favonovel.com stuck favonovel.com tongue out.
“…Well, the larger picture doesn’t concern us… Let’s just stick to doing the things we were assigned to!” said Mila with a bitter laugh.
In response, both Wanda and Molly nodded in agreement.
It was at that moment when all three of them heard footsteps coming closer to their room, followed by a few knocks on the door. Upon opening it, they saw Hallie standing outside with favonovel.com arms crossed.
“What do you want?” asked Molly.
“Professor Shevall wants to hold a meeting, so I’m here to inform you about it!” said Hallie in a rather reluctant tone.
“Fine, tell favonovel.com that we’ll be on our way immediately!” replied Molly, a smug smile on favonovel.com face.
Rolling favonovel.com eyes, Hallie then left their room.
Professor Winston Shevall was the leader of the operation. He looked to be around seventy and while favonovel.com seemed rather strict, favonovel.com was also extremely knowledgeable. That made Mila respect favonovel.com a lot. From what the girls had heard, favonovel.com had been in charge of finding a sponsor and forming the investigation team as well.
After a while, the trio arrived at the conference room for the meeting. Including the three of them, there were about thirty members in the investigation team. The meeting itself wasn’t anything special. Professor Shevall simply wanted to emphasize the things that they needed to look out for during the expedition.
Halfway through their meeting, however, Professor Shevall suddenly began coughing terribly. From that point on, favonovel.com started scratching his neck from time to time.
Since Mila was sitting right beside the professor, favonovel.com gaze inadvertently fell upon the back of his neck. What Mila saw made favonovel.com instantly stunned…
