Chapter 286 Return to Trial Island 【Seeking Monthly Pass, (2/4)
After everything that needed to be said was said, Ying and Aoki fell into silence again.
At Ying's signal, Aoki picked up the teacup and took a slow sip.
In fact, Aoki likes tea and coffee very much.
It was bitter at first, and then the bitterness gradually faded away, and a faint sweetness appeared in the mouth.
The sharp contrast between sweetness and bitterness highlights its true taste.
Aoki doesn't care what kind of tea or coffee, he just likes the aftertaste after drinking it, unlike people like Kage who pay attention to tea ceremony.
Aoki drank all the tea in the cup, and the bitter taste in his mouth became stronger.
Shadow shook his head and poured Aoki another glass.
It is rare for Aoki to be able to let a king-level expert pour water.
"It's a bit of a waste to drink such good tea for you." Ying said lightly, a little sighing, but more of a sigh.
The hand holding the tea cup paused slightly, and Aoki said with a smile, "For me, the type of tea or the tea ceremony is not important. What is important is that the more bitter the tea, the stronger the final aftertaste."
The tea-sipping shadow was stunned. Aoki's words didn't sound like words spoken by a person of his age. Even though he had experienced much more than the average person of his age, it didn't sound like words spoken by his age.
The two of them didn't have to wait for long before the boat set off.
Originally, Kage was waiting for Aoki's arrival, but now Aoki has arrived. Although their boatswain has been sent to first aid due to excessive blood loss, the boatswain is not very important, right?
Just let someone else do it.
Team Rocket's cargo ship is still ordinary. It sails to the trial island according to a special route. The ship is loaded with various supplies.
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In a luxurious room, there was a thin middle-aged man, looking at the video phone on the wall, holding his head with one hand, listening to the report of his subordinates.
If Aoki were here, he might be able to recognize that the person on the video call was the captain who appeared on the freighter before.
I saw that he was now very respectful and told what happened before, word for word.
After listening to the report, the thin middle-aged man said with a smile, "So, you, a battalion leader and a squadron leader, failed to find out the details of that kid, and one of you was eliminated in vain?"
There was a smile on his face when he spoke, but no one who saw him would think he was smiling happily.
Suddenly, a lot of sweat appeared on the captain's face.
Then he immediately said what Ying said exactly as it was.
"Oh? I heard that his last mission failed and his strength was seriously damaged.
If it were before, I would have respected him three points, but now...you will know after playing against him."
According to the king-level strength classification, Ying is much stronger than him, but the last time Ying's strength was greatly damaged, no one knows the specific strength now.
"Forget it, it's not interesting. Go tell that brat that if you don't get the results I want in this trial, go to the Death Warriors and let him be the first in the next war with the Alliance."
"Yes!" the captain quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.
Now I am a dead Taoist friend but not a poor Taoist.
The video call was turned off, but the skinny middle-aged man's expression turned gloomy, "Shadow Team, do you still think it's the previous Shadow Team?"
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Two days later.
Team Rocket's cargo ship successfully arrived at the Trial Island.
During the past two days, except for the first time when Aoki and Kage sat together and drank tea, they spent the rest of the time in their own rooms tinkering with things that might be used on the trial island.
The first thing is to prepare for the subordinates that Aoki conquered on the trial island.
I don’t know how many people are still following me after I have been away for such a long time.
In other words, Aoki doesn't know how many people truly follow him, and he doesn't want to find out.
It's just that after leaving the trial island this time, those who choose to follow him, no matter what their previous plans, must choose to be loyal to themselves in the future. This is the standard set by Aoki for these people.
And the things he messed with in the room were also related to this purpose.
I didn't see Ying again for two days, and I didn't see him when Aoki got off the boat.
Maybe, after Aoki got on the boat, Shadow had already left.
Do the king-level experts still need to take a boat to get here?
Not necessarily.
Ignoring the disappearance of the shadow.
Aoki stepped on this bloody muddy land, and a mixed smell of fishy smell and earthy smell came from the ground.
This is the trial island.
If you look at it from the outside, you can't actually see the entire Trial Island. To say it is an island is better to say it is a small landmass, because Aoki still doesn't know how deep the Trial Island is.
But to be able to carve out such an unknown place on the sea, I have to say that the Rockets are extremely capable.
It's also possible that the place can only be reached by riding on Team Rocket's exclusive ship.
Because there were no windows in the cabin when Aoki arrived, and after actually sailing into the sea, Aoki was told that he was not allowed to leave his room until he was about to arrive.
So I don't know how I came to this place, and I don't know how to leave. Aoki only has a general direction.
Team Rocket protects this place very strictly.
The sailors were busy carrying the goods, and no one paid attention to Aoki.
In this way, Aoki quietly returned to the trial island, and there was only one day left before the end of the three-month trial.
Dark Crow stood on Aoki's shoulder, walking on the still familiar land, and slowly walked towards Rocket's base.
There was no one along the way.
Of the base that originally had 300 people, there may not even be 100 people now.
In his previous life, Aoki did not leave the island temporarily, so he experienced the cruelty of the Trial Island throughout the whole process, and he also knew that it would become more and more bloody in the later stages.
After walking through the familiar long passage, we entered the square of the base again.
There was still a dark trial stone standing in the middle of the square. It was no longer shiny. Instead, it was stained with blood, but no one cleaned it.
The temporary battle ground where Aoki and Gujia fought was still there, but the dried blood stains on it could be seen everywhere.
From this, we can imagine how cruel the Trial Island will be in the following time.
Aoki just glanced at it, not paying attention to the smell of blood, and strolled towards the temporary building built by Gujia and his men.
After entering the base, he still didn't see anyone, which made Aoki a little surprised.
No matter how many people die, there won't be many people left in Team Rocket's base, right?
Just leave the poisonous snake alone?
Slowly, Aoki understood that it was not that there was no one left, but because the final trial was about to begin tomorrow, these people had no intention of scheming. They should return to their own forces and fight for the last chance of survival.
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Those who can qualify are recuperating their energy, while those who cannot qualify are frantically looking for someone who can help them survive.
