Is what Helena said her true thoughts? Is the goal of the Deep Sea Church really just to establish communication with the Lost Home? This "Spokesperson of God" really believes in "Captain Duncan" as she said
"Humanity and sanity?
Duncan actually didn't dare to believe it all. Although the attitude of the female pope seemed to be very candid, he himself was quite confident. He knew that the Lost Home was famous and its "records" were outstanding. This prestigious reputation was destined to him.
A leader of forces like Helena cannot deal with her unsuspectingly - she must have some reservations.
But being wary is not a bad thing. Being wary and still choosing to cooperate means that she has a reason to cooperate, maybe because of God's will, maybe because of the interests of the church, no matter what the reason is, anyway, the olive branch she is extending now is
real.
"Now that the agreement has been reached, we should discuss the specific personnel handover and registration process," Duncan thought for a while and said to the Pope in front of him from a reasonable perspective, "I think we need some formal documents."
Helena was stunned for a moment. Although she mentioned the matter first, she obviously had not thought about this part. Her expression was a little surprised at this moment: "Registration...process, what do you mean?"
"The onboarding of the crew and the handover of work are very serious matters," Duncan said seriously. "The Lost Home is an expedition ship with strict personnel management. Your Deep Sea Church is also a regular unit. Are you not prepared to send envoys here?
Is it a letter of introduction? In addition, there are also Vanna’s living expenses on the ship or the purchase and loss of her personal equipment. It must be made clear who should be reimbursed. I personally think you have to take care of it, at least part of it..."
Helena suddenly understood what Vanna meant when she mentioned "Captain Duncan is a person who often does unexpected things" many times in the report. She had conceived so many plans for negotiating with the Homeless Ship before, but she didn't consider them.
Pass this one!
"...The Church of the Deep Sea will of course bear this part... of the 'budget'," Helena finally nodded after holding on for a few seconds, "If you need formal documents, we can also provide them, or you can provide them.
——Do you have the corresponding template there?”
"Of course, I can send a messenger to you later." Duncan nodded solemnly, with a very serious tone, "The Homeless Ship is not the kind of person who lights up two braziers, says a few words and then pushes people in.
Even if the sacrifice is successful to the third-rate evil god's lair, we are a very formal employer, and our personnel recruitment, rules and regulations, and team building are all at the first-class level in subspace..."
Helena had been listening expressionlessly since just now. At this time, she could only nod subconsciously. For some reason, she suddenly felt that the distorted starlight in the mirror in front of her was not that dizzying.
swollen.
She even felt that those swirling lights and shadows were somewhat intimate.
In this slightly dazed state, she finally successfully ended her conversation with the ghost captain.
Accompanied by a slight crackling sound of flames burning, the green flames dancing in front of the mirror finally faded away, and the bright yellow-white flames appeared again on the candlestick. The floating light and shadow on the edge of the mirror and the ubiquitous dark cracks in the room gradually disappeared from view.
dissipate in.
The solid real world appeared in front of Helena again.
But she still stared intently at the mirror that had returned to normal, staring at her own reflection that gradually emerged in the mirror.
After an unknown amount of time, the trembling lines at the edge of the image gradually stabilized. Helena took a deep breath and relaxed her tense muscles little by little.
Until this moment, she felt that sweat had soaked her clothes, her heart was pounding, and there was a hollow and numb pain in her head.
"...I'd better remind Vanna to control her snooping impulses in her 'new position'," Helena rubbed her forehead and said softly while fighting the dull pain in her head, "Facing the subspace...
This feels terrible."
A crackling sound suddenly reached my ears, and a flash of green light came into view.
Helena suddenly woke up, but she only had time to see a little green flame flashing near the window sill. She quickly walked towards the direction where the fire light dissipated, and saw an old piece of parchment lying quietly on the windowsill.
That was Vanna's registration document on the Lost Home.
"...It's really delivered."
The female pope muttered in astonishment.
…
Early morning of the second day.
"We will add a new member."
In the restaurant of the Lost Home, Duncan summoned all the members on the ship, including Shirley and others who were helping in the antique shop, and Mr. Morris, who was checking information in the city-state library, and then solemnly announced this
information.
Nina was grabbing a handful of French fries and concentrating on feeding the pigeons. When she heard Uncle Duncan's words, she was immediately stunned. She raised her head with surprise on her face: "New member?! Who is it?"
"In a sense, she is an acquaintance," Duncan smiled and glanced at both sides of the dining table. "You have all met her, Shirley. You and Nina even met her not long ago."
Shirley looked a little dazed. It took her several seconds to react before she vaguely realized something. Her expression became visibly exciting: "Is it...could it be that trial..."
"It's her," Duncan nodded slightly, "Judge Vanna will become a new member of the Lost Home within a day or two."
"Clang!"
A loud noise suddenly came from the dining table. Duncan calmly looked towards the direction of the sound and saw Agou lying on the ground in a miserable state - it was sitting on the chair next to Shirley a second ago.
In fact, Shirley almost fell off the chair just now, but now she glared and lectured Agou: "Agou, you scared me!"
"I...I...I'm totally dumbfounded. Really, Mr. Duncan, what did you just say - that judge?!" Agou got up from the ground in embarrassment, ignoring Shirley's shouting next to him.
Xiao screamed, looking at Duncan with two blood-colored hollow eyes, "Are you going to kidnap that inquisitor? Ah, of course I'm not questioning your ability. Of course you can kidnap her over, but you want to make that inquisitor surrender.
I'm afraid it won't be easy. She has obviously received very strict training, and her mind is full of belief in the Storm Goddess. I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to become..."
"...Why did you immediately think of tying people to the boat?" Duncan's eyes trembled, "I mean Vanna will become our new member. When did you say you would tie her to the boat?"
"Then how can we get her here without being tied up?" Agou was stunned. In his "normal logic", it seemed that he could not think of any other reason to explain why a city-state inquisitor suddenly became a new member of the Lost Home. "Oh,
Are you planning to lock her up on the shore first..."
"Can't it be a normal crew recruitment and job transfer?" Duncan looked at the other party's ugly head expressionlessly, "For example, the Deep Sea Church wrote a letter of recommendation, I wrote a staff recruitment notice, and then Vanna passed
Such a very normal process became the Marines and ship's chaplain on the ship - don't you think this is more reasonable?"
Agou thought for a while and felt that such a "reasonable" thing would be extremely evil once it was placed on the Lost Home. He would rather believe that one day he would see the Holy Lord Netherworld when he opened his eyes on the ship than believe that the captain had just
A series of processes, but after holding it in for a long time, it did not dare to express the thoughts in its mind.
Because this is the Lost Home Number.
What the captain said is right.
"You're right," Agou said, his head drooping angrily, "This is very reasonable."
Duncan nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the people on both sides of the table. After thinking for a while, he added an explanation: "This is an agreement between me and the Deep Sea Church. Vanna will board this place as a secret envoy."
ship, and will serve me as a crew member until the end of the mission. Her identity is slightly different from yours, but when on the ship, everyone abides by the same code, and I hope you can live in harmony with each other."
"As long as she doesn't cause trouble for me," Shirley muttered, "How dare I cause trouble for her."
"I still can't imagine how a city-state judge can stay on this ship honestly," Agou also muttered, "I always feel that the days ahead are going to be exciting."
"I'm ready," Morris across the table nodded lightly. The old scholar looked the calmest (except for Alice who didn't react from the beginning to the end), with a weird smile on his face.
, "But she may be very surprised when she sees me... but she will adapt. Fanna has been a very adaptable child since she was a child."
Nina, on the other hand, had not spoken much since just now, but had been thinking about something. Then she suddenly raised her head: "Uncle, are we going to do something next?"
Duncan lowered his head: "Why do you ask so suddenly?"
"Because you specially summoned us all to the boat," Nina thought for a moment, "Miss Vanna hasn't even boarded the boat yet, so you summoned us in advance. You must have other arrangements, right?"
Duncan looked at Nina's shining eyes (the depth of her eyes was 6000°C), and after a long time he smiled and pressed her hair.
"That's right, I'm going to be busy with some things - we're heading to Frostbite."