The Omniscient Informant
Chapter 72

Boarding Without a Ticket

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On the evening of June 10, Huang Ji and Lin Li returned to Magic City.

The moment they got back, Old Wang grabbed Huang Ji and said, "You're finally back. If you'd been one day later, you would've missed the Sea Garden setting sail tomorrow."

"Is that so? How did the intelligence I asked you to investigate turn out?" Huang Ji asked.

Old Wang took out a small notebook. Its pages were densely packed with records of times, locations, people, relationship and identity speculations, as well as a few personality assessments.

It had to be said that Old Wang's investigative skills were extremely impressive. It was just that compared to Huang Ji, they often didn't stand out.

"Are we really going to sneak onto this ship?" Old Wang asked. "Tickets are verified in the processing hall first. More importantly, this is an ocean liner. They'll check not only ID cards, but also passports and visas."

"I've been thinking about how to do it these past few days. Unless the captain or first mate can bring us aboard, but that's impossible."

They obviously had no tickets, no visas, and they certainly weren't going to let anyone inspect their passports.

The only way to board would be to bribe the captain, but no captain would be stupid enough to do something that was guaranteed to be exposed. Three people without passports would be checked by the local immigration authorities the moment they reached London. Would a captain have to be out of his mind to accept that kind of bribe?

Old Wang had thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't come up with a solution.

After listening, Huang Ji remained calm. "Tickets? Who said you need tickets to board the ship?"

"Huh? How are we supposed to board

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