When Huang Ji returned to the deck, Evil Dragon and Lin Li had already started eating.
Evil Dragon wolfed down enough food for more than a dozen people. They were going to seize a ship anyway, so there was no need to conserve supplies.
Lin Li ate more modestly. After a few bites, he noticed Alan still dutifully keeping watch in the lookout tower, ignoring everyone's calls to come eat.
So he picked up a lunch box and shouted, "Alan, catch!"
He tossed it high into the air. Alan caught it easily, and only then did he smile.
"Lin Li gets it. As a sniper, I can't leave my post even to eat."
Alan opened the lunch box and dug into the fragrant food.
Huang Ji sat cross-legged on the deck. After surveying the food, he ate only a plate of stewed mushrooms, then had some tangerines and nuts.
Between the three, he had enough carbohydrates, vitamins, and protein.
"Sophia threw up just now. That wasn't seasickness, was it?" Evil Dragon couldn't help asking.
Beside him, Sophia buried her head in her lunch box, mortified.
Huang Ji smiled. "No, it wasn't. She got too close, and when I came out of my training, I accidentally let some of my strength slip..."
Evil Dragon's eyes lit up. "So it was you! You threw a punch, hit Sophia, then pulled it back so fast I couldn't even see you move?"
He had heard more than he had seen. His attention had been elsewhere, and when Sophia's retching made him look over, Huang Ji had been sitting motionless on the deck.
Evil Dragon had assumed Huang Ji had withdrawn his fist in an instant and gone perfectly still again.
"...Why would I punch her for no reason? It has to do with the