Chapter 128: Seizing a Ship
Thomas left behind two maritime vessels while the remaining five circled around the containers and continued the pursuit.
At this point, Huang Ji and the others hiding inside the containers only had to face two small ships.
"Can this really fool them? The Illuminati won't be careless that easily."
"They'll definitely leave one or two ships behind to inspect the containers."
"It's fine. He'll give up on inspecting the container we're hiding in."
"Huh?"
"The water's coming in. We're running out of air."
"Breathe in!" Huang Ji gave each of them an injection. In an instant, everyone felt their chests open up, their lung capacity increasing by thirty percent!
With a deep breath, they filled their lungs with air.
Then seawater engulfed them, and the entire container sank beneath the surface.
The Illuminati's two ships stopped on the water and examined the six sunken containers.
"They've all sunk. There's no way anyone could be hiding inside, right?"
"What if they're diving? Go down and check!"
A bald, burly man dove deep and inspected the containers one by one.
There were six containers in total. Since they had been thrown overboard at different times while the cargo ship was speeding along, they were scattered eight or nine meters apart, some even more than ten meters apart.
Some lay amid mud, sand, and reefs, while others leaned against clusters of coral.
Their positions were all different.
Using those details, he could tell which containers he had already checked and which he had not.
The bald brute checked one container and found that its doors had not even been locked. It held nothing but cargo.
He then followed the direction to find the next one, only to discover more miscellaneous goods.
Repeating the process, he inspected four containers