The next day brought wealthy merchant Li Xu's reward for the champion team—a tour aboard the luxurious cruise ship Banjette. Of course, during the tour, the champion team also had to perform a piece for the ship's guests.
McBain and the others had already decided on Travelers' Prelude. They knew that Wendy, the other champion and a songstress, certainly would not know about wealthy merchant Li Xu's plan and thus would not have prepared anything. Therefore, only they could save everyone aboard the ship from disaster.
In truth, McBain's group was not the only one who knew of wealthy merchant Li Xu's plan.
An ambassador named Slade had secretly approached wealthy merchant Li Xu's room and overheard his conversation with the Pirate King Ramon.
It turned out that wealthy merchant Li Xu had organized the entire banquet on Lutom Island in order to gather all the important guests aboard the Banjette at the very end, then have the Pirate King Ramon attack and hijack everyone on board.
As the organizer, wealthy merchant Li Xu naturally had to make a show of it. He merely needed to hypocritically claim that he was willing to become the Pirate King Ramon's hostage for the sake of everyone aboard the ship. That way, he could leave the Banjette, and Ramon could then threaten everyone on board into handing over their valuables.
However, what they truly wanted was the life of Brodien's Ambassador Galeno!
In fact, wealthy merchant Li Xu was merely an intermediary in this affair.
Brodien was a country located south of the sea, in the southeastern part of Witluna. It was the most influential nation in Witluna because its prince, Dior, was diligent and loved his people. He handled every matter in the country flawlessly, excelling in both domestic affairs