The scene fell into a sudden silence. Neither the Navy nor the Revolutionary Army spoke, both sides simply staring in a daze at the upright figure of Bai Ina.
"Cough, cough--"
After a long moment, Sa Kaiyang coughed up the blood surging in his throat, caught his breath, and gave a bitter smile: "You won. Do with me as you please!" As he spoke, he slowly raised his head, looked at Bai Ina, and said in a deep voice: "But let my soldiers go. They aren't your match anyway!"
"Do you think that's possible?"
Bai Ina's breathing gradually steadied as he walked slowly toward Sa Kaiyang.
"It is possible!"
A curve formed at the corner of Sa Kaiyang's mouth: "Because I can guarantee your safe passage through the Calm Belt."
Bai Ina's footsteps faltered. After a moment of contemplation, he asked: "How?"
"I can lend you my warship, and I..." Sa Kaiyang smiled at Bai Ina and continued: "I can accompany you on your voyage, provided you let my men leave on your ship and serve as my... sparring partner!"
"Colonel Sa Kai!"
Hearing this, the expressions of the many Navy soldiers grew anxious, but Sa Kaiyang waved them off.
A sparring partner?
Bai Ina looked at Sa Kaiyang with a strange expression. He understood now... although this brute had a bit of cleverness, he was fundamentally a reckless war-monger. If Bai Ina had wanted to, he could have wiped out these Navy soldiers entirely and disguised himself as them to continue the voyage.
"Deal!"
After pondering for a moment, Bai Ina nodded. It wasn't out of pity, but because with a Colonel like Sa Kaiyang leading the way, they could avoid many troubles, and the risk of exposure would be significantly reduced.
"Heh heh, I definitely won't let you down!"
Seeing Bai Ina agree, Sa Kaiyang became excited, his gaze toward Bai Ina filled with fighting spirit.
Afterward, Sa Kaiyang began to persuade his many subordinates, eventually having them leave behind their spare uniforms and board Bai Ina's warship. By the time the transport and preparation work was finished, nearly half a day had passed.
Sa Kaiyang's subordinates left on the warship, though a few medical corpsmen were kept behind to tend to Sa Kaiyang.
"No, that's not how you button that!"
"The sleeves and pant legs must be neat, or who's going to take the blame when we get exposed?"
"You there, yes, you! Stop slouching! I'm impressed that you can still look like a thug even while wearing a military uniform!"
"..."
"Colonel or whatever, don't lecture us... you're the one slouching around with your shirt unbuttoned."
Sa Kaiyang immediately put on a fierce look: "I am a Colonel, what are you? Besides, I'm stronger than you lot!"
"..." The group choked, looking pitifully toward Bai Ina, who was practicing his swordsmanship to the side.
However, Bai Ina ignored their pathetic gazes entirely, continuing to swing his sword as if he hadn't seen them at all.
Click, click, click!
Seeing this, Sa Kaiyang cracked his knuckles, grinned at the group, and said: "What, if you have an opinion, feel free to voice it. I'm very democratic."
"..." The corners of everyone's mouths twitched simultaneously.
Democratic my foot. You're acting like this, who would dare have an opinion...
"And you--"
Perhaps finding it boring to lecture the Revolutionary Army, Sa Kaiyang turned his head and called out to Bai Ina, who was practicing nearby: "Take off that stupid mask. It's so suspicious." He suddenly gave a lewd smile: "Don't tell me you're too ugly to show your face!"
"..."
The movement of Bai Ina's sword stopped abruptly, and waves of chill surged from his body.
"Hmm... looking at your build, I suddenly understand why you cover your face. You're about the same height as my golden eggs!" Having had his fun, Sa Kaiyang didn't notice the change in Bai Ina at all and continued talking to himself.
The surrounding Revolutionary Army soldiers held their breath, all of them stepping backward with expressions of schadenfreude.
The few medical corpsmen accompanying him turned pale, their mouths twitching wildly...
You're a prisoner, aren't you... is it really appropriate to provoke the enemy commander like this!
However, after glancing at each other, none of them dared to step forward. Their fragile bodies were better off staying out of this.
The chill radiating from Bai Ina grew even more intense, and everyone on the deck felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, except for a certain idiot who still didn't know he was courting death...
"That's why I say, eat more meat. At your height, my big [beep, beep] could hit you right in the face if it stood up... ahhhhh!"
Bang--
Bai Ina sheathed his sword without even looking at Sa Kaiyang's figure, which flew from the bow through the cabin and out the stern, and turned to walk into his own quarters!
"Colonel--"
The screams of the medical corpsmen pierced the silent deck.
"Is this what you call a fancy way to die?"
Mo Mo looked speechlessly at the human-shaped hole punched through the cabin!
Rumble--
Just then, a series of explosions suddenly erupted from within the ship's cabin, accompanied by tremors that rippled all the way to the deck.
"What's going on?"
"Enemy attack... enemy attack!"
"What is it? Did the Navy attack us?"
"Are you an idiot? We are the Navy right now."
"Ah, right. Then did the Revolutionary Army attack?"
"Damn it, those bastards from the Revolutionary Army, daring to openly assault the military!"
"Damn their mothers, brothers, grab your weapons and hack those Revolutionary Army bastards to pieces!!"
"Yeah, hack them!"
"..."
Mo Mo's mouth twitched violently. Looking at this bunch of scoundrels dressed in Navy uniforms, he felt the urge to draw his blade and cut them down... Please, have some limit to your stupidity; you are the damn Revolutionary Army...
"You idiots, even if you're wearing military uniforms, you're still the damn Revolutionary Army!"
Following Mo Mo's roar, the deck fell into a sudden, stifling silence...
"..."
The thugs draped in Navy skins exchanged glances.
"That's right, we are the Revolutionary Army!"
"What a bunch of morons!!!" Mo Mo covered his face, truly too lazy to continue communicating with these simpletons. He said directly, "The noise came from inside the cabin; it's not an enemy attack!"
The Navy-skinned thugs were stunned once again.
Mo Mo decisively ignored the lot of them, walked straight forward, and pushed open the cabin door. Seeing the scene inside, his mouth twitched again.
"Commander Bai... what exactly are you doing!"
Bai Ina sheathed his blade, looked at the now-spacious cabin, nodded in satisfaction, and turned his head to say in a flat tone, "The cabin was too small and not suitable for training, so I expanded it."
Mo Mo looked at the cabin that had been completely gutted and pointed to the rear wall that had vanished, asking, "Then what about this?"
"I just didn't control my strength well. Find a few people to seal it up."
Mo Mo's face darkened. He looked up at the ceiling that had disappeared, then at the missing bulkhead, and finally at the few medical staff standing at the stern with blank expressions, as well as Sa Kaiyang, who was staring at the scene with his mouth agape.
"..."
You call this not controlling your strength... If you wanted to dismantle the ship, just say so; let me find a small boat first...
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